“Memories of my mother Rise, MachGaogamon” The lesson we’ve learned today is that, if you’re a giant metal grim reaper, you don’t mess with a guy’s memories of his mother’s death. You know what will happen if you do? He’ll emerge from his cocoon and his partner will evolve two levels and punch the heck out of [...]
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Hachi, why must you make bad decisions? Why must you fill the emptiness in your life with consumerism and celebrity dreams? Because they are within your grasp, and you are a victim of the disease befalling modern society. Poor girl. Hachi reacts with jealousy and disappointment when she realises that Yasu once dated Reira. She goes out [...]
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“Fortune Eye and Misfortune Eye” Itís fitting that an episode about vision is particularly beautiful. Ginko meets a blind woman who “saw” the mushi ganpaku. Thereafter she could see: first her surroundings, then through walls, then past mountains … eventually, even with her eyes closed, she could see the futures and pasts of people who consulted her. However, [...]
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I have decided to add a new local feature to ADD, called Kino Spotlight where I’ll report new anime related stuff I see at Kinokuniya Orchard to you guys. Why am I that free to do something like this? Well its’ because for some reason, Kino Orchard is a very convinent place for me to go [...]
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People need to stop nitpicking on the storyline. I hope nobody is going “but it’s so obvious Ward is cromwell! why doesn’t Louise notice or something...
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How many Fate figures are there now? I think I've seen Sakura 3 times in the same old bikini as of today...you'd think manufacturers would think up something more creative when they decide to crank out another one. But nooo....instead, now we get Alter's swimsuit Sakura, but on her knees by Kotobukiya. And she seems to have lost her towel too, haha. Alter's one is still WAAAY nicer, IMHO. And bigger too. This comes out in December...but I REALLY DON'T CARE ANYMORE! But I couldn't resist not posting about it. Lol.Name: Matou Sakura Swimsuit 1/8 scale PVCManufacturer: KotobukiyaRelease Date: December 2006Price: 4410 Yen>>> ToyzlogTags: PVC Figures, Figurines, Toys, Anime, Anime Toys, Japanese Toys, Kotobukiya, Fate/ Hollow Ataraxia, Matou Sakura, Tenjou
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I have a problem. I am running on a tight budget this month (hint: Haruhi DVDs) and Japan decided to help me with this problem by releasing all sorts of wonderful things that I would die to get my hands on. For fuck's sake Japan! A guy can only die once, you know. Sad to say [...]
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Major Kusanagi Motoko, the beautiful, deadly, and mostly human heroine of the award winning Ghost in the Shell gets a figurine worthy of her brilliance. Hmm, sounded a little corny, that. This figure of Motoko from Alter/Vice has her in her official police get-up, standing rather lazily holding a cool-looking pistol. I saw this a few days back, and damn, I knew I had to try my very best to procure one for myself. =P The figure pretty much resembles Motoko of the anime and I can't get over how...'Motoko' she looks. I must say it isn't the most detailed figure ever, but everything just blends. The jacket, the gloves, her gun, and I'm lovin' the holster at her back. Very nicely painted, it's a 1/7 scale figure, and comes out in December.I liked the anime and the movies, which consisted of pretty stunning visuals, even looking at them today. As a fan, I can't say it gets any better than this. =)Name: Kusanagi Motoko 1/7 scale PVCManufacturer: Alter / ViceRelease Date: December 2006Price: 6090 Yen>>> ToyzlogTags: PVC Figures, Figurines, Toys, Anime, Anime Toys, Japanese Toys, Alter, Ghost in the Shell, Kusanagi Motoko, Tenjou
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This episode’s Proxy has the ability to delude someone’s mind. You could describe it as bringing its victim in a dream-world. In this dream world, The Usagi has arrived in Romdeau, after which Real turned Vincent in and hid Pino away. Afterwards, she was taken in by Daedalus and his assistant: Swan, in order to [...]
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Lol, danbooru’s down again when I need a picture. Here’s a picture of Fall in Japan, hah. A while ago, I posted about my picks for 2006 Fall anime series. But I didn’t mentioned about OVAs, so here’s the list of my picks. There isn’t much OVAs I’m looking out for, it all depends on whether [...]
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Poor young Louise, she had lost her childhood at such a tender age. Her future had been tainted even before she realised it. She had been brain-controlled by the evil Ward from a very young age. Woe to LOUISE!!! A long long time, even before the creation of Dumbiedore land and whatever land that magic works [...]
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夜明け前より瑠璃色な Crescent Love Release: 1/10/2006 Episodes: 12 Studio: Doumu Genres: Fantasy(?), Harem(?), Love-Romance(?), School Life(?) OP: “Prelude -We are not alone-” by Fumi Ootou ED: “Crescent Love ~Tsuki no Namida~” by Hitomi Nabatame Official Site: http://www.bs-i.co.jp/anime/yoakena/ Impressions: Well, first I’d like to say I have no idea how the name of the Anime is spelt. It is spelt differently in different sites, so I’ll [...]
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Unyuunymous has a translation up of this scan from the current issue of Megami magazine. Be sure to read the setup to this “Prelude” OVA coming this winter season.
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Interlude is a dating-sim mystery anime. It’s an OVA, containing three episodes. It’s really one of these anime you need to think about in order to fully understand it. We’ve got our main character, living his everyday life. Until he meets a strange girl, alone at the station. Starting from that moment, he’ll learn that [...]
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I’m not a big anime DVD buyer. In fact, I’ve never bought an anime DVD until today (tonight). Now that I think about it, I’m not a very big buyer of DVDs in general. Well, that anime DVD drought ended when I saw a bitchin’ deal on the front page of RightStuf. They called it the [...]
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Hakuoro here. Now that I have established that Emperor Kuuya is indeed a woman, I must devote all my efforts to adding her to my harem. Nonetheless, I am well aware that my other women need attention, and have resolved to arrange for some quality time with all of them…
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While many people are megane-moe, meido-moe, ane-moe, imouto-moe, etc, I find myself attracted to anime/manga/game girls having the properties in the title of the post: they (1) are blonde, (2) wear black outfits, and (3) have lots of potential to kick ass, which usually manifests itself in the form of high [...]
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LOL CULTURAL ANALYSIS LOL But yeah, it’s crap like this that cements my belief that Freud is full of shit. I mean, seriously “The utopian fantasy here is to normalize sex between adults and children”. I can’t even make this shit up! Also, I refuse to take anyone seriously as an expert when [...]
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Suga Shikao - Natsukage (34.4MB, for PSP/Quicktime) Sorry for the lack of update in the past few days but I'm a bit tired lately. But rest assured, a few more reviews are coming soon. Before that though, I may as well start with this PV. Natsukage is one of the few PVs included in Suga Shikao's new album, Parade. Unfortunately the PV is pretty plain, featuring only Suga Shikao singing the song. In addition to this, the majority of the scenes seem to be repeated over and over again. Having said that, it's not a bad song by any stretch of imagination. It also happens to be the insert song for episode 7 of Honey and Clover II. It was the background song that was used when Morita family had to leave their home and go to the city. It's really interesting to see the contrast between this song and Gogo no Parade. It makes me wonder if different song represents Suga's different mood when he wrote each one.
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I literally was rolling and laughing when I found out about Manabi Straight. Not because it’s UFOTable publishing both manga and picking itself up for the anime production, but they call their manga branch… TARTAN CHECK. What’s so funny, you might ask? That’s because I am a Tartan. Just looking at their checker-filled website fills my heart [...]
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