With Ban’s “Evil Eye” ability which creates illusions in his victims mind and Ginji’s talent for harnessing the power of electricity, the GetBackers can get anything back for you, just name it. Whether it’s a top secret project, a person, a stuffed animal or even hope that is lost, the GetBackers can literally return it back to you.… Keep Reading

1. Fate/Stay Night vs Fate/Zero?
2. Rurouni Kenshin Celebrates Their 15th Anniversary With Shin Kyoto Hen
3. Mirai Suenaga Who?

Xaga Rae is one cosplayer in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines that has a burning passion for armored cosplay. Taking a few minutes off from his birthday party to answer quick questions, Xag lets his cheery personality loose.

Asgard: How did your interest in cosplay start?

Xaga: Well, it started because I was addicted to [online] games so I was inspired by the designs of ingame armors, especially Ragnarok.

A: What was your first armored cosplay and how long did it take for you to finish working on it?

X: My first armored cosplay was a Ranger Unit Accretia from RF Online. It wasn’t quite good at that time and it took me a week to make it.

A: Which anime, manga or cosplay event did you attend with that costume?… Keep Reading

Anime has become so huge that some well known titles such as Dragon Ball, Blood: The Last Vampire and Speed Racer have owned live action movie counterparts. For simple movie goers who are not familiar with the anime or manga, some of these movies are passable, some would even say they’re great. But the same thing cannot be easily said for the hardcore anime fans; some would leave their mouths hanging open in shock while watching the movie or some would shake their heads in disgust. Ratings are considerably very low for these live action films with less than or equal to five stars out of ten in iM. But what happens if you take a very controversial anime and take a live action movie of it?… Keep Reading

1. Rurouni Kenshin Steps Out From The Pages Into real life
2. Fate/Stay Night vs Fate/Zero?
3. Code Geass News Roundup

Rurouni Kenshin celebrates its 15th anniversary in the field of anime and manga by releasing a remake of the anime’s biggest arc in a two part OVA, the Shin Kyoto Hen.

Released on December 17, 2011, the Shin Kyoto Hen focuses on the Kyoto arc of the series but is told from the point of view of Misao Makimachi. Produced by Studio DEEN and directed by Furuhashi Kazahiro, Shin Kyoto Hen resembles a reunion for everyone. The voice actors for this OVA are nearly the same except for Saito Hajime. Saito Hajime’s original voice actor, Hirotoka Suzuki, passed away due to lung cancer in the year 2006 and is replaced by Ken Narita, a known voice actor who lent his voice talent to Ryuken Ishida from Bleach and Sesshomaru from Inu Yasha.… Keep Reading

1. Rurouni Kenshin Steps Out From The Pages Into real life
2. Fate/Stay Night vs Fate/Zero?
3. GetBackers To Be Released On DVD

With her torquoise-colored floor length pig tails and cute appearance, Crypton Future Media’s world famous Vocaloid Hatsune Miku has become the latest model for yet another huge franchise: Hatsune Miku’s latest single “Tell Your World” has been featured in Japan’s Google Chrome ad.

The ad is simply about inspiration that leads to creativity.

Although Hatsune Miku looks like an anime character and appears as a guest on many anime and manga titles, she is not an anime character. Hatsune Miku is a singing synthesizer software in which users are able to make her sing any song imaginable just by entering the lyrics and setting the melody. She is illustrated by KEI who was tasked to draw an android diva based on Yamaha’s blue-green colors and is a popular cosplay choice.… Keep Reading

Asgard: anime, cosplaying and manga is something you two share. tell us how you two met.

John Reuben: We saw each other at a cosplay event in SM, the first cosplay ever held in SM, though we never got to talk to each other. Rem went as Misa Amane from Deathnote and I went as Uryuu Ishida. Then had some online encounters via the CDOtaku forums.… Keep Reading

1. Cosplayer Interviews: Xaga Rae From The Philippines
2. Cosplayer Interviews: Miharu Saruwatari From The Philippines

The film follows the story of the 19-year-old college student Hana, who goes through a “fairy-tale like” love with a “wolf man”, and their two children – the older sister who was born on a snowy day, Yuki, and the younger brother who was born on a rainy day, Ame.

In addition to directing the film, Hosoda is the writer for both the original story and the screenplay.  Character design will be by Sadamoto Yoshiyuki, who also worked on both Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.  Animation will be handled by Studio Chizu, and the animation director will be Yamashita Takaaki.  The executive producer will be Okuda Seiji, who worked in this capacity on several Studio Ghibli films.… Keep Reading

1. Dublin To Screen Evangelion 2.0 and Eva 2.0 in March
2. Mamoru Oshii Announces Tetsujin 28 Film
3. Teaser Out – Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky

However, the maid cafe is just one example of an Anime themed restaurant. Tea Room 2525, located in Tokyo, Japan, has recently opened the “Legends of the Galactic Heroes” themed cafe. Legends of the Galactic Heroes is a space themed novel created by Yoshiki Tanaka which inspired an anime series that lasted for 10 years.… Keep Reading

1. Dublin To Screen Evangelion 2.0 and Eva 2.0 in March
2. Winter 2012 Anime: Streams and Licenses
3. English Cast Announced For Gundam Unicorn Anime

Who’s that buxom anime chick with the long brown hair with braids and clad in a school girl uniform? From what anime is she?

She has vast amounts of merchandise ranging from poseable figures to even her own curry flavor. Girls (and maybe some guys) cosplay her and even dolls dress up like her. So who is she and why is she so popular?

Those who aren’t familiar with Mirai Suenaga, as she is called, might confuse her with a lot of anime titles since she makes appearances so here’s the 101 on Mirai Suenaga.

Mirai Suenaga is the mascot and brainchild of Culture Japan host and blogger, Danny Choo. With the help of illustrator Azami Yuko, Mirai Suenaga was born on the corner of Danny Choo’s blog in 2007 and gained immense popularity since then.… Keep Reading

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3. Fate/Stay Night vs Fate/Zero?

(Note: All air-dates are given in Japan time.)

Natsume Yuujinchou Shi (Natsume’s Book of Friends, Season 4)
Date Aired: January 2^nd, 2012
Streaming On: Crunchyroll, Mondays, 10:00a.m. PST.  Crunchyroll also has the first 3 seasons available for streaming.
Licensed By: NIS America has just recently licensed all 4 seasons of Natsume Yuujinchou for release on home video.  There’s no news yet on the format or release dates.

Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama (The New Prince of Tennis)
(Sequel to the first Prince of Tennis anime.)
Date Aired: January 4^th, 2012
Streaming On: Crunchyroll, Wednesdays, 10:30a.m.… Keep Reading

1. Cartoon Network Chinese New Year Special 2012
2. Hunter x Hunter Back On Track?
3. English Cast Announced For Gundam Unicorn Anime