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Horimiya, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, SK8 the Infinity, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
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April 2021 Anime Collaborations and Pop-up Store Events
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May 2021 Anime Collaborations and Pop-up Store Events
1. Tokyo Revengers x Animate Cafe Event Period: May 19 – June 21 (The event has been postponed for the time being)Website: Tokyo Revengers has become a pretty…
My Hero Academia, Shaman King, Tokyo Revengers, AMNESIA, Cardcaptor Sakura
October 2021 Anime Collaborations and Pop-up Store Events
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June 2021 Anime Collaborations and Pop-up Store Events
– Anime Collaborations – Chinese Anime/Donghua Collaborations – Otome Game Collaborations Anime Collaborations 1. Jujutsu Kaisen x UNIQLO Event Period: Starting June 3 Website: Ha…
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March 2021 Anime Collaborations and Pop-up Store Events
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November Anime Collaborations and Pop-up Store Events
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December 2020 Anime Collaborations and Pop-up Store Events
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August 2021 Anime and Otome Game Collaborations and Pop-up Store Events
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July 2021 Anime and Otome Game Collaborations and Pop-up Store Events
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The Case Study of Vanitas, Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan, AMNESIA, Attack on Titan, Bleach
September 2021 Anime, Donghua and Otome Game Collaborations and Pop-up Store Events
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The Case Study of Vanitas, The Detective Is Already Dead, Tokyo Revengers, Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan, ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream!
November & December 2021 Anime Collaborations
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Screen Anime February 2021 Streaming Line Up
The good folks from Screen Anime the curated monthly streaming anime festival have sent us the details of their February 2021 showings. As a...
January 2022 Anime Collaborations
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Monthly Round-up: February
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Spring 2021 Anime (and Manga) Round-Up Post
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February Updates: Playing Catch-up
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