Reading Eternal’s review on the themes of Fate/stay night has gotten my brains cranking again regarding this epic storyline that Nasu (and Urobuchi in Fate/zero) have envisioned and brought to life before us. Eternal highlights how the three paths of Fate/stay night — Fate, Unlimited Blade Works, Heaven’s Feel — are brought together to conceptualize [...]
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I wonder if I will still be able to find these in Tokyo when I go there…
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R-Line Griffon Enterprises is going to release the Sonsaku Hakufu ( 孫策伯符 ) Haregi Ver. Black Color ( 晴れ着ver. ブラックカラー ) 1/7 PVC figure from the manga anime “Ikkitousen” ( 一騎当千 ). Will be released in June 2009. Around 255mm tall, 8,800 yen. Castoffable. This post contains adult material, you need to... **This is a content summary only. Please visit Nekomagic for full content!**
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Muni, muni! Just when a TV anime adaptation announcement is not enough, it seems that KissXsis will be receiving yet another OVA in addition to the current 3 OVAs that it has got. The 4th OVA has been officially announced by Japanese publisher Kodansha and it seems that this OVA will be choked full of hard ecchi [...] Related posts:KissXsis “Forbidden Love” Manga Gets Anime AdaptationYuria-100 Love Doll Ecchi Manga Getting Video AdaptationTo Love-Ru’s Mangaka To Launch New Manga!
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Wow, I’m really hitting the jackpot here. First Nyan Koi, then Needless, now Sasameki Koto. Granted, I did pick up Nyan Koi right away, so it was more of a lucky find at the start of the Fall season, but still something I wasn’t expecting to be any good at all. Anyway, initially I wrote [...]
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In my previous two entries in the Another Moe Discussion series, I may have generated some confusion on the topic, particularly because my own choices for characters I find to be particularly moe may seem somewhat unusual. In addition, reading the comments I received,  a question popped up in my head: does the “moe” label [...]
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Yesterday, I made a post about how the “issue” of moe basically came down to whether or not it was personally offensive to someone. I didn’t go into what “is” or “is not” moe, as what was important there was not to get people to agree to any one definition but to point out the [...]
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Hi kids, it’s time to talk about moe again. There’s two things I want to address here, the first is what is up with the strong feelings towards/against moe. The second topic I’m going to address tomorrow, so hold onto your hats! We as anime fans on the internet can argue about moe all we want, whether [...]
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Genres are always a tough subject to discuss because they are based on the decisive reasoning of a group in an attempt to classify something and thereby give it a place in the greater database of human thought. Genre debates are a pain in the ass because many people seek to diversify the definitions of a genre, which doesn't make any sense because the entire point of a genre title is to be absolute and objective.
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Yeah, things are slowly arriving. This package came from a store that I’m buying from for the first time. BigPfeiffer is a manga store (that sell figures and other stuff as well) stationed in Halifax. Because the store is Canadian, one must factor in the conversion rate between CAD and Yen (right now it’s 1 [...]
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Here’s a short clip of a Japanese news coverage of the soon-to-be-released Nintendo DSi LL. If you can’t crunch numbers based on Nintendo press release, and need to compare visually how significant is the size upgrade, ...
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Yesterday I went sightseeing around Auckland again, and this time in the Parnell suburb. Since this was my first time doing anything big outside of the central city, I decided to simply walk my way down and around to find interesting things to photograph. Parnell seemed to be mostly a shopping district. There was a Westfield [...]
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It seems that when it comes to manga and anime getting adapted by Hollywood, the powers that be first assume that since anime and manga are cool in the U.S., that will mean an automatic cool factor for the big screen. Then, they turn right around and do all sorts of stupidity which ends up making the Hollywood adaptation pretty terrible.I read Harry's review on AICN and it sounds like Astro Boy
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Katt: It’s Carl tiiiime! Seriously. There are very minor sprinkles of Raginei plot here and there, but for the most part this episode is dedicated to helping Carl make up for lost time with Kajika. And so, in lieu of that, here is an entry dedicated to analyzing just how much this Carl-centric episode has [...]
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I really think this continuation is surpassing the first season in terms of the emotions and just how exciting the each episode is. With Kyomu Satomi out to get Kagakagari it meant a lot of trouble was going to result. I just didn’t expect events to get this serious this quickly. Impressions: I can understand why Tomoharu [...]
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Aoi Bungaku is pretty trippy - it's a psychological mindrape that has no intention of showing it's hand to the viewer. The series is set to adapt four separate novels done with four different character designers and directors. I knew beforehand that the character designs for the first segment were done by the superb Takeshi Obata (Death Note, Bakuman, Hikaru no Go), but I only just found out that the first segment is also done by one of my all-time favorite directors (!!!) Morio Asaka (CardCaptors Sakura, Chobits, Galaxy Angel, Gunslinger Girl, Nana) who, as usual, is storyboarding and directing. You can't go wrong with that combo!
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So the 49th All Japan Plamodel Hobby Show just ended last weekend. The tsunami was let lose and I found myself drowning in a sea of new releases (kinda the 2nd time this year). The post came pretty late as I am busy with other stuff (and I’m kinda dry and out of the water now). Oh [...]
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On a little corner of this sports field opposite the road from the university is a little enclave full of colourful delights. Because more flowers are blooming now, Kagami and I decided to go have a look at their progress. Unlike the other flower gardens, this one was pure nature. There were no signboards to tell [...]
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by kevo for Saimoe Illustrated SEOUL, Korea — the crowd was deafening and excitement could be felt in every molecule of air on midnight Sunday as Aisaka Taiga triumphed with a razor-thin three vote margin. As Taiga raised the trophy in victory, the roars from the crowd echoed into the Korean night. This was Korea Best Moe, [...]
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Octavia: A new season, a new Yuri anime =3 For some reason I can’t get enough of these! This new series Sasameki Koto focuses on two girls  Murasame and her best friend/secret crush Kazama and their life at a co-ed school. The introduction doesn’t try to discreet the matter that this is a yuri anime as [...]
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