Director Miike has adapted the 70's manga classic by Kajiwara Ikki and Takumi Nagayasu, "Ai to Makoto", into a live-action film. The story follows the relationship between notorious delinquent, Makoto Taiga, and Ai Saotome, a high society girl who falls in lov...

The event "6th Tamayura Hitotose screening in Tougeki" was held in Tokyo on March 25th, and is based on the TV anime, "Tamayura Hitotose", which aired from October 2011 to December 2011. This month marks the sixth since the anime first aired. After a talk show...

The doors of the exhibition "The World of Masakazu Katsura" opened at Parco Factory (Shibuya Parco Part 1) on March 30th, ahead of the April premiere of the long-awaited TV anime series, "ZETMAN". The exhibition displays artwork from all of the artist's hit t...

An event called "Birthday Party" was held at Nicofarre on April 8th, and was hosted by ClariS, an artist duo consisting of two high-school girls. Their hits include the theme songs for "Ore no Imoto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai", and "Puella Magi Madoka Magi...

A new record was created at the "Pretty Girls Dream Challenge 2012" event that was hosted by Takara Tomy Arts on March 30th, and held at Pacifico Yokohama. An event for fashionable young girls, it set a record for "the most models to walk the catwalk in a fash...

The winners of the "Seiyu Koushien" competition were announced on March 25th at the TAF stage within the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2012. The Seiyu Koushien competition was organized as a place for young anime voice actors to compete. The competition was a...

A special "Cardfight!! Vanguard" event was held on March 25th at the Tokyo International Anime Festa 2012. The event was based on Bushiroad's trading card game, and featured an interview with the main cast of the anime adaptation, "Cardfight!! Vanguard", which...

Yutaka Yamamoto, the director of "Kannagi" and "Fractale", has chosen to direct "Blossom", an anime dealing with the themes of hope and reconstruction in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The anime is based on the charity project, "Project Blossom...

The large-scale anime event, Anime Contents Expo 2012, will be held at Makuhari Messe on March 31st and April 1st. Many anime companies will be participating in the event and exhibiting their latest and most popular titles. One of the exhibitors, Geneon Univer...

With hit series, "Naruto", entering its 10th year, a special event, "NARUTO--Chakra Memories in Lagunasia", will be held at Laguna Gamagori's theme park, Lagunasia, to mark the anniversary. "Chakra Memories" will be held from March 17th till September 2nd, an...

The special event, "Sora no Otoshimono the Movie. Scream Night returns", will be held at Kadokawa Cinema Shinjuku's Cinema on February 23rd. "Sora no Otoshimono (aka Heaven's Lost Property)" is an ongoing manga series created by Suu Minazuki, which was adapted...

Tatsuo Sato, the director of countless hits such as "Mobile Battleship Nadeshiko" and "Stellvia of the Universe", will be involved with two TV anime series this winter. He will serve as the director of "Mo-retsu Space Pirates", and general director of "Rinne n...

Since the formation of the band, the group SCANDAL has quickly gained popularity within the country and abroad. They are now set to take the next step, announcing plans for a solo live performance at the Nippon Budokan on March 28, 2012. This will set a record...

The PC-geared website for popular anime character and series, "Lupin the Third" received a full makeover in September. The site, managed by TMS Entertainment, showcases the series from it's first TV broadcast in 1971 to the latest episodes. The site also conta...

It was decided that the newest work of "Battle Vixens" series, "Battle Vixens: Shugaku Tohshi Keppu-roku" would be shown together with an event at theaters. This film will begin showing at three theaters, CINE LIBRE Ikebukuro in Tokyo, Kesei Rosa in Chiba and ...

Tokyo Game Show 2011 was held in Makuhari Messe between September 15 and 18 and the participants have set a new record. According to the news release by the organizer Computer Entertainment Software Association(CESA) and co-organizer Nikkei BP, the number of p...

It is to hold an animation business event "Tokyo International Anime Festival 2011 Fall Animation Business Matching & Conference" at Akihabara UDX, Tokyo on 27th and 28th October 2011. It is to announce the outlining of the activity in recent days. It is to ho...

"Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade Celluloid Picture Exhibition - The Fascination of Analog Animation" will be held in the Suginami Animation Museum in Tokyo from September 21 to November 20. The exhibition is intended to come along with the public screening of "A Let...

The activity "Smile and to be Here Healthy-Shiroishi Charity Animation Screening " will be launched at Shiroishi of Miyagi on September 18th, which concentrates on the works of animation director Daichi Akitaro. The aim of this activity hopes smile can bloom o...

J-POP SUMMIT FESTIVAL will be held on August 27 and 28 in San Francisco, USA. The operator of this activity NEW PEOPLE is based in San Francisco and has been introducing the latest Japanese culture to USA for a long time. J-POP SUMMIT FESTIVAL involves Japanes...