
We get a distinct hint as to the possible political leanings of seiyuu 加藤英美里 / Emiri Katou, best known for voicing Lucky Star’s (or should that be Red Star’s) Kagami Hiiragi, with her shameless appearance in the pages of admitted communist newspaper 赤旗 / Akahata (Red Flag). Read the rest of this entry »

Those who relish a happy ending will be gladdened to know that the unfortunate young lady whose illness resulted in a grotesquely swollen belly due to an out of control tumourous growth has received charitable contributions of such generosity that she can now afford to undertake treatment.
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Nagato on a riding machine. In swimwear, and bouncing somewhat. Also some Touhou and Hachune Miku riding a little differently below.
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Finally, an exhaustively close look at one of the most striking Haruhi figures to be released; Goth Loli Haruhi, as the name suggests, features Haruhi stylishly bedecked in a frilly and monochromatic outfit owing much to Victorian fashion. The figure just went on sale, and by the preorders alone it looks to be one of the most popular Haruhi figure incarnations to date, and perhaps with good reason.
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Some extreme talent on display; as if the Stronger Idols weren’t example enough of the skill to be found on Nico, now we have this immaculate music video of the Lucky Star girls.
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Hot on the heels of the news that Final Fantasy XIII will not be a PS3 exclusive, doubtless thanks to some great clinking sacks of Microsoft’s Windows revenue, is the newly opened Final Fantasy XIII official site. And on it is a very nice looking trailer, though little else.
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Listen to the beautiful and immaculately trained voices of a variety of seiyuu in various characters, each offering “healing” (scolding, rebuking and reprimanding are more appropriate in some cases, however) words to the listener: such is the free service on offer at oenshimasu.com (応援します – ouen shimasu! – I’ll back you up!).
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Is it me, or are the 3D Custom Girl recreations increasing in quality? Here we see Hatsune Miku posing alluringly to a quite good Vocaloid tune, all very tasteful.
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In a shocking act of wanton cruelty, a lady exhibiting considerable sadism has distributed videos of herself viciously torturing and then rather thoroughly killing an unfortunate kitten, stamping it into a bloody pulp, with eyes popping forth, in a disturbing re-enactment of similar acts of brazen cruelty a few years ago.
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This video is almost as good as Yayoi Riding (this seems to have become my benchmark); the Idol Master girls perform Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”. Nico users will be sure to want to check out that version, as it is exceedingly high quality.
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Finally, this technology is applied to the world of anime figures: doujin figures are born. You may be familiar with the rapidly developing technologies of personal fabrication, where “3D printing” allows objects to be cheaply fabricated from 3D models created on computer. You may also be familiar with the intriguing and highly innovative company, FigurePrints, offering 3D prints of your World of Warcraft characters (though with a huge waiting list) – I must admit it occurred to me on seeing those that they would make a essential addition to the world of anime figurines, and it seems that this development has finally taken place, provided by Tsukulus.
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In a surprising move, Square Enix chief 和田洋一 / Youichi Wada announced the highly anticipated , and previously PS3 exclusive, Square Enix mega blockbuster RPG is to get an Xbox 360 version as well as the PS3 release, though the Xbox release will be restricted to European and American markets. The announcement came unexpectedly at the end of the “Xbox 360 E308 Media Briefing”.
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