“If God wants you to live, then he wouldn’t have created me!” — The Soldier. We’re halfway through the war, but the end is still nowhere in sight. The Demomen, however, seemingly galvanized by the promises of a huge sword and a wooden targe, is now catching up with the amount of causalities done to the [...] Related posts:Team Fortress 2 SITREP #3: Close Combat Kit Promises Death To SoldiersTeam Fortress 2 War Update: Soldiers Faces Off Demomen!Team Fortress 2 War SITREP #1: “No End In Sight! Soldier’s Winning!”
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Long time no post Heya people! It’s been a long time since I last posted anything but you know, I was suspended so I had no other choice! Hopefully, I found sometime to update with the latest news and now I am back for more :D I won’t be doing anything noteworthy today but I’ll be sure to begin posting from tomorrow onwards! Also…, I’ll be making banners for the rest of my life “HYUK HYUK” (thanks to blah blah-chans) so wait for my works ;P Finally, I am working on NN’s ...
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. . . or a dark director’s dastardly deed of deception? Kadokawa’s CEO, Mr. Kadokawa (ooh, coincidence?), finally spills the beans on ANN. All pretensions to innocence are abandoned as The-Sequel-Series-That-Must-Not-Be-Named is officially exposed as a premeditated crime, carried out with full and deliberate intent. And to make matters worse, we get nothing but a dodgy [...]
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Studio Ghibli announced their next project…and it is all about tiny people…and more! The project is based on Mary Norton’s The Borrowers (Yukashita no Kobito-tachi) novel. The official website for Studio Ghibli’s next project, an adaptation of Mary Norton’s The Borrowers (Yukashita no Kobito-tachi) novel, has launched on Thursday. Studio co-founder Hayao Miyazaki has been planning [...]
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Really nice looking Garage Kit of “Nakano Azusa” from K-ON! by The Poppy Puppet circle ^^ It was also at display during previous Wonder Festival 2009 Summer. Via fg Site.
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Gottsu-Iiyan has a question: How many “manga” readers out there who are not happy that manga have been left off of so many of the year end & decade end “best of” comics lists, also think that manga and comics are different? … and then he expands on it a bit. Laura asks: What’s your favorite New Year’s [...]
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Arancia Project To draw a version of Arancia of your own. Based off the original character at Arancia’s homepage. Update 1: Intro Update 2: Hair, Eyes and a little face Update 3: Everything else… Lol! Update 4: It’s Up! Look for the one by “Blur” (duh!) Interview with Jiayi a.k.a. Hiroko, Winner of Daicon 2009’s Karaoke Competition My first attempt at an [...]
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  <object width="640" height="385"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PLea637xgd8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"> </param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PLea637xgd8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"> </embed> </param> <param value="transparent" name="wmode"> </param> </object>    From what I know of Fate/Stay Night, I really dig it. Granted, I'm not much for technical fighters, so i'm pretty stoked at more animated features coming our way. Yes, everyone can abandon their twiddly sticks and pull up some popcorn for the next animated film, titled Fate/Stay Night - Unlimited Blade Works.   I won't pretend to know much about the series,, but this teaser trailer looks pretty cool. The film will have a theatrical release January 23rd, so more Fate/Stay Night really isn't that far away.   (Via ANN)
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New announcement from Figma Blog on their upcoming release. Surprisingly, both character are from Rumiko Takahashi, (one of the wealthiest individuals, and the most affluent mangaka in Japan) famous manga. She has twice won the Shogakukan Manga Award: once in 1981 for Urusei Yatsura, and again in 2002 for InuYasha. “Figma Lum” from Urusei Yatsura “Figma Higurashi Kagome” from Inuyasha I believe they would also release Ranma in future. Also Figma just recently annouce bout new girl from Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha and a brand new ride.
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New ride for figma is reveal by Mikatan
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Wow, I guess I have really fallen off the boat. I had no clue that Gackt was releasing a new album, let alone it was released over two weeks ago! I’ve been a fan of Gackt for I guess 4 years now, I just haven’t been keeping up with him as of lately GLADIATOR Evolution [...]
