Dragon Ball thanks fans with a 30th Anniversary Ichiban Kuji lottery

As a huge thank you to the fans for 30 years of support, Dragon Ball, along with Banpresto, will be releasing a new Ichiban Kuji lottery game with over 30 different prizes in store.

The lotteries will be held starting mid-October 2014 and will cost 620 yen. It will be available in several Japanese convenience stores like Lawson, Family Mart, and Mini Stop as well as selected book stores and hobby shops.

A Prize: Super Saiyan Son Goku 30th Anniversary figure

B Prize: 14cm Mega World Collectible Shenron figure

C Prize: Reversible Cushion

D Prize: 30th Anniversary Wall Scroll

E Prize: Akira Toriyama Mascot strap

F Prize: 7cm Guest Figures (Arale as Goku, Akira Toriyama as Goku, and Goku as Arale)

G Prize: Long Towels

H Prize: Rubber Straps

I prize: Shot Glasses

J Prize: Visual Mats

Last Prize: Son Goku 30th Anniversary figure

Double Chance Prize: Tenkaichi Budoukai Trunks figure

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Dragon Ball thanks fans with a 30th Anniversary Ichiban Kuji lottery

Sega"s Love Live! Image Girl Finals elections have a surprising winner

Sega finally has a new Love Live! image girl and she was recently announced by the official Sega twitter page. So who is this winner? No, she’s not Kotori and she’s not Nico who both usualy top official Love Live! polls on a consistent basis, and no she’s not favorites Honoka or Maki either as the winner is a whole lot more unexpected than them. The surprising winner of this official Love Live! poll is none other than Rin Hoshizora, the series’ resident hyperactive tomboy.

Rin took first place over constant favorites Kotori, who took second place and Maki, who took third. Rin will now serve as Sega staff’s brand new image girl and will be featured in various illustrations and promotions.

Rin actually came from behind and won the contest from out of nowhere. When the interim results were released, she was not even in the top 3 as Kotori took first place halfway through the elections with Nico taking second and Maki taking third.

But Rin persevered and took first place, surprising a lot of people in the process. Congrats Rin-chan! Sega will definitely be in good hands with her as their image girl.

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Sega"s Love Live! Image Girl Finals elections have a surprising winner

Cospa"s official Majin Buu costume from Dragon Ball is a bit on the skinny side

With Dragon Ball Z Kai currently taking on the Majin Buu saga, Cospa is releasing a new cosplay costume set from the series and it aims to recreate Majin Buu himself and I must say, the costume is kinda cute and funny at the same time.

The costume is a 9-piece set whuch includes a cape, vest, spats, pumpkin pants, waist belt, gloves, boots, head and body covers, but even with all that, its a bit… skinny as compared to the plump and food-loving Buu. It looks like its missing something… that belly Buu is known for.

Never the less, the costume really does seem cute and captures a bit of Majin Buu’s comedic side. It is scheduled for release mid-February 2015 and costs 14,040 yen total.

Well, looks like its time to develop a nice beer belly for this one.

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Cospa"s official Majin Buu costume from Dragon Ball is a bit on the skinny side

Love Live! badges become popular in the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan

Love Live! has become quite the global phenomenon as of late as fans from all over the world have shown their love for the series’ perky and lovable school idols. The anime has inspired people grovelling before the Love Live! trains in Shanghai, an all-Kotori cosplay session in Japan, and even some Love Live! buses in China (complete with people groveling of course). But who would think that the anime would even make its way to a country like Turkmenistan?

A former Soviet satellite state, Turkmenistan gained its independence back in 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The country is majority Islamic with a few Eastern Orthodox Christians. As it is a crossroads for many civilizations, the country has been invaded by foreigers like the Arabs, the Turks, the Mongols, and the Russians, however this time, a new foreign presence seems to be a whole lot more welcome.

Japanese blogger  recently @ Kelog21 posted images from the Central Asian country about some locals receiving some Love Live! merchandise and they seem to be loving them very much. And it ain’t just the kids who seem to love them a lot, but the adults too!

As opposed to its USSR days where the “Iron Curtain” prevented anything foreign, be it from America or Japan, or any other non-communist country, from entering Turkmenistan, these days have seen much change. And with the power of this new-fangled device known as the internet, I’m willing to bet that there are also plenty of Love Livers in Turkmenistan dancing to the beat of μ’s songs like Snow Halation and Wonderful Rush.

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Love Live! badges become popular in the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan

Vocaloid Nekomura Iroha gets a Gundam makeover

Nekomura Iroha, best known as the Hello Kitty vocaloid, has been quite busy as of late just like her Hello Kitty counterpart who recently turned into Durarara!!’s Celty. Her character designer, Okama, has recently been releasing several new illustrations of her via his twitter page, including one which turned her into the G-Self from the upcoming Gundam anime, Reconguista in G.

Okama calls her Reco-tan, and he’s even made a Reco-tan MK-II

Nekomura Iroha, who is distributed by AH-Software Co. Ltd., was created in a collaboration with SANRIO and the Hello Kitty to Issho! Project. She is known as a Hello Kitty fan girl and her designer made sure of that.

Okama has also recently released several illustrations of her as a mosquito and even has a shaved ice inspired look.

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Vocaloid Nekomura Iroha gets a Gundam makeover