Nebs has shared with us all a little secret regarding FUNimation's recent stream of the anime  Strike Witches . It appears as if the stream is actually the complete uncensored DVD version of the anime, with nudity and everything! The first two episodes that aired last weekend did not have any nudity, but now with episode three and four we are exposed to the real selling point of Strike Witches. When this show was released on Crunchyroll and Youtube last year, the nudity was sadly edited out; but now FUNimation has saved us all by letting it all hang out. As Nebs points out, FUNimation has just provided us with both free and legal naked lolis (perhaps the only time you will see “naked loli” and “legal” in the same sentence.) So the next time you see FUNimation at a con, you should definitely give them some hugs; or buy their DVDs, they would like that as well. You don't believe me? I'll show you proof!    NSFW WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.
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<object width="560" height="340"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-9GyGoCg3Qo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"> </param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-9GyGoCg3Qo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"> </embed> </param> </object> Strike Witches Fake Opening MAD: I’m not much of a fan of the original Strike Witches opening song, so I’m all for a fan made opening. This opening uses the song “Hustle Muscle” by Yohgo Kohno, and bombards the viewer with fan service; perfect for Strike Witches. 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It’s full of trap doors, trap windows, trap floors, and everything has a sword in it. <object width="425" height="344"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WDgXyaJ7dOY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"> </param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> </param> </object> </embed> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WDgXyaJ7dOY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"> Zetsubou Sensei X King Gainer: Mixing Zetsubou Sensei with anything is weird, and when you add King Gainer to it just makes my head hurt (in a good way). Though I got to admit, I was expecting to see some dancing, I guess we all can’t be winners. <object width="425" height="344"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DaUPle2EyH8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"> </param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> </param> </object> </embed> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DaUPle2EyH8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"> Amazing Ultraman MAD: I’m not much of an Ultraman fan, but I think I can be one now that I’ve seen this MAD. Proof once again that when you add JAM Project, anything can become epic. <object width="425" height="344"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UaFuLumQFxI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"> </param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> </param> </object> </embed> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UaFuLumQFxI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"> Cover Band Plays First Dragon Ball Z Opening: Now this is what all cover bands should be like; if you can’t sing, then don’t sing. Instead they play an instrumental version of DBZ’s “Cha-la Head Cha-La”, and a good one at that. <object width="480" height="365"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/xaldgv&amp;related=0"> </param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> </param> </object> </embed> <embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/xaldgv&amp;related=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="365" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"> Honda unveil the 'future of indoor transportation' Uploaded by itnnews . - News videos from around the world. For People Who Like Sitting: The future of lazy is here and now, thanks to Honda. This chair might solve all of our needs, but with out some kind of backing to this chair, I have the feeling that my own back is going to hurt after sitting on it for long periods of time. <object width="425" height="344"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CYF9elbq2yg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"> </param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> </param> </object> </embed> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CYF9elbq2yg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"> Now This is What I’m Talking About: Now this security guard has a robotic chair that has a nice strong back I can lean against all day, though it isn’t as compact as the Honda one. There needs to be a happy medium here Japan; either way, I’m in love. <object width="425" height="344"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZKCdexz5RQ8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"> </param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> </param> </object> </embed> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZKCdexz5RQ8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"> Random Video of the Week </embed>
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The official site for the Strike Witches DS video game is now streaming the opening animation video. Titled DS Strike Witches: Aoi no Dengekisen – Shin Taichou Funtousuru!. It will be available for retail on 26 Nov 2009, at a price of 5229yen and 7229 yen for a special edition. Alternatively, someone uploaded the opening movie on youtube. Watch it while it lasts
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I did a play on words there. Take of the accent mark and you’ve got expose. Add a “d” to the end of it and you’ve got exposed, which is exactly what most of the girls in this anime were. Strike Witches Finally done. I feel like it was just yesterday when I was writing up a [...]
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One doesn't have to look hard to find that Sengoku Basara and Strike Witches have a lot in common. They are both historical period pieces that completely do away with any semblance of accuracy. Both are very straightforward shows that succeed on the strength of their production and the severity of their fanservice. That fanservice, a sort of nudity on the part of the entire show, is what I will now explore.
