TV Kanagawa will rebroadcast ef - a tale of memories. starting July 7. The next issue of Dengeki Daioh as well as the annual RONDO ROBE event will make special announcements regarding the ef franchise.
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AkibaBlog posted a promotional image from Frontier Works which lists new anime works. Among them: Umineko no Naku Koro ni anime, ef - a fairy tale of the two. OVA, and theatrical versions of IDOLM@STER, Hetaria and Mirakuru Nooton Tadaima Zouryouchuu.
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Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see all the J-List products, check out J-List or the JBOX.com updated products link. More Unazukin Toys. See some more all-new Unazukin, the Russian nesting doll-type toys that nod their heads yes or no when you ask them questions. Newly posted to the site are "Star" "Sapphire" and "Aquamarine." Comptiq June 2008. New issue of the gorgeous magazine dedicated to beautiful anime girls. Features loads of pictures and information from popular games and anime, like Lucky Star, ef - The Latter Tale and D.C. II (that stands for Da Capo in case you were wondering). Also, free stuff inside -- click to read what. As usual, this issue will sell out quickly since we only have a few in stock, but we have this and many other anime magazines available via monthly subscription service. Hello Kitty Currency Play Set. How cool is this? A Hello Kitty playset that gives you Japanese play money to play with, from all four paper notes to the 500, 100, 50 and 10 yen coins, reproduced in excellent detail and made of plastic. You also get a cute wallet to put the money in, and little cards with food names on them to practice buying and making change. FS 5 ~ Kaori Fujita Artworks. Gorgeous artbook from Kaori Fujita, a popular artist in Japan who has designed so many gorgeous anime and RPG games, including Genso Suikoden for the PS2. Cinnamoroll 3D Boiled Egg Shaper, Onigiri Maker. Cinnamoroll is the super-cute character from Sanrio which has floppy ears and makes you think of eating delicious cinnamon rolls. We've posted two incredible items, a mold that makes hard-boiled eggs into this cute shape, and a rice ball maker for bento. Wow! DX Hand-made Large KOKESHI. I really love the kokeshi Japanese wooden dolls made in Japan, and have several on display in my house. This is a great Japanese wooden doll that's great for displaying anywhere. Made by hand in Japan. Jagarico -- Basil Flavor. The delicious potato snack from Japan has a new flavor: basil! These fun to eat stick snacks will become your new favorite. Other Japanese Snacks. Then enjoy some other fun Japanese snack items, including Doraemon Gum in Muscat (aka white grape) flavor, and Miracle Puccho, with colorful bits of gummy inside. Yum! Japanese Swimsuit, School Uniforms. J-List is fortunate to have a great relationship with Matsukameya of Nagoya, a company famous for making authentic high school uniforms for both guys and girls, and they can make any size uniform just for you. They also sell authentic Japanese school swimsuits, which are used by millions of high school girls in Japan. Why not order some cool cosplay items now? Miniature Tokyo Tower 555 cm. Tokyo Tower is a scale replica of the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris that has become a famous image of the city, as well as a magnet for Godzilla attacks and CLAMP anime characters. We've got a cool light-up model of this famous icon of Japan you can display in your room! Gurren Lagann YOKO Portraits. Also: fresh stock of the fabulous photobook that's filled with nothing but images of Yoko. A fantastic item for fans of this great new anime. Japanese