Omg, just when I thought that there are enough character goods related to K-ON! in the market, Movic chose to join in too. Lol. I will always remember Movic for making me a poor anime fan. They kept producing Nanoha-related goods whereby I just can’t resist >_>

Both cases, featuring Mio or Azu-Nyan will be out this October 2009 at a retail price of 15,750 yen. You can also preorder yours at HobbyLink Japan.

K-ON! Tambourine at a retail price of 1,260 yen. Out this October too.

Ritsu’s Drumsticks, out in October 2009. …

This week is a special week for Zotaku as we got featured on AnimeBlips =3. I like to thank the editor of AnimeBlips, Robyn Lass for giving us this feature. You can read the full report with the interview questions here.
I’m sure everyone knows what is AnimeBlips, well if you don’t,
AnimeBlips was created for otaku crazy about anime and manga, and the news, events, books, movies, and conferences that emerge from the anime and manga worlds. By combining robust technology with spirited editorial, AnimeBlips brings you inside the creative, obsessive …

A few days ago Newtype announced that they had a *HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT* about Haruhi in their next issue.  Its not only one HUGE announcement… but Four.
1. The seiyuu for Haruhi, Nagato and Mikuru are recording some exclusive interview for distribution only to Newtype’s loyal rubes!
2. Endless Eight will be shown again on Newtype’s site for a whole day at the end of August! Relive the joy!
3. Fans will finally get to test their knowledge of Endless Eight in the “Endless Eight Cult Quiz”! How many questions will you be able …

For the past two weeks, I have been down with a horrible dry cough. You should heard seen me complaining on Twitter ^_^”. While your typical coughs can be treated with cough medicines, dry cough is different. I have been given cough suppressants – which suppresses my urge to cough, but my surroundings are still making me cough. LOL.

Today, I am still suffering from cough. The cough syrup I was on yesterday almost made me puke for some reason. I guess my stomach is starting to react to the medication …

Your Mr Despair is coming back with a new OVA this November 17 2009!
According to the official website, the title is “Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Bangaichi” It’s a two-volume OVA and the first volume will be released on November 17th.

The new OVA will be bundled with the manga Volume 19. The limited edition of the manga volume 18 has an extra DVD, which includes 13 OP & ED songs of the series and a preview of the upcoming OVA.
I never actually caught Zetsubou Sensei, I only heard of the …

Umbrellas are a hassle to use when you’re outside! Imagine carrying lots of paper bags in your hands and when it starts to rain, you have to use the umbrella to shelter yourself. You find yourself strugging to carry both the umbrella and the bags in your hands. Well, fear no more as Japan has another great invention for you – Shoulderbrella ;)

Adhering to the end of any stock umbrella, the 2,499 yen Shoulderbrella is a flexible, pipe-cleaner-like accessory that wraps around your body to hold your umbrella for you.
Now …

Mika-tan updated her blog with some preview shots of the upcoming Nendoroid Kagami Kuro from Kodomo no Jikan!

Kawaii nendoroid!

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While we are waiting anxiously for the so-called “PS3 Slim” to be confirmed at Gamescom Cologne 2009 in Germany, the Xbox gets it’s own slim version first.

The Xbox has been modded by a guy called Bandit5317.
His Xbox is one-inch wide, losing the clunky disc drive and replacing it with a 320GB HDD.

Slim Xbox is amazing! Looks cool and not clunky anymore. It’ll definitely be selling like hotcakes should that ever get officially released.
Source: Xbox-Scene via Gizmodo via Kotaku

We should all know by now that every event will have their interesting moments, or stories.. I found these information rather interesting and funny at the same time. Over at C76(Comiket 76), let’s forget about the great figurines they have on display, the awesome otaku crowd and concentrate on the moments that happened there ^^”.
By the way, Comiket 76 breaks the attendance record of having 180,000 on Day 1, 10,000 more than last year’s C74.

Summary of C76 Day 1:

Good Smile Company’s queue was longer than Type-moon! The domination of Type-moon …