Sailor Mercury Accompanies Sailor Moon S.H Figuarts

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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

American Live-Action Take On Kite Is Ready

kiteFans 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 Interviews: The Real Carlos Liao

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

Sailor Moon S.H Figuarts Takes Over Akihabara

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I will punish you in the name of the Moon!

To all the kids who grew up watching Sailor Moon (美少女戦士セーラームーン) and who have now become young adults, get ready to become a child again as your favorite heroine is making a 2013 comeback! Promotions have come slowly but surely this year for Sailor Moon, starting off with her appearance as Tokyo ViVi’s magazine cover. Now, Bandai has released a Sailor Moon S.H. Keep Reading

Manga Inspires School Girls To Vandalize Their School

flowers of evil vandalSee this photo on the left? Would you believe that a pair of 13-year-old girls did this? That’s what the police in Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture announced on May 1, 2013.

According to police reports, the girls sneaked inside their campus and broke through a window in the first floor to get inside using a rake on February 4, 2013, just 3 two months ago, between 9:00 to 11:00 PM. The girls then went to the fourth floor of their building, opened all the faucets and left the waters to run. Keep Reading

Free Comic Book Day 2013 Celebrates 11 Years Of Free Comics

free comic book dayFree Comic Book Day is a day where all comic book fans unite and rejoice for participating comic book shops and book stores hand out free comic books. Free Comic Book Day is already on its 11th year and things just got better and better. Although Free Comic Book Day is predominantly celebrated in the United States, its fame also reached out around the world.

Viz Media participated in this annual event by giving out free previews of Dragon Ball, Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration and It’s An Ugly Doll comics. Keep Reading

Sword Art Online Reboot Gets A Manga

sword art online mangaJust when you thought Sword Art Online (ソードアート・オンライン) was over, think again. Sword Art Online Progressive will make an appearance on the pages of Dengeki G’s Magazine (電撃G’s magazine) starting on their August issue which will be released next month!

The news of Sword Art Online Progressive receiving a manga version was first announced last week by illustrator, Kiseki Himura (比村奇石). Dengeki G confirms the appearance of Progressive on their official Twitter account with their post on May 1. Keep Reading