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The recent episodes of “CLANNAD AFTER STORY” are pitiful. Getting married with TOMOYA, NAGISA got expected but died just after she has her baby USHIO. The episode 17 is a story about 5 years after, 5 years old USHIO appears there. You can see the review in the following websites.


・ LIRYCAL MAGICAL S “CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ episode17 ‘NATSUJIKAN’(Summer Time)”
・ OKIMAMOTON “CLANNAD AS episode 17 ”
・ MAGO PROGRESSIVE: Part2 “CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ episode17 ‘NATSUJIKAN’ watching^^”
・ MOEROGU “CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ episode17 ‘NATSUJIKAN’(Summer Time)”
・ Heart of the Daze “CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ episode17 ‘NATSUJIKAN’”
・ NEKO GA UNARU KANSOU NIKKI “CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ episode17 ‘NATSUJIKAN’()”
・ The official website of “CLANNAD AFTER STORY”

In the other hand, you can see some episodes and information from 2channel forum in the following websites.
・ KYO MO YARARE YAKU “’CLANNAD’ the difference between 1st season episode 3 and 2nd season episode 17th of the FURUKAWA house”
・ KYO MO YARARE YAKU “’CLANNAD’ the model of the station appears in the episode 17”
・ Syu’s quiz blog “’CLANNAD AS’ the model photo of the station appears in the episode 17, ‘HANEMURA station’”
・ Syu’s quiz blog “(costumed) USHIO TO TORA”

The recent episodes of “CLANNAD AFTER STORY” are pitiful. Getting married with TOMOYA, NAGISA got expected but died just after she has her baby USHIO. The episode 17 is a story about 5 years after, 5 years old USHIO appears there. You can see the review in the following websites.


・ LIRYCAL MAGICAL S “CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ episode17 ‘NATSUJIKAN’(Summer Time)”
・ OKIMAMOTON “CLANNAD AS episode 17 ”
・ MAGO PROGRESSIVE: Part2 “CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ episode17 ‘NATSUJIKAN’ watching^^”
・ MOEROGU “CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ episode17 ‘NATSUJIKAN’(Summer Time)”
・ Heart of the Daze “CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ episode17 ‘NATSUJIKAN’”
・ NEKO GA UNARU KANSOU NIKKI “CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ episode17 ‘NATSUJIKAN’()”
・ The official website of “CLANNAD AFTER STORY”

In the other hand, you can see some episodes and information from 2channel forum in the following websites.
・ KYO MO YARARE YAKU “’CLANNAD’ the difference between 1st season episode 3 and 2nd season episode 17th of the FURUKAWA house”
・ KYO MO YARARE YAKU “’CLANNAD’ the model of the station appears in the episode 17”
・ Syu’s quiz blog “’CLANNAD AS’ the model photo of the station appears in the episode 17, ‘HANEMURA station’”
・ Syu’s quiz blog “(costumed) USHIO TO TORA”

According to the following websites, BANDAI begins to deliver “CODE GEASS HANGYAKU NO RURUSYU”(Lelouch of the Rebellion) freely. This is on the “BANDAI entertainment Japanese Anime Channel” in YouTube, also “KIDOU SENSHI GUNDAM 00”(Mobile Suit Gundam 00) is going to be delivered soon.
However, they cannot be seen in Japan.
・ ANIME! ANIME! “’CODE GEASS’ and ‘Gundam 00’ begin to be delivered all episodes on YouTube America”
・ AV watch “Bandai Amrica begins to deliver “CODE GEASS HANGYAKU NO RURUSYU”(Lelouch of the Rebellion) freely on YouTube”
・ YouTube ”BandaiEntertainment’s channel”

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There was a school body measurement scene in “MARIA HOLIC” episode 6. There are some students look like HATSUNE MIKU and RANKA LEE from ”MACROSS Frontier” with only their underwear on. In the addition, there was SAOTOME ALTO from ”MACROSS Frontier”!?

This information is introduced in the blog “CHIISANA SHIKAKU NO OOKINA YABOU”. Watching the screenshot of the scene, you can find HATSUNE MIKU, RANKA LEE and SAOTOME ALTO who is a male character, actually.

