| 9:01am | Minorin’s DaiCon Concert… | | | | Sadly, this is one of the most clear shots I got of Minorin Finally got some proper rest after the exciting and rushed weekend. Took a flight from hometown Kuching to KL on Friday evening specifically just to attend Chihara Minori’s Q&A and mini concert. We weren’t allowed to take... | | |
| 12:17am | Yahagi Sayuri -- Indispensable | | | | When Yahagi Sayuri 矢作紗友里 debuted at 19 as Karin, she knocked me out with her liquid, well-inflected voice.Now she has been a professional seiyuu for four years. She still has the strong, supple, quite high voice she started with, but the burbling liquidness has been toned down. She has developed... | | |
| 7:42am | Summer 2009 Anime Preview and Watchlist | | | | This seems to happen every time, just when I’m finally feel like I’ve got used to the season’s mix of shows, a new season comes along and offers a completely different set of shows to watch.At the start of the spring season, I was unsure if there’d be as many quality titles as the past several... | | |
| 2:33am | Yomio: Yomi Isoyama K-On! Style |  | | | Devil huntress Isayama Yomi, of guro anime Ga-Rei Zero, has long attracted attention with her similarities to Mio Akiyama, so naturally someone has risen to the challenge of combining the two. The artist has also changed a scene in episode 4 to include Kagura as well: | | |
| 2:33am | Yomio: Yomi Isayama K-On! Style |  | | | Devil huntress Isayama Yomi, of guro anime Ga-Rei Zero, has long attracted attention with her similarities to Mio Akiyama, so naturally someone has risen to the challenge of combining the two. This artist has changed a scene in episode 4 to include Kagura as well: And going in the other direction:... | | |
| 9:29am | Music Mania: Releases Include Nana Mizuki, Minori Chihara |  | | | This week has seen an especially copious number of notable (for Akiba) CD releases, with popular seiyuu-singers Nana Mizuki and Minori Chihara both having new CDs, K-ON! receiving its OST, the new Fullmetal Alchemist 1st OP by Yui, and a new Macross F drama CD all coming out on virtually the same day.... | | |
| 12:12pm | Next Episode: Baka-Raptor | | | | It’s that time of the year again when bastards compile into one show to inspire stupidity across the blogosphere.Rakuen: Are Chaneru~!Shin: YOOOSHAAA!!!Rakuen: Hai! Hai! You’re now tuning in to the LIVE replay of this edition of Next Episode!Shin: YOOOSHAAA!!!Rakuen: Yeah, so before Shin... | | |
| 1:39pm | Seiyuu Surprises – Same Actor, Different Roles |  | | | Seiyuu, or voice actors, are one of the more recognized workers in the creation of anime, giving our beloved 2D characters the most obvious link to humanity – their voices. The names of many famous seiyuu are well known among the ranks of otaku, even more so in this decade than past years, but the... | | |
| 2:55pm | Spring 2009 Anime Impressions – Natsu no Arashi | | | | The latest work by Shaft, Natsu no Arashi, seems to have incurred two strikes against it before it even aired. The first is the source material comes from the creator of School Rumble. I haven’t seen this show to judge for myself but I’ve come across a lot of anger over it’s “lame ending”... | | |
| 4:25am | Kanata Nagato Yuki Cosplay Gallery |  | | | Humanoid interface Nagato Yuki is portrayed here by cosplayer Kanata, in a classic rendering of her into 3D. Both meganekko and non-meganekko versions are included, so fans of either should find no fault with it. Related posts:Hinoki Sakurai’s Nagato... | | |
| 2:41pm | my favourite Yuri couples of recent history | | | | Hey all, Hope everyone had a great Easter weekend! I’ve been down in London at our new flat (which I’ll be moving into after/if I pass my exams in two weeks T_T)… I thought that it had been a long time since I updated people on the yuri couples I’m following in the current and recent anime/manga... | | |
| 10:31pm | Ga-Rei Yuri Cosplay | | | | Pardon my crap photography skillz. Today I went to another doujinshi convention. God, these doujin events just keep getting more frequent. I’m gonna have to cut down on going to too many, or my bank account will die before the economy even recovers, lol. Maybe it’s something to do with... | | |
| 7:36pm | K-ON! - Last Resort to Save a Club | | | | “Eh!? I’m the last resort!?” Yeah, when your favorite club is facing cancellationyou’ll do ANYTHING to save it! I don’t really choose an I-must-watch-this-every-week-e xactly-when-it-comes-out anime based on the first episode no matter how good that first episode might... | | |
| 11:29am | The Scale of Yuri | | | | As promised, I’ve got some yuri philosophising for you this week It’s no secret that I like categorising everything that I’m interested in. I believe I’ve already started to try and develop a classification for Yuri in some of my previous posts – most notably my final fetish month post in... | | |
| 9:24pm | Alter Nagato Yuki |  | | | Few can help but be entranced by the captivating expression of this latest figure rendition of Yuki Nagato, by Alter. Although eschewing gimmicks such as erotic costume or moe accessories, the 1/8th scale PVC figure seems to capture the classic impassivity of Nagato, responsible for charming so many.... | | |
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