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[23 Jul 2009 | 5 Comments | ]
Cup Noodles – A Surprise in Each Cup.

So, according to HobbyMedia, Cup Noodles from Nissin will come with a 1/380 Gunpla, on 31st August, the last day in which the Giant 1/1 Gundam in Odaiba will be standing.

These CUP NOODLES MINI GUNPLA from Nissin will be released on 31th August: the last day of the 1/1 Gundam in Odaiba. It’s quite ironic since the Gunpla contained are in 1/380 scale: the smallest Gundam model kits ever produced! There are 4 different mini model kits: Gundam RX78, the DOM, CHAR ZAKU II (red) and ZAKU II (green).
There are …

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[23 Jul 2009 | 5 Comments | ]
LittleBigPlanet Reaches 1 Million Levels

My fave PS3 game, LittleBigPlanet, has finally reached the mark of having 1 million user-created community levels! Banzai! This means that it’ll take you forever(like pretty long) to actually complete all the levels!

Amazing, isn’t it? Just think, this means that a new level has been published roughly every 21 seconds since LittleBigPlanet launched.
In case you were wondering, those million levels have been played a total of 244 million times.
LBP is a fun game to play when you have friends or relatives over. Not a lot of people I know are …

Japan »

[23 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]
Japanese Fangirl Visits UK for Harry Potter

What happens when you get a Japanese fangirl to visit UK for a chance to walk in Hogwarts only to be surprised when the stars turned up to greet her! =O.
Note: Do get a tissue ready because after watching the clips I was wiping off tears of laughter from my eyes. LOL

Sanma Akashiya’s “Karakuri Terebi” held a contest last month in which 10,000 of Japan’s biggest Harry Potter fans competed for a chance to travel to the UK and interview the stars of the new Harry Potter movie. As it …

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[23 Jul 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Haruhi Serves Over 1 Million CDs

As of yesterday, over 1 million CDs related to Haruhi have been sold!
Remember back in 2006, Aya Hirano’s CD single “Bouken de-show de-show”? Here’s the cover scan XD.

Yesterday was also the release of Aya Hirano’s newest single titled “Super Driver“. With that, more than 1 million CDs related to the franchise have been sold! ^_^; There are a total of 25 different CD releases to date.

Even character song CDs have sold 100,00 copies.
Wow ._. The power of Haruhi fans are scary. I can’t imagine whether they bought extra copies of …

Figurine »

[22 Jul 2009 | One Comment | ]
Canaan PVC Preview and More

Mika-tan updated her blog with more upcoming figurine previews XD. They will be showcased at the upcoming Wonder Festival Summer 2009 this Sunday.
First up, a 1/8 scale Canaan by GSC.

Beside the 1/8 scale PVC, there’s also a Nendoroid of Canaan.. and Alphard. Both are them are from the anime series, CANAAN.

Besides them, we have Nendoroid Ein from Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~.

Canaan must be pretty popular for the nendoroid series to be out so quickly. Is it nice? ^-^; I have yet to start watching it.. I guess I should …

Merchandises »

[22 Jul 2009 | 6 Comments | ]
Valkyria Chronicles Character Goods!

Looking through at the Character Goods list on a daily basis, being a fan of Valkyria Chronicles, the char goods put up for preorder recently caught my eye ~_~.
Squad 7 shirt anyone?

If you fancy to be part of Squad 7, preorder yours at Hobby Search. Retail price is at 2,900 yen. Sizes from S to XL are available.
Also, there’s stainless mug up for preorder as well! =D. Retail price is at 1,000 yen.

Although I know this is just Cospa way of earning more money from otaku fans like me, I …

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[22 Jul 2009 | 7 Comments | ]
More Mio Nendoroid Preview

Mika-tan has uploaded on her blog some preview pictures of our lovely Mio Nendoroid from the anime series K-ON!

She will be showcased at the upcoming Wonder Festival Summer 2009 like I mentioned previously. ^^

Fandom News »

[22 Jul 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
K-ON! Extra Episode on 7th Volume

An extra episode of the popular anime series, K-ON! has been green-lit. Announced on the official website of K-ON, the extra episode will be included in the 7th volume of the Blu-ray and DVD releases.

According to CDJapan, the 7th volume will ship on 20th January 2010. That’s still a longgggggggggg wait. >_>
Retail price of the Blu-ray is at 7,980 yen and the DVD at 5,460 yen.
Oh the K-ON! madness just never stop do they? ^_^; Stop poisoning fans!! LOL. Meanwhile if you still feeling in the mood for some K-ON! …

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[21 Jul 2009 | One Comment | ]
Yamamoto Yutaka Apologizes For Endless Eight Arc

At Otakon 2009 session on July 19th, anime director Yamamoto Yutaka(famous for being the series organizer of the original Haruhi series and currently with Kyoto Animation) answered questions regarding “Endless Eight” arc of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2.

Watch the Youtube video below for his comment.

If you watched the youtube video, he wasn’t apologizing on behalf of the SOS-dan production committee.
Yamamoto apologized in his blog that his remark at Otakon “on behalf of SOS-dan production committee” was misleading and corrected the expression into “as a former member of SOS-dan”. [Yamamoto’s …