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If I could real-boot like Takumi…

In Aya Hirano, Chaos;Head on December 19, 2008 at 6:59 pm

… I’d run straight home like a 13 year-old who just got his first copy of Playboy, and real-boot

aya hirano

Although I may consider real-booting her equipped with a mute button. :)

Many more of her goodness here.

Ayu as Sheryl Nome

In Ayumi Hamasaki on September 25, 2008 at 2:20 am

Not that there is any rumor of a live action remake of Macross F[1], but if they’re doing it, then I have their perfect candidate for the role of Sheryl Nome: Ayumi Hamasaki or more simply known as Ayu.

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Next Gantz target sighted: Aya Hirano

In Aya Hirano on July 31, 2008 at 10:11 pm

She has got to be a Gantz alien living among us, taunting us with her high frequency attack one moment and petrifying us with disbelief the next.

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Four Memorable Insert-Song Scenes in Anime

In J-Pop, ~anime misc.~ on May 17, 2008 at 4:21 am

The post at anime diet asked which is better: anime or manga, and I commented that anime offers something that manga cannot: Music. Now this post is not so much about rather or not anime is indeed better than manga (it is) as it is about reminiscing a few of the best scenes in which our experience of it, was greatly enhanced because an insert theme song was supporting it like wind lifting a bird soaring higher and higher.

The past episode of Macross Frontier with Sheryl’s concert leading to the end credit is one recent example. Searching through my iTune library, I found a few other scenes that had captivated me due to the background theme song.

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