Kadokawa Shoten had just revealed on its website a new project: Hajime Segawa’s Tokyo ESP manga is now under preparation for an anime adaptation. Segawa terms this work as an “afterschool psychic action,” and has launched it in Kadokawa’s Monthly Shounen Ace magazine back in 2010. This is shortly after he has ended The Enchained Spritual Beast Ga-Rei, another supernatural action series. Ga-Rei, which Segawa alternatively termed as the “afterschool spirit hunting action,” inspired the Ga-Rei: Zero television anime series in 2008, in which Funimation has released in North America. Keep Reading

From school girls firing hadoukens (波動拳) and kamehamehas (かめはめ波) to humans pretending to be Titans (巨人). That’s right ladies and gentlemen, another photo meme has struck the internet  and this time it’s Hajime Isayama’s (諫山 創) Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人).

Attack on Titan is an ongoing manga series by Isayama that was first released on 2009. The story is simple: humans live behind three tall Walls (ウォール) that separate them from Titans, gigantic humanoid creatures that preys on human beings. Keep Reading

It has just been revealed that the actress/model Ayame Gouriki will take the lead role of the live-action film adaptation of Ayu Watanabe’s L♥DK manga. The information has been revealed by Kodansha’s Bessatsu Friend magazine last month, with the news of the manga getting its own film adaptation. However, the production has not specified the medium at that time.

Gouriki has played various manga based roles, which will include another character in the Black Butler live action film as Shiori Genpou. Keep Reading

While news of Sailor Moon (美少女戦士セーラームーン) is making a comeback this year was spreading faster than the speed of light all over the world, Akihabara was dominated by gigantic ads and even commercials of the special Sailor Moon S.H Figuarts. Here’s another Sailor Moon Figuarts news that is certain to make the fans go wild: The appearance of an unpainted, Sailor Mercury (セーラーマーキュリー) S.H Figuarts prototype in the display window of Sofmap (ソフマップ) in Akihabara is giving fans hope that all of the members of the inner senshi will have their own Figuarts version. Keep Reading

Fans of the 1998 Yasuomi Umetsu (梅津 泰臣) adult action anime film entitled Kite (A カイト) will be on their toes with this bit of news. According to Deadline, The Weinstein Co. (TWC) has gained worldwide rights to the American live-action take on Kite. The film has already been finished with director Ralph Ziman (Gangster’s Paradise: Jerusalema, The Zookeeper) who took over the project after director David R. Ellis (Snakes on a Plane, The Final Destination) suddenly passed away last January 7, 2013. Keep Reading

Cosplayer. Photographer. Model. There’s definitely more to this guy than meets the eye. Meet the real Carlos Liao in this Asgard Anime interview!

Asgard Anime: When was your first cosplay exposure and what made you say that you have to cosplay?

Carlos Liao: Since I love anime and fashion, it made me think of trying out cosplay because its so cool, fashionable and it’s fun acting like an anime character that you really love. Keep Reading

It has been announced that the Space Pirate Captain Harlock キャプテン・ハーロック, along with his crew, will be relived into a 3D animation for a CG remake. The project is hosted by Toei and casts two of the nation’s popular actors, Shun Oguri and Haruma Miura. Oguri will play the role of Captain Harlock, while Miura takes on his first voice acting role. His character, Yama, will be solely created for the film. Keep Reading