
Angel Beats has made a splash in the latest Newtype character popularity rankings, knocking Nagato off the top spot with Yuri coming top and Tenshi scraping in at 10, a state of affairs some fans angrily decry as being the wrong way around.
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The evolution of the otaku room from 1985 to the present is tackled in the below series of illustrations, showing just how far otaku have come (or, possibly, fallen).
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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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Angel Beats heroine Yurihi‘s overwhelming similarity to a certain monomaniac schoolgirl now extends past simple character design and into some truly unfortunate “coincidence” courtesy of Newtype:
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A ranking of the most popular female anime characters for the years 2000-2010 compiled by anime rag Newtype is firmly dominated by mecha anime heroines with scarcely a moe-blob to be seen.
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A ranking of the most popular male anime characters for the years 2000-2010 compiled by anime rag Newtype puts Lelouch Lamperouge squarely at the top of the list.
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Newtype’s announcement that “something is going to happen” with regard to otaku exploitation anime Haruhi has been finally made public, taking the form of no less than four shocking announcements.
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Haruhi marketing rag Newtype promises a “major” Haruhi announcement come August 17th, which hopeful Haruhi-ists have immediately speculated means a new season (which would almost inevitably include “Disappearance”) or at the very least a movie; more sober calculus suggests to some that this is merely another piece of abusive marketing for some trifle…
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This image from the SOS-Dan’s previously covered article in Voice Newtype magazine shows the brigade engaging in some martial arts, with Tomokazu Sugita again being the likely focal point of attention.
The 2ch Photoshop above displays one possible pose inspiration – Kyon charging up a Kamehameha.
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The latest cover story of Voice Newtype (Newtype’s seiyuu-focused magazine) shows the collected seiyuu of Haruhi‘s SOS-Dan, much as it did in a previous 2006 cover.
Displaying the old (on the left) alongside the new makes for an interesting comparison, with the likely focus falling on how Tomokazu Sugita (Kyon) now appears ready to jump onboard a mecha in a leopard print plugsuit of sorts.
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The regular monthly character rankings poll results from the August issue of Newtype have come out, with the rankings for Female characters being especially interesting this month.
The new Evangelion and Haruhi releases have naturally propelled their leading ladies even higher than their already lofty usual spots, but the big surprise this month is K-ON!’s dojikko Yui Hirasawa taking over the bustier Mio‘s place as the highest ranked K-ON! character.
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