In today’s (second) update: HD gets back on track with leftover news from the past few days now fully processed. I would try to think of a clever way to summarize it here but my brain is now officially dead for the day; read on for a whole lot of stuff. And things.

In today’s (second) update: HD gets back on track with leftover news from the past few days now fully processed. I would try to think of a clever way to summarize it here but my brain is now officially dead for the day; read on for a whole lot of stuff. And things. Ignis is hot…

Media Side

• Media Works’ Dengeki G’s Magazine has an official site online for 2/3 Ai no Kyoukai Sen. The mind reels at the possibilities of this (what I assume to be non-ero) game, in which you direct the actions of a NEET (Not in Employment, Education, or Training) hikikomori protagonist who must choose between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional girls that surround him, in an attempt to escape his self-inflicted hikikomori prison. The big catch here is that, as can be seen, the “3D” girls are depicted in two dimensions. I think I just popped a logic function. I’m not completely sure that this is a game, it may just be a G’s Magazine feature or something else entirely. Whatever it is, more information will surely find its way here as it’s made available.
• An official site is online today for the upcoming animation RAY THE ANIMATION animation. Why is Black Jack lurking behind them? I don’t know. There’s some connection, though.
• The fourth installment of Nakayama Hatsumi’s Deep Blue Age web manga is online, courtesy of Fox Publishing / Toranoana.
• Enterbrain had a Moe Uranai (fortune-telling matchmaker) on sale last weekend which I was able to pick up in Akiba. Lacking the knowledge of my own blood type I haven’t yet been able to find my perfect moe character type match, but persevere I shall. Incidentally, this is essentially an encyclopedia of moe roles and costumes. [Akiba Blog scoop]
• In other moe news, this reference book detailing the structure and workings of the various branches of the JSDF was released recently as well.
• Dengeki Moeoh volume 16, the magazine’s final issue, will be on sale December 26th (scroll down for an image of the cover).
• According to its official site, the Aria anime will be net-radioified weekly starting on January 10th.
• Akiba Blog scoops last weekend’s sale of the Comiket 69 CD-ROM catalog.

Ero Side

• Galge.com scoops the 21 eroge on sale tomorrow, December 22nd (a day earlier than usual due to Friday being the Emperor’s birthday). Items of interest include Caramel Box’s Aekanaru Sekai no Owari ni, Studio E.go’s Debo no Subako, Marmalade’s Miraroma, Cage’s Naisho no Yorimichi, Ruf’s Yumemiru Kusuri, Sarukoubou’s Shinobi Kokoro, Guilty’s Gibo to Oba, and Mini’s Natsukashi, among others.
• Galge.com strikes again with their Comiket 69 industry booth overview, providing a hyperlinked map of the hall with information on what many of the vendors will be selling. There are no pictures, though, so the Comiket Corner below may still prove useful.
• Toranoana / Fox Publishing will be releasing the first (third, actually – they can’t count) volume of their Akiba-kei magazine “Moyori” on January 30th. The first two prototypes sold well enough to have a go at a regular release schedule, it seems.
• G.J?’s Tsuma to Mama to Boin page has been updated with complete character profiles as well as a blog that seems to be a cross-marketing exercise with sister brand OLE’s upcoming release of Tenmusu!?.
• Eroanime News
  • Ani-An announces the first volume of its upcoming Ryuusei Tenshi Primaveil OVA, set for a February 2006 release.
• New Site Launches / Release Announcements
  • Complet’s’ Mama! Tsuma?
  • Saga Planets’ Fushigi no Kuni no Kanojo
  • Saga Planets’ Kouki
  • Fake Star’s Hyouka no Genya
  • Unisonshift’s Oshiete Re: Maid
  • Fonte’s Fami (Famiresu) [official site]
• Sample CG
  • Giant Panda’s Futari de Hitotsu no Koigokoro
  • Ja no Michi wa Hebi’s Kougeki Shoujo Falselion
  • Tiger Soft’s Musunde, Hiraite
  • Marmalade’s Miraroma
  • P-Factory’s Ano Machi no Koi no Shi
  • Mini’s Natsukashi
  • Maika’s Revenger Zero
  • Lilith’s Ane☆Hara Mix 2
  • Lilith’s Taimanin Asagi Gaiden
  • Studio Air’s Kurenaitsuki
  • Valkyria’s Reipu! Reipu! Reipu!
  • Light’s Imitation Lover [official site]
  • Tarte’s School Panic! [official site]
  • Black Rainbow’s .hack (not .hack)
  • Littlewitch’s Littlewitch Fan Box [official site]
  • Squadra D’s Memories
  • BaseSon’s Harukoi Otome [official site]
• Wallpapers
  • Chien’s Iinchou wa Shounin Sezu!
  • Apricot’s thanks 300,000 access
  • Chrome Six’s staff room
• Comiket Corner
  • Marmalade represents
  • Terios represents
  • Lilith represents (updated)
  • Saga Planets represents
  • Studio Miris represents
  • Breeze represents
  • Alcot represents
  • Undead represents (updated)
  • Unisonshift represents
  • Alchemist represents (updated)
  • Leaf / Aquaplus represent
  • Ichijinsha represents
  • Kage Kara Mamoru represents
  • Jigoku Shoujo represents
  • AMG Entertainment / Angel’s Feather represent
  • Fake Star represents
  • Nerimadaikon Brothers represents
  • Ginban Kaleidoscope represents
  • Majipoka represents – free OP animation and ED single, wallpapers and etc. CD in the offing
  • Bloomhandle represents
  • Carriere represents
  • Riddle Soft represents

