
Fans voiced opinions of comedy anime ヒャッコ / Hyakko which ranged from unenthusiastic to harshly critical, with the second episode now drawing fire for an apparent nosedive in the quality of the animation, as well as the scathing evaluation of “原作レイプ”, or raep of the original source manga.
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The foremost (in fact, only) cross-dressing shota anime series gets its latest instalment, ぴこ×CoCo×ちこ / Pico×CoCo×Chico, and is being as favourably received as the rest of the titles were.
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Seminal dark fantasy manga Berserk is set to resume regular serialisation in Young Animal after a long break. Fans are delighted (myself included – I’ve read the whole thing four times), and hopefully we can finally see what happens with regard to Casca…
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Strike Witches fan activity is becoming more and more extensive, and it now looks as if the hugely successful pantsu anime is about to spawn a hugely successful event as well; a Strike Witches only doujin event, わたしにできること / The Things I Can Do (or “To Do What I Can” to go by the liberally translated official titles), is set to open on the third of November.
It is to be held in Ota-ku, Tokyo (or Oota-ku, if you must).
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This pair look to be having a merry time in plain view of all; just why exactly she needs to explore the insides of the boy’s trousers like that is not clear, but it seems the most obvious explanation may also be the most correct.
Is that a cheeky grin hidden under the identity hiding mosaic?
Shades of those apparent middle schoolers and those enthusiastic schoolgirls…

A gallery of girls sporting simple ponytails; for some reason wafuku makes a strong showing, which is sure to please many.
As ever, you can view these images on the Channel.
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This tune, making heavy and hectic use of Kagamine Ren is fantastic enough, particularly if you can make sense of the rather amusing and converstional lyrics, but recently it was given a redubbing by a human – a lady who can certainly sing.
Both versions are presented below for your inspection.
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Shibuya psychological thriller and suspense anime Chaos;Head finally makes its appearance. An adaptation from the popular visual novel by Nitroplus (not an eroge as such), the title promises, and delivers, a very contemporary vision of murder and delusion in Shibuya and on the Internet.
What it does not deliver, however, is much in the way of sound production values.
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This excellent image may have been around for a number of months, but on learning it had such a good title I couldn’t resist introducing it. You can find the artist’s Pixiv profile here, and whilst we’re on the topic you may be delighted to see more of his excellent works (which you can also see on the Channel):
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The Japanese arm of moral crusader group UNICEF is pushing for a ban on all depictions of minors in “sexual” poses, with swimwear in anime mentioned specifically, a move which would have devastating effects on the world of anime, manga and games.
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