I was a big fan of the original manga series. There was a time in junior high when I was addicted to Square Enix manga, and that’s when I came across *Black Butler*.
It has been announced that the new TV anime series *Knights of Sidonia*, which is scheduled to begin airing in Japan next spring, will also be distributed overseas.
News is being revealed little by little regarding 2014’s two-part sequel to *Rurouni Kenshin*, *Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Arc* and *Rurouni Kenshin: The Last of a Legend Arc*.
The popularity of *Detective Conan* seems to be expanding more and more, with the 17th movie in the series, *Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea*, earning the most box office earnings of any other movie in the series to date (3.61 billion yen).
There was recently a news flash regarding *Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha - Owarinaki Tabi*, an anime movie premiering on Feb. 8. It was announced that the worldwide premiere is to be held in the Louvre Museum in France.
*Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:2 Ghost Whispers*, the second part of the *Ghost in the Shell: Arise* tetralogy, was released in 23 theaters throughout Japan on Nov. 30.
The release date for the Blu-ray and DVD of the movie *The Garden of Sinners: Gospel in the Future*, which sparked wild enthusiasm in fans once more when it released in theaters earlier this fall on Sept. 28, has been announced.
*Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn*, the newest animated work in the *Gundam* series that has been produced since 2010 and spans seven episodes, will come to its conclusion in 2014.
A limited present to be given out countrywide to the first moviegoers who see the much-anticipated movie *Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission* to be released on Dec. 27 has been announced.
*Doraemon* is not only Fujio F. Fujiko’s representative work, but is also well known as an anime. Next summer, the series’ first 3D CG animated film will be released. That film is titled *Stand By Me Doraemon*.
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