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  1. 11 Days of Tanakachii 2010, Part 4

    November 5, 2010 by CJ Marsicano

    Earlier this year I was enjoying sharing the episodes of Reina’s more recent anime work, Kaito Reinya, as soon as they went up on YouTube. Unfortunately, the copyright holders of that series called foul, forcing YouTube to pull the streaming videos I was sharing here.

    Anyway, in the less recent past I had raved a bit lustily about pictures of Reina in cat ears from HaroMoni@, and lamented when production stopped on the show about how pictures of her in the cat ears were going to be a thing of the past. Thankfully, when Kaito Reinya‘s promotional machine happened there were quite a few opportunities for Reina to get dolled up as her anime doppelganger, complete with – yep – cat ears. As noted in the picture above, one could get their own set of Kaito Reinya cat ears, but I’m personally trying to keep an eye out for those elusive Kaito Reinya stuffies that they advertised on the show.


  2. 11 Days of Tanakachii 2010, Part 3

    November 3, 2010 by CJ Marsicano

    Another live Reina shot from the current tour. I hope the Blu-Ray disc of this tour comes out a lot sooner than the one for the Pika Pika Spring 2010 tour. Not that I’m complaining entirely – I absolutely love the fact that I can finally see my favorite band in 1080p. Perhaps a remastering of all the MoMusu PVs for a Blu-Ray set is in order, Zetima?


  3. 11 Days of Tanakachii 2010, Part 2

    November 3, 2010 by CJ Marsicano

    Even though I’ve been a bad boy with not updating this site, my adoration for my favorite member of Morning Musume has not changed. And neither has my desire to see Morning Musume make regular visits to the States (and elsewhere) and see their music get released here by a better independent label than JapanFiles’s rather ineffectual (in retrospect) job… (I’d start mentioning label names again but I’ll save that for TGML…)

    Side note: Quick website update happening a little later tonight before the Day 3 post, so if you see or saw things not as they usually are here, that’s why… already done. That, as a certain office supply store commercial said, was easy… ;)


  4. 11 Days of Tanakachii 2010, Day 1

    November 2, 2010 by CJ Marsicano

    It’s about that time… and I owe my favorite MoMusu a huge fucking apology!

    Sorry, Reina. I meant to start a new commemorative series last night, but a couple of things got in the way and it completely slipped my head…

    The reality is two-fold and has only a little to do with my marriage… last night was my laundry night (four months into my marriage and already we’ve got some routines going!), plus I had to do a little maintenance on my laptop thanks to a somewhat annoying little gnat of a virus – thank god for Norton pouncing on that fucker), and then the pre-order of Elvis Costello’s new album was waiting for me to download from iTunes… ahh, just bonk me on the head with that thick retrospective photobook of Reina’s that came out a couple of years ago!

    It’s not like Reina was completely off my radar last night, though… NaNoWriMo started yesterday and the project involves a character named after and slightly inspired by her. No, it’s not a fanfic (I don’t write those), but it is a new project centered around a character I created for my first, long abandoned novel project Play It All Night Long. (For those of you keeping track, Here Is The Wonderland is still the priority project – this new novella is just an exercise for my inner Snoopy.)

    So… with all excuses and explanations out of the goddamn way… we’ll be back on track with Day 2′s post later today – most likely after I get back from voting (Democrat, of course…).


  5. We’re Number 3! We’re Number 3! (Again!)

    May 16, 2010 by CJ Marsicano

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    The results for Paul Thomas’ yearly H!P fan poll are in, and Her Royal Hotness placed third again (behind Takitty and Gaki) in the poll for individual H!P members, and Morning Musume also placed on top in the group poll that he set up this year. Good to see that the mothership is still on top. I’m surprised that Buono! placed fourth behind Berryz Koubou and C-ute, though.

    On a side note, sorry that this blog has been rather inactive the past couple of months (I’ve only been a little more active over at this blog’s mothership). Outside of my impending nuptials, there’s really no excuse for not keeping up with things here, so my apologies to both Reina and to my fellow Tanakachi fans and followers. I’ll try to make up for it.


  6. Damn, That Took Long Enough…

    February 21, 2010 by CJ Marsicano

    Finally got ahold of the subbed version of Episode 6. Halfway through with the series already? Jesus Christ, it’s bad enough the days are ticking away for my wedding in June, but this is ridiculous.

    Speaking of ridiculous, it’s good to see Reina’s animated doppelganger taking some bumps, even though Chutaro is still getting his requisite share of abuse and Officer Nacchi is still having involuntary Marilyn Monroe moments…

    I’ll keep checking for Episode 7 – I haven’t seen a raw version, let alone a subbed one, yet as of this writing.


  7. Caught, Can I Get A Witness?

    February 13, 2010 by CJ Marsicano

    Sorry I’m a week behind on these, what with Episode 6 (unsubbed) already on the YouTubes and all.

    Soon as Episode 6 is subbed, I’ll post it here.


  8. This is Getting Really F*cking Weird…

    February 1, 2010 by CJ Marsicano

    Very bizarre episode this week. The last time I checked, Reinya was supposed to be the smart one, although the cops haven’t gotten any smarter (apparently the three of them all flunked science class in high school!). I guess living two identities causes one to have their own airhead moments.


  9. Three Is The Magic Number…

    January 24, 2010 by CJ Marsicano

    Episode three of Kaito Reinya is in circulation, and since I didn’t get to it on Friday or Saturday, we can take advantage of the unintended lag by putting up the subbed version here! (If you’re not already aware, putting up “ICU Subs Kaito Reinya” in your YouTube search bar should bring up all of the translated versions to date.)

    And Reina’s character is actually part cat? Funny, I hadn’t noticed the tail sticking out of her ass when she’s in her convenience store uniform… I’ll have to go back and rewatch the other episodes to see!


  10. The Flagrant Mouse Abuse Continues…

    January 16, 2010 by CJ Marsicano

    Episode 2 of Kaito Reinya is already online (well, it was since yesterday). Even without the translations (and I’m waiting on that with anticipation), it’s not too hard to follow the basic plot of these episodes. Watch at the end of the episode for an eyeful of some Kaito Reinya merch, including a Reinya stuffie! (That’s already on top of my want list! CK, next time you’re in Japan…)