Reverse Harem Garden

February Wallie

2012-02-02T11:01:00.002+08:00

From Hana Kimi

5-ji kara 9-ji made

2012-01-31T19:23:00.003+08:00

5-ji kara 9-ji made (From Five to Nine) by Miki Aihira 3 volumes-ongoing

Sakuraba Junko works from 5 to 9 as a teacher and has no boyfriend. But days before her 27th birthday she's pursued by a monk, officemates and a student. Little girls please don't read this. (due to mature theme) First chapter is now scanlated!

Flower Boy Ramyun Shop

2012-01-29T15:48:00.000+08:00

Flower Boy Ramyun Shop 16 episodes

Yang Eun Bi is a 25-year-old woman struggling in career, love and a strained relationship with her only family. Things gets more complicated when a young chaebol Cha Chi Soo keeps popping up in every step of her way all the way to the Flower Boy Ramyun Shop.

The drama has layers and layers of twists and it gets sweeter and at times silly as the layers are unraveled. I don't find the actress that pretty but if you think about it she's not like the usual pretty types pretending to be ugly and she plays her character well. The reverse harem can be two-fold. The three guys who are really after her and the pretty boys she's working/living with at ramyun shop/home. Ironically, my most favorite scene in the series is from Yang Eun Bi's bestfriend and coach during the wedding. Overall, I'd rate this drama as feel good, refreshing series. Something to watch after some bouts of heavy drama marathon.

Twelve Men in A Year Teaser

2012-01-28T08:50:00.004+08:00

Twelve Men in A Year releases still and teaser. Yoon Jin Seu stars as Miru. It's based on a German novel and will run for 16 episodes. More info from dramabeans.

Upcoming/ Unconfirmed

2012-01-24T11:00:00.001+08:00

Noah by Yuki Shibano (manga)

Noah decided to follow the one she loves to the art high school Saint Rinnell. And then she will start a love story like those her parents used to tell her... From chibi manga via mangaupdates.

Twelve Men in a Year (kdrama)

Yoon Jin-seo will play Miru, a magazine journalist who starts a new dating column where she dates twelve men in a year, one for each astrological sign. The drama will premier in Feb. 15. More info from dramabeans. Very Starry Sky-ish eh?

Happy Chinese New Year!

2012-01-23T03:19:00.001+08:00

from the guardians of Seiryuu of Fushigi Yugi

Freshest News: Animate Cafe x UtaPri themed food

2012-01-21T12:39:00.008+08:00

Animate opens their first cafe in Ikebukuro, Japan on January 31 with Uta Prince No sama- themed food, drinks and mats etc. The promo will end until February 29. More info from Crunchyroll. I got the dish from unleashthegeek's tweet. Here's the menu and translations taken from CR:

Otoya's If I'm With You, It Tastes Better! Just-So Chicken Curry

Masato's I Locked Up My Overflowing Emotions [some kind of] Stew and Rice

Find Piyo-chan! Natsuki's Crepe-wrapped Surprise

Tokiya's Duo of Song and Love Cocktail Marinade

Ren's Harmony Between Me and the Ladies Rich al Dente Fettuccine

Sho's Aim to be a big star! Full throttle chivalry! Twinkle Salad Plate

Cecil's Garnishing the Starry Sky with Aguna Soul Royal Royal Soup

Haruka's Harmony Everyone Creates Together Trio Dessert

Ringo's Gasping Melty Caramel Finished Apple Moon

Ryuuya's Sweet and Sour Adult Love Flavored Rare Cheese Mousse

Shining Special Sweet Set

Freshest News: MU shuts down due to FruBa..well partly

2012-01-20T13:16:00.004+08:00

I've been seeing this in the news and what do you know..Fruit Basket was involved. Get the full news from ANN.

Freshest News: Ooku new TV series & 2nd movie

2012-01-17T09:03:00.008+08:00

There's a new TV adaptation of the manga on October entitled Ōoku: Arikoto・Iemitsu Hen which will cover the volumes 2-4. Then immediately after the series ends the movie Ōoku: Emonnosuke・Tsunayoshi Hen will premier in December 22 covering volumes 4-6. More info from ANN.

Freshest News/ Upcoming: Uta Pri Season 2

2012-01-16T01:43:00.002+08:00

The second season of Uta Prince no sama was announced last Sunday. More info from ANN.

