And the results are in, let me check to see if I'm doing it right...And I forgot to thank ASuki and Ando, THANKS.AND LOOKS LIKE I HAS FAILED IN A CORRECT PREDICTION, MY SAIMOE SENSES ARE RUSTY.1st to 9th1位　598票　宮子���ひだまりスケッチ 特別編(Miyako@Hidamari Sketch Tokubetsuhen)2位　541票　貴嶋サキ���ハヤテのごとく!(Kijima Saki@Hayate no Gotoku!)3位　526票　古河早苗���CLANNAD(Furukawa Sanae@CLANNAD)4位　478票　風浦可符香���P・N������さよなら絶望先生(Fuura Kafuka(P.N)@Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)5位　470票　桑原鞘子���バンブーブレード(Kuwabara Sayako@Bamboo Blade)6位　452票　初音ミク���俗・さよなら絶望先生(Hatsune Miku@Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)7位　447票　スバル・ナカジマ���魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS(Subaru Nakajima@Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)8位　426票　ぽてまよ���ぽてまよ(Potemayo@Potemayo)9位　408票　常月まとい���さよなら絶望先生(Tsunetsuki Matoi@Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)10th to 30th10位　391票　ノーラ・アレント���狼と香辛料(Nora Arendt@Spice and Wolf)10位　391票　赤夜萌香���ロザリオとバンパイア(Akashiya Moka@Rosario + Vampire)12位　350票　新藤景���ef - a tale of memories.(Shindou Kei@ef - a tale of memories.)13位　343票　加賀愛���さよなら絶望先生(Kaka Ai@Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)14位　304票　稲森光香���みかん������がくえんゆーとぴあ まなびストレート!(Inamori Mika(Mikan)@Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!)15位　301票　神凪綾乃���風のスティグマ(Kannagi Ayano@Kaze no Stigma)16位　199票　柴崎麻子���図書館戦争(Shibasaki Asako@Toshokan Sensou)17位　195票　クロエ���狼と香辛料(Chloe@Spice and Wolf)18位　145票　大空寺あゆ���君が望む永遠 〜Next Season〜(Daikuuji Ayu@Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~)19位　133票　ヴァルダ���キスダム -ENGAGE planet-(Varda@Kissdom -ENGAGE planet-)20位　131票　さしみ���ながされて藍蘭島(Sashimi@Nagasarete Airantou)21位　119票　夢原のぞみ���キュアドリーム������Yes! プリキュア5 シリーズ(Yumehara Nozomi(Cure Dream)@Yes! Precure 5 series)22位　118票　武嶋蔦子���マリア様がみてる OVA(Takeshima Tsutako@Maria-sama ga Miteru OVA)23位　108票　ジャイ子���ドラえもん(Jaiko@Doraemon)24位　106票　相原菜々���キミキス pure rouge(Aihara Nana@Kimikiss pure rouge)25位　105票　ソーマ・ピーリス���機動戦士ガンダム00(Soma Peries@Kidou Senshi Gundam 00)26位　101票　内田より不安な子���みなみけ(Girl to be more worried about than Uchida@Minami-ke)27位　98票　水上静希���撲殺天使ドクロちゃんセカンド(Hikami Shizuki@Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan Second)28位　96票　野分ほたる���絶対可憐チルドレン(Nowake Hotaru@Zettai Karen Children)28位　96票　アイーシャ・クリシュナム���スカイガールズ(Aisha Krishnam@Sky Girls)30位　92票　うさみちゃん���増田こうすけ劇場 ギャグマンガ日和3(Usami-chan@Masuda Kousuke Gekijou Gag Manga Biyori 3) /rage.HOW DID I NOT SEE HIDAMARI SKETCH, MIYAKO TO BOOT. I genuinely forgot about Saki though, /despair.All, in all, I think i'll need to resort to the AnimeSuki style of representing my feelings on who gets to the 1st, 2nd and NO prelims.(NUMBER OF GIRLS TO FIRST PRELIM) - (NUMBER OF GIRLS TO SECOND) - (LOL DEAD BRACKET)Therefore, with the aid of SCIENCE: 3 - 4 - 2.3 obviously being Saki, Miyako and Miku. LET THE FANBOY VOCALOID CAMPAIGN BEGIN AND EPIC LULZ FORTHCOMING, I EXPECT ASCII ART AND MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF WWWWWWWWWWW.
