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 Well, here’s the second figure from my mini-spending spree on swimsuit figures: Nagi Sanzenin in a cute white bikini with yellow stars. I had a hard time getting Nagi out of her packaging because Kotobukiya decided to wrap her in this kind of sticky plastic film instead of just putting little plastic bags around her. This is a 1/6 scale figure, but since Nagi is kneeling, she isn’t very high (only about 13 cm). She does take quite a bit of surface area though, since her legs are stretched out.

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A few weeks ago I decided to buy some swimsuit figures because honestly, who doesn’t like swimsuit figures. The first of the three figures I got is Louise Valliere from Zero no Tsukaima. I decided to get the white swimsuit version instead of the black one because it’s a limited edition (I guess I’m a sucker for that kind of thing).

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The 110th volume of Megami Magazine features Saki and Nodoka from the mahjong anime “Saki” on the front cover. I’m not following Saki right now, but from the images that I’ve seen it looks like more than just mahjong goes on in the anime.

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CANAAN looks like it’s going to be one of the better (if not the best) anime out this season. It’s got lots of action, nice animation, lots of potential for a good story, and not too much fanservice.

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So I was watching Clannad After Story Kyou’s Chapter when I noticed two very familiar characters in Tomoya’s classroom.

Anyone who has seen Card Captor Sakura would recognize the characters Sakura Kinomoto and Tomoyo Daidouji right away. For anyone that hasn’t seen it (shame on you), here’s a reference pic:

Just thought I’d point out this little scene for all the CCS fans out there who watch Clannad. I didn’t think the Kyou chapter was anything special, but it’s a must for Kyou fans considering you never see her act embarrassed in the regular series. Hopefully they’ll make a Kotomi chapter too one day ^.^

The new season of anime has started, and that means it’s time to check out all the new series.

I just finished watching the first episode of NEEDLESS, an action anime with what looks to be a generic rising up against oppresion story. Normally I would find this kind of story boring, but what kept me watching until the end of the episode was the similarites between NEEDLESS and Gurren Lagann. In NEEDLESS there’s a useless kid called Cruz which reminded me of Simon, a cool dude named Blade who I guess is sorta like Kamina, and a booby-bouncing girl named Eve. If you don’t want to watch the anime to see the similarities, I’ve pointed them out on the screenshot below. Now the only thing missing is giant robots, but I’m 90% sure at least one will show up sometime in the series.

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