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Oomiya Shinobu is an everyday 15-year old girl who currently attends a Japanese all-girls high school. The one thing that makes her different is that while she was in middle school, she stayed in England for a short time with a host family. Now that she's back in Japan she often thinks back fondly of her time in England... when one day she receives an unexpected letter via airmail.
The letter is from the daughter of host family she stayed with while in England - a beautiful girl with blond hair and blue eyes named Alice Cartelet. The letter says that Alice is coming to visit Shinobu in Japan. The story focuses on the everyday school life of Shinobu, Alice and her rival childhood friend Kujou Karen, as well as Shinobu's friends Inokuma Youko and Komichi Aya.
Main Characters
Oomiya Shinobu [大宮忍] played by Nishi Asuka [西明日香]
Alice Cartelet [アリス・カータレット] played by Tanaka Manami [田中真奈美]
Kujou Karen [九条カレン] played by Touyama Nao [東山奈央]
Inokuma Youko [猪熊陽子] played by Uchiyama Yumi [内山夕実]
Komichi Aya [小道綾] played by Taneda Risa [種田梨沙]
See their full details on the official character page. I kinda like Alice the most out of this bunch ^^;
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If any of the PVs were eaten by YouTube, you can try this search query to find a replacement.
The OP and ED theme will both be sung by all the main characters under the unit name 'Rhodanthe*', but the name of the songs haven't been announced yet. Check the official music page for updates.
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Devil Survivor 2 Anime
Space Battleship Yamato 2199
Red Data Girl
Date A Live
Anime Valentines Day Card
Ayase Hazuki
Enako
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Thailand Game Show
TGS 13 Culture Japan Booth
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The comments here and members of the Facebook page suggest that 30% of dannychoo.com readers are ladies - thought I'd take a poll to see if that's the case.
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Isshiki Akane is an innocent 14-year old in a world where the world's energy problems have been solved by an invention called the "Materialization Engine." One day however, a mysterious enemy called the "Alone" crop out of nowhere and attack the engine. Donning a powerful outfit called a "Palette Suit," Akane is able to fight these beings that conventional weapons cannot harm.
Main CharactersIsshiki Akane [一色 あかね] played by Sakura Ayane [佐倉綾音]
Futaba Aoi [二葉 あおい] played by Murakawa Rie [村川梨衣]
Saegusa Wakaba [三枝 わかば] played by Ootsubo Yuka [大坪由佳]
Shinomiya Himawari [四宮 ひまわり] played by Uchida Aya [内田彩]
Kuroki Rei [黒騎 れい] played by Uchida Maaya [内田真礼]You can see the girls' full profiles on the official character page.
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PV1 PV 2. You can hear a clip from the OP ENERGY toward the end of the video.You can hear Akane introduce herself in this commercial.This commercial features narration by Aoi. Commercials featuring the other girls will come out every week, so check out the movie page of the official website when the time comes.
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More cute girlies battling the forces of evil? Sounds like its on my watch list ^^;
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SCANDAL - I have a feeling that we will be seeing more of them around here in November...
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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Mirai and Kanata in their bikini!
High-res wallpaper here.
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She not due out until later this week but I managed to sneak into the Kotobukiya HQ with my ninja skills and nab a copy of Cupoche Madoka which can only mean one thing - pre-release preview time!
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2011 Spring Anime - whats on your watch list and what you most looking forward to? We currently working on some of the King Record ones. Will have to wait until Summer when we see the cameo appearances by our girl.
Image stolen from Fakku with original sauce from cowboybibimbop.
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I think you can guess what comes next ^o^
Depending on the production schedule, I should be able to announce something at Anime Expo 2013.
Check out more office tours of other Japanese companies in the anime industry listed up below.
Pixiv Office Tour
Good Smile Company
Bushiroad New Office Tour
Ascii Media Works
Kadokawa
Culture Japan Season 1 Final
How Anime is Made
Hobby Search
Hobby Japan
Nitroplus Office Tour
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Mirai works part time at a maid cafe and this is what she wears.
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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Then the iPhone came out in Japan and changed all that - it was the only notable phone on the Japanese market at the time with a touch screen and decent computer connectivity.
