After 20 years of its publishment, the youth baseball best selling novel which has been sold over than 10 million copies becomes into an anime! A great sense pitcher meets a great catcher who catches his best pitching. Even they fight strongly, they end up as the best team as "Battery" and grow together...It is a spectacular baseball drama beyond the framework of children's literature! "Battery", the best anime coming up this summer! Check it out!

A popular 4 panel comic essay "Nordic Girl Åsa discovers the Mysteries of Japan" which has been released twice (in March and in September) last year. This year the Chinese version got released as well!The author is from Norway! The female Nordic manga artist Åsa Ekström describes differences between Japanese and Nordic culture in 4 panel manga style! Check out behind the scenes and how she is working in Japan as a manga artist.

A popular manga which continues to be published since 2011, "Dimension W".It is a well known SF action in Japan but it has been localized in English and it became very popular worldwide.imagine-nation features the latest information of "Dimension W" and makes a special interview to the author Yuji Iwahara!