Bakemonogatari fans will be happy to know that the 1/8 scale figure of Nadeko Sengoku by Good Smile Company (GSC) is now available for preorder at most figure stores. This is no doubt one of the most anticipated figures of the series if not the most. Nadeko is one of the more popular girls in Bakemonogatari so when GSC decided to make a figure of her, they knew it had to be outstanding. From the promo shots, it doesn’t look like they are going to disappoint. For the design of the figure, GSC based it on the artwork found on the cover of volume 4 of the Bakemonogatari blu-ray. What’s Read more »
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5 Harem Anime That Are More Than Just T&A
Harems have become such an integral part of anime that now there is not a single season where there isn’t at least one new one. Most of these follow the same basic formula: average guy + special circumstances = 3 to 30 girls wanting to get in average guy’s pants. The special circumstances can range from something as simple as a childhood promises to something more extraordinary like obtaining special powers. In any case, the male lead always seems to suddenly gain the ability to make the opposite gender go crazy over him. After watching several harem anime, most people begin to lose interest since they recycle most of the Read more »
Wounding Potential of an Eraser
People who have seen the anime Bakemonogatari will remember a certain character named Hitagi Senjouahara who uses regular stationary as deadly weapons. In the anime, Hitagi has been seen either carrying or using items like pens, pencils, protractors, rulers, box cutters, scissors, and of course her favourite weapon: the stapler. That’s pretty much everything you would expect a student to use in school, but there is one very common item that Hitagi never uses: the eraser. The reason why Hitagi never uses the eraser has, however, been answered in the comic below. Note thatsince this is Japanese, the panels are read from top right to bottom left. Read more »
"Bakemonogatari" A Must For Supernatural Anime Fans
One of the new anime airing this season is called “Bakemonogatari”, which can be translated as “Ghostory” since bakemono = ghost/monster, and monogatari = story. The anime has different characters that it focuses on for a couple of episodes, and each of those characters has something to do with the supernatural. There is, however, a main character named Koyomi Araragi who is a former vampire and appears to try to help the other characters. Read more »










