
The calm and collected Levi of giant killer anime Shingeki no Kyojin has received an interpretation departing radically from his usual rooftop bounding gear in the form of this 16cm figure by Union Creative, dressed in a fujoshi-slaying suit and due this November.
Read the rest of this entry »

Arisa Yamato – sadly now likely to remain best known as an assistant on Shingeki no Kyojin for the time being – has had publication of her upcoming new manga cancelled only days before release due to it apparently falling foul of Tokyo’s draconian manga censorship regime, upsetting her sensei Hajime Isayama as well as Ken Akamatsu and others.
Read the rest of this entry »

Oricon has released their biannual ranking for the best selling light novels and manga for the first half of 2014, with Shingeki no Kyojin surprising few with its dominating manga sales, now surpassing even the legendary One Piece – though with more curious results from light novels in evidence, as the likes of Kagerou Daze tops the list despite the mediocrity of its associated anime.
Read the rest of this entry »

Cool beauty Mikasa of gigantically popular anime Shingeki no Kyojin can be seen swinging amongst her titanic adversaries in the form of this 23cm figure from Pulchra, Mikasa set to deploy this December.
Read the rest of this entry »

With anime songs and idol hand shaking seemingly the only thing keeping the Japanese music industry alive, anison fans alike have compiled what they consider the top 10 most memorable anime OPs/EDs into one convenient list – though it does seem the memory of most otaku only extends back a few years at most…
Read the rest of this entry »

Shingeki no Kyojin’s gigantic popularity has seen it tackling ever larger foes in its merchandising line, this time in the form of a rather classy iPhone case by Sentinel, impressing fans and perhaps finally stopping users from holding it wrong for good…
Read the rest of this entry »

Shingeki no Kyojin mangaka Hajime Isayama has apologised for the inclusion of not-so-hidden “obscene” messages in chapter 57, explaining rather abstrusely that “it was not the author’s intention” to include them.
Read the rest of this entry »

The efforts of one particular Shingeki no Kyojin fan have drawn titanic online appreciation thanks to his exceptional forgecraft, having recently completed a year long labour to create an immaculate replica of the blades used in the show.
Read the rest of this entry »

Shingeki no Kyojin’s 3DS game edition “Shingeki no Kyojin – Hangeki no Tsubasa” may actually get a western release, much to the delight of its still rather spurned legion of overseas fans.
Read the rest of this entry »

The glorious Mikasa Ackerman of top giant slaying anime Shingeki no Kyojin has been the subject of a new 17cm figure by Good Smile Company, immaculately reproducing her every part, with particular attention to her three-dimensional maneuver gear evident – Mikasa will come swinging into battle this October, should Eren not prove too much of a distraction.
Read the rest of this entry »

The titanic popularity of Shingeki no Kyojin continues to snap necks and crush lesser manga – this time having won the unusual accolade of a lowly spin-off manga which managed to shift 500,000 copies and is hurriedly being reprinted to meet demand, in the form of “Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku”…
Read the rest of this entry »

Legions of fujoshi have lent their aid in determining the best BL anime of the year, although their obsession with Free! and Shingeki no Kyojin may owe as much to the volume of rotten doujin content spawned as it does actual BL action.
Read the rest of this entry »