The son of the anime studio's founder Hayao Miyazaki will direct "Ronja the Robber's Daughter," based on a Swedish children's book that was previously adapted for the big screen.
TOKYO – Studio Ghibli is to produce its first TV anime series, to be directed byGoro Miyazaki, son of recently retired studio founder Hayao Miyazaki. A 3D CG adaptation of Swedish author AstridLindgren's children's book Ronja the Robber's Daughter (Sanzoku no Musume Ronja), it will be produced in collaboration with Polygon Pictures, Dwango and NHK Enterprises. The show is scheduled for broadcast in Japan this fall. Read more
A representative of Kyoto Animation's KA Esuma Bunko imprint revealed that the main characters of Kōji Ōji's High Speed! novel enter middle school in the second volume. Ōji's original novel inspired the Free! television anime series that premiered last July.
KA Esuma Bunko also revealed that many new characters who are mostly boys appear in the novel. Haruka and Makoto have new encounters and face conflicts. Nagisa's relationship with his friends changes little by little as he remains in elementary school after they graduate. Rin thinks about his upcoming study abroad trip. Read more
In 2011, Bardock, the father of Dragon Ball lead protagonist Goku, became the star of his own manga, Episode of Bardock, which expanded on his backstory. Now manga creator Akira Toriyama has revealed that he will draw a manga about Goku's mother as well. Read more
MOVIC is recreating Sakura Kinomoto's Sealing Wand and Star Wand from Cardcaptor Sakura — only this time, they will be made out of die-cast zinc. Each is about 15 centimeters (6 inches) long and sell for 3,456 yen (about US$34) as part of MOVIC's new Eternal Masterpiece line of collectibles for adults. Read more
Hello Kitty collaborates with Japanese anime "TIGER & BUNNY". The movie TIGER & BUNNY will be released on February 8, 2014, and they announced that they will release some limited items collaborated with Sanrio Hello Kitty which is loved for a long time all over the world! All of this collaboration items will be sold at all Japanese theaters and Hello Kitty fans are looking forward to them now. Below is a line-up.
The release date is the same day of the film released (Feb 8, 2014). I guess those items will be listed on PIJ. You will be able to search it with Japanese words above. Please wait its release now :)
For example, if you want to search TIGER & BUNNY figures on PIJ, you'll find many items with the way below.
a. Decided the keywords to search. PIJ works with an auctions site in Japan, so you can find many items with Japanese words than using English or other language. Use a word below.
"Lupin the 3rd VS Detective Conan THE MOVIE" is now showing at the theater in Japan. Both of Lupin and Conan are super popular Japanese anime in the world now. Check the official website! Official Watch will be Released! In commemoration of the cinema release, a Japanese company has released a special watch in a limited quantity. (5000 watches in the world!) Check the watch's detail page! Watch's Feature There are only Japanese words in the page, so I pick up the feature translating in English here. They say in the page that it is the first time a watch with Lupin and Conan to be released in history. It comes with a special watch box and the body itself has high performance. Of course, it was made in Japan. Now they are accepting orders online, and they will ship out in the early of February 2014. Also, there are 3 types in the size. (S, M, and L) I could see "S= 15 cm, M = 17.5 cm, L = 19 cm" in the page. You need to choose which size do you like. Watch's price Item price: 29,300 yen Domestic Shipping: 630 yen and... International Shipping: Approx. 2,500 yen Total: 32,430 yen (How to make order for the item) Please note that the above total price is my estimate price. The total may change in a little range. If you make order from us, you need to pay for the total includes commission and handling fees. If you like to know about our fees, please check our information page.
Kuroko's Basketball (Tadatoshi Fujimaki) and MANGART BEAMS T will release their collaboration T-shirts "T. KUROKO" in January 2014. Now we can make order for the T-shirts on BEAMS Online Shop. What is Kuroko's Basketball? Kuroko's Basketball is Japanese anime (manga) known as Kuroko no Basuke (黒子のバスケ) or Kurobasu, which began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump in December 2008. Why is this anime so popular? I need to say nothing. You will understand if you watch it. (you can watch at AnimeFave with English sub!) What is BEAMS? BEAMS is an apparel chain store begun in 1976 in Japan. Usually they import products from overseas and sell them in Japan. I often visited the store in Amemura in Namba, Osaka. There were many cool items, but it was little bit expensive for me in that days... Kuroko x BEAMS T-Shirts Now they are accepting orders for the T-shirts. All each price is 5250 yen and there are 4 sizes from XS - L in size. They will accept your order until December 13 and will be shipped out from January 14 2014. Hurry up to get it! Kuroko T-Shirts on BEAMS Online Shop You can order through PIJ! How to order at Japanese Online Stores
Japanese convenience store "Family Mart" has started collaborating with Japanese anime "Kantai Collection -Kan Colle -". Kan Colle (かんこれ) is a kind of online simulation games developed by Kadokawa Games. It has started in April this year, and there are about 1.3 million users already in Japan now. The visibility was increased gradually, and they decided to release the anime and software for PS vita.
They release several Kan Colle items at Family Mart and Family Mart Online. You will see them at photos attached this article. I don't know if people abroad can play the games because I see it is made for Japanese users, but if you know Kan Colle, and you are fan of it, please check the links below. You will see items related with it.
You can get Japanese items from Yahoo Japan Auctions through our service even if you don't live in Japan. Where is your location? We will win on your behalf and ship to you quickly! Click PIJ ROCKET icon above!
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