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Hi hi~! Here is another version of Hatsune Miku for all to consider buying!

The Absolute HMO edition is based on a the cover of the Hatsune Miku Orchestra album CD, released last year. The music on the HMO CD is released by the famous YMO or Yellow Magic Orchestra.

Hatsune Miku Orchestra is now selling at 2381 yen at CDjapan or 2500 yen SRP.

The CD cover illustration by manga artist Kuu, got so popular that, Good Smile Company is going to be releasing a nenodroid based on it. And it’s looking to quite the lovely!

Product Detail from Good Smile Company:

Product Name Nendoroid Miku Hatsune: Absolute HMO Edition (ねんどろいど はつねみく あぶそりゅーとHMO・えでぃしょん)

Series Character Vocal Series 01: Miku Hatsune

Manufacturer Good Smile Company

Category Nendoroid

Price 4000円 (including tax)

Release Date 2010/12

Specifications ABS & PVC painted posable figure, not to scale, stand included, approximately 100mm in height

Sculptor Oda Tsuyoshi, Meishi Takano

The release date for the Nenodroid is for this December, expected to be somewhere around Christmas. Pre-order for this lovely little creature have started thou…

You can grab the pre-order at the either CDJapan, Hobbysearch or locally(Singapore) KKnM.

Btw, if you are wondering who is YMO, they are the first musical group that make famous the electro-pop genre. They can even be consider the pioneers of Electro-pop, which in many places might mean Techno-pop

Well they are also original singer of Kimi Ni Munakyun,

and they have also released the HMO edition. Inside the HMO Album

Website: Good Smile Company | YMO(wiki) | YMO.org

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The summer is about to end with it’s surprisingly entertaining line-up which I didn’t really see a few months ago… But now again we are looking at the calender to see the what we can be expecting from the next season.

This next season, I must say is a most interesting one, moving from the Summer Camp story to the a more indoor type of stories. Namely the increase in the number of Otaku themed anime by a gross 600%! There is two of them that even cover the Fujoshis!!

Again there are still shows that must be watched in this season, and I’m going to try listing it out with a little tips of information for your reference.

A Certain Magical Index 2- J.C Staff

But I’m not looking forward to seeing Index… Who I’m more interested in is Misaka Mikoto aka Biri Biri. If the anime is going to be following the manga faithfully, which I doubt so, then the chances of seeing Index having much of the role is really not that high.

Expectant Index: ♥♥♥♥♥+1

IRONMAN -- The Anime -- MADHOUSE

You have seen the movie, maybe read the comics and have seen the cartoon but now from one of the best studios in Japan comes the anime! Ironman will be making it’s anime debut in Japan this fall, as of Marvels few project to the anime treatment.

One thing thou, it’s by MADHouse, so you can bet on it to be good!

Expectant Index: ♥♥♥♥♥

My Sister Can’t be this cute! -- AIC

My sister is also not cute…

This anime is about a fellow brother kind, find out that his cute, attractive but violent little sister is actually an Otaku… Based on the light novel by Tsukasa Fushimi. According to the reviews, I have have heard, these anime have the potential to be good.

However it will be interesting to see what will happen and how otaku, his little sister really is… I see manga, and gunpla.. .wooh~

Expectant Index: ♥♥♥♥

The World God Only Knows -- Managlobe

So this anime is based on that very popular manga that I have not read… It’s about, this god of Eroge(Dating Game) making real life female fall in love with him, in order to kill a demon… Talk about applying what you have learned…

It would be a god send, if that “God” didn’t hate 3D girls… lol!

Expectant Index: ♥♥♥♥

STAR DRIVER -- BONES

From the people who brought you eureka seven, comes the original STAR DRIVER!

It’s a mecha show, featuring big robots on this cross shape island. Partnering his “Cybuddy” Tauburn, Takuto Tsunashi rode out to save Wako Agemake from the “order”, wanting to use her as a “key” to activate a giantic “Cybuddy” that they have found…

Expectant Index: ♥♥♥

Here are only 5 out of a lot of them… So I think a part 2 is in order. Yay?

So look forward to the part 2! If things turn out as what I thought… there might even be a part 3?! Yes, the incoming season have this many good shows…

Look at the list?!

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Well, the thing about the fiesta is that… Compared to last year, the layout is the same and there is not much too interesting to see, most of the items are simply a rehash what have been revealed, and the Gundam Builder side is a bit underwhelming. Furthermore when I got there the Gundam Image girls are just going away, so quickly that I don’t even have a picture of them close-up… … … =_=|||

But one thing is for real thou, the sales are real! The cash counter there sure is busy, and make sure you don’t throw away the receipt, for you can collect tokens to redeem for more free stuff!

