Sort of. The game doesn’t go on sale officially until the 29th, but Sofmap and other other shops are getting their stocks (more than 100,000 copies nationwide) today, and all new CDs and game releases are “out” the moment one of the otaku employees sneaks a copy home and uploads it onto Share. ToHeart2 AnotherDays is [...]
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An update at Moon Phase has lent credence to the rumor that the long-awaited latest installment in the To Heart 2 franchise, Another Days, lacks a story route for Komaki Ikuno. The invalid younger sister of Komaki Manaka was a big draw leading up to the release of the Another Days expansion, so if this news is true it could mean we're in for another round of hellfire from irate Japanese fans similar to the ones that accompanied the release of Light's Dies Irae and Cuffs' Garden. We'll be watching for further news on this; the game goes on sale this Friday, February 29th. Affiliate whoredom: buy Kotobukiya's Komaki Ikuno PVC at Play-Asia!
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*Note: I hope I’m not covering ground that’s already been covered. But I probably am. And you can be angry down in the comments.* Okay so after reading iknight’s recent post about genre, I wasn’t going to post anything else on the subject. I mean largely Owen is standing on the moral high ground here. We [...]
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Love and hate go hand in hand… While Impz has enumerated the pros and cons of collaborative blogging, I think there’s one more con that need to be added to this list (something which most of us already know by now), especially since THAT is facing it right at this moment. A counter-argument for the first [...]
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The Daijoubu Research team’s Dango Investigation Unit (DIU) has uncovered this gem from dango history. What the relationship of these dangos is to the Clannad Dango Daikazoku is currently unknown. Could these dangos be ancestors? They look quite different (the eyes are VERY different and they don’t hop, but remain impaled). [...]
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After checking Shuraki 03 photos, I decided to take another picture of her, just one picture tho, but using different photo settings. Here is the new result (after many many tries..):
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Be it 1980 or 2008, To Terra.... is just a wonderful story, a timeless one, even, that I can always watch or read and be completely lost in imagination.
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Out with the old, in with the new. Cheers for a wonderful year to all of us. :) Amidst the fireworks, yummy food, company of family, and loud music by noisy neighbors… I wish you all a Happy new year! Have a fantabulous 2008! ^^ (icon from rooftop icons)
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The latest one is by the president of GDH International, the parent company of Gonzo. The shitstorm started after an interview with activeanime.com where Arthor Smith compared watching fansubs of unlicensed anime to “smashing the window of a Mac Store and taking an iPhone the day before it is released.” Please read and [...]
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Some of you may remember that Arthur Smith, the President of GDH International (parent company of Gonzo), provided some of the kindling that has set the fansub debate on fire throughout the innernubs. And at last, Smith himself has responded to the buzz. He has one very valid point, that a lot of people assumed [...]
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Yes, that’s right. I’ve changed the theme again. We’ve been through this, just be happy I kept my old theme that long. I really don’t believe in love at first sight, but there is really no other way to describe this. I saw this theme and it was perfect. I hardly changed anything at all, [...]
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or stealing 101 volumes of manga. The suspect reportedly said, “I’m in deep debt, so I was going to resell the books back to used bookstores.”From ANN -  Japanese Man Arrested for Stealing 101 Manga Volumes Yōichi Yonehata, a 23-year-old unemployed man, was charged…or stealing 101 volumes of manga. The suspect reportedly said, “I’m in deep debt, [...]
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This book has been sitting on my shelf for a long time and to be honest I have no idea why I bought it. I have never seen nor played any thing from the .hack series. Nevertheless it’s a nice short sci-fi novel. “.hack// Another Birth vol.1//infection_”is a book written by Kawasaki Miyu, translated and [...]
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Are we deliberately trying to get people to stop listening to us? Not only is this episode late, it's also nearly three hours long. THREE HOURS LONG. And it's another all-mecha podcast! Gerald reviews Space Runaway Ideon, Clarissa tells us about Gravion, and Daryl might need a helping hand with Godannar. Huh huh, huh huh. Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.
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Are we deliberately trying to get people to stop listening to us? Not only is this episode late, it's also nearly three hours long. THREE HOURS LONG. And it's another all-mecha podcast! Gerald [...]
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A collaboration of Production I.G. and manga artist Shirow Masamune (Ghost in the Shell). Collaborate once more to create the newest “near-future suspense” anime called Real Drive (RD Senno Chosashitsu). It will be broadcast on Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV). It will premiere in Japan on April 2008. Official Site CROSSROADS will also be participating [...]
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I am sure a lot of you have noticed that Haruka 「春香」, Kana　「夏奈」, and Chiaki’s　「千秋」 names contain the kanji for spring, summer, and fall, respectively. So, with winter missing, is there some chance that there is a fourth sister?! Read on to find out about my little discovery about another Minami. Also, read about Alfred Adler's birth order theory and how it affects the Minami sisters and us as well. [ This is only an excerpt for the post! Go the the website for the full content + pictures + links. ]
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The boatload of Kotobukiya figures first presented a week and a half ago at the 2007 Plastic Model / Radicon Show went up for preorder today in one of the brand's periodic listings blitzes, including Lei Fang from Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (due out in January), Yuzuhara Konomi (maid ver.), Yamada Michiru, and Kousaka Tamaki (maid ver.) from To Heart 2 Another Days (due out in January, January and February respectively), Shana (candy bikini ver.) from Shakugan no Shana II (due out in February), Ibuki Fuuko from Clannad (due out in January), and Shirakawa Kotori (beachside ver.) from D.C.S.S. (due out in January). We'll be keeping half an eye on the Lei Fang for any surprises... (no more)
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For those who have been watching Minami-ke (I’m one of them.), there is gonna be another version to be released sometime in 2008. I got this info while i was looking around in another anime blog called Random Curiosity (i bet a lot of people have heard of this blog.) The 2007 version that has [...]
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