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NEWS: 2nd Isshoni Anime to Be Isshoni Sleeping with Hinako


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s.alsa-man1991



Joined: 24 Jan 2009
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:57 am Reply with quote
So it's basically "watch a girl sleep without getting arrested"? What a bizarre product...
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samuelp
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:58 am Reply with quote
At first I thought this company (the "training with hinako) was just really silly and lame.

Then I saw the sales figures.

Now, I see this and... Whoever is behind this is a genius. An evil, evil genius but one who I am begrudgingly beginning to respect, and perhaps, fear.
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Blood-
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:01 pm Reply with quote
Well, I for one, cannot wait until the next sequel: "Hinako Watching Paint Dry" comes out.
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Zin5ki



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:04 pm Reply with quote
To embark on a project of supplementing the deficits in certain consumer's social lives is, as samuelp notes, is admirable to a degree.
Of course, being in a glass house I shouldn't throw such stones, so to speak. But on the bright side, it's not as if every otaku bachelor is in need of merchandise such as this; we all have our separate ways and means.
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The King of Harts



Joined: 05 May 2009
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:13 pm Reply with quote
It sounds like they're trying to what the Wii does with things like Wii Fit, but for diehard Otaku. And a lot weirder.

Blood- wrote:
Well, I for one, cannot wait until the next sequel: "Hinako Watching Paint Dry" comes out.

I personally hope they do "Hinako clips her nails". I've had some major follicle folleys in my time and I need a 16 year old anime girl to teach me how to do it right....in Blu-Ray!
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vulcanraven01



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:04 pm Reply with quote
LOL. Like people have said, the guy that came up with this is just a genius. While the idea is pure idiocy, there's clearly a market for it when aimed at deprived otaku.
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Tenchi



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:33 pm Reply with quote
Wouldn't this be more effective as one of those bishoujo Flash games where you "poke" at the girl with the cursor? Wink
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Cynim



Joined: 28 Mar 2009
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:39 pm Reply with quote
mmh... I have mixed feelings about the Hinako franchise...

first off, I just don't want to imagine the kind people who love watching this... Crying or Very sad

but on the brighter side : I find Hinako at least quite adorable Wink
and... well... it's the kind of thing that makes me say to myself, in a good way : "my God, the Japanese have the guts to produce this !!"
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Annf



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:50 pm Reply with quote
I didn't buy the first one 'cause it was DVD-only, but this one is on Blu-ray...hmm... *heads to Amazon*
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Alucalb



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:52 pm Reply with quote
Next up, Isshoni Shopping, Cooking and Gardening.
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teh*darkness



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:15 pm Reply with quote
There'll be an "Isshoni Swimming" at some point... gotta get the sukurumizu fetish in there, too.
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Megiddo



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:47 am Reply with quote
I only want to watch this to see what bizarre comments Hinako makes about being an anime character that lives in real life. That odd dialogue was totally worth the 3 minutes or so of the first video.
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lkmjr



Joined: 21 Jun 2008
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:53 am Reply with quote
Well, that's pretty friggen bizarre. It's almost hard to tell if they're really trying to help people improve their lifestyles or just making a fetish-tastic anime in a new, weirder flavor. I get the feeling it's the former disguising itself as the latter to get otaku to buy it.

Let me know when they make a version with bishounen. ^_~
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Truered



Joined: 11 Apr 2007
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:19 am Reply with quote
*Truered awaits "Ecchi anime viewing with Hinako"*

And possibly "Visiting hot springs with Hinako"


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vega427



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:23 am Reply with quote
I got a kick out of the first one and look forward to the second. Pointless, but entertaining. If there's to be a third, I'd like to see "Washing the car with Hinako".......
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