Sent to you by kevn57 via Google Reader: Maki Horikita's "Innocent Love" via Tokyograph on 8/19/08 Popular actress Maki Horikita has picked up her next lead drama role. She will star in the tentatively-titled "Innocent Love," scheduled to air in Fuji TV's flagship Monday night time slot this fall. As the title suggests, the show will be a romance story.The script is an original work written by Taeko Asano, whose most recent hit was "Last Friends" this past spring. Like that show, "Innocent Love" will focus on the lives of modern youths. The shows also share a director (Yusuke Kato) and a producer (Toshiyuki Nakano).The story centers around the tragic heroine Kanon Akiyama (Horikita). As a child, she lost both her parents to a murderer, and her older brother was arrested as the prime suspect. Shunned by her town as the sister of a killer, she heads to Tokyo and picks up a job as a housecleaner. There, she has a fateful encounter with a man, but the road to romance is fraught with difficulty.This will be Horikita's first time starring in Fuji TV's key time slot. Last year, her popularity skyrocketed due to a starring role in "Hanazakari no Kimitachi e." Currently, she appears in the NHK taiga drama "Atsuhime." That series doesn't finish filming until the end of September, so she will briefly be shooting simultaneously for "Atsuhime" and "Innocent Love.""Innocent Love" will premiere in October. Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Tokyograph using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites
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I finished watching the anime Myself, Yourself and really enjoyed it. Even if the plot was full of tragedy and emoness, I liked it anyhow. Mainly cause I just love anime that will make me cry. It is my favorite kind! Animes like Air, Kanon, Clannad…Beautiful stories with a lot of emotion and heartbreaking moments. [...]
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spoilers ahead Best Mother Ever. ↩[LWC 58] Because (1) I enjoy lighthearted play on words and (2) have recently started watching the series at hand. I like it, the ‘slife element is very entertaining. Ok I had to marathon it (two days later after the previous sentence). I was pretty thrilled by the experience, and am still wallowing in [...]
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I didn’t like the anime Clannad this past year because it didn’t grew on me unlike Kanon and AIR did. Now on its more dramatic part, which is the After Story, I think this would be more tear-jerking than the previous Clannad and I think it would be worth watching if I’m in the mood [...]
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Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see all the J-List products, check out J-List or the JBOX.com updated products link. Ponyo Plush Medium Size ~ Ponyo on the Cliff on the Sea. For fans of the hit new Hayao Miyazaki film, here's a delightful plush toy of Ponyo, a cute girl fish who runs away from her home in the sea, wanting more than anything else to become human. It's so cute! Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Playing Cards. Also, see the Pony playing cards we're posting, very high quality (of course) because every Studio Ghibli product receives the final approval of Hayao Miyazaki himself, or it doesn't get made. Dengeki Daioh Aug 2008. You want a thick manga? This is a thick manga! A stunning achievement of illustration work, this is the new issue of Dengeki Daioh ("Electric Shock Great King"), featuring some of the best manga in Japan, from Shakugan no Shana to Yotsubato and more. 900+ pages, with lots of fun free stuff! Goshiki Fighter Plane 1/9th Scale Figure ~ Mecha Musume. It's a cute girl with cat ears! It's a World War II airplane! Actually, it's both. This is the super-cute new Mecha Musume figure release, featuring the body of a Goshiki Japanese fighter plane, similar to the classic Zero. Kawaii? Nida Schuetlich 1/8 Figure ~ Shuraki Trinity Box 04. Wow, this is a gorgeous figure designed by Shunya Yamashita featuring a female original character in a military uniform. Best of all, it's a "cast off" figure, allowing you to remove her uniform -- awesome. This figure sold out in record time but is back in stock now! Makoto Sawatari 1/8 Figure ~ Kanon. I *love* this figure from Kanon. In fact, I want to nominate it for the unofficial Firefox web browser mascot, as this is related to this girl's story in the anime. Who's with me? Only one of these figures is in stock so I recommend you get it fast if you love it as much as I do. egg Aug 2008 vol. 142. Egg is an fascinating magazine, a combination fashion mag for stylish Tokyo girls and a glimpse into a unique area of Japanese popular culture. See everything that's going down this summer in street fashion culture in Egg, now in stock. If you like Japan's fashion magazines, remember that we sell all the most popular ones via monthly subscription. Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. Trilogy Box (Blu-ray Disc) ~ First Press Limited Edition. Blu-Ray fans, we've restocked the popular Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. box set again, featuring the longest and most gorgeous arcs in the series by Shirow Masamune and Mamoru Oishii. New J-Snacks. We've gotten in some great Japanese snacks today, including Kaki no Tane rice crackers w/ peanuts in rare Pepper Mayonnaise flavor, grape Fruit Juice Gummy with Chardonnay grapes inside, and the famous Bubblicious gum you loved as a child in bold Ramune flavor. iTunes Japan Music Cards -- Free Single of the Week. One of the many cool things about the Japan iTunes Music Store is the Free Single of the Week, which lets you sample Japan's amazing J-POP/J-ROCK world for free. To download, though, you need an account, which means using the prepaid cards that J-List sells, unless you happen to have a credit card issued in Japan. This week's free single is the eerily beautiful Oide Yo (Come Over and Visit) (iTunes link) by Kotoringo. Fun Traditional Items. Today we've gotten in stock of some popular items, including Japanese Jinbei, great short kimonos that are great for sleeping in wearing to a summer festival, Natural Fling Stone with Magatama