:D Source: ANN That marks the highest Blu-ray Disc pressing among all Bandai Entertainment releases, including the Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell movies. It is also the first television anime series to ship simultaneously on both disc formats in Japan. You can call it a record or whatever it is but it is definitely good to [...]
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Upcoming fall series Kuroshitsuji has a website now, and on it is a 2-minute promo video. It requires Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player though, so I've uploaded it for those of you who have troubles getting it to play. Nitroplus game Chaos;Head is getting an anime adaptation this fall, and they've opened a new website for it. You may remember that last year around this time NTV aired a three-hour Death Note special that covered the entire L arc. Well they've announced that they'll be airing another one on August 22nd, this time covering the Near/Mello arc. Web series Axis Powers Hetalia is getting an anime adaptation. Junjou Romantica 2 has been confirmed to start in October of this year. The Queen's Blade anime adaptation now has a website. MOON PHASE reports that the Seto no Hanayome OVA will be released on November 28. Nodame Cantabile Paris Chapter will start on October 9 in the Thursday night noitaminA timeslot. The Macross Frontier Superlive was last night, and mainichi.jp has pictures and a report from the event. Pretty much all the songs from the series were performed, including Kanno Yoko herself playing a piano version of Triangular to Sakamoto Maaya's singing. Nakajima Megumi and May'n finished the concert by performing the new OP Lion together. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the new OP will premiere on this upcoming week's episode. If you find anything that you think I should mention on any particular day’s Daily Dose, please send me an email with the words “ANIME NEWS” somewhere in the subject line. Image at left courtesy of あさの on pixiv (account needed to access)
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Ranka has had some extremely cute moments in the past few episodes of Macross Frontier. I’m glad that she’s been heightened to a greater role in the series as of late. This means more possibilities for Ranka cuteness in the future. That is all.
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Insert some slowpoke.jpg thingie here. Yeah actually at the time I am writing this, I forgot to check group 16's results, and so you will have to refer to CI for the original post. I have been busy lately with helping out people on the Calibur forums, so blah. Excuses, I know.Group 16 Results1. Kobayakawa Yutaka from Lucky Star (716 votes)2. Iwasaki Minami from Lucky Star (580 votes)3. Shihou Matsuri from sola (522 votes)4. Tsukimura Mayu from Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun (422 votes)5. Athena Glory from ARIA (384 votes)6. Suzumiya Haruhi from Lucky Star (383 votes)7. Shihou Elis from Night Wizard The ANIMATION (328 votes)8. Takara Yukari from Lucky Star (326 votes)9. Kaya from Tower of Druaga ~The Aegis of Uruk~ (296 votes)So eh, Lucky Star pwned. And WTF Haruhi. Kaya making it in was lol, I wish Coopa had made it in though. At least Fatina did.Group 17 Results (original post)1. Yuno from Hidamari Sketch Tokubetsuhen (777 votes)2. Minami Chiaki from Minami-ke (687 votes)3. Mizunashi Akari from ARIA series (605 votes)4. Yuasa Hiromi from true tears (559 votes)5. Suzu from Nagasarete Airantou (478 votes)6. Kajiwara Sora from Sketchbook ~full color's~ (456 votes)7. Signum from Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS (428 votes)8. Yuuki Nona (Prima Asparas) from Nanatsuiro*Drops (367 votes)9. Kura Kuran from Macross Frontier (334 votes)So eh. Lol. I did expect Chiaki to make it in, but with this many votes is rather astounding. Kana and Haruka got in after all, with Kana at the top of her group no less (and still WTF over that). Also, Suzu got in. Cheers for 13-year-old big bewbs! Group 18 has a lot of Airantou, including Shinobu, so I will be watching out for that.Group 18 Results (original post)1. Shana from Shakugan no Shana Second (751 votes)2. Ichinose Kotomi from Clannad (652 votes)3. Sunohara Mei from Clannad (631 votes)4. Fujibayashi Ryou from Clannad (564 votes)5. Hinamori Amu from Shugo Chara! (498 votes)6. Miyazaki Miyako from Bamboo