Traditional Items. Awesome restocked traditional items today, including the Den-Den Daiko traditional ear cleaner, the cute ENMUSUBI Happy Owl Lovers display, a Happy Owl Strap for your cell phone, and a made-in-Japan kanji T-shirt from Asakusa, Tokyo. JINBEI / Cotton Kimono Pajamas. Be a samurai at night when this cool jinbei, a light summer kimono for sleeping in. Use them as pajamas (I know I do), although it's perfectly okay to wear them outside, to a festival or even an anime convention. In stock right now. KIYA Katana Sword Steel Nail Clippers ~ Large, Small. It's not every day you get to cut your fingernails with samurai sword-quality steel, but that's what you get to experience with these two great offerings from Kiya. Both models are back in stock today. METAL MODE Bento Boxes, Boiled Egg Shapers. We've restocked the popular large-size "Metal Mode" bento boxes in blue and silver, and they look great. Also, look for fresh stock of one of our most popular items, the Boiled Egg Shapers for bento. Yoko. Camina 1/8 Figures ~ Gurren Lagann *Preorder*. Awesome pre-painted figure of Yoko from the hit Gainax robot anime Gurren Lagann, one of the sexiest characters to come along since the Dirty Pair. Also, the popular character Camina is also available for preorder. E Treasure Jumbo ~ Natsume Gu -- Rio Natsume. Rio Natsume is one of Japan's hottest bikini idols, and we've love carrying her photobooks for years. Here's a special item, a photobook that comes with collectable trading cards, 32 cards inside a special protective removable section. Amourus Professor Cherry *Preorder*. We're hard at work on the next PC dating-sim game title, Amorous Professor Cherry, a fantastic game about a Japanese student who has a powerful crush on his young new teacher, and gets the chance to do something about it. Created by the artist of The Sagara Family and the scenario writer of Crescendo, it's a game fans will want to pick up for sure. It'll be ready soon, but you can preorder it now! Afterschool Slave Club. One of the best "H" manga in J-List's history is now available in English from Icarus Comics. The gorgeous Afterschool Slave Club by Maguro Teikoku (Tuna Empire) is one of the most delicious illustrated books we've ever sold. And now you can enjoy it all in English. Also see fresh stock of Relish. Complete -- Mai Hagiwara. We've been a fan of Mai Hagiwara's ever since the beginning, and when she became a full-fledged AV star we were first in line to watch her amazing performances. Now you can see the best of her career as an AV star in this great 240 minute DVD release.
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Hey folks, it’s been a while since I last posted an article here. Been taking a writing break ever since I ended my coverage on ef ~a tale of memories, True Tears, and CLANNAD (TV), but apparently because of that, this blog stops getting regular updates while the higher echelons of the RIUVA staff goes [...]
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Looks like the spammers are breaking through Askimet on a regular basis now, making me have to not be so lazy and manually dealing with them. Might have to look for some stronger spam repellant... Hopefully, I'll be able to get some thoughts up on ef - a tale of memories, Kaiba, Ghost Hound, Allison & Lillia, Mnemosyne, and Megas XLR some point soon.
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Grrl Power left me confused somewhat. It’s supposed to be crap, but I liked many elements (especially backgrounds were fabulous), and 70% of the story. The ending was a bit of a letdown. I wanted to compare it to ef, which suffered a lapse of storytelling at the end too. But ef wasn’t preachy at [...]
