[Happeh]

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Issue #52
Strength isn’t just about winning. Even if my attempts are pathetic and comical, and even if I’m covered in the mud of my defeat, if I can keep fighting and look up at the sky as I lie on the ground, that alone is proof of true strength!
- Haruyuki Arita (Accel World)

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Oil Massage Parlor Shutdown
In an attempt to please the males in their ever so popular fetish of schoolgirls, one massage parlor offered a service in which they would "massage" the males with oil. Just being touched by a woman is a big thing in Japan so imagine those soft hands of a schoolgirl rubbing against you, its like heaven. The schoolgirls didn't wear any particular uniform though, well, they wore nothing in fact and the salon tried to get away with this. Police quickly shutdown the establishment though and arrested 54-year-old Yokohama man and his 3 coworkers for endangering the welfare of a minor. The girls were originally told they would be handing out leaflets but the two 16-year olds were quickly sucked into a different job. All men deny the charges.

Cops Bust Sex Streamers
A couple that were streaming their sex sessions online were busted, due to their streams being uncensored. This is a national first for the police who estimated the streamers made over $300,000 in over 6 months for their streams. A 30-year-old “unemployed” Osaka man and a 19-year-old female university student from Hyogo prefecture were arrested while in the act of streaming themselves. Both couple offered the sessions online for a small payment using the service “FC2 Live” and streamed in full uncensored acts, how disgusting! The man in the videos has suspected to have done these acts with over 30 women and claim that he felt he wouldn't be caught "as the servers were overseas". Since December he has managed to rack up over ¥30,700,000, a respectable amount for simply streaming.

Man Arrested For Threatening Touhou Voice Over Actress
A 26-year old man was arrested on Tuesday for threatening a 22-year old woman for her voice overs for a Touhou inspired project. The woman voice overs the videos and the man was less impressed and threatened to “pour gasoline on her and burn and destroy her.” He also said the voice overs “considerably damaged the character” and that “she should receive divine punishment.” Sounds like many of the members here when talking about dubs. Either way, the man then proceeded to upload her real name and identity to a popular Japanese image board. The police then acted and arrested him.

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Krave wants to know what your favourite saddest moments in anime are. The thread has a fuck-tonne of spoilers, so be aware.

• Saddest moment in Anime?

SkullTrain asks for recommendation for more "adult orientated" anime. The thread as sparked a discussion on what is adult-related with many suggesting just run-of the mill anime. Read the thread here:

• Anime for adults.

SkullTrain has also released a fun little thread where you post a small gif/image/clip which perfectly suits the music.

• SkullTraill's Animusic Game. Thread 1.

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[img]http://i.minus.com/isT4pQ5CFLwWR.png[/img]

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Title - Another (アナザー)
Genre(s) - Mystery, Horror, School, Thriller
Studio(s) - P.A. Works
Episodes - 12
Episode Length - 24 min. per episode
Rating - R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Airing Date - Jan 10, 2012 to Mar 27, 2012
Airing Status - Finished Airing
On Crunchyroll? - Yes

Synopsis

When Kouichi Sakakibara transfers to his new school, he can sense something frightening in the atmosphere of his new class, a secret none of them will talk about. At the center is the beautiful girl Mei Misaki. Kouichi is immediately drawn to her mysterious aura, but then he begins to realize that no one else in the class is aware of her presence.

Characters


Mei Misaki
A mysterious, cute and isolated girl in Yomiyama North Middle School's third year's third class. Her left eye is covered by an eye patch. The girl with a mysterious presence and is always sketching alone. She is labelled as the one who "does not exist".


Merry "Yumekui" Nightmare
The new transfer student into Yomiyama North Middle School's third year's third class (in May, 1998). He is 15 years old and the only son in the Sakakibara family. His mother supposedly passed away 15 years ago after giving birth to him.
He becomes very interested and curious about Mei Misaki and attempts to pursue a friendship with her, but little does he know of the trouble this is going to cause...

Tails' Opinion
Ah yes, Another. I can say that this makes my top 10 if not top 5 of favorite series list. Why? Well, for one I dont really watch any horror/thriller creepy stuff like this so its different. While many people say there are better horror shows out there (Higurashi) I haven't seen them. So for know, this one is high for me. I also genuinely think this is a great series and a must watch for anyone. The character dynamic is amazing, the story is very interesting and the art and animation is great. The only downfall is something that I didn't experience first hand but my friend expressed often is that the story apparently didn't make a lot of sense to him. I told him that he just needs to pay more attention instead of trying to talk to me or be distracted. But I do see his point. You kinda need to pay more attention to this series than a lot of other shows you might watch just to be able to keep up or follow along. While I think something like that is a great thing to have I can see why it can also be a con and being unbiased will put it in my rating as such. I should tell you this though. The last episode is amazing. So please don't drop it like my stupid friend.

