Special Must Haves In The News, Vol. 6: Stockings, Umbrellas And Hand-Made Cases

ultimate madoka stockingsThere are so much anime-inspired stuff in the universe that just has to be covered! Asgard Anime is back with the sixth volume of Special Must Haves In the News and here are some things that you might want to add up to your growing anime collection!

If fashion is your thing and so is anime, here’s something for the ladies. 2PMWorks, a Japanese apparel website that caters to anything and everything anime, has come up with the Acid&Mofcana Puella Magi Madoka Magica (魔法少女まどか☆マギカ) tattoo tights. Keep Reading

Figures In The News, Vol. 3: A Fox Spirit, A New Sailor Soldier And A Navigation Pixie

figures - yoko kuramaHaving a collectible figure of a character from an anime, manga or video game that you like is a great way to immortalize your love for that character. Asgard Anime is back with the third volume of Figures in the News and two of our entries may have been a huge part of your childhood.

Shuichi Minamino (南野 秀一) is more than just a red-headed, green-eyed genius. What people don’t know is that he is in truth, Yoko Kurama (妖狐蔵馬), a powerful S-class fox spirit that turned to the human world when he was mortally injured. Keep Reading

Bandai Presents Sailor Moon Super S Inspired Rings

sailor moonSailor Moon (美少女戦士セーラームーン) items have been out and about for the past few months already and here’s another Sailor Moon offering that should send Sailor Moon fans into another shopping spree.

Bandai Premium is proud to present these Sailor Moon Super S (美少女戦士セーラームーン) inspired rings and they have already started to accept pre-orders for both the 18-karat gold and the sterling silver rings. The rings were based on the brooches that Sailor Moon (セーラームーン) and Sailor Chibi Moon (セーラーちびムーン) sport when they transform. Keep Reading

Sailor Moon In The News: A Musical, An AKIBA Showroom Feature And A Special Make-Up

sailormoon6Sailor Moon (美少女戦士セーラームーン) is already celebrating its 20th anniversary in the anime and manga scene but our beloved twin-tailed magical girl (魔法少女) never grows a day old and even until now is still popular, even to those who are not into anime. Asgard Anime puts Sailor Moon in this edition of In the News with three special news that can send fans to the moon and back with excitement!

sailor moon musicalSailor Moon Musicals (セーラームーン・ミュージカル) or SailorMyu (セラミュー) have always been celebrated by fans since the first stage came out in 1993. Keep Reading

Danny Choo Develops Smart Doll

danny chooHere’s a little something for all you doll lovers out there. Remember the Clamp (クランプ) manga, Chobits (ちょびっツ)? Wouldn’t you love to have your own persocom (パソコン)? This guy just might be the answer to your prayers. True blue otaku Danny Choo, together with a team of talented experts in robotics, has developed the Smart Doll – a doll created to interact with its owner in a human-like manner.

Choo and his team are currently working on Mirai Suenaga (末永みらい), Choo’s Culture Japan mascot. Keep Reading

Family Mart Holds A Hatsune Miku Lottery

hatsune miku 3Japanese convenience store chain Family Mart (ファミリーマート) is holding a lottery called the Hatsune Miku Happy Summer Kuji. The prizes have been recently announced and they are more than enough to make a Vocaloid fan go wild.

hatsune niku 4The prizes are classified into eight different categories plus a special Last category. A prize are Hatsune Miku (初音ミク )Nendoroids in Mizugi version and a special Family Mart version; B Prize is a Rin Kagamine (鏡音リン) Family Mart version and her brother, Len Kagamine (鏡音レン)takes C Prize who is also donning the Family Mart uniform; D Prize is an ultra adorable Hatsune Miku Marukunaru tissue cover; E prize is a soup curry bowl collaborated with Magic Spice. Keep Reading

Sailor Mercury Accompanies Sailor Moon S.H Figuarts

sailor mercury figuarts

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