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At first I did not feel like putting it up here but since Zoniku did put up the other one of the girls "riding", I figured this one definitely needs to be shown to others. Idolmaster girls doing the song "Harder Better Faster Stronger" by Daft Punk, now I really like the song after I got shown this, really awesome stuff, since considering that I know how it got pulled off and it definitely was not easy to sync and stuff and get all the right animation. Kudos to whoever did this. The vid and full article thanks to Artefact of Sankaku Complex, click on this link to go to the article. Picture above of limited Azusa from Idolmaster in wedding gown from HappySoda. Because I was too lazy to Google for other images...maybe I should change? Edited Postscript: Um, the emphasis is not on the limited figure above, but on the vid at Sankaku Complex lol.
By Panther on 2008/07/17 04:45 ]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:33:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/5177/School+Rumble+Manga+Ending.html
I could not find a Manga category so it is placed under Otaku. This week's issue of Weekly Shounen Magazine has announced that Kobayashi Jin will be ending his School Rumble manga in next Wednesday's issue. So yeah, end of one of the greatest series ever. Full news can be found over at ANN, thanks to them for the news. Image above of Yakumo from School Rumble, from her first character image album.
By Panther on 2008/07/17 04:35 ]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:23:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/5082/Wonder+Festival+Summer+Figures+Update.html
Tokyo Hunter has quite a few new figure updates up on his blog regarding the known exclusive figures for the upcoming Wonfes 2008 Summer edition. So head on over to find out more. Thanks to Tokyo Hunter for the updates. Picture above taken from his blog of the Wonfes limited Mizuho Kazami by Orchid Seed. Lovely.
By Panther on 2008/07/15 00:52 ]]> Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:40:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/4936/Kokoro+Tecmo+Shop+Exclusive.html
Continuing on Danny's post on Kokoro, it seems Tecmo is releasing an exclusive of her for their webshop online. A sample review of her is available at Moeyo, where I got the picture above. Thanks to Tokyo Hunter for the news. Initially I wanted to put Kokoro on my wishlist and maybe like, wait a long time to get her, but it looks like I have to hurry if I want to get this limited edition instead, which looks way better. Urgh. Monies are needed! Love the blue heart.
By Panther on 2008/07/10 23:21 ]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:09:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/4935/Elven+Beauty.html
Thanks to my recent Cosfest coverage, my photoshoot of Elwing la Sylphis from Shining Wind by Kotobukiya was delayed by about a week. However here it is as was previously promised, an outdoor shoot for Elwing under the title "Elven Beauty". If you are interested, do take a look at my write-up, in it there are links to the original reviews that inspired me to do an outdoor shoot for her. Cheers.
By Panther on 2008/07/10 23:16 ]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:04:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/4921/My+Recent+Cosfest+VII+2008+Coverage.html
Alright, I am sure you have seen this quite a few times before now, so I will not harp on the coverage. In any case here is my rendition of the recent Cosfest VII 2008, a huge cosplay event held here in SG, over the past weekend. Because I covered it rather extensively, you may find some of these posts tl;dr or with too many images, so I will have to warn you now that some of them can be very very picture intensive. My camera is also only a point-and-shoot, so some of these pictures are really going to be sad compared to what you can find of other blogs' coverage. For an aggregate post of all known blogs so far that covered the event, Team Blue has a post for it, click on this link. Because I decided to cover it so extensively, being one of my first events, I split up each day into 5 parts. Here are the links if you are interested, yes the Haruhi mentioned a few times now in Member News and on others' blogs is in one of the Day 2 posts. Day 1 Part 1 - Internal Shots Part 2 - External Shots Part 3 - Anon, Moogle & The Conga The Mechanical Battle - Gundam EXIA vs. KOS-MOS Part 5 - Bleach Cosplay Day 2 Part 1 - Internal Shots Part 2 - The Unknown Externals (Warning: pic-spam) Part 3 - The External Knowns Comic Relief - Caramelldansen & Bleach Part 5 - Cool, Cute, Great & Awesome Now I would appreciate if anyone could help ID the characters I was unable to, or others were unable to, but if you do, please reply as a comment for the post itself and not here. Hopefully this coverage was done well enough, this is among the first times I am doing such a thing like this and on such a big scale with such a puny camera. Peace.