Maybe because it’s just the first day, but I have a feeling, I’ll be more interested next Saturday, when the special guest, Mr Kawaguchi, the creator of the MG series is there for a workshop.

However I did buy something, despite being broke… Got myself Bonta-kun, he is not gundam, but he is from Bandai’s Robot Spirit series! Some SDX are also on sale there!

So If you are going for some shopping, go to Compass point for the Gundam Fiesta!

Now take a look at my little gallery of pictures of  the event.

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Close look on the cover. Lovely isn't it? :3

Just short of a month after releasing their 2nd album『TEMPTATION BOX』, SCANDAL has announced that they will be releasing their 8th single with different limited editions on the 6th October!

The new single will be titled 「スキャンダルなんかブッ飛ばせ」(SCANDAL Nanka Buttobase) and there will be 3 limited editions along with the regular edition.

Now, the main part, what will the different versions hold.

All the singles will contain the new song “Nanka Buttobase” and the instrumental version. The difference here will be the special DVD each edition gives.

The edition A will come with 「涙のリグレット-SPECIAL CLIP-, edition B will come with 「太陽と君が描くSTORY-SPECIAL CLIP-」and edition C will come with 「瞬間センチメンタル-SPECIAL CLIP-」.

The limited edition singles will cost ¥ 1,020 each and the regular will cost ¥525.

For a single, the price is cheap even for the limited edition! As for the clips, my guess is that they are behind the scenes footages in the process of making the PVs of the songs mentioned.

Pre orders are now available at cdjapan! Click on the links below to bring you to the pre order page.

Limited edition A

Limited edition B

Limited edition C

Regular edition

And October do promises to be a release packed month. . .

Credits: SCANDAL blog

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With all the focus on the ACME II, we sought of have forgotten about another milestone event… even thou we have not yet recover from the last… monetarily…

Tomorrow is the Gundam Fiesta, the 2nd in the series held at Compass point in Seng Kang, Singapore. It’s like a big road road but it will be featuring quite a lot of interesting things and offers.

Last year, Bandai brought the 1/1 size foot print to Singapore, which obviously is not enough for us… So this year, they brought along the hand of the Original Gundam!

If that is not enough, there will be a mega Diorama using the Sangoku Den’s SD characters. There will also be Dioramas made in Japan on exhibition at the show. The quality of the exhibits alone should be a draw to any Gunpla fans!

In-addition to the above, there will also be perfect grade show case and many other interesting stuff.

For activities to be done, if you are a parent really to corrupt teach your child,  the fun of Gunpla, then sign up for the Gunpla workshop. Or if you yourself is an avid gunpla maker, then take part in the meet and greet with Mr. Kawaguchi, the creator of the MG series of gunpla.

Of course… The most important will have to be the merchandise offer and the event exclusives. Take a look!

They all look so delicious to me, especially the MSIA Gundam Wing Custom Metallic version… No need to build, perfect for a guy with not much time…

I’ll be heading down to the fiesta tomorrow, but the fiesta will last for 2 weeks. From the 1st to the 13th of September, so do head down when you are free!

BTW, event exclusive are also going to be quite limited in stock… O_O.

Website: Gundam-Singapore | Sheng Tai Toys | Gunpla Club SEA Facebook

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Finally something affordable, after the recent announcement of the Mahjong game and the DOHS DVD/Blu-Ray. Each costing either an arm or a leg… … It’s just painful…

For those who are collecting the nenodoroid and have already ordered Yuki from the same series… you must get this.

She is so just damn cute, don’t you think? With long hair and the wonderful tsun expression… ah~ Of course her accessories includes a more excited face and a short hair, if you like the previous Haruhi…

Product Detail from Good Smile Company:

• Product Name Nendoroid Haruhi Suzumiya: Disappearance ver. (ねんどろいど すずみやはるひ しょうしつVer.)
• Series The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Manufacturer Good Smile Company
• Category Nendoroid
• Price 3500円 (including tax)
• Release Date 2010/12
• Specifications Painted ABS & PVC posable figure, not to scale, Nendoroid stand included, approximately 100mm in height
• Sculptor Yukiwo Ageta (Max Factory)
• Cooperation Nendoron

If cute isn’t your thing, but you want to get something more realistic to “play” with… There is the Figma version!

