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reminder that this is still the most raw transformation scene of all time

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Official Eevee Gijinkas

Yuki Fukuma (Artist: En Morikura)

Their grandfather is a legendary breeder and master of Teahouse 1121. Carries partner Eevee in their arms. Energetic and friendly, popular in class. Their gender is a s-e-c-r-e-t☆ 1st year middle schooler

[TL Note: 1121 is a pun on Eevee, 1=i as in "ichi", 2== V]

Jun Shimizu (Artist: Yumenouchi)

A great swimmer on the swim team! Laid-back and loves to take naps with Vaporeon. 1st year high school

Koga Ikazuchi (Artist: Nachi Aono)

Might look arrogant, but shy. A wolf-like boy who treasures his friends once he gets to know them. Plays guitar in a band with Rei since middle school. Always wins races. Popular with the girls. Beady eyes and a sharp tooth. 2nd year high school

Miyabi Endo (Artist: Nakahara)

A calm face that hides a leader with burning passion. Has a slim muscular build, but is good at baking cookies. A man with a feminine side♪ Plays drums in a band with Rei and Koga. Loves clothes with fur. 2nd year high school

Asuka Chinen (Artist: Lily Hoshino)

An eccentric with catlike eyes. Smartest in his grade. Paranormal research club member. Loves strawberry candy. Ennui-style psychic boy. Friends with Yuki; both were on soccer team in elementary school. Cute Espeon hoodie! 2nd year high school

Light Akutsu (Artist: pako)

A (supposed) fallen angel clad in black. In reality, pure and shy. He's still growing! Friends with Asuka since his soccer days, and in the same club. They're always together! Catlike boy. Wears his own custom Umbreon hoodie. 2nd year high school

Hinata Aso (Artist: Mai Hanamura)

Beautiful looks, elegant demeanor. Student council president popular with the girls. Grew up abroad in Kalos. Her father is influential in a certain region. Currently lives "as a man" to hide from an evil organization targeting her father.  Strong and mysterious! A princely girl who wears men's clothing. 2nd year high school

Rei Usui (Artist: Dan Ichikawa)

An aloof, arrogant boy... on the outside, but is actually quite lonely on the inside. Works part time at Teahouse 1121 to help with band activities. 2nd year high school

Hikaru Momoyama (Artist: Mengo Yokoyari)

A girly boy raised alongside his three loving older sisters who recruited him for the cheerleading squad due to lacking membership. Take off his twintail wig, and instantly you've got a handsome boy all the girls can't resist. Popular in his class. Also known as "Momorin" 1st year middle school (source: Movic Project Eevee Collaboration)

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Movic’s Project Eevee Trainers

https://t.co/kTnSfEWCxA

Movic collaborated with nine popular artists to bring you nine original Eevee trainers. Eevee Yuki Fukuma (Artist: En Morikura) Their grandfather is a legendary breeder and master of Teahouse 1121. Carries partner Eevee in their arms. Energetic and friendly, popular in class. Their gender is a s-e-c-r-e-t☆ 1st Year middle schooler.

[TL Note: 1121 is a pun on Eevee, 1=i as in "ichi", 2=✌= V]

Vaporeon Jun Shimizu (Artist: Yumenouchi) A great swimmer on the swim team! Laid-back and loves to take naps with Vaporeon. 1st year high schooler.

Jolteon Koga Ikazuchi (Artist: Nachi Aono) Might look arrogant, but shy. A wolf-like boy who treasures his friends once he gets to know them. Plays guitar in a band with Rei since middle school. Always wins races. Popular with the girls. Beady eyes and a sharp tooth. 2nd year high school

Flareon Miyabi Endo (Artist: Nakahara) A calm face that hides a leader with burning passion. Has a slim muscular build, but is good at baking cookies. A man with a feminine side♪ Plays drums in a band with Rei and Koga. Loves clothes with fur. 2nd year high school

Espeon Asuka Chinen (Artist: Lily Hoshino) An eccentric with catlike eyes. Smartest in his grade. Paranormal research club member. Loves strawberry candy. Ennui-style psychic boy. Friends with Yuki; both were on soccer team in elementary school. Cute Espeon hoodie! 2nd year high school

Umbreon Light Akutsu (Artist: pako) A (supposed) fallen angel clad in black. In reality, pure and shy. He's still growing! Friends with Asuka since his soccer days, and in the same club. They're always together! Catlike boy. Wears his own custom Umbreon hoodie. 2nd year high school

Leafeon Hinata Aso (Artist: Mai Hanamura) Beautiful looks, elegant demeanor. Student council president popular with the girls. Grew up abroad in Kalos. Her father is influential in a certain region. Currently lives "as a man" to hide from an evil organization targeting her father Strong and mysterious! A princely girl who wears men's clothing. 2nd year high school.

