Well-de-well. I just got back from Otakon. It was super ball lick garbage and I’ll never be going back to it again. I’ll be sticking to Acen and Anime Expo if I do anything. And I might, because there’s lots of good porn to be had. I will write a big thing about it on dasaku. I’ll link it over here when I do. Anyway, this is going to be one big fucking rollup, with lots of goodies. So get ready. Also, I’m breaking the WanFesu stuff off into a different little section. It’ll be right after figures.

Anime/Manga/Games

• Shin-Ei Douga has announced the latest addition to its series of annual WWII anime movies for children. (They do a yearly anime TV movie.) It’s going to be called Futatsu no Kurumi and it’ll be about a present day girl who gets sent back in time to Tokyo several days before the firebombings. It doesn’t say which bombing is covered, but I’d assume it’s the March 9th bombing which saw 80 to 100 thousand people killed. It’s pretty near the most deadly single raid ever carried out. Well worse than Dresden which gets tons more attention. But don’t mind me. America is great and just. No war criminals over here. No sir. Especially not Curtis LeMay.Sorry, I’m a WWII nerd. And a bit pissed that everyone gets criticized except the people who won. Fuckers.
•  Suteki Tantei Labyrinth is getting an anime. It’s due out this fall.
•  Ohhhh yeah, remember that file sharing thing with Weekly Shounen Magazine? One of the men involved got a year in prison. The judge figured prison is a fitting punishment for SCANNING A FUCKING MAGAZINE because we need to respect the expense and effort of copyright blah blah blah. Totally overkill.
• I swear I’ve known this for a few weeks… I forget if it posted it already, Bamboo Blade, one of my favorite manga, is getting an anime TV show to be produced by AIC.
• Also, D.C. II ~ Da Capo II ~ will be airing this fall.
• On a side note, I want them to make a Teppan Shoujo Akane anime already. Fuckers.
• Looks like there are some screens up for Shin Sangokumusou 5 (Dynasty Warriors if you’re a douche.)
• Cave is apparently looking for cosplayers to help out with advertising for their upcoming horizontal shooter Death Lolita. Those will be good ads.

Figures

• Finally, some fun trading figures. Been a while. Do the faces match up? Not exactly, but there’s some hot Shakugan no Shana trading figures headed our way in November from Toys Works. The full box runs 7,350 yen. Well worth it for 10 super sexies.
• If you’re big into Tales of Symphonia, you might want to have a look-see at these ToS trading figs. Not great, but would make a ToS fan happy, I bet. The 12-piece 1BOX is 6,300 yen in October.
• Wanna take a walk with me to the eroero side of the tracks? Well, this re-release of the “Onna 2″ (a temporary name, I hear) figure is ready to head to a love hotel, slip off her robe, and show you her sexy, sexy arm seam. Nice. Price and date are irrelevant.
• BUT FUCK THAT OLD CRUSTY SHIT! I’m going to take you to a place that I go whenever I’m feeling… like a rapist. And that place is a pair of Manabi Straight ladies, together, forever. It’s Mucchi and Manabi sporting the classic bloomers look, and making me a worse person for the things I think when I look at this figure. Not the best carve ever, but I love the distinctness of the faces. Very good. They’re 120mm tall each and the set runs you 5,800 yen this October. Also in red bloomers.
• There’s some shokai gentei-ban going on with a 200mm Shihou Matsuri sola figure. LIMITED EDITION OMGOMGOMGOMG. Out in October for 5,800 yen.
• How about more Shana? Here’s a reprint of this ceremony version and a wedding version to go with it. Both are 5,229 this October.
• Another shitty SIF EX Hakufu. Alter or MaxFac, I BEG YOU GUYS, MAKE AN IKKITOUSEN LINE!!!
• The Creators’ Labo line is doing pretty fine. Entry number 13 comes along in the form of Simca, the hottest thing on AirTreks… right after that short haired chick from the one arc. She was hot shit. Simca would have been hot with short hair, but it was pink. Not as good. Out in October for 7,140 yen. Face is a little chub and it’ll be made with Yamato’s PVC. So, fair warning.
• OMGOMGOMGOMG SIGNUM!!! WOO! Got some reason, I have the urge to rub her shiny boobs until the paint comes off. Coming from CM Corp in September for 8,190 yen and standing 210mm tall. Yep.
• Box 2 of the Shuraki thing is up for pre-order. Probably you missed it. Sorry kids. Dunno what all the buzz is about there. I mean, they’re nice, sure. Just… yeah. Not THAT special.
• Also, quick older stuff. Shitty FF Tactics trading arts. Poorly sculpted, shiny DOAX2 figure. Annnnd, decent Kamyu from Utawarerumono.

Wonder Festival 2007 [summer]

• Are we all excited? HERE WE GO! Just gonna be quick links to the industry limited edition pages.
• Good Smile Company/MaxFactory – Sweet Nendoroid and plush from GSC, MaxFac… different Haruhi accessories with the figures? SCANDAL!
• Alter – We all remember these.
• Griffon Enterprises – Big props for Ikkitousen merch. WOO! Most of these are kits, for people who don’t know Griffon.
• Wafuudou Ganguten – Alt. Color Iris from Princess Waltz. Will also be at Comiket.
• WAVE – Black Dress Lucy Maria Misora. Can get it online after the event.
• Orchid Seed – Crappy new color Ryofu. Sucks.
• Volks – Probably it’ll be a bunch of creepy dolls. OH AND A FUCKING 1/4 KENSHIN FROM SENGOKU RANCE (It’s so hard not to type Lance… I still forget sometimes)
• Nitro+ – I’m glued to their page. Them and Leaf. Leaf’s not doing anything, but Nitro+ has some sweet ass puppets. PUPPETS!! And Demonbane figures.

And that’s all folks. I’m going to go home and look at all my stuff I bought. I’ll take pictures probably. WOO! Dinner and a nap!