Here are a few pics and a video from promotion of the first Saki Achiga-hen DVD/BD release. First, here's a cast photo:(l-r) MAKO (plays Yuu), Touyama Nao (Ako), Yuuki Aoi (Shizuno), Hanazawa Kana (Kuro), Uchiyama Yumi (Arata)This was taken at an event where the five of them competed on a new version of Sega's arcade Saki mah jong game. None of them had actually played mah jong before getting involved in Saki. Ao-chan was her usual exuberant self:She kept hitting everything she wanted -- but still came in last. MAKO was noticeably more serious about the play, but in the end Uchiyama Yumi won:MAKOTouyama NaoHanazawa KanaUchiyama YumiAnd finally, here is a promo video apparently shot the same day, featuring Touyama Nao and Yuuki Aoi promoting the first volume of the Saki Achiga-hen BD/DVDs:<a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm18147332">【ニコニコ動画】【咲-Saki-阿知賀編】　Blu-ray&amp;amp;DVD 第1巻 紹介ムービー</a>They both go to university, perhaps even the same one, are in the same year, and clearly get along pretty well. Are you wondering about that "Brandt" shirt Ao-chan is wearing? It is apparently based on the logo of a German biscuit manufacturer. Among other places, you can find the shirts here.At one point Ao-chan crosses her arms, as if to emphasize her now-famous full-size chest. Or is she trying to hide it? Probably the former, since the shirt gives some emphasis, itself. She is twenty, after all. But Ao-chan continues to avoid anything that doesn't cover her up pretty well.
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