The figma version includes the many expression used in the movie for you to recreate the scenes from the movie. It’s so thoughtful that they even include a face with a shy expression for use with the Yuki Nagato Figma released a few years ago… So that you will be able to recreate the scenes properly.

How thoughtful of them!

The figma of the Movie version Haruhi includes a few face expressions, a Yuki Nagato face, and a Sleeping bag… Now that’s interesting.

Product Details  from Good Smile Company

• Product Name figma Haruhi Suzumiya: Kouyou Academy uniform ver. (ふぃぐま すずみやはるひ　こうようえんがくいんver.)
• Series The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Manufacturer Max Factory
• Category figma
• Price 3000円 (including tax)
• Release Date 2010/11
• Specifications Painted ABS&PVC posable figure, not to scale, stand included, approximately 135mm in height
• Sculptor Max Factory – Masaki Asai
• Released by Max Factory
• Distributed by Good Smile Company

Both items as listed will be heading our way in just before the year ends… Maybe just in time for the Christmas shopping eh? Nah, pre-order have already started at certain sites like AmiAmi or Hobbysearch.

If you don’t like online booking, We will inform you when KKnM starts their pre-orders. K?

For now, more pictures!

All product pictures belong to Good Smile Company. Haruhi Suzumiyah series is © 2009 Nagaru Tanigawa・Noizi ito／SOS団

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Yes it’s announce that a bundle of the mahjong featuring Haruhi Suzumiyah titled “涼宮ハルヒちゃんの麻雀/The Mahjong of Haruhi Suzumiyah-chan”will be coming with a Haruhi Petit nendoroid and is a special.

The mahjong game itself, should not be anything special but it does comes with quite a lot of cute artworks of the chibi SOS-dan members. However, the game continues the premium pricing of the Haruhi label.

With the normal version with no petit nendoroid going for 6279yen(with tax) and the DX bundle version going for 9429yen(with tax), Pre-order opens from September onwards.

Source: Temple-knight

Website: Game Official Site | Mahjong Wiki |

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Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiyah Blu-ray and DVD will be on sale this coming December in Japan, and along with it comes a Limited Edition version Blu-ray that comes with plenty of goodies, these premiums will be demanding either a Hand or a Leg…

The limited editions are priced at a cool 10,500 yen for the Blu-ray and 7980 yen for the dvd… So if you have the money, do yourself proud…

But fear not! Amazon is offering 26% and 20% discount respectively, making it barely affordable… Visit the site to read for yourself the contents…

This would also mean that we are 1 step closer to the English Blu-ray release… For right now, no one knows if the Japanese version includes any English sub or dub…

Source: Temple-Knights

Update: It would be dumb of me if I haven’t expected it… But according to CDJapan’s product data, there will not be an English dub or sub in both the Blu-ray and DVD.

And CDJapan is now taking pre-orders for the Regular edition DVD, Blu-Ray and the Limited Edition DVD and Blu-ray, if you are still interested. For me, it looks like I’ll be giving this a miss and look forward to the Bandai USA’s release…

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Bandai Namco will be releasing the Mazinkaiser SLK OVA DVD in late December and they are accepting orders now.

Something to note is that if you have the extra cash, and 6090 yen is nothing to you, then maybe you can consider the bundle below.

The Mazinkaiser SLK Chogokin Super Robot Starter Pack!

It comes with the DVD of the new Mazinkaiser SLK OVA. And as the name suggest, It will also come bundled with the chogokin that I am going to introduce.

The price for the Mazinkaiser SLK Chugokin  will be 6090 Yen, and it includes the DVD that includes the first episode of the Mazinkaiser OVA.

Preorder have already started at Bandai’s official shopping site and the other 2 online stores listed below. Bandai aims to pre-sell 10000 pieces.

Source: Animeanime.jp

Website: Mazinkaiser SLK(Turn down your volume first) | Bandai Shopping site | Dynamic-shop.jp | dot-anime.jp

P.S.: Finally some positive news!

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On August 24th 2010, Director Satoshi Kon, aged 46, died suddenly due to pancreatic cancer, and the world loss a brilliant director that to me changed the anime scene.

I will not profess on how much I love him, since I hardly know him personally… But he is an important man for the way he used the anime media, giving it a boost when he directed Perfect Blue. An anime that is as good as a art film, showing that anime as a media is just as powerful as any others.

