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Episode 20: 1) Posted by TnAdct1: Spoiler:
Konata's comment about patterns in recently opened boxes containing trading figurines/cards is true. Most companies usually have a pattern when it comes to the location of certain figurines/cards (especially the rare ones) in a "unit box" that is used by stores to hold trading figurines/cards, and if the "unit box" is recently opened (with none of the content moved around), you can not only tell which individual packages may contain the rare figurines/cards (if any), but also, when it comes to figurines, if you have more than 1 "unit box" of a certain series of figurines, you can tell, from a recently opened box, which figurine is in each individual box. An example of this method: when it comes to the rare figurines, the Konami Figumate brand, if the "unit box" does contain a rare figurines, usually puts it in the furthest back package of the box's right hand side.
2) Written by darksider: Spoiler:
Another moment Minami feeling uneasy about her chest, like following
Yutaka: You'll look nice in yukata! Minami: ...I know you are being nice, but somehow I can't heartily enjoy it. It's just like... you're saying I don't have... Behind this conversation, Minami had in her mind a rather common assumption that people with larger breasts doesn't fit in the kimonos very well, being easier to look fat and tubby. (And probably Yutaka had no idea about it, or simply no idea about Minami's source of grief itself.) 3a) AVPlaya wanted to spend a word about this episode as well: Spoiler:
Shokukan and Kaado
The very first sketch is devoted to Kona's awesome skills at finding rare prizes in snack boxes and rare game cards. The included prizes in these snack foods are called 食玩（Shokugan, short for "food toys"), and there's an incredible amount of variety of them in Japan. Although some snacks include prizes in every pack, most of the treasured prizes are limited edition promotional items made to boost sales. They are highly popular because they are usually very well-made for a free toy; some good ones even rival the the detail offered by PVC figurines. Like Gashapons, real otas would collect the rare ones. Same goes with collectible game cards, which in Japan there are about 10x more variety; finding the rare ones takes skill. It's ironic that Kona's showing off her l33t skills since just recently she was found with tons of choco wafers from "神羅万象" (Shinranbanshyo) card/snack pack. It means she DIDN'T get the card she wanted and was forced to buy so much packets that she has to give the wafers away. Another thing I found reading otaku blogs is that almost everyone of them said you CANNOT shake the boxes because 1. the store owners will kick you out, and 2. You may damage the precious prize inside. It's fascinating to see L*S otas went against their patron saint. Now I'm not sure exactly which prize/card she was after (and no one in Japan knew either), which is surprising given the number of real world references in the show. The Ultimate Shokugan for Kagami and Konata: Pocky x Gundam!  Shelf filled with Gundam cards and Shokugan snacks: the kind Kona loves  Otaku in the Media When Kona was complaining about otaku portrayal in the media, she was refering to the sudden surge of interest in otaku culture in the mass media in the last few years. While there are specials on TV focusing on Akiba or talk shows on Otaku crime, the most popular property was of course 電車男 (Densha Otoko), a story about a 2ch otaku's quest to GET a hottie he rescued from a drunk on a train. Another one was a best selling book called "腐女子彼女" (Fujoshi Girlfriend), an excerpt of a blog in book form written by a regular guy dating a pretty Fujoshi. It's a pretty funny read about his mis-adventure with a fully blown fujoshi who makes Gundam references when she sees fast red cars (Red ones are 3x faster) and steals his credit card so she can buy Fate/stay night game on Amazon (too embarrassed to use her own name!). They generally give good impression of otaku to the rest of the world, so I'm not sure exactly why Kona's still angry. "Fujoshi Kanojo"'s funny TV CM: Spoiler for For size. Unhide to view video:
Katsukabe Anime Club The two guys behind Konata while she's talking about otaku on TV was holding a copy of "涼宮ハルヒの公式" (Suzumiya Hauri no Koushiki) Anime Guide Book. Those two guys actually looked like Computer Club members from Haruhi anime, according to some ota. Required Otaku Reading  The Exploding Insects Cultural and Anime references relating to killing insects. First Kona-jiji told Konata about the story of how the Master Swordsman, 宮本武蔵 (Miyamoto Musash), captured a fly with his chopsticks. Musashi is a legendary samurai in Japan, considered by most to be the best swordsman in history. He's won a number of famous duels and lived a long, fruitful life; even wrote a book on swordsmanship and philosophy called the "Book of Five Rings", a tome that's still studied today. As Kona bare-handedly murdered a mosquito filled with her dad's blood, the sound she made and the flashing graphics is a reference to "北斗の拳" (Hotoko no Ken