Another reason why Nyanko is teh awesome: his ability to cling onto Natsume while be dashes away with only the use of his… um, what’s his using to cling onto Natsume??? Natsume went to the pond where he encountered a man who asked him if he was there to look at the fireflies. He said yes, [...]
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Sent to you by kevn57 via Google Reader: Oguri to pass torch to Mizukawa for TV drama via Tokyograph on 8/27/08 NTV has announced an interesting experiment with one of its drama series for next season. "Yume wo Kanaeru Zou," which was previously announced as a one-shot drama, will also be getting a series, though with a different star. Instead of Shun Oguri, actress Asami Mizukawa will be taking the lead."Yume wo Kanaeru Zou" is based on a best-selling comedic novel by Keiya Mizuno. In the original story, Kouhei is an unsuccessful salaryman who encounters a Kansai-ben-speaking manifestation of the Hindu deity Ganesha, and eventually finds happiness in life under Ganesha's guidance.NTV's 2-hour adaptation of the story stars Oguri as Kouhei and Arata Furuta as Ganesha. Broadcast has been scheduled for October 2 at 9:00pm. But just before midnight on the same day, the network will premiere the serialized version, which is partly a continuation of the tale.Unlike the original story, the "Yume wo Kanaeru Zou" series will have a female lead. Mizukawa plays Asuka Hoshino, who gets dumped by her boyfriend on her 25th birthday and is forced to temporarily move into a small apartment due to a fire at her old place. While crying and wishing for happiness, she is suddenly confronted by Ganesha, who happened to live in that same apartment with Kouhei several years earlier. Arata Furuta will play Ganesha for the series as well.The drama's official time slot is 11:58pm on Thursday nights, beginning on October 2. Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Tokyograph using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites
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Sent to you by kevn57 via Google Reader: Mamoru Oshii directing live-action "Kill" via Tokyograph on 8/23/08 Mamoru Oshii is overseeing a new live-action work titled "Kiru ~ KILL." He will be one of four directors participating in the omnibus film, which is said to themed around swordfight scenes set up as if they were the climax of longer dramas.Oshii's segment, called "ASSAULT GIRL2," stars Rinko Kikuchi and Yoko Fujita as two women, dressed oppositely in black and white, silently battling on an open field. Oshii previously worked with Kikuchi when she provided a voice for his latest animated film, "The Sky Crawlers."Kenta Fukasaku is one of the other directors. The film opens on December 6. Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Tokyograph using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites
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Hey, people and those who are fans of Vampire Knight! It seems that the official website has shown the trailer for the next season of Vampire Knight, or call it Vampire Knight Guilty. The song’s titled Rondo (Which is also sang by ON/OFF who sang the first season’s OP), and true enough it’s sound like [...]
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Summary: Kira manages to defend himself against Kibune's blade, and despite the repeated attacks taking their toll, Kira remains active.
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Anyone who talks to me regularly on IRC or MSN probably already knows that I have the secks for Sekirei anime, and because of how there were comments going around saying that the manga was way better and the anime left out stuff, I decided to pick up the manga as well. Latest raw is [...]
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Oro? I <3 Misao I <3 Aoshi as well. Need more GAR characters like him. Over the weekend, I used a gift card I received for my birthday and some coupons to pick the first 3 volumes of Viz’s re-releases of the Kenshin manga in their new VIZBIG line (basically wideban re-releases). I’ve been seeing compilation/collection volumes, as [...]
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「Insider 真実を知るもの���」 (Insider. Shinjitsu wo Shiru Mono!) "Insider. Person Who Knows the Truth!" Episode at a Glance: In order to profit off their magical tanks, Gioconda tells Ducuris to force the coast line country of Vihard to buy their cheapest ones first and let demand naturally spread to the richer countries.
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       My next entry into my cute girl/ idol category is Marika, she is 18 years old and a model for the Girlz High website, her vital stats are H-153, B-86 W-60 H-86. Below are a few cute pics, click to view full size, enjoy.
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Late manga is better than no manga, to paraphrase among others, Douglas Coupland (see Eleanor Rigby on quondam blind patients being overwhelmed by stimuli upon regaining sight, yet ultimately learning to live with, if not love, the uncomfortable visions). So, Patient One, rejoice! The final volume of Metamo Kiss will finally be released in or around the 1st of September. I know you've only been
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You know it’s a sad state of affairs in RIUVA when the most recent updates has to do with TJ Han becoming more of a normalfag, kokanaden and Crest giving commentary on the EPL, and Hynavian, Tsubaki and not least myself generally being AWOL, with only LianYL posting anything even remotely related to anime. As [...]
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Mm, delicious emergency trips to Best Buy. O_o Anime: - Rumor has it– thanks to Moon Phase’s anime list –that Ichigo 100% creator Mizuki Kawashita’s popular Shounen Jump romcom Hatsukoi Limited is getting the anime treatment. Rumor for now, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it was true. - Speaking of Moon Phase, they also report that Akiyuki [...]
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There was something on Strike Witches 8 that I thought I would never see—men, boat load of men, aircraft-carrier load of men. Too bad none of that testosterone got to mix with any of the estrogen, thanks to a certain orange hair commander who lost hers and now would not let anyone else get [...]
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I started college. It’s easy. I’ve been watching Dual!. I guess it’s a nice followup to Battle Athletes Victory and Pretty Sammy, the two most recent things I watched, since it has the same writer and director. BAV and Pretty Sammy are both really good, by the way! I need to order that Rakkyo mag thing. I [...]
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Three days of classes over, and I’m already burned out. Not a good sign when the semester has barely started. What would Itoshiki-sensei say? Probably something about despair. That’s enough personal talk though. For those curious about the annotated blogroll (I’m looking at you C.I.), I’ll try my best to finally finish that up. I [...]
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Here I shall introduce the art of えあう / Eau, an artist who has produced a number of these interesting illustrations, which as you can see use photos as a base. Whilst doing this and not disclosing it seems to be a recipe at times for derision or even scandal, doing it quite deliberately seems [...]
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Summary: Tsutomu misses the party because Birdy has to investigate the building from the first episode. Tsutomu sees his dropped flashlight and blood stain and begins to feel angsty like he’s dead. Meanwhile, Sayaka’s maid Yoshio-san feels that Sayaka is acting oddly. Sayaka used to like being alone in her light-colored dresses, far [...]
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After watching Code Geass R2 EP 20 we realized that Suzaku was no longer the character that annoyed us the most.  The honor has now been bestowed upon that king of charisma himself - Ougi.  So just out of curiosity we decided to create this poll, just to see who you find the most [...]
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Vladimir Putin is quite the singer. I hear he does a mean “What ’bout my star?”.
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Remember the Dustpan VS Bokutō story? Now here’s another similar story but this time the robber and the convenience store employee are evenly matched. Shortly after 3 a.m. on Tuesday, two female part-time workers at the Poplar Saga-Yamato outlet in Saga were putting bread on a shelf when a young man approached them, local police [...]
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