A segment from the making-of DVD for Re: Return.

reina_t_1111: I see the hype is already underway for the new photobook.
minimoniotaku: You can say that again.
reina_t_1111: I gather my American fanbase – and I’m asking you because well, duh, you’re part of it – is excited about it?
minimoniotaku: I would like to think they’d get excited about anything involving you.
reina_t_1111: You’re too kind.
minimoniotaku: [...]

Courtesy of fellow Tanakachii fan and blogging brother from YODC, Langdon Alger, some preview pics from Re: Return, first posted after some research by Langdon at the home of the Magnificent Bastards. The bottom two are screencaps from the making-of video.

I should be playing John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme instead of Miles Davis’ Milestones while [...]

With little apparent warning, another photobook featuring the Wonkylicious Sex Bomb, entitled Re: Return, is coming out this forthcoming Wednesday – the third photobook in a little more than a year after Alo Hello! Tanaka Reina and GIRL, and her sixth overall. Is that a fake tattoo on Reina’s arm? (Pre-order from YesAsia here [...]

minimoniotaku: I see that Tanakamesen is old enough to have a beer in the States now.
reina_t_1111: Aw, c’mon, in Japan you get an extra year to work on your liver – drinking age is only 20 here.
minimoniotaku: Like I’m one to talk. I hardly drink to begin with.
reina_t_1111: You’re of Italian heritage and you don’t [...]

reina_t_1111: Hey Ceej, I heard about that pileup on the Interstate near your hometown. Were you anywhere near that?
minimoniotaku: An exit to that interstate is only about a 5 minute drive from my house.
reina_t_1111: Whoa. Talk about too close for comfort.
minimoniotaku: Yeah, I’m glad I stayed home. 68 vehicles, what a mess though! And it’s [...]

reina_t_1111: Hey Ceej. What are you doing on IM at 2:30 in the afternoon your time on a work day?
minimoniotaku: My dipshit boss is out sick with the same thing I had three Sundays ago and I’m up front watching the store and playing Jimmy Smith CDs.
reina_t_1111: Aw, that explains it. You heard about Johnson?
minimoniotaku: [...]