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Award Winning Manga Gets Anime Adaptation
I met the girl under full-bloomed cherry blossoms and my life began to change.
A brand new anime to watch out for is the animated take on the award winning manga by Naoshi Arakawa (新川直司), Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (四月は君の嘘). The series is known for bagging the Best Shounen Manga at the 37th Kodansha Awards (講談社漫画賞).
Literally known as April is Your Lie, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso follows the story of Arima Kosei. Keep Reading
Last month, we reported about what Kaijus do post Super Sentai (スーパー戦隊シリーズ) fights. Now here comes this question: what DO the heroes do after monster fights? A brand new Japanese television show entitled Kanpai Senshi After V (乾杯戦士 アフターV) shows us just that! The Super Sentai parody focuses on a team of Super Sentai heroes who celebrate the end of their working day by partying and by partying they mean karaoke, drinking and whining incessantly about their job. 
Live-action takes on anime, comic book and even video game will often make fans feel wary but this will certainly bowl you over. Capcom (株式会社カプコン), together with Machinima, brings you Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist. The promising series which highlights Ryu (リュウ) and Ken Masters (ケン・マスターズ) now has a trailer for every awaiting Street Fighter fan. The trailer, which was uploaded on March 14, 2014 on the official Machinima Youtube channel, runs for just a short 55 seconds but is more than enough to hook your attention. 
If you’ve been following the anime version of Engaged to the Unidentified (未確認で進行形) for awhile now and it has made a fan out of you, here’s good news for you. An OVA of the anime series is currently in the works and a 3-minute preview has been released on March 2 via the TOHO animation Youtube channel.
The Macross 30th Anniversary Super Dimension Duet Collection (マクロス30周年記念超時空デュエット集娘コラ) has been revealed and the album’s cover is nothing short of surprising – Ranka Lee (ランカ・リー) and Sheryl Nome (シェリル・ノーム) have switched their signature costumes for the album! Illustrated by long time Macross character designer Risa Ebata (江端 里沙), Risa gave a fresh yet adorable take on the Macross girls simply by giving them a costume swap.
If you’re looking for a hobby, give needle felting a try! Who knows, you just might turn out to be next Kosuke Ueda. Kosuke Ueda is your average Japanese who is a needle felt aficionado. His love and dedication for his hobby takes on a whole new level as he adds Street Fighter’s (ストリートファイター) Russian Red Cyclone (赤きサイクロン) to his completed works.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン) has held Japanese sword exhibits in and around Japan which became a huge hit around the country. Stepping out of home for the first time, Evangelion and Japanese Swords will be visiting Madrid, Spain and Paris, France soon!