Freshest News: English PSP Hakuouki Limited Cover & Wallies

2012-01-15T02:18:00.007+08:00

With less than a month before the release of the English PSP game, Aksys releases the limited cover look and contents. Visit the official site. Here's also the official wallies:

Freshest News: FY boxed set & StaSky English Comics

2012-01-13T09:44:00.003+08:00

Season one boxed set of Fushigi Yugi will be released this April. From ANN. There will be an English shonen comics of Starry Sky coming this April 1st as well. From Lijakaca.

Birthday Wallie

2012-01-12T12:27:00.003+08:00

Here's the new look of Starry Sky's birthday wallie for the year. Up until Jan. 19 at official site.

Freshest News: Viki app, Brave 10 in CR, English Hakuouki & Starry Sky Fortunes

2012-01-05T08:12:00.005+08:00

You can now download the official Viki app via Samsung Apps so you watch Boys Before Flowers on your Samsung phones. From Viki FB page.

Crunchyroll will stream Brave 10 in January 10. More info from ANN.

The English PSP version of Hakuouki will be released on Valentines' Day with prices ranging from $29.99 to $39.99. More info from Lijakaca.

P.S.

Get your New Year fortune from Starry Sky by clicking on the omikuj. You can get the translation from Ponytale.

Mystery Pictures/ Upcoming Manga

2012-01-02T03:39:00.000+08:00

Mystery picture # 1: From Betsuma. Is this an all-star cast cover or a manga?

Mystery picture # 2 from Girl's Style

Upcoming manga: 1-nen 5-kumi Ikimono Gakari not yet in MAL. This is a wallie too.

Polls: What you like most about RHG/ Monthly Wallie

2012-01-02T01:06:00.008+08:00

Thanks to 315 people who voted. I only found out through this poll that people prefer animes and mangas way more than dramas. I'm guilty with focusing more on dramas nowadays (rh and non-rh). There's nothing much to catch up with animes but I do have a backlog of mangas. I promise to give you more manga reviews this year. On the same note, last year's highlight would be the slew of 4 animes and 3 gender-bender live action dramas for summer. Let's hope 2012 will be have more rh titles! Here's to start of a new year from Hisayo Nakajo's January wallie of Hana Kimi.

rundown of scores:

anime reviews 221 (70%)
manga reviews 211 (66%)
upcoming, unconfirmed and mystery pictures 140 (44%)
news 107 (33%)
drama reviews 105 (33%)
wallpapers 99 (31%)
polls 92 (29%)
bits of otome 77 (24%)
birthday bishies 70 (22%)
banners 63 (20%)
calendars 47 (14%)
constellations 42 (13%)
christmas countdown 40 (12%)
buttons to other sites 35 (11%)
playlist 32 (10%)

New Year Messages

2012-01-01T11:01:00.005+08:00

From Starry Sky. You can also visit their New Year site.

From Miwako Sugiyama

From Yuu Watase

Dara looking RH with Shinee for Etude House

Happy New Year

2012-01-01T00:01:00.000+08:00

from Crash!!

Bday Wallies

2011-12-31T00:01:00.001+08:00

Grab the new PSP-format wallies from Brother's Conflict's special page. It's up until January 25 6pm. We have 4 birthday celebrators: Tsubaki 12/31, Azusa 12/31, Natsume 1/1 and Wataru 1/3.

Freshest News: Brave 10 PV & Alice Movie DVD

2011-12-30T23:13:00.000+08:00

The 3rd PV of Brave 10 have been released. The anime will air in January 7 with 12 episodes. Again, I'm not sure if this is a RH. From ANN.

The movie "Alice in the Country of Hearts" will be released in DVD this February 15. There's also two new wallpapers added at the official site.

Shima Shima

2011-12-28T11:28:00.003+08:00

Shima Shima by Sayaka Yamazaki 5 volumes - complete

Shio runs an aromatherapy salon which is also a front for "Striped Sheep". She provides young men as sleeping companion for women who have trouble sleeping. It's the literal meaning of sleeping just so you know. Anyway these young men also happens to live in her house. There's a live action tv adaptation too which I'm planning to watch as well.

Misupuri

2011-12-27T09:44:00.003+08:00

Misupuri by Madoka Seizuki 2 volumes- ongoing

Himeoka vows to win "Miss Princess" despite being tomboyish. Can she win with the help of 4 butlers? Two chapters are now available. Also this is from Neoromance and there's a DS version of it. Two of the characters were also featured in the Starlight and Christmas greetings below.

