Anime Film
Dresden Pictures Gets Thumbs Up For Live Action Take On Studio Ghibli Work
UK based company, Dresden Pictures, has earned the right to recreate a live-action take on Studio Ghibli’s (株式会社スタジオジブリ) film, Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓).
Based on the novel written by Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂 昭如), the Studio Ghibli adaptation of Grave of the Fireflies was both directed and written by Isao Takahata (高畑 勲). Running for 88 minutes, the story takes place in the remaining months of the Second World War and revolves around the lives of siblings Seita (清太) and Setsuko (節子). Keep Reading
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版：Q,) makes a huge success in Japan. Asgard brings you this week’s Evangelion 3.0 tidings starting off with the awesome box office record breaking news.
Famous Japanese singer Utada Hikaru (宇多田 ヒカル) is back and this time, she’s providing the theme song for the most awaited Evangelion movie, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:Q Quickening).
Green-haired Vocaloid Gumi (グミ) has not one but three new songs. The first song is guaranteed to make you grab a tissue. Entitled The Transient Apple Salesgirl (林檎売りの泡沫少女), this song tells the tale of a mortal girl born in a land of immortals. She sells confections made from apples but is treated cruelly by the townsmen until a young boy came and changed her life. The Transient Apple Salesgirl is the 300th video subbed by resident Youtube Vocaloid translator, vgperson. 
This is your chance to vote for your favorite Anime heroine! Japanese radio station NHK Radio 1 is holding an election for “My Most Favorite Anime Heroine” in honor of the network’s 50th anniversary. Pick any Anime heroine, any heroine at all, that’s part of the 50-year NHK history and send your entry in. Currently, NHK’s page boasts Uran from Astro Boy, Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion, Haruhi Suzumiya from the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Madoka Kaname from Puella Magi Madoka Magica and lastl but not the least, Matilda Ajan from Mobile Suit Gundam.