| 7:07pm | Ascoeur and Q-Feuille character profiles | | | | Amazon have uploaded the manga cover art. Thanks to their zooming applet it is just about possible to make out the character profiles on the cover: Ascoeur GTO associate ES Member Rank: C Birth: SC0363 16 Aug Age: 16 Sign: Leo Blood Type: O SP-ability: Push Pull Item: Comb Shorts colour: White Q-feuille... | | |
| 6:03pm | Movie blu-ray box has English subtitles (no dub) | | | | News about the blu-ray releases has been added to the official site along with full details on the TV and movie boxes. The series is on 4 dual-layer discs, 6 episodes per disc, with the extras on a separate single-layer disc. They will be split between a triple-disc and a double-disc case together... |
| 12:20pm | KIDDY GiRL-AND cast and airdate confirmed | | | | http://www.kiddygirl-and.com/ has been updated to confirm the air date for the first episode as the 15th of October 2009. There is also a finalised logo, which is rather like a blinged out version of the first series logo. The main staff and cast are also now confirmed along with airtimes for various... | | |
| 7:36pm | KIDDY GiRL-AND to air 15/10? | | | | According to a post by Japanese blogger Nanami they contacted someone at Television Saitama who informed them that Kiddy GiRL-and would be airing on the 15th of October and is to be 24 episodes long. It also seems to imply that it will be taking Haruhi's timeslot. Links: Kiddy GiRL-AND =キディ・ガーランド=... |
| 7:02pm | Gocky Club Summer 2009: Gokikura 24 | | | | My copy of the 24th issue of Keiji Gotoh's Gocky Club doujin released at Comiket 76 arrived today, complete with her ecchiness Ruri-Ruri on the cover, a Panchira shot of Eclair and some Kiddy GiRL-and artwork. |
| 6:32pm | Kiddy Grade on Bluray | | | | According to the Chara-ani store Kadokawa are re-releasing Kiddy Grade (yet again) as a Bluray box set, with another set for the movies. TV series: http://www.chara-ani.com/detai ls.asp?prdid=B09900827 Due out on the 27th of November priced at ¥37,800 Comes in a box illustrated by Megumi Kadonosono... |
| 6:32pm | KIDDY GiRL-AND pure ch6: Touch and Go | | | | October's Comp Ace arrived today. As well as the preview of the anime character designs I mentioned previously it includes chapter 6 of the manga, Touch and Go (たっち・and・ごー), which is also the name of the cafe. The thing that I've rushed online to blog about however is two new characters,... |
| 6:30pm | KIDDY GiRL-AND anime in October? | | | | I've not yet verified the information (I'm in work and the moment I found out the lines suddenly got busy) but Moonphase is reporting that the KIDDY GiRL-AND anime is scheduled for October. Via NeoSam@Animesuki. I will provide updates here as an when. The upcoming anime listings page on the main Moon... | | |
| 3:59pm | KIDDY GiRL-AND new magazines | | | | Received three magazines from Japan today and all have something KG-related. I only had time to take a few quick snaps this morning but here's what I have: September's Comp Ace, KIDDY GiRL-AND pure chapter 5 (still haven't got a copy of ch4). Un-ou and A-ou have appeared: As have Letuchie and Pauk:... |
| 1:40am | KIDDY GiRL-AND eBook | | | | The latest update to the official Kiddy GiRL-and site indicates that this July's Newtype Channel "Monthly SPECIAL" is about Kadokawa. The page is at http://anime.webnt.jp/monthly- special/200907-issue/ but I had trouble getting the actual ebook to open until I open the flash file directly at http://anime.webnt.jp/monthly-... |
| 2:15pm | KIDDY GiRL-AND database | | | | There's a new database page on the Official Site with settei, descriptions and romaji for the main characters (some of whom are unfamiliar). アスクール is Ascoeur (or Ascœur, seems to mean "Aceheart" in French. Formerly known as Ascule c/o NT:USA) ク・フィーユ is Q-feuille ("Q-leaf"? Formerly... |
| 9:00am | Quick KIDDY GiRL-AND update | | | | I'm in the middle of moving home so this will be brief. The latest update to the information page on the official site mentions that work is progressing on the anime so at least we know that it is actually underway. It also says that there's an article about the series and an illustration of the main... |
| 2:29pm | Kiddy GiRL-and Pure ch1: Girl Meets Girl | | | | May's Comp Ace with Kiddy GiRL-and pure chapter 1 is now here.. 4000¥ worth of postage later (£30 at current rates.. the £20 it would have been only a few months ago was bad enough but this is ridiculous) I also have the April issue which carried the announcement: It starts off with some colour... |
| 12:48am | Kiddy GiRL-and Pure manga update | | | | An information page has been added to the official site with some more details on the Kiddy girl-and pure (キディ・ガーランド ぴゅあ) manga due to start serialization in the May issue of Comp Ace (due out on the 26th of this month). While the story is to be written by Kimura Hidefumi the... | | |
| 2:02am | KIDDY GiRL-AND | | | | Finally after years of waiting there is more news on the Kiddy Grade sequel. And I got scooped on the news as I've been working non-stop all day. The title is now キディ・ガーランド which, according to the provisional logo, translates as KIDDY GiRL-AND (although it looks more like "Kiddy Garland"... |
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