Asuko March

2011-12-26T04:00:00.001+08:00

Asuko March 9 episodes

Nao was enrolled by her grandfather in an all-boy technical school. She hates the manual job, the unruly boys and yearns for girl classmates, normal life and cute uniform. The first 5 episodes were inspirational, fun and promising but at episode 6 it's too repetitive. The romance department was very slow too. Takei Emi is really pretty and refreshing but her character as Nao is so annoyingly clumsy. I love the soundtrack “Soredemo Shinjiteru” by Funky Monkey Baby.

Despite the disappointment I would still love to read the Asuko March manga. You may also check out other mangas with a girl in all-boy technical school setting: Dear School Gang Leader and Ookamidomo no Shitsukekata.

Ouran High School Host Club

2011-12-26T00:51:00.002+08:00

Ouran High School Host Club 11 episodes

It's about a poor student who has to work in the highschool host club for breaking an expensive vase. I had apprehension when they first released teasers with Neko chan on the cover. I was expecting a totally different Ouran. Episode 1 was very awkward but after episode 2 I was back in Ouran wonderland again.

They are perfect for their roles well except for Yusuke (Tamaki). Acting wise he's great but he's just too popular and so much associated with his past roles. Shunsuke (Kyoya) reminds me of a young Shun Oguri. I was disappointed that Haruna doesn't look like Haruhi at all but she grew on me. Kudos to the twins for not cringing when they stare-fest at each other!!!

The storyline and number of episodes are timed and executed well. The comic scenes are a classic. They've retained the silliness and added more heart and reason. The backstories are not rushed. The silliness and randomness in the anime seems to never end and people remember it for it and forget how the anime ended which I think by the way is epic. Will we ever get this in the upcoming movie? I'm also not convinced with Tamaki and Haruhi blushing in the end. Please make it harder for Tamaki ok? This is how you make an adaptation. It's a challenge to live up to the expectations of the fans and they nailed it.

Freshest News: Ouran and Hakuouki adaptations

2011-12-25T10:18:00.007+08:00

There will be a 4-episode mobile drama adaptation of Ouran entitled Ouran High School Host Club ~Haruhi no Happy Birthday Daisakusen~. It's written by Bisco Hatori and will be 5 minutes long for each episode. It will air in January 6 featuring the same cast. From tokyohive.

There will also be a musical stage adaptation of Hakuouki from April 27 to May 8. Official site here. via Hakuouki LJ.

Xmas Treats from Otomate, Honeybee and Neoromance

2011-12-25T08:17:00.017+08:00

Grab the time limited Xmas wallies from Otomate including from Hakuouki. I'm not sure until when it will be up but I'm certain it won't be up for too long. Check the banner link.

There's also additional wallie from Starry Sky.

Also read Christmas Cards and grab wallies and Twitter icons from Starry Sky. It's up until December 26 only. See instructions from ponytale. They're awake in the twitter icon versions. Check the banner link.

Neoromance also had a "Starlight Xmas 2011" event featuring an all-star cast and their seiyuus. Go visit the site and enjoy the Christmas background music.

There's also Christmas greetings from different Neoromance characters. Here's the screenshots:

What a long morning "unwrapping" Christmas treats! I enjoyed it so much and I hope you did too!

Merry Christmas

2011-12-24T00:01:00.000+08:00

From Starry Sky

More Treats

2011-12-21T06:00:00.005+08:00

Answer the survey for smartphone apps for Otomate and get the wallies above from Nisei no Chigri, Hiiro no Kakera and Hakuouki. Available until January 9,2012. From ponytale.

Get the Starry Sky twitter goodies in commemoration of their third anniversary. Check here. Available until January 12, 2012.

More Bday Treats!

2011-12-21T05:27:00.006+08:00

Another December wallie from Starry Sky. via ponytale. Available until December 27.

Also, get the bday PSP wallie at Brother's Conflict's 'special' page featuring Ukiyo. Available until January 5, 2012.

Freshest News: Hiiro no Kakera on spring

2011-12-20T19:28:00.005+08:00

The staff, cast and airdate of the upcoming anime, Hiiro no Kakera, was revealed. The anime will air in April next year. More info from ANN.

Upcoming: Brave10

2011-12-07T05:13:00.007+08:00

Brave10 is the anime adaptation of the Shimotsuki Kairi's manga. Ten ninjas will escort the priestess Nami. It will air in January 2012. More info from ponytale lalaparadise. Official site here. Take note this is an unconfirmed RH.