・ CHIISANA SHIKAKU NO OOKINA YABOU “HATSUNE MIKU and some characters from MACROSS Frontier appear in MARIA HOLIC episode6”

You can see some reviews of the episode.
・ RENGE “MARIA HOLIC episode6 ‘TOUSAKU NO HOKENSITSU’(The perverted nurse room)”
・ AAA ~YUKYU NO KAZE~ “The review of MARIA HOLIC episode6 ‘TOUSAKU NO HOKENSITSU’”
・ Shooting Stars “The review of MARIA HOLIC episode6 ‘TOUSAKU NO HOKENSITSU’”
・ MINAMI NO ZAKKI BEYA ““The review of MARIA HOLIC episode6 ‘TOUSAKU NO HOKENSITSU’”
・ MARIA HOLIC official website

In the other hand, you can see an add-up of the ending cards in the following websites. The ending card illustrations are drawn by different illustrators and MANGA artists every week. The one of episode 6 is drawn by “saxyun” who is the author of “YURUMATES” (YURUMEITSU). “YURUMATES” is going to be made into animation.
・ AAA ~YUKYU NO KAZE~ “The ending illustrations of MARIA HOLIC The add-up till episode6”
・ RENGE “MARIA HOLIC The ending card collection”
・ DVD YURUMATES official website. The huge hit four-flame MANGA finally became an animation!!

A Japanese famous models company “KOTOBUKIYA” released the figure of NAGI from”KANNAGI” .You can see some reviews in following websites. The figure is NAGI wears a sexy ECCHI kitten costume and you can enjoy 2 kind faces with changing the parts. You can see a lot of photos in the following websites.
・AKIBA HOBBY “touch and enjoy! The review of KOTOBUKIYA ‘KANNAGI’ NAGI-sama figure”
・ YOTSUBATO figure “NAGI KANNAGI review”
・ KOTOBUKIYA “NAGI KANNAGI figure PVC finished product”
・ TV animation KANNAGI

Also KOTOBUKIYA releases some figures from “KANNAGI” characters. ZANGE-chan will be on sale this March and AOBA TSUGUMI will be on sale this April. Also they are so ECCHI!


・ KOTOBUKIYA “ZANGE-chan KANNAGI figure”
・ KOTOBUKIYA “KANNAGI AOBA TSUGUMI figure”

In addition, you can check the sales situation in AKIHABARA and NIPPONBASHI in the following websites.
・ SENAKA; OTAROAD BLOG ”Our idol NAGI-sama appears in a figure!! With kitten ears, kitten tale and kitten paw, just like the VALUE SET!!”
・ AKIBA SOUKEN “Alter 1/7 Tina, REBOLTEC the bunny girl HARUHI, the kitten girl NAGI The remarkable MOE figure information”

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On the March issue of a total literature magazine “DAVINCI”, CLAMP’s 20th anniversary is celebrated and featured. Some celebration comment from celebrities as ARAKI HIROHIKO (A MANGA artist who creates “JOJO NO KIMYO NA BOUKEN” [JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]), RYUKISHI 07(A game creator who creates ‘’HIGURASHI NO NAKU KORONI” [When They Cry]), FUKUMOTO NOBUYUKI (A MANGA artist who creates “TOBAKU-MOKUJIROKU KAIJU”[KAIJI]), TANAKA YOSHIKI(A sci-fi novelist who creates “GINGA EIYUU DENSETSU”) and NISHIO ISHIN(A mystery novelist who creates “Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases”) are ran on it. You can see the detail in the following website.


・ WEB DAVINCI

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There are some photos of statues of HIIRAGI TSUKASA from “Lucky Star” put on the blog “Syu’s quiz blog”. All of them are so KAWAII!! For example, the TSUKASA only HINAKAZARI (the traditional Japanese doll for the doll festival)…
If you are TSUKASA fan, you must see it!


・ Syu’s quiz blog “HIIRAGI TSUKASA doll festivel”
・ Syu’s quiz blog “HIIRAGI TSUKASA picks up various things”
・ Syu’s quiz blog “HIRAGI TSUKASA rides on a scooter”

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2 official parody movie of “The melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi” are going to be uploaded on youtube February 13th 10:00PM (Japan Standard Time). These movies are “SUZUMIYA HARUHI-CHAN NO YUUTSU” (The melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan) and “NYORON CHURUYA-SAN” which which has origin to fan-fic(DOUJINSHI), the design sketches are put on the official website of HARUHI.

The sketches are including SUZUMIYA HARUHI-chan, KYON, ASAHINA MIKURU, KOIZUMI ITSUKI, NAGATO YUKI, TSURUYA-san, ACHAKURA-san(which is a parody character of ASAKURA RYOKO) and KYON’s younger sister. All of them are super KAWAII SD characters!

FYI, the limit of the reservation for “SUZUMIYA HARUHI-chan NO YUUTSU vol.3 CHO-GENTEIBAN YO!”(The melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan vol.3 It’s super limited edition!!) which is watched for appending a supplement, “NENDOLOID petit Suzumiya Haruhi-chan” is February 9th. You’d better to reserve earlier if you want.