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We scoop one of the biggest eroge release weekends of 2008 tonight, presenting a mix of 25 new package releases that range from budget titles to heavy hitters like the new ef sequel from minori and G-Senjou no Maou from Akabee Soft. This weekend also sees the release of games from two of my favorite artists: Majodou from Sano Toshihide (G.J?), and Kanojo x Kanojo x Kanojo from Happoubi Jin (ωstar). We'll bring sustained coverage of several of these titles through the coming weekend, but for now here's the lot of them at a glance:
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Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see all the J-List products, check out J-List or the JBOX.com updated products link. Evangelion 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone ~ Limited Pressing. I've seen the new Evangelion 1.0 movie, and subsequently had my socks knocked off. It's a total rebuild of the original, with *all* new footage and the highest quality standards imaginable. J-List is happy to have gotten our mitts on limited stock of the limited first edition, which comes with 2 DVDs, a deluxe boxed case, and -- get this -- real film from the movie. Sakura Lucky Cat Baby. The new Lucky Cat Baby is here, and he sure is cute! This al-new solar powered toy will wave good luck into your home or business, and he never needs batteries because he's solar powered. Rin Tohsaka 1/8 Cast-off Figure Maid ver. ~ Fate/Stay night. Wow, this is a real treat: a gorgeous new figure of Rin Tohsaka from Fate/stay night in a maid costume, which comes complete with stand. Best of all, this figure is cast-off-able, allowing you to have all kinds of fun. Hello Kitty Boiled Egg Shaper. Warning: another cool item for your bento. This time it's a mold that will turn hard boiled eggs into Hello Kitty shapes -- wow. Also can be used to make Hello Kitty onigiri. Dengeki Daioh June 2008. A popular huge manga magazine with 600+ pages of great comic art from Japan, this is Dengeki Daioh ("Electric Shock Great King"). Enjoy such hits as Gunslinger Girl, Jinki, EF - A Fairy Tale of the Two, the new Type-Moon manga, and of course Gurren Lagann. Plus, you get a figure from Jinki free with this issue! Hobby Japan June 2008. Then enjoy a rare single issue of Hobby Japan, the #1 hobby magazine in Japan that covers everything you need to know about plastic models, figures, and more. Lots of Gundam, Code Geass, and more. Myojo Jan 2008. The word for really good looking guys in Japanese is ike-men (EE-kay-men), which combines iketeru (a slang word for cool) and men which is face. That's what you'll see in the new issues of Myojo -- lots of good looking male models and Johnny's-kei stars, from Kat-Tun to Kinki Kids to V6 and more. DUEL LOVE. An innovative game for Nintendo DS owners that's an otome game, or a love simulator specifically made for girls. You're a new transfer student to the school, and you're surrounded by many hot guys. Whose heart will you win? Includes amazing "wipe sweat off their ribbed bodies" gameplay action using the stylus. New Japanese Snacks. Also, enjoy a new Italian Pizza flavored Meiji Kopan, which is really buono! Also, Hi-Chew in Golden Kiwi flavor and ramune flavored gummy globs with faces on them. Totoro 3D Bento Boxes, More. We've restocked both of the popular My Neighbor Totoro bento boxes today, as well as the "Trio Set" that gives you a spoon, fork and chopsticks for your bento. Also, more of those heavy duty chopsticks for men to use. Zippo Type Lighter ~ Japanese Navy Flag, Japan-America Friendship. Here are two high-quality Zippo-style lighters from Japan, featuring the flag of the Japanese Navy on one, and both the U.S. and Japanese flags on another. Fill with standard lighter fluid. (The lighters are shipped empty to you.) Restocked Japanese Traditional Items. Today we've gotten more of the Onegai JIZO Lucky Buddhist Monk figurines in, which are cute to display, as well as a great Sake Style Cup for enjoying rice wine, a Japanese keychain with the flag of the samurai group called Shinsengumi, and a noren curtain for adding privacy to your home. AGARI ~ High Grade Green Tea Powder (Restaurant Style). Yummy matcha (green tea) powder -- make your own tea ceremony! This is the stuff you get served in sushi shops, so you know it's good. Audio Companion for Kana Flashcards. One of the best ways to learn to read and write hiragana and katakana is the Kana Flashcards from White Rabbit, the gold standard of Japanese study cards. By customer request, we've gotten in the new Audio Companion for the Kana Flashcard series, which gives you valuable help in learning to pronounce Japanese correctly right from the start. Highly recommended item. iTunes Japan Music Cards. Up for some enka (iTunes link)? There's an excellent lineup of songs on the iTunes Japan store, which you can purchase from using the prepaid iTunes cards J-List sells, from greats like Sayuri Ishikawa to my own favorite, Ikuzo Yoshi, who often sings about the cold, lonliness of Japan's freezing northern regions. Yes, they sell the songs of Jero, the first black enka singer from the U.S. Zero(R2 ver.) Figure ~ Code Geass *Preorder*. For fans of Code Geass, here's the perfect Lelouch of the Rebellion figure. Absolutely perfect detailing, this figure stands a full 12 inches tall. Wow! Sasahiro Illustrations. A great art book the female "H" artist known as Sasahiro, who has created thousands of illustrations for popular eroge. Enjoy her first-ever published collection of her illustrations which will keep you gazing for hours. Panda & Frog *Sex Style* Green Tea Cups. There are 48 traditional positions in Japan, and you can see them illustrated by cute panda bears and frogs on these traditional Japanese green tea cups. Capoeira Love. Capoeira is a form of martial arts and dance from Brazil, and now Deep's has brought it to the AV world as well. Enjoy the spicy new concept that blends amazing dance and ero for you!
