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Megami Magazine Vol. 116

Nopy — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:28:03 +0000

It looks like I’m getting close to catching up with my Megami posts. On the cover of volume 116 are the girls from Seitokai no Ichizon doing some cosplay. Personally, I’m pretty happy that they finally decided to put Seitokai no Ichizon on the cover of a Megami Magazine since it was my favourite show last season. It seems most of the covers lately have been focusing on new/upcoming anime movies, so it’s nice to see a tv series back on every once in a while. Anyways, enough with the cover, if you wanted to see the pin-up posters (and I’m sure you do), they’re all below:

I don’t recall ever seeing biribiri play tennis, but I think tennis outfits are cute so it’s all good to me. Their skirts do seem a bit on the short side though, I wonder if Mikoto is wearing shorts under there too.

I haven’t seen Nyan Koi so I don’t know who these characters are, but I wonder what would happen if you put a dog in there.

I never really got into Queen’s Blade either, but I did watch the first episode. Isn’t the girl on the right supposed to be a bad guy or something? I also recall her (or maybe it was someone else) shooting some acid milk out of their jugs…

It seems like every Haruka poster that shows up in Megami either has her in a bath or doing some kind of cosplay. I guess an otaku doing cosplay makes sense, but I’d like some more posters of her in her regular clothes.

I like the ice wings on the blue-haired girl, and the kuma-san panties are cute ^.^

Don’t you just hate water that you can’t see through?

I think anime is the only place where I’ve actually seen girls wear nothing but an apron. I guess the Japanese just really like cute girls wearing aprons or something.

Hot yuri action is always welcome here. Has anyone watched here watched all of Shin Koihime Musou, and is it any good?

Mio looks really cool and mature in this poster, I think it’s a combination of her fashion sense, posture, and the fact that she’s holding a cup of tea. Yui and Azusa, on the other hand, still look like a couple of high schoolers. They should take some pointers from Mio.

Here’s a couple of nice posters of Nanoha and Fate, but I prefer them in their battle clothes over regular clothes.

Haruhi isn’t the type of girl who would normally dress up and go to formal events, so it’s nice seeing her in such a beautiful dress. In the future, when I’m married, I hope my wife will have good fashion sense like Haruhi and Mikuru here ^.^

You can probably guess what’s been going on (or will be going on) in this scene, but like I said before, yuri action is always welcome here.

If anyone has ever wondered what kind of panties Ange and Maria wear, you now have your answer. I was disappointed in the way they ended the Umineko no Naku Koro Ni anime, hopefully there’ll be a second season to answer all the unanswered questions.

Stripped pantsu are pretty popular, and it looks like they’re starting to make stripped bikinis too. I wonder if it’ll catch on.

Although this is the January 2010 volume of Megami Magazine, it actually comes out in December, which explains why there’s still a Christmas themed poster in here. If Eve were santa and she was bringing me Mio, Kuchinashi, and Setsuna, then I’d stay up all night waiting for her on Christmas Eve.

There’s been quite a few Juuden-chan posters recently. Plug always seems to be doing something wrong.

This volume must be geared towards yuri lovers or something. So if you were Keita, would you choose Ako or Riko?

Here’s the picture that was used on the cover of this volume. I just love Chizuru in a nurse outfit; a nurse is just so far away from her usual personality that it’s funny.

Once again, considering Chizuru’s personality I’m a bit surprised at this poster. She doesn’t seem like the kind of girl who would let her guard down enough for someone to get a shot of this. Then again, if someone did walk in on her and Kurimu changing, they’d probably disappear the next day.

What happened in Kowarekake no Orgol was so sad. If I ever get a robot/android in the future, I’ll be sure to take good care of it.

There was quite a bit of Seitokai no Ichizon content in here, which was great. As you can see, there was even a whole page devoted to my favourite character, Mafuyu. She’s a crazy game addict and BL lover, but she’s just hilarious. My favourite scenes with her in the anime was when she realized that the panties in the lost and found were actually hers, and her reaction when Ken meets Nakameguro in the last episode.

The Nanoha movie looks so good, I wish I could watch it right now. Alas, I won’t be able to see it until I go to Japan in June or until the DVD comes out, whichever is first.

I’m also looking forward to watching the Fate Stay Night movie. It looks like Rin is going to play a bigger part in the movie than in the anime ^.^

I’m always impressed by the great character designs and artwork that they have in eroge and dating sims. After seeing a few of these types of games, I can see why some girls play eroge too, it’s not all about sex after all. It’s a shame that not all anime are done as nice as this.

It looks like Weib Schwarz is introducing some new cards, this time it’s from Haruhi.

