
Good Smile Company is coming out with yet another figure edition of parallel world hopping mahou shoujo Homura Akemi, that comes complete with interchangeable hair styles and expressions, a modest arsenal (including a golf club should she need to take a trip to the local fairway), and is set to be released on June 2013.
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Amongst the plethora of anime released each year, fans have chosen the few classics that stand the test of time and which any self-respecting anime fan would be wasting their life by missing out on.
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New Year’s well wishes from otaku have taken a new twist – with an envelope printed with a manga of QB quizzing Madoka as to her heart’s desire, to wish she responds with the name and Hamamatsu city address of the person she wishes her New Year’s greetings delivered to. Needless to say, the letter was delivered without issue.
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The 2012 prize for the most devotedly lonely Christmas Eve spent with imaginary girlfriends looks to have been awarded to Madoka fans, for whom it seems no Christmas is complete without a festive shrine to the magical puella of their choice…
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Tearjerker anime being such a popular genre, it is no surprise to find fans have sought to find just who met what is generally the most sad and tragic fate of all…
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The prominent use of Madoka cosplayers at a political rally, and even on top of the campaign truck, has been attracting distaste from anime fans.
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While some unfortunates are still left hoping for a continuation of their favourite anime, some lucky souls already have confirmed sequels lined up for 2013 – the most hotly anticipated of which they have obligingly voted on.
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Even the most cynical Tales fans are having to concede that Bandai has pulled out all the stops to exploit them and they had better start liking it with the latest batches of Tales of Xillia 2 DLC, with everything from sexy swimwear to full Madoka and Code Geass cosplay ensembles now featuring…
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Another release by Wave in their DreamTech line, this time Homura gets her illustration adapted into a bikini figure for May 2013, with the more ill-starred magical puellae to follow.
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Wave for once provides a bikini figure that isn’t from their Beach Queen line, in the form of Tomoe Mami appearing as a DreamTech figure in June 2013, the pose being based off one of her illustrations.
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As if the ‘roids were not moe enough, Puella Magi Madoka Magica‘s magical puellae and adorable akuma companion have been made into chibi-figures by Penguin Parade, and will be released in March 2013.
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Popular anime whose boom will have petered out to nothing in a few short years are the subject of this ranking, with some voters evidently still unconvinced about the longevity of the SAO and Madoka booms.
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