This year’s Sakura-Con in Seattle, Washington will again boast big names! Sakura-Con is one of the largest Japanese anime and manga events held in the US. The event will run from March 29-31.
The anime goods retailer Animate, along with the cosplay goods retailer ACOS, will hold the event “Jump Fair in Animate 2013” from March 23 to April 14 in Animate and ACOS shops all over Japan.
It has been announced that a sequel to the anime movie *Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha*, which is based on the great Osamu Tezuka’s original manga, will be released this fall.
In January 2013, the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) compiled information regarding the American marketplace in their latest investigative report “American Contents Market Research 2011-2012 (January 2013).”
On Jan. 28, 2013, TECMO KOEI Games announced that the PSP love adventure game *Geten no Hana*, which will be released on March 14, will be made into a manga and serialized in the monthly manga magazine *ARIA*.
A movie adaptation has been greenlit for the original work *Space Pirate Captain Harlock*, created by manga artist Leiji Matsumoto. Toei Animation plans to release the tentatively titled *Captain Harlock* in theaters this summer.
Original posters are being distributed as a collaboration between the currently broadcasting anime *Kotoura-san* and the town of Kotoura, which is located in the Tottori prefecture of Japan.
The TokyoOtakuMode team launched the Tokyo Otaku Mode Premium Shop so that otaku all over the world can easily and conveniently find and purchase otaku goods straight from Japan.
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