By Panther on 2008/07/10 15:05 ]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:53:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/4868/Kotobukiya+Exclusive+Kanokon+Figure.html
Kotobukiya has announced a special limited edition figure of Chizuru Minamoto from Kanokon, 1/5 scale and a webshop exclusive. She retails for 13,440 Yen, and the picture is taken from the sample review at Moeyo. Thanks to Tokyo Hunter for the news.
By Panther on 2008/07/09 01:30 ]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:18:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/4757/RLine+Uesugi+Kenshin+Castoff+Sample+Review.html
In the continuation of the previous sample review of RLine's Uesugi Kenshin, AkibaHobby has released another sample review, this time of the NSFW variety . Thanks to AkibaHobby for the review.
By Panther on 2008/07/06 01:22 ]]> Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:10:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/4615/RLine+Uesugi+Kenshin.html
AkibaHobby has just posted up a review of the sample of Uesugi Kenshin from the eroge series Sengoku Lance, due out sometime in August by RLine/Griffon I believe. I am a sucker for blue figures and this one looks ok...not to mention fully castoff. However the price is really steep, so she goes on my wishlist as I have way too many preorders on my list. The finishing looks a little sloppy however, but the face and hair color is otherwise fine. No idea though if they really will put enough effort into doing this figure well. What do you guys think, from the sample so far? The sample review is not NSFW by the way. Thanks to AkibaHobby and Neko Magic for the information and sample review.
By Panther on 2008/07/01 22:13 ]]> Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:01:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/4587/Ryuna+Figure+Preview.html
Shine na Blog has updated more pictures of Ryuna from Shining Wind in progress, have a look if you are so interested. Since I cannot read Japanese, I cannot tell when she is slated to actually be up for a sample review and preorder.
By Panther on 2008/07/01 01:02 ]]> Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:50:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/4245/Kuonji+Shinra+Figure+Shoot.html
Yesterday several of us here in SG got outside for a combined figures photoshoot outdoors, and here is my rendition of Kuonji Shinra's figure from Good Smile Company as taken at the photoshoot. We also experimented with night shots, in preparation for future night shoots if any for figures. Certainly night shots are far more difficult and usually require at least a substantial camera to pull off. You can read about the day part of the photoshoot at our team blog here and here, and my figure photoshoot for Shinra-sama goes here. Many thanks to Wcloudxkumo for the wonderful night shots. Would any of you be taking a night shoot anytime soon? By the way, we welcome anyone to join us, from local areas, for future outings/events like that. Certainly, the more the merrier. :) Image above from one of the pictures I took, none of them were Photoshopped.
By Panther on 2008/06/22 21:03 ]]> Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:51:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/4202/Druaga+Sequel+-+The+Sword+of+Uruk.html
Well well, so it looks like Druaga was planning this all along, it's a conspiracy! "The title card after the credits of Saturday's final episode of 'The Tower of Druaga - The Aegis of Uruk' television series has announced that the story will continue with a new anime called The Tower of Druaga: the Sword of URUK in 2009. The format and exact date has yet to be announced." Via ANN. Image of hot Fatina in goth loli via Danbooru.
By Panther on 2008/06/21 11:43 ]]> Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:31:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/4188/2+Sekirei+TV+Commercials+Streamed.html
Building on my previous news post about Sekirei, 2 TV commercials for the anime have been streamed. You can take a look at them on the official website. News thanks to ANN once again. Image above is a Vector of Tsukiumi by Irix, no hi-res is available.
