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Radio show 3 transcript.
Corners: My little sister can't be this cute, Internet jargon guessing, Life counseling

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Internet Radio site (Japanese)

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Read my comments on the anime

Goseiger 46 released

The Word:
Monokage 物影 【ものかげ】 (n) a form, a shape
This word interested me because it uses kage/shadow to describe an object's shape/form. I dunno, kind of reminds me of a silhouette

So this might be something that's only of interest to me. I recently watched this anime called Ore no Imouto wa konna ni kawaii wake ga nai/My little sister can't be this cute, so I thought I'd listen to the Internet radio show for the show. It was kind of interesting, so I thought to transcribe some of it and share it with you guys

Radio show thread

My thoughts on the anime thread

OOO 17 released

So most people know by now that the new Rider is played by R5/ Iwanaga Hiroaki. The guy is hilarious, you should read his blog. In particular, I want to include his blog entry from right after his first appearance in Kamen Rider:
http://ameblo.jp/hiroaki-iwanaga/entry-10748960679.html
"As for Kamen Rider, I'm going to dash into the New Year's and rampage! Cute baby-tachi, don't fall in love with me! Good! My heart's been scaled before. No wait, sorry, I'm so tired that I'm going a bit nuts"

HeartCatch 46 released

The word:
Munashii 空しい 【むなしい】 (adj) vacant, futile, vain, void, empty, ineffective, lifeless, (P)
Thought this would be an interesting word to mention because the kanji for that means sky usually, but it's also used for space/vacuum

So at last volume 3 is released

Mmm, decadent cake. You know it's decadent because it's so moist and soft. It's soft and moist because it's full of fattening fat. This is the price that you pay for your decadence! Waxing in self-indulgence. Does the cake not tempt you?

Pics found here and here

So right now, I don't really know the specifics for our 3D releases. If we can do it, we'll do it. But I wanted to reassure people that we're definitely releasing the 2D versions. We're just waiting for the 3D release because it's 2D compatible and the combined pack is cheaper than buying 2D W and Goseiger movies separately

For the W movie we're waiting for the 3D release in February, so don't expect it right away

If you have any questions, please consult Luna's handy list of DVD/Blu-ray release dates:
http://forums.tvnihon.com/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=8373

Chiba Reiko, who plays Mei, later on became a yoga instructor. You can see how she looked in 1995 because she did a guest appearance in one of the Hibiki commercials. For a while, there was a rumor that she was the daughter of Sonny Chiba, but this was proven false and IMDB has removed this information from her page since then. (Sonny Chiba does have children, but they took on his real family name, Maeda)

Looking at her Japanese wiki page, apparently she had never met a man as scary as Director Toujou Shouhei during the filming of ZyuRanger. In an unverified pargraph, it says the director said things like, "Mei, you idiot! Why don't you go die?!" "You sure are crying a lot! Stop it! Change in scenario! Switch heroines!" "I've never seen such an awful female warrior before!" which would cause her to cry everyday. But he strictly taught her manners and courtesy and in the end she was grateful to him. The last thing that it says is that they both came from Fukushima, so the director complained that she had a bit of an accent. Secretly she thought, "The director also has that accent..."

Like I said, I didn't see a source for this story, so who knows how true it is. Take it with a grain of salt

ZyuRanger 05 released

Version one cuts off at the end

As performed by...

Mizuki Nana, a pretty cute lady in her own rights... and...

Some of these girls? Maybe? I dunno, ABC123 or something. I don't even know if the girls in this video are in this picture. Do you?

And including Queen from Kamen Rider W
 

Thread

In an effort to scale back on stuff, TN is backing out of the Rockman project. Maybe Zokusei will pick it up and continue it elsewhere. Rockman forums

Overall, for this year I really want to scale back on picking up new shows/series and just working on our tremendous backlog of stuff. It frustrates our fans who are waiting for it and it frustrates our staff who aren't able to work on stuff. I guess we'll see if we can keep that up. Persoanlly, if we can get some older series completed, that'd make me super happy

Goseiger 45 and we're caught up with last week

The word:
Oomisoka 大晦日 【おおみそか】 (n-t) New Year's Eve, (P)
Apparently there's a kanji for the last day of the month. So the big version of that is New Year's Eve. Isn't that neat?

Did you know Kanon also exists as a book?

So since there's no weekly episodes this week, hopefully we'll get some other stuff out to fill the gap. Enjoy!

First release of the year is ZyuRanger 4! And now we're all caught up with ourselves from last time. Go us

Before we get to the New Years, I'd just like to remind everyone that there's no weeklies next week. New episodes air again January 9th

How about reading a good book in the meantime?

Time Vent!

So OOO was release 2627. We started the year with a batch of Keitai and Shinkenger HD, which don't increase the counter since they're not technically new episodes. So our first real release wasn't till January 2nd Rescue Fire 39 which was release 2257. Man, that felt like forever ago, was that really still this year?

For the new year, I'm hoping to work on some of the backburner projects. It'll be tough with the Rider and Sentai movies coming out on Blu-Ray in February (the 3D combo pack is cheaper than buying them individually) and Sentai Versus in March. The beginning of the year is always hectic for that reason