Bandai surprised a lot of people at their panel today making a big splash in the AX pool. At their panel today, Bandai announced that they have licensed the Eureka Seven: Pocketful of Rainbows movie (which will be retitled “Eureka Seven -good night, sleep tight, young lovers-.” No release date has been set for the [...]
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Anyone remember altered beast on the Mega drive/Genesis? But this post isn’t on talking about retro games, but rather, the resurrection of an old and beloved site! Waaaaaaaaaaaay back when I started this blog, I was part of one of the first dannychoo communities called figure.fm. Looking back, it wasn’t a particularly great site in terms of [...]
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Evangelion 2.0 has quite some interesting surprises. It seems Evangelion producers unleashed a new version for one of the most popular songs in anime and also the opening intro for the original Evangelion TV Series. “Cruel Angel’s Thesis 2009″ was released as a marketing stunt for Evangelion 2.0. Both songs are performed by Yoko Takahashi. Here is [...]
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You know, I’m half tempted to just repeat this weeks comics again next week, just with marginally different artwork. Then again a week later. I wonder if that would be too high-level for people to get… AnimeExpo is still rumbling on, providing the world with occasional news of massively varying degrees of interest. That Bandai are [...]
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Another anime from my middle school days, Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play I loved this anime in 7th grade, I was obsessed with the character Chichiri, and my friends and I would talk about it constantly. I actually wanted to make the patch Chichiri, but I couldn’t find a Chichiri picture I wanted to use. Instead [...]
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Having waited a couple years, put up with incessant trolling and numerous false starts, before finally getting a second season of Haruhi, only to have it air with a random schedule, should we be surprised that KyoAni and co. (I don't even know if the enemy is KyoAni or Kadokawa at this point) have decided to emphasize the "endless" in "Endless Eight?
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The Five Kages! Well, it doesn’t stop with Gaara and all the other Kages are finally revealed, along with some of their shinobi escorts. Things are looking exciting, lots of new characters with strange weapons appear. Kind of reminds me of Naruto in the beginning, when you never knew what to expect from most characters and [...]
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While I knew what I was getting into and all, it still was a little gayer then I expected… Visually, the first episode is pretty well done. The characters themselves are kinda plain, but the backgrounds are really pretty with a watercolor look. It takes a little bit of getting use to watching the characters move across [...]
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Alright, so my predictions were more than a little off this year but there were quite a few surprises thrown in. This seemed to be a pretty big year for Death Note which took six different awards. Gurren Lagann managed to stay competitive as well with three awards. Perhaps the biggest surprises to the winners [...]
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Now taking bets on whether the next episode of Suzumiya Haruhi will end with another closed loop or not. Odds are at eight to one for closed! ©2009 Kurogane's Anime Blog. All Rights Reserved..
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Starting with news straight from AX, Funimation has released the trailer for their upcoming release of Evangelion 1.0 complete with news regarding release dates. Before we get to that though, here’s the trailer:   Now for the actual news before today’s premiere at Anime Expo: Funimation will be releasing the DVD this fall with a release of [...]
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The following emails are real and completely unedited (except the parts I very obviously edited). Dear Baka-Raptor. Ill skip the sucking up to you and get right to the point: Why the rush? Question A While I was at work of of my female colleagues,lets call her Hot Lesbian A Natsuki, was talking to our receptionist Hot Lesbian B Shizuru [...]
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It’s no news that J-music is getting increasingly popular in the west, particularly in North America. Be it Olivia’s + Tsuchiya Anna’s NANA live performances or KOTOKO’s, they have all been rather well received by the non-asian wannabe otakus. I personally am still waiting for my Nana to make it to Spain some day, but [...]
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We finally stopped shopping long enough to hit a panel this morning.  There’s a quick and no-frills rundown of the CMX manga panel hosted by Jim Chadwick, Asako Suzuki, and Larry Berry. First up- new sampler for 2009.  I love manga samplers, because I get to see what the art looks like and learn [...]