Programmergorp's Opinion
Another is one of those “horror” series that doesn’t quite fit straight into horror, but would be wrong to call it a straight up mystery either. Being produced by P.A. Works (The same people that bought you the colourful True Tears, Angel Beats!, Hanasaku Iroha, Tari Tari, etc.) comes a different series to what they usually do.
Story : In contrast to the usual Slice of Life or Shounen series which you see flying around a lot, Another is in no way one of them. Being about a curse set on the class 26 years ago, the mystery elements of the series is extremely well done. At one point, it tricks you to believe one thing, then by the next episode, it’s convinced you of something else (which is entirely wrong).

For the story, I give it a 9/10.

P.A. Works has went out of their way to move away from their usual “blast as much colours as you can on that screen” and settled on more grungy and dark art. Being set in the late 90s, things are what you expect, the death scenes are done in glorious detail and everything is very well done.

For art, I give it a 10/10

The characters of another are quite well designed, from the seemingly nonexistent Misaki, the cold acting Izumi and all too caring Koichi; the characters are designed to seem like real people, and I agree with that in its success. However I think more development in the background of the characters could have been done to rise this more.

For characters, I give it a 9/10.

Overall, the strengths of the Another is in the misdirection of the audience and also the very well executed world building, giving it a quite horror style atmosphere while not managing to screw everything else over.

Tails' Rating 9/10

Programmargorp's Rating 9/10

Like this review? Want to read my other reviews? Here they are!: Spoiler (Click to View)
Yumekui Merry
Sword Art Online
Trigun
Shuffle!
Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru
Nobunagun
Mahou Sensou
Inu X Boku SS
Beyond the Boundary
Oreshura
Dance in the Vampire Bund
RIN: Daughters of Mnemosyne
My Mental Choices Are Completely Interfering With My School Romantic Comedy
Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C
Ga-Rei: Zero
Corpse Princess
Gunslinger Girl (Both Seasons)
Mysterious Girlfriend X
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
Problem Children are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?
This is a link leading to AA Weekly in which I reviewed Battle Girls - Time Paradox

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*No Submission this Week*

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[img]http://fuwanovel.org/assets/images/vn/21/mainArt.jpg[/img]

Little Busters

Synopsis:

Little Busters was produced in 2007 by Key. (Yes the people that made Clannad happen)
Riki was a child when his parents died, leaving him hopeless and depressed. What saved him was a group of four kids calling themselves the Little Busters. They took Riki out and played with him during his time of need. He really enjoyed being together with them, and his grief gradually faded away. Now in his second year of high school they still hang out, fight and live together, and enjoy their school life.

Story Review:
Little Busters is one of the better story lines out there. I actually enjoyed it a fair bit even though it got a bit silly in several places. It had laughs, anger, sadness, and I have to say just general full on pissed off, the story did not make me a very happy camper, I still recommend it considering it affected me enough to make me fume about it.

Art:
The art was pretty fantastic in my opinion, it had that touch that only Key can seem to produce, along with having one of the cutest damn loli's out there.
Some screenshots from the game.
(Click to View)







Sound:
I fell in love with the soundtrack within moments of starting the game up, it really does have a fantastic soundtrack in my opinion.
Little Busters OST

Overall Satisfaction:

Story: 6/10
Art: 8.5/10
Sound: 9/10

[Happeh]

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Interview with Tails
(Click to View)
Unknown: Hi Tails, how are you today?

Tails: I'm fine.

Unknown: That's nice. First question: How does it feel to help out with the AA Weekly?

Tails: It feels good. I really enjoy contributing in AA in any way I can and I enjoy doing reviews so it really makes me feel good. Especially when people comment on the review itself. Feels like I'm "making a difference"

Unknown: I know that feeling. What do you think about how the AA section is right now? Do you want anything to change?

Tails: I think AA is in better shape right now than it was like a year ago. I feel like the number of new members that make threads not about Naruto are going up. In fact, I really haven't seen a Naruto thread in a while. Things like that used to be a problem. The only thing I would really change is just better threads. I find it hard to post sometimes because there really aren't that many really quality threads to post in imo. And to get rid of the people that post in AA just to bash anime, but that will always happen so meh, lol.

Unknown: I think the trolls and people that come to bash are pretty funny. Do you prefer manga over anime or vice versa?

