Anime and Movie News, plus Manga and TV News 
The Winter edition of Wonder Festival (Wonderfest) 2012 held at Makukhari Messe Event Hall in Chiba Japan on February 11th is the world’s largest garage kit event. Individuals and small producers bring their home-made anime/manga figures and accessories for trading and selling. Major figure producers are also a big part of Wonderfest showcasing their upcoming figures. After the jump check out the new figures and figmas from Good Smile Company and Max Factory,
Crunchyroll with partner Aniplex will beginning streaming the popular anime series “Puella Magi Madoka Magica”, episodes will air each Wednesday 10am starting February 15th. Aniplex USA has also begun releasing the anime series on DVD and Blu-ray starting February 14th with episodes 1-4. More info follows,
A big fan of manga/anime Fist of the North Star has won via Yahoo Japan auction a life-size figure (185 cm) of main character Kenshiro with a winning bid of ¥3,000,000 (approx. $39,000). A huge bid but the life-size Kenshiro is dressed in 500,000 crystals made by world renowned Swarovski. Also 10% of the auction bid will be going to the Japanese Red Cross Society and their efforts in the affected areas of the great eastern earthquake. More details follow,
The AKB48 TV anime “AKB0048” has announced the casting of the 9 main characters. The “AKB0048” story revolves around 9 young idols aiming to be “legendary idols” and is set to air this Spring 2012. The 9 selected members have gone through the final casting and matched with their character in the animation project. Details follow,
The new Berserk film “Berserk Ōgon Jidai-Hen I: Haō no Tamago” (Berserk Golden Age Arc I: Egg of the Supreme Ruler) is nearing its theatrical launch in Japan on February 4th and a 6-minute digest trailer video with new footage is posted to Youtube. The video introduces the main characters and gives a plot overview plus provides parts of the theme song by Hirasawa Susumu. The ending theme by Ai is also used but it was already exposed in a separate music video previously posted here. Hit the more for the preview video,