Birthday Wallie

2011-12-06T09:22:00.001+08:00

From Starry Sky.

Happy Winter

2011-12-04T01:57:00.004+08:00

Also from Stardust Wink! If you know any reverse harem titles for winter, please let me know! Also a lot of people recommended Skip Beat manga as RH. In relation with it, you may want to check the live action adaptation 'Extravagant Challenge'. It will air in December 18. I doubt if it will be RH though.

UPDATE 12/7: Brave10 anime on January 2012

Freshest News: Ouran Manner CM & Utapri, Saimono tops lists

2011-12-04T01:27:00.004+08:00

Ouran collaborates with Cinema Today for a manner commercial. From ANN.

"Maji Love 1000%" tops the Character Songs for 2011 in Japan. From ANN. While "The Story of Saiunkoku: Shian no Gyokuza Part I" ranks #16 for top-selling Light Novels in 2011. From ANN.

Commercial Break: Elite CF

2011-11-26T05:54:00.002+08:00

Iu and Infinite for Elite. I don't think the full official TVC is out yet.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2011-11-25T03:37:00.003+08:00

From Hana Kimi. This is the closest to pilgrim-looking. Haha!

Ouran Movie Poster

2011-11-23T08:12:00.001+08:00

From the official site via Ouran tumblr.

Ookamidomo no Shitsukekata

2011-11-21T03:51:00.003+08:00

Ookamidomo no Shitsukekata ("How to Tame the Wolves") by Yuki Shiraishi - ongoing

She's the only girl in an all-boy industrial school. But she's not the nimble sheep in the wolf pack.... There's one chapter available. From the mangaka of "Bokura no Himitsu o Kyouyuu Shiyou ka". Thanks to Serendipity Clarke and anonymous for translating the title from Mystery Pictures.

Freshest News: Ouran Movie Teaser and BBF in CR

2011-11-16T23:41:00.005+08:00

Watch the teaser from the upcoming movie version of Ouran High School Host Club. The film will premier on March 17. From ANN.

Crunchyroll adds Boy Before Flowers. From crunchyroll.

Freshest News: New Alice in the Country of Hearts manga

2011-11-14T00:16:00.003+08:00

Aoi Kurihara launces a new adaptation of the Quinrose game at Zero-Sum Online. The tile is Heart no Kuni no Alice Koi Suru Ibara no Meikyū (Alice in the Country of Hearts: Labyrinth of Thorns in Love. More info from ANN.

Happy 11-11-11

2011-11-11T09:03:00.004+08:00

Here's 1 girl and 11 bishies from Brothers Conflict. Enjoy the wallies.

Bishounen no Oheya

2011-11-06T05:10:00.003+08:00

Bishounen no Oheya (Bishounen's Rooms) by Haruko Kurumatani 6 chapters-complete

Koyuko applies to a prestigious school with the intent of marrying a rich guy. She also becomes a maid to "three kings" to pay off debts. It's not really a reverse harem. It's a smutty story of guy being pervy. It's an earlier work of mangaka who brought Gokujou Danshi to Kurashi Temasu and Akutou Danshi Collection . Thanks too to Ei inzali for the tip.

Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 1000%

2011-11-06T01:55:00.004+08:00

Uta No Prince Sama Maji Love 1000% - 13 episodes

Nanami enters Saotome Academy in hopes of becoming a composer and maybe write a song for her idol someday. She met six wannabe idols including her idol's (evil) twin. Nanami must also partner with an idol for the school's finals. The school has just one rule and to never fall in love.

I like it that the romance was not too hard sell and they're all after her talent. But the twin angle is just too used. I'm also not fan of their songs but it was catchy and I looked forward to them sing as a group. If you're into kpop and jpop this one's for you. My favorite character was Natsuki who turned out to be a fun surprise. I also love the palettes for the characters . It looks vibrant and hip. Overall the series lack consistency with engaging scenes.

The anime is based in otome and also has a manga adaptation. The Starish band is voiced by Elements Garden. Coincidentally, the same group voiced another boy band from manga, Crash!