Tails: I like anime better. I used to not read any manga at all, but I have read a few. Deadman wonderland and Mysterious Girlfriend X just to name a few but Im just not the biggest fan of manga. So anime it is.

Unknown: I do too. Although I like to have physical manga, it's nice to read when you want to relax. How much anime do you watch per week, as in how many hours or episodes?

Tails: Well I went through a time last summer where I didn't have to do anything and literally watched anime from when I woke up till I went to sleep for two weeks. Then I stopped watching for a while. My watching is up right now I probably watch about 6 hours a day when I need to finish a series for my review or just 3 episodes when something new comes out

Unknown: That's nice. I used to watch 6-7 episodes per day, but I'm running low on time lately, so I can watch 3 per day if I'm lucky enough. Have you ever listened to vocaloids? Who's your favorite vocaloid?

Tails: I haven't listened to enough to have a really educated opinion but I did listen to an album to find out the AA weekly contest for last week and I really like GUMI and will probably start listening to vocaloid regularly now.

Unknown: GUMI has a good voice. My personal favorite is IA, I suggest you listen to Ayano's Theory of Happiness and Six Trillion Years And A Night from IA. Both are enjoyable in their own way. You mentioned Naruto earlier, what is your opinion about Naruto, Bleach, Fairy Tail & One Piece?

Tails: First off, I might listen to that because I am absolutely loving Mekakucity Actors lol
I think the big anime that people watch are fine honestly. They arent the best but they aren't the worst either. I think they get so much hate because of their fans. The people that watch those shows and say they are the best shows out there kill it. That is what I think is the worst thing. But in my opinion, and people will probably hate me for this, Naruto is literally no different than DBZ. Im not a big fan of DBZ but more than anything I hate when people say DBZ is the greatest anime ever and then bash Naruto for being filled with fillers. DBZ was filler infested too, lol.
But yeah, the shows aren't bad but more often then not, the people that watch them are.

Unknown: I agree completely, I can't stand the people that ONLY watched Naruto and say it's the best. The people who watch it to pass time, or because they like it and don't say it's the best, are the people with whom I have no problems. What is your favorite anime, and why?

Tails: Well, right now its a toss up between SAO and Mekakucity Actors. Id probably go with SAO since Mekakucity Actors isnt finished. I know SAO isn't the best anime in the world but I am a huge gamer so its vastly relatable. Its also something that I could actually picture myself being a part of in the future or something. Its my favorite because of simply what it is. Not because the story is amazing or the character development is top notch ( I reviewed it and gave it an 8 ) And the second arc was not that bad!

Unknown: Okay, I assume you're pumped up for season 2?

Tails: Very, I'm reading the LN right now and if its anything like the LN Im super excited. And I love the new MC lady Sinon. Glasses and fragile personality because of past trauma is kinda my thing lol

Unknown: Lol. Last question for this interview: Who is your favorite anime character, and why?

Tails: Probably Azusa Nakano from K-On. I'm a huge music fan and an even bigger fan of neko lolis and since they put cat ears on AzuNyan its the best of everything.

Unknown: I haven't watched K-On yet, maybe I will.
Is there anything you want to say to our readers?

Tails: K-On is really good.
Just that I think people should start doing the contest. Its a weekly contest and its not hard people. Tweety is working hard and putting up his own money to run it and its free stuff. There should be as many entries as the thread has views. And Happy Fathers Day
to everybody. : )

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Fan Submission by Chubaca


Happeh's Submission:


King~'s Submission:


Not a MV, but Ignore wanted me to share their AMV, and being a nice guy, here it is. Enjoy. :):


Submit your own Music Video of the Week and be featured in next weeks issue by clicking here!

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Note: This weeks loli of the week contains spoilers for Date A Live.

Date A Live fans will not be disappointed with this weeks loli of the week. It's our very own Yoshino the 'Hermit'! Just looking at her will cause half of our readers to explode from kawaii overload. Yoshino has sapphire blue eyes, with matching blue hair that come up to her elbows in length. Wearing her trademark green raincoat with bunny ears on the hood, a cute one piece dress along with her puppet on the left hand, Yoshino is definitely a loli that will grab all the hearts of you disgusting perverts.

Yoshino is more than eye candy, her personality is just freaking adorable. She is a shy little girl that has trouble expressing her feelings, or talking to people in general. The puppet called Yoshinon does the talking for her, it is her way of communicating with others from her split personality. Later in the series, Yoshino is seen improving her communication skills without the use of Yoshinon thanks to Shido.

