Idolm@ster Million Live! costume for God Eater 2 to be available for Alisa soon

Now you can hunt giant alien monsters and be an idol at the same time as Idolm@ster Million Live costumes will become available for the lovely Alisa Amiella.

 

This special costume will only be available if you pre order the God Eater 2 PS Vita or PSP game via HMV. A special premium character code which you can later download will be included with the game.

 

This cross-over was announced earlier in August but this the first time Alisa’s Idolm@ster costume has been seen publicly. Both God Eater 2 and Idolm@ster Million Live! are produced by Bandai Namco games so this cross-over isn’t very surprising at all.

God Eater 2 also had a very not-so-unlikely cross-over with Gintama as Gintoki and Kagura costumes were made available for the God Eater 2 demo. A future collaboration between Gintama and God Eater 2 has also been planned in the future.

God Eater 2 will be available for the PS Vita and the PSP platforms and will be released in Japan November 14, 2013.

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Idolm@ster Million Live! costume for God Eater 2 to be available for Alisa soon

Classic anime Hakushon Daimou to get live action adaptation

“You sneeze, I please, that’s the way it goes”. 40 years ago, classic anime Hakushon Daimaou (also known as Genie Family or Sneezing Magician) tickled a lot of funny bones and made the audience laugh out loud with their own brand of zany antics. Now, this all-time classic from 1969 is about to get a live-action drama adaptation.

The wacky “Sneezing Genie” Achoo will be played by Shingo Murakami from the Japanese boy band Kanjani8. The Japanese singer and actor has already appeared in various TV dramas and stage plays. Murakami, who was born in 1981 explained that he was a fan of the series growing up. With the popular idol playing the classic anime genie, expect the plump Achoo to be a whole lot slimmer in the J-Drama.

Meanwhile, seven-year-old Konomi Watanabe has been chosen to play Achoo’s daughter, Yawn who pops out and grants wishes to those who yawn nearby.

The anime about a genie jumping out of a pot everytime somebody sneezes captured the hearts of audiences worldwide as it was shown in various countries and dubbed into English by Saban. The live-action drama started filming last spring and is now scheduled to air this upcoming fall season.

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Classic anime Hakushon Daimou to get live action adaptation

Kuroko"s Basketball and Assassination Classroom finally meet up

So what do The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays? (KuroBasu) and Assassination Classroom have in common other than their publication in Weekly Shonen Jump? The fact that they’ve sold over one million copies at the same time!

Although it’s true that KuroBasu has been running longer than Yusei Matsui’s Assassination Classroom, it did not take long for their sales to catch up. As of October 4, with KuroBasu’s 24th volume and Assassination Classroom’s 6th volume release, they will both have sold one million first press copies. That’s mighty impressive if you ask me. It’s one thing to hit one million copies sold, but another to do it at the same time as your fellow Jump author’s manga.

To celebrate this rare occasion, Shueisha, the publisher for Jump magazine, will be holding a 30 day campaign for the two series. When you buy either one of the series latest compiled volumes, you will receive a collaborative drawing signed by the mangaka. To help promote the Jump BOOK Store App a national railway promotion will also show off the good news.

 

So there you have it: a series immensely popular with female fans and a series immensely popular among fans in general have finally met up. It’s a good thing that there won’t be any actual in-manga cross over though, because I don’t think this little guy could survive the world of assassination.

 

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Kuroko"s Basketball and Assassination Classroom finally meet up

Strict G teams up with Gundam anew for these cool new jackets

Men’s apparel brand Strict G has recently teamed up with all-time classic anime Mobile Suit Gundam once again, and this time, they are giving us some cool new Gundam-themed men’s jackets.

Strict G previously collaborated with Gundam by bringing us some very special Gundam apparel which came with a Mastermind-themed Perfect Grade (PG) gunpla.

The 78 stadium jacket is due for release mid-December 2013 with the capital G (which stands for Gundam) and the number 78 (which obviously stands for the 78 in RX-78-2). The jacket also has some patches attached to it like the Earth Federation insignia. This jacket costs 78,000 yen and is perfect for any Gundam fan.

These A-2 flight jackets meanwhile fly the colors of the mighty Principality of Zeon. Worn by US Army servicemen in World War II, these flight jackets really bring out Gundam’s war theme. These come in two colors, namely black and pink which clearly represents Zeon’s ace, Char Aznable who is also known as the Red Comet. These jackets are also scheduled for release mid-December and will cost 92,400 yen.

These jackets are part of Strict G’s Fall and Winter collection which holds the theme “Universality” which would really fit the Gundam timeline which hails from the “Universal Century”.

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Strict G teams up with Gundam anew for these cool new jackets

These surreal Attack on Titan clothes hangers sold out within hours of release

Titan fever is still hot and SCMart has come up with some great Attack on Titan merchandise which include some cool AoT clothes hangers.

However, these hangers – which regularly sell for 4,800 yen per item – have apparently sold out in one of the largest online shopping websites in the world, Amazon.com. Apparently, these items were sold in the website for a discounted price if 1,980 yen. No information has been given if these clothes hangers will be restocked.

  

These hangers were made of high grade steel wire were covered with one of three Attack on Titan characters, namely Mikasa, Eren and the Colossal Titan. They were released just earlier today, September 30 and sold out in a few hours.

What makes these hangers unique is that you can play with them simply by using these hangers to do what they were made for which is hanging clothes. Want to see the hot-headed Eren Jaeger in a dress? Why not?!

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These surreal Attack on Titan clothes hangers sold out within hours of release

Banpresto serves up some cute Working!! Ichiban Kuji prizes

Banpresto is Working up a storm with their latest Ichiban Kuji prizes.

Their popular lottery will be featuring the wacky-yet-hard working crew of Wagnaria Family Restaurant and this lottery will be featuring eleven different prizes. The prizes range from Banpresto’s cute super deformed Kyun Chara figures to stuffed toys, rubber straps, glasses and posters.

A Prize- 10 cm Popura Taneshima Kyun Chara figure

A cuter version of the already cute and petite Popura

B Prize- 10 cm Sōta Takanashi Kyun Chara figure

Takanashi finally gets his wish of getting things smaller… wait…

C Prize- 10 cm Mahiru Inami Kyun Chara figure

Don’t worry, this cutie can’t hit you

D Prize- 10 cm Yachiyo Todoroki Kyun Chara Figure

That smile… and that katana?!

E Prize- 10 cm Jun Sato Kyun Chara figure

Still looks cool in chibi form

F Prize- Hiroomi Soma Kyun Chara figure

Even if super-deformed, this guy can find something to blackmail people with

G Prize- Aoi Yamada Kyun Chara figure

Awwww… she broke some plates again, how precious

H Prize- Choice of either one of two Wagnaria posters

One poster features the girls while the other features the guys. If you have them both, then you can put them together

I Prize- choice of either one of three 11 cm Working!! glasses

J Prize- choice of either one of three clear file sets. Each set contains three clear files.

K Prize- choice of one of either 9 rubber straps. There are 9 straps in total plus one mystery Working!! rubber strap.

Last Prize- Aoi Yamada stuffed toy

These prizes were released on September 28, 2013 and are now available in hobby shops, book stores and Tsutaya stores all over Japan. Each try costs 600 yen.

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Banpresto serves up some cute Working!! Ichiban Kuji prizes