It's been a while since I posted a Vocaloid video the last time, so I've been thinking recently that it's about time to post one. Today, I've come across a very nice Luka's song on NND, called Ignition. It's a romantic ballad, and I find it a tad bitter-sweet. Luka's voice is shown in its best form, and even her ability to sing in English is proven in this song.<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EUCG57huNx0&amp;hl=cs_CZ&amp;fs=1&amp;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EUCG57huNx0&amp;hl=cs_CZ&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Lyrics:Kedarui natsu no mayonaka kono shimetta karada ni unzariKonna kuuki ja hagu mo shitakunai yoKisu datte kibun ga nora nainoChotto matte fuku wo nugaseteTsuuka baka, shinai tte iteinnoWatashi wo suki nara kakeashi de kono nettaiya kara tsuredashiteIgnition irete yoru no machi kagayaki dasuAkeppanata window yo kaze ga hoo wo naderuIntaa haite kasoku shite hitasura nishi heIkisaki nante shiranai kedo umi wo mitai noI wanna drive with you tonari ni suwatteitai noSono kokochiyoi vibration yudaneteitai noLike I told you sono te tsuki mitsumeteitai noTakamaru mune no exhaust motto motto kanjisasete neKousoku orite baipasu he nemuru mori no naka futarikiriKonna kanji mo waruku ha nai janai ?Kuruma ni notta Alice in WonderlandChotto matte te ha dasanaideHonto baka iyada tte itein noSonna aseru toko janai desho ima ha kono kuuki tanoshindeShift down saka wo kudaru to shio no kaoriYoakemae no sea shore hottetta karada iyasuTonari no kimi ha nandaka nemutasoudeWagamama kiitekurete arigato daisuki dayoI really love you sono kata ni motareteitai noKimi no sono sweet scent hitatteitai noAgain and again sono egao mitsumeteitai noItoshiku tsunaida clutch motto motto kanjisasete neI wanna drive with you tonari ni suwatteitai noSono kokochiyoi vibration yudaneteitai noLike I told you sono te tsuki mitsumeteitai noTakamaru mune no exhaust motto motto kanjiteneI really love you sono kata ni motareteitai noKimi no sono sweet scent hitatteitai noAgain and again sono egao mitsumeteitai noItoshiku tsunaida clutch motto motto kanjisasete ne
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One of my favorite voices, Sasaki Nozomi, will have a role in Yumeiro Pâtissière, starting with this Sunday's episode.She says she somehow was given the role of Youko, a "quiet, serious, intellectual" classmate of Ichigo's.This explains why Nozomi-chan and Yuuki Aoi went out to dinner together on Wednesday. When I first read about it in Aoi's blog, I was wondering how they knew each other. Ao-chan stars in Yumeiro.Nozomi-chan is best known for starring as Nanami in Bokura ga Ita and playing Patricia Martin in Lucky Star. When I first heard her burbling lisp, I thought it was the most moe voice ever.She is 26, and came to voice-acting late, after graduating from college and working part-time as a temple priestess and office lady. She is from Osaka, and attended a seiyuu workshop in Kobe run by director Daichi Keitarou, who liked her voice so much that he gave her an audition for Bokura ga Ita.On her agency page, she lists her skills as drawing and Shinto dance. Her interests are mock sword-fighting, reading, going to cafes, photography, and her blog. She has one of the most active of seiyuu blogs, posting at least daily, and has now begun posting almost non-stop on Twitter. For a while, I was worried that her career was going nowhere. She's not the world's greatest seiyuu. She just has this amazing voice, whose strong individuality is both a blessing and a curse. But now she has begun to get some classmate roles, and she can also play animals. She has a major role as a magical pink stuffed dog in the kids' anime Jewelpet, which is about to enter its second year. She had eight roles in 2009 and already has three this year.She calls herself "watashi" (the formal male way of saying "I") or "oji-san (the old guy)", as well as "number 500." This last refers to a bullet train that goes west from Tokyo through Osaka. Its cars are numbered in the 500s, and it is called the "Nozomi" ("Hope").From her blog, Nozomi-chan seems like a pleasant, friendly, somewhat sensual person, who is close to her family. She and Ao-chan went to a Chinese restaurant for dinner. She says that they spent the time walking there bragging to each other about how little they ate. But once they got there, they ordered the big spread you see in the photo. Nozomi says it's not a problem for 17-year-old Ao-chan, who is "a growing girl." "The problem is for the old guy...." Both women seem to have some tendency to put on weight.Ao-chan had "lemon fried rice," Nozomi-chan had noodles. It's amazing how different the Japanese-style presentation makes Chinese food look in Japan. Ao-chan says that Nozomi-chan let her call her "Nozomi Onee-chan" ("Big Sister Nozomi").
