An exhibition of original artwork from *Revolutionary Girl Utena* and *Mawaru Penguindrum* created by Kunihiko Ikuhara, who is fiercely embraced by fans for his great contributions to anime, novels, and manga, will be held at the flagship Hanshin department store in Umeda, Osaka from Aug. 21-26.
A popular game genre of Japan is hunting action in which players battle gigantic monsters and receive raw materials and equipment after battle to be used to strengthen themselves to pursue stronger monsters.
The company Sanrio creates and sells goods of many popular characters including Hello Kitty and My Melody. Sanrio has gathered all 100 characters to participate in the popularity contest termed the “Sanrio Character Ranking.”
*Attack on Titan* is a hugely popular anime currently broadcasting throughout Japan. In addition to the original work’s popularity, the series’ fanbase has widen and diversified and it has become widely talked about due to the anime.
New artists have been announced for the large-scale, midsummer anime song event “Animelo Summer Live 2013 -Flag Nine-,” which will be held for three days from Aug. 23-25.
The TV anime for *Servant x Service*, a manga currently serialized in Square Enix’s manga magazine *Big Gangan*, will begin broadcasting on July 4 on ABC and will thereafter be broadcast on other stations.
The TV anime *Uchoten Kazoku* will begin broadcasting next month. Before this, a collaboration bus wrapped with illustrations from the anime was unveiled in the work’s setting: Kyoto.
The 11th episode of *The Forefront in Japan's Content Business - Japacon TV*, a TV program which introduces Japanese anime, game, and fashion subculture (Japan content) has been broadcast.
The newest stage play for *Yowamushi Pedal*, a popular manga currently serialized in *Weekly Shonen Champion* (published by Akita Publishing), will be performed this summer.
ClariS, a popular singing group whose songs have been used on such anime as *Puella Magi Madoka Magica*, and Ufotable, an animation studio responsible for such high quality work as *Fate/Zero*, are collaborating.
The *Sailor Moon* musicals, which dominated the generation from 1993-2005, will be returning this year with a new musical titled “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.”
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