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[11 Dec 2009 | 4 Comments | ]
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha THE MOVIE 1st Trailer

With the movie premiere inching nearer, the 2 minutes long trailer is currently being streamed. You get to listen to the Nana’s upcoming single song in the trailer (Oh I really should blog about it too XD – Phantom Minds!).
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[6 Dec 2009 | 12 Comments | ]
New Code Geass Project?!

Lots of tweets from the people I am following: the reason? New Code Geass Project revealed! The buzz is all about Code Geass today. ^^” Bandai’s mobile phone website m-pub.channel.or.jp is hosting a graphic that reads as follows:
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[4 Dec 2009 | One Comment | ]
Halo Legends Dated For Japan

As the Halo Anime is all set to premiere in 2010, here is a picture of the movie cover that you can expect when you purchase the DVD or Blu-ray.
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[1 Dec 2009 | 4 Comments | ]
Nationwide Roundup of Illegal Uploaders In Japan

Downloading of anime is illegal, but it looks like the time has come for the uploaders in Japan. According to NHK, Japanese Police conducted a wholesale arrest of interest users who uploaded illegal files through a software called “Share”.
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[30 Nov 2009 | 10 Comments | ]
This Girl Doesn’t Understand Anime Characters

As I was roaming the internet I came across a post describing a female poster at the Japanese forum 2chan who questions the popularity of Yuki Nagato from the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
“She’s a gloomy virgin who never changes her expression. Living with her wouldn’t be fun at all, and she isn’t even very cute. In spite of all this, why?”
While personally I prefer non-bimbo female characters like Nagato, I won’t question her logic, because there are numerous characters that I myself just don’t understand. The male majority at 2chan …

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[28 Nov 2009 | 6 Comments | ]
Gonzo Stripped of Strike Witches

The second series of loli-pantsu anime Strike Witches is no longer being produced by Gonzo, and the project is being put into the hands of AIC. Recently Gonzo had been suffering from numerous economic woes; [...]

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[26 Nov 2009 | 7 Comments | ]
Japan Disapproves of Live Action Manga Adaptions

In a recent poll it has been unveiled that the majority of Japanese disapprove of Live action adaptions of manga. The majority, 64.8%, complained that in live action movies “The cast felt out of place,” “They often don’t treat the image of the original work properly” and “There’s a limit to what you can express in film.”The  35.2% that did approve, quoted reasons such as “It’s possible to enjoy the casting choices,” and “It can promote a title to a wider audience.”
While I don’t know what series are being released …

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[19 Nov 2009 | 8 Comments | ]
Mid-Season Impressions: Seitokai no Ichizon

The OP animation sequence is nice. The song is catch, the girls are hot. This show was a winner in my book from before I even got to the main plot. The OP is sung by the 4 main female leads of the show. [...]

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[13 Nov 2009 | 4 Comments | ]
Mid-Season Impressions: Nyan Koi!

Well, despite being knee deep in school work at the moment, thought I would come back for a while to do some of the Mid-Season Impressions posts I’d wanted to so since Episode 2 of most shows. Time to get started. Nyan Koi!
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