Uta no Prince Sama Wallies

2011-11-06T00:23:00.006+08:00

Related: Ooku

2011-11-06T00:11:00.003+08:00

Ooku is the live action version of the manga of the same. The story sets in feudal Japan were men dwindled down in numbers due to an illness that only affects men and the shogun is a woman with a harem of men. It's basically the first part of the book and I hope there will be more. As I mentioned in my manga review, the movie also dabbled reverse harem element. The flick's a faithful interpretation of the story. If my memory serves me right there's just a couple of scenes that are not included in the manga. Maki Horikita is also part of the cast but just as a supporting character.

Bday Wallie

2011-11-05T23:20:00.002+08:00

From Starry Sky

Polls: Uta no Prince Sama

2011-11-03T09:59:00.010+08:00

The winner for Uta Prince No Sama polls is Nanami and Tokiya. Found a lot of beautiful fan arts above. Sorry for the missing credist because I have no idea where it originally came from. Thanks for the 536 people who voted! Here's the tally of your votes:

Tokiya Ichinose 222 (41%)
Otoya Ittoki 146 (27%)
Shou Kurusu 50 (9%)
Ren Jinguuji 43 (8%)
Masato Hijirikawa 42 (7%)
Natsuki Shinomiya 33 (6%)

November Wallie

2011-11-02T00:35:00.001+08:00

Happy Halloween!

2011-11-02T00:16:00.004+08:00

Join the game and get the wallie below.

Bday Wallie

2011-10-13T10:28:00.001+08:00

Fall 2011

2011-10-02T01:04:00.005+08:00

And I just posted earlier that it's a drought of RH right after the uber-abundance of summer. (delete,delete) Boy I was wrong there's an upcoming anime "Sengoku☆Paradise Kiwami" to air on October 3. It's based on an otome mobile game. From knittedsocks in RHC. Official site here.

There's also an Ikemen Desu Ne Play on October 8 (Official site here) and La Corda d'Oro bonus episode on November 23 as reported in ANN.

Mystery Pictures

2011-10-02T00:35:00.002+08:00

Found this 3 revere-harem looking mangas in Sho Comi. Translations please :)

Hello October

2011-10-02T00:31:00.002+08:00

Happy 4th year anniversary

2011-09-26T01:01:00.001+08:00

from Ouji to Majou to Himegimi to.

That's 400,000+ visits in 4 years. Thank you so much!

News Roundup : Directors Cut

2011-09-25T08:30:00.006+08:00

Blood C director reacts to criticism. From ANN.

BOF director will also direct the Korean Hana Kimi. From Vikii.

SKK director bags the "New Director of the Year" at 47th BaekSang Award while Park Yoochun took the Male Newcomer Award. From SKK FB.

SKK also won Best Hallyu Drama at the Seoul Drama Awards 2011 while Park Yoochun won the Netizen Popularity Award and Best Hallyu Drama Actor. From JYJ3.

Polls: Starry Sky

2011-09-19T01:53:00.006+08:00

The winner for the Starry Sky polls is Tohzuki (Cancer) and Tsukiko. I'm sorry I'm stuck at episode 3. T.T Thanks to the record breaking 837 participants beating Ouran's total of 543! Here's the breakdown:

Cancer 170 (20%)
Scorpio 154 (18%)
Capricorn 151 (18%)
Pisces 56 (6%)
Aries 54 (6%)
Aquarius 45 (5%)
Leo 44 (5%)
Libra 37 (4%)
Gemini 36 (4%)
Taurus 27 (3%)
Virgo 25 (2%)
Ophiuchus 23 (2%)
Sagittarius 15 (1%)

A.N. JELL official wallies

2011-09-19T01:24:00.003+08:00

Birthday Wallie

2011-09-19T01:09:00.003+08:00

Wallies are up from from September 15th to 22nd at Starry Sky portal. If you would like to see the tweet translations of their birthday greetings check ponytale.

Freshest News: A.N. JELL debut

2011-09-07T12:34:00.002+08:00

The fictional A.N.JELL band will make their debut on October 5 with the release of the cds. More info from Tokyohive.

Happy Bday to me!

2011-09-06T22:54:00.003+08:00

It's my special day today! Enjoy the wallie from Happy Cafe!

Also follow me on twitter. I'll try to be more active there. :)

Freshest News: Ikemen Desu Ne Play

2011-09-03T10:07:00.004+08:00

Ikemen Desu Ne will be adapted into a stage play with with a different cast. It will run from October 8-20. More info from tokyohive. Official site here.

UPDATE 11/6: changed picture

Hello September

2011-09-01T23:37:00.004+08:00

From Hisaya Nakajo

400,000 hits!!!