I had used the iPhone since then and upgraded once to the iPhone 4S. Being a Mac user, the iPhone only increased my Apple Fanboi-ism. The iPhone enabled me to increase productivity in my daily workflow.
But while I still am a Mac user, the Apple magic has started to fade away. One of the reasons was the introduction of the very disappointing MacBook Pro Retina which I bought and returned immediately due to the screen resolution - not good at all for anybody working with web graphics - and no - its nothing to do with apps being Retina ready or not.
1024px x 768px images look tiny at native resolution - my clients dont want download sizes of images blown up just for Retina users.
Another reason is that as I became busier, I found myself wasting time getting information onto my iPhone. I work in the TV industry and deal with many file formats - I wasted time converting videos (waiting) and then transferring them to my iPhone via a cable. Everything had to go through iTunes! There were not even apps from Apple which did the converting meaning that one had to use tools like Video Monkey - is it still like this?
I also deal with sensitive images of unreleased figures, anime titles and wot not but images are all managed through iTunes - they all show up in the photo gallery which is not good either - I would get into heaps of trouble by my clients if somebody saw something they shouldn't - same with all the ecchi images too ^^
The iPhone started to become very restrictive for my workflow and so I switched to Android. I already reviewed my Samsung Galaxy S3 so today I will be talking about how its been using Android for over half a year and why I'm not one of the 80% who would recommend iPhone.
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And no Japanese Schoolgirl bible is complete without coverage of 2D school girls.
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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There are going to be a ton O guests - some of the ones announced so far are:-
JAM Project
SCANDAL
Angela
May'n
Kana Hanazawa
Ichiro Mizuki
KANAME
Milky Holmes
There will also be a load for you to do apart from enjoying all the cosplay and exclusive goodies including:-
Atelier Royale butler cafe - They rejected my recommendation of "Dolphin Cafe" where they would serve tea with condensed milk.
School Days - cafe featuring the Moe Moe Kyun girls dressed in om nom nom school uniforms who may me serving you Milk tea.
Anime screenings - "Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer" and "The Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi."
Cospa - featuring the Kadokawa World Tour and Evangelion Store.
Bushi Road - who are also the official sponsors of Culture Japan.
And if you are a cosplayer then join in on the shenanigans by entering the Regional Cosplay Championships 2010.
I'll also be at AFA helping to set up stage, hand over tickets at the cashier, sweep floors, make Teh Tarik, go and get some Char Siew Rice or Har Mee for the staff and MC on stage from time to time. Will also be filming for Culture Japan.
The most important thing that you get to do at the AFA that's not written on the site - you get to meet many like minded folks who share a passion for Japanese Pop Culture.
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The story takes place in the near future where it has become possible to quantify a person's emotions, desires, tendencies, and psychological state into an index called a "Psycho-Pass." In order to ensure public safety, "enforcers" hunt down those with a high potential to commit crime and "monitors" accompany the enforcers in order to neutralize them if they become potentially criminal themselves.
Main CharactersKogami Shinya [狡噛慎也] voiced by Seki Tomokazu [関智一]
Akane Tsunemori [常守朱] voiced by Hanazawa Kana [花澤香菜]
Ginoza Nobuchika [宜野座伸元] voiced by Nojima Kenji [野島健児]
Masaoka Tomomi [征陸智己] voiced by Arimoto Kinryuu [有本欽隆]
Kagari Shusei [縢秀星] voiced by Ishida Akira [石田彰]
Kunizuka Yayoi [六合塚弥生] voiced by Itou Shizuka [伊藤静]
Karanomo Shion [唐之杜志恩] voiced by Sawashiro Miyuki [沢城みゆき]
Makishima Shogo [槙島聖護] voiced by Sakurai Takahiro [櫻井孝宏]Visit the official site to see more detailed character profiles.There is a poll embedded in this article.
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The OP is abnormalize by Ling Tosite Sigure [凛として時雨], and is slated for release 2012/11/14. You can hear a preview of the song in the second PV above. The ED is Namae no Nai Kaibutsu [名前のない怪物] (Monster with no Name) by EGOIST and will be available 2012/12/05.
