| 3:32am | Healthy Women “Prefer Feminine Men” |  | | | New research suggests women from healthier countries prefer feminine men whilst those in deathtrap nations incline towards manly men. University of Aberdeen researchers studied some 4,500 heterosexual women from 30 countries, aged 16-40. The women were presented with 20 pairs of male faces; each... |
| 3:32am | Healthy Women “Prefer Feminine Men” |  | | | New research suggests women from healthier countries prefer feminine men whilst those in deathtrap nations incline towards manly men. University of Aberdeen researchers studied some 4,500 heterosexual women from 30 countries, aged 16-40. The women were presented with 20 pairs of male faces; each... |
| 1:48am | Today’s Japan Photo: Yubitsume 指詰め | | | | Last night while playing Yakuza 4 [龍が如く4 伝説を継ぐもの], there was a scene where one of the yakuza was apologising after he had performed Yubitsume 指詰め, and I thought it would be an interesting topic for Today’s Japan photo. This great shot was taken by flickr user underflo.... |
| 11:43pm | Bleach - Episode 262 | | | | The Tragic Sword Fiend! Haineko Cries!Matsumoto and a team go to find some Sword Fiends. Haineko goes ahead and finds one on her own, Narunosuke, he seems nice and really weak and hurt. She falls in love with him and doesn’t kill him, coming back and lying to Matsumoto about... |
| 11:22pm | Ladies Versus Butlers! Eel Raep Action |  | | | Loli groping anime Ladies versus Butlers is still overflowing with the usual fanservice in its 11th episode, this time branching out into the poor man’s tentacle, the eel. More details below, along with the obligatory gif, this time of a loli sucking a sausage: |
| 10:27pm | Unfunny Internet Meme Comics #7-8 | | | | I’m sure that Saten’s bat will somehow prove invaluable to the resolution of the present situation that the cast of Railgun has gotten themselves into, but you have to admit, taken at face value, it doesn’t seem like the most useful of implements. That said, it’s probably infinitely... |
| 9:02pm | Square Enix Fury at TV MMORPG Lies |  | | | Square Enix looks to be furious at faked TV reports about fanatical players of MMORPGs (Final Fantsay XI being a case in point). Hiromichi Tanaka, lead developer for Final Fantasy XI and Senior Vice President of Software Development, tweeted thus: “The other day we had enquiries from that station... |
| 8:41pm | Kobato Ioryogi Plushie | | | | If you are a fan of the anime series Kobato, then you would have a love-hate relationship with the foul-mouthed Ioryogi (いおりょぎ). Now Chara-ani has announced preorder for the Ioryogi Plushie. He is scheduled for release in July 2010, and will be retailing for around 2,400 yen. Interested folks... |
| 7:53pm | Guardian Charm Himari #11 — Stand By Your Man | | | | Wow. Rinko had a nice scene. I’m shocked. Impressions: A rather intense first half, although like the early Ques stuff, sort of suffered bit since about half that fight was in that promo they put out a few weeks back. It was still very enjoyable though. I do wish they would show some kind of... |
| 7:14pm | The Idiot, Tests, and Summoned Beasts #11 — Level Up! | | | | I want this RPG. So badly. Impressions: Man, I love the battles in this show. Sure, they’re not all tha well animated or the like, but they’re quick, smart, and we don’t have to hear the characters rant at length about why they’re strong or what they’re fighting for.... |
| 5:16pm | Monster Hunter Portable 3rd Trailer | | | | Capcom has announced that they are now working on Monster Hunter Portable 3rd for the Sony PSP, whereby the game is a sequel to the immsewill be releasing the sequel to their immensely popular Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G. Here’s the trailer that was uploaded onto Capcom’s youtube channel:... |
| 4:47pm | Manga Review: My Darling, Miss Bancho! (vol. 1) |  | | | In order to relieve her recently divorced mother of tuition cost, the young Souka decides to transfer from a private high school to the local vocational school. However, when she shows up to her first day of classes, she is shocked to find out that she is the only girl enrolled there! There’s... |
| 4:34pm | Chu-Bra!! - Episode 6 | | | | Extreme Adolescence Amahara comes to join the society and shows her "extreme" attitude towards underwear. She’s already thinking about "real" women and using underwear as a weapon. Anyway, funny stuff happens. The episode basically shows an argument about comfortable underwear... |
| 3:26pm | Bleach - Episode 261 | | | | The Person with the Unknown Ability! Orihime is TargetedA new student arrives at Orihime’s class, Haida. Meanwhile, some girl has been attacked and Ichigo is looking into it on the possibility that it might be a Sword Fiend. Anyway, Haida had a stupid problem with a close friend,... |
| 3:25pm | Love Plus Figure Previews | | | | Kotaku has picked up a magazine scan that was announcing the huge scoop that there will be figures produced for the immensely popular LOVE PLUS game on the Nintendo DS. Here’s a closer look at the three figures of Manaka Takane [高嶺 愛花], Rinko Kobayakawa [小早川 凛子], and Nene Anegasaki... |
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