2011-08-30T11:30:00.001+08:00

Thank you for the 400,000 visits ! Reverse Harem Garden will also soon be turning 4 years old! Enjoy the wallie from Starry Sky.

Freshest News: Jang Geun Suk in Ikemen

2011-08-27T13:15:00.003+08:00

Jang Geun Suk will make a cameo appearance in Ikemen Desu Ne. More info from tokyohive.

Freshest News/Upcoming: Ouran Movie

2011-08-26T20:23:00.003+08:00

It was announced during Ouran High School Host Club's 'Summer Party' event that there will be a movie adaptation on summer of 2012. More info from tokyohive.

Freshest News: Hakuouki Sekkaroku manga & Dreamin' Sun to end

2011-08-23T15:24:00.005+08:00

The ongoing Hakuouki Sekkaroku anime will be turned into a manga. More info from ANN.

Yumemiro Taiyou (Dreamin' Sun) is about to end with 10 volumes. From Jshoujo. Enjoy the wallie too.

August Wallies

2011-08-15T14:22:00.003+08:00

from Hana Kimi, from Hisaya Nakajo's blog

From Starry Sky

Freshest News: Hakuouki trailer, opening and English otome

2011-08-01T01:28:00.002+08:00

Hakuouki OVA Trailer+ opening via Hakuouki LJ

Interview of Siliconera with Aksys about the English version of Hakuouki at here and here. via Hakuouki LJ.

Mystery Pictures

2011-08-01T01:18:00.004+08:00

I saw these reverse harem looking photos for Cheese's September issue. I think the third photo is by Nao Dauomoto.

UPDATE 3rd pic is Love Full House by Nao Doumoto. There's actually 2 girls in the photo.

Vitamin X Addiction Wallies

2011-08-01T01:02:00.005+08:00

wallpapers from site

Birthday Wallie

2011-07-31T02:23:00.000+08:00

Freshest News: Hakuouki OVA, English otome and Vit X OP

2011-07-11T10:16:00.005+08:00

Here's the cover and some screenshot of Hakuouki's upcoming OVA Sekkaroku Vol.1. From LJ.

Also answer the Hakuouki special edition survey from Akysys. Available until July 29.

Vitamin X opening streamed. From ANN.

Polls: Most Anticipated RH titles for Summer 2011

2011-07-05T02:25:00.007+08:00

The winner for the anime category is the movie "Heart no Kuni no Alice " with 156 votes while for live action it's jdrama, "Ouran High School Host Club" with 172 votes. Here's the breakdown of the hot summer lineup:

Anime
Heart no Kuni no Alice 156 (53%)
Uta Prince no Sama 62 (21%)
Blood C 34 (11%)
Hakuouki OVA 30 (10%)
Vitamin X 7 (2%)
Vote on this poll 289

Live Action
Ouran High School Host Club 172 (69%)
Hana Kimi (kdrama) 27 (10%)
Extravagant Challenge 21 (8%)
Ikemen Desu Ne 15 (6%)
Hana Kimi (jdrama) 13 (5%)
Vote on this poll 248

"Blood C" and "Extravagant Challenge" are unconfirmed reverse harems. Also, "Extravagant Challenge" and the Korean "Hana Kimi' may not air this season. Let's wait and see if they can all match the hype. Enjoy the wallie from "Crash!"

Freshest News: Hiiro no Kakera animated, English Hakuouki game

2011-07-05T01:18:00.004+08:00

The otome, "Hiiro no Kakera" gets animated. There's also a manga adaptation of it. More info from ANN.

Another Idea Factory otome, Hakuouki, will be released by Aksys in English," Hakuouki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom". The PSP and PNS versions will be available on 2012. from Siliconera.

Happy 4th of July

2011-07-04T13:32:00.000+08:00

from Black Bird

Freshest News: Utapri and Blood C English stream, Blood C trailer and SaiMono to end

2011-07-01T11:55:00.005+08:00

Nico Nico will stream Blood- C and Uta No Prince Sama a day after it airs in Japan. It will be in English and available at United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. More info from ANN.

Blood C's official site streams it's 3rd trailer. From ANN.

The light novels "The Story of Saiunkoku" will end after 8 years and 18 volumes. From ANN.

Hana Kimi Trailer

2011-07-01T11:28:00.001+08:00

Hana Kimi trailer from tokyohive. The drama premiers on July 10.