・ ”SUZUMIYA HARUHI-chan NO YUUTSU” and “NYORON CHURUYA-san” are going to be uploaded on YOUTUBE “KADOKAWA ANIME channel”
・ The estimated date of unveiling “SUZUMIYA HARUHI-chan NO YUUTSU” “CHURUYA-san” is decided!

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The 3rd VOCALOID “MEGURINE RUKA” has been released on January 30th and many creations have been uploaded on NIKO NIKO DOUGA which is the most popular video broadcasting site in Japan. It has been only a week till the release, the configuration that MEGURINE LUKA is an octopus is getting confirmed. It is introduced in following websites.

According to the blog “NATSUMIKAN.”, the origin of the configuration is the fan-fic illustration “TAKORUKA” which was uploaded on pixiv which is the biggest illustration SNS in Japan on January 8th. Then this movement banks to now. You can see a lot of movies of “TAKORUKA” on the blog “SHIKII NO SENJUMIN”.
・ NATSUMIKAN. ”Why MEGURINE RUKA had became an octopus?”
・ SHIKII NO SENJUMIN “New VOCALOID MEGURINE RUKA became an octopus”
・ Pixiv “TAKORUKA drawn by SANPACHI”

NIPPONBASHI in OSAKA is comparable MOE and electric appliance town to AKIHABARA in TOKYO. A new image character of there is born! It is a collaborative project with “UNiSONSHIFT: BLOSSOM”, the character designing and illustration is done by ITO NOIZI.

As introduced in the news blog “NIJIMOE GUIDE”, there is an official website named “NIPPONBASHI PROJECT”. It is only announce there, the character will be announced 9 days after.

The character designer ITO NOIZI is known as the illustrator of “SUZUMIYA HARUHI” and “SHANA” series. In the other hand, she is a illustrator belongs to a HENTAI game production “UNiSONSHIFT”.

・ NIJIMOE GUIDE “The image character of NIPPONBASHI! The collaborative character designed by ITO NOIZI is born!”
・ NIPPONBASHI PROJECT
・ UNiSONSHIFT OFFICIAL WEBSITE

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The bed sheets of “Zero no Tsukaima: Princesse no Rondo” is going to be on sale. There are 2 kinds, the one is with the illustration of cheeks blazing Louise with bikini on and another is with the illustration that Louise, Siesta and Henrietta are lying down with nightie on. Both of them are so ECCHI!

The reservation is started in “AMI AMI”. The illustrations are put on the website. They are scheduled to be on sale in the middle of February. It must be great items for fans!
・ AMI AMI ”The Familiar of Zero: Princesse no Rondo bed sheet A(Louise)”
・ AMI AMI ”The Familiar of Zero: Princesse no Rondo bed sheet B(Louise, Siesta and Henrietta)”
・ The Familiar of Zero: Princesse no Rondo official website

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As it had be announced, the ITA-SHA (car with MANGA illustration painted on) plastic model of the game TOUHOU project “TOUHOU KOMAKAN” will be on sale in the biggest TOUHOU DOUJIN(fan-fic) convention ”HAKUREI-JINJA REIDAI-SAI”. The impactful package is unveiled and the reservation has started.

The plastic model is projected by “NETA GUGENKA IINKAI” and produced by AOSHIMA BUNKA KYOZAISHA. It will be launch initial sales in the TOHO project DOUJIN convention “HAKUREI-JINJA REIDAI-SAI” which is held on March 8th.

You can see the package and details in following websites.
・ AOSHIMA BLOG
・ PINK COMPANY “NETA GUGENKA IINKAI”
・ ASTRAL Trip “TOUHOU ITASHA plamodel : KOUMAKAN special car, the impactful package is unveiled and an episode about that”
・ HAKUREI-JINJA REIDAI-SAI ? TOHO Project fan-fic convention

In the other hand, the reservation has started in the online shops “HYOTAN SHOTEN” and “AMI AMI”. You can see the details in the following websites. However the release will be later than the fan-fic convention.

・ AMI AMI “TOUHOU KOUMAKAN special car ’FUYAJO-RED’ plamodel UCF31 TOYOTA CELSIOR 2005(LEXUS LS436)[reservation for released on March]”
・ HYOTAN SHOTEN “[RAKUTEN ICHIBA] (fan-fic goods) TOUHOU KOUMAKAN special car ‘FUYAJO RED’ plamodel(REIDAI-SAI 6)/PINK COMPANY”

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The animation “K-ON!” which was announced to be on air by April was said that be made by KYOTO ANIMATION which is one of the most popular animation production by rumor, however, the rumor turns into true by announce of staff and cast. The movement of KYOTO ANIMATION is watched because of uncertainty about “The melancholy of HARUHI SUZUMIYA” the 2nd season.

