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Introducing Kyoukai no Shirayuki, Gatchaman Crowds Artist Kinako’s First...
Among the many announcements at Otomate Party 2015 this past weekend, Kyoukai no Shirayuki (officially subtitled as Nämlich Shirayuki), an otome game coming to the PS Vita in 2016, may very well be...
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Chic Pixel Plus Episode 28 – The Red Child Conspiracy
In this week’s slightly overdue episode, Sarah digs deep into Gatchaman Crowds insight, I accidentally watch all of Gangsta., and the stars align for not one, but two anime fashion montages. We also...
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Chic Pixel’s Ultimate Otaku Shopping Guide
It’s hard to be an anime, manga, or video game fan and not live in Japan. While our friends in the land of the rising sun have access to all of the latest merchandise, exclusive collaborations, and...
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Sunday Spotlight: Final Fantasy Recipes
Happy Sunday, and thanks for checking out my newest column, Sunday Spotlight! I’ll be using this space to highlight other bloggers, creatives, and otherwise cool people that I think you should know...
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September is Ultra Despair Month!
At the end of every month, I suddenly realize a whole month has already gone by and it’s time to announce the next Community Game-Along theme. I then proceed to scramble to the complete 2015 theme...
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5 Awesome LINE Sticker Sets for Otome Game Fans
LINE may still be relatively unknown in the west, but the messaging app’s vast array of adorable stickers and themes has taken already Japan and much of Asia by storm. From Rilakkuma to Hatsune Miku...
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Japan Envy: Danganronpa Cakes from Patisserie Swallowtail
Why look at that, Japan is celebrating Ultra Despair Month, too! Well not really, but it’s a great coincidence that Patisserie Swallowtail is offering two rad Danganronpa-inspired cakes during the...
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Sunday Spotlight: Cute Travels
Another week, another Sunday Spotlight! Today I’d like to point your browsers to Cute Travels, an adorable blog featuring travel, food, and craft posts. Eimear loves all things cute just like me, and...
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Chic Pixel Plus Episode 29 – The Only 5 Year Old
We all knew it was coming… In this episode, we discuss a number of prickly subjects, including comics set in Japan written by non-Japanese authors, what a five year old is doing in our hot boy anime,...
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Apricotsushi Reviews: Japan Crate
It’s been a while since I’ve done a Japanese snack subscription review! A while back I was contacted by Japan Crate to cover their service, and of course I happily obliged. I was particularly excited...
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Sunday Spotlight: Aiccio’s Video Game Cross Stitch
Another Sunday, another Spotlight! This week I’m really excited to share one of my absolute favorite crafters. Cross stitcher aiccio is only on Instagram, as far as I’m aware, but their mostly video...
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Sofubi Invades Brisbane! Soft Vinyl Mayhem Event Recap
This past Friday, Australia saw its first ever sofubi exhibit right in my home of Brisbane! It’s not often that I get to attend a first of anything in Australia, let alone something related to...
View ArticleHappiness Tastes Like Butter Chips
Happiness is a bag of chips, right? Well, apparently Calbee thinks so… Butter potato chips, to be precise. It’s been a long time since I’ve posted an Apricotsushi Samples, but here’s one I filmed back...
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Makura no Danshi Otome Game Coming to Mobile Phones
from Makura no Danshi episode 9 I’m sorry to say, but this isn’t an announcement about a new kitten book featuring cute anime boys (though that would be amazing). Rather, this season’s crazy otome...
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Japan Envy: Dohton Bori x Show By Rock!!
Let me tell you, I can’t get enough Show By Rock!!. I wrote about one Show By Rock!! café collaboration earlier this year, but this time around, the adorable app/anime series is teaming up with an...
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Sunday Spotlight: Pinkcheeks Toy Photography
I can hardly believe it, but it’s been nearly two years since I started buying figures! While Nendoroids based on my favorite anime and video game characters have largely been my poison of choice, I’ve...
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Chic Pixel Newsletter + Reader Survey
Exciting things are afoot at Chic Pixel! I recently launched a Reader Survey to get an idea of what everyone would like to see more of on the site, and so far I’ve had a lot of great responses. One...
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Chic Pixel Plus Episode 30 – Asparagus Paradox
30 seemed like a cool number to celebrate, so we begin this episode with a hurrah before diving straight in to the good word on Japanese Netflix and all our favorite news from this year’s Tokyo Game...
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Kyoukai no Shirayuki Character Profiles and Comments Translated
I’ve been beside myself waiting for new information on Kinako’s otome game, Kyoukai no Shirayuki, ever since it was announced last month. The dark fantasy otome game features Kinako’s striking...
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Japan Envy: Otomate Garden Amnesia Café
I’m a bit late to this one because I totally missed that Otomate now has their own café! Otomate Garden, the official café for all Otomate otome game collaborations, apparently opened earlier this...
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