
The Top 10 Male Characters chart from the new May issue of Newtype is very similar to the previous month’s, with the top half virtually unchanged and the ever ambiguous Hideyoshi holding onto “his” #3 spot for another month.
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The new May issue of Newtype gives a none-too surprising Top 10 Female Characters with fan favorites Nagato, C.C., and Haruhi topping the charts.
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The recently aired second episode of Angel Beats! provided viewers with both a more concise story than last week’s premiere episode, as well as a spiffy new OP that is reminiscent of their visual novel equivalents.
Both the OP and a number of screenshots from the episode are below…
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The frenzied buzz over K-ON!!’s new season has driven pre-orders for the new season on Amazon Japan, giving the series the stratospheric state of possessing 10 of the Top 13 rankings on Amazon’s DVD / BD Top Sellers.
In related news, one prankster made 999 pre-orders for K-ON!! Vol. 1, an order that would cost over $66,000 USD to actually purchase, presumably to affect Amazon’s Charts, apparently unaware that Amazon’s rankings only count 1 order per customer.
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- Author: Quen
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Apr 9, 2010 20:47 JST
- Tags: Bathing, Censorship, Chibi, DVD Extras, Koihime Musou, Loli, Oppai, Oshiri


The fourth DVD/BD volume of Shin Koihime Musou is fortunately just as generous in its decensoring of formerly impenetrably steamy bathing action as was the previous third disc.
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An assortment of Baka to Test merchandise, mostly featuring the deceptively alluring young Hideyoshi, is becoming available, firmly demonstrating the booming popularity of a character of uncertain gender in a skirt.
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- Author: Quen
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Apr 8, 2010 19:15 JST
- Tags: Comparison, ED, K-ON!, Kyoto Animation, Moe, Music, OP, TV, Video Gallery

The new OP and ED for K-ON!!, which were covered in some detail earlier, have gone up online to the delight of many otaku, giving those who have yet to watch the new show a chance to sample what may be KyoAni’s best TV animation to date (although fans are divided about the music).
The videos are available below, in wonderful HD:
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Impassioned fans of seiyuu Aki Toyosaki (K-ON!’s Yui Hirasawa) have produced a number of spellbinding videos combining still photos of the actress with numerous voice clippings from her performances into what can be described as confessionals proclaiming her love and devotion for the listener.
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The first episode of K-ON!!’s second season has finally aired, descending upon moe-starved fans like heavenly mana.
A huge trove of screenshots are available below for those eager to see more…
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- Author: Quen
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Apr 6, 2010 20:22 JST
- Tags: AT-X, Bow Ditama, Image Gallery, Incest, Kiss×sis, Loli, Oshiri, Pantsu

The first episode of Kissxsis’s TV series aired yesterday on ecchi-friendly station ATX, bringing a welcome amount of brother x twin sister eroticism to the airwaves, despite being understandably brought down some levels from the OAD releases‘ content.
Many screenshots from what will be the least censored version of the show until the DVDs are presented below for those looking for more detail.
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Artists keen for pointers on how to draw that most indispensable of anime clothing articles, pantsu, might wish to examine artist Cauliflower’s Pixiv seminar on how best to draw them; naturally the guide might well be of interest to those who wish to learn about the finer points of pantsu creation (or indeed anyone who justs needs an excuse to scrutinise pantsu in fine detail).
A translation has been made available, as are all eight pages of the guide below…
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The first episode of Angel Beats!, a series whose creator-screenwriter was recently interviewed at length, aired recently, and despite a mixed initial reaction is well deserving of further attention (in particular with regards to its confusing storyline)…
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