The Pinoy Otaku Festival 2013 “Pinoy Super Heroes Arise” will be held on May 24 and 25 in the Starmall EDSA-Shaw at the Starmall Trade Hall of Mandaluyong City, Manila, Philippines.
In the middle of April, the start of a new licensing brand between Sega, a game company well-known for series such as *Sonic* and *Virtua Fighter*, and the popular brand Galaxxxy was announced. The name of this new endeavour is Segakawaii.
On April 26, an exhibit called “The Best in the World Exhibit” opened. The exhibit showcases all kinds of Japanese technology that is praised throughout the world, including Hatsune Miku, foodstuff samples, and sushi robots.
In March of this year, a salon called Maison de Julietta that caters entirely to Lolita fashion opened for a limited time. Now, new information regarding this unique salon has been announced.
A special event for *Ragnarok Online* will be held on May 19 in an internet cafe called “Alienware Arena in Cybac Hakata Station Shop” in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
*Killer is Dead* is an action game for the PS3 and Xbox 360 that is being jointly produced by publisher Kadokawa Games and Grasshopper Manufacture. Recently, Cutie 3, a group of girls doing PR for the game, was announced.
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the debut of sci-fi manga master Leiji Matsumoto, who lived in Fukuoka Prefecture, an exhibit of Matsumoto’s treasures called “The World of Leiji Matsumoto” was held from April 26 to May 13 at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.
Upon hearing that Oedo Onsen Monogatari was collaborating with the Japanese pop culture icon Hatsune Miku’s song “Senbonzakura,” we went to investigate right away.
From March 9 to April 7, the “Hatsune Miku Illustration and Art Exhibit feat. Precious Memories” was held at the “Tokyo Anime Center with Aru Aru City” in the Akihabara UDX Building.
*Anohana* is a popular anime that was broadcast between April and June 2011 on the noitaminA anime block. A new movie in the series will be released in Japan on Aug. 31.
On April 12, 1963, Tsuburaya Special Effects Productions, now known as Tsuburaya Productions, was created in Kinuta, Setagaya, Tokyo. This year marks Tsuburaya Productions’ 50th anniversary.
On March 30, Tecmo Koei Games held the *Toukiden* x Play.Community closed beta in Shinagawa, Tokyo for the new hunting-action PlayStation Vita and PSP game *Toukiden*.
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