or Fist of the North Star). That's the sound effect when an enemy is damaged by Kenshiro's Hokuto Shinken. When Kona-jiji trapped another mosquito by flexing his arm, he was then transformed into the Great Kenshiro himself, and performed his most famous line, "お前は既に死んでいる" (You're already dead). This is due to the effect of the Hokuto Shinken, which kills its victim moments after the Shiken was performed on the poor guy by exploding them into a bloody mess. Kona-jiji though the mosquito would suffer the same fate by sqeezing harder, which is of course otaku delusion. Bad-ass Musashi-dono  Sexy, Manga-Reading Kagamin The manga Kagami was reading were volume 1-3 of 喰霊 (Garei) and volume 1-3 of 未来日記（Mirai Nikki, The Future Diary). We don't know what game Kona was playing exactly, but some people have said it felt like Kanon, which is definitely possible since it was KyoAni's last big project before L*S. Great Kadokawa manga you better buy right now!  Sweet Fountain of Aura The show on TV as the Chibko-sisters were watching TV was a very strange "spiritual" program called "国分太一・美輪明宏・江原啓之のオーラの泉" (Gokubun Taichi, Miwa Akihiro, Ehara Hiroyuki's Fountain of Aura). This is a basically a new age "spiritual" show about ghosts, ESP powers, and past live viewing/fortune telling. Anything relating to the spirit world can be discussed here. It's a show hosted by Gokubun Taichi of the idol group TOKIO, plus a "Preacher of Love" and a "Spiritual Counselor" who can see ghosts. Each week a guest is featured and his or her "spiritual sensitivity" is measured. It's as wacky as they come; I can totally see why KyoAni wanted to mention this show. While shows about the unknown and the world of the spirits hosted by male idol or grade school children (I'm not kidding here) are super popular on Japanese TV, everyone knows that the only thing more popular than a Johnny's boy is FOOD. There are endless number of foody shows on TV. From food competitions (Douchi no Cooking Show, one of my favorite that has since ended), competitive eating (the big eaters are usually skinny guys or women), celebrity cooking (of uneatable food), cooking on a budget (live one month off 10,000 yen!), cooking your own catch, to comedians eating anything and everything for laughs. But just in case you didn't get enough food, there's a number of specials throughout the year about food. One of these special about Sweets ( a summer favorite) is what Yutaka wanted to watch. Now one of a well-known (note not popular) "reporter" on the show is a fellow named 彦摩呂 (Hiko Maro), who often are the taster of the food featured on these specials. One of his famous (or rather infamous) line after eating is this line "まるでXXXの宝石箱やぁ～～！！" (It's as if it's a Jewel Box of XXX!). Most people feel this line and all his other line are pretty lame and dishonest, so even KyoAni decided to make fun of it by having him say this line in L*S (He's the dude on TV eating the cake): "まるでスイーツのハレ晴レダンスやぁ～～！！" (It's as if it's the Hare Hare Dance of Sweets!) So now you all know how lame this dude is. But the food featured on these shows are pretty sweet; it really show you how much better Japanese food/cooking is compare to the food show we have here. The Sweets especially.. you have not tasted dessert until you've tried a Mount Blanc cake made from fresh cream and chestnut paste... I was going to show a photo of that creepy show but a really gorgeous Mont Blanc is better: 
3b) Wait, maybe two words ... : Spoiler:
Suzumiya Haruhi no 巨乳
The big breasted girl asking you to buy her big-sized soft drink is of course everyone's favorite deity, Haruhi-sama. The can in her hand looks like a coca-cola parody, but I believe it should be a self-parody for the Mikuru Tea drink sold in Akiba recently. There's even sign telling the otaku to "just buy it". Although most people know about Coka-cola in Japan, Coke doesn't really make their money with cola. Like other beverage companies, their main products are tea, coffee, and sports drink. Cola and other soda don't sell nearly as well. Tea made by Mikuru!  Bonus: I don't really know which Coke CM they're trying to parody, so here's a Coke (Tea) commercial featuring, eh, similar theme The actress here, Tokiwa Takako, is an dorama actress famous for her, eh, attributes (got a famous nude scene to prove it). Plus 2 extra coke CM - featuring two other popular actresses. Spoiler for Video - unhide to watch:
Coca Cola Sokenbicha CM - Tokiwa Takako & Nishida Naomi