You got to see Ange and Maria’s panties earlier, now here’s Jessica’s. That little picture in the middle looks like a dakimakura to me, I didn’t think Jessica was that popular of a character.

There was no B2 size poster that came with this volume. Instead, a little book containing some artwork from Kanokon (mostly of Chizuru) was included.

This would be great to have if you like big oppai, but I find them to be a bit excessive. I know it doesn’t look that bad in anime, but if I actually saw someone walking around with knockers like that it’d just freak me out.

Overall, I thought this was a great issue. There’s certainly a lot of yuri in here so if you’re into that, this would be a good volume to pick up. I was also happy that they included more Seitokai no Ichizon material than usual, but I would’ve been even happier if the little booklet that was included was Seitokai-related instead of Kanokon-related. You can’t get everything you want I guess, and I’m sure the booklet made plenty of other people really happy.

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Megami Magazine Vol. 115

Nopy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:04:09 +0000

Sorry, everyone, for the lack of posts recently. Life has been really busy so I haven’t been able to write much or reply to comments for the past two weeks. Now that I have a break though, I can finally get back to making some regular posts. I still have several magazines that I haven’t gone through, but I’ll get to them eventually. Today I’m going to take a look at Megami Magazine Vol. 115. Although Christmas is long over, there’s still plenty of snow on the ground, so this issue of Megami Magazine doesn’t feel out of season yet.

This poster was a bit shocking, but I guess bigger is better, right? I can see why Kouta has such a hard time resisting Chizuru’s advances in Kanokon.

I guess there’s more Queen’s Blade anime coming. Never really got into the story though.

I remember watching parts of the first season of Koihime Musou, but I don’t remember seeing the girl on the left. Is she a new character?

It should come as no surprise that none of the skirts worn in Megami Magazine are long enough to cover a girls panties.

There’s quite a few swimsuit posters in here, which is weird considering it’s the December 2009 issue. I’m not complaining though, especially if there are more Seitokai no Ichizon posters ^.^

I finally got around to watching the first episode of Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Purezza a couple weeks ago. It looks like there’s some more characters and even more risqué scenes than the first season.

I can’t say I disapprove of Yuri when I get nice posters like this one.

It looks like Yui is going to be late for school again. Congrats to her for placing second in the 2009 Anime Saimoe Tournament though.

I would be stunned if I saw two naked girls falling out of the sky like this. I wonder how Ikaros is keeping her tea in that cup.

The female members of the SOS-dan look ready for winter, except for the fact that they’re still wearing skirts. I’ve always wondered if Japanese schoolgirls still wear skirts when it’s freezing outside. Has anyone been to Japan in the winter and seen this?

Stripped pantsu seems to be gaining popularity in recent years, I guess that’s why Natsuru is wearing them even though he’s actually a guy. What I find weirder than that is that their clothes are all torn from the attacks, but it doesn’t look like they’ve actually been hurt anywhere. You’ve gotta have some skill to cut through stockings but leave the skin unharmed.

As usual, Kuroko is wearing some outrageously revealing outfit, putting the spice in the show. I can’t imagine what To Aru Kagaku no Railgun would be like without her.

Waking up to a couple of almost-naked catgirls would be nice if it weren’t for the fact that I’m allergic to them.

It’s been a while since NEEDLESS ended so I was a bit surprised to see this poster in here.

I stopped watching Weiss Survive quite a while ago, but I might pick it up again since it looks like there are new characters now.

I wonder what the girl on top is doing…

Looks like Plug is getting scolded again. Not exactly sure why she’s not wearing anything besides an apron.

Tayutama ended quite a while back as well, but I don’t mind seeing a new poster every now and then since I really like the character designs. I prefer animal ears that look like it’s a part of the hair rather than ones that just randomly stick out of the head.

Walking in on a girl changing is never a good idea.

The ears in Nyan Koi are an example of what I mean by ears that just stick out of the head rather than blend in with the hair.

Bernkastel is a little weird, so I can imagine her doing something like this. What I don’t get is why Lambda Delta looks so annoyed, she should be enjoying seeing Bernkastel in a sexy pose.

It doesn’t look like the makers of Aika ZERO have caught on to the stripped pantsu fad yet.

I got around to watching Kowarekake no Orgol last month, it was so cute, but so sad.

There was quite a bit of info on biribiri and friends in this issue. I wonder if Kuroko will ever succeed in dominating Mikoto.

There are some pretty amazing swimsuit figures now available. If they didn’t cost so much, I’d probably have a shelf full of anime figures in bikinis.

Looks like Princess Lover is trying to sell some more DVDs. The story didn’t seem all that good though.

