If you’re following the Kanno or AKINO communities, you’d probably know by now that the song Sousei no Aquarion tops internet downloads, online polls, and has a new version by the anime’s voice actors to be released next month. It might as well be Kanno’s most popular song, at least in Japan. While I was [...]
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It reads "The weird one is Kurihara Sen-pai". ... Sora... do you ever look at a mirror?This episode was focused mostly on Kurihara Sen-pai. Overall, it was a good episode but I didn't like how other characters were so irresponsible. They should have at least called Sora and others. Other than that, it was another peaceful episode. There was a new insert song I believe. It was very similar to OP and ED in terms of style. It is Makino Yui's 遠くまで行こう. Sketchbook's Characters are ordinary yet extra-ordinary. They are just like us, spending time with their friends, having good times at school (and bad times...) but with different ways of seeing things. I think that is the reason why this series is so interesting. It kind of shows you what you missed. I think the song "What a wonderful world" fits perfectly to this series ^^;;;
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I got a shitload of manga so I’m gonna try to do 1 book a day since I manage to read a lot of it on the train to work. Good news is that I got all the Shugo Charas today (I forgot to mention that there’s an Asahiya here in case Kinokuniya doesn’t [...]
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So as I mentioned in the previous post I went to Kinokuniya and picked up a new series called “The Student Council President is a Maid”. I’ve been eyeing this damn thing ever since I saw a short preview of it in one of those booklets that they stuff into mangas. This was was in [...]
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As outlined in my mission statement for the season, this was right up there in my shortlist. The staff roll-call was the clincher, of course - I loved Kino’s Journey and SE: Lain is one of my all time faves too (I really need to re-review that sometime). The output from these guys is what [...]
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So this morning one of my Japanese coworkers informed me that Kinokuniya had opened literally 1 block from where I work. I was like whoa already? It turns out they have moved their office from the Rockafeller center and are now renting that space out. The new Kinokuniya is HIROOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIII! (Very spacious.) The first [...]
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sola visual fan book.. [oOgA’s diary] A trip to Kinokuniya is always a poisonous trip, I wanted to find Comptiq November but it wasn’t there yet. Just as when I was about to go home, this caught my eye (points to the picture above). Yes. The sola visual fanbook with 5 copies on the shelf was beckoning [...]
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I’ve been so busy that my frequent visits to Kino @ Taka were delayed for nearly two weeks :( NEVER do this if you’re anticipating a monthly manga issue that you REALLLYY WANT. So I managed to haul my butt down on a sunny Sunday afternoon, hoping to grab something of otaku value. The only thing [...]
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Toranoana representative AYUZAWA penned a column yesterday for Akiba Blog in which he announced the production of four 120-page [ERO] doujin compilation volumes in a series dubbed shinzui ("lifeblood"). The project is in commemoration for the recent opening of the new Toranoana shop in Sendai, and features a wide selection of famous artists (the first volume alone contains Mogudan, Sumeragi Kohaku, Amano Ameno, and Tsukino Jougi among others). While price and release dates are yet forthcoming we are informed that the volumes will only be available for purchase at Toranoana brick-and-mortar locations as well as via their online shop, so international buyers are advised to head to their proxy services. (no more)
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