Ero-cosplayer Misaki continues with her sexy Reimu cosplays, although costumes recreating the look of Touhou’s top miko are apparently so uncomfortable that cosplayers barely manage to keep them on…

A Lenfried-Misaki Touhou duo may still only be the staff of fantasy, but Misaki can at least manage a sexy Reimu cosplay of her own, albeit with rather less missing apparel.

Queen’s Blade‘s 6th OVA stars busty miko Tomoe and saucy nun Aldora, neither of whom have much success in keeping their clothes on for any length of time…

The OVA itself is due at the end of March, but has been shown in advance on ATX:

Miko Kochiya Sanae, from the funny hat pantheon of Touhou, is given a rather sexy cosplay here by Lenfried, who as ever is keen to show off her glabrousness.

The coming New Year sees the release of the Bishoujo New Year Collection 2011, a collection of gorgeous New Year themed images from 50 of Japan’s premier illustrators which conveniently allows the reader to ogle usamimi bishoujo under the guise of picking which to send off as a greetings card…

A wide variety of top artists are featured ranging from mangaka and ero-mangaka to eroge artists, illustrators and the cream of Pixiv. The illustrations are divided loosely into themes – Japanese-themed images, usamimi moe (with a number of loli-mangaka contributing) and ero (with a significant yuri quotient).

Along with the original A4 illustrations on their own pages (without the New Year text), the facing page contains a preview of the greeting card, a design sketch and a brief profile and interview with the artist about the work

In addition to the actual book, the collection also comes with a CD containing all 50 illustrations in proper Japanese New Year greeting card (年賀状, nengajō) layout, as shown in this article, at a high resolution suitable for printing straight onto cards for friends and family. Hikikomori can always print the cards for themselves and pretend someone nice sent them.

Some mention should be made of the New Year (正月, shōgatsu) symbology embedded in most of the images; the significance of shrines and shrine maidens (miko) should be obvious enough, but the intense focus on rabbit ears (usagi-mimi, usamimi) is of especial importance this year.

Most obviously, 2011 is the year of the hare in the Chinese zodiac; also, in Japanese tradition the cratering of Earth’s moon is associated with the scene of a rabbit using a wooden mallet to pound mochi, a sticky rice cake traditionally consumed on the new year (which was historically the Chinese lunar year, although it is now January 1st due to Japan having adopted the western calendar completely).

Of course, most of the food featured in the illustrations (including plenty of mochi) is also traditional Japanese New Year’s fare.

The book is of course best ordered before the onset of the new year – it can be had now.

Famed Lucky Star character Kagami Hiiragi is seen here in her miko costume tending to a rather picturesque shrine, as cosplayed by Kanda Midori.

Nopan anime Saki has ended with the most blatant indication yet that the cast have indeed all along been wearing no pantsu… A spot of miko cosplay reveals all.

Inspecting the above miko-fied cast, the Yuuki-doppelganger on the right can be seen to be wearing nothing under her mini-hakama.

Another shot then demonstrates beyond all reasonable doubt what many had suspected since the start of the series:

The swimsuit tanline visible on her hip could only be visible if she were not wearing any underwear…

The second volume of oppai combat anime Queen’s Blade has been released, and though the main feature was already uncensored in several of its TV broadcasts, the DVD has still gone the extra mile in the depravity stakes the series is renowned for, including a short feature going even further.

Tentacles and oppai appear to be the order of the day:

The disc is available now.

Via Renka.

Tomoe, of oppai anime Queen’s Blade, features in an erotic cosplay which leaves next to nothing to the imagination…

Tomoe can of course also be enjoyed in her original 2D form readily enough.

Cosplayer Ayaka provides some erotic video accompaniment to her high exposure Hakurei Reimu cosplay, the full gallery of which resides here.

If anything it seems even more revealing than the images previously seen:

The video seems to demonstrate beyond doubt that her talents are far from Photoshop born…

Cosplayer Ayaka here shows why Touhou’s Hakurei Reimu is universally loved by armpit lovers the world over. The added shitapai (or perhaps more correctly, “yokochichi” or “sideboob”) is a certainly a plus.

See also the video accompaniment…

A so-called “symmetrical docking” image featuring oppai shinobi Shizuka and ero-miko Tomoe, of Queen’s Blade. Both seem to be having the characteristic clothing malfunctions which plague the franchise, but at least they can count on each other’s support…

Very high resolution versions here and here.

The latest moe marketing initiative from a traditional industry slow on the uptake is wine packaged with an appealing miko on the label.

The wine is called 酔逸撫子 / Suitsu Nadeshiko (Sweets Nadeshiko), which is a contrived piece of wordplay using Chinese characters selected to sound like “sweets”, with the initial “sui” meaning “alcohol”. Such is the stuff of marketing.

The taste is said to be “sweet like Nadeshiko is pink.”

The creator apparently strives to reach out to the younger generation with the packaging, which is provided by mangaka 貴島煉瓦 / Kijima Renga. Further such wines are planned.