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Just finished watching Bamboo Blade. It was a fun ride, but now I feel a little bit blank inside. As one who practices kendo, I was excited to find an anime series about kendo, and I quickly found Bamboo Blade to be one of the most entertaining and playful series I've ever seen. The story centers around five high school girls and their kendo club. There are also some guys in it too, but they're
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Well, it looks pretty good from where I'm standing. Thanks to AnimeSuki and ando (aka god).EXCEPT FOR KYONO NOT BEING INCLUDED./rage.Still, Nanoha and company did really well here, and so did the Hayate camps. Here's to round two!Nishizawa Ayumu@Hayate no Gotoku)2位　458票　瀬川泉���ハヤテのごとく!(Segawa Izumi@Hayate no Gotoku)3位　457票　高町なのは���魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS(Takamachi Nanoha@Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)4位　383票　ティアナ・ランスター���魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS(Teana Lanster@Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)5位　381票　南冬馬���みなみけ シリーズ(Minami Touma@Minami-ke series)6位　308票　九重りん���こどものじかん(Kokonoe Rin@Kodomo no Jikan)7位　293票　沙英���ひだまりスケッチ 特別編(Sae@Hidamari Sketch Tokubetsuhen)8位　269票　三宮紫穂���絶対可憐チルドレン(Sannomiya Shiho@Zettai Karen Children)9位　261票　黒威すみ���てんぺらスミ������もえたん(Kuroi Sumi(Tempera Sumi)@Moetan)These 9 move on to the main tournament, and the other 10th to 30th move to prelim 2.10位　233票　ぐちゅ子���ぽてまよ(Guchuko@Potemayo)11位　228票　葛城ミサト���ミサト先生���新世紀エヴァンゲリオン シリーズ(Katsuragi Misato/Misato-sensei@Shin Seiki Evangelion series)12位　217票　二見瑛理子���キミキス pure rouge(Futami Eriko@Kimikiss pure rouge)13位　201票　結木やや���しゅごキャラ!(Yuiki Yaya@Shugo Chara!)14位　189票　峰岸あやの���らき☆すた(Minegishi Ayano@Lucky*Star)15位　181票　衛藤芽生���めぇ������がくえんゆーとぴあ まなびストレート!(Etou Mei(Mee)@Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!)16位　142票　カナカ���シゴフミ(Kanaka@Shigofumi)17位　128票　空閑木陰���スケッチブック 〜full color's〜(Kuga Kokage@Sketchbook ~full color's~)18位　119票　田辺涼���スケッチブック 〜full color's〜(Tanabe Ryou@Sketchbook ~full color's~)19位　113票　根岸みなも���スケッチブック 〜full color's〜(Negishi Minamo@Sketchbook ~full color's~)20位　108票　スメラギ・李・ノリエガ���機動戦士ガンダム00(Sumeragi Lee Noriega@Kidou Senshi Gundam 00)21位　107票　アッシュフォード学園水泳部員の貧乳娘���コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ R2(Flat chest Girl of Ashford Academy's swimming club@Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2)22位　106票　春風千桜���ハヤテのごとく!(Harukaze Chiharu@Hayate no Gotoku)23位　95票　マッハキャリバー���魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS(Mach Caliber@Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)24位　94票　ニナ・ウォン���舞-乙HiME Zwei(Nina Wang@My-Otome Zwei)25位　93票　長谷川遥���もやしもん(Hasegawa Haruka@Moyashimon)26位　91票　春日つかさ���ときめきメモリアル Only Love(Kasuga Tsukasa@Tokimeki Memorial Only Love)27位　89票　朽木ルキア���BLEACH(Kuchiki Rukia@BLEACH)28位　82票　ラピス���レンタルマギカ(Lapis@Rental Magica)29位　80票　吉河先生���バンブーブレード(Yoshikawa-sensei@Bamboo Blade)30位　76票　宮部紅葉���我が家のお稲荷さま。(Miyabe Momiji@Wagaya no Oinari-sama.) Looks like we got some good picks this year. ^_^A little bland, but there are gems there.
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Magical nun action is not far off; とある魔術の禁書目録 /  A Certain Magical Index, whose anime adaptation was announced earlier, is due to air in October, and details of the cast have also emerged. The most notable among them appear to be 佐藤利奈 / Rina Sato (Minamike, Bamboo Blade, Gurren Lagann),and 伊藤静 / Shizuka Ito (Negima, [...]
