*New Initial D the Movie Legend 2: Racer* will be released on May 23, 2015. This is the second installment in the 4-part new movie series which started in 2014.
The musical *Live Spectacle Naruto*, based on Masashi Kishimoto’s incredibly popular original work, will be opening on Mar. 21, 2015. It will be showing in four different locations nationally and three different locations overseas.
The newest season in the astonishingly popular drama series *24*, *24: Live Another Day*, will finally be released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on March 4.
The limited 2-week screening period for *Knights of Sidonia the Movie* will begin on March 6. The film is a talked-about full-length adaptation of Tsutomu Nihei’s sci-fi manga by Polygon Pictures, a studio at the forefront of Japanese digital anime.
The TV anime *Blood Blockade Battlefront* will begin broadcasting on MBS, Tokyo MX, and BS11 this April. At this time, new cast members have been announced.
Marie Antoinette and Oscar: the two heroines of the manga *The Rose of Versailles*. Series author Riyoko Ikeda has announced one piece dresses that she supervised the creation of themed after these two characters.
*Ghost in the Shell: Arise*, the tetralogy released between 2013 and 2014, takes a fresh turn: A TV series titled *Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture* will start airing from April 5 on Tokyo MX. It will be broadcast on BS11 as well.
*Shoku no Gunshi*, which has been serializing since December 2009 in *Weekly Manga Goraku* (published by Nihon Bungeisha), is being adapted into a TV drama. It will start airing on Tokyo MX in April 2015.
A special video of *Sindbad: Sora Tobu Hime to Himitsu no Shima (Sinbad: The Flying Princess and the Secret Island)*, a theatrical anime made to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Nippon Animation, was released recently. A joint project by Nippon Animation and Shirogumi, it is an original movie set to release in July 2015.
The *Haruhi Suzumiya* series, which was first published in 2003, is big hit light novel franchise. The TV anime version followed in 2006 and created a huge movement both in Japan and overseas.
The latest news has been announced for *Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku*, which has been confirmed to be getting a TV anime adaptation. Revealed this time is information on the cast and opening theme, and the main visual.
The popular sci-fi manga *Terra Formars*, written by Yu Sasuga and illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana, will be adapted into a live-action film. This was announced by Warner Bros. Entertainment on Feb. 12, who will release the film in 2016.
A TV anime adaptation has been confirmed for the popular web manga *Million Doll*. The broadcast will begin this July and span 12 episodes. Announced along with this is information about the staff and limited performances by the cast to be held.
From Feb. 3-8, a survey was carried out by Anime!Anime! asking readers “What manga would you like to see turned into an anime?” Now from the “yet-to-be finished” list, we can reveal the top 10 results!
Those who purchase advance tickets for Naruto Exhibition will be presented with the *Naruto Exhibition Premium Fan Book - Shinden: Rai no Sho*, a small comic pamphlet available only at the event. It also includes a specially drawn one-shot manga by author Masashi Kishimoto.
After 12 years, a new series of the popular shoujo manga *Boys Over Flowers* titled *Boys Over Flowers Season 2 (Hana Nochi Hare ~ Hanadan Next Season)* was announced to start serialization in the manga magazine application *Shonen Jump +* from Feb. 15.
Futabasha Publishers’ *Manga Action* and Akita Shoten’s *Young Champion* are both manga magazines aimed at young men. Both of the long-running magazines are popular, so we can say that they are rivals.
In this spring new Dragon Ball Movie “Dragon Ball Z Fukkatsu no F” is released, and at the press conference it was revealed that Momoiro Clover Z do character voice of angels in the movie!!
The Comiket Special 6 ~Otaku Summit 2015~ special project, Otaku Expo, will be held at Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex on March 28 and 29.
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