He is said to have been inspired during one of his regular procurement trips to France, by seeing the fame Japanese anime enjoys amongst young people there. Possibly seeing the wave of moe products coming out of late also inspired him.

The wine itself is available direct from the maker, going for ¥2,000 for a 500ml bottle.

Via Sankei.

If rice can do well so packaged, this product’s success seems assured.

The ceremonial robes of this lady seem to mark her as a miko, and those of the man out of frame suggest a priest? Which rather suggests we have some kind of intriguing ero-ritual, or at least a prurient parody of such…

Whatever the case, the image is rather tasteful, if enigmatic.

Can anime Akikan! may have attracted ridicule for its poor animation, but it has at least contributed this beautiful piece of art, featuring some of the girls of the title.

The image is by Suzuhira Hiro, who you can find more of on the Channel. A huge resolution version of this image also resides there.

A fan has either made this incredibly tiny, yet recognisable, miko Hiiragi Tsukasa micro-figure, or as 2ch would have it, he has made an enormous ¥100 coin. Either would be quite impressive.

In case you’re concerned about the authenticity of the figure/coin, it is most likely genuine, as these miniaturisation challenges are quite common; see also the micro-Klan Klan we dealt with earlier.

Yoshika Miyafuji and Tomoko Anabuki (who did not make an appearance in the anime, save as a figure) appear in this charming piece of official art trying on each other’s uniforms.

Would anyone happen to know what sort of “trousers” Tomoko wears? Fundoshi, perhaps?

This splendid apparition is 天狐空幻 / Tenko Kuugen, kitsune lead of kitsune anime 我が家のお稲荷さま / Wagaya no Oinari-sama.

Aside from possessing the quality of fox ear moe in abundance, as well as miko moe, she also manages some nice use of material in modelling her colourful energy swirls.

You can see something of what the sculptor was trying to achieve in this illustration, showing her energy miasma, which must be a daunting prospect to model. The colourful results seem very successful, however.

She also has furry mode – sure to be a hit with some. No gender swap, though.

The figure itself is out now, being 1/8 scale and retailing in the region of ¥9,000.

You may want to look at her in more detail at source Danny’s flatteringly photographed review.

Superb petanko miko anime Kannagi seems intent on pursuing tastefully restrained service in the same vein as past greats such as Minamike, with the third episode tantalising viewers with Nagi’s underwear and lack of any cleavage whatsoever; Nagi even seems to be revealing a slightly alarming taste for what can only be described as yuri raep…

After three episodes, I think we can safely say that Kannagi is one of the premier titles of the season (with A Certain Magical Index and Tales of the Abyss also airing, it is regrettably not possible to hand it the laurels it so richly deserves, yet); excellent animation and seiyuu work, appealing characters (including the male ones), a charming plot, and of course petanko godess Nagi, all make it well worth watching.

The logic is a little hard to follow, as ever. Unnecessary bra OK, pantsu NG?

How better to attest to the quality of this anime than by pointing out that it has an end still by none other than Okama?

If all this halfway Nagi action is proving too much, recall that we saw much of her in the recent Nagi Ero Gallery…

A Kannagi gallery focused overwhelmingly on Nagi, with plenty of erotic images present. The tempo of new images is still rising dramatically with the anime’s popularity, so hopefully more will come in short order.

You may be well served by browsing these images on the Channel. Additionally, see the selection of wallpapers also presented.

This and a few others here are by Ishikei.

This one is animated; enlarge to view.

One thing evident from these images is that many illustrators did not get the memo yet. Most unfortunate. At least there is much to be getting on with…

It may be early days for kami moe anime Kannagi, but already some fine wallpaper style images have emerged, with Nagi being unsurprisingly given pride of place, so a modest wallpaper gallery is possible.

See them on the Channel. A gallery of more erotic Kannagi images may also be of interest.

Strike Witches collides with Touhou in this interesting image of Hakurei Reimu, which insightfully combines the two great charms of each series, pantsu and miko waki. By 9LAW.

Miko in a breast comparison diagram – interesting (below). It would probably be asking for too much to have more sizes represented, but we can dream… The above image may a just be a placeholder to preserve the relative decency of the front page, but it too is rather interesting, giving the obscure names of the various parts of miko anatomy.

Charming.

After the revelations surrounding the unexpected marketability of a certain unshaven waki (armpit) idol, I recalled that the Vippers had long since beaten me to providing a (shaven) waki appreciation gallery, so it falls upon me only to reproduce it.

Strangely, little discussion on this topic can go past without some haphazard mention of the waki moe Touhou’s Hakurei Reimu exudes, and this is not something which escaped the Vippers either, so it turns out to be battle of armpit baring idols against the charms of Reimu’s detached sleeves. I fear this may be a forgone conclusion…

Reimu waki moe counterstrike:

Bonus contenders.

Was there really any doubt?

My apologies if any of you object to 2D and 3D sharing the same gallery (personally I prefer to keep them separate). There is more miko, and Reimu, goodness in the various galleries associated with such.