Borrowing a phrase from JFK this time to kick things off. I thought it would be good to get rid of some of the standard figure backlog before moving on to something more meaty. This is not a sneaky way to hide the fact that I havent’t been working on Ignis recently. *whistles* She’s actually at [...]
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Watching Kyouran Kazoku Nikki has been rather like buying a lottery scratch card - More often than not you'll end up with nothing, but occasionally you'll win your pound coin back and will feel that it wasn't such a waste of time after all. Unfortunately, this particular episode of the series sits well and truly in the former of those two categories, as I found myself scratching off the
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I bet you were thinking I was going to pick on the CG rosarios in the OP sequence - well, think again. The first season of MariMite has something that definitely trumps Kanons rubber ducky - a CG card. Yes, it’s a red rectangle, which rotates around a little. How exciting! All joking aside, I really [...]
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So, we've hit episode four of Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto - Natsu no Sora, yet even by this series' own liltingly gentle standards, it has to be said that not a lot particularly happened in this instalment. The good news is that this episode does at least let us in on more of Gouta's back story, covering his family situation as well as hinting why he is, quite frankly, a bit rubbish at
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So what do I have to say? 2 girls in, everyone else died. I cannot iterate enough that, in the second prelim, the chances for any girl here going far are very slim, this is just a CHANCE! round and if you dropped here, odds are, you’re not going to go very far come the tournament proper. 1位　280票　関内・マリア・太郎���さよなら絶望先生(Sekiutsu [...]
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Konami seems to be busy – now they bring Shakugan no Shana to us in figumated form, due for release on the 21st, and available in just about every variety of Shana, as well as side characters (below). How will this fair against the upcoming nendoroid Shana? At a mere ¥500 each, it may not be [...]
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  And other semi-random magical girl ramblings. Yes, you’re reading that correctly. The translated title for this show would be something like Thief Angel Twin Angel. Welcome to the department of redundancy department. Some other background could also be interesting and/or distracting to knowing about the show itself. The Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel product is actually [...]
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I have been slacking from writing posts lately, but that’s because I’m preparing for a retreat (where I’m supposed to be a counselor), and packing for my trip back to college. This post will have to last for about a week, which seems only to be a little while. But then again, who knows what [...]
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Well, not exactly in Baltimore.  More like a few miles to the south, but you know what I mean: I have arrived at my hotel for my 2nd year of Otakon.  Luckily this time I got hear before rush hour traffic, so the bad traffic wasn’t horrendous traffic like it was last year. It once again [...]
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Download In this exciting episode of the MISTAKES OF YOUTH PODCAST 2 BEYOND THE TIME, Aaron Clark, Daniel (aka WELCOME TO BONERTOWN) take on the new, strange and unusual BEAST that is the new Evangelion movie! You will be moved to tears by our words, moved! Guests Aaron Clark Daniel Songs Opening Piece– “L’Attaque des Anges” by Shiro Sagisu Ending Song– “Fly [...]
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So now you can have a good look at the artwork, limited edition 360 bundle, and “Tales” Channel DVD. Came out on the 7th, btw. [Sauce] Limited Edn 360 Set, this shtuff is almost sold out. ALMOST. The TALES CHANNEL DVD comes with the purchase. Features video scenes and other extras. As some manner of testament to the series’ popularity, [...]
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  Be more interesting, damn you! Impressions: A very Sae/Hiro centered episode, though part 1 was pretty much exclusively Sae and part 2 Hiro. This would normally be a good thing, but it really felt like they phoned it in for this one. I don’t know… maybe I’m just getting a little tired of Sae since [...]
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I’m done with Strike Witches and I’m going to celebrate. The episode 06 wasn’t anything special, but it was nice. The blog resolution does not give this eyecatch justice. And of course, frozen wastelands is the stereotype used here, only made cute. Sanya at night (episode prologue). Is this Ford Trimotor or Ju-52? You can barely make Sanya [...]
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Well, after a very long time, I finished watching “Vampire Knight”. It was a fun ride, and I think the changes the writers introduced worked quite fine. For example, I like how they focused a bit more on both Shizuka’s and Michiru’s background story. This time, it’s way easier to see that Michiru has a [...]
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Errr, yeah, the Zombie probably has a better idea about raising the dead…
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So-effin-late. THANK TIME-STOP. NO WAIT I AM A DOIN’ IT WRONG. Fix’d Oh, and ARIA too. Episode opens with Saito training the Ondine Knights, kicking Guiche’s ass and Louise being a typical tsun~tsun Kugumin character. CHALLENGER APPEARS. FATALITY. Louise HEARS TROUBLE and ambushes Saito THE VERY NEXT DAY as he tries to leave his room. Of course, Saito makes the excuse he [...]
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Here is a video from an Otogijushi Akazukin DVD of Tamura Yukari (who plays Akazukin) and Yahagi Sayuri (Gretel). They talk about their roles and play a funny little tabletop game.Yukarin is oHagi's senpai at I"m Enterprises. They are two of the most talented voices in the industry, in my opinion. Yukarin is the consummate pro, and oHagi is getting there, with her wonderful juicy voice now under more and more control. I don't think of either of them as serious actresses, like a Sawashiro Miyuki or a Paku Romi, but for normal anime roles, they are both outstanding.From her first role as Karin, I have simply loved oHagi. She is widely regarded as ugly, but really she is ugly-cute. She's a belle laide, as the French say (a beautiful ugly woman). That goes for Yukarin, too, in my opinion. I find oHagi utterly charming on radio and in videos like this. Natural and nice.<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u_BNYAxlJFE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u_BNYAxlJFE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Yukarin (32) is best known for playing Nanoha, but she has had many other great roles, including Mai in Kanon, Sakura in DaCapo, and Rika in Higurashi. oHagi (22) burst onto the scene at 19 with her wonderful voice as Karin in 2005, and now is getting constant work as a reliable second-line performer. She was outstanding doing the weepy voice of Kuu in Kyoshiro and the Eternal Sky, and is now Haruna in ToLoveRu. She has the juiciest voice I know, although she appears to be trying to dry it out a bit so she can play more varied roles.In Hirano Aya news, Aaya visited both Hokkaido and Kyushu recently, promoting her album by visiting stores and doing a mini-live in each place. The album has been a commercial success, selling 31,862 copies in its first three weeks of release. It went from sixth for its first week, to #32 and then #52, but it is still selling: 2,994 copies in the third week.And today's blog entry from Aaya says that they are now recording the final episodes of Daughter of Twenty-Faces. I have loved her work in that show, although I was not so happy with it in the most recent episode, ep15.
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This episode shifts the focus to Gouta, who has largely been ignored up to this point. Gouta spaces out during class and remembers the normal life he had until his father’s mage lineage was revealed, which caused his parents to have an argument and split up. Once the word spread, Gouta faced discrimination as a [...]
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Something of an intriguing premise underlies this latest manga adaptation: まりあ†ほりっく / Mariaholic, by lady mangaka 遠藤海成 / Endou Minari, centres around the oppression of a cross-dressing boy attempting to duplicitously fit himself into life in a convent school by disguising himself as a pupil, whilst surrounded by young ladies of the sort of tastes [...]
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Seto no Hanayome: Gonzo’s attempt at comedy, and what a fine attempt it is. It’s very much the spiritual successor of Magikano: both series share directors, both feature cute girls and both managed to take an incredibly clichéd premise and turned it into something worthwhile. Seto no Hanayome is a bit tamer than Magikano was, [...]
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