Shingeki No Kyojin Sand Sculpture Towers Over Beach In Japan

shingeki no kyojinShingeki no Kyojin (進撃の巨人) celebrates the release of the 11th volume of their manga with a massive Colossal Titan (超大型巨人) sand sculpture.

The sand sculpture was created by Japanese sand sculptor, Hosaka Toshihiko (保坂俊彦). Armed with 80 tons of sand, sand sculpting tools and an immense amount of talent, Toshihiko set out for Enoshima Higashihama beach and came up with a 5.4m x 4.2m x 3m replica of the Colossal Titan conquering a wall complete with attacking soldier on the side. Keep Reading

Special Must Haves In The News, Vol. 7: M For Moe And Magical Girls

special must haves 2Asgard Anime is already in it’s 7th serving of Special Must Haves In the News and what better way to celebrate than with girls, both Magical (魔法少女) and Moe (萌え).

A Sailor Moon (美少女戦士セーラームーン) merchandise makes another appearance in the Sailor Moon line from Bandai (株式会社バンダイ). The latest entry in the Premium Fashion Line is a full-body, full-color art of Sailor Moon with the words Moon Prism Power Make-Up!! (ムーン・プリズム・パワー・メイク・アップ) printed in a rainbow hue behind her. Keep Reading

Digimon Adventure Anniversary Celebrated By Fans With Fan Art

It feels like it was only yesterday that anime Digimon Adventure (デジモンアドベンチャー) first made its way on television and North American fans rejoice for August marks the 14th anniversary of the DigiDestined (選ばれし子供達) kids and their Digimon (デジモン) journey through the Digital World (デジタルワールド) so they can return home. Online art site, Pixiv.net, is overflowing with tons upon tons of Digimon Adventures fan art in celebration of the anime’s anniversary. Asgard Anime takes you down the Digimon Memory lane with some of the coolest Digimon fan art shown in Pixiv. Keep Reading

Wake Up, Girls! Characters Revealed

03The cast for this upcoming anime from director Yutaka Yamamoto was disclosed at an event at Wonder Festival this summer. The anime trails after the journey of aspiring idols coming from Japan’s earthquake-hit Tohoku region. This will air on television and even be screened in theaters early next year.

While we previously had a glimpse of the seven girls (and their backs) in this post, we now see their faces and their details! Keep Reading

Anime Promo for I Wanna Be! Manga Streamed

01Animation production company Studio DEEN has produced a cute anime promotional teaser for the upcoming four-panelled manga I Wanna Be! (Waanabi.jk), offering a video on a DVD made available at Comic Market next month. The manga fosucses on the weekly slice of life series created by Kenichi Kuroi. It narrates the dreams and aspirations of 4 third-year high school girls attending a private school.

An animation teaser for a manga? Keep Reading

Tokyo Toybox in the Flesh

02A gamer’s life always have its ups and downs, but it’s nothing boring. Sure, we’ve seen otakus sitting on their couches and holding their game console all day—sometimes without food, water, sleep, or even going to the rest room for one! But we all know that the adventure exists right inside those monitors, unknown to us, they live in another world. Now, it wouldn’t be surprising if they said they all came from a supernatural alter-dimension and then comes back to live in the reality. Keep Reading

Bed Items In The News: 6-Pack Abs, A Part-Time Worker And A Nostalgic Bed Sheet

If you’re a huge fan of anime and manga and have become a collector over the years but still missed out a few items, try adding dakimakuras (抱き枕) or hug pillows to your growing pile of collection and even a bed sheet even. Asgard Anime gives you Bed Items In the News to show you some things that are worth taking to bed in.

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In the Devil is a Part-Timer (はたらく魔王さま!), Keep Reading