Glaceon Rei Usui (Artist: Dan Ichikawa) An aloof, arrogant boy... on the outside, but is actually quite lonely on the inside. Works part time at Teahouse 1121 to help with band activities. 2nd year high school.

Sylveon Hikaru Momoyama (Artist: Mengo Yokoyari) A girly boy raised alongside his three loving older sisters who recruited him for the cheerleading squad due to lacking membership. Take off his twintail wig, and instantly you've got a handsome boy all the girls can't resist. Popular in his class. Also known as "Momorin" 1st year middle school

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In the ongoing representation efforts by wizards, left handed midget serial killers born in Croatia named Steve seem to have been left out. When is the discrimination going to end?!?!

I get that you’re trying to mock diversity and inclusion, but I think it comes from an ignorance of what it means to feel excluded. When you’ve lived your life in the majority, it’s easy to take it for granted that you see yourself represented in the products and entertainment you use.

But every time we branch out (and I’m not exaggerating, *every* time) and represent a new segment of people, I get heartfelt messages from them about how much it means to them to see themselves in the game.

The reason “Wonder Woman” and “Black Panther” have been such cultural touchstones is because it’s allowing new groups of people to experience something they’ve never experienced before.

I get it’s easy to mock that when it’s something so basic to your experience that you don’t even realize it’s a thing you would miss if you didn’t have it, but I beg for you to try and see life through other people’s perspectives just as I always talk about how good designers see the game through different players’ perspectives.

Try to take actions that build up the world and make it a better place for everyone than tear it down for others to make your world better in comparison.

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Greetings Mr. Rosewater, may I ask why Spike is portrayed as a female, when only about 1% of professional players are girls, it's not honest to make people feel included in a representation of a player base they don't belong.

Spike is a psychographic of players who use the game as a means to prove something, often to themselves, sometimes to others. My best guess is that about 25% of the players are Spikes. Spikes are way more than just high end professional players.

Magic currently has somewhere around 12 million active players and the female percentage is somewhere between 25% and 35% (in total play including digital - they are a smaller percentage of people playing in organized play - not because they are uncompetitive but because the environment is often not welcoming).

Let’s assume the low end with 25%. That means there are somewhere around 750,000 female Spikes.

In Unglued, we made Timmy a male. In Unhinged, Johnny was a male. We were finishing out a cycle of which none of which so far had been female, so we decided, hey let’s have some female representation in the cycle rather than none.

Diversity and representation is something we take very seriously. Interestingly, I’ve gotten a lot more notes from people happy to see Spike portrayed as the card as a woman than upset by it.

So, all in all, I’m glad we did it and would do it again in a heartbeat if I had to make the decision again.

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every time someone says the word “spoopy” in pokémon episode 170 - A Better Pill to Swallow

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Something I’ve waited almost *seven* years to say - THERE’S A THIRD UN-SET!!!

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Where are the penguin birbs? Like me.

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Lemnisca LLC: Ever17 15th Anniversary Interview with Kotaro Uchikoshi and Takumi Nakazawa

To celebrate the anniversary of KID’s 2002 visual novel Ever17 -The Out of Infinity-, Lemnisca LLC conducted an unofficial interview with Kotaro Uchikoshi and Takumi Nakazawa, the scenario writer and director of Ever17 respectively!

The full interview takes an in-depth look into the development of Ever17, and has been split into three parts:

Part 1 (Non-spoilers)

Part 2 (Contains major spoilers for Ever17)

Part 3 (Concluding thoughts)

Ever17 -The Out of Infinity- was originally released in English by Hirameki International in 2005.

Relevant Link:

Official Site (Archive)

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Trump may have won, but remember: Chex balances.

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If you make sushi rolls with Nishiki rice, You get Nishikino Maki.

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You can’t buy love.

You can’t buy life.

But you can buy Love Live.

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I like how in the console English releases of Steins;Gate, you can set a wallpaper as a ringtone, apparently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqcDj4wSDCE

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Mari Ohara: *kills a person with her bare hands*

Mari Ohara: It's joke!

It's choke!

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MAGICAL BIRDS! WE NEED THEM!

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Fan Translation Group Lemnisca Translations Becomes Lemnisca LLC, an Official Localization Company

Lemnisca Translations recently announced they will become an official localization company as Lemnisca LLC! Lemnisca’s past projects will not be updated while the download links for any of their fan translations will be removed as part of Lemnisca LLC’s agreement with their partners.

Lemnisca previously worked with Sekai Project as the localization team for Regista’s Root Double -Before Crime * After Days-, a sci-fi mystery visual novel. The game is currently on sale on Steam for 25% off (34.99 USD -> 26.24 USD) until July 4th.

Check out Lemnisca LLC’s new website and Twitter!

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