Anime News
Seven Eleven Releases 2-Meter Tall EVA-01 Figure
Die-hard Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン) fan? This probably send you into an Eva euphoria: imagine taking home your very own Evangelion Unit-01 (エヴァンゲリオン初号機) that’s nearly as tall as you are!
World famous convenience store chain Seven-Eleven is celebrating the Evangelion hype in Japan with another collaboration, this time with more goodies in store just for you with the 2-meter Eva-01 statue sitting on top of the Seven Eleven x Evangelion cake. Keep Reading
Cosplay photographer Justin “Stuntman Justin” Kalior was arrested in the San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina hotel on July 27 after police have found a connection between the photographer and a 17-year-old cosplayer who was discovered in the hotel’s pool area, bloody and unconscious. The victim, whose name has been kept private to protect her privacy, has survived the incident but is still hospitalized. While this important piece of evidence is vital, it still does not change the degree of Kalior’s charge. 
You’re a die hard, Moonie you say? If you’ve combed through each episode of Sailor Moon Crystal (美少女戦士セーラームーン クリスタル) and found yourself singing to the themes of the latest addition to the Sailor Moon anime franchise, here’s a little something for you. The ending theme of Sailor Moon Crystal, entitled as Gekko (月虹) which means Moon Rainbow in English, is credited officially to a person named Shirobara Sumire (白薔薇). Until this goldmine of information came up last Saturday courtesy of the producers of Sailor Moon Crystal. 
Fans of Yasuomi Umetsu’s (梅津 泰臣) controversial 1998 anime Kite (A カイト) are already on their toes waiting for the release of the live action movie starring India Eisley, Callan McAuliffe and Samuel L. Jackson. IGN has kept fans anticipating as the video game entertainment website posted the official poster of the movie.
Get ready, Filipino fans because Kenshin Himura (緋村 剣心), Kaoru Kamiya (神谷 薫) and Sanosuke Sagara (相楽 左之助) in the flesh are heading for the Philippines for not one but two awesome events you shouldn’t dare miss!
The next best thing to a zombie apocalypse just might be this. Get ready to have a cuteness overload as a huge number of ultra huggable Pikachus (ピカチュウ) from the world famous Nintendo franchise Pokemon (ポケットモンスター) make their way toward Yokohama City for Pikachu Outbreak! at Yokohama Minatomira (ピカチュウ大量発生チュウ)!
Japan has done it again! Meet Lei Kirishima (霧島レイ) and she’s another virtual idol. Lei, however, is not your ordinary virtual idol. She stars in her very own navigation system to guide your way in and around Japan! Her latest song entitled Wish Upon a Star has been recently released and it’s nothing short of cute.