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Since I’ve been called a slacker for not making a post about this. The new FictionJunction single - “Toki no Mukou, Maboroshi no Sora”, which is the OP for Ookamikakushi (airing in January) will be released on January 27, 2010. 「 時の向こう 幻の空 」 Title : Toki no Mukou, Maboroshi no Sora Artists : FictionJunction 2010.01.27 : VTCL-35083   01.02.03.04. 時の向こう 幻の空 [...]
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Good Smile Company is going to release the Nendoroid No.27d Izumi Konata ( 泉 こなた ) Saitama News 65th Anniversary Ver. ( 埼玉新聞65周年記念Ver. ) action figure from the manga/anime “Lucky Star” ( らき☆すた ). Will be released in April 2010. Around 100mm tall, 3,333 yen. Saitama News exclusive. Only 7,000... **This is a content summary only. Please visit Nekomagic for full content!**
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Good Smile Company is going to release the Nendoroid No.28d Hiiragi Kagami ( 柊 かがみ ) Saitama News 65th Anniversary Ver. ( 埼玉新聞65周年記念Ver. ) action figure from the manga/anime “Lucky Star” ( らき☆すた ). Will be released in April 2010. Around 100mm tall, 3,333 yen. Saitama News exclusive. Only 7,000... **This is a content summary only. Please visit Nekomagic for full content!**
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Kaiyodo is going to release the Revoltech Yamaguchi No.83 Three-stage Transformation Valkyrie VF-1S Roy Focker Custom Series ( 三段変形バルキリー VF-1S【ロイ・フォッカー機】 ) action figure from classic anime “The Super Dimension Fortress Macross” ( 超時空要塞マクロス ). Will be released in January 2010.... **This is a content summary only. Please visit Nekomagic for full content!**
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Kaiyodo is going to release the Revoltech Yamaguchi No.82 Three-stage Transformation Valkyrie VF-1A Ichijyo Hikaru Custom Series ( 三段変形バルキリー VF-1A 【一条輝 機】 ) action figure from classic anime “The Super Dimension Fortress Macross” ( 超時空要塞マクロス ). Will be released in January 2010. Around... **This is a content summary only. Please visit Nekomagic for full content!**
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Saw some Figma Subaru preview pictures over at the Figma Blog, wanted to post but didn't have the time to post her up until today ^^". Looks like it's more Nanoha-related Figma poison for fans! I seemed to remember reading someone who really hate Max Factory [...]
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Today I wrap up my look at the year 2003 in the 25th day of this retrospective. I also have to start by saying 2 of the 4 items examined today are candidates for personal worst anime of the decade. Perhaps this season was the absolute rock bottom of the malaise era. I certainly hope [...]
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Do you remember reading The Borrowers as a kid? A series by British author Mary Norton, it revolved around a family of three very tiny people who "borrow" things from humans to survive. Okay, more than likely you actually remember the more recent live-action film (from 1997 starring Draco Malfoy , Fred Flintstone , and some other people). Word on Gigazine is that Studio Ghibli's next film is based on the novels and is called Karigurashi no Arrietty , which translates roughly to "Borrowing Arrietty" (as in "Arrietty who Borrows").  Arrietty is the heroine of the story, of course, the 13-year-old daughter of the teeny tiny clan. Apparently the story will be transplanted, though, from 1950s England to modern Japan. The first question I'm sure most of you have is "well, is Miyazaki directing?" The answer is no; it'll be Hiromasa Yonebayashi , who's been working with Ghibli for some time (he worked on Princess Mononoke , Spirited Away , and Howl's Moving Castle before moving on to Ponyo). Now, the question is: can we get a wide release for this in the US? The Borrowers is familiar material, and of course Ghibli and Miyazaki have a good relationship with John Lasseter over at Disney. But it's not a Miyazaki film...still, I hope we'll have some luck on that front.   The movie's due out in Japan in the summer of 2010, but the theme song will be released December 19th...so I'll see you back here then to see if we all like it, yes?
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Probably building upon the success of Drawr, Pixiv opened a oekaki chat service for public testing today. Chatroom creation is open to all users now, but it is possible to watch as a guest without having to log into your pixiv account. Premium users can reserve a chatroom for three hours, and normal accounts have [...]
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