Coca Cola Sokenbicha CM - Yada Akiko Cocal Cola Karada Meguricha CM - Hirosue Ryoko Algae Monster of Hokkaido When Kagamin was enjoying Misao's ice cream, she said "(It's like) Marimokkori's Eyes!". What she was referring to was how the ice cream made her so happy that her eyes looked like the funny-looking eye of Hokkaido's Mascot character, まりもっこり (Marimokkori). Named after a special local algea, it's a cute green chara with a bulging crotch (see below). Marimokkori is a popular mascot character for Hokkaido; visitors usually brought one home along with other Hokkaido omiyage like the "White Lover" Cookies (the non-stale kind). Check out his eyes and other interesting bits  How-to Enter ToDai with Manga When Misao told everyone that she think she can enter Tokyo University, Japan's #1 University and one of the most difficult place to attend in the world, she go the idea by reading a manga called "ドラゴン桜" (Dragon Sakura). The manga was then remade into a highly rated 2005 dorama starring Abe Hiroshi and Johnny's Yamapi (Yamashita Tomohisa). It's basically about a loser of a lawyer who decided that he can help 5 failing students from a crummy school enter Todai with his special training. His "classes" involving mixing sports with rote memorization and ignoring school teachers for subject matter exerts. He also, of course, teachers life lesson to these delinquent kids. When Kagami was questioning Misao, she was specifically calling her out that such teacher, classmates, environment, and training exist only in manga and TV. It was really a great reference because MANY kids DID believe they have a chance for Todai after watching the dorama. "Hey! Yamapi got in by playing catch while doing chemisty, so can I!". Kagamin is of course, the only one in the room with a real chance at Todai future. Hohoho. I personally liked the show for Abe-san; one of the great Japanese actors unknown to the West. I liked Yamapi in "Nobuta wo Produce", but he's really too Johnny's pretty for me. The show was utterly ridiculous but good acting and style saved it for me. Abe-sama will MAKE a Todaijin out of you!  Summer Test Preparation The reason why Konata (and everyone else) is paying attention to Summer assignment this time is because that this particular summer is special. The Summer vacation of a 3rd year HS student is spend doing special home work design to help you review the entire 1st and 2nd year of HS. This is to prepare them for the big tests in a few month. Good schools like Katsukabe would give them a review that's going to really help them do well on the tests, and anyone wanting to be in an elite University has best take advantage of it. There's a saying: "夏休みを制する者が受験を征する" (Those who controlled their Summer vacation will conquer the test). A student wanting to enter a public college will study for 10 to 12 hours a day. Good schools will even arrange special Summer camp where the students can concentrate on studying all summer long. Still think Japanese school is all fun and games? The Hiiragi girls even said they skipped the Matsuri held by their own Jinja. Even in L*S, the pressure of the 3rd year is evident. It seemed that our little Kona is serious about going to college after all. Students at a Summer Study Camp:  The Girls and their Eki This episode finally showed us a couple of JR stations. The following are the new Holy Sites: Konata's Home Station: 幸手駅 (Satte Eki)   Spoiler for Video of the Satte Eki:
Station for the Big Meeting: 東武動物公園駅 (Toubu Doubutsu Koen Eki) The sign's changed slightly like the other names:   The Great Lucky Star Hanabi Daikai By now we now know exactly which city Konata and the Hiiragis live, but we were never told here Miyuki/Minami resided, aside that it's closer to Tokyo. Some of you may know this, but Japan has a special breed of otaku called the Densha-Otaku; the train fanatics. Some of them are also anime-otakus. Some of these hybrid-otas analyzed the train scenes, station location, and clues from the dialog in trying to discover which Matsuri the girls went. Basically there are two candidates, and I'll just post them both. You can be the judge. First candidate is the famous 江戸川花火大会 (Edogawa Hanabi Daikai) held 8/4 of this year. Over 1.3 million people watched it live and over 14,000 fireworks were used last year. Video links below: Spoiler for Video - unhide to watch:
The Second candidate is somewhat famous 川崎市多摩川花火大会 (Kawasaki City Hanabi Daikai), held on the 3rd Saturday of August. Video below: Spoiler for Video - Unhide to watch:
Tsukasa's Quick Quips She made two one-liner references during the Masuri scetch:
Hazama-san, Master of low-brow humor:  Lucky Dog In Lucky Channel, new pretty-boy assistant Ono Daisuke made a reference to the past characters he and Imano Hiromi (Akira's seiyuu) played on the anime "AIR". He was the character 国崎往人 (Kunisaki Yukito) and she was the dog ポテト (Poteto). Hiromi-chan was so cute...  The Groom's Rumba The latest Shiraish ED again featured a song written and performed by the great Mr. White Rock. The song, "お婿ルンバ" or "Groom's Rumba" is a parody of a very popular wedding song by 70-80's idol 郷ひろみ (Gou Hiromi), "お嫁サンバ" or "Bride's Samba". I only knew about him because he dated Matsuda Seiko back in the 80's. You can watch the original song below (not the same one I posted before): Oyome Samba performed by Gou Hiromi back in '84: Spoiler for Video - Unhide to watch:
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2007-08-29, 03:41
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Episode 21: 1) Spotted by TnAdct1: Spoiler:
During the bit where Hiyori comes up with funny comic idea when she goes to bed (only to forget about it when she wakes up) a poster of Kira and Athrum from Gundam SEED can be in the background as Hiyori tries to remember the funny idea that she had.