“K-ON!” is the four-panel MANGA drawn by KAKIFRY and announced to be made into anime last December. After that the anime was said that be going to be made by KYOTO ANIMATION because the drawing was similar to the one of the animator HORIGUCHI YUKIKO who belongs to KYOTO ANIMATION.

On the following websites, it is introduced that the production must be KYOTO ANIMATION.
・ MAGO-PROGRESSIVE: Part2 “K-ON! is going to be made by KYOTO ANIMATION! The casts are…”
・ AAA~YUKYU NO KAZE~ “TV animation “K-ON!” staffs and casts are announced!”
・ KYO MO YARARE YAKU “Animation ‘K-ON!’ staffs and casts are announced! The production is KYOTO ANIMATION”
・ TBS animation “K-ON!” official websites

Also the casts and staffs are announced as the following information. The official website is going to be updated in 3 days; the information is going to be announced officially then.
・ HIRASAWA YUI:TOYOSAKI AKI
・ AKIYAMA MIO: HIKASA YOUKO
・ TAINAKA RITSU: SATO SATOMI
・ KOTOBUKI TSUMUGI: KOTOBUKI MINAKO
・ YAMANAKA SAWAKO: SANADA ASAMI
・ MANABE NODOKA:TODO CHIKA
・ HIRASAWA UI: YONEZAWA MADOKA

・ Director: YAMADA NAOKO

・ Series composition: YOSHIDA REIKO
・ Character designing: HORIGUCHI YUKIKO
・ Art director: TAMURA SEIKI
・ Color designing: TAKEDA AKIYO
・ Filming director: YAMAMOTO RIN
・ Installment configuration: TAKAHASHI YUKIHIRO
・ Animation production: KYOTO ANIMATION

The reason why the production of “K-ON!” is KYOTO ANIMATION or not is so important is uncertainty about “The melancholy of HARUHI SUZUMIYA” the 2nd season. They think that the more other animations KYOTO ANIMATION makes, the later HARUHI the 2nd season begins.

After the rumor that HARUHI the 2nd season begins on this April circulated, the another rumor circulated that just the rebroadcast begins on this April. It is said that HARUHI the 2nd season will not begins on this April.

The original video animation of “KODOMO NO JIKAN” 2nd semester (2nd season) is scheduled to go on sale on February 20th. Antecedent to that, the online preview party of the 1st episode will be carried on from February 14th to 15th. The entry rights are only given to the first 500 applications, you’d better to hurry up!! The 1st episode is also included on the DVD with the special edition of the “KODOMO NO JIKAN” MANGA volume 6th. It is said that the content is sooooo HENTAI!


・ ANIME GUIDE “Online preview party of ‘KODOMO NO JIKAN’”
・ KODOMO NO JIKAN

In the other hand, the light novel written by KATAYMA KENTARO “DENPA TEKI NA KANOJO” (the radio wave-tic girl friend) is going to be made into animation and included on the annex DVD of “KURE-NAI” MANGA volume 3 special edition. The online preview party of it is scheduled to be carried on from February 4th to 8th. You can see the details on the website of BANDAI CHANNEL.


・ BANDAI CHANNEL “A heavy hitting light novel ‘DENPA TEKI NA KANOJO’ online preview party”
・ SUPER DASH BUNKO “’DENPA TEKI NA KANOJO’ is made into animation!”

Also the online preview party of “HIGURASHI NO NAKU KORONI” (When They Cry) the 3rd season OVA “HIGURASHI NO NAKU KORONI REI” is going to be held while February 13th~14th on BANDAI CHANNEL. The close of the application is February 10th; only 400 people will be chosen to watch it.


・ BANDAI CHANNEL “Featuring to “HIGURASHI NO NAKU KORONI” series”
・ OTA SUKE　“The application for the online preview party of “HIGURASHI NO NAKU KORONI REI” begins”

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Vampire Knight “OYASUMI SET” (Good-night SET) was sold on 2008 November issue of “MONTHLY LaLa” by mail-order. The set includs bed sheet and CD and there were a “ZERO” version and “KANAME” version.

The sets are being shipped now, you can see the detail of “KANAME” version on the blog ”MANGA NI KOI SURU ONNA NO YURU YURU LIFE”. The sheet is huge and with KANAME’s illustration on.


・ MANGA NI KOI SURU ONNA NO YURU YURU LIFE “[LaLa mail-order] Vampire Knight OYASUMI SET [course KANAME]”
・ VAMPIRE KNIGHT

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