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On July 19 and 20, 2014, San Francisco’s Japantown hosted the annual J-Pop Summit featuring artists such as May’n and former AKB48 member Tomomi Itano...

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Beginning on July 26, limited items from the San Diego Comic-Con in the U.S. became available to buy in real-time at the event Harajuku Comic-Con 2014 being held now at Tokyo’s flagship store for hot toys, Toysapiens.

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The top of its head even has the blue box for the packing slip!

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It was a varied event will new garage kits on display, cosplay photo shoots, performances, and more!

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It has been revealed that Sanrio’s hugely popular character KIRIMIchan will be performing at Summer Sonic 2014.

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In celebration of the release of the newest *Pokémon* movie, *Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction*, and the simultaneously screening short film *Pikachu, What Kind of Keys Are These?*, an exhibit called “Pokémon the Movie XY Exhibit: Let’s Meet Pikachu at the Roppongi Hills Observatory!” is taking place now.

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The 11th Umi Festa Kyoto began on July 19 in Maizuru, a city in Kyoto that overlooks the Sea of Japan.

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LiSA has built an unshakable position as one of today’s most popular female artists. On July 20, she held a large-scale, outdoor solo concert at the Conifer Forest in Fuji-Q Highland called “LiVE is Smile Always - LiSAMMERLAND.”

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The Akihabara landmark Akihabara Radio Kaikan has been born again as a new building with 10 above ground floors and two below ground floors!

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Want to win TOM points to spend on the TOM Premium Shop? Want to pick up some basic otaku vocabulary? Introducing the Beginner’s Guide to Otaku Japane...

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The broadcast for the TV anime *Gundam Build Fighters Try* will begin on TV Tokyo this October.

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It has been announced that the Pikachu Cafe has opened in sync with the exhibit “Pokémon the Movie XY Exhibit: Let’s Meet at Roppongi Hills Observation Deck Tokyo City View!” which is being held from July 19 to Aug. 31 on the Roppongi Hills observation deck, Tokyo City View.

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Anime Expo® 2014, which was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from July 3-6, marked the annual event's 23rd consecutive year.

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As a special project for the Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2014 (Kyomaf 2014) to be held on Sept. 20 and 21, train cars wrapped in anime characters called Kyomaf Series have been unveiled!

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An event has landed in Japan that focuses on the world-popular creative group ThreeA.

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A limited time event themed after *One Piece* that will run until Sept. 7 has opened at Universal Studios Japan.

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This is your guide to a couple of Tokyo’s anime meccas!

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On July 4, Nitroplus member and creator Gen Urobuchi held a discussion panel at Anime Expo 2014 in Los Angeles, U.S. Participating in the panel were Urobuchi and CEO Takaki Kosaka, both from Nitroplus, as well as the CEO of Good Smile Company, Takanori Aki.

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Eir Aoi, singer of the opening theme to *Kill la Kill*, held a special collaborative concert at Anime Expo 2014. Nearing an hour in length, she sang a total of nine songs at the concert including “Sirius,” the opening theme to *Kill la Kill*, and the background track “Sanbika.”

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A look back through pictures at the five day otaku event that took France by storm!

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