Anime News

We have officially reached the middle of January and people bitten by the love bug are already preparing for Valentine’s Day and that includes Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン)!

Evangelion stores have already started introducing Valentine’s Day themed goodies such as tote bag printed with pink and white Angel (使徒) heads, hearts and crosses that resemble sparkles as seen below. The tote bag comes with pink Strawberry flavored chocolates.

Petite Valentine’s gifts are currently offered over at the Harajuku branch of the Evangelion stores while the period lasts and are only available for customers who have accumulated a purchase worth 2,000 JPY (19.11 USD). Keep Reading

With the Sapporo Snow Festival (さっぽろ雪まつり) just around the corner, everyone just can’t help but be very excited about it. Sapporo’s very own Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) is on the front line of the celebrations and together with Family Mart (ファミリーマート), they have released delicious food items that you should definitely not miss!

Hatsune Miku is all decked out in her snow-themed outfit for the occasion and is appropriately named Snow Miku (雪ミク). Keep Reading

How do you say Miracle Romance (ミラクル・ロマンス) in Korean? Korean girl group Sistar (씨스타) donned the individual solid colors of the Sailor Senshi (セーラー戦士) for a commercial! Obviously patterned after Sailor Moon (美少女戦士セーラームーン), the quick advertisement that runs for barely 40 seconds doesn’t only show the girls in their senshi uniform BUT they also did their take on the franchise’s signature theme song.

The commercial featuring Sistar promotes 11st, an online retail shop based in Korea. Keep Reading

Hardcore Tekken (鉄拳) fans get ready to put your Oh God Why faces on! A second live-action Tekken film is currently being worked on and is said to be the sequel of the 2010 film. If you’ve followed Tekken from its first ever tournament to the latest entry in the canon, Tekken 6 (鉄拳6), and watched the live action film, you probably just might be one of the many who cried bloody murder. Keep Reading

The live action take on Yasuomi Umetsu’s (梅津 泰臣) controversial 90’s anime offering, Kite (A カイト), is ready to roll as a 9 minute uncut trailer has surfaced on the internet since late last month. American actor Samuel L. Jackson, who was cast as Akai (renamed as Karl Aker in the movie), gave a short introductory message before the trailer starts playing.

In his short introduction, Jackson confessed that he is a fan of this anime classic and wishes the viewers to enjoy their take on the said anime. Keep Reading