Ouran Teaser

2011-06-26T14:53:00.000+08:00

from eternalkanda

Hana Kimi and Ouran Promo

2011-06-26T01:44:00.002+08:00

Hana Kimi and Ouran shares the cover of Junon magazine.

Uta no Prince-Sama Trailer

2011-06-26T01:16:00.002+08:00

More info from Ann.

Freshest News: short Hana Kimi, Vit X special, Ikemen and Ouran promos

2011-06-21T09:21:00.005+08:00

Hisaya Nakajo will launch a short "Hana Zakari no Kimi-tachi e" in Hana to Yume on August 5. From ANN.

There's special "ChibitaminX" streaming video on the Vitamin X OAD site. More info from ANN.

The cast of Ikemen Desu Ne was also featured in "Ousama Brunch". For the transcript check tokyohive.

For the Ouran transcript. Check here.

Related: Fudanjuku manga

2011-06-19T06:52:00.010+08:00

In the same note of the upcoming gendebender dramas, the crossdressing group Fudanjuku, will be spawned into a manga adaptation by Arina Tanemura. Each member will be depicted in a story in an academy. It will be serialized in Margaret starting in July. From tokyohive.

I hope "The Gentlemen Alliance" mangaka will make them each a reverse harem heroine or maybe not all but I hope there will be at least one.

Ouran Promo

2011-06-19T03:58:00.004+08:00

Ouran on “Ousama no Brunch”. From Ouranliveaction.

Related: Extravagant Challenge

2011-06-18T06:26:00.005+08:00

Here's peak from the upcoming drama Taiwanese drama "Extravagant Challenge". It stars Ivy Chen and Super Junior's Siwon and Donghae. The Kpop idols replaced Jerry Yan and Ariel Lin. It's based on the manga Skip Beat which will eventually become reverse harem in the later chapters. I'm not 100% sure if it's reverse harem as I have not read manga (but seen the anime). There's no airing date yet. From da.

Ouran and Ikemen Official Pics and Trailer

2011-06-18T00:24:00.004+08:00

Ouran High School Host Club

Ikemen Desu Ne

Freshest News: Cast of Hana Kimi

2011-06-16T08:15:00.002+08:00

Nakamura Aoi and Miura Shohei will play as Sano and Nakatsu in the upcoming Hanakimi jdrama remake. More info of the cast at tokyohive.

Bday Wallie

2011-06-12T04:26:00.003+08:00

Available until June 19 at Stasky portal.

Clips: Haruka Play and Blood C

2011-06-08T10:17:00.001+08:00

clip from the Haruka play

another trailer from Blood C

Freshest News: FY 2nd play and OST

2011-06-06T06:02:00.004+08:00

The original soundtrack of stage play version of Fushigi Yugi was released last March 2011. There was also a second stageplay last March 30 - April 3, 2011. From Destiny Calls.

For the MVs check theotaku.
You can view the clip from the stage play here. :)
Official site of Fushigi-Suzaku play.

Polls: Maid Sama

2011-06-05T06:35:00.001+08:00

No surprise it's Usui and Misaki for Kaichou Wa Maid Sama couples polls. Record landslide for Usui with 447 votes beating Tamaki's 226 votes in Ouran polls. I was surprised that her share of harem reached a dozen if we count all 5 0f the Inuyama brothers . First time we got 2 characters that didn't get any votes. Ouch! Thanks to all 531 people who joined!

Tamaki Usui 447 (84%)
Aoi Hyoudou 33 (6%)
Tora Igarashi 30 (5%)
Hinata Shintani 14 (2%)
Idiot Trio 4 (0%)
Ryuunosuke Kurosaki (Idiot Trio) 2 (0%)
Ikuto Sarashina (Idiot Trio) 1 (0%)
Naoya Shirakawa (Idiot Trio) 0 (0%)
Inuyama Brothers 0 (0%)

Alice in the Country of Hearts Trailer

2011-06-05T05:08:00.002+08:00

From official site via ANN.

Freshest News: Vitamin X trailer and YumePati manga to end

2011-06-03T08:50:00.005+08:00

Here's another trailer from Vitamin X that shows the actual animation. More info and synopsis from ANN.

Natsumi Matsumuto announced on twitter that she'll be ending Yumeiro Patissierie on the July issue of Ribon. From ANN.