2) Added by PirateSkittles: Spoiler:
Yassai Mossai: When Tsukasa is dozing off while doing her homework, she wakes up suddenly and mentions 'Yassai Mossai'. I think that it's a reference to this dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn_rI7qGEt4
Pocky: When Kagami buys a little keychain, Konata highly 'recommends' her to buy a box of Pocky. Wish Tree: Konata says that someone wrote "Konata is my wife." That's a reference to the reception of Lucky Star where a sign was posted up in Washinomiya Shrine that says that exact same thing. Koizumi: In the bus, Konata talks about Koizumi's character style being in the style of Izam. Itsuki Koizumi is a character from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu, who realesed a character song album. Izam is a japanese actor and singer. Souryuuden: During dinner, background voices were talking about a story of four brothers, "Souryuuden". That's a reference to "Gin-Ei-Den Souryuuden", a doujinshi by CLAMP. Lucky Channel: Hiromi Konno (Kogami Akira) and Ono Daisuke (himself) both voiced in the series 'AIR'. Konno played the role of a dog named Potato, who only says 'picco' (which is why Akira said 'picco'). Daisuke played Yuki, but also Sora the crow. That is why Akira said that Daisuke isn't a crow, and Daisuke said that Akira isn't a dog. It's also the reference behind the previews of the next show, featuring their 'animal talk'. Ono Daisuke called his corner 'This Week's Maggare', a reference to his role as Itsuki Koizumi from the series Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu. Itsuki Koizumi is an Esper, and one of his character songs was called 'Maggare Spectacle'. Shiraishi Minoru works at CoCo-ichi, where apparently he serves meat cakes there. xP Last edited by Pellissier; 2007-09-22 at 04:01. |
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Episode 23: 1) Submitted by AVPlaya: Spoiler:
=== Part A Kona's Haruhi Love Konata's Computer Wallpaper is the picture Haruhi 2nd Season Announcement graphic. It looks like the top half of this: Where can I find this wallpaper?!  Tsuruya Spam When Konata discovered that her mailbox is full of spam, she said 「メールがめがっさ溜まってる！」 (Meeru ga megassa tamatteru!, or I've got a LOT of mail!). めがっさ (megassa, a large number), like Nyoron!, is one of Tsuruya-san's trade mark sayings. Megassa Chaos, a Tsuruya-san only compilation doujinshi  www.tsunderelabulabu.co.jp It seemed that Konata is busying copying an image folder named TSUNDERE (ツンデレ) from her computer to a.. website? What is she copying? Her secret webcam candid photo of Kagamin? Does she have a pay-only site for the Tsundere Lovers which offers "candid" photos of a certain purple-haired girl with twin-drills? Where do I sign up? NOW we know why she goes to the Hiiragi house all the time now... new source of COMIKET fund no doubt. OKOK She's only copying to her E: drive, but a guy can dream, can't he? What was that flashing red light in your bathroom, Kona-chan?  The Real Reason the PS3 Failed in Japan Is due to the fact that Kona-chan's still playing old PS2 games, even while sick at home. If Kona-chan ain't buying, you ain't selling. Them's the rules. Wrapped under her warm and compy futon, Konata is playing one of the best games of 2005, "ワンダと巨像" or "Shadow of the Colossus" in the West. This game became part of Sony's Greatest Hits title, and that's probably the version she's playing. Cover of the Playstation 2 the Best collection version:  Yet Another Minomonta TV Show Minomonta-san is the most exposed person in the world - he's on TV on average of 20 hours a week, a world record. That's how popular he is as a host. He does a LOT of shows, including the one watched by Miyuki and her Momma, an daily afternoon house-wife information show called "午後は○○おもいッきりテレビ" (Gogo wa Marumaru Omoikkiri Terebi). It's a show only a house wife or husband would enjoy. In this show, the pink-haired pair learn about the incredible hype surrounding Xylitol, a sugar substitute marketed all over Asia as some magical dental health aid. Since I can't find a single video on this show, I can only imagine how boring it must be:  The Magic of Xylitol! Speaking of which, the very next scene we saw Miyuki bought into the hype surrounding this Finnish fake sugar made from wood, and she GET herself a family bottle of the New Lime Mint flavor of Lotte Xylitol Gum (キシリトールガム). Since the darn gum did cause her to visit a dentist needlessly and ended up getting another cavity taken out, I'd say this gum works! I can't believe people who bought into this marketing scam... Xylitol has minimal dental benefits - the best thing it can do is to make gum sweet while not giving you cavity, that's all. These family bottles are quite handy!  