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Opening Sequence: OP: “Sekirei” by Hayami Saori, Inoue Marina, Hanazawa Kana, and Endo Aya A group collaboration from all the four main female seiyuus and it’s about average for me. Still can’t beat Bamboo Blade in terms of group songs. Well the OP sequence was quite actiony and I wonder if it’s an indication that the series [...]
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The girl of the week is the moetastic Tamaki Kawazoe from Bamboo Blade. Nigh invincible in kendo and also an otaku fangirl to boot, Tama is indeed an odd girl. Watch out though because she can quite literally kick your butt in the blink of an eye. Hope you enjoy this week’s picture gallery. [...]
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A hot springs episode without hot springs fanservice? Bamboo Blade’s bath house episode’s fanservice-lessness is the new fashion!? This week’s episode follows the usual pattern; Touru gets targeted by a spirit and he gets rescued by Kuu and Kou with Noboru in assist mode. Totali notes how the hot springs draw prize is such a clich&eacute.However [...]
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Yay, late post! Seriously I was only waiting for this one today, next week will be hell for me since I got to finish up all the monthly stuff I promised. So next week you can expect to see substantial articles, like the two Monthly features, the workout feature I promised, and etc. Also, instead of globalization and individuality, I recently touched on the subject of catharsis and tragedy again, so I will be doing that one instead. Hopefully.Here are the La Tendo preorders that just came in. Format as below.Name (including ver. if any), series, available number of units for preorderManufacturer, size (if applicable), release dateType, preorder, preorder (member), deposit (all in SGD)Closing date (if any)Katagiri Yuuhi (Limited ver.), Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka, 9Milestone, N/A (200mm), September 2008PVC complete figure, 125, 112.5, 2026th June 2008 (Warning: they may not be able to fulfil all 9 preorders)Joseph, Blassreiter, 8Organic, N/A (140mm), August 2008Complete figure, 79, 71.1, 2027th June 2008Xecty-Ein (Limited Phonecard DX Ver.), Shining Wind, 9Wave, 1/8, September 2008Complete figure, 128, 115.20, 2029th June 2008 (this one comes with a phonecard limited edition, but it can only be used in Japan, 1000 Yen value)Xecty-Ein, Shining Wind, 9Wave, 1/8, September 2008Complete figure, 110, 99, 2029th June 2008Yagami Hayate, Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Striker S, 10Alter, 1/7, October 2008Complete figure, 149, 134.10, 405th July 2008Aizawa Tomomi (Maid Ver.), Welcome to Pia Carrot 2, 10Wave, 1/5, October 2008Complete figure, 162, 145.80, 401st July 2008Yuzuhara Konomi, To Heart 2, 8Toys Planning, N/A (200mm), August 2008Complete figure, 95, 85.50, 201st July 2008Kawazoe Tamaki, Bamboo Blade, 8Organic, 1/8, August 2008Complete figure, 105, 94.50, 203rd July 2008Girl of Nose Art (Shunya Yamashita), MC Axis, 9Run'a, N/A (220mm), September 2008Complete figure, 115, 103.50, 206th July 2008Yoko (Space Look Ver.), Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann, 10Wave, 1/8, October 2008Complete figure, 89, 80.10, 201st July 2008 (picture of her above, this is the normal version and not the limited, no info was included about the limited; picture thanks to Wcloudxkumo)Sonsaku Hakufu, Ikkitousen, 8R-Line, 1/8, August 2008Complete figure, 109, 98.10, 202nd July 2008There are more obviously but I refuse to post about them. That is it for now. So head on down if you got anything you want, and start making your preorders today! Ok that sounded so corny.Space Yoko,PantherPS: New category for La Tendo created, since I keep making these posts I figured I might as well have a category for them.
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So I recieved this in the mail yesterday (Thank you Yen Press, especially with the Bamboo Blade manga coming in the next year or so. :D): And upon recieving it, I promptly felt like this: And no, I won’t stop linking this video. Cause I can’t stop. Yet while I have enjoyed what I read of the manga [...]
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Here’s a really cute figure of Tamaki Kawazoe from the series Bamboo Blade. She is being produced by Organic and is scheduled to be released on 25th August for 7,140 yen. I really like the pose, but I think her face is abit off. I’d wait until the official release before deciding on whether I would make [...]
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