Hobby Side

• Is this a Hobby Stock-only Tsuyokisu Kurogane Otome naked apron PVC figure I see before me, available for preorder when Hobby Stock opens on January 16th? Yes, yes it is. Also ruthlessly cloned from Akibajin is this Banpresto Maid Cafe Collection Akihabara set of trading figures, on sale in late January. Some of them look rather awesome.
• Sample images of Code: BE and Armisael XX are online at Gainax’s Evangelion Angel XX official site. In related news, the official Eva Store is now open for business. Shine on, you crazy cash cow.
• Maritan has a new top image, diary update, and further Comiket info! May her fascist – err, highly Democratic – reign be without end.
• Recent Releases
  • Wafuudou Ganguten’s To Heart 2 vol. 2 trading figures
  • Happinet Robin’s Ichigo Mashimaro 3D Design trading figures [Akibajin review]
  • Kaiyodo’s Himekuri Image Girl PVC (original, Mine Yoshizaki design)
  • Kadokawa’s Da Capo Second Graduation 2 special pack Asakura Nemu book + figure
  • DX Figure’s Fujiko selection 3 PVC set from Lupin the Third
  • Kotobukiya’s Ruri resin kit from To Heart 2
  • Kotobukiya’s Hazumu resin kit from Kashimashi Girl Meets Girl
  • Alter’s Swimsuit Rin PVC from Fate / stay night
  • Clayz’s Honami PVC from Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni
  • Megahouse’s Tsumura Tokiko PVC from Fusou Renkin
  • Bandai’s Zeta Heroines 2 trading figures from Z Gundam [Akibajin review]
  • CMS’s Cyber Formula Collection Figure part 2 trading figures
• Coming Attractions / Reminders

  December 2005

  • Wafuudou Ganguten’s Kinoshita Takako tropical ver. PVC from Pia Carrot he Youkoso
  • Yujin’s SRDX Aya PVC from Ichigo 100%

  January 2006

  • Yujin’s SRDX Aika PVC from Aria
  • Yamato’s Murata Range PSE Solid Line series #3 PVC
  • [ERO] Orchid Seed’s Ignis resin kit from Jingai Makyou

  February 2006

  • Megahouse’s Soul Calibur 3 Round 1 trading figures
  • Megahouse’s Rah DX Rein Mikamura PVC from G Gundam
  • F Toys’ Binchou-tan trading figures

  March 2006

  • Square’s Final Fantasy vol. 2 trading figures (Tifa++)
  • Epoch’s Marim Ru Guguu PVC from Mayu no Ichizoku
  • Epoch’s Daria Me Gijiku PVC from Mayu no Ichizoku
  • Toranoana’s Fine Scenery Manaka PVC from To Heart 2
  • Yujin’s TFC Fate / stay night trading figures

Will … crumbling … must … preorder …

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