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The statuary group from the foot of Tokyo Tower was erected by the Japan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Nihon Dobutsu Aigo Kyokai) to commemorate the 15 Karafuto (Sakhalin husky) dogs that were part of the Japanese research expedition to Antarctica in 1958. I love animals, wild and domestic, and the story of these dogs deeply moved me. I saw the statue on a hot summer night, wrapped in a blue light: The expedition members were forced to make an emergency evacuation and, for reasons unknown to me, they couldn’t take the dogs with them. Believing that the rescue team will arrive in a few days, they left some food and left. Another thing that I didn’t understand is why they left the dogs chained. The weather turned bad and the rescue team couldn’t reach the base. A new expedition arrived after a year and found two dogs alive: Taro and Jiro. The two dogs somehow managed to broke free from the chains and managed to survive. Taro and Jiso were declared heroes, and in 1983, a film was made about their story, Nankyoku Monogatari. Taro lived on in Sapporo, at Hokkaido University. After his death in 1970, he was stuffed and put on display at the university’s museum. Jiro returned with another expedition in Antarctica, where he died in 1960. Statuia de la piciorul lui Tokyo Tower a fost a ridicată de Societatea Japoneză pentru Prevenirea Cruzimii contra Animalelor (Nihon Dobutsu Aigo Kyokai) în amintirea celor 15 câini Karafuto (Sakhalin husky) care au făcut parte din expediţia japoneză din Antarctica din anul 1958. Iubesc animalele, şi cele sălbatice şi cele domestice, iar povestea acestor câini m-a tulburat. Am văzut statuia într-o noapte caldă de vară, învăluită într-o lumină albastră şi mi-a dat fiori de gheaţă. Membri expediţiei au fost nevoiţi să plece de la baza din Antarctica şi, din motive pe care nu le-am aflat, nu au putut să ia cu ei şi câinii. Crezând că echipa de salvare va veni în câteva zile, au lăsat câinilor o provizie de mâncare şi au plecat. Un alt lucru pe care nu l-am aflat este de ce i-au lăsat legaţi. Vremea s-a înrăutăţit şi echipa de salvare nu a mai putut ajunge la bază. O nouă expediţie, care a ajuns acolo după un an, a găsit doi câini în viaţă: Taro şi Jiro. Cei doi au reuşit să se dezlege şi au reuşit să suprevieţuiască. Tato şi Jiso au fost declaraţi eroi, iar în 1983 s-a facut şi un film despre povestea lor, Nankyoku Monogatari. Taro a trăit în Sapporo, la Universitatea Hokkaido, unde a murit în 1970. A fost împăiat şi poate fi văzut în muzeul universităţii. Jiro s-a întors în Antarctica împreuna cu o altă expediţie, unde a murit în 1960. <iframe width="600" height="352" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/sv?cbp=12,296.42,,0,25.2&amp;cbll=35.658612,139.746263&amp;panoid=&amp;v=1&amp;hl=ro&amp;gl="></iframe>Vizualizare hartă mărităMuza-chan on
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  Because everything is improved by replacing heads with pasta. New Season Disclaimer: I try to watch at least the first episode of every new show in a season. However, do not expect anything I say to be fair or balanced. I value my own entertainment above all else and there are some genres or methods [...]
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First-class is going to release the Teresa Tilette ( テレサ・ティレット ) Flooding Ver. ( 浸水Ver. ) non-scale PVC figure from the eroge/anime “Prism Ark” ( プリズム・アーク ). Will be released in August 2009. Around 230mm tall, 8,800 yen. Only 300 pieces will be manufactured. Castoffable. Well, no matter how I look, this is [...] Related posts:Prism Ark Sister Hell Flooding Ver. non-scale PVC figure by First-class First-claMagusTale Alicia Infance non-scale PVC figure by First-class First-claClear Tsukimura Miki non-scale PVC figure by First-class First-claMagusTale Alicia Infance Clear Limited Ver. non-scale PVC figure by First-class First-claTwinkle Crusaders Kujoh Ria School Uniform Ver. non-scale PVC figure by First-class First-cla
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Good Smile Company is going to release the Nendoroid Hakurei Reimu ( 博麗霊夢 ) from the doujin danmaku shooting game series “Touhou Project” ( 東方プロジェクト ) by the circle Team Shanghai Alice ( 上海アリス幻樂団 ). Will be released in the Comiket 76 (C76) on August 14-16, 2009. Around 100mm tall, price unknown. ——Description from [...] Related posts:Touhou Project Shrine Maiden of Paradise Hakurei Reimu 1/8 PVC figure by Griffon Enterprises Griffon EHatsune Miku -Project DIVA- Hatsune Miku Nendoroid-Petit figure by SEGA/Good Smile Company Good SmilMoetan Pastel Ink Nendoroid No.37 action figure by Good Smile Company Good SmilVocaloid KAITO Nendoroid No.58 action figure by Good Smile Company Good SmilPrism Ark Priecia Nendoroid No.66 action figure by Good Smile Company Good Smil
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I know it’s hard to believe but there is still anime news that isn’t happening at Anime Expo this weekend. Shocking isn’t it? Anyways, two more series have been green lit for production with the first being Dhurarara!! based on the light novels of the same name written by the same author who did Baccano. [...]
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