The extra item that comes with the magazine this time is not a B2 size poster, but a book-in-book titled “All About Haruhi.” I’m sure you can already tell what’s going to be in it based on the title.

I wish I had a full-size image of Haurhi in that dress on the right. Does anyone know where I can find one?

Yuki looks really good in her dress too.

I was a bit disappointed that Mikuru was wearing her usual bunny outfit. I was hoping she’d get a nice dress too.

There was quite a bit of information about Haruhi in this book.

At the end was a reminder about the Haruhi movie that came out earlier this year. I can’t wait for it to come out on DVD. On the left is a bunch of postcards that come with the book.

The reverse side of the postcards have some sweet Haruhi pics. My favourite is the one on the top right with the girls in wedding dresses. I certainly won’t be mailing these anywhere.

Considering that this volume was released for December, I expected a lot more winter posters, but There seemed to be more swimsuit posters than usual. I guess with the cold weather, the guys at Megami Magazine decided their readers needed something to warm them up. My favourites in this volume were the Seitokai, Railgun, and Tayutama posters. I also really like the Haruhi book-in-book.

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Megami Magazine Vol. 113

Nopy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:33:58 +0000

Three months later than usual, here’s Megami Magazine Vol. 113 featuring Rin Tosaka and Saber on the front cover. Its been a while since I’ve been able to flip through a Megami Magazine so this was like a blast from the past for me.

Although this was from a while ago, I don’t think K-ON will be going away anytime soon.

I know Mio, Yui, and Azusa are the three most popular girls of K-ON, but I’d still like to see more of my favourite character, Mugi.

Did anyone actually enjoy the Princess Lover anime?

I swear that almost every poster of Horo has her naked, but she’s wearing clothes all of the time in the anime.

Yay for bikinis!

And anime with bikinis!

As much as I liked the beginning of CANAAN, it just fell off a cliff somewhere in the middle, but at least we got some bunny girls out of it.

Fight! Ippatsu Juuden-chan was probably one of the more ecchi anime out there last season, it’s no surprise that the Juuden-chan posters are so suggestive…

It feels like so long ago that Saki aired, so seeing this poster kinda surprised me.

I thought this one was pretty cool. I like the girl in the blue suit.

After so long, I still can’t believe what happened at the end of Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~, it was so sad. Well, at least it looks like Mio and Elen are enjoying themselves though.

I’ve never heard of Mahou Tsuka wa Yuyu Shiki Otome before, but Ru-ru Kisaragi and Yu-yu Mashiro look pretty cute.

What better way to sell anime cards than to make your own anime? I still have to catch up with Weiss Survive, but I don’t remember the episodes being all that long.

I’m pretty sure now that Kanokon is really an H-anime disguised as a regular anime (kinda like Queen’s Blade), especially after having seen the screenshots of the OVA.

Did anyone watch all of GA? I remember seeing the first episode and thought it was too childish, does it get any better or is it pretty much the same throughout the series?

Aika Zero = panty-shot heaven? It seems all the Megami Magazine posters of it involve panty shots.

Still waiting for Kowarekake no Orgol to be released. It feels like its been in production forever.

Just a reminder for anyone looking forward to Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, it comes out on Jan. 23 this year.

These pages sure do bring back memories. I think I only watched the first four episodes of Endless Eight. There’s only so much time a person can waste just to see their favourite characters in different clothing.

After seeing these pages, I remembered that the opening song for the Nadeko Snake arc in Bakemonogatari should be out now, then I find out that its been delayed. Looks like I’ll have to wait until the end of the month to get the full version of Renai Circulation by Kana Hanazawa.

A look at some new figures. Unfortunately, it was impossible for me to preorder the Mio nendoroid in time, and I don’t have enough money or room for a collection of Touhou figures.

As if having their own anime and posters wasn’t enough, Weib Schwarz is still putting a bunch of ads at the back of Megami Magazines.

If anyone liked Princess Lover, the DVDs are already coming out for them.

This volume came with a large poster. On one side is Nanoha from Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 1st. As much as I like Nanoha, I personally think that Megami has been overloaded with Nanoha material over the past year.

On the other side is the same image of Rin and Saber that was on the cover of the magazine.

I like a few of the posters in this volume, like the K-ON ones and the “deep one” poster, but overall I didn’t think they were all that great. Sure, there were a lot of girls in bikinis, which is true for every Megami Magazine, but it just felt like something was missing. Maybe it was just some of the poses or backgrounds could have been done better. I’m also not too excited about some of the childish stuff like GA and Kanamemo; it’s Megami (goddess) Magazine after all, they should just stick to what they’re good at: bishoujo anime characters.

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