The Hotblood! Kickstarter and Talking Centaurs with Toril Orlesky

Hotblood centaur webcomic Kickstarter

After two and a half years, webcomic Hotblood! has finally come to a conclusion, and creator Toril Orlesky has launched a Kickstarter to celebrate! If successful, the Kickstarter will fund an omnibus release of all four chapters of the comic, including new a new prequel and epilogue. As of this post, it has already reached its $24,000 … Read moreThe Hotblood! Kickstarter and Talking Centaurs with Toril Orlesky

Sunday Spotlight: Skip Beat! Kickstarter

Skip Beat anime

For this week’s Sunday Spotlight, I wanted to do something different and highlight a Kickstarter that needs your help! Pied Piper, Inc. is passionate about bringing the classic shoujo anime Skip Beat! to a wider audience with an official North American DVD release, and after a rocky start as an Indiegogo campaign, the Kickstarter now has a little … Read moreSunday Spotlight: Skip Beat! Kickstarter

Noble Lily: Boku no Fiancée R18+ Otome CD Review

Noble Lily Otome CD Review

This review was made possible by Gredlen! Purchase an item from my wishlist to support Chic Pixel and have the review featured on the site!  Welcome to Chic Pixel’s first ever drama CD review! While I’m sure some of you are familiar with audio dramas, it’s an area of nerdy Japanese media that generally gets … Read moreNoble Lily: Boku no Fiancée R18+ Otome CD Review

April 2016 Community Game-Along: Yuzo Koshiro

Yuzo Koshiro Community Game-Along

Yuzo Koshiro Community Game-Along

We’re already three days into April, which means we’re well into the Yuzo Koshiro Community Game-Along! After the Yoko Shimomura theme back in December, I wanted to make sure to feature another video game composer, and who better than the man of Ys, Streets of Rage, and Etrian Odyssey fame?! Though I can’t take full credit for the idea – Nitro of the MDisk Playlist podcast had me on to discuss Yuzo Koshiro a couple weeks back, prompting me to tie in April’s Community Game-Along theme. Be sure to give the episode a listen for an awesome overview of his impressive career!

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Swooning Over: Sakura Nike Air Max 1

Sakura Nike Air Max 1 sneakers with Cardcaptor Sakura Nendoroid

Sakura Nike Air Max 1 sneakers with Cardcaptor Sakura Nendoroid

It’s not often that I purchase a pair of limited edition sneakers, but I couldn’t resist Nike’s new sakura-themed Air Max 1s featuring real photos of cherry blossoms! In honor of spring in Japan, I thought it would be fun to share some glamor shots of these gorgeous shoes. I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I did taking them!

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