Monday 30 June 2014

Large 65cm Misaka Mikoto swimsuit figure to be released to celebrate the A Certain Series 10th Anniversary

The A Certain series have certainly thrilled audiences and readers since 2004, and with its 10th anniversary celebrations, Dengeki Bunko has announced that a new figure of the electrifying Railgun heroine, Misaka Mikoto, will be released and it promises to tower above the rest… literally.


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At 65cm, this new figure would be two to three times larger than many 1/8 or 1/7 scale figures, and at least five times larger than those smaller 1/10 scale figure. Dengeki Online has released a CG model of what this new 1/2.5 scale Mikoto figure will look like.


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The figure not only celebrates the 10th anniversary of the A Certain series, but it also celebrates the 20th anniversary of Dengeki Daioh magazine where the A Certain Scientific Railgun manga is serialized.


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More announcements on this special figure like its price and release date will be made in days to come, but expect To Aru fans and figure collectors to be quite electrified with excitement by good ol’ Biribiri once it is made.


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Source: Dengeki Online



Large 65cm Misaka Mikoto swimsuit figure to be released to celebrate the A Certain Series 10th Anniversary

Shana, Kuroyukihime, Asuna, Kirino, and more featured in new Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax acrylic panel for PC

Sega’s Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax has pitted some of the most popular light novel characters against one another, and now, they are teaming up with G-Tune to bring fans of the fighting game a special way to customize their PCs


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The new Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax acrylic panel promises to give PCs a light novel feel as it features Ro-Kyu-Bu’s Tomoka, Accel World’s Kuroyukihime, OreImo’s Kirino, Durarara!!’s Shizuo, A Certain Series’ Mikoto, Sword Art Online’s Kirito and Asuna, and Shakugan no Shana’s Shana, all of whom are playable characters in the fighting game.


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G-Tune designer Tatsuya Sugisawa has said that this collaboration came about during the Dangeki Blitz Thanksgiving game event last March 2014. More information on this new PC accessory, as well as the collaboration will be announced in the future.


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Shana, Kuroyukihime, Asuna, Kirino, and more featured in new Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax acrylic panel for PC

First batch of winners for the Sword Art Online Awards announced

With Sword Art Online II making its worldwide premiere very soon, the anime’s official website has announced the first batch of winners for their Sword Art Online Awards, which asked fans online about their favorites from the series.


The first batch of winners include “Best Male Character”, “Best Female Character”, and “Best Episode”. The winners for each category are even awarded with their very own official wallpapers. Here are the winners:


Best Male Character:


8th place: Eugene


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7th place: Recon


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6th place: Diabel


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5th place: Nishida


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4th place: Heathcliff


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3rd place: Agil


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2nd place: Klein


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1st place: Kirito


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Best Female Character


6th place: Sachi


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5th place: Lizbeth


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4th place: Silica


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3rd place: Leafa


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2nd place: Yui


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1st place: Asuna


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Was there even any doubt on who would win first place for the Best Female and Best Male characters? Kirito and Asuna are considered one of the most popular anime couples on Earth. The other members who completed the Top 3 (AKA The Finalists) were also not surprising as Leafa, Yui, Kline, and Agil have proven to some of SAO’s most beloved characters.


Best Episode


7th Place: Episode 24: The Gilded Hero


6th place: Episode 10: Crimson Killing Intent


5th place: Episode 25: The World Seed


4th place: Episode 11: Morning Dew Girl


3rd place: Episode 3: The Red-Nosed Reindeer


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2nd Place: Episode 12: Yui’s Heart


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1st place: Episode 9: The Blue Eyed Demon


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While 1st place Episode 9 may not come as a bit of surprise, Episode 10, one of Sword Art Online’s most highly rated episodes has surprised many by only taking the #6 spot. Episode 10 not only featured the duel between Kirito and Heathcliff, but also Asuna’s daring rescue of Kirito from the hands of Kuradeel, but what Ep. 10 is most famous for is that it implied something happened between Kirito and Asuna later that night in what the fans might call as 16.5. Yui’s Heart and The Red-Nosed Reindeer were also highly rated episodes which made many cry.


There are still many awards to be announced in days to come and they include the “Best Monster Award”, “”Best Costume Design Award”, and many more.


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 Source: Sword Art Online Official Website



First batch of winners for the Sword Art Online Awards announced

Models wear Sailor Moon inspired outfits as the new anime"s first episode was screened [Video]

June 30 marked the birthday of Usagi Tsukino, better known to people around the world as Sailor Moon. And what better to celebrate her birthday than to screen the new Sailor Moon Crystal anime’s premiere episode before it airs, and to add to that, have Momoiro Clover Z and some models wearing Sailor Moon-inspired outfits attend the event?


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The models were from the fashion magazine, ViVi, which once featured a special spread about Sailor Moon and also included a Sailor Moon Cosplay. Sailor Moon was used as a concept for their clothes in a new concept called Anime (Sailor Moon) X Fashion (ViVi) X Idol (Momoiro Clover Z).


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Momoiro Clover Z meanwhile also donned some Sailor-inspired outfits and entertained the crowd by singing the anime’s new OP song titled “Moon Pride”. The event also featured the new Sailor Moon musical cast titled Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Petite Étrangère. They were later joined on stage by the ViVi models


After the performance by Momoiro Clover Z, the crowd then enjoyed an advanced screening of the anime’s very first episode. A leaked video from the event meanwhile showed the the Sailor Moon Crystal OP along with Usagi’s new transformation sequence as Sailor Moon. HENSHIN!




If you listen to the video carefully, you can hear fan girls squealing everywhere.


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The special Sailor Moon screening event was held at Zepp Diver City Odaiba. Sailor Moon Crystal will begin on July 5, 2014.


