On Feb. 14, Fujimi Shobo announced on its official site that an anime project for *Trinity Seven: 7-Nin no Mahoutsukai* (story: Kenji Saito, illustrations: Akinari Nao), the popular manga currently being serialized in *Monthly Dragon Age* run by the same company, is underway.
The title and release date of the anime movie adaptation of *Space Brothers* has been announced. The movie is titled *Space Brothers #0* and it will have a countrywide roadshow release on Aug. 9.
Tezuka Productions and The National Ballet of Japan are collaborating together. The collaboration came about due to this year being the 60th anniversary of Osamu Tezuka’s work *Phoenix*, which is considered to be Tezuka’s life work.
An exhibit of works awarded at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival will open from Feb 5 to 16. In Roppongi with the primary venue as the National Art Center, Tokyo.
Trailers for anime that will begin airing this spring have already started to be released. Here we’ll introduce 12 titles with trailers that have been released, including Season 2 of *JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure* and *Gokukoku no Brynhildr*.
*Initial D*, Shuichi Shigeno’s monumental manga that started serialization in 1995 and spanned for 18 years, will be adapted into an anime film in 2014 with a Japan-wide theatrical release set for Aug. 23.
Polygon Pictures, a studio highly regarded overseas for *Transformers: Prime* and *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*, is challenging itself with a bold TV anime for the domestic Japanese market.
The Feb. 8 release of the animated film *Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha - Owarinaki Tabi* is closing in. Preceding this, a world premiere of the film will take place at the Louvre in Paris.
A new work to keep an eye on has appeared in the popular shonen manga magazine *Evening*. In the Jan. 28 issue, Hiroya Oku’s newest work, *Inu Yasha*, began serialization.
The broadcast time for the Flash anime *Keroro* has been announced. The anime will air at 19:00 on March 22 during Animax’s new programming block, Keroro Hour, during which both the new anime *Keroro* and the previous anime *Sgt. Frog* can be enjoyed.
*Black Butler* has been growing in popularity ever since it began its serialization in the magazine *Monthly GFantasy* in 2006. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the debut of the series’ author Yana Toboso, a special exhibit titled “Black Butler Original Artwork Exhibit: The World of Yana Toboso,” which features her early artwork for the series, was held in Tokyo.
An award ceremony and symposium for the Manga Translation Battle Vol. 2, a manga translation content that tested participants’ skills at translating Japanese manga, will be held on Feb. 13 (Thurs) in Roppongi, Tokyo.
Ookaze no Okorusama Inc. (whose logo features three of the character for “wind”) and American visual effects studio Legacy Effects held a joint press conference at the Tokyo American Club in Minato, Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2014.
The award-winning works of the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival will be the focus of attention at the National Art Center in Roppongi, Tokyo from Feb. 5-16.
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