Series: Date A Live, デート・ア・ライブ.
MAL: http://myanimelist.net/anime/15583/Date_A_Live

Every week, you can vote on a poll for your next loli of the week. This way we can vote and admire them together as well as seeing who the most popular is between the AA! For next week, you can vote for either:

Enju Aihara, from Black Bullet.
Silviana, from Wanko to Kurasou.

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Last weeks contest winner is...

Barrier!

Congratulations to Barrier for winning! I'm sure everyone expects him to pick a prize to drown himself in his yuri fantasy, wink wink.

Last week was our final AA Weekly contest. The contest ran from issue #44 to #52. The reason why we have decided to end the contest is because of the lack of interest. For the first 3 issues we had over 20 entries per week, proving to be very popular. However, the last 3 weeks we had 3-4 entries only. We asked for feedback, asking if it was too hard, too easy, not interesting and so on so we can improve it to get more participants. However, the feedback we gotten was not something we could build off. Maybe in the future if you guys actually want to see something like this again within the AA Weekly, we may reconsider bringing it back, but for now, it will come to an end.

Thank you to everyone who has participated. Congratulations to all the winners.

CLOSED.

Thank you Tweety for being so nice to host these, for donating out of your own pocket and making the news a little more fun. Shame the contest has to end, but we will move on and stride forward! ~Happeh

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The News Team:

• Happeh
  • Headlines/AA News/Editor

• Unknown
  • Interviews

• Sejskaler
  • Graphics

• Tweety.
  • Contest/Loli of the Week

• Lonephenom
  • Loli of the Week

• Tails. & Programmargorp
  • Series Highlights

• Black Hole
  • Proofreader

• Momo Velia Deviluke
  • VN of the Week

• Rakshasa
  • Manga Highlight

• King~
  • Music Video of the Week

[Angеl]

Sad to see the Contest of the Week section go but I guess there was nothing you guys could do about it. Once again, I enjoyed the music video of the section and I also really enjoyed reading both Tails and Programmargorps' review of Another. Overall, good issue as always, great work everyone.

Edit: Enju Aihara for loli of the week

[Programmargorp]

Happen/Tails pls, whai u spell mah id rong?

In all seriousness, why is the headlines this week all about people getting arrested?

[cacnecac]

Mei... chicks with eyepatches

ughghgggggghhhhhh

:) good article like always.

[!Soul]

I've been looking for an anime to watch lately. I'll definitely check out Another. Seems like a very nice anime to watch. Nice release as always! Looking forward to next weeks edition. Might check out Date A Live as well.

[Armadyl]

thanks alot for posting this, will probably check it out

[Kina]

Happen/Tails pls, whai u spell mah id rong?

In all seriousness, why is the headlines this week all about people getting arrested?

wowowow
Never actually read your name. Its all long and stuffs.
Never realized you didnt spell programmer correctly 😏
Will be fixed. If not this weekly then on the next👍

[Incest]

Rak you butt I wanted to read something >:(

Were some of the contest submissions not going through? because I would usually see 4 posts about the contest specifically. I entered every contest but 2 I think (didn't read that week's issue). idk if you got them. I know you got onii-chan control one because I fucked up like 4 times.

[Kernel.dll]

Thanks for Posting This!

Will Definetly Check some Thing's out.

[Toonami]

Man, that massage parlor story had me rolling 🤣. I mean, the fact that they were so young and being forced to rub oil on strangers is completely fucked up but how the hell do you go from handing out leaflets to giving naked massages? If I was in their position I would have just left.

That couple sure did make some bank showcasing themselves; talk about easy money.

People like that guy threatening a voice actor need some serious help. I hate a bad voice over as much as the next guy, but holy moly there's no reason to say they need divine punishment.

I always look forward to reading those interviews. There's some interesting opinions from the AA members.

Great job as always guys, keep it up.

[Programmargorp]

wowowow
Never actually read your name. Its all long and stuffs.
Never realized you didnt spell programmer correctly 😏
Will be fixed. If not this weekly then on the next👍

Tails pls, my ID is a palindrome.
It reads backwards the same as it reads forwards.

[Happeh]

Happen/Tails pls, whai u spell mah id rong?

In all seriousness, why is the headlines this week all about people getting arrested?

Ironic you also spelt my name wrong. 🤫

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Thanks for Posting This!

Will Definetly Check some Thing's out.

Don't use my thread to spam posts please.

[Ignore]

Woaaaaa! Thank you for adding my AMV.
I really appreciate it! :D <3

Edit: I voted for Enju, I love that little girl :D

[tweety]

Glad to see this up, almost thought we would miss this week because of Hole-tan's stuff.