Apologies for the delayed final few Strike Witches posts. It’s the end of the spring break now, which means it’s time for me to stop doing mostly nothing and start finish the schoolwork I’ve been putting off. Which, in turn, means I don’t really have time to sit down and hammer out the rest of [...]
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Another figure by Kotobukiya to add to your Strike Witches collection! Featuring Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen in the scale of 1/8. More pantsu for you! ^_^ [...]
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Somehow our pontifications on Strike Witches 8 flowed like wine in the streets, and, as such, that curious eighth installment, like the first, has earned a post of its own. If only we had a neat explanation for how and why that happened. But Strike Witches isn’t about neat explanations, is it? (Pontifus = gray; Otouto-kun [...]
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Kotobukiya has announced preorder for this rather cool figure of Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen (エイラ・イルマタル・ユーティライネン) from the anime series Strike Witches. She is scheduled for release in June 2010, and will be retailing for around 7,140 yen. ...
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Kotobukiya is going to release the Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen (エイラ・イルマタル・ユーティライネン ) 1/8 PVC figure form the anime “Strike Witches” ( ストライクウィッチーズ ). Will be released in June 2010. Around 220mm tall (190mm tall with figure alone), 6,800 yen. (left to right) Sanya V. Litvyak, Lynette Bishop,... **This is a content summary only. Please visit Nekomagic for full content!**
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This new 1/8 scale figure of “Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen” from Strike Witches, will be available this coming June 2010 by Kotobukiya for 6,800 Yen retail price. Hobby Search is taking reservations her as of today. Looking good ( ^ _ ^ )
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 Good bye! Remember a week and some days ago when I told you about a proposed legislation that might remove or censor any character that looks under the age of 18 and is the cause of lust? Well, it looks as if the Tokyo legislators are taking it a step forward and actually voting on the 19th of March to get this made into a law. If it makes it out of the committee, then it will be voted on by the entire assembly on the 30th; and if it passes then it could take effect as early as October 1. In response to this law, the “nonexistent youths” of today are rejoicing, stating that finally they can live a normal life within their manga and anime universes without the worry of random sex scenes or the daily bath with brother. “I am just glad that someone is finally thinking about our fictional welfare, and not things like plummeting birth rate or North mother flipping Korea.” said one such loli. Though the cast of Strike Witches does not appear to be celebrating, for their entire existence might be erased from history. We can do nothing more than wait for March 19 to arrive. [Via ANN]
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The war against the Neuroi intensified. Underwear was stolen and returned. And my brother and I made a slight miscalculation in our viewing of the seventh episode that resulted in the violent end of our innocence. We are no longer fit for marriage. (Pontifus = gray; Otouto-kun = blue.) Episode 6 (0:33) Now that we’re almost halfway through, what [...]
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A preview scan featuring the upcoming 1/8 scale figure of “Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen” from Strike Witches by Kotobukiya ^^ The figure is scheduled for June 2010 release at 7,140 Yen retail price. Via Figure/GK.
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And so it was that your humble hosts forged onward into the very heart of Strike Witches, that paragon of Japanese cultural excellence that inspires so much musing upon the structural function of fanservice and the emotive impact of shoujo-ai insinuations given particular cultural contexts. Though perhaps we phrased such things differently in our discussions. On [...]
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