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More example questions - which of school girls is into Dollfies?
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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Been thinking how to deal with the work load of late and was in a spot of bother until I saw these photos posted over at Figure.fm by AS_Asuka who kindly let me share these photos here and on Flickr.
These 1/3 scale MacBook Air's are just the thing to enable my girls to also help out with the business. Now all I need to do is to get hold of some and train the girls up with Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator and Final Cut Pro.
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Can you imagine working in a place where the boss got rid of all the chairs and put in alarms which go off when you don't walk fast enough?
Well some of the folks who work at Canon don't need to imagine - its a reality for them.
The president of Canon Electronics Hisashi Sakamaki is also the author of a book called "A company will do well if you get rid of the chairs and computers" - available on Amazon.
According to his book, employees can concentrate on the meeting at hand without chairs and they have been able to half the number of meetings each year.
He also says that by standing at work, the employees develop a closer relationship with each other and that problems are solved much more quicker. The company also saves on the cost of buying chairs as you can see in the photo.
Also in the photo you can see a blue sign on the floor. When Nikkei went to interview the president, while walking in the corridor a siren and flashing lights went off.
The corridor was designed to detect whether employees were walking at least 5 meters for every 3.6 seconds.
The blue sign on the floor also says "Lets rush - if we don't then the company and world will perish."
The president says that the factory is huge and is foolish to waste time walking which is why he put those sensors in place to let the employees feel how fast they should be walking.
Folks at 2ch have put together a comparison between the employees work conditions and a few photos of the boss relaxing in his office ^^;
And what do folks at Itai News have to say about all this?
-Its like a prison
-Its old gits like this that cause damage to Japan
-Whats with the brain washing
-I feel despair for the employees. I'm not buying Canon
-Its like science fiction
-They are not treated like humans
-Hes got no sense - it should be 100 meters for every9.8 seconds
-Get rid of the tables too!
-This is why suicide rates don't drop
Next time you take a photo on your Canon - think about the employees ^^;
Via Itai News.
I feel all guilty as a Canon user sitting down at work.
The current office layout taken from this weeks A Week in Tokyo 39.
Good time to switch to Nikon ^^;
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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More Itasha related posts below!
Indonesia Itasha
Mirai Itasha Mini Countryman Version
Mirai Suenaga in Malaysia
Japan Road Bike
Kipi
Mirai Suenaga Itasha Ver 2
Kobuichi Itasha
Moekana - ku
Ita G Festa 3 (part 2)
Ita G Festa
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By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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A doll event called Dollism took place last Sunday which was attended by a load of DC readers.
Avan took a load of snaps and kindly gave me permission to www.dannychoo.com/clickout.php?url=http://www.figure.fm/p....
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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And this is what Kirino would look like around your workspace.
More figure photo reviews listed up below.
Dark Magician Girl
Kaiyodo Office Tour
Volks
Mirai Suenaga Doll
Asuka Shikinami Langley Kotobukiya
Dollpa 29 Part 2
Dollpa 29
Yui Takamura Figure
Cu-poche Madoka
Iron Man Nendoroid
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The 35th Doll Show took place today in Tokyo and I managed to muster a couple of hours at the event before heading back to the office. As usual the place was filled with lovely dollies and accessories.
Any doll events in your neck of the woods?
Check out doll related posts listed up below - or you can check out doll.fm and follow the doll.fm Facebook.
Dollism Plus Tokyo
I Doll
Yuzuriha Inori Dollfie
Ultimate iPhone Case
Happy Chinese New Year 2012!
Merry Christmas 2011
2011 Christmas Giveaway
Kashiwazaki Sena
Hatsune Miku Dollfie
Saber and Melon
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Some retro schoolgirls.
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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Culture Japan is currently in its first season and is being broadcast on Tokyo MX TV in Japan every week. Even though we have only broadcast 3 out of the 13 episodes, the show seems to have gained popularity in Japan and looks like we already have sponsors for a second season. But I'll be taking a short break before Season 2 or each show would be broadcast from my coffin ^^;
Pretty much all of my time right now is spent either filming, editing or preparing for the show. Preparation includes everything from the filming equipment (camera, sound, lighting, tripods) to things like working with the makers/shops/locations/event PR folks to organize the shoot.
