That's kasa=umbrella for you, welcome to Japanese 101! ^_^ All right, Japanese aside, if you're interested in having lovely K-On girls printed on your umbrellas (though how you'd even BEAR to take these pretty umbrellas out is another thing altogether..), online Japanese shopping website Chara-Ani will be putting these babies up for sale!

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Sing-songwriter Hikaru Utada (宇多田 ヒカル) will begin her concert tour of the U.K. and the U.S. in January. You can see her concert dates and cities here.

This week we introduce a couple of K-On figures by Good Smile Company, Movic and Kotobukiya, some new Saiyuki/ Saiyuki Gaiden COSPA items, as well as a look at a couple of upcoming game releases~ ^^

The latest in K-On's character image song series features Yui Hirakawa's sister, Ui, and her childhood friend and confidante, Nodoka!

Saturday comes round again! What do you have planned for this weekend? Get behind the cut to find out what we've got for you in this week's G-Spot! Hints: Miku-chan, moe rice wine (!), K-on, NieR Replicant and Hitman Reborn!

It's a MAD, MAD world, and this week, we bring you MAD videos in celebration of Hatsune Miku's 2nd anniversary, as well as the release of the K-On official bandscore! A fan had made a birthday PV especially for Hatsune Miku, and another creator has put together beautiful MAD (and also karaoke!) videos based on K-On's soundtrack ^_^

 Happy Birthday, Miku-chan!

If you're a big fan of K-On, and have been itching to jam with their songs, we've got great news for you~ A CD, that comes with the official band score was released..today!

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Some of you may have spotted K-ON mobip figures from Aoshima at wonfes, they are finally ready for pre-order from today! Yui and Mugi comes with three different facial expressions and three sets of hands which you can interchange. They also have two pair of shoes each, a school bag and not forgetting their respective instruments - the guitar and the keyboard!

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Viz has announced the debut of the animated Naoki Urasawa’s MONSTER featured by Starz Media’s Manga Entertainment on Syfy beginning on October 12^th as part of the latest season of the network’s Ani-Monday programming block.

This week for MAD, we'll be taking a look at commercials! There are a few parodies of commercials that have been done by artistes floating around on the Net, and for the videos this week, we have K-on, the Vocaloids and Sonic! Just imagine how cool it'd be to see them starring in commercials on TV ^_^

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The theater date for the Macross Frontier Movie : The False Songstress (劇場版　マクロスＦ　～イツワリノウタヒメ～) has been announced: November 21, 2009. The official website has been updated and we've learned that the movie will be part one of two parts!

Tell me, how many ways can you sing K-On’s hit song, Don’t Say Lazy?

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