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DFC Saturday #76
Astarotte Ygvar by shishamoRirichiyo is so cute! Ririchiyo! Yeah, extra serving of Ririchiyo-chan. She's cute, after all. Her sharp tongue is adorable. I wouldn't mind being stepped on by Ririchiyo. Enjoy Ririchiyo! And others too ^^Furude Rika by ga...
Infinite Stratos @ Odaiba pilgrimage
If you have seen Infinite Stratos, you will surely remember the picturesque shopping mall designed to look like an Italian town in the 17th century. That mall actually exists in the Palette Town in Odaiba and it's called Venus Fort. However, only the...
Seitokai no Ichizon @ Odaiba pilgrimage
These photos were taken on the second day of Comiket 80 on my way to Tokyo Big Sight. I got of at Yurikamome Line's Daiba Station and had a nice walk in Odaiba during which I passed by a few places that had appeared in anime. Seitokai no Ichizon is o...
Shinryaku! Ika Musume pilgrimage
It's been quite long since the last post of this kind. I'm the only one to blame orz Well, I could try to turn the blame to my exams at university, but I've finished them 2 weeks ago. What I've been doing these 2 past weeks is a mystery even to me. I...
Top 10 cutest girls with a fang
The Japanese anime server Anime One, known for its anime polls, has presented us with results of a poll inquiring about everyone's favorite anime character with a fang. The Japanese term for such a tooth is "yaeba" (八重歯) and it's regarded as a cha...
Hasegawa Kobato Beach Queens Ver.
It's not very often that a figure from the Beach Queens line is to my liking, but this figure of Hasegawa Kobato from Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai wearing only pink bikini and holding her guro usagi (rabbit plush) is quite well-done and appealing to...
DFC Saturday #75
Hinanawi Tenshi by zazazazazazawaGreetings! Another DFC Saturday is here. After last time, I've decided that DFC Saturdays won't be weekly posts, but a fortnightly post. One reason is that I will be able to make also some different posts this way. Th...
Mizuki Nana's Synchrogazer ranks #2
Mizuki Nana's new single Synchrogazer, whose title song has been used as the opening theme for anime Senki Zesshou Symphogear, has ranked #2 on the Oricon Weekly Single Chart, having sold 51,017 copies according to the sales statistics. The first ran...
K-On! Movie wins Japan Academy Award
K-ON! The Movie has been awarded a Japan Academy Award, which is a huge accomplishment for a late-night anime. K-ON! Movie has received an award for Excellence in Animation, the award usually given to accomplished anime series with long history, such...
Happy Birthday, Mio!
It's Mio's birthday today! Happy birthday, Mio! She was the first character I really liked in K-ON before eventually growing to like all of the characters. I really can't wait to see the movie.On another note, my exam period is over, so you might exp...
DFC Saturday #74
Hasegawa Kobato by buntanTime is money. Enjoy!lucieYanagise Eika by Korie RikoKasugano Sora by Hashimoto TakashiTakayama Maria by kakukakuInami Mahiru by Sawashiro KeiAkemi Homura by Fujikawa DaichiTougetsu GouAoyama Mio by YutoKisaragi Chihaya
ISML 2012 Nominations
International Saimoe League has entered the nomination period, which will last until January 8 0:00 GMT+0. This time, your nomination ballot has space for 12 girls and each of your votes has the same value, so you don't have to care about their order...
Goodbye 2011, Welcome 2012
The year 2011 is over and we are entering the new year. If I look back at the year 2011, there are several things I can say. First, 2011 brought as a good deal of great anime titles. It was richer than 2010 and 2009. When I was putting together my to...
Elfen Lied pilgrimage
Elfen Lied is one of the first anime whose real-life location I learned about. That's all thanks to comrade punynari, so make sure you check out his pilgrimage posts as well.The first location is Sasuke Inari Jinja in the woods of Kamakura, east of K...
Travel tips: How to save some money in Japan
Ever since I returned from Japan, I've meant to write an article about how to save some money on unavoidable expenses. Now it's finally finished. It's just a few tips which many of you might know about, especially if you have been to Japan before. Ne...
Yuru Yuri Second Season Announced
Production of a second season of anime Yuru Yuri was announced earlier today during Yuru Yuri broadcast on Nico Nico Live. The title of the second season will be Yuru Yuri♪♪. More information will be probably announced next Saturday during another br...
DFC Saturday #73
Yuuki Mikan by 40010prototypeThe weekly DFC Saturday doesn't really seem to be weekly anymore orz But it will always be a Saturday post. I will do my best to make a DFC Saturday post every week, but expect that there will be some DFC-less Saturdays e...
