Benu reviews Max Factory's Figma Mikuru Asahina (http://affiliates.jlist.com/click/1990?url=http://www.jbox.com/SEARCH/mikuru_asahina_figma) School Uniform Version.

Check out the following online stores to find Figma Mikuru and Figma Yuki.

J-list (http://affiliates.jlist.com/click/1990/121)

beNippon (http://benippon.com/)

Hobby Link Japan (http://www.hlj.com/top/Fig)

Hobby Search (http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/)

Kid Nemo Company (http://www.kidnemo.com/)

Otaku Fuel (http://otakufuel.com/)

Play Asia (http://www.play-asia.com/)

Toylet (http://toylet.net/)

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It's finally here the epic first part of the Anime Genesis Fourth Anniversary Special! Clocking in at over two hours, Benu takes you on a trip down memory lane to relive some of the greatest moments of Anime Genesis in it's early years. Featuring special messages from Mike Dent of R5 Central (http://r5central.wordpress.com/), Mike of Anime Diet (http://animediet.net/), Sean and Andrew of Anime 3000 (http://www.anime3000.com/), Meson of Toon Radio (http://www.toonradio.net/), Nam of Anime Pulp (http://animepulp.blogspot.com/), BakaTanuki of The Gaming Dungeon (http://thegamingdungeon.com/), and Rangiku of Anime Pulse (http://rangiku.anime-pulse.com/). Also Featuring many more special celebrity guests!

If you didn't get a submission in for this part of the anniversary special I am now accepting submissions for the second part! Please send your mp3 submissions to: [email protected]

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Anime Gen is back with an all new episode! Dancing Queen joins Benu to talk about the news, the Anime Genesis & How A Girl Figures Panel at Anime LA, and all the happenings that went down at the first con of the year! It's a jam packed episode so grab your Ipod and throw on those earbuds because Anime Gen is back and ready to rock!

News

Gainax Animates Video For CES

Is Shoko-tan Done For?

Crunchyroll Simucasts Shugo Chara and Other Anime (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-09/crunchyroll-site-simulcasts-shugo-chara-doki-anime)

And if you still haven't seen it yet here is our panel from Anime LA in it's full glory!

Click here to see it in HD! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpnhGwJt7m0&fmt=22)

(http://anime-gen.com/wp-content/images/yuuno.jpg)Here is my exclusive interview with American voice actor Marianne Miller. She has voiced Qoo from "Teeny Witches", Yuuno in "Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha", Kazuki in "Zebraman", Kyohei in "Moribito", and well as Malicolne and Flame in "Familiar of Zero'. Thanks to Marianne Miller for the interview!

Anime Genesis & How A Girl Figures (http://www.howagirlfigures.com/) comes to you live from the first anime convention of the year Anime LA 2009! Benu & Dancing Queen host the first live show of the year and disscuss various topics of fandom with input from the audience!

Click here to see the panel in full HD on You Tube!

Thanks to DJ Tama (http://www.youtube.com/user/djtama06) for doing a great job on the video and everyone who came out to the live show! Me and Dancing Queen can't thank you enough! Also a huge thanks goes out to Anime LA staff for giving us the panel space and making sure all the tech was working!

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Anime Genesis & How A Girl Figures are going to be kicking off the new year at Anime LA 2009 (http://www.animelosangeles.org/ala/) with a live podcast! Benu and Dancing Queen will be hosting the first live recording of the year! We will even be giving away some awesome prizes! If you missed Anime Genesis & Anime Diet Live at Anime Expo 2008, you don't want to miss this one! You never know what could happen live! So come on out to Anime LA 2009 (http://www.animelosangeles.org/ala/) and we will see you at the show! The show takes place on Saturday Jan. 3rd, at 4pm in LP2, at the LAX Marriott.

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Anime Genesis kicks off season 3 with guest co-host Andrew Choi of Anime 3000! Brace yourselves for one heck of an episode, as Benu and Andrew disscuss narutards effect on the anime industry and why you should be scared silly! We also open up the phones for the first time ever and talk with an angry narutard who is more concerned about the karaoke subtitles in the fansubs then the actual shows.

NEWS

* TV Tokyo To Stream Naruto On Crunchyroll (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-17/tv-tokyo-to-also-stream-naruto-through-crunchyroll)

* Dattebayo Finally Agrees To Stop Fansubbing Naruto (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-21/dattebayo-to-stop-fansubbing-naruto-on-january-15)

* Broccoli International USA Shuts Down (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-19/broccoli-international-usa-to-shut-down-by-year-end)

* Anime Studios Go After Heavy Downloaders (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-17/5-anime-studios-sue-4-heavy-downloaders-in-singapore)

PROMOS

Weeaboobies (http://bumbleberry.org/)

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Here is Anime Genesis's exclusive interview with Shoko Nakagawa! Watch as Benu gives Shokotan an oversized AG T-shirt, and asks probably the most random question she was ever asked at AX!

(http://anime-gen.com/wp-content/images/ag5.jpg)What's this? A new episode of Anime Genesis, two hours long? This can't be true! But it is! We are back with an all star line up of guest co-hosts. Dancing Queen (http://www.howagirlfigures.com/), Hontaiyo (http://www.elite-peeps.net/), Miu (http://www.animeradio.net/), and Hayate join Benu and disscuss the latest anime news and have some interesting disscussions along the way. Benu also explains why the site has been dead for the past couple of weeks. So sit tight and hold on for possibly the longest Anime Genesis episode yet!

This is the Anime Genesis/Anime Diet Live panel from Anime Expo 2008! Experience the madness in audio and video! Pay no attention to me saying this is Episode 5, it is Episode 4. Also it's anime-gen.com not anime-gen.net. More Interviews, an Anime Expo wrap up episode, and pictures, as well as a day by day recap of AX coming soon!