DVD Recoder for Kona Kona mentioned to Nanako-sensei that she wanted to get a DVD recorder. In Japan, as the sale of DVD players fall, the sale of DVD recorder is rising. It seemed that the DVD Recorder adaptation for the Japanese market is faster than the hard-drive based DVR's North American adaption rate. This is probably because the marketing focus of the major Japanese electronic firms are focused on DVD and nex-gen Blu-Ray and HD-DVD technologies and less on the HD technologies, where Japan has no real tech advantage. I do hope she gets a DVD-recorder for her late night anime.. how did watch ALL those shows without one? Most likely she download them from Winny like everyone else too. But really, HDD recorers are so much better, Kona-chan... don't you know at least one AV-otaku (Audio Visual, not the other one)? Like these new sexy Panny Digas... I know you want a Blu-Ray recorder so this Panny BW-200 HDD/BD hybrid recorder is exactly what you'll need to get all your akiba-kei anime in HD! It's a little expensive but you get to burn your own BD anime collection neh... Just look at this beauty.. you know you want it, Kona-chan...  === Part B Cake-flavored Strawberries Tsukasa made an interesting observation that the strawberry has a "cake" flavors to it. It's funny because Strawberry Cake is the best selling cake in Japan by far. In fact when people mention ケーキ, the first image that pops up is a creme-layered pound cake with a strawberry on top. Japan is filled with Bakery/Pastry shops selling cakes and other baked-sweets by the piece, and every one of them feature a signature Strawberry Cake. Buying and eating cakes is an everyday occurrence in Japan, that is in contrast with the West where we mostly eat cakes at Birthday parties or eating out in a fancy restaurant. Japanese cakes are also special in that they're mostly sold in pieces, exquisitely encased in its own plastic wrappers. The cream is not very sweet, unlike the diabetes-inducing sugary thing we called frosting here; the cake itself is also light and fluffy, not dense and again, sicken-ly sweet like the boxed cake found on Safeway shelfs. Numerous strategies has also been developed for eating a strawberry cake, as EP1 as eluded to. In short, Japanese cakes are 10x better than anything in the US, and only select European cities can boast better cakes than the ones found in any normal street in Japan. If you ever go to Japan, please do make sure and visit a Japanese pastry and try a strawberry cake or mount blanc - you will be amazed. Japanese and Asian-style pastry shopped can also be found in large American cities; you just have to know where to find them. This was supposed to be a short entry, but as you can guess, I'm a big fan of Japanese pastries. These strawberries all taste like cake!    Tsundere Doggie The show Yutaka watched with the Izumi's after she woke up is a segment of a morning information show ala The Today Show from Fuji TV called "めざましテレビ" (Mezamashi Terebi, or Alarm Clock TV). At every Monday to Friday around 7:54AM, they will do a segment called "きょうのわんこ" (Today's Doggie). In L*S the segment is called "きょうのわんわんわん"; both Wanko and Wanwan are children's term for puppies or dogs. As you might have guessed it, it features a puppy a day to doggie-moe everyone before they go to work or school. The only difference is, The segment is about "Today's Doggie", so only 1 dog is featured per day, yet the show in L*S featured at least 2. The Dogs Featured on "Today's Wanwan":
Some video of "Kyou no Wanko": Spoiler for Unhide to watch Videos of Cute Wanko:
If I bite you, it's because I love you.  Patti Rocks Patti, like most gaijin-otas, listen to a lot of J-pop music. However, like most of us, she only listen to a band when they have an anime OP/ED, and mostly will only listen to their anime work. For example, Orange Range was the biggest act in Japan back in 04 and 05, and yet most of us here only knows about them because of Bleach. It's a shame, really; I always think that if you dig anime songs, you should also dig right into J-POP/Rock scene and look for non-anime works of a good band/singer. One thing I'd like to add is that if I'm a gaijin-ota in Japan and I'd like to hide that fact to a non-outlaw Japanese, I would do exactly what Patti did - name these popular mainstream bands but never mention the fact I only listen to their anime songs. Of course I'll never ever bring up names like "Function Junction", "angela" or *ugu* "ALI Project". I'm going to list all the JPOP/Rock acts Patti listed for Kagami and a mention just 1 anime song from each band; for the complete list go here.