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And so I managed to get a copy of the game trial for ef ~ The Latter Tale~ that came with June issue of Tech Gian. Gotta say, the trial is rather nice but if only they had the Super Prelude book and a DVD with a high resolution video of the opening like that [...]
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Destiny Gundam MGDestiny Gundam, my brother's first MG Gunpla kits. Because of this MG Destiny, we know that all the Gundam we bought before (Deathscythe HG, Strike Freedom Lightning, and Wing Zero NG 1/60) isn't very good as an MG kit would be.Z.A.F.T (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty) mobile suitAn MG Gunpla kit is awesome. By looking at the manual book, we already know that the parts are special and the posability itself it's totally great, compared to HG. Yeah, that's an MG for you i guess. That's why my brother decided to sell all his HG Gundam, and yeah... All 3 of them are already sold now.So here's a little detail of this Gundam :Destiny GundamZGMF-X42S ZAFT Mobile SuitMaster Grade 1/100ZGMF-X42SThis Destiny Gundam got some nice weapons. A giant 2-handed sword (i always called it Sword Strike since it used by Sword Strike Gundam), a rail gun, a rifle, beam saber, and boomerang. In standby mode, the Sword Strike and the rail gun are mounted on its back.Sword Strike and Rail Gun mounted on the backIts beam saber is mounted on both shoulder, just like Wing Zero did on its beam saber. The difference is, the saber hilt isn't hidden inside the shoulder, but outside the shoulder.Beam saber mountIt has 2 beam sabers, each on both side of shoulders. You only got 2 hilts from the parts, but the parts give you a total of 2 long beams and 2 short beams. You can use them as a combination of dual sword, sword and dagger, or dual dagger.Beam Saber and Beam Dagger (boomerang to be exact)Weilding a dual weapon is cool as alwaysAnother equipment it has is physical shield. Often used with rifle. It's a normal shield that almost all Gundam should have.Rifle and shield actionRailgun is another great weapon Destiny Gundam has. The rail gun still stay mounted on the backpack even in shooting mode.A railgun actionThe other and IMO the best weapon it got is a Giant Sword. I called it Sword Strike since it used by Sword Strike Gundam. I played a Gundam Seed simulation game in PS2, and i like to use a Sword Strike Gundam, since it's full of greate sword slashing action.Two-handed Sword Strike actionAnother 2-handed Sword Strike ActionMagic on the left hand, Sword Strike on the right handAnother feature i've seen on the book and the box is a magic (?). In the kit, you'll got a fixed pose hand like the photo above. It's seems like emitting a magic beam from the hand. Oh yeah, it also has a beam shield.Magic beam and a beam shield actionAnd the last feature is the cockpit. It looks like it's hard to open the cockpit. My brother opened it for me to get it photographed.A cockpit hereWell, that's it for Destiny Gundam. I guess the best set of photoshot i got from Sunday session is this set. Especially the black background that fit the Destiny Gundam. And also this is the last set of photoshot. But don't worry, still one more post to come. Look forward for what's inside the next post.Camera info :Canon EOS 400DCanon EF-S 18-55mm F3.5-5.6Canon EF 55-200mm F4.5-5.6
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