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Happy Birthday Kou!

Belated Happy Birthday Kou! Check out Dialover for other wallie formats.                                 

Freshest News: new Fushigi Yugi Byaako, Hakuouki musical digest and Strobe Edge movie photos

The March issue of Flowers will include a new spinoff, "Fushigi Yugi: Byaako Ibun". The magazine will also have news about the Suzaku and Seiryu plays. More info from ANN . According to Yuu Watase's blog it will be  a yomikiri which is a self-contained short story of a few chapters or less". From ANN . Watch the digest video of Hakuouki ~ Chikage Kazama Chapter musical. The DVD of the performance will be shipped out on May 22. From ANN .  Check out new promotional pictures of the Strobe Edge movie at Natalie . Via ANN . 

Freshest News: Heart no Kuni musical cast, Akagami no Shirayuki-hime announcement and new Fushigi Yugi play

Here's the cast of Heart no Kuni musical in costume. More info from ANN . There will be an "important announcement" regarding the manga, Akagami no Shirayuki-hime, next month. (I hope it's an anime adaptation!) From ANN .   There will be a new stage adaptation of Fushigi Yugi. It will be Tamahome's version of the story which will be played by Yutaka Kyan in his first starring role. It will run on March 19 to 29. Check the full story at ANN . (Wow! It's raining musicals left and right!)

News Round Up: Full cast of Kami Kiss play, Yona PV, Dream Knight PV and Gogure! manga spinoff resumes

I missed posting Mizuki's but here's the group picture instead for the upcoming Kamisama Kiss musical. Check out more pics and the cast interview at ANN . Watch the third promotional video for Dream Knight. It will premiere on Naver TV Cast, Tudou and Youku. More info from allkpop . Also a third promotional video coming from Akatuski No Yona. It features one of the dragons. There's also new OP and ED songs starting on episode 15. From CR . The spin-off manga, Gogure! Shigaraki-san resumes on the March issue of Gangan Joker. The tanuki spin off of Gogure! Kokkuri-san already ended last December. More info from ANN .

Manga Review: Heartful Kareshi

Heartful Kareshi by Moa Hato - 16 chapters - completed Hiyoko Tosoka is the only human in the very prestigious Saint PigeoNation Academy. The pigeons have pseudo human appearances.  I liked the premise of being the only human in all-pigeon school which is like the play of the usual only girl in an all-boy school. But aside from that there's basically no driving plot in the story. It's more of a slice-of-bird-life than a reverse harem per se. But this is based on the otome or visual novel dating sim and it's popularity led me to reading it. It’s confusing to track who’s who even if they have human representations and different personalities. But I have to admit they’re really cute in both in their pigeon and human forms. It also doesn't help that the heroine is in a first person shooting game mode and her only identifying attribute looks closest to a chicken drumstick. The manga combines four panel when they’re in pigeon form and the standard manga for

News Round Up: Hakuouki musical, Kami Kiss musical and Dream Knight teaser

Check out the photos of Hakuouki musical at ANN . The play ran last January 10-12. Here's Kurama for the upcoming Kamisama Kiss musical. From ANN . Here's a poster from Dream Knight. From FB .

Related: Gugure Kokkuri-San (Anime Review)

Gugure Kokkuri-San - 12 episodes Kohina is an elementary student who lives alone and on ramen. One day she summoned a fox spirit and it vowed to haunt her after seeing her desolate conditions. It becomes a haunting party in a different sense of word when other spirits join in.     A girl living with three males is easily a reverse harem but alas the anime series is far from it. The term "three males" is a generic word for these three suspicious characters. First, the two are really old for the little girl. Like maybe centuries old. Second, the other two can transform to their female forms. Yup, optional. And it's weirder that transforming to their animal forms is much more natural over their female forms in the reverse harem setup. And third, only two fit the the bishonen bill.        Another major factor why it's not a reverse harem is that the anime is not a shoujo, so I was debating if I really need to blog about it but I can't just let it pass.

News Round Up: new Yona visual, send questions to KamiKiss' mangaka, Cute High Earth Defense Club otome & Dream Knight drama

Here's the third key visual of Akatsuki no Yona as it enters the second cour. From CR . Got a question to Kamisama Hajimemashita's mangaka, Julietta Suzuki? Head to Funimation for details and send it over by January 12.  The new bishonen/magical boys anime, "Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!, inspires a smartphone otome. It will be out on late February. More info from ANN . Okay is this a reverse harem or what??? It's a web drama, Dream Knight, featuring Kpop boyband GOT7 and Song Ha Yoon. It will be out on January 27, 2015. " ... story of a young girl suffering from the aftermath of her past until a mysterious group of boys suddenly appear in her life. The drama  will also deal with the themes of teenage dreams, love, and friendship ." From: allkpop .

News Round Up: Kami Kiss musical still, Haruka 6 manga and a lot more!

Here's the first character visual from the upcoming musical adaptation of Kamisama Kiss. More info from ANN . The otome Haruka: Beyond The Stream of Time 6 gets a manga adaptation in Aria. Check out the rest of the character stills and full info at ANN . Fits Yawaraka won as the most popular gum boyfriend in 'Gum Kare!'. But the heroine has still not transformed back to her human form and there will be an addition of new 'Mint' character. Check out ANN for more info and videos. I've also added Christmas and New Year greetings from Gum Kare! bishies.  And speaking of contests, here's a belated follow up of the Crunchyroll contest for the English title of Watashi ga Motete Dousunda. The official winning title is, "Kiss Him, Note Me". From CR . If you're in Asia, catch the subtitled movie, "The Castle of Crossed Destinies" on Screen Red Asia channel on January 22. (I've already watched it. I'll post m

Happy New Year!

Here's a rundown of new year's greetings! From @anime_dialover Vitamin Z from   @kirishima Ren of Uta Prince no Sama from @Ren_J_SH Camus of UtaPri from @Camus_SH Cecil of UtaPri from @Cecil_A_SH Tokiya of UtaPri from @Tokiya_I_SH  From @arpakaco From Akatsuki no Yona via ANN From @Boyfriend_kari From @crazygumtv From DiaLov blog From BonKoi blog  UPDATE 1: 1/6/2015 added Gum Kare! UPDATE 2: 1/11/2015 added Diabolik Lovers UPDATE 3: 2/3/2015 added BonKoi