- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 27, 2010 02:56 JST
- Tags: Asuka Langley, Blu-ray, Evangelion, Mari, Marketing, Movies, Oricon, Records, Rei Ayanami

The DVD and Blu-ray release of Evangelion 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance has proven a record-breaking success, with a total of 320,000 copies being sold on the first day alone.
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The upcoming BD and DVD editions of Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance have introduced an array of DVD extras, including new scenes, but what has caught the eye of many fans is the curious attention paid to Mari‘s skirt in the enhanced edition – visible above, with the theatrical version on top.
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The notorious poverty of Japanese animators once again come in for scrutiny, with animators reportedly earning an hourly wage of only $3, less than a burger flipper.
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The trademark chunky physiques and large, pendulous breasts of Ladies vs Butlers return once again in even more extreme fashion with the release of the second DVD/BD, which can be inspected below together with its even more provocative extras:
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With the premium broadcast versions of Seikon no Qwaser already totally uncensored, fans could be forgiven for wondering just what in the way of erotic extras could possibly be added to the “Director’s Cut” DVD/BD – just what was added is visible in all its glory 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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The third BD edition of To Aru Kagaku no Railgun boasts some incredibly subtle and in some cases quite inexplicable changes from the TV broadcast version.
Spotting them is hard enough, but can anyone explain them all?
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The Xbox 360 port of Final Fantasy XIII has been confirmed as being almost half the size of the PS3 version, coming in at 18GB on 3 DVDs versus 38GB on one BD, far smaller than expected.
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Capcom has publically lamented having to cut large amounts of content from Lost Planet 2 in order to fit it onto the Xbox 360’s piddling DVD capacity without the game turning into a swapfest, but promises users will be able to buy everything they cut as DLC.
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A business article on the burst of the moe bubble explains the trials the industry faces, with an anime industry figure woefully admitting that he could sell anything he dumped on consumers at the boom’s height.
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- Author: Leon
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Jan 31, 2010 08:28 JST
- Tags: Bakemonogatari, Blu-ray, Comparison, DVD, DVD Extras, Pantsu, Shaft, Sukumizu



Bakemonagatari‘s fourth DVD/Blu-ray discs are proving popular amidst fans – not only have the notorious unfinished (and in fact, entirely missing) parts been completed, but also Shaft have seen fit to revise some of loli icon Nadeko‘s scenes, giving her more exposure and some rather ambiguous serpentine insertion action.
The changes can be inspected below, with any revisions on the right:
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The overall Japanese sales figures for Blu-ray discs in 2009 reveal the format to be dominated by anime, with Bakemonogatari and K-ON! making very strong showings…
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