Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of May 21st! Check out the latest episode in our player below, or subscribe to us on Apple, [...]
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The story of how a joke became something rather serious. This is the fourth of my entries into 2017’s rendition of the 12 Days of Anime aniblogger project. For more about the project, [...]
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Every once in a while people look back upon a tragedy in a moment of silence and tribute. They engage in regular remembrance to ask what happened in an effort to learn lessons and avoid facing similar [...]
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While I certainly do like tsunderes, the history behind my fascination for the character archetype isn’t actually too far back. To trace back my fondness for tsunderes, look back no further than Shana [...]
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Shana Galen has a new release, and I have an excerpt and a giveaway to help her celebrate Earls Just Want to Have Fun! Book: Earls Just Want To Have Fun Author: Shana Galen Publisher: Sourcebooks [...]
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Please welcome Shana Galen to the virtual offices this morning!  She’s here to share a Top 5 list with us, and then you can enter to win a copy of Love and Let Spy! What’s in Your Spy Survival Kit? by [...]
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I’m excited to be part of Shana Galen’s pre-pub tour for Love and Let Spy.  I have an exclusive excerpt from the book, as well as two giveaways for you to enter.  Check out the other excerpts by [...]
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3 years after the final volume of the light novel series Shakugan no Shana, writer Yashichiro Takahashi and illustrator Noizi Ito will be reuniting for a series called Kanae no Hoshi – Story is about [...]
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That 17th My Sweet Kaicho be the penultimate, yo. Street date: 19 February 2014 The original URL for this post is: http://huamulan03.blogspot.com If you are reading this on any non-attributing web [...]
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 The pendent on her chest can talk so I guess there is a reason to have your eyes down thereYuji Sakai is your average high school student until one day while walking down the street he runs into a [...]
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Oh boy, what an anime Shakugan no Shana is! The simplest way to summarize this is anime is by saying, “Captain Tsundere and the Angst Brigade save the world.” But that doesn’t do it...The post Review: [...]
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Street date: 2 October 2013. (This is the per-usual-tardy NikBabble™ version of the shopping list I already posted.) The original URL for this post is: http://huamulan03.blogspot.com If you are reading this on any non-attributing web site, this content is stolen. Shanaou Yoshitsune: Genpei no Kassen vol 23 © Sawada Hirofumi / Kodansha [Serialized in Monthly Shonen Magazine and Monthly Shonen
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Street date: 2 October 2013. Shopping List version for now, but I will attempt to fill in the NikBabble™ when another time window opens. (I've already started anyway with teh blurbs.) The original URL for this post is: http://huamulan03.blogspot.com If you are reading this on any non-attributing web site, this content is stolen. [Magi vol 2 · I am a Hero vol 3 · Shanaou Yoshitsune Genpei vol
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Kaiyodo is going to release the CapsuleQ Fraulein Capsule Omikuji Shana ( カプセルおみくじ シャナ ) gashaponform the light novel/anime “Shakugan no Shana III Final” ( 灼眼のシャナIII Final). Will be released on January 20, 2014. Around 55mm tall, 300 yen (taxed in) each. 5 kinds in total. Official Shakugan no Shana anime homepage http://www.shakugan.com/index.html via CapsuleQ
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Today’s special guest is Winslow, the sexy and secretive hero of Shana Galen’s latest release True Spies.  After meeting Winslow, enter for a chance to win a copy of True Spies! [Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in five words or less. [Winslow] Charming, witty, deadly [Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you share a typical day in […]
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Street date: 11 September 2013 Still have a day before the next release date (tomorrow, the 18th), so I thought I'd babble some, even if ex post facto. The original URL for this post is: http://huamulan03.blogspot.com If you are reading this on any non-attributing web site, this content is stolen. Shinrei Tantei Yakumo vol 8 © Oda Suzuka & Manabu Kaminaga / Kadokawa Shoten [Serialized in Asuka].
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I finally finished it. Shakugan no Shana was one of the first shows I watched, back when I first started watching anime. I liked it at the time. It had a unique setting, one quite unlike anything I’d ever seen … Continue reading →
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Let’s face it. Themes like male virginity have long been commonplace in anime. Industry writers and directors are never going to stop finding new ways to build a story on appealing to this. We even see that in the west, with the increasing visibility of the Manic Pixie Dream girl trope and the satirization thereof. [...]
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Street date: 13 March 2013...and the next manga sked is two days away. My apologies for the second m&c! MinimaList in as many weeks >,<. Nurarihyon no Mago vol 1 © Shiibashi Hiroshi/Shueisha [First serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump]. Published in Indonesia as Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan vol 1 by Gramedia/m&c! One last thing: You can get that first NuraMago volume at 25% discount from any
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