MaxFactory has commenced preorder for this adorable Nendoroid figure of the timid and kawaii Inami Mahiru (伊波 まひる) from the anime/manga series Working!!. I think she would make a great pairing with Nendoroid Taneshima Popura that was earlier up for preorder.

She comes with three expressions: a strained smile, a blushing embarrassed expression and a shouting expression. She also comes with an arm part ready to punch any guy that comes near her – it even includes effect parts which have Takanashi’s silhouette flying away! The ‘Magic Hand’ that she used to keep distance between Takanashi and herself while walking home together is also included.

She is scheduled for release in Jun 2012 and will be retailing for around 3,800 yen. Interested folks can place your preorders with CDJapan, Hobby Search, HobbyLink Japan.

Kadokawa has uploaded a 2 minutes trailer for the upcoming Strike Witches theatrical feature that is scheduled to be release in Japanese theatres on 17 Mar 2012.

The movie is set in Europe where Yoshika Miyafuji, who lost her witch powers during the Strike Witches’ last assignment is transferred for overseas study.

Famitsu has updated its updated with some lovely preview image of the upcoming exclusive figma Saber Bride, which will be bundled together with the PSP game “Fate/EXTRA CCC” Limited Edition TYPE MOON Virgin White Box set. The box set is scheduled for release on 31 Mar 2012 and will be retailing for 10,479 yen.

Following the release of the Poplar Taneshima Army Set Vol 1 and Vol 2, Proovy returns with another set of figures featuring the timid and kawaii Inami Mahiru from the anime series Working!!.

They are scheduled for release in Jul 2012, and each set of six will be retailing for around 3,600 yen. Interested folks can place your preorders with Hobby Search, HobbyLink Japan and CDJapan.

If you were ever wondering who keeps the streets of Akihabara clean and tidy – its these three men who are out in cosplay outfits.

Image Credit: AP via JapanToday

Toei Animation has announced that the upcoming CG film “Saint Seiya The Movie” will be directed by Satou Keiichi, the same director behind the anime series Tiger & Bunny which has garnered quite a success recently. Meanwhile, Suzuki Tomohiro will be providing the script for the movie.

This new movie project is being produced to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Saint Seiya franchise. Meanwhile it is still unknown when the movie will be released.

Source: 萌えオタニュース速報

Japanese cosplayer Ushijima Ii Niku is well-known for being her flashy cosplay and revealing outfits, which she sometimes even flashes her underpants. She just attended the FancyFrontier event at the National Taiwan University, where she had wore a lovely schoolgirl outfit minus the skirt. So in the end the organisers felt that she was revealing too much and banned her from the rest of the event.

Even though she was chased away from the event, she still expressed hopes via twitter of returning to Taiwan again to participate in future events.

One of the Taiwanese news channel which was there to cover the event also caught Ushijima in action and branded her as being too brasen and expressed worries that it was bad for other young kids attending the event.

Source: Kotaku and Image Credit: Ushijima’s tumblr (NSFW)

So what are you views on Ushijima’s action? Do you  think she shouldn’t have done such a thing when visiting a nation with a more conservative culture or would you want to extend an invitation for her to visit your country as well ^^

MaxFactory has commenced preorder for the figma figure of Sunred, the hero whom battles against the evil Florsheim monsters in the anime series Astro Fighter Sunred (天体戦士サンレッド).

He is scheduled for release in Jun 2012 and will be retailing for around 3,500 yen. Interested folks can place your preorders with HobbyLink Japan, Hobby Search, and CDJapan.

He comes with various key items from the series, including a hand holding a cigarette, a packet from the gyuudon shop, a fishing rod and can of beer. He also comes with his gun, ‘Sunshoot’, along with the AC adapter he uses to charge it in the series. The best part is that his shirt and shorts are made from real cloth.