Though it would appear to be a dead letter for the time being, the Japanese government’s attempted encroachment on artistic freedom of expression has not been forgotten; the campaign opposing criminalisation of artistic depictions of sexual activity involving younger participants (hereafter, delicious cake) has been gathering momentum, and can now boast a substantial list of names affirming their support for the cause, in the form of a lengthy petition.
A document purporting to be the internal performance review of animators working at notable studio Bones (FMA, Scrapped Princess, RahXephon) has surfaced, and the callow, if not vicious, statements in it are sure spell a PR calamity should there prove to be so much as a grain of truth to them, and that is without taking into account the egregious leak of the personal information of hundreds of animators, as their full names, addresses, work details, etc, are also present. On to the excerpts.
Lesson: It's an investment to not be an asshole.... More
Animation student here. It's not surprising- I actually read about this on a Facebook article. It's been happening from the time studios produced Astro Boy. I don't know why they do it; the companies probably earn over... More
More details than last, in fact interesting sample reviews, of the new mizugi Ena and Fuuka figures, of Yotsuba&!, emerge; and what fine specimens they are. In particular, the simple character illustration of Yotsuba-to seems to lend itself quite well to these similarly simple (and consequently inexpensive) figures. Still waiting for Miura deboxed…
In one of the more unusual applications of Eva merchandising, it is now possible to store your miscellaneous objects in Evangelion branded coin lockers, with Rei, Asuka and company notionally watching over them.
Director Kou Matsuo (Rozen Maiden, Kurenai) has taken the unusual step of publically criticising some of his less than worshipful seiyuu, in a Kurenai radio broadcast, singling out 沢城みゆき / Miyuki Sawashiro (Zetsubou Sensei, Persona 3, Utawarerumono, etc.) for particular opprobrium; though he doesn’t mention her by name, some arithmetic with their ages and the works in question soon confirms her as the likely scamp not showing proper deference to her elders, his main complaint.
Reminds me of Shinku... More
not sure what you're on about, but i assume it's more than some strange annoyance toward a male figure in some kind of prejudiced manner? otherwise i would regret wasting 5 seconds looking at your... More
Magical nun action is not far off; とある魔術の禁書目録 / A Certain Magical Index, whose anime adaptation was announced earlier, is due to air in October, and details of the cast have also emerged. The most notable among them appear to be 佐藤利奈 / Rina Sato (Minamike, Bamboo Blade, Gurren Lagann),and 伊藤静 / Shizuka Ito (Negima, Gurren Lagann, TEXHNOLYZE), though it seems the leads go to lesser known seiyuu: (井口裕香 / Yuka Iguchi (underclassman C in Ghost Hound) gets the role of Index, the soon-to-be moe icon of the titles.
The title is fast developing into a media empire, with the original light novels now numbering sixteen, along with drama CD and manga works also out. Possibly the next Zero no Tsukaima?
Via Ota-suke.
Iguchi Yuka has had 24 named roles and was a second-level lead as Aiko in true tears. She has a very good moe voice. It's great news that she is going to get such a... More
Atlus seems set on drumming up interest in almost released Persona 4 by the most prurient of methods – a onsen peeping game involving spying on the young ladies of the protagonist’s group bathing.
“Mini-pigs have such healthy appetites that I thought I might not be able to keep feeding it”. Such is the testimony of a 29-year-old man, who now faces court for cruelly abandoning his mini-pig to the wilds of Osaka. He apparently took the unsold pig of the hands of a local pet shop, but on his way home he had to take a break due to the weight of the pig, and setting down in a park he lost his confidence to keep the creature seeing it devour the park.
At least he opted not to eat the pint-sized porker – although at 40kg the pig might have made a lot of tonkatsu, and was eating its way to becoming an ample maxi-pig… Via Yomiuri.
he could have gotten slops for free from local veggie markets after there produce goes bad.... poor pig... More
Famed seiyuu and singer 水樹奈々 / Nana Mizuki, as well as her legion of adoring fans, have been the subject of a devilish murder plot, another copycat of the arch-stabber, we are told.
Hoping to break into (or rather, create) the English (or at least something approximating it) language market for bishoujo games/hentai games/eroge is new entrant MangaGamer (replete with a poorly designed Engrish site), with their site set to open for business on July 10th, offering digital download editions of a variety of less well known titles, to start with at least.
The Wii is set to get a game released by Bandai, titled Happy Dance Collection, which will be strikingly similar to the suspiciously platform limited Idol Master; the game will be a veritable fount of originality, featuring dancing segments (involving moving and timing the Wiimote), as well as young ladies the player can dress up and propel to the dubious heights of stardom. It will also have two player play, Mii compatibility and plenty of famous (?) J-pop tunes.
Finally, capable seiyuu/singer 水樹奈々 / Mizuki Nana (Hinata) is in charge of voicing.
Via Ore-teki.
mizuki nana?! this has increased my urge to buy this game when i saw the trailer, i thought this is IM@S. the dance movement somehow is kinda similar... More
“Ponytails are quite a hassle”. Yet another hairstyle for Haruhi – the alternative for her previous long haired alternative version. Fetching enough, but a new hairstyle does not a sequel make, although judging by their comments they seem to have that covered as well. Straining my eyes to read the uncharitably low resolution scan, I can discern nothing else of note – building suspense, no doubt.
Source is a recent issue of “The Sneaker”; Syuu has pulled it from 2ch for all to see.
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