Anime News
7-Eleven Campaign Brings In Gravure Idol As Ghost Princess Perona
7-Eleven has a brand new campaign with the legendary Eiichiro Oda’s (尾田 栄一郎) longest running anime/manga franchise, One Piece (ワンピース). The One Piece tie-in collaboration brings on the heat with gravure idol and Japanese talent, Akina Minami (南 明奈 ), filling in the shoes of Perona (ペローナ) the Ghost Princess (ゴーストプリンセス).
Dressed in Perona’s tell-tale gothic lolita-inspired dress and red killer platform shoes, the 24-year-old Minami carried a plushy and a red devil umbrella. Keep Reading
Shingeki no Kyojin (進撃の巨人) has fueled people’s passions around the world to cosplay their characters and a lot of these awesome cosplays are the characters in their Titan (巨人) form. Titan cosplays are scattered all over the internet with entries from Female Titan cosplayer Kristen, Eren Jaeger in Titan form by Tania Panagia and even a Colossal Titan cosplay from the hilarious D. Piddy. This latest entry inspired by the Shingeki no Kyojin series is a fresh, girly take but still mind blowing. 
It’s already Asgard’s seventh healthy serving of Shingeki no Kyojin In the News and in this week’s edition, we show you the cutest Shingeki no Kyojin (進撃の巨人) characters immortalized in their chibi form with these awesome collectibles!
If you like Super Sonico (すーぱーそに子) and dreamed of Japanese hobby company Wave (株式会社ウェーブ) giving her a Beach Queen figure, it looks like your wish has come true! An unpainted figure of Super Sonico has been unveiled by t_santa on his Twitter in a teeny weeny bikini.
While it’s rare to see the Survey Corps (調査兵団) and the rest of the Shingeki no Kyojin (進撃の巨人) characters in chibi form, here’s another chance at seeing them overflowing with cuteness. Japanese Character goods company, Cafereo, has offered Shingeki no Kyojin rubber key chains for sale and the Survey Corps are in mushroom gear.
Did you know?! Karaoke is a portmanteau word. The words kara, which means empty and okesutora, which means orchestra are mixed together to kara-oke. Karaoke has its origin in Japan in the 1970’s. From that time until now Karaoke is one of the most popular entertainments in whole Japan.
If you’re a hardcore fan of anime and belting out their songs karaoke-style sounds like fun, then this is just for you! 
One of the best seasons of the year people look forward to is Halloween as it gives everyone a reason to dress up and be different characters. The Kawasaki Halloween Parade 2013 (川崎ハロウィンパレード 2013) is at it again and characters in every imaginable series come to life, be it from an anime, manga, comic book, video game, cartoon or movie flick. Can you find one that looks familiar?
The Kawasaki Halloween Parade 2013 took place on October 27, 2013 from 2:30 to 4:00 PM.