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Winners: Chiaki and Isumi. Group A3-1 1位　477票　(Minami Chiaki @ Minami-ke Okaeri) 2位　394票　(Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke @ Strike Witches) ========================================================= Group B3-2 1位　475票　(Saginomiya Isumi @ Hayate no Gotoku!!) 2位　415票　(Nagi @ Kannagi) ========================================================= Round 3 Match-ups (Groups A & B – Day 02): *Group A3-2 *Group B3-1 External Link *my picks: Tacos and Fuko ========================================================= Saimoe ‘09 Bracket: *Click/Refresh to update[How to vote][Bracket 2 'A'][Bracket 2 'B']
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While testing archives[1], I found an old post, mostly dealing with the surprising hold ef had on my imagination. With ef in the past, sounds like a perfect opportunity for a little side-by-side. Feb 2008 Sep 2009 delta ef 26 43 +17 Lucky star 23 43 +20 Toradora 36 +36 Rocket Girls 17 34 +17 Strike Witches 33 +33 Gurren-Lagann 11 29 +18 Naruto 9 28 +19 Druaga 28 Sekirei 25 Manabi 18 25 +7 Nodame 23 Haruhi 22 Azumanga 9 20 +11 Figure17 [...]
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No battles tomorrow, but then we start round THREE! Data, as always, from...well, you know . Today's Battles 9/19  Ritsu Tainaka  Ushio Okazaki I am shocked, my friends, to tell you that K-On!'s Ritsu Tainaka and CLANNAD's Ushio Okazaki TIED at 363 votes each today. Two ties in three days-- that's pretty crazy! Hidamari Sketch's Yoshinoya earned a respectable but losing 137 votes.   Aaaand our final round two bracket winner is Ef's Miyako Miyamura, who totally schooled Ichigo Marshmallow's Chika Itou and, to my surprise, Saki's Tomoki Sawamura. Huh. Next Battles 9/21 It'll be imouto versus oneechan when precocious young'n Chiaki Minami , from Minamike, takes on Strike Witches' sisterly commander Minna Dietlinde-Wilcke . Chiaki had more votes last round, but does that count for anything? And a mystic takes on a mystic: can Combat Butler Hayate 's Isumi Saginomiya exorcise Kannagi 's Nagi-sama ? They actually both had the same number of votes in their first rounds, but Isumi had way more for the second round-- and she was up against Mio Akiyama. So I guess that's where I lean! Your Turn! Sunday's our day off, but let's pretend we could bring back three characters who lost for another face-off. Who would you bring?
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Winners: Mihoko and Nodoka. Group G2-3 Results: 1位　683票　(Fukuji Mihoko (Captain) @ Saki) 2位　599票　(Misaka Mikoto @ To Aru Majutsu no Index) 3位　71票　(Minami Touma @ Minami-ke Okaeri) ========================================================= Group H2-3 Results: 1位　702票　(Haramura Nodoka (Nodocchi) @ Saki) 2位　397票　(Miyafuji Yoshika @ Strike Witches) 3位　204票　(Zange-chan @ Kannagi) ========================================================= Next Match-ups (Groups G & H – Day 04): ========================================================= Saimoe ‘09 Bracket: *Click/Refresh to update[How to vote][Bracket 2 'A'][Bracket 2 'B']
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I didn't even want to make predictions about today's battles, I felt so unsure. Let's check it out... Today's Battles 9/18 Saki's Mihoko Fukuji's sweet exterior is clearly a front walloped A Certain Magical Index's Mikoto Misaka-- but not by a lot. The difference in votes was 84. Poor reverse trap Touma Minami was left in the girly-girl dust with a mere 71 points. Aww, I still love you Touma! While Fukuji was taking some gold home to the Saki girls, pigtailed Nodoka Haramura was doing the same-- she must have been fighting online, not offline. Haramura beat our her closest competition, Strike Witches' Yoshika Miyafuji, by over 30 points, and the last-placer-- the multiple-personality nun Zange-chan from Kannagi --by almost 500. Tomorrow's Battles 9/19 Tomorrow is the FINAL day for round two battles! Squee! Hidamari Sketch's Yoshinoya will take on K-On!'s Ritsu Tainaka and CLANNAD's Ushio Okazaki...given the latter's tenuous existence in the first place, I'd put my money on Ritsu. Meanwhile Ef's Miyako Miyamura was the highest round-one scorer for this bracket, but will she be able o defeat the Saki streak, this time featuring bespectacled Tomoki Sawamura? I'm a bit less worried about Ichigo Marshmallow's Chika Itou, personally, but we'll see... Your Turn! Are you getting a little tired of Saki winning? 'Cause I kinda am. Not that I have anything against the show, just...give someone else a chance!
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