Most of the Japanese TV industry uses Final Cut Pro which I managed to get the hang of though the very late nights working on the show - I had no idea what I was letting myself in for ^^;
After editing all the footage, we send the audio tracks to the folks who does whats known in the industry as "MA" or Multi Audio. They add any sound effects needed and also makes sure that narration and background music is balanced out. This process is also known as "Sei-on" [整音].
At the same time, the translator is working on the English/Japanese subtitles which are then read into Final Cut Pro using XML - this then creates a sequence with all the subs placed at the correct times - we used to do this manually!
Once the subs and final audio track is complete, we render the final video in full HD which ends up being about 50GB. This is then taken to a studio which records the show on tape. The tape is then taken to Tokyo MX TV for the final process called "Nouhin" [納品] which means "delivery of goods."
Learned how to use tools such as Photoshop, Fireworks and Illustrator over the years which have become handy as these are used in TV production a lot too. If you are interested in working in Japan in the content creation field then do consider adding Final Cut editing skills under your belt too as there is much demand for this skill set. But don't forget that you need Japanese language ability too.
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More figure photo reviews listed up below.
Kaiyodo Office Tour
Volks
Mirai Suenaga Doll
Asuka Shikinami Langley Kotobukiya
Dollpa 29 Part 2
Dollpa 29
Yui Takamura Figure
Cu-poche Madoka
Iron Man Nendoroid
Mikoto Misaka Beach Side
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The Desk Diary was another series that I was supposed to write regularly which covers the changing work environment together with any other bits and bobs that are going on in life. The last one I wrote was in September when it was still hot - its bloody freezing now!
Since the last installment, the office has had a few additions which are mostly for Culture Japan production. The iMac is where all the main Final Cut editing goes on. Sometimes we have 3 Macs rendering stuff but really need to make time to look into having some sort of cluster just for rendering.
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Culture Japan Night is an event that takes place around the world which brings together folks who share the same passions for Japanese Pop Culture. These folks are brought together to grow their own network of not just business contacts but new friendships too. Check out this category to see what previous events have been like.
This time we will have Moekana tournaments, anisong, cosplay, figure and doll display.
I'll be in Malaysia for Comic Fiesta on the 22 + 23rd December and as usual we will hold Culture Japan Night right after on the 24th. If you fancy joining then just register using this form! Details of the event below.
Date: December 24th 2012
Time: 5PM - 10PM - come and leave anytime.
Entrance Fee: RM20. The venue need to pay their bills. I would prefer for you to come for free but would cost me 3 limbs for the space. I need my limbs to get back to Japan.
Address: Menara PGRM, No.8 Jalan Pudu Ulu, Cheras 56100 Kuala Lumpur.
Hall: "Dewan Pulau Pinang 1 & 2" Level 4, Tower 1
Nearest station: Taman Maluri LRT-station (5min walk)
Google Map: goo.gl/maps/jyIic
Parking: Basement & Outdoor, RM5 flat rate per entry.
As with previous events, we have undercover police to make sure that trolls are dragged out by the goolies and to make sure that everybody has a fun time on the night.
Cosplayers can change in the toilets.
There will be tables to display your daughters - bring them along!
No smoking, no alcohol, farting ok as long as its the odor level does not go above Ninja.
Please keep an eye on your belongings!
If you got a pack of Moekana - bring it along and we shall battle in the official tournaments?
Please use the hash tag #culturejapan
Once you have registered then just turn up on the day!
Bring a name card with you if you plan on networking - all the reasons why you should name a name card anyway are covered in this post.
Register for Culture Japan Night Malaysia 2012 Winter!
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More JSPT example questions - What do these girls like to do on a weekend?
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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More anime news and event photos listed up below.
Date A Live
Anime Valentines Day Card
Ayase Hazuki
Enako
Moe Heroes
Thailand Game Show
TGS 13 Culture Japan Booth
Mirai Music
Chitose Shirasawa Cosplay
Suisei no Gargantia
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