GARNiDELiA has given us the opening theme songs for *Mekakucity Actors*, *The Irregular at Magic High School*, and *Gundam Reconguista in G*. We asked the group about their upcoming performance at Sakura-Con 2015 in April.
Adapted from Haruichi Furudate’s popular volleyball manga, the anime *Haikyu!!* is coming to the big screen. The movie will be a recap of the complete 25-episode first season edited especially for the anime feature plus brand new footage, and divided into two movies.
The professional soccer team Kawasaki Frontale, which even has players who participated in the World Cup, are doing a serious collaboration with otaku culture.
Haruichi Furudate’s smash hit manga *Haikyu!!* will finally hit the big stage! A live production play titled “Hyper Projection Stage Play *Haikyu!!*” has been announced.
Hajime Isayama’s popular manga “Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan)” is getting a live-action film, and the first trailer from the movie was finally released on March 20th.
An anime adaptation has been greenlit for GA Bunko’s (SB Creative) popular series *Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry*. The anime’s official site and official Twitter have also opened, revealing a teaser visual.
The titans are coming, and they’re hungry. Based on the anime and manga megahit, Attack on Titan, the newest Real Escape Game (REG) takes players to a world inhabited by giant, humanoid creatures that live for no other purpose than to make a snack of all of us.
Popular manga artist Hirohiko Araki, known for *JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure* among others, will reveal the secrets behind his work. The new book *Hirohiko Araki’s Manga Techniques*, which focuses on how he created massively popular series, will be published by Shueisha on April 17.
Dempagumi.inc are one of the biggest representatives of otaku culture and Akihabara so it seemed like a perfect match when they became the image characters of the mobile RPG game Phantom of the Kill (Fuji&gumi games).
The manga *Prison School* has been green-lit for a TV anime! Announced on March 16, the anime is set to air in summer 2015. The official teaser site also opened unveiling a key visual and the first PV.
The *Naruto* stage play that has been garnering so much buzz since it was announced won’t just be coming to Fukuoka, Osaka, and Miyagi. It has been confirmed that the play will be coming to theaters all over Japan.
*The Idolmaster* is a popular title in a variety of media, and now manga has been added to this list. On March 12, the first tankobon volume of the manga adaptation of the social game *The Idolmaster Million Live!* was released.
The anime series *Fullmetal Alchemist* is coming to Niconico all at once. From March 22–31, all episodes of the TV series that ran for four years from 2003 as well as *Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa* will be available for streaming.
The manga series *Monster Musume* will be made into an anime to begin broadcast in July 2015. An official website and Twitter account have been set up, and further information will be released as the summer airing approaches.
The poster for the animated film *Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai*, which will be out in theaters on May 9 (Sat.), 2015 was recently released to the media. The large drawing of Oei front and center delivers a striking impression.
George and Mattsun competed at the Latte 1 Grand Prix Championship held at Odaiba, Tokyo. It ended with Mattsun losing and having his face covered in pie.
There has been a sudden wave of interest in a photo collection called “Ketsu Bat Girl!” - a collection created in Furumachi, Niigata of girls getting hit on the butt with a baseball bat.
*Shishou Series* is a short story occult horror novel series that began being published on 2channel in 2003 and continues to this day with more than 113 stories available online.
*The Heroic Legend of Arslan* is a TV anime that will begin broadcasting on April 5. This time, Yuki Kaji has been announced to be performing in the main cast as Lord Silver Mask.
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