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Anime Poll

New Poll: Meganekko Fever!

Osaka with Glasses? I'd hit it.

The results to last week’s poll were truly inspiring. The number of people spending money on anime, manga and whatnot far exceed the number who don’t. Furthermore, there were a lot more people who spent over $200 a month than I had estimated. It makes my spending seem paltry, to say the least.

This week’s poll is sort of a continuation of the top ten anime meganekko list I did earlier this week. If you didn’t like how your meganekko placed in my rankings, now’s your chance to make a difference! The poll? Meganekko Fever (based on the name of a magazine that Yuuichi was forced to destroy, the humanity!)!

Sayonara, Meganekko Fever

This is also a blatant reattempt to “win” a poll for the lovely Ayuki of Kashimashi anime fame.

If you don’t remember the various meganekko, here’s a refresher:

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First Impressions Manga

Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden – Manga Preview

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Continuing my adventures in girl manga reading, today I check out Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden.

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First Impressions Manga

MeruPuri – The Marchen Prince – Manga Preview

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After enjoying Full Moon wo Sagashite, I was hoping to find another shoujo manga that might be a good read. Does MeruPuri – The Marchen Prince pass the Basugasubakuhatsu shoujo manga test?

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First Impressions Manga

Full Moon wo Sagashite – Manga Preview

Full Moon wo Sagashite - Manga Preview

Going through my Shojo Beat Manga Sampler, I still haven’t found a manga that speaks to me. Maybe that’s a good thing, considering I’m not a 12 year old girl… Does Full Moon wo Sagashite have what it takes to bring out the little girl in me? Read on to find out!

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Anime

Out of Town at the MWC Basketball Tournament!


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From today (Wednesday) up until March 11th, I’ll be out of town playing in the Mountain West Conference Basketball Championships! In fact, I’m probably on the bus right now! Hopefully there won’t be a basu gasu bakuhatsu while I’m riding on it!

Before you get too impressed, no, I’m not a basketball player; I play in the band! Anyway, if you’re watching the games, look out for an Asian trumpet player in the UNM band! Go Lobos!

In my absence, I’ve prepared a few posts so that Basugasubakuhatsu will be rockin’ even while I’m away. Hopefully they’ll appear everyday around this time. I want to make sure my readers will be able to have (semi) fresh anime and manga junk to read, even if I am on vacation. Actually, it’s mostly just all of that shoujo manga stuff that I had lying around. If I were to write about some timely anime news, it would most likely become old news by the time it showed up…

Now if only my yesasia manga would come soon enough for me to read it on the bus…

I won’t be completely disconnected while I’m away, so if something blows up, I should still be able to fix it. Without further ado, enjoy the time-released goodness, starting with my quick preview of the Full Moon wo Sagashite manga!

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Anime

YATTGP: Top Ten Anime Meganekko!

The glasses are the source of her power...

Yep, it’s time for yet another top ten gimmick post! Mine? Top Ten Anime Meganekko! I’m somewhat of a Meganekko Maniac, so I figured I’d do a top ten on one of my favorite subjects:

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Gaming Software

Who Wants to Make an H-Game?

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ANN reports (or reported about a week ago) that Leaf, a Hentai Game maker, has been forced to release the source code for four of their games, including ToHeart2 XRATED:

This was because Leaf had used the XVid video codec inside their games. XVid is licensed under the GNU Public Library (GPL). When software using GPL licensed code is released to the public, the GPL requires that the source code be made available to the programs users. For a ¥600 shipping and handling fee, Leaf will ship a copy of the code to anyone who requests it.

Quite a loophole, eh? So for about $5 (probably in Japan only), you can get a whole Hentai Game engine! Personally, I’d prefer the source code to Disgaea 2 (XRATED?). Some of the games I’d create with the Leaf Engine include:

  • Choose You Own Adventure: Space Ninja!
  • Zork Remake
  • River City Ransom: Sauna Simulator!
  • Doraemon XRATED

On second thought, maybe it’s better if I don’t get the souce code…

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Anime Music

Anime How-To: Rip Audio From Video to MP3

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In my next installment of Basugasubakuhatsu Anime how-tos, I demonstrate how to rip audio to any video source and encode into an MP3 file. This is similar the process I use to rip the OP and ED from all the anime that I review.

I usually use a different audio editor, but since I want to make these how-tos accessible to everyone, all of the programs in the tutorial are free and open source.

If you find this tutorial helpful, or have any questions regarding it, please let me know in the comments section. You can also send me suggestions on future anime how-tos, since I’m always looking for new ideas.

How To: Rip Audio From Video to MP3

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Anime First Impressions

Shinigami No Ballad: Momo The Girl God of Death – Anime First Impressions

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Shinigami no Ballad is the other 6-episode anime that replaces Hantsuki in the same time slot. It seems like a good choice to follow Hantsuki, since this anime is also about death. Morbid? Yes. Entertaining? Read on to find out!

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Expenses Poll

New Poll: Monthly Spending on Anime, Manga, J-Pop, Etc…

Since the votes have pretty much stopped on the last poll, I’ll call it closed. Fuji-nee is the winner with 28% of the vote, with Ilya in 2nd place and Ayuki a close 3rd. It seems that I and the Ayuki Alliance have failed… Though I can see the appeal of Fuji-nee…

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Fuji-nee – grabbed from here

The next poll question is: How much do you spend monthly on Japanese media? This includes anime, manga, j-pop, figures, etc.

Since I started Basugasubakuhatsu, I’ve been buying more and more stuff. While this is not necessarily a bad thing, my bank account doesn’t like me anymore. I haven’t hit rock bottom yet, but it’s only a matter of time ;).

Credit for the idea goes to Problematic‘s post in the forum about manga spendings.

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This is where the money you spend on anime and manga goes…

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