The exhibit “Kikilala × Care Bears Exhibit” will open at Shibuya Parco from Apr 4 in commemoration of the collaboration between popular Sanrio characters Little Twin Stars (Kikilala) and US born characters Care Bears.
The first one-man exhibit for Takashi Takeuchi, the man behind the visuals of *Kara no Kyōkai*, has been decided on. “Picture Exhibit: Kara no Kyōkai” will be held at Pixiv Zingaro in Nagano, Tokyo beginning on March 20.
The company that gave birth to many popular characters such as Hello Kitty and My Melody, Sanrio, is organizing Sanrio Expo 2014 featuring new characters, new projects, and licensed goods for the 40th anniversary year of Hello Kitty.
The exhibition event Attack on Titan Survey Corps Museum, which was held in Tokyo and Ikebukuro in 2013 and ended as a huge success, is currently being held at Osaka Nanko ATC.
Tezuka Productions and The National Ballet of Japan are collaborating together. The collaboration came about due to this year being the 60th anniversary of Osamu Tezuka’s work *Phoenix*, which is considered to be Tezuka’s life work.
Beginning at the Bizen Osafune Japanese Sword Museum in Okayama, the Evangelion and Japanese Swords Exhibition has traveled throughout Japan since 2012 and it’s now heading to Europe.
An exhibit of works awarded at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival will open from Feb 5 to 16. In Roppongi with the primary venue as the National Art Center, Tokyo.
It has been announced that “Madoka Magica the Movie Exhibition: I Want to Meet You Once More,” an event that lets attendees vicariously experience the story of *Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion* which has been seen by over 1.5 million moviegoers, will be held in Tokyo and Osaka.
Feb. 3 was Setsubun in Japan, a holiday on which beans are scattered to drive away evil spirits and misfortune and to invite in good fortune. The bean scattering was held in all parts of Japan with even famous celebrities taking part.
The Feb. 8 release of the animated film *Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha - Owarinaki Tabi* is closing in. Preceding this, a world premiere of the film will take place at the Louvre in Paris.
*Black Butler* has been growing in popularity ever since it began its serialization in the magazine *Monthly GFantasy* in 2006. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the debut of the series’ author Yana Toboso, a special exhibit titled “Black Butler Original Artwork Exhibit: The World of Yana Toboso,” which features her early artwork for the series, was held in Tokyo.
Winter Wonder Festival 2014 is going to be held on Feb. 9 (Sun) at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture. This notable event gathers together figure lovers from Japan and abroad and is a great success every time.
An award ceremony and symposium for the Manga Translation Battle Vol. 2, a manga translation content that tested participants’ skills at translating Japanese manga, will be held on Feb. 13 (Thurs) in Roppongi, Tokyo.
Ookaze no Okorusama Inc. (whose logo features three of the character for “wind”) and American visual effects studio Legacy Effects held a joint press conference at the Tokyo American Club in Minato, Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2014.
The award-winning works of the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival will be the focus of attention at the National Art Center in Roppongi, Tokyo from Feb. 5-16.
Currently, anime song (anison) club events are held every week in all parts of Japan, and this trend has shown a huge upsurge. Now, these anison club events are jumping overseas!
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