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Models wear Sailor Moon inspired outfits as the new anime"s first episode was screened [Video]

Urusei Yatsura"s Lum Invader promotes new energy drink

Suntory’s new Regain is rolling out today and they’re making sure fans get a truly out of this world experience, and they have even enlisted the help of a certain lovable, yet-overly attached alien girl from the classic anime and manga series, Urusei Yatsura.


Thanks to the yellow and black can that Regain comes in, fans of Lum are in for a treat as cosplayer Sumire shows her modelling skills as Lum and promotes the new drink.


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It’s tiring shocking your husband all the time, but apparently Lum can keep up her energy levels with an earth-style pick me up.


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Speaking to the crowd, Sumire states that “I was able to become Lum-chan~!”


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What better way to pull off all nighter anime marathons than with an energy drink sponsored by this classic character? You can almost hear “my darling~” coming out of the can.


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Urusei Yatsura"s Lum Invader promotes new energy drink

Haruka and Sayaka share their thoughts in latest AKB48 documentary

After the attacks that happened last month during the meet-and-greet event, everyone found themselves curious as to why it happened and how AKB48 was holding up afterwards. Haruka and Sayaka are shedding some light in the latest AKB documentary.



A documentary series covering the life of AKB48 for one year will finally reach it’s conclusion this Friday when “DOCUMENTARY of AKB48: The time has come, Girls, what do you think looking back?” hits theaters. It will cover the events which have happened from January to June, and shed some light on what happened during the now-infamous meet-and-greet event as well as the fate of future meet-and-greet events. Two members that feature heavily in the documentary are Haruka Shimazaki and Sayaka Yamamoto, who were reunited this year during the Grand Shuffle in February.


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During the Senbatsu Election, both were able to speak about what happened during the meet-and-greet. Haruka said that usually she would say she is very happy, and thank you, but felt that it wasn’t what fans really wanted to hear. Instead, after hearing those ranked before her speak she thought she should do her best and, even though the meet-and-greet events might not continue, fans should still go and see idols.


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Sayaka was also willing to listen to fan comments after the attack, and after receiving messages on Google Plus about how after the attack they were feeling lonely she also started to feel the same way, and wanted to embrace fans. Even so, she’s still reserved about starting the meet-and-greet events again.


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Even if the girls don’t feel as safe as before, do you think they should resume meet-and-greet events with fans?


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Haruka and Sayaka share their thoughts in latest AKB48 documentary

Sunday 29 June 2014

Yoko Hikasa"s 5 best anime roles according to fans in Akihabara

Voice actress Yoko Hikasa has voiced many different roles in anime from the sultry demon princess, Rias Gremory to intelligent grade school basketball point guard Saki Nagatsuka, from vampire ninja Seraphim to bumbling human princess Stephanie Dola, she has boasted a very wide range of voices tailored to any role.


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But with so many different roles, which one is her very best? To answer that question, Japanese media website DDNavi has once again visited the otaku capital of Akihabara and asked 100 people which Yoko Hikasa role do they think is the best. Here is what they had to say:


5) Emi Yusa/ Emilia the Hero (Hataraku Maou-sama!)


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Considered one of her most endearing tsundere roles, the hero Emilia really knows how to turn up the Tsun whenever it comes to the subject of the hamburger-flipping Demon Lord, Maou Sadao. Forced to work as a call center agent, this hero has not forgotten the atrocities the demons have committed, even after being stuck in the modern world with Sadao, but that does not stop fans from shipping the two of them! I-i-it’s not like she wanted to buy a burger in Magronald’s or anything, she’s just checking if Sadao is up to something evil, right?


4) Shino Amakusa (Seitokai Yakuindomo)


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Student Council President Shino Amakusa has become very popular to fans not only because she is quite the beauty herself, not only because she is one of the smartest students in her school, not only because she is part of one of the funniest school-life anime series on Earth, but also because she is very very very perverted. Yeah, she really likes talking about the S word a lot and she does not mind that her male student council vice president is around to hear her, heck, she does not even mind if the entire student body hears her perverted thoughts.


3) Rias Gremory (High School DXD)


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Whenever you hear the name Rias Gremory, the term “Fan Service” would often come to mind as the sultry demon princess would often be presented in various fan service situation or even completely naked… and like Shino Amakusa, she does not even mind. This high-class demon is known for her power of destruction, however, that seems to be eclipsed by the power of her… um… chest, which is often the source of power for the High School DXD’s lovable pervert protagonist, Issei.


2) Houki Shinonono (IS: Infinite Stratos)


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She may be one of the most unpopular IS girls, but Houki has made it to #2 in DDNavi’s list and this tsundere childhood friend has proven that she also has plenty of fans out there. Often seen stern and aloof, she would more than willingly show Ichika her sweet side with all her heart… if only Ichika ain’t very dense and actually gets her message that she likes him. She is also a master kendo practitioner and with her IS unit Akatsubaki, she has proven to be one of the deadliest close-combat fighters there is.


1) Mio Akiyama (K-On!)


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Considered Yoko Hikasa’s star-making role, it may come to no surprise that lovable HTT bassist and back-up vocalist Mio Akiyama takes the #1 spot in DDNavi’s list. Her unforgettable reactions have captured the hearts of many audiences around the world and she is often one of the most talked-about HTT members. In the anime, she is also very popular, so popular that she even has her very own fan club.


Unfortunately, DDNavi was only able to name five of her roles. Who do you think should also be included in the list? Should Ro-Kyu-Bu! point guard Saki be included? Or should it be Danganronpa’s ace detective, Kyouko Kirigiri? Do you think No Game No Life’s Stephanie Dola should have also made it to the list? How about Campione!’s Erica Blandelli?


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Yoko Hikasa"s 5 best anime roles according to fans in Akihabara