ISML 2010 knows its Regular Season contestantsThe merciless, fierce battle called International Saimoe League reached the end of the Preliminary Period and the rest of the Regular Season participants have been decided. The list of all 50 Regular Season contestants is as follows.Aisaka Taiga (Tor...
Mayoi Neko CaféThe upcoming anime Mayoi Neko Overrun!, which is scheduled to start broadcasting on April 6 on Tokyo MX, will involve running a confectionery store. One character runs it, and having seen "a few" anime before and using common sense, I suppose the mys...
4th Annual Seiyuu Awards ResultsThe winners of the 4th Annual Seiyuu awards have been revealed. The results for individual categories are as follows.Best Lead Male Seiyuu: Ono Daisuke (Sebastian, Ushiromiya Battler, Munto)Best Lead Female Seiyuu: Sawashiro Miyuki (Canaan, Sekiutsu...
DFC Saturday #4Shana by noiIt's a snowy Saturday afternoon here and it's chilling outside. Very uncommon thing as there's no snow left in my city in March, usually. However, this winter is very cold and particularly long. You have to use supporting means to endure...
Hinamatsuri GalleryYesterday, in Japan, it was Hinamatsuri festival, sometimes called Girls' Day. The most distinctive visual feature of this festival is so called "hina-dan" with "hina-ningyou", meaning a platform and dolls. The whole display consists of several platf...
February 2010 StatsMany bloggers do it so I though I might do it as well. I talk about the monthly statistics of site. It can also serve as a look-back on the passed month.February saw making a new record of site activity, despite being the shortest month. There was ab...
FMA:B Episode 46 to rebroadcast without tsunami alertFebruary 28 broadcast episode of Fullmetal Alchemist was embellished, to countless people's rage, with a map of Japan and warnings about the coming tsunami waves, caused by the recent earthquake in Chile. The voices of furious fans who demanded a re-...
Luka, Mio, and Orange TerrorYesterday, I had a brainwave as I said to myself that Luka's outfit would really suit Mio, and vice versa. So I tried it out. And yes, the results are more than satisfying, at least for me. We have a lot of oranges at home atm, so I decided to use th...
DFC Saturday #3picture by Komatsu EijiToday is Saturday which means it's time for the weekly DFC gallery. Without any unnecessary boring ado, let's move on to the staple of this post. It goes without saying that it is NSFW.Touhou by yukianpicture by emurinKisaragi...
Kotatsu Police - Japanese TV showJapanese TV shows will never stop amazing me. This one is particularly creepy. However, participants are the only ones who are scared. Viewers are likely to laugh their heads off. At least I did. This show revolves around, or rather in, a kotatsu-lik...
The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku [piano by marasy]An amazing NND artist, marasy, has performed a piano cover for a crazily fast Vocaloid song The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku. I don't have much to say about it. Just that it's amazing and that the plush monkey sitting atop the piano looks funny ^^I'...
Mizuki Nana - Silent Bible reviewToday, I finally got a notice that informed that I can set out for a very short trip to the post office to pick up my copy of Silent Bible. I like it, but it will not become my top 1 Nana's single. Nevertheless, the cover looks absolutely amazing. I...
Nendoroid Feena Fam Earthlight PreviewNendoroid Feena Fam Earthlight was introduced at Wonfes Winter 2010. Mikatan has posted some photos of her and all the additional parts and interchangeable parts have been revealed. Feena Nendoroid looks really wonderful and graceful.The second face...
DFC Saturday #2Vanilla from Galaxy Angel by ashishunIt's Saturday which means it's time for a small gallery of flat chests. I totally forgot about it last week, for which I apologize. It's because this Saturday weekly posts had started just recently and I hadn't gr...
Umineko Image Album - Rokkenjima in LOVE - えぐりて☆I've been at home with bronchitis for a while and I've been bored for some time. That's why I decided to try making a translation for this crazy song from Umineko Image Album Rokkenjima in LOVE called Egurite☆. The initial reason was that I couldn't...
Nendoroid Kotobuki Tsumugi - Second ShipmentDue to large demand for K-ON! Nendoroids in general, GSC has decided to produce more of them. After the second round of pre-orders for Azusa, now comes second round of pre-orders for Mugi. If you missed her the first time, don't lose your time any mo...
Haruhi Strikes All the Pins - animationAnother creation of mine. Again, it's a very short video and this time it's featuring Haruhi as the main character. Now, go for a strike, Haruhi! We all know you can do it. As long as something mysterious is involved, you'll get pumped up and knock e...