Amulet, our clever Japanese ear cleaner that looks like a ninja sword, and our popular Happy Tanuki Sake Set for enjoying good sake with friends. Fifteen Minutes a Day Kanji Practice. See some great books and other items to help you learn Japanese at J-List. Today we're restocking the 15 Minutes a Day Kanji Practice Books, which lets you memorize Japanese characters by learning them in order and writing each repeately. Totoro Music Box -- Neko Bus. We've gotten in another ceramic Music Box for Totoro fans, this time the delightful Neko Bus (Cat Bus). Great for displaying in your room. Shiki Ryougi 1/7 Figure ~ Kara no Kyoukai *Preorder*. Beautiful women in kimonos with samurai swords go together quite well, don't you think? This is a great figure of SHiki Ryougi from a popular doujin illustrated novel that will become an anime soon. I love this figure's detail and large 1/7 scale size. Preorder her now. SMC Ekitoku Chouhi 1/7 Figure ~ Dragon Destiny *Preorder*. Next, there's another figure we're posting, the delightful Ekitoku Chouhi from Dragon Destiny / Ikki Tousen, wearing traditional Chinese plate armor and wielding a cool weapon. Preorder it now for shipping around November. Miku Hatsune Nendoroid Figure. The most popular Nendoroid figure that we can remember came back in stock...and then promptly sold out again. However, the figure that became an icon of all otakudom (to say nothing of spinning leeks) is being re-issued, so preorder yours to get it when it comes out in December. Restocked Bento Boxes, Accessories. Got a large update of bento items for you, including the Rabbit & Moon DX Bento Set that's one of the coolest I've ever seen, Blue Dragon Bento, Easy Boiled Egg Shaper and more. If you love Japan's culture of visually appealing boxed lunches, why not browse our entire selection now? Downhill Night 1-3 *Preorder*. The newest PC dating-sim games to be announced are the Downhill Night trilogy (Japanese title, Moero Downhill Night), an exciting series of "H" games in which you must help beautiful female drivers win fast-paced races. The games feature CG animation by the team that did Initial D, meaning tons of great action at every turn, and the third title in the series is actually a full 3D driving game. The new games are being posted for preorder to the site now. Juicy Girl -- Mizuki Oshima. Heh, the Japanese are good at coming up with funny English names, and "Juicy Girl" fits the lovely Mizuki-chan to a T. Fabulous glossy photographs printed in this nice coffeetable-quality large photobook.
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I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ANIME. I REPEAT, I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ANIME! Tomoyo after ~it’s a wonderful life~ is a VN made by Key (you know these people, they made Kanon, Air, and Clannad) in 2005. The original release was made for the PC and contained 18+ material, but later, a ps2 port with [...]
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I bet you were thinking I was going to pick on the CG rosarios in the OP sequence - well, think again. The first season of MariMite has something that definitely trumps Kanons rubber ducky - a CG card. Yes, it’s a red rectangle, which rotates around a little. How exciting! All joking aside, I really [...]
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Here is a video from an Otogijushi Akazukin DVD of Tamura Yukari (who plays Akazukin) and Yahagi Sayuri (Gretel). They talk about their roles and play a funny little tabletop game.Yukarin is oHagi's senpai at I"m Enterprises. They are two of the most talented voices in the industry, in my opinion. Yukarin is the consummate pro, and oHagi is getting there, with her wonderful juicy voice now under more and more control. I don't think of either of them as serious actresses, like a Sawashiro Miyuki or a Paku Romi, but for normal anime roles, they are both outstanding.From her first role as Karin, I have simply loved oHagi. She is widely regarded as ugly, but really she is ugly-cute. She's a belle laide, as the French say (a beautiful ugly woman). That goes for Yukarin, too, in my opinion. I find oHagi utterly charming on radio and in videos like this. Natural and nice.<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u_BNYAxlJFE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u_BNYAxlJFE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Yukarin (32) is best known for playing Nanoha, but she has had many other great roles, including Mai in Kanon, Sakura in DaCapo, and Rika in Higurashi. oHagi (22) burst onto the scene at 19 with her wonderful voice as Karin in 2005, and now is getting constant work as a reliable second-line performer. She was outstanding doing the weepy voice of Kuu in Kyoshiro and the Eternal Sky, and is now Haruna in ToLoveRu. She has the juiciest voice I know, although she appears to be trying to dry it out a bit so she can play more varied roles.In Hirano Aya news, Aaya visited both Hokkaido and Kyushu recently, promoting her album by visiting stores and doing a mini-live in each place. The album has been a commercial success, selling 31,862 copies in its first three weeks of release. It went from sixth for its first week, to #32 and then #52, but it is still selling: 2,994 copies in the third week.And today's blog entry from Aaya says that they are now recording the final episodes of Daughter of Twenty-Faces. I have loved her work in that show, although I was not so happy with it in the most recent episode, ep15.
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This week we feature the delectable Seena Kanon from the Shining game series. No, she’s not from the good Shining Force games. She’s from that other Shining series, the one that’s ridiculously bad… Shining Tears/Wind. As if the games weren’t bad enough, remember the Shining Tears x Wind anime? I’d rather not because I don’t [...]
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Anime on Mania DVD has word of both the next set of Geneon titles released by FUNimation and the first set of former-ADV titles, specifically Devil May Cry (all three volumes out October 7th) and Kanon 6 (October 14th).
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