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Squid Girl author and noted Splatoon enthusiast Masahiro Anbe celebrated the Nintendo game's release with crossover art in Shonen Champion manga magazine and Famitsu gaming mag. Splatoon's Twitter feed go into the inky fun with a look at the two illustrations.

 

本日発売の「週刊少年チャンピオン」に例のイカと〝イカ娘”という別種のイカとのコラボイラストが掲載されているそうだ。 どうも、イラスト以外にも何やらコラボをするらしい。 このイラストの全貌は「週刊少年チャンピオン」で確認してほしい。 pic.twitter.com/yxtGyxEzhu

— Splatoon（スプラトゥーン） (@SplatoonJP) May 28, 2015

本日発売の「週刊ファミ通」にも先程とは別の“イカ娘”とのコラボイラストが掲載されているそうだ。 一体何が始まろうとしているのか？ イカ娘とやらにも俄然に興味がわいてきた。 このイラストの全貌は「週刊ファミ通」で確認してほしい。 pic.twitter.com/nFeOAkqaeF

— Splatoon（スプラトゥーン） (@SplatoonJP) May 28, 2015

 

我がイカ研究所の研究員も例のイカと”イカ娘”とのコラボイラストを描いたそうだ。 一応断っておくが、あくまで研究のためのスケッチである。 イカへの飽くなき探究心の賜物なのだ。 イカ娘がカワイイからとか、決してそういうことではないのだ。 pic.twitter.com/3UJIeCwkIu

— Splatoon（スプラトゥーン） (@SplatoonJP) May 28, 2015

 

Also, the results of the Twitter feed's gradually filled in count-down art

本日5月28日はWii U用ソフト「Splatoon（スプラトゥーン）」の発売日だ。 価格は5,700円（税別）。 ニンテンドーeショップからダウンロード版も購入できる。 あらかじめダウンロードで購入された方はもう遊ぶことができるぞ！ pic.twitter.com/oG2020vfWn

— Splatoon（スプラトゥーン） (@SplatoonJP) May 28, 2015

 

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Along with the June 14th release of the first Blu-ray collection of Yurikuma Arashi, a launch event will be held at Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya Public Hall with cast members Miho Arakawa, Yoshiko Ikuta,  Nozomi Yamane, Junichi Suwabe , Mitsuki Saiga and Kazutomi Yamamoto and creator Kunihiko Ikuhara. In addition to an official doujinshi book and Ginko and Lulu bear paw oven mitt, the event will be introducing a line of Gloomy Bear collaboration items featuring man-eater team-up art by anti-cute mascot designer Mori Chack from Movic.

 

ガウΣ（ ・（ｪ）・ ）RT @morichack: グル～ミ～×ユリ熊コラボ、ラフ段階ではウィニング形態でちょっと提案してみたのですが諸事情でクマ形態に。 http://t.co/bnj4tFm09h #yurikuma pic.twitter.com/sWRZM8V3kB

— 幾原邦彦 (@ikuni_noise) May 28, 2015

 

 

 

Official doujinshi - 2,500 yen 

Oven mitts - 1,500yen each

Face Towel - 2,000 yen

Clearfiles - 1,600yen for set

Mini-tote -  850 yen

clearfile - 400yen

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It was confirmed yesterday that the 19th Detective Conan film, Sunflowers of Inferno, earned 4.148 billion yen from 3,319,000 ticket sales in 37 days from its opening on April 18, finally becoming the most successful film in the anime franchise. The previous record was 4.11 billion yen by last year's Dimensional Sniper, which also updated the record of its predecessor, 17th film Private Eye in the Distant Sea's 3.63 billion yen.

 

Even in its sixth weekend of May 23-24, the Koubun Shizuno-directed film still ranked 6th, while one of its anime film competitors opened on the same day, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection of F has already slipped out of the top 10.

 

 

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"The Transformation", an exciting art exhibition featuring the designs of Shoji Kawamori, is coming to the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum beginning in July of 2015.

 

 

In addition to having fabulous hair, Shoji Kawamori has been a prolific animator / director / mechanical designer since the 1980's. Just a few of his many credits include providing mechanical designs for Super Dimension Fortress Macross and the Armored Core video games, creating The Vision of Escaflowne and Aquarion, and directing Arjuna and Spring and Chaos.

 

 

 

"The Transformation" art exhibition will be held at the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, from July 03 to October 26, 2015. Prices for admission range from 100 yen ($0.82 US) for elementary school students to 700 yen ($5.71 US) for adults.

 

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In Tokyo from July 25-28 at Ikebukuro Sunshine City and then in Kobe from August 21-23, a Fate/stay night[Unlimited Blade Works] -Holy Grail’s Atrium exhibit will present life-sized Rin and Archer figures and recreations of scenes such as Archer's summoning, the school hill and the Caster battle. Character goods markers Cospa has announced plans to exhibit Cospatio label cosplay outfits of Rin and Sabers' casual outfits at the event. These will ship in August.

 

Plainclothes saber outfit - 34,560yen with taxes

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Cospa is also selling a long sleeve, glow-in-the-dark "trace on" t-shirt for  4,104yen

Meanwhile, the event will be selling limited Archer t-shirts and "Trace On" boxer shorts

 

 

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Gentosha - a Japanese publisher that specializes in manga, web comics, and literary magazines - is publishing an illustration art book entitled Jeweled Corridors that features new and previously unreleased artwork by Lily Hoshino.

