Continuing our report on the “Nippon Engineering College Graduation Exhibition 2013,” we interviewed Mitsuru Sato, head of NEEC’s Creator’s College, about the present state and prospects of foreign students studying pop culture in Japan.
The TV anime for the popular manga *The Flowers of Evil* by Shuzo Oshimi has begun broadcasting. The opening theme to the anime is performed by Uchujin.
Otaku culture, such as Japanese anime and games, is well known throughout the world, but did you know that in Japan there are technical schools with majors that deal with otaku culture?
Recently, we had a chance to sit down for an interview with Shinichi Matsuba, the director of Gild Design, a company that makes cutting-edge, high-quality iPhone cases that shock fans.
Recently, we interviewed Tomohiro Sekiya, one of the organizers of Hinode, the first large-scale cosplay event held in Russia, to get a feel for the current otaku and cosplay culture in Russia.
*Train Heroes*, a fully CG anime series produced in China, will premiere in April on six networks affiliated with TV Tokyo Corp., with leading toymaker Tomy Co. set to release related toys in the same month in Japan.