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The Last Airbender Movie

By xsirhc

Hooray for the Superbowl! Not for the game itself, but for the TV goodies that are broadcasted with it! Click the video for a new trailer of the up-and-coming movie The Last Airbender, directed by M. Night. Shyamalan. More after the jump…

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Posted 21 hours, 10 minutes ago at 02:01.

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Akiyama Mio On The Brain Part Two

By xsirhc

Recently I posted about a new K-ON! figure of Akiyama Mio, and upon reading you may have sensed, through the marvels of the interweb, my prolific drooling. Well prepare for another onslaught as Kyoani have finally posted colour pictures and opened up preordering for this 1/8th scale lovely, retailing for 8,000 yen. More after the jump.

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Posted 21 hours, 34 minutes ago at 01:37.

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Senjogahara Hitagi AWESOMENESS

By xsirhc

Great news for Bakemonogatari fanboys (i.e. me), figurine fanboys (also me) and devotees of GoodSmile (yup, again), because GSC has pulled out ALL of their fingers with this new figure of Senjogahara Hitagi.

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Posted 1 day, 17 hours ago at 05:25.

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Bakacast Episode 2 – Beating Like a Disco

By Stilts

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On this episode of Bakacast, we go from super-serious to super-goofy in the span of one LOST episode. First, we use this article on the Akihabara killer as a springboard to talk about…well…a lot of stuff. Then, we discuss Blu-Ray sales going up and what that might mean for our anime collections. Plus, the ASOS Brigade is back with a new voice actress for Haruhi. Finally, we wrap the show up with our finalized impressions on the Silent Mobius movies and a review of the Dirty Pair TV series. Be sure to watch the clean OP that Jon/Ryoko uploaded. It’s disco-riffic and perfectly encapsulates the style of the show.

Posted 4 days, 23 hours ago at 23:28.

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Minori Chihara Sings For Haruhi Movie

by xsirhc

We are really getting close to the cinema showing date for the up and coming film The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya and the trickle of news items is starting to increase. Minori Chihara, the voice behind Yuki Nagato, has appeared in a six minute long video of her song Yasashii Bōkyaku. While I personally find the song a bit whiney, the video depicts the scenes in Tokyo upon which the Suzumiya series were based in and around. Examples include the hill rising towards the school, the entrance area, the old clubhouse, etc.

Also, in other news Bandai Entertainment has licensed the DVD’s of the second season of Haruhi for the USA. Unfortunately, this also means another dub into English; a waste of time and effort which I frown upon. How anyone can listen and then favour the English dub over the original (and superior) Japanese casting is beyond me.

–Via ANN

Posted 1 week, 4 days ago at 05:31.

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Maaya Sakamoto celebrates fifteen years of entertaining

By Shamisen

Sakamoto Maaya

Singer, songwriter, voice actress; those words all describe Maaya Sakamoto. She is celebrating her fifteenth year in the business with a new thirty-song greatest hits CD and several concert performances. She can now add a new word to her description; veteran. Approaching her 30th birthday in March she’s spent half her life in the business. In my book that makes you a veteran.

Best wishes from the staff of Project Haruhi on this momentous accomplishment and continued success.

The Greatest Hits CD.

Posted 2 weeks ago at 22:46.

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Japan Airlines files for bankruptcy

By Shamisen

JAL Bankruptcy

Itsuo Inouye / AP

After citing debts of approximately 2.3 trillion yen (@ 25 Billion U.S.D.). J.A.L. Asia’s largest airline filed for the Japanese version of a U.S. Chapter 11 Bankruptcy tuesday morning J.S.T.(Japan Standard Time). Job cuts of more than 15,700 and discontinuation of 30 unprofitable routes are part of the deal struck with the Japanese government as part of the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp of Japan (ETIC) take over of the company.

J.A.L.’s market value is reportedly less than the cost of a Boeing 747 ($150 Million U.S.D.) it’s reported that the shareholders will be wiped out and that lenders will forgive about 730 billion yen in debt.

This is the third time in the past ten years that the Japanese government has bailed out J.A.L however this time the current board is required to resign and the E.T.I.C. plans to take the company to profitability by 2013.

In this economic environment, I wish them well…

JAL’s Statement of Intent

MSNBC coverage

The Guardian UK coverage

Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago at 14:33.

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Bakacast Episode 1 – Aliens Among Us

By Stilts

This is the first “real” episode of Bakacast (the chronologically first episode was a proof of concept), a podcast hosted by Shamisen, Ryoko and myself. For this episode, we talk about alien designs in both Japanese and Western media, a point-and-click adventure game called The White Chamber and first Silent Mobius movie. Shownotes for this episode are after the break.

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Posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago at 00:45.

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Do You Have Akiyama Mio On The Brain?

by xsirhc

Okay, its been a few months now. My over inflated negative opinion on K-ON! has cooled a bit, such that now I can just appreciate the sheer merchandise cash cow the series has become. Even now, Kyo-ani are still milking away furiously with calloused fingers producing memorabilia like K-ON! backpacks. However while a lot of these products are just sheer wastes of  hard earned moula, this new figure of Akiyama Mio is drop-dead gorgeous. More after the jump.

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Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago at 02:24.

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Sons of Legends Announce 2010 Schedule

by Shamisen

For those of you who haven’t read my bio. I am a dyed in the wool airplane nut. Although this is an anime site it’s a slow news day so I’ve decided to share my passion with you.

Air show teams come and go but one remains vital. The Sons of Legends, Franklin / Younkin Airshows have put out their 2010 Airshow schedule. It can be found on their web sites which I’ll link below. Right now here is a sample of what you’ll see if you get the chance to attend one.

Also can anyone name the music used in the Franklin’s Flying Circus & Airshow 2010 preview?

Websites
Franklin’s Flying Circus & Airshow
Younkin Airshows

Posted 1 month ago at 13:05.

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