It won’t be much longer until the second Bleach movie, “The Diamond Dust Rebellion” is released on R2 (Region 2) DVD. The Japanese Amazon website has it listed on pre-order for September 2nd, 2008 for ¥6,216 (Approximately $60 in USD). If you’re fluent in Japanese–or a huge Bleach fan, I recommend pre-ordering it. Or if you’re one of those who don’t know how to operate a DVD player, especially one that doesn’t play Region 2 DVDs, there’s always Plan “B”. Of course, there’s no word yet of a Region 1, English dubbed version of Diamond Dust, but since Memories of Nobody is on US shores, it’s likely that Viz will license Diamond Dust by the end of the year.

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You’ve tried Pocky, now try Ramune! Ramune (ラムネ)–not to be confused with the Eroge turned anime series of the same name–is a carbonated soft drink from Japan. That’s right…Japanese Soda! The one seen in this picture is Strawberry flavored Ramune. There’s also Melon, Peach, Orange, Mango and regular Ramune (I have yet to try the regular flavor, but it could taste just like 7UP).

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A couple of months ago, I said I would discontinue The Azeroth Journal. Now… I present you the final issue of the journal.

I’ve been pretty busy with WoW since I made my announcement of the discontinuation of AJ. Our guild — which I will keep a tight lip on due to reorganization, and recruitment rules (including my minimum state of anonymity to prevent backlashes from Alliance and fellow Horde players) — has been struggling with content progression for sometime now. A month ago, we had a guild merger, which lasted only 5 days due to conflict of interest.

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Yes! You’re looking at the latest owner of a Playstation 3–along with a Dual Shock 3, and a copy of Metal Gear Solid 4! Unfortunately, this came out of my weekly allowance; saving up for Anime Weekend Atlanta and my everyday Otaku needs, and with help from my mother and my brother (he wants to play it more than I do!).

I have yet to play Metal Gear Solid 4, but I tried out the very core of the PS3. Not Folding@home, but the system its self; downloadable content, sharing media via LAN, and slapping on a MGS 4 theme on the XMB. I also tried out the demo version of Dragonball Z: Burst Limit. I have a wishlist with a few games I want from the Playstation store, preferably the PSOne titles and Mortal Kombat II. The bundle also comes with a voucher for a free copy of the game, Pain. I’ll eventually play this game. The game reminds me a bit of State of Emergency. But first things first…It’s time to equip my active camo!

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The next song in the Ni-Ongaku Spotlight series are the Heartsdales featuring Soul’d Out with “Candy Pop”. Soul’d Out consists of MC Diggy Mo, the Human Beatbox, Bro Hi, and DJ Shinnosuke. They provided beats for the Japanese version of The Boondocks, and did the ending theme for the anime Yakitate JAPAN! with the song “To All Tha Dreamers”. I don’t know much about the Heartsdales, but after hearing “Candy Pop”, they are on my list of J-Pop artists to check out. This song was also used in a popular Anime Music Video of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, called “Skittles”. Apparently, the AMV gave this song a lot of attention for Haruhi fans, though this was released in 2003.

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