Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Adapted To Graphic Novel

twilight graphic novelArtist Young Kim collaborates with popular novelist Stephanie Meyer to create an illustration based novel of the hit franchise Twilight. Currently, online retailer Amazon has enlisted their first graphic novel New Moon, which is staged to be released on October 30. The plot for this volume is similar to Meyer’s first sequel to the Twilight story.

Kim has been known to have adapted Twilight into two separate graphic novel volumes, both which have debuted as #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers List for hardcover graphic novels range. Keep Reading

Cosplayer Interviews: Margs Pangilinan From The Philippines

Eponine as Elly Barton

Anime and writing is the perfect combination for Margs Pangilinan. As a student of Mass Communications and the managing editor of their college publication, The Blue Sash, this otaku blogger hones her communication skills in both speaking and writing while unleashing her sharp creativity on cosplaying.

Asgards takes these two and puts them together to form an interview with this one-of-a-kind cosplayer.

 

Asgard: You must be our first female armor cosplayer interrogated. Keep Reading

New GMA 7 Show Sends Cosplayers Into A Frenzy

iBilib host Isabelle Daza with Momoy PalaboyGiant Philippine television network, GMA has released a new TV show entitled “iBilib”. iBilib is an educational program that focuses on science and technology. Although the show aims to attract the audience, the promotional photos of the TV show attracted the different reactions of otakus and cosplayers.

Dressed up as Hatsune Miku, actress Isabelle Daza hosts the show along with renowned Filipino athlete Chris Tiu and the Momoy Palaboy pair. Cosplayers raged at how Hatsune Miku was portrayed. Keep Reading

Strike Witches Movie to be Released on March 17

strike witchesManga adaptation animation Strike Witches (ストライクウィッチーズ) is releasing a movie this coming March 17. Viewers can get anther round of adventure with Yoshika, Mio, and the rest of the moe gijinka girls who are taking their battle up to a new level. New characters are appearing on screen, generating a new exciting storyline from its original plot. The Strike Witches production releases a two minute trailer, dishing out movie excerpts for fans to enjoy. Keep Reading

Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker to Prologue a Game Sequel

dragon age - dawn of the seekerIt is announced that the Dragon Age series will be releasing a new CG Film adaptation of the popular game on the big screen. Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker is an imminent feature film by the collaboration of BioWare and FUNimation. It has been released ion February 11 in Japan, and will be launched in Blu-ray and DVD in North America on May 29.

Staged in the medieval Dragon Age Universe, the story revolves around a Seeker named Cassandra. Keep Reading

Akira At The Los Angeles Animation Festival

Akira

The Los Angeles Animation Festival is an annual event that celebrates animation at its finest. Now celebrating its third year, the LAAF has announced that Akira will be part of the presentations. Akira is the only anime title presently being screened by the LAAF.

Akira is a huge Japanese anime classic that was released in the year 1988. It showed the world that anime isn’t just about classic novel interpretations or giant robots protecting the earth from an alien threat. Keep Reading

Hatsune Miku Celebrates Miku Day!

The poster for the live Miku Concerts

Hatsune Miku just keeps getting bigger and bigger and there’s no stopping this twin-tailed Vocaloid from taking over the world!

On March 8 and 9, 2012, Hatsune Miku will be holding a concert in Japan which will also be broadcasted live via the website niconico.com. These live concert events are two different events but are all under the Hatsune Miku Special 39’s giving day. On the 8th of March is the “Hatsune Miku Live Party 2012” while on 9th is the “Hatsune Miku Concert Final 39’s Giving Day”. Keep Reading