Blade (474 votes)7. Zenigata Mawari from Seto no Hanayome (464 votes)8. Fubuki from Kamen no Maid Guy (403 votes)9. Minamoto Chizuru from Kanokon (352 votes)So, seriously, screw Clannad. They eliminated so many Airantou characters, just check out the 10th to 30th spots, Airantou owns that shit. Otherwise, the rest such as Chizuru and Shana were pretty much expected. Screw Clannad.Group 19 Results (original post)1. Furukawa Nagisa from Clannad (697 votes)2. Ryuuguu Rena from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (688 votes)3. Konjiki no Yami from To-LOVE-Ru (620 votes)4. Konoe Fumina/Hecate from Shakugan no Shana Second (467 votes)5. Kuhouin Murasaki from Kurenai (451 votes)6. Hoshina Utau (Tsukuyomi Utau) from Shugo Chara! (382 votes)7. Oribe Aoi from Myself; Yourself (358 votes)8. Hoshino Asami from Myself; Yourself (322 votes)9. Midarezaki Chika from Kyouran Kazoku Nikki (305 votes)Chika got in!!!111 Yay sexy KKN. I was surprised Cornelia from Geass R2 lost to Chika though, but whatever. And death to Clannad.Group 20 Results (original post)1. Hiiragi Kagami from Lucky Star (996 votes)2. Hiiragi Tsukasa from Lucky Star (982 votes)3. Katsura Hinagiku from Hayate no Gotoku! (918 votes)4. Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier (729 votes)5. Komori Kiri from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (632 votes)6. Kiyoura Setsuna from School Days (599 votes)7. Alicia Florence from ARIA series (569 votes)8. Yin from Darker than Black (461 votes)9. Tiffania Westwood from Zero no Tsukaima ~Futatsuki no Kishi~ (441 votes)YES! Hinagiku and Yin are in! No surprise about Hina...and Lucky Star pwned this round.So now all we have to do is wait for the second round of the preliminaries to begin, and hopefully, all the characters that dropped to second round will go into the tournament. Even so though, it is more than likely all who went in through the first round will pwn them all. So yeah.Aggregate posts for the second round will come as well, once I figure out how many rounds it is. Stay tuned.Saimoe Preliminary Groups 16-20 Results,Panther
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Best feature ever. Take that PSP 40. Oh good grief it looks like Ranka’s chances with Alto-hime keep getting dinged more and more. Looks like Kaifun Brera has finally hit home and will be devastating the RankaxAlto-hime ship. Brera amply demonstrates how much of a Kaifun-class antagonist he is by one upping Alto-hime roughly four times [...]
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First, allow me to express how I feel about this episode: “Ranka!” is the new “Jesus Christ!” Yes, seriously. “Sugei” sounded better. My face certainly has deculture written all over it. You know you want to believe! If I was that evil, I’d snigger like that too. Affirmative: This was one kick-ass episode. Act II of Macross F starts off with a [...]
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Exhibit A in the case that Brera-nii is in fact Sasuke-kun with contacts and a dyed hair, check out that stoic face, its sheer Uchiha icy perfection! The episode opens with a space battle in which it appears Alto is being reckless and getting too close to the enemy. Perhaps because his mind is still [...]
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Summary: Richard uses a building as his coaster, and then talks about Fold Quartz and his dream of overcoming fold faults to bring the universe together. While the government experiments on Vajra corpses, Ranka is kept under tight security. Grace has a grand plan to make Ranka into a huge celebrity with Aimo as [...]
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All thanks to Atashi! Please drop her a thank you note there if you have time Macross F viewers should get a little bit about Sheryl in this song Original Post by Atashi Northern Cross (TV Size Version) Vocals: Sheryl Nome starring May’n Lyrics: Iwasato Yuho & Gabriela Robin Composition: Kanno Yoko Arrangement: Kanno Yoko I can’t recall the [...]
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Ranka Attack means failure. There’s sadly no doubt that losing to your enemy twice will leave you walking the rest of your life on earth Macross in shame. Having lost to Brera again, I do pity Alto-hime and hope that he will eventually beat Brera in whatever way, but what I’m [...]
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