Magi: The Labyrinth Of Magic Anime Makes A Comeback

magi anime 2If you missed Aladdin’s (アラジン) crazy antics and adventures, here’s a great news for all you Magi (マギ) fans. Aladdin is coming back with a new Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic anime series! On September 22, 2013, a showcase which will feature the fist two episode will be aired. An announcement of the cast additions will also be featured on the same date.

Created by Shinobu Ohtaka (大高 忍), Magi first kicked off as a manga series published in Weekly Shonen Sunday (週刊少年サンデー) on June of 2009. Keep Reading

Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road Coming This Fall

04Bushiroad has already confirmed that its Neppu Kairiku Bushi Lord project will be revamped into Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road, a TV Anime slated this fall. This was revealed at the Bushiroad Dai Senryaku Happyoukai 2013 event. This anime series will be a collaboration of Bushiroad, Bandai Visual, Nitroplus and Kinema Citrus.

This project, involving an anime movie in 2005, has been originally announced back in 2003 as a collaboration between the studios Gainax, Broccoli and Takara. Keep Reading

Attack On Titan Goodies In The News: Stickers, Pillows And A Hot Ferrari

attack on titan pillowLet’s face it. Hajime Isayama’s (諫山 創) Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人) is rapidly getting famous and oodles upon oodles of collectibles, food items and other goodies are pouring from all sides. Asgard Anime gives you a lowdown on the latest Attack on Titan items that should be in your collection with the Attack on Titan Goodies In The News. Hold on to your piggy banks and read on!

If you think only the guys can have hot hugging pillows, you certainly have another thing coming. Keep Reading

TorCH 4 – Cagayan de Oro City Leg: The Fourth Stage Conquered!

The Cosplay Tournament of Champions is on its 4th year and the city of Golden Friendship has once again witnessed a grand event that will be talked about for years to come! On July 13, 2013, SM City Cagayan de Oro was packed with cosplayers and each made their mark in the one of the biggest cosplay events in the Philippines!

 

The Cyberzone Cosplay Grand Prix 2nd Heat preceded the TorCH competition and it was a the perfect cosplay walk-in event for the video game junkies. Keep Reading

One Piece Themed Café “Baratie” Opens in Odaiba

main8-500x448Eichiiro Oda’s One Piece invades real life as amusement parks, cafes and other establishment is built with the inspiration of this pirate-themed anime. Another addition enters the list of real-life One Piece world, as on June 28, a restaurant named “Baratie” opens in the rooftop garden space of Fuji TV’s building in Odaiba, Tokyo.

Baratie aims to draw customers into the One Piece world, being built with the inspiration of this floating restaurant. Keep Reading

Famous Seiyuus Get Their Own Nendoroids

One of the perks of being a famous seiyuu* (声優) is that you just might get your Nendoroid. That’s what happened to the super lucky Yukari Tamura (田村 ゆかり ) and Nana Mizuki (水樹 奈々)! Thanks to Good Smile Company, these special seiyuu Nendoroids can be yours for only 4,900 JPY (49.30 USD) each.

Nana Mizuki is more than just a seiyuu. Born on January 21, 1980 in Niihama, Ehime, (新居浜市) Japan, Mizuki is a singer-songwriter and was originally trained to become an enka (演歌) singer. Keep Reading

More Details on New Hayao Miyazaki Film Revealed

02 - Wind RisesStudio Ghibli has released an ad preview for the new Hayao Miyazaki film, Kaze Ga Tachiru (The Wind Rises). Details for the upcoming project have been revealed, including the theme song Hikouki Gumo (Airplane Cloud) which is contributed by Yumi Matsutoya. Matsutoya has composed the song when she was 16 years old.

The service provider au has also revealed that they will be collaborating with this new project. Two ads have streamed with their brand included, which depicts Evangelion director Hideaki Anno as Horikishi in front of the mic. Keep Reading