The manga and TV anime held dear by so many fans, *Tokyo Ghoul*, met its grand finale in September. However, new developments are already coming as new series start in both manga and anime.
Romantica Clothes, an apparel brand by Romantica, a brand of perfumes themed after characters from anime, manga, and games, has a new development for fall 2014.
It has been revealed that Masashi Kishimoto’s worldwide popular manga *Naruto* serializing in *Weekly Shonen Jump* (Shueisha) will be concluded this November.
A new anime has been born from the pages of *Monthly Hero’s*, in which are published countless popular manga themed around heroes. The TV anime adaptation of the currently serializing popular manga *Sword Gai* was announced on Oct. 1.
*Stand By Me Doraemon*, an unprecedented hit that made over 7.5 billion JPY in box office revenue, will be screened at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival which kicks off on Oct. 23.
In this interview series, we talk with previous winners of the Manga Translation Battle about their past and what lies ahead for them as manga translators.
With the serialization start of *Hell Teacher Nube Neo* this past spring and a live-action drama to begin airing on Nippon TV on Oct. 11 starring Kanjani Eight’s Ryuhei Maruyama, *Hell Teacher Nube* is hot right now.
On Sept. 30, a lineup announcement was held for the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival to take place in Toranomon Hills, Tokyo. During the announcement, the screening date of *Appleseed Alpha* (subtitled version), which was previously announced to be screened at the festival as a special invitation work, was revealed.
NEW YORK, NY (Sept 30th, 2014) – As previously announced, IA will make her US debut at this year’s NY Comic Con with a concert movie screening to be held on October 9th at Javits Center/Room #1A05 from 5:15pm titled “IA x Lia @New York Comic Con”.
A portion of the cast for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of *Assassination Classroom* which will begin broadcasting on Fuji TV in January 2015 has been decided.
The anime adaptation of Wataru Watanabe’s popular manga *Yowamushi Pedal* is going excellently. The anime was televised from October 2013 to June 2014, and it became a big hit widely supported due to the refreshing adolescence of the high schoolers in the series who compete in bicycle races.
Pre-orders for “Romantic Doll: The Rose of Versailles Oscar François,” a character doll of Oscar, the main character of *The Rose of Versailles*, will begin on Monday, Sept. 29 on Takara Tomy’s official shopping site, Takara Tomy Mall.
A *Cardcaptor Sakura* original art exhibit, a project to introduce the world of creative unit Clamp’s representative work *Cardcaptor Sakura*, will be held from the end of 2014 to into 2015.
*Terraformars* is a sci-fi manga currently serializing in the manga magazine *Weekly Young Jump* (Shueisha). The work, created by author Yu Sasuga and illustrator Kenichi Tachibana, depicts an ongoing battle on Mars between humans and evolved cockroaches called Terraformars.
There is good news to everyone out there who wants to exterminate the Titans. From *Attack on Titan*, which includes in addition to the huge hit manga and anime a theatrical anime and live-action film in the works, comes “Survey Corps Costume Set (Eren Ver.)”!
Kyoto International Manga Anime Festival 2014 (Kyomaf) will be held at Miyako Messe in Kyoto for two days, Sept. 20 and 21. This fall event widely introduces the newest anime and manga.
The TV anime *Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei* began its broadcast in July and ended with its final episode, Episode 10, on Sept. 10. The work is based on the world of *Fate/stay night* and follows Illya, who has become a magical girl.
*Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno* continues to be a huge hit since its release on Aug. 1. On Sept. 13, the finale, *The Legend Ends*, will release countrywide in Japan. It seems Japan will continue to be swept up in the *Rurouni Kenshin* whirlwind.
A theme park at which the world of the hugely popular manga and anime *One Piece* can be experienced live is opening in 2015. The official name of this theme park is Tokyo One Piece Tower.
Developments are progressing for the anime *Attack on Titan*, the TV broadcast to which ran for half a year in 2013, that will match up with the release of the first theatrical movie in the series, *Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 - Crimson Bow and Arrow*, on Nov. 22 throughout Japan.
The shoujo manga *Stella - Nana to Mahou no Eitango*, themed after the smartphone-based action puzzle game *Angry Birds*, will begin serialization in the shoujo manga magazine *Nakayoshi* in its October issue.
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