By Panther on 2008/06/21 01:30 ]]> Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:18:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/4001/Ruri+Kiraneko+A+3D+Creation.html
Recently, member Shin posted on the release of a new girl-making game, Tech3D Custom Girl. His post can be found here. I did test that game out for a time while it was in demo mode but I felt after some time that the models, even though they were primarily 2D, were too lacking in detail for me to make a blog mascot with. Not to mention, they were blocky. So I had to switch to another program, forgive me for the lateness but I only heard about Artificial Girl 3 recently. I still prefer AG3 for its models, but unfortunately I cannot make the girl pose for shots unlike in TDCG, and it gets irritating. Still, the graphic models are a huge update and I believe if anyone actually wants to make a girl, AG3 or Schoolmate are better choices. I never tried out the latter though, so someone else will have to review that one. So which program do you prefer, if you wanted to choose between the three? Note that all of them are NSFW in some way, but girl creation is probably the most winning point for all of them, especially AG3's. And of course, if you are interested, do read Ruri-chan's self-introduction here. Edit: Member Miki-kun brought up the point that these games are not for making girls, primarily. I am not touting these games as girl-making games entirely, but rather that they are an option outside of other possibilities, for people who may be unable to, or too lazy to, draw their own mascot either by hand or using digital programs such as Maya and the like. I hope I cleared that misunderstanding. :)
By Panther on 2008/06/16 21:13 ]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:01:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/3915/2nd+Sekirei+Anime+Trailer+Streamed.html
ANN reports a second trailer up for Sekirei anime, which is due to air in July on the 2nd. The trailer, according to the article, previews the OP theme song for the first time as well as previews of characters' voices. Thanks to ANN for the news. Image of Uzume (No. 10) from Sekirei above. The vector was done by Irix of ID2 (Soft Motion). No hi-res, maybe somebody can find it. I believe I got it off 4Chan's /w/ a long time ago.
By Panther on 2008/06/13 23:06 ]]> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:54:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/3905/Anime+Blog+Awards+Bloggers%27+Choice.html
I am not sure how anyone missed this, since the post was dated June 10th by Impz. The bloggers' choice for the Anime Blog Awards is now out. Have a look to see how the blogs faired against other bloggers, voted by the bloggers themselves. Image above is by Taka Tony, not sure who it is and no I have no hi-res version so do not bother asking me about it, I am sure someone can find one soon enough and link you to one in the comments though.
By Panther on 2008/06/13 18:41 ]]> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:29:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/3855/3rd+Bleach+Movie.html
Bleach still seems to have a strong fanbase, doubtless the reason why a third movie has been announced. Nothing much is known yet except that the movie is set to screen in December in Japan. News thanks to ANN. Image thanks to some kind anonymous from 4Chan /w/, reposted over and over. Edit: Hi-res had a link here for some time but nobody seemed to care or know so it was taken down ahead of time.
By Panther on 2008/06/12 17:54 ]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:42:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/3569/Cosplay+Elite+Gallery.html
I should have posted this the moment I saw it. But better late than never. Many thanks to Artefact, who runs Sankaku Complex for this wonderful gallery of elite cosplayers. This Deedlit cosplayer and the Tifa cosplayer (forgot her name, I know she is very famous and you all have most likely seen her pictures before) have to be the best of the lot. Also take note that a few of them in there are idols...one of them being AV idol Asakawa Ran (cosplaying as Lulu from FFX). No NSFW shots though, but there are a few that might be...provocative. A good look. Thanks to Artefact for this wonderful find!
By Panther on 2008/06/07 14:25 ]]> Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:13:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/3345/AkibaHobby+Elwing+Sample+Review.html
And more figure goodness thanks to AkibaHobby. AH has posted up a review of the sample of Kotobukiya's upcoming Elwing, and so far, the sample is looking very good. Glad that I preordered her. The small base stand may not appeal to some, but the finishing and all looks real good right now. I am just hoping the final product lives up to this. Elwing is slated for release in late June. On your get-list?
By Panther on 2008/06/02 22:21 ]]> Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:09:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/3298/DOAX2+Venus+On+The+Beach+Sample.html
AkibaHobby has posted a review of the sample of DOAX2's Venus on the Beach figure by Kotobukiya. The inflatable killer whale (which is in fact a member of the dolphin family, you get the pun intended here) is a nice touch. I never played DOAX2 so I am asking if this was a new character in the series, since I only remember 7 characters (all except one from the original DOA fighting game series) from the first DOAX. The figure looks great in this sample review but I wonder if the final product will be just as good. I never preordered it or anything, but if it looks really nice in the final product I might get it. What do you folks think about the figure itself though? Thanks to AkibaHobby for the sample review.
By Panther on 2008/06/01 22:02 ]]> Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:50:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/3157/SoulCalibur+IV+New+Trailer.html
A new trailer for SC4 is now up on Gametrailers. Though it looks really cool, some points are raised in question. But anyway, enjoy the vid. Thanks to Zander_9 for the vid's link update and Tzar Sectus for the captured screenshots, of The Calibur Forums including the one of Kilik's supposed finisher above.
