I am a sucker for cute things. Even worse off I am also a sucker for Accel World goodies, so as soon as Good Smile Company released their version of Nendoroid Kuroyukihime. I was INSTANTLY sold.

Just look at dress! How elaborate and detailed it is! It has everything from the butterflies climbing up the dress, to the the folds on the fabric. Even the umbrella is embellished a little.

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As someone who started the Atelier series when I first played Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis on the PlayStation 2, the ninth title of Gust's flagship series, I’ve since been enamored with the franchise. Although the series has always been known for its alchemy system, the character development in the game has always been top-notch and included deep, rich backgrounds and succulent designs. Atelier Meruru: the Apprentice of Arland is a wonderful representation of this. It’s a throwback to the time when a game didn’t have notable "different" endings that were actually the same, wasn’t bogged down by battle after battle involving superfluous moral messages, and companies weren’t trying to one up competitors with awe-inspiring shiny high-def graphics. In other words, Atelier Meruru is a JRPG enthusiast's delight.

Despite the rise of streaming anime online, Cartoon Network announced last week that the popular Toonami segment would return this week on May 26. FUNimation has announced yesterday that Casshern Sins and Deadman Wonderland would be joining the Toonami block.

Many of Americans became aware of anime through Toonami. Unfortunately after 11 years, Toonami was cancelled in 2008. Hopefully this is a sign for more things to come with Toonami back.

When was your first time? For me it was not very long ago; actually, it was a few months ago and it was kind of confusing and there were a few people there too… What? Wait, don’t stop reading and don’t think dirty thoughts! I was talking about my first time hearing about this anime with some of my friends. I too was confused with the title -- I had a totally different idea of what Yamada’s First Time was about, to tell you the truth. Since I was assigned to review it and it came from FUNimation, I felt it safe, but boy was I wrong. I began to watch it and soon found out this is not the anime to watch with little kids around.

On Sunday, the official website for Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse announced that they will be debuting Satelight's (AKB0048, Macross Frontier) newest series at Anime Expo 2012 on July 1^st in Los Angeles, the same day as its Japanese debut along with a few more surprises for the upcoming annual convention.

Created by web comic designers Christina Strain (writer, artist) and Jayd Alt-Kaci (artist), The Fox Sister is a weekly supernatural series that explores the life of its Korean protagonist, Yun Hee Cho, in her quest to take revenge on the shape-shifting fox demon known as kumiho. Seven years prior to the present day course of events, Yun Hee Cho’s parents and sister were brutally slaughtered by the kumiho, whom has now taken the form of her dead sister, Cho Sun Hee to seduce and kill her victims.

Stereopony's been rocking the faces off of Japan since 2007 and we had the chance to be de-facificed ourselves at this years Sakura-Con. If you've enjoyed Mobile Suit Gundam 00 or Darker Than Black, you would probably recognize their music. These three girls have definitely made their mark in the J-Rock and anime world and there's no sign of them slowing down. Our very own Roger Lee sat down with them and talked a little bit about their career, their struggles, and the support they've received from fans friends and family alike.

Earlier today, MangaGamer announced that OVERDRIVE president Bamboo, Dengeki Stryker artist Katakura Shinji, and voice actress Tamiyasu Tomoe will be joining them for Anime Expo 2012 to be held this year in Los Angeles between June 29th and July 2nd. Tamiyasu, whose impressive credentials includes Yayoi from DEARDROPS and Riki Naoe, and Sasami Sasasegawa from Little Busters! will be making her debut American appearance.

Full press release after the jump.