The designs for the 2017 Snow Miku have been released. You can pick one out of the 6 designs for Miku and her rabbit. The voting started on May 20 and goes until May 25. The results are going to be announced at the 2016 Magical Mirai on September 9-11 2016.

You can go vote for the designs here.

http://event.goodsmile.info/snowmiku2017/en/

Sanrio announces interim results for their annual character ranking. The results so far put My Melody in the lead, with J-pop favorites: SHINGAN CRIMSONZ in 7th, YOSHIKITTY in 8th, and Plasmagica in 10th place. Fan voting continues through June 19th, with final results being announced on July 2nd.

Source: 2016 Sanrio Character Ranking Official Website | INTERIM RESULTS

The official Pokémon channel on Youtube released a trailers for the new Pokémon games Sun and Moon.

The games locations are said to be inspired by Hawaii. The three starter Pokémon you can choose from are Rowlet, Litten, and Popplio. The design of your main character can now be customized. The games are to be released on November 18, 2016 in both North America and Japan. Europe will wait a bit longer with its release on November 23, 2016.
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An excellent interview with X Japan’s frontman Yoshiki. Discussed is the new documentary「We Are X」, as well as the band’s emotional reunion, the influence of Prince on his band’s visual kei aesthetic, and the latest details on X Japan’s new album.

Source: X Japan’s Yoshiki On Pain, Loss, Prince and the Band’s First Album in 20 Years

Adult Swim’s Toonami just released a preview for the new english dub of Hunter X Hunter. The first episode is going to air on April 16 at 1am on Toonami. Recently in March North American anime and manga distributor Vis Media released some of the English voice actors.

Erica Mendez as Gon Freecss

Christina Vee as Killua Zoldyck

Erica Harlacher as Kurapika

Mathew Mercer as Leoreo

Keith Silverstein as Hisoka

The Viz Media does plan on releasing the dub on Blu-ray and CD.

There is also a Hunter x Hunter manga but it has been on a hiatus ever since August of 2014. Viz Media has also confirmed that the manga will continue in the weekly Shonen Jump magazine.

The anime「EndRide」is set to premiere on 04/03, the anime’s theme song by Luna Sea,「Limit -TV Edit-」will be available on iTunes from 04/03.

Source: LUNA SEA 新曲「Limit」TVアニメサイズVer. 配信決定！