By Panther on 2008/05/29 12:44 ]]> Thu, 29 May 2008 13:32:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/3093/AkibaHobby+Alter+Kanu+Review.html
AkibaHobby has posted a review of Kanu Uncho, Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny, from Alter. More pictures at the link. Thanks to AkibaHobby for the review. I did not order this figure, but she looks hawt indeed. Was she on your preorder list back then?
By Panther on 2008/05/27 21:14 ]]> Tue, 27 May 2008 22:02:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/3092/Pedobear+Spotted+At+Anime+Convention.html
In other news, Pedobear has finally been spotted walking around in public trying to pick up jailbait. Sources confirmed that he was seen at Anime North Convention and that Chris Hansen was likely to have also been around at the time, insistent on having Pedobear "have a seat over there". It was later found that Pedobear slipped into the crowd at this time and his whereabouts are currently unknown. Thanks to member Rin for the shocking news.
By Panther on 2008/05/27 20:35 ]]> Tue, 27 May 2008 21:23:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/3083/Summer+Anime+Series+2008+First+Look.html
A first look at the series that are coming up for summer this year. Via member animes' blog. Thanks. Sekirei is definitely on my watchlist and UV Code 44 looks cool, but otherwise I am staying off Great Guardians and waiting for previews of the rest before I decide what else I want to catch. What else might you folks be looking forward to though?
By Panther on 2008/05/27 16:26 ]]> Tue, 27 May 2008 17:14:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/3080/Bible+Black+Girls.html
By request of Danny. This is a picture of the 6 girls in the original Bible Black, taken from some kind anonymous over at 4Chan's /w/ sector some time ago. If anyone can point out the original sauce that would be much appreciated. Though not really showing any bare eyes, I put it under adult for its...implications. From left to right, they are Reika Kitami, Saeki Kaori, Imari Kurumi, Shiraki Rika, Takashiro Hiroko, and Minase Yukiko. Hope this helps, Danny. Edit: Hi-res version has been taken down.
By Panther on 2008/05/27 14:44 ]]> Tue, 27 May 2008 15:32:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/3052/My+Streetfest+2008+Coverage.html
Following up on Fariz's news post and wcloudxkumo's news post here, I have put up my own coverage of the event at my blog. Disclaimer: I suck at photography, and my camera was only a Olympus Stylus 760, so the pictures are rather bad. However with the photo above, I have hopefully won all your internets. Thank you for your time.
By Panther on 2008/05/26 22:59 ]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 23:47:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/2967/Shihoudou+Narika+Volks+Exclusive.html
Last of 3 posts. From the same series as the second post, Volks is posting up a limited store exclusive of Shihoudou Narika from Chouko Sennin Haruka. The post at Tokyo Hunter is over here. Thanks to Tokyo Hunter for all three figures' info. Not good news for the wallets that have already been burnt by the preorders for all three, I guess. Luckily, I am not into any of them.
By Panther on 2008/05/25 02:46 ]]> Sun, 25 May 2008 03:34:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/2966/Takamori+Haruka+Volks+Store+Exclusive.html
Second of three posts. Another online store exclusive by Volks. This is one of Takamori Haruka from the (eroge?) Chouko Sennin Haruka. Post by Tokyo Hunter. A special trading card will be included with the initial production run.
By Panther on 2008/05/25 02:43 ]]> Sun, 25 May 2008 03:31:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/2965/SMC+Kanu+Uncho+Limited+Color+Ver..html
First of three posts, bear with me. Tokyo Hunter has uploaded this Ganbo Store exclusive SMC Limited Color Ver. of Kanu from Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny. The number of pieces is limited to 720. For further information, refer to the post. Sorry for image size, best I could do from Ganbo.
By Panther on 2008/05/25 02:40 ]]> Sun, 25 May 2008 03:28:00 +0900 http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/2946/2+Tengen+Toppa+Movies+Confirmed.html
Via ANN. Seems like there will be two TTGL movies instead of the earlier announced one, the article can be found here. Pic above is taken of a 3D Yoko, the artist's name was mentioned quite a while back, Kanzeon, was it?
By Panther on 2008/05/24 13:48 ]]> Sat, 24 May 2008 14:36:00 +0900