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Snow Miku 2015 Design Contest Has Been Launched
Have you always wished you could give Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) a brand new, snowy make over? Your wish has been granted thanks to the Good Smile Company (グッドスマイルカンパニー) and Piapro (ピアプロ)! The annual Snow Miku Design Contest is already up and running and goes with the theme of “Plants (Grass, Flowers and Trees) of Winter in Hokkaido”. Her little bunny friend Yukine, who was introduced last year, is also included in the design. Keep Reading
It has been weeks since Nagi No Asakura (凪のあすから) has aired its final episode but fans still can’t get enough of the Nagi-Asu fever! Here to help you relive the series is Ray’s second album which includes the insert song, lull ~Earth color of a Calm~ (「lull~そして僕らは~」).
On April 6, 2014, the Iwami-cho Tourism Association has reported via Twitter that the section of the Arasuna Shrine has been vandalized with the words “For the team Free! 4/2/2014”. The Arasuna Shrine, one of the famous shrine’s in the Tottori Prefecture, has been featured in the anime Free! which has helped in gaining visitors of the area as a part of their seichi junrei (聖地巡礼) – the visiting places which have been used as a background to famous scenes in anime, manga, movies or TV soaps. 
April 12, 2014 was a big day for Japanese voice actress and singer Mikako Takahashi (高橋 美佳子). The 33-year-old has joined the audition for Otona AKB48 and has made it to the finals but unfortunately she was not chosen in the final selection meet as announced in her official Twitter account.
You know the saying bad decisions make great stories? That’s what happened to in Erika Shinohara in Wolf Girl & Black Prince (オオカミ少女と黒王子). Hatta Ayuko’s (八田鮎子) hit shoujo manga is getting an anime adaptation on the girl who cried wolf and the consequences she’s paying.
Io Sakisaka’s (咲坂伊緒) famous shoujo manga, Ao Haru Ride (アオハライド), is getting not one but two awesome adaptations scheduled for the year 2014! What began as a manga published in Bessatsu Margaret (別冊マーガレット) in the year 2011 will have an anime version scheduled for release on July 2014 while a live-action film is set for December of the same year.
Here’s another food item that you just might want to preserve for all eternity… or maybe just eat the contents and keep the wrapping for life. Morinaga & Company (森永製菓株式会社), makers of the world famous DARS chocolate, brings you yet another manga tie-in promotional confection featuring the characters of Haikyu!! (ハイキュー!!) and their very chewy candy, Hi-Chew (ハイチュウ).