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TAF 2008

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:17:00 +0900

More from the Tokyo Anime Fair 2008.

Starting with one of the first anime titles I started to watch when first learning Japanese 15-ish years ago - Kimagure Orange Road.
Just watched the OP for Orange Road below which brought back a flood of nostalgic memories. Could only speak a handful of Japanese words at the time - you know useful stuff like "this is an umbrella."

How long have you been watching anime for?

Goodies from Gamers.

Naruto goodies including some Mc Dees kids meal stuff.

Anime T-shirts. Reminds me that I need to work on a Mirai-chan T-shirt design.

More Naruto.

More artwork from Akemi Takeda.

The Ghibli booth didn't really have much to look at apart from these old econte.

Grave of the Fireflies - was too distressing for me to watch and stopped halfway through.

You dont need to touch the Death Note to see this version of Ryuk.

The clothing was pretty much spot on but the face...

Lupins car.

Have always liked Lupin but have been seriously missing the past few movies.

And more Lupin goodies.

Not many people on press day on the first morning.

Yoshizaki Mine does Tezuka. I spy Chikubi.

Not sure what this character is but its going "Gao."

Lady promoting some anime school.

More anime school ladies. Wonder if the teachers look like her too.

And this is what you get to make when you go to anime schools - Akiba Samurai. The mecha not looking like Gurenn Lagann at all.

Zettai Karen goes anime.

The Japanese word to describe emptiness is "gara gara" [がらがら].

Soul eater girls.

Anime

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:28:00 +0900

Next we take a look at some of the new anime shows for the next and future seasons.

First up is Vampire Knight - a load of nice boys who look like girls - or they could be girls that look like boys. I hear Admiral Akbar. Vampire Knight starts April 7th.

The press kit that I got says that a new series of Blue Dragon starts in April but also says that its showing now - me confused. OP below.

Natsume Yujin Cho starts in July. Not much detail on the official site and didn't see a trailer but it looks very Hagaren to me.

Special A was at the Gonzo booth - looked like one for the ladies as its full of nice looking lads.

Blassreiter by Gonzo and NitroPlus airs next month.

The director of Ghost Shell SAC and Innocence brings us The Sky Crawlers - out in theaters across Japan on the 2nd of August.

Line Barrels makes it from manga to anime. Dont know much about it but its got huge mechas and nice girlies = must watch. The trailer looked good too but I forgot to record it ^^; Airs this Autumn.

Haoh continues the Fist of the North Star series. Not sure if its set before or after but I see a nice girlie who looks like Juliet = also must watch.

Soul Eater airs 7th of April - a BONES production.

Starting in April is Library War, Allison and Lillia and Oinarisama. Allison and Lillia PV below. Girls and planes - count me in.

Disney wants in with Robo Crosser - due in spring 2009!

More handsome lads in Kyo kara Mao - Airs on April 3rd. Dont know anything about this show but a search on YouTube brings up an OP for the "second season" below.

The Ikkitousen trailer they had showing looked pretty much like a hentai video...

Ryoko's Case File makes it to anime - airs this summer.

More Soul Eater goodies.

Cant wait until next week for To Love Ru. "Oppai Banzai" as they say in this part of the woods.

Necro Dragon - no relevant search results...

Xamdou another BONES show.

Hmmm. Most of these shows are manga > Anime just like this one - title is Kannnagi.

Has nice girlies which cant be a bad thing.

And a lookie at the manga version.

Disneys Hatsune Mickey.

Lighting was quite dark which my camera (or I) cant handle very well orz.

Crystal Blaze airs next month. Guns and naked girls? Sounds good to me. PV below.

Some 3D show by RedRover called Dandy. Merchandise looks cool ^^;

Tetsuwan Birdy that we talked about yesterday.

By Danny Choo on 2008/03/29 09:28

Otaku

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:27:00 +0900

The last installment of the Wonfes coverage which consists of the remaining bishojo figures.

I know many of you are not into figures and are more interested in the Japan articles like A Week in Tokyo but do you have a quick gander at the figure articles anyway?

The normal schedule of articles will resume soon but will consist of more figure coverage than usual - especially after spending a day at the Good Smile and Max Factory offices/studio - posted a photo in the News Items of Lala being sculpted - a few more exclusives soon.

By Danny Choo on 2008/03/01 11:27

Tokyo Big Sight

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:55:00 +0900

The next batch of photos from Wonfes held at the Tokyo Big Sight last Sunday are a strange mix of stuff ^^;
In here you will find Haruhi, dolls and some mecha but no sign of a Mecha Haruhi Doll.

As for this first figure - cant remember who made it but the quality is astounding - hope some PVC maker approached the sculptor to have it made into a PVC.

Just wanted to mention that the Yuki bust is sculpted by Araken.

By Danny Choo on 2008/02/29 12:55

Bishoujo Figure

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:55:00 +0900

Got a ton of photos left and am having challenges sorting everything out. I cant put more than 70 images in an article or the server keeps going down due to the traffic ^^;
Decided to sort this article into a Gurenn Lagann, Hatsune Miku, Idol Master, Evangelion and "Misc part 1."

BTW, will announce the changes that took place on the site today after I've ironed out a few bugs but for now you can play with the Comment Tracker and Puchi Blurb Tracker too.

Will also list up the known bugs tomorrow too. I also hear your feedback on the layout of the thread on News Items - most of you are finding it difficult to read.

The navigation has not been updated yet to reflect the changes and will be done soon.

By Danny Choo on 2008/02/28 13:55