Summer Lineup

2011-06-01T19:53:00.009+08:00

Here's a June bride-themed Hana Kimi wallie from the Hisaya Nakajo. It's a start of new season too which is the most packed season since I started this blog. Plus all the upcoming dramas are all genber-benders. I'll be updating this once the dates for the other titles becomes official. I. AM. SO. EXCITED!!!!

Animes
July 7 - Blood C (TV series)
July 15 - Vitamin X (OAD)
July 30 - Heart no Kuni no Alice (movie)
Aug 5 - Hakuouki (OVA)
Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love 1000% (TV series)

Dramas
July 15 Ikemen Desu Ne (jdrama)
July 22 Ouran High School Host Club (jdrama)
Hanazakari no Kimitachie e (jdrama)
Beautiful You/Utsukushii Kimi e (kdrama)
Extravagant Challenge (tdrama)

Stage Play
June 3 Haruka 2 click here for the clip

Fresehest News: 47th Baeksang Awards

2011-05-29T03:45:00.008+08:00

Sungkyunkwan Scandal won three awards at the 47th Baeksang Awards:

Park Yoo-chun as New Actor and Popularity Award and Kim Won-seok as New Director. More info from Dramabeans. I've also included actors from previous RH dramas. Where is Moonie? *sulks*

Assorted Wallies, Posters

2011-05-29T03:18:00.005+08:00

New 'True Blood' season 4 poster. Sookie with her 2 vamps and werewolf. They should have included the shifter too.

Birthday wallie for May from Starry Sky.

Starry Sky also released White Day wallies. It's available here from 5/27 to 6/8. I think they released it just now because of the tragedy that struck Japan a few days earlier. I also posted the wallies here.

UPDATE 5/30 I've removed Miki Aihara wallie. I will be posting it under the calendars below.

Hoshiori by Sayumi Nakamura - unconfirmed reverse harem wallie

Freshest News: La Corda bonus ep, oneshot, finale and wallies

2011-05-25T13:02:00.010+08:00

The boxed DVD of La Corda d'Oro~ Primo Passo~ will be released with a bonus extra video of multiple character endings. Meaning the heroine ends up with each character. It will be out on November 23. More info from ANN. Lala magazine will also publish a special oneshot and a final volume of the manga version of La Corda d'Oro. From ANN.

Here's some character wallies from LCDO2.

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

2011-05-22T04:57:00.007+08:00

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac -2010

Naomi forgot 4 years worth of memories when she slipped down the stairs. She meets a boy she has never talked with before in school, a boy who's claims to be her friend and her supposed boyfriend. It's based on a novel of the same name by the American author, Gabrielle Zevin. I love the montage of pictures, retro-ish feel of the movie and the indie-esque soundtrack. Overall, I just couldn't connect to the heroine played by Maki Horikita. (Hana Kimi, Atashinchi no Danchi). Being a person trying to find herself I was expecting her to be more emotional, more inquisitive. But she just stike me as empty and selfish. I was expecting a pop and light movie but instead it was dark with suppressed emotions and unanswered questions. It also stars Yuya Tegoshi (The Wallflower). Also, Maki had a gender bender moment in the movie. lol.

Kanjiru Special Order

2011-05-22T02:53:00.003+08:00

Kanjiru Special Order by Kaede Ibuki - 1 volume complete

Rei works in a cafe who employs only men. She wants to be with her fated person after just one touch. Only 2 chapters available and not for kiddies. If you know what I mean.

Freshest News/ Upcoming: Ikemen desu ne

2011-05-21T10:28:00.003+08:00

The kdrama "You're Beautiful" will be remaked to a jdrama, "Ikemen desu ne". It will air in July at TBS. The cast includes:
Takimoto Miori
Tamamori Yuta (from boyband Kis-My-Ft2)
Fujigaya Taisuke (Kis-My-Ft2)
Yaotome Hikaru (Hey!Say!JUMP)
More info from: tokyograph

Freshest News: Gakuen Oujiu to end/ Unconfirmed RH

2011-05-20T13:35:00.007+08:00

'Bessatsu Friend' announces that 'Gakuen Prince' will end on it's July issue. Meanwhile in the June issue, Shizuru Seino (Girl Got Game) will debut her new manga 'Rabu Katsu!' (Love Win!). It's about a girl who wishes to join a volleyball team filled with boys.(see pic above) More info from ANN.

Mika Yamamura's 'Hirunaka no Ryusei" (Daytime Falling Star) (see the third guy (?) on her back)