Weekly Tidbits

Jan 26, 2009 22:38



  • The super ecchi DS game KimikawaE has revealed some super ecchi phone cards that you can get by preordering the game. This game's beginning to look more ero than most eroge's out there. [Official Site]
  • Fansubbing group Strike Subs has released an EXTRA uncensored version of "Strike Witches" episode 7, taking the already unedited DVD version of that episode & actually drawing in extra nudity on the young girls. [Strike Subs]
  • Japan has a released a Barack Obama action figure that has the 44th President wielding awesome weapons. [GusNYC]
  • The current Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's ending song "Cross Game" by Alice Nine continues to sell very well in Japan. [ANN]
  • The Anime Network has launched a new beta video streaming site. [Anime Network]
  • Kyoto Animation's newest anime project will be based on the 4-panel comedy manga "K-On," due to air in Japan this Spring. Clearly trying to do another Lucky Star, one would gather. [Sankaku Complex]
  • Shinichiro Watanabe, the director of the "Cowboy Bebop" anime series, will be the first person to read the completed movie script. [ANN]
  • Some sneak peak images from the Eureka 7 movie have appeared online. [AnimeVice]
  • A look at the video game based "Valkyria Chronicles" anime. [Kotaku]
  • The space anime action saga marches on with screenshots of "Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2." [G4]
  • Also, screenshots of DragonBall: the Movie: the Game. [Wired]
  • An official English version of the classic ero game "Da Capo" is now available. [Sankaku Complex]
  • While promoting his latest movie "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea," Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki commented in a newspaper interview that he "can't stand modern movies." He says that their "images are too weird and eccentric for me." [Straits Times]
  • Cartoon Network plans to increase the amount of live-action, non-cartoon content on their channel. They already have a dozen live action projects in development. They're doing this to increase their tween boy audience & to compete against the upcoming Disney XD launch next month. [ICv2]
  • Bakugan has been nominated for Toy Franchise, Boy Toy of the Year. [ANN]
  • Bang Zoom & Manga Entertainment have teamed up to release a new animated podcast titled Manga Minutes. [Manga]

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