3/27/2010 - 3:29am - 8lb 9oz - 21in

Itsumo Keiko is reporting on Keiko Kitagawa’s newest movie (Handsome Suit) and her latest role in the tv drama (Homeroom on the Beachside.)

Ayaka502.net reports and Ayaka Komatsu’s last appearance in Young Sunday will be this issue, #33. They are also running a content in honor of Ayaka’s birthday.

Lilly-chan is working hard on the PGSM panel for Otakon. Tsuki Mubi’s annual AMV contest is going on, so check that out.

Chibi Land has some adorable PGSM dolls for adoption.

As for us, I’ve been doing some research on Alisa Durbrow and added a link to her blog. She looks adorable with her new haircut.

Let’s see:

I updated the galleries with new ‘official’ images. Plus uploaded some more random images and a few more Dream Note screencaps.

I uploaded 10 new Ayaka icons in the avatars section.

I did some more work in the wiki.

I fixed the fanlistings, removed old ones, applied for new ones. Then I went in and cleaned out the ‘Links Out’ section.

I gave out two Princess Awards, one to Usagi and Mamoru’s Universe and ChibiLand.

Oh and I finally finished the Acts Download page so now everything is available via MegaUpload.

Aside from a lot of Ayaka related updates, our affiliate Ayaka502.net has just opened a Rika Izumi fansite. For those of you wondering who the heck that is, Rika Izumi is Chisaki Hama’s real name. You can check out the new site here.

Another affiliate, Itsumo Keiko Kitagawa is reporting that Keiko will be starring in a new series this summer “Homeroom on the Beachside.”

Miyu Sawai released what I think is a new Idol DVD on June 20th.

Sawai Ryu

Miyu Sawai

I apologize for the lack of info but I can’t read Japanese and there isn’t much English info out.

MoonKitty.net (yet another affiliate ) has posted a PGSM music video for this past week’s Moon Music Monday.

The BSSM:LA Fanlisting (you guessed it, another affiliate) has been updating about the upcoming Otakon panel.

Usagi and Mamoru’s Universe (yes, yes, an affiliate) has updated with some new media clips from Act Zero.

And, if you’ve managed to miss this sad news completely: Miyuki Kanbe (who played Sailor Moon in the ‘Third Stage’ Sera Myu performances) passed away on June 20th. There are many beautiful tributes being put up among the BSSM fansites.

Colorful-Summer.net has no concept of how to properly credit people for the fan graphics that they are taking and redistributing without permission.

I contacted them, then Dark_Branwen contacted them in the comments of the news post regarding the massive page of icons that were taken. Instead of e-mailing us (like we politely asked), our comments were removed and we were ignored.

We weren’t demanding anything outrageous, just for our icons to be separated by creator, credit be given by linking to the correct creator and to ASK PERMISSION if they wanted to redistribute icons in the future. Not exactly unreasonable.

So now instead of resolving this nicely, I’m forced to fire off a nasty letter to Colorful Summer’s host about this. Hopefully they get their ass in gear and sort the icon page correctly, because (contrary to popular belief) I don’t enjoy getting people’s sites taken down.

This means that 1. Public editing of the wiki is back on and 2. There’s a lot more media for available for download if you’re paying attention.

I’m also happy to announce that the PGSM Fan Panel is returning to Otakon this year. I will be helping on the panel with Lilly-Chan, Sakura and Yosenex among others. (I’m also hosting my own panel on Parents and Anime, but more on that some other time.)

Usagi also donated two great linking buttons which I’ve added to the Link Us page.

First off, layout tweaks. Nothing major, but I’ve extended the width of the layout so you no longer have to deal with the annoying ads at the top. I fixed up my affiliates which are now displayed on the right bar.

I also removed some crappy pages and uploaded some pages that for some reason fell off the menu.

The cast and music pages have been made all pretty with better graphical interfaces. The credits have been updated as well.

I reorganized the icons and uploaded a bunch of new ones. In addition, I added five new wallpapers which were chillin’ on my computer.

And finally, I added 400+ screencaptures from Ayaka’s newest DVDs (Dream Note, Dream Note II) Thanks to our affiliate Ayaka502.net for providing the video.

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