Of the movies that he have directed, I have watched all of them other then Paranoia Agent, without a doubt they are very big influence for me. From the first one shown by my polytechnic friend “Tokyo Godfather” during a camp and to the latest “Paprika”.

These films open my eyes to a world where anime is not just a medium to reach the children, they are more than it. It can be serious, and matured. Anime is not like the American’s animation, where everything is really mean to be at most a PG. It’s a serious media, where a message can be passed along for serious thoughts.

Not all Anime is childish and I only truly understand it for the first time in my life when I first watched “Tokyo Godfathers”. This line of thinking is further reinforced by Satoshi’s other titles, “The Millennium Actress”, “Perfect Blue”, and finally “Paprika”. Of course, there are other directors that produces the same genre of anime, but Satoshi Kon’s influence is the one that got me started at looking from a different view.

Much like how Yoshihiro Tatsumi changed the manga scene, Satoshi Kon to me changed and matured the anime scene.

If you haven’t seen any of Satoshi Kon’s work, do seek it out and take a look. I sure hope the person taking over his role as Director in “The Dream Machine” will be able to continue in spirit, his creative, goodwill and legacy.

One of his final works as a director, from the Ani*Kuri project, “Ani*Kuri 15: Good Morning”.

To the family of Satoshi Kon, you have my condolences. For we too have loss a great director, a talented artist and an influential leader.

You will forever have my thanks and will be missed, so Rest In Peace, Director Satoshi Kon.

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The confirmed release dates for the blu ray and DVD release of Macross Frontier movie: Itsuwari no Utahime has been floating around for a few days and now we do have a confirmation.

Both the blu ray and DVD will go on sale on the 7th of October and there is something even more!

The blu ray version is a hybrid pack, and what does it contain? A PS3 game based off Macross Frontier!

Yes, I kid you not, there will be a PS3 game for the Macross Frontier and it will be titled “Macross Trial Frontier”. As much I want to get more info out, but so far, all that I have is from the official site itself.

So, do check out here once more details is made available.

And dang, seems like owning a PS3 is inevitable. . .

The DVD is now available for pre order at cdjapan!

Credits: Macross F

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(c)huke/B★RS Project

If you didn’t make out the words above… It’s meant to mean Black ★ Rock Shooter Cafe.

Just to let you know, the GSC cafe is going to be in Black ★ Rock Shooter theme from today(20th August) until the 30th of September. It will be serving delights like the Black ★ Rock Shooter Curry and Black ★ Rock Shooter Desert which looks good enough to put a figurine next to it and take a photo of…

Pictures taken from Goodsmilecafe.jp

If my translation is not that wrong, it’s stated that there will be a set lunch set and all who ordered the set lunch will get a copy of the BRS DVD… with a million of them to be given away?! uh… I think the million part is most likely wrong…

But still it will be a very good experience to go visit the cafe and being the GSC cafe, there will bound to be tons of figurines to look at! So if you are in the area, do drop by for a visit and if you can send us a  few pictures please!

The location of the cafe is at Matsudo City where GSC is situated, and just 4 minutes walk away from the Matsudo JR Station.

所在地
〒271-0091
千葉県松戸市本町14-13 松戸JKビル1F（MAP）

JR常磐線 ・千代田線 松戸駅西口より徒歩４分
※専用駐車場はございませんので、お近くの有料駐車場をご利用ください。

お問い合わせ
TEL ： 047-710-2319
E-Mail ： info@goodsmilecafe.jp

営業時間
11：00 ～ 22：00 （21：00 ラストオーダー）
（ランチタイム 11：30 ～ 14：30） ※ランチタイムは全席禁煙となります。

定休日
不定休（年末年始をのぞく）

You can follow the google map link above for the location, and remember the operation hours are from 11am to 10pm, and they are serving lunch from 11:30pm to 2:30pm.

Remember it’s only in MATSUDO!

Source: Animeanime.jp
Website: Good Smile Company Cafe | Black ★ Rock Shooter Official Site | Good Smile Company

PS: Remember to drop us a few pictures if you happened to be there!

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So, LET’S MEET IN MOVIDA!

On the 22nd of August(This Sunday!) at 6pm! And Movida is at the St James Power Station.

Have you bought your tickets yet? If you have not, goto the gatecrash website to buy your tickets. The price is a nice, $93+$2 for booking and $1 for the collection.

Ani-Culture.net will be there, so if you want to meet up, let us know, K’?

Website: Gatecrash | Mikuni Shimokawa SEA Facebook

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