Evangelion X Hello Kitty, Anyone?

Hello Kitty as Asuka Langley Soryu

Sanrio has announced that they will be in partnership with anime Evangelion to create “Evangelion X Hello Kitty”. The Evangelion X Hello Kitty is a line of products that would range from accessories to clothes. The collaboration between the two gigantic faces of Japanese culture celebrates the latest, upcoming Evangelion film.

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a mecha anime that began in 1995. Its apocalyptic theme also dabbles with religion, philosphy and even psychoanalysis. Keep Reading

Beelzebub To Air Its Final Episode On March 25

Tatsumi Oga and Baby Beel

The official Beelzebub Twitter account has announced that the final episode for Beelzebub will be released this coming March 25. The anime ends with a total of 60 episodes.

Beelzebub tells the story of juvenile delinquent Tatsumi Oga, a fresh man student from Ishiyama High. Oga frequently gets challenged in fights by various challengers in which he comes out winning. Call it fate, call it destiny, but his barbaric personality attracted Kaiser de Emperana Beelzebub IV to him. Keep Reading

Asgard Cosplayer Interviews: Nikolais Macababayao From The Philippines

Nikolais as Heiwajima Shizuo from Durarara

This week’s Asgard Cosplayer Interviews highlights Nikolais Macababayao. A full blooded Filipino born and raised in the United States, Nikolais’s westernized flair gives him a hard yet elegant edge in cosplaying Heiwajima Shizuo from Durarara!! This Bruce Lee loyalist talks to Asgard about his passion in anime and cosplaying.

 

Asgard: Growing up, have you always been a huge fan of anime?

Nikolais: Well, yes I have because anime is one of my favorite things to watch aside from shows like Family Guy and Cartoon Network shows. Keep Reading

Darkstalkers 4: Facts And Rumors

The female characters from Darkstalkers

After Street Fighter X Tekken was completed, Capcom confirmed that they began to working on another great fighting game franchise after so many years. The Darkstalkers is a video game series that was first released in 1994 with a unique goth/horror theme. The last Darkstalkers installment was Darkstalkers 3 and was released in 1997. The games that came after the said title were more compilations and cross-overs rather than a continuation of the video game series. Keep Reading

Otaku House Releases Limited Edition Hello Kitty “Kittyler” Pillows

KEI's Rio with a Hello Kitty Guitar

Since 1974, Hello Kitty has never failed to inspire and capture the hearts of her fans no matter what generation she is in and this proves to be true in the latest Otaku House product line. Singapore based shop Otaku House announced the release of the limited edition Hello Kitty inspired “Kittyler” Pillows and are only available while supplies last.

The first of two Hello Kitty inspired pillows is KEI’s Rio, a certified “Kittyler” or “Kitty’er”. Keep Reading

InSOMAnia 4: Samurai Soul Unleashed On March 10

poster for InSOMAnia 4: Samurai Soul Unleashed

InSOMAnia 4: Samurai Soul Unleashed celebrates its fourth anniversary on March 10, 2012 with a bonanza of activities.

The event will be held in SM Sta. Rosa at the Event Center with booths, exhibits, mini games and competitions such as the Art Contest, Karaoke Contest and a J-Rock Contest. Of course, no Anime convention would ever be complete without the Cosplay Competition.

InSOMAnia is the first Anime convention to have been held in Southern Luzon, Philippines and they mark their fourth year with a samurai theme. Keep Reading

Cosplayer Interviews: Kimiko Shinju From The Philippines

Kimiko Shinju as Rinoa Heartilly

Nothing screams kawaii like Kimiko Shinju. Warm and very friendly, this graceful young lady is a huge fan of Hatsune Miku and Asgard takes a few minutes off her busy schedule to talk to us about cosplaying.

Asgard: We can see that you’re crazy over Hatsune Miku. how did this start?

Kimiko: Well, it started when I cosplayed Snow Miku. After that i thought of cosplaying her original form but in a different version. Keep Reading