A *Daria* cafe has opened in Animate Shibuya’s cafe space for a limited time as a part of the celebratory events for the 15 year anniversary of the initial launch of the boys love manga magazine.
The massive U.S. anime convention Anime Expo (AX) is an essential spot for local anime companies that obtain licensing from Japan and develop their business with games, internet distribution, TV broadcasts, and more to promote their works.
The opening video to the anime *JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure*, which broadcast from Oct. 2012 to April 2013, has picked up huge amounts of attention for its overwhelming visuals that fuse the world of the original work with the style of the anime.
It has been decided that an anime adaptation will be made for *Hoozuki no Reitetsu*, a popular manga currently serialized in Kodansha’s comic magazine, *Morning*.
For three days from Aug. 23-25 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, the large-scale midsummer anime song concert “Animelo Summer Live 2013 -Flag Nine-” will be held.
From July 20 to Sept. 1, Diver City Tokyo's Gundam theme park located in Odaiba called Gundam Front Tokyo will be holding a "Walkthrough" event, allowing participants to view a life-size Gundam model up close.
A Tanabata festival will be held from Aug. 1–8 at Pokémon Center Tohoku, an official *Pokémon* shop, with the purpose of bringing smiles to the children of Tohoku who were affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
Leiji Matsumoto is a master in the world of Japanese anime and comics. One of his representative works, *Captain Harlock*, is being reimagined in a new movie to be released in Japan on Sept. 7.
Tokyo Otaku Mode recently arrived back in Japan from having spent four unforgettable days at Anime Expo 2013 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.! Now, we’d like to highlight a few special moments of the event.
From July 4-7 at this year’s Japan Expo, Toyota Motor Sales & Marketing displayed a booth for their animation collaboration project with Studio 4°C called “PES (Peace Eco Smile)” at which they held collaboration events with Japanese anime directors and musicians.
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