Goodsmile updated their official site today with news of two new figures coming in March of 2008! First up is a Max Factory rendition Feena Fam Earthlight from August's eroge Yoake Mae Yori Ruri-Iro na, who clocks in at 1/8 scale (20 cm tall) and 6,300 yen retail. More exciting (to me) is the news that the the third and final of this summer's limited edition Cerberus Project Ikkitousen figures released by Comic Gum is seeing wide release: their French Doll sculpted [ERO] Kanu Unchou (black and white ver.) PVC is due out at 7,800 yen and 1/7 scale (28 cm tall) in March as well. In a third bit of news from Goodsmile today, FREEing's 1/4 scale Kyon's sister PVC from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu has been announced for a February '08 reissue. Preorders for all three should be up very shortly! (no more)
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[ Episode 17: For Your Sake I’ll Give My Best Blasting Through Everything ] An anime original episode. I found it to be pretty humorous though not on the level as most previous episodes. There were tons of references (ranging from Suzumiya Haruhi to Akagi and even to Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na) to pick [...]
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Various online shops put up listings today for four new PVC offerings from Kotobukiya, all scheduled for release in September: Blanc Neige from Shining Tears (scooped earlier), Urutori from Utawarerumono, Estel from Yoake Mae Yori Ruri-Iro na, and Fate from Nanoha StrikerS (produced in cooperation with Movic, scooped earlier). Urutori is perhaps my favorite Utawarerumono character (design-wise) but otherwise these don't do much for me... (no more)
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Rating: 7.5/10 & 6/10 Overall Series Rating: 6.5/10 Impressions: Wow, that was the most WTF ending I have ever seen, and no not the Evangelion-type WTF ending (though I didn’t go WTF at Eva’s ending). Ok, enough WTFing for now. Yoakena’s ending is just horrible. After watching the 11th episode, I concluded the ending would actually be above [...]
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I can now exclusively reveal that the reason my blog is so HARD GAY is because I have Lui chained up in my basement.   As the days became depressingly short and winter tightened its grip upon the land, I had the great idea of summarising all the 2006 series I watched in one great ‘Annual Round-Up’; [...]
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Running time: half hour Number of episodes: 12 Vintage: 2006-10-04 to 2006-12-20 Age rating: ??? Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Shounen, Slice of Life Animation Production: Doumu Source: Anime News Network The Good: Nothing in particular. The Bad: There isn’t anything good in particular. Status: Dropped Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na -Crescent Love- is an average school romance story wrapped around some political issues with [...]
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Everyone from Earth and the Moon are watching the news about the battle which is about to start whilst Feena and Tatsuya enter the throne room. Hand in hand, Feena and Tatsuya walk up to Lyones and she says she has something to talk about. Lyones realises that Tatsuya is the person that Karen had [...]
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A potentially could’ve-been-good anime comes to an end. I haven’t watched any episodes of Yoake Mae yori Ruri-iro na -Crescent Love- since the disastrous first few. I’m blogging this one just because it’s the last episode of the series. I’ve never played the game or read any detailed story summaries, so I don’t have any clue [...]
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…….I’m out of words so here’s a simple pictorial breakdown: “Daddy! I’m gonna marry this boy!” “No you don’t bitch!” (slow motion)”NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooo!!11!one” Deus ex machina Tatsuya’s Dad saves the day. After X years they get married…and are still pinching each others noses (and other body parts) Uh well seriously guys…who actually ENJOYED THIS SERIES all the way? It reminded me of [...]
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Karen and Tatsuya are heading towards the Moon, but come across a patrol group. But Karen simply flies off ahead of them before they could be apprehended. Flying by above the colonies, Tatsuya and Karen talk about their impressions of seeing the Moon and Earth for the first time. In the Royal Palace, Jurgen and Lyones [...]
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