 

 

Lily Hoshino is a manga artist famous for her "boy's love" comics and her gender-bending character designs. She's probably most famous in the west as the author of Otome Yōkai Zakuro and the character designer for Penguindrum.

 

Jeweled Corridors sells for 3024 yen ($24.99 US). The book is available from online retailers such as Amazon Japan beginning May 29, 2015.

 

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Genco's quarterly anime business magazine Anime Busience has featured illustrations by popular anime/manga artists on its covers, such as Hideaki Anno (vol.1), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (vol.2), Katsuhiro Otomo (vol.3), Atsushi Takeuchi (vol.4), Kousuke Fujishima (vol.5), and Akihiro Yamada (vol.6).

 

Japanese illustrator Range Murata, who is well known for his character design works for Blue Submarine No.6, LAST EXILE, and Shangri-La, provides his newly-drawn illustration of Studio Pierrot's magical girl anime series in the mid-1980s, Magical Angel Creamy Mami, for the latest 7th issue. The 1,851-yen issue is now available on CharaAni.com, Amazon Japan, and Toranoana stores.

 

 

7th issue cover © Pierrot

 

 

Past issues:

 

Hideaki Anno/Space Battleship Yamato (vol.1), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto/AKIRA (vol.2)

 

 

Katsuhiro Otomo/Astro Boy (vol.3), Atsushi Takeuchi/The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (vol.4)

 

 

Kousuke Fujishima/Urusei Yatsura (vol.5), Akihiro Yamada/Devilman (vol.6)

 

Source: press release

 

At last June's E3, Nintendo unveiled Splatoon and it immediately caught the attention of one Mr. Masahiro Anbe, author of manga series Squid Girl. And, as he put it, he had to draw an Inkling. Now, his enthusiasm is being acknowledged with next week's Shonen Champion manga magazine and Famitsu gaming mag set to carry official tributes by Anbe.

 

マジかｗｗｗｗｗ pic.twitter.com/TgKxW76jiI

— アサクラ＝サン (@asakura03) May 20, 2015

 

Anbe's earlier, Tweeted tributes

なんとなく描かずにはいられなかった pic.twitter.com/bt8guobQ5m

— 安部真弘 (@masahiro_lemon) June 10, 2014

自分なりの解釈で描いてみた。 pic.twitter.com/2ioUwlFm4G

— 安部真弘 (@masahiro_lemon) June 18, 2014

ニット帽も良いなぁ pic.twitter.com/neuovdDE2V

— 安部真弘 (@masahiro_lemon) November 7, 2014

制服イカ pic.twitter.com/v9b1NMUuFy

— 安部真弘 (@masahiro_lemon) April 2, 2015

 

 

Elswhere, Yozakura Quartet and artist on the Durarara!! light novels also shared his take on Inkling art

指のウォーミングアップ落書き、スプラトゥーンの子　あのデフォルメ具合超しぶい、発売楽しみ・・・ pic.twitter.com/dqbkp7Mdo8

— ヤスダスズヒト (@suzupin) May 17, 2015

 

via Famitsu

 

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Kentucky Fried Chicken in Germany just cooked up the weirdest fast-food techno-marketing stunt. For a week, restaurants lined their serving trays with disposable Bluetooth keyboards instead of paper liners. Not even joking.

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The magazine also detailed some of the downloadable content. While no date or price was announced, the first batch of DLC will include Culture Festival Girls Clothes + Wakame Set and a Persona 4: The Animation/Persona 4 Golden: The Animation song set as paid DLC, with Teddie's President Costume from Persona 4 Arena and the "Shadow World" song available as free DLC. 

 

 

Persona 4: Dancing All Night hits PS Vita in Japan on June 25, with a western release to follow.

 

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Nintendo of America have hired Doug Bowser, formerly of Electronic Arts, as their Vice-President of Sales.

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Kazune Kawahara and Aruko's award-winning My Love Story!! manga launched in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret in October 2011 (technically in Betsuma Sister with a 100-page special before moving into the main magazine). Today is the fourth anniversary of the May 19th launch of JoJolion, the eighth part of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, in Shueisha's Ultra Jump. Believe it or not, these Shueisha classmates once teamed up, along the lines of the new JoJo's x Terraformars promotion!

 

In late 2013, leading into last year's Betsuma 50th anniversary, the two launched a co-promotion in which My Love Story!! leads Takeo Gōda and Rinko Yamato dressed as Jojolion's Josuke Higashikata and Yasuho Hirose, displayed on the Shueisha building in Jinbocho and distributed at Shibuya Parco.

 

Check out the results!

 

 

ひぃ #ジョジョ#ジョジョリオン#東方定助#広瀬康穂#俺物語‼︎#まさかのコラボ

A photo posted by おはる (@ohapan2) onFeb 28, 2014 at 1:34am PST

 

Jojo author Hirohiko Araki also contributed to Bessatsu Margaret's anniversary tribute art collection

 

via Jojolion + Assasinationclassroom Channel and matome.naver summary

 

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Sure, the Marvel comics universe might be exploding in this week’s batch of Secret Wars comics, but Dirk Gently himself is heading off on comic book adventures in this week’s releases — and so does Mad Max: Fury Road! Come check them out, and more, in this week’s guide to the coolest new comics.

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Upon meeting certain conditions, you’ll unlock Margaret as part of the game’s Free Dance mode.

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