We give otaku nightmares  BTW, I have to give Patti's seiyuu props again. When she said "maid" to Kagami the first time, she used correct American English pronounciation, not "MA-I-DO". That's why Patti has to repeat it. Perhaps her OL job has to do work with English a lot, or that she'a good NOVA student. Kona Ota Compilation Sine I'm lazy, I'm going to list a bunch of ota references Kona-chan (and some by Kagami/Tsukasa) here: When Kagami/Tsukasa walked into Kona-chan's room while she's watching anime, Kagami said "Oosu" and Tsukasa said "Meesu". This is supposed to be a reference to "鉄コン筋クリート" or "Tekkon Kinkreet" manga and anime movie. I haven't watched the series even though I wanted to, so I'm not sure but these seemed to be the catch serifu for the 2 main characters. The Mecha anime with bishounen/shoujo Kona was watching is "機神大戦ギガンティック・フォーミュラ" or "Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula". The song playing is the OP from the series, "United Force" by seiyuu/singer Kuribayashi Minami (rather catchy).Yeah! Kona-chan watches us for our moe-ness, not our mecha!  Gamers Deeto So Konata asked Kagami out on a date, and they went to the Gamers store in Oomiya-ku of Saitama City. There's only 18 gamers in all of Japan, and although this one is in Saitama, from school they would have to travel West to Oomiya Eki instead of North to Satte Eki (Kona) and Higashiwashinomiya Eki (Hiiragi Twins). Since it's out of the way and time-consuming, Kona wanted her favorite Tsundere to go with her. *Holy Site Alert!* At gamers the girls played a self-referential game. First Kona picked up the Character Single CD for an anime she never "watched". This single CD features Kahlua/Tequila Marjoram of Galaxy Angel Rune or II (a Brocolli property, owner of Gamers). Of course Kona would be feel connected to the slutty Tequila/Kahlua-chan since that's another character played by Hirano Aya. Kagami's eyes just so happen to land on the vol 8 of the "Damashite! Power Puff Gilrs Z" Collector's Edition DVD, of which she felt an instant connection. That's because Kagami's seiyuu, Katou Emiri, also played Hyper Blossom in that series. Sometimes serendipity has some marketing undertone too. Yes, the entire Galaxy Angel manga/anime/game universe is one of my guilty pleasures. Do you find me hot now, Kagamin?  Vampires and Small boobs The light novel Kagami used to annoy Misao with is "レンタルマギカ吸血鬼VS魔法使い" or "Rental Magica: Vampires VS Wizards" I really, really want to watch this anime now. The nikoniko-eqsue words flying above the girls after Kona proclaiming her breast-based advantage to Minami called the girls "胸ぺったんガールズ", which is a slangy term for "Flat-breasted Girls", a new sub-group for the Lucky*idols. Watch for their new single soon. Let us remind ourselves why a pair of flat boobies is precious and rare.  Gottouza-sama's Ride Since we've talked a lot about the origin of Gottouza-sama (gosh I wish we can see more of her), I'm just going to add a bit. Her ride in anime and real life is the Honda CB400 Super Four, in which she has posed with on the cover of her single, "Red Zone". The bike debuted in 1992, and has a nick name of "Project Big 1". It's a 4-cylinder bad boy and capable of 105 mph, which back in 92 is pretty awesome. Honda still make a version of CB400SF, so I'm not sure what year is her lovely bike. I'm pretty sure it's a vintage model though. Also some info on the kanji sowed on the sleeves and the back her yankee uniform - it's "音舞羅" (nebura) or the kanji-fied name of her radio show "ねぶら". Oh Ride me, Gottouza-sama!  Also, the song for the ED is of course the battle insert song for "Asahina Mikuru no Kibou Episode 00". I can't believe I missed it because I loved that song. I blame Shiraishi.. the guy can't even hum a song! |
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