K-ON! Season 2 is called K-ON!!The exact date of broadcast start has been announced. It starts on April 6, in the dead of night at 1:25 AM, on TBS channel.K-ON! is following Hayate no Gotoku's style of naming seasons, so the second season will get one more exclamation mark, thus "...
Happy Chinese New Year and Valentinepicture by genbTwo significant events fall on today, The Chinese New Year and the Valentine's Day. The chance of this happening is about 1 to 30. In other words this is once in thirty years occurrence. Quite rare, isn't it? So, Happy Chinese New Year...
Nendoroid Megurine Luka photo reviewI finally got around to take some photos of Luka Nendoroid yesterday. As soon as I saw her draft, I knew I had to get her. She looks really lovely, I must say. Without any further ado, here come the pics.The basic face is real cute. Her eyes look lik...
Ogura YuiI'm writing a post in relation with the previous one. Ogura Yui is the 14-year-old who sings the ending song for the upcoming Kiss x Sis TV series. I seem to have taken a liking to this girl ^^ And I believe that an outstanding number of you might ex...
Kiss x Sis TV Anime Official Site RenewalKiss x Sis anime official site has been renewed. Now, it contains lots of new information about the upcoming TV anime series. Besides the three main characters ,who are known to people who have watched Kiss x Sis OAV, other three are introduced. Two...
Max Factory's eroge "se.kirara" will be available for freeMax Factory is entering new market field, eroge industry. Their upcoming game is called se.kirara and what's most interesting at the moment is that they will distribute it for free. It is probably some kind of a marketing strategy to promote their ne...
K-ON! Ita-tank by KaiyōdōKaiyōdō had come up with an original idea, which they presented two days ago at Wonder Festival. It's K-ON! Ita-tank model.In fact, this K-ON! Ita-tank strongly resembles Tamiya's model of a German tank Jagdtiger. However, Kaiyōdō say they've produce...
Nendoroid Mio & Ritsu Live Stage PreviewMika-tan has updated her blog with a bunch of photos of the upcoming Nendoroid release #101, Mio & Ritsu Live Stage. They come as a set and a di:stage stage is included. In addition, several "phrase cards" are a part of the set as well.They will be a...
Queens Blade's Airi cosplay by Mizuhara ArisaWell-known cosplayer Mizuhara Arisa has done a new cosplay recently. This time it was a maid Airi from an ultra-ero anime Queen's Blade. As usual, she looks very cute in a maid uniform. This one is a bit special since it has a very deep cleavage whic...
Nodame Cantabile New OADA new OAD of Nodame Cantabile has been announced by Kodansha. It will ship with the 24th volume of Nodame Cantabile manga, together with a special CD "Magic Flute" (魔笛). This OAD is a special side story written by the author of the series, Ninomyia...
Nendoroid Nakano AzusaReservations for Nakano Azusa Nendoroid started earlier today but they were closed in no time. For me, that "no time" was some 2 hours I spent at the clinic at otolaryngology. When I came home, reservations at Hobby Search, Otacute, and AmiAmi had be...
Ultimate Feito-chan LoveWhat's the ultimate expression of love? It's something that is eternal. You can't lose it, nobody can take it away from you, it can't disappear. Something that will always be with you. One such thing is a tattoo. Unless you decide to have it removed,...
Hobby Search Special SaleIn case you haven't read it somewhere, Hobby Search is going to hold a special sale from February 2 to 10. In order to commemorate the introduction of SAL shipping service, PVC figures, mecha, anime toys and fashion dolls are going to be 15% off and...
Hatsune Miku Real Snow NendoroidThis is what the true Snow Miku Nendoroid should look like. It's a snow sculpture that was made at Sapporo Snow Festival. As far as I know, Mikatan and other GSC members are attending the festival and that's the reason there is this massive Miku Nend...
Nendo Mio with a swordTwo days ago, an idea suddenly struck my head. "How would it look like if Mio brandished a sword?" So I decided to give it a try the next day and replaced her right hand with Shana's right hand holding Nietono no Shana. And the result is quite satisf...
Kugimiya Rie and others in DVD bonusesI'm always very pleased when I find a nice video with some of my favorite seiyuu. I'll restrain from any ado because I'm very sleepy now, and just hope you will like it, even if you didn't understand a word. The first video is Kugimiya Rie with Majim...
Strike Witches Season II in SummerThe pantsu exposing loli anime about trousersless airborne fighters, Strike Witches, is getting second season, as it has been announced before. A scan from a magazine (maybe Megami 118 already) provides us with more information. The broadcast of the...
Recycle with Hatsune MikuMETI (the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry of Japan) has introduced a special music video with Hatsune Miku, promoting recycling of old, used cellphones. It's a part of "Tansu Keitai Atsumetai" campaign that should persuade people to hand ove...