ACAA 2011 - My Top 12 Anime of 2011
The year 2011 has been a year that has brought us many great anime titles. Even though we've seen some great anime series in 2010 and 2009 and there were many titles that we at least enjoyed watching, compared to those two years, 2011 has been much b...
Clannad pilgrimage in Yawata
Kyoto Prefecture, Yawata City houses a place which must be familiar to all fans of Clannad. The riverside and the cycling road there is a place where Tomoya fought the other guys and where the highly radioactive rainbow pan made its appearance. The v...
The 62nd Kouhaku Uta Gassen Performers List
The list of artists who will appear at this year's NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen has been revealed. Nana will make her third appearance and she will be the only anison representative again this year as well.NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen is an annual music TV show...
Kanon pilgrimage
These photos must be familiar to anyone who has seen Kanon. It's the bench where Yuuichi waited for Nayuki when he came to the town and where some other spoilerish things happened later. I looked quite odd there, taking photos of a bench from various...
Nanoha The MOVIE 2nd A's announced for Summer 2012
A huge announcement was made yesterday. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha series will get another movie next summer, 2012. This time, it will be a movie adaptation of the second series of the anime, Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's. The official title is Ma...
K-ON! Trains on the Yamanote Line
The premiere of the K-ON! Film is this Saturday and the people responsible for promotion of the film are doing their best to raise the revenue as much as possible. One of such means - though less effective than for example the prize for people who ha...
DFC Saturday #72
Hasegawa Kobato, anime screenshot.Hello there! How is your weekend? Mine will be quite busy, because I have to prepare for two tests and work on my semester project. Ah... I heard that flat chests raise MP by 5 points, so here are some of that kind t...
Seitokai Yakuindomo pilgrimage
When I was in Kyoto, I dropped by several places which the girls in Seitokai Yakuindomo visited during their school field trip to Kyoto. I've already posted two of the photos in the K-ON pilgrimage post, because the spots are the same and so are the...
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko pilgrimage
Some of the scenes from Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko have a real model in Nagoya, so when I went to have a look at the Nagoya castle, these places were included on my to-see list. They aren't hard to find. However, some of them are quite hard to take...
14 y/o Mizuki Nana singing at National Enka Contest
Mizuki Nana started singing enka when she was about 5 years old. She underwent a very strict training under her father, who seems to have been very ardent man judging from Nana's descriptions, mainly from her autobiography Shin Ai. Even though Nana h...
Top 10 young seiyuu according to veteran seiyuu
Two days ago, a ranking of top 10 young seiyuu according to veteran seiyuus was presented in a TV show Onegai! Ranking GOLD. The definition of young seiyuu was pretty loose as the winner is Paku Romi (39). In addition, another two 39-year-old seiyuu...
DFC Saturday #71
Hasegawa Kobato by tahyaIt's still Saturday in Hawaii and people on the East Coast of the US might still be awake as I'm writing this post. There was some lack of material due to which I didn't make a DFC post last week. This time, the pics are accum...
Kud Wafter pilgrimage
If you have played Kud Wafter, you might remember this scene which appears in the opening video. This place is located right outside Koushienguchi Station in Nishinomiya, so I dropped by there when I was headed to Nishinomiya in search of places that...
Nendoroid Miki Sayaka preorders start
Another Nendoroid release from the very popular 2011 anime series Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica; Miki Sayaka is joining the party. She comes with 3 face parts: smiling face, angry face, suffering face. You can equip her with 8 swords of hers and recreat...
Fate/stay night pilgrimage in Kobe
When I visited Kobe, I went to Kitano, the district with a lot of European-style houses where foreigners used to live. One of the houses, the Weathercock House, served as a model for Toosaka's residence. Another splendid house, Uroko no Ie, served as...
Suzumiya Haruhi pilgrimage in Nishinomiya
When I was staying in Osaka, I went for a trip to Nishinomiya, the home of Suzumiya Haruhi. I must say that now I understand why Kyon always so complained about the path to school. It's a long, long ascent, followed by a short flat road only to turn...
Nendoroid Aragaki Ayase preorders start
Kirino and Kuroneko have been released long ago so now it is time for Ayase from Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai to get her own nendoroid treatment and receive some figure collectors's love. What does she come with? She comes with her sc...
DFC Saturday #70
Tsugumi by errantHello there! Greetings! What about some nice pictures to brighten up your day and get some vigor? Have a nice weekend and enjoy the pics!Miku by mayo riyoLucchini by figaro no onoSinia from Sword Girls by an unknown artistpicture by...
K-ON Special Campaign at Denny's
Japanese chain of family restaurants Denny's will hold a K-ON campaign on the occasion of K-ON Movie coming to cinemas on December 3. Their November menu will include a special dish Crispy Fried Shrimp and Oyster Doria (baked bowl of rice with white...