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Day 76/365 From the anime Girls Bravo, Yukinari Sasaki is a short and odd high school boy who has been (and still is) bullied by girls. Thus resulting in him breaking out into rashes when ever he comes into contact with one. Except for a girl he meets in another world that goes by the name [...] Related posts:365 Days of Anime Characters: Day 28/365 Makoto Ito 365 Days of Anime Characters: Day 32/365 Duo Maxwell 365 Days of Anime Characters: Day 64/365 Chinami Ebihara
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For the occasion of releasing the 9th DVD of TV anime series Saki, a special Tacos Ramen was being sold. There is going to be a second round of Tacos Ramen sale on March 22. The stall opens at 11 o'clock outside Akihabara Station. One bowl of Tacos Ramen solds for 600 yen, plus 100 yen more if you choose any of additional toppings.The first sale attracted more customers than had been expected. They probably thought they would gain vigor and energy from it exactly like Yuuki ^^If you ask me, it's quite an odd looking ramen. Putting tacos ingredients into ramen is quite an odd thing to do, after all. Nonetheless, it may taste good.Source: SaiAni.net
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That important DVD finally appears this week !Yoshiie Sadamoto who makes “Eva” and Mamoru Hosoda who made “Toki wo kakeru Syoujo” united tag.  Last summer it brought Japan to youth. After all it comes in the first place stately this week. Dated March 15, according Oricon 1. Summer Wars 3, 3, 2010 2. Saki vol.9 3, [...]
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This would be no longer legal.Many famous manga creators have signed the petition against proposed law that would ban any slightly erotic depiction of 2D characters who would be or appear to be younger than 18 years old. A group of mangaka went to the Tokyo Governmental Office to present their petition against the speculated measure. The list contained names of many famous mangaka.Fujiko Fujio ATakao SaitoJuzo YamasakiKenichi KitamiMitsuru AdachiRumiko TakahashiGosho AoyamaMoto HagioMichiyo AkaishiWakuni AkisatoHiroshi MotomiyaMakoto OginoBig Joe Takeshi ŌmiUzuki NakamuraYudetamagoTakashi SanoTetsuya ChibaKenshi HirokaneKaiji KawaguchiMakoto KobayashiTakeshi MaekawaHiroki YagamiKen AkamatsuTohru FujisawaKazuki YamamotoKanji SorasakiNaoki SerizawaTetsuya KoshibaUchū NishikawaWaki YamatoJun FukamiMariko NakamuraNami AkimotoYasuyuki Kunitomo Ryohei SaiganJun HayaseSatosumi TakaguchiKaworu WatashiyaMasako WatanabeKeisuke ItagakiKenji HamaokaYoshikazu YasuhikoTakayuki Yamaguchi Yoshiaki TabataYousuke TakahashiAkihito YoshitomiYūki YogoYasuhiro ImagawaYasunari TodaKenetsu SatouHiroyuki YoshinoMasahiro ItosugiKenji YamamotoKoban SamedaMakoto UezuShigeru MoritaHiraku KanekoMunenori NawaManga, anime, and game industry is facing a big jeopardy that calls for some defensive counter-attacks. This petition is indeed a reasonable way to stand up against the proposed measure. If the new legislation passed, it would seriously harm a big part of Japanese pop-culture, and young characters in anime and manga would be no more. I really don't want to see that happen.I find it very preposterous to spend time and money on such senseless regulations that won't help anyone. On the contrary, masses of people would be very displeased by it and it will most likely have a negative effect on Japanese economy as well. Anime, manga, and games related goods bring a lot of money to Japan and if pop-culture companies had to stop doing what they've been doing up to now, the consequences might be unexpectedly large and inflict damage to Japanese economy, which hardly is in a position where it could afford saying goodbye to any profit possibilities.I hope common sense prevails in the end; we must believe this senseless idea will be crushed and washed away and will fall into oblivion for good.
