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K-On season 2 is coming? Really?

Miochan — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:37:41 +0000

Just saw this from Chartfaq (click image for larger pic), anime for Spring 2010… and there’s K-On sequel in the list. A very good reason for this blog to comeback to life haha.

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K-ON! 1st anime character album to top chart

Miochan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:38:47 +0000

Hōkago Teatime, a two-CD mini-album “performed” by the characters of the K-On! anime series, became the first anime character CD release to top either the weekly album or single chart of the Oricon survey firm.

The CD release sold 67,000 copies to debut at #1 on the latest weekly album chart. No other album credited to fictional anime characters has ever reached that high.

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Lucky Star sketch sold for US$14000

Miochan — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:51:51 +0000

A sketch of a Lucky Star character by the popular game illustrator Naru Nanao was sold for 1,311,000 yen (about US$14,000) in an online auction.

Nanao had originally drawn the sketch of the Kagami Hiiragi character to mark the end of the Lucky Star anime series, even though Nanao was not directly involved in Lucky Star.

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Full size Gundam robot in Tokyo

Miochan — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:46:51 +0000

A full scale Gundam robot is built in Tokyo to celebrate the epic anime series’ 30th anniversary…

[Video credits to asahicom]

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Kadokawa Anime streaming Haruhi on Youtube

Miochan — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:00:04 +0000

Kadokawa is streaming the new release of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya on Youtube. English subbed and HD, how cool is that?

Update – Strange enough, they deleted the videos after a few weeks.

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K-On… The End

Miochan — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:05:11 +0000

The end of first season, will there be a second?

Update – The second is coming, check tag for latest K-on! stuff.

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Summer 2009 anime lineup

Miochan — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:46:20 +0000

Upcoming anime in summer 2009. Click image for larger size.

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Mio rice bowl

Miochan — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:51:30 +0000

I heard all the blue striped rice bowl are sold out in Japan lately…

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K-ON! episode 1 screen cut

Miochan — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:10:04 +0000

K-ON! is on air. The first episode seems promising. Some screen shots of the episode, credits to Danceofeteternity.

Read the rest of K-ON! episode 1 screen cut

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People behind K-on! anime

Miochan — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:30:57 +0000

Crew

Director: Hisako Yamada
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida
Original creator: Kakifly
Character Design: Yukiko Horiguchi
Art director: Seiki Tamura
Director of Photography: Rin Yamamoto
Color design: Akiyo Takeda
Musical Instrument Design: Hiroyuki Takahashi

Seiyuu

Yui Hirasawa: Aki Toyosaki
Ritsu Tainaka: Satomi Satō
Mio Akiyama: Yōko Hikasa
Tsumugi Kotobuki: Minako Kotobuki
Azusa Nakano: Ayana Taketatsu
Sawako Yamanaka: Asami Sanada
Nodoka Manabe: Chika Fujitō
Ui Hirasawa: Madoka YonezawaK

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