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This weeks Anime RSS feeds blast!
The week is coming to an end! so we will be starting an RSS blast of the latest Anime and Manga related news for the week that you may have missed. Love Live’s Rin Will Star in Ramen Commercial 21 May 2015, 01:45:00 Much like a real-life Japanese idol, a member of the fictional idol group μ’s from the popular anime Love Live! will star in an actual commercial to be… Ibaraki Prefecture Continues Its Moe Self Defense Force Mascot Campaign 20 May 2015, 23:45:00 Last year, Ibaraki prefecture, the home of Oarai city and Girls und Panzer, debuted its moe mascots for the area’s Japan Self-Defense Forces’ Provincial… Chiba…
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Naruto's Gaara Epilogue Novel Unveiled With Marriage Story, Cover Art
Naruto's Gaara Epilogue Novel Unveiled With Marriage Story, Cover Art [Warning: These summaries contain spoilers for the Naruto manga and anime. Please highlight the white space to read.] Naruto – Kakashi Hiden: Hyōten no Ikazuchi ( Naruto – Kakashi Hidden Legend: Lightning of the Frozen Sky) takes place a few months … Read more on Anime News Network To Make Anime Eyes More Terrifying, Add Avocados I've never really thought about this. But, it seems if you Photoshop in avocados into anime characters' eyes, the result is most unsettling. Via Otaku News is Natsuki from Uta no Prince-sama, an anime which started out as a visual novel for the PSP. To…
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Lastest Cosplay News News
New Kind of Disney Cosplay Slightly Less Embarrassing Than Original This week, the Orlando Sentinel reported on “Disneybounding,” a growing dress-up trend that some will think is a super fun hoot, while others will perceive it as a disturbing sign of the coming apocalypse. To be a Disneybounder, you dress up in regular … Read more on TIME Attending The General Entry Cosplay Contest At ACBC – Plus 95 Cosplay Photos The “main event” cosplay contest at Atlantic City Boardwalk Con aka The Mr. and Ms. Cosplay USA competition had quite rigorous entry demands of the contests. To be in the Mr. and Ms. Cosplay USA competition held last Saturday night,…
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My-Past Toko’s
I remember back in the day myself and my brother where getting into anime. The Sci-fi channel where showing anime at 12PM at the weekends so we started to record it to watch later. One of these being shown was an anime called Orguss 02 Now we have all seen anime like Akira back in the day but getting to see other types of anime really turned me over to getting to see more. Fast forward a couple of years and pretty much all I was watching was anime. I and my brother started looking for others that liked anime also, and we found an anime Con called Tokonatsu just…
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MCM Birmingham Comic Con 22-24th
On the 22-24 of this month Birmingham will be hosting Comic Con 2015 And Tokoretreat will be there! so if you see us then say Hi 🙂 “our first none Toko con in 5 years!” Also expect some Cosplay shots from the day. So see you there 🙂
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Origa passing.
A little late posting this but Singer and sing writer Origa has passed away at the age of 44 due to lung cancer. The singer passed away on the January 17, 2015(2015-01-17) We previously recommended Origa in our Jpop section Here and where saddened to here of her passing. On Saturday, January 17 at 8:20 AM, ORIGA’s short life was ended due to a heart failure at 44 years of age. It all happened in a flash following 8 days of hospitalization in the Kanagawa Prefecture. … ORIGA arrived to Sapporo as an exchange student in 1991 and began her music activities in Japan as a singer-songwriter. She lived…
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Happy Xmas from TokoRetreat!
Been a little slow posting news lately… bad Mike! Update! almost all of you now know that the registrations is now open for Tokonatsu 2015! but if your one of the ones that have been living under a rock for the last week then head over to here and register Car park permits can be registered here little update… on the 12 of Jan Me and Nicci will be expecting our first! now you know why I have been slow posting news 😉 one last thing! Have an amazing Christmas Guys from everyone “lol me” at TokoRetreat!
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AI-Tenchi Muyo news
Toko 2014 is now a fading memory and to keep you updated on Anime and Manga news here is an update on the all new Tenchi Muyo titled AI Tenchi Muyo From the start we can see that there has been a dramatic change to the characters. will this be a good thing, we have yet to see.. Washu the number 1 scientist in the universe has been up to her old tricks again and for reasons still unknown Tenchi has to go under cover and take on a teaching roll in a girls school “lets just hope Tenchis dad stays away from this school” Here is a quick rundown…
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Tokonatsu 2014 comes to an end.
Well as soon as it started Tokonatsu 2014 is now over. As Toko’s go it was a good one with plenty to keep you amused for the 4 days that most of us was there for. And with the news that Martin has now been levelled up to Tokonatsu Vice Chairman we can only see good things ahead. But for next year maybe Tokoretreat can bring a little something back/more to Tokonatsu 2015. Us Tokoretreaters have been talking and we have some ideas that would only make things better so stay tuned for updates on that. 🙂 We are also making plans for where we are going to be next…
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where are you?
So after a day of setting up we are ready for Toko 2014 See you all here!