
In a departure from the usual character-centric galleries, let us enjoy a collection of superb photographic views, mostly of the Japanese countryside, as collected by the Vippers. Some of the scenes are quite captivating, and it certainly makes an interesting change.
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This digest of tentacle anime came up, and it is amusing enough to share. Quite a comprehensive selection, both of anime and girls, and of styles of tentacle. I see some of the more unusual starfish headed types, as well as the more usual plain shokushu.
There is plenty of ero-anime featured, but rather a lot of mainstream anime also features – 3×3 Eyes I knew about, but Nanoha had those kind of scenes?
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Some rather nice wallpaper type Strike Witches images I picked up are presented here. The image above, which looks to be official, is a particular classic, but there are plenty of other rather interesting images below. When you’re finished with them, you can always wonder what might have been had they based the anime on the original loli manga, and see what came to be: plenty of aerial fondling.
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The colossal and highly successful グイン・サーガ / Guin Saga series of fantasy novels, by 栗本薫 / Kaoru Kurimoto, now standing at over 120 volumes, will be adapted into an anime airing in the spring of 2009. The announcement was made on the cover (obi) of the just released 122nd volume, though that there was activity in adapting it to anime has been discussed for a few years (three years ago, in fact).
This is sure to be an interesting project, and possibly the start of a major mixed media franchise, although as yet further details are lacking. Via Moonphase.

Some Vippers have been posting interesting images of Japanese girls doing a spot of cheerleading, so allow me to present a gallerified version. Consider it an accompaniment to the earlier sport girl gallery, although with even less posed photography. So now we have all manner of school uniforms, school swimwear, normal swimwear… the only thing missing would be bloomers?
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I am a devoted fan of this illustration, so seeing the latest figure compelled me to post. No wonder Type Moon’s illustrations are so sought after. Also some more puchi nendoroid type images are provided…
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A pair of rather exceptional Idol Master MADs are presented here, one is just released, and the other one I hoarded for some time. Both are excellent.
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Few would deny an original work by Type Moon’s top illustrator 武内崇 / Takashi Takeuchi, of Fate/stay night and Tsukihime fame, to be one capable of commanding a high price, and worth it, but a recent auction in which a single page from a sketchbook, featuring but one rather rough pencil illustration, certainly turned heads when the auction concluded at an impressive ¥456,000.
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A teacher (31) who beat a 9 year-old girl after she left some curry uneaten, and then continued screaming at the girl for an hour and a half, has been subjected to a three month disciplinary suspension, we hear. The girl was so traumatised by the ordeal that she was no longer able to attend the school, and had to transfer.
The reason he gave for his harsh chastisement of the little girl was conservation of water.
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There’s plenty of coverage of Wonder Festival, and a fairly full digest is already published, but not too many sites actually bothered to prepare a delicious cake figure gallery… except one notable site, of course. Also plenty of /d/ type figures. Intrigued?
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A gallery of star idol actress 堀北真希 / Maki Horikita. Her career is perhaps less interesting than the likes of Aya Hirano, being a string of drama, film, and television appearances, with some earlier dabbling in light gravure, but she does photograph rather well, as you can see. Very well indeed.
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Another one of the nearly OP quality A-rank MADs does the rounds; this one focuses on enhancing the idol qualities of Lucky Star’s Kagami even further. It seems to incorporate just about every illustration of Kagami yet made, and is the better for it…
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