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Mitaka City Uses Toradora! For PR
The Department of Building Inspection of Mitaka City used Aisaka Taiga as a mascot character for the publicity. Source: Picture of the poster Mitaka City used Ayanami Rei and Soryu Asuka Langley for the PR of the Waterworks Bureau and the National Pension in 1996. Ayanami Rei Pos...
17 years ago
Mai Nakahara in Joshi Ana
Voice actress Mai Nakahara was invited to a Japanese live-action television drama series, Joshi Ana Icchokusen!, as herself. Mai Nakahara was to give a lecture to a class for inspiring announcers as a special guest. After listening to all the peers' performances, Mai Nakahara dem...
19 years ago
Little Busters! Tops Japan's PC Games in Sales
Little Busters!, the most recent visual novel by Visual Art's/Key, the company who made the original games for the anime Kanon, Air, and Clannad, reached the top of Japan's sales charts for PC games in its first week of release, beating out the latest Melty Blood. The rankings ar...
19 years ago
An oddity of anime branding
Artist Taraku Uon of Onegai Sensei! has been commissioned to illustrate two labels for sake to be sold at Lake Kizaki. Places in the series were said to be based on Lake Kizaki and surounding area. And in true Japanese fashion, the sale of this sake is through on site vending mac...
19 years ago
Touring Service Offers Evangelion Movie
Destination Japan is offering an optional tour during their "Tokyo Summer Maximum Tour" (includes shopping, game shows, and sight-seeing) - a stop off to watch the new Evangelion movie (Rebuild of Evangelion). The movie hits theaters on September 1st, and Destination Japan will b...
19 years ago
Dark Horse Comics releases PVC figures from the movie 'Serenity'
Dark Horse Comics released a 3-piece PVC set of different characters from Joss Whedons movie "Serenity". The characters presented are Jayne, Mal and River. By using the full-size 3D scans of the real life actors the figures have a very high level of detail. All the way down to ho...
19 years ago
Thai Police Officers Get Punished
Before you ask, "What does this have to do with anime?" - you'll find out soon. The BBC recently reported on a new punishment for police officers of Thailand. For minor things, such as being late or parking in a wrong spot, they get to brandish a Hello Kitty armband. The police s...
19 years ago