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A double dose of DW for today.Makina dresses up for the occasion.Chapter 31 Summary:As the Forgeries dispatched Tamaki walk past Ganta, Ganta tries to convince the Forgeries into disobeying Tamaki's orders. Instead, the Forgeries tries to put a mask on to Ganta, but they are taken out by Shiro and Azami. Shiro and Azami get to work on freeing Ganta, but there are still more Forgeries in the room. Fortunately for Shiro and Azami, Makina arrives in the lab with her anti-worm (referring to the Nameless Worm) sword and cuts up the rest of the attacking Forgeries. After freeing Ganta, Makina reveals that all the Forgeries are controlled via their masks, and Ganta may be able to free them by destroying the central transmitter. Makina gives Ganta and friends the direction to the transmitter and she stays to hold off another wave of Forgeries.Ganta, Shiro, and Azami follow Makina's directions and arrive in a large room where they are confronted by three Forgeries named Ikazuchi Akatsuki, Hajime Mikawa, and Uzume Sumeragi. However, these three are the first unit "completed Forgeries", and thus they are much more powerful and have their own unique Branches of Sin. The three first unit members charge at Ganta and the girls, but they are blocked off by Senji, Minatsuki, Masaru, and Hitara. Ganta is overwhelmed by emotions after seeing his fellow Deadmen, and Shiro comments that Ganta is surrounded by idiots (who care for him).Chapter 32 Summary:The benefit of being the main character is that you can skip the not-as-important battles and them off to the side characters.The three Forgeries respond to the Deadmen's arrival by destroying a platform to show off their power. Senji and the others tell Ganta's group to go on while they hold off the Forgeries. Ganta and the Deadmen raise their fists in solidarity and Ganta leaves with Shiro and Azami. The Forgeries try to give chase, but Senji kicks Akatsuki into a hallway, Hitara shoves Hajime down a hatch, and Masaru and Minatsuki trap Sumeragi with their Branches of Sin. Minatsuki and Masaru try to follow up with more attacks, but Sumeragi escapes the trap by flying out with her Branch of Sin. Sumeragi taunts the two Deadmen by repeating the awful messages about their past, and she then forms a large flower with her blood releasing many butterflies.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Looks like we are on to the combat portion of this little adventure. The Deadmen showed up in a rather predictable manner to take on the first unit Forgeries, but I guess Ganta have bigger and better things to tackle. It's good to see the Deadmen working with Ganta again even if Ganta almost killed them. These first unit Forgeries are supposed to be so Senji and the gang might be in trouble, but maybe Makina's special unit will back them up. As for Ganta, Shiro, and Azami, I'm sure the crazy doctor or Tamaki have something saved up for them.It's now a full-on revolt at Deadmen Wonderland. I wonder if this is the beginning of the end for this series. What happens if Tamaki stops this revolt? I can't imagine, so I have feeling this may be the start of the final battle. A lot of stuff can still happen along the way though. I'm sure Sakigami Toto will get involved somewhere down the line, and of course there is still Shiro's big secret.
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If you’re a fan of the popular bishoujo mahjong series, you might be interested in the opening video of the upcoming Saki game for the PSP, simply called Saki Portable. From the looks of the game, it’s more or less a cross-over between a visual novel and some mahjong element in it. Obviously, mahjong will take [...] Related posts:Play Mahjong, Saki-Style! Phantasy Star Portable 2: Opening Trailer! Tower Of Druaga MMORPG Opening Animation Released!
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YAY!!! Wings of Yuri has released a STACK (well that might be slight exaggeration…but it’s at least a HEAP!! hahaha) of Saki doujin!! They’re all on Mihoko x Hisa. ^_^ There’s three to read: Hakka-ya – Nandomo, Nandodemo (no idea what this means!!! O_O) Hakka-ya – Will you marry me? Hakka-ya – Will you marry me 2? HEHEHE Even [...]
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Nozomi Sasaki [佐々木 希] is one of the sweetest idol on this planet and nothing can be sweeter than a couple of photos of her enjoying a yummy lolipop. You can click on the images ...
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