#Giraffe and Anika

[satoshi-mochida]

Giraffe and Annika developer atelier mimina has announced Haruka: Beyond the Stars, a new juvenile science-fiction action RPG for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC (Steam). It will launch in 2025.

Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:

About

Haruka: Beyond the Stars is a juvenile science-fiction RPG about the intergalactic adventures of the protagonist, Yuuki, and a mysterious girl named Miiya. Set out on a spaceship and explore unique planets. Enjoy a thrilling adventure in the latest 3D anime art style.

Story

Humankind faces its twilight in the far future. Having explored every corner of the universe, people have stopped progressing—their lifestyle now dependent on Energy Capsules, a legacy of their past. Yuuki is a boy living in Spica Village, a base for receiving Energy Capsules from the lunar ruins. One night, he meets Miiya, a mysterious girl who crash-landed due to a spaceship malfunction. Their meeting sparks the beginning of an intergalactic journey in search of Yuuki’s father, who left for space to unravel the mystery behind humankind’s decline!

Key Features

​Your Adventure Awaits – Explore the planets’ vast fields. Fun and excitement await! Scour every corner and solve mysteries!

Thrilling Battles – Fight your way through exciting battles while switching between the protagonist, Yuuki, and the heroine, Miiya. Face off against unique bosses at the end of each episode! Battle your foes while countering their different gimmicks!

​Manga-Style Cutscenes – Part of the story is presented in a manga-style format. Enjoy the story in manga and anime style!

​10 Episodes of Excitement – Enjoy 10 episodes presented in a TV anime series format! Each episode ends with a preview of the next one.

​Extra Challenges – Collect all cat pictures scattered throughout the world and win wonderful prizes!

Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery. Visit the official website here.

Announce Trailer

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Week 1: Exploring Sydney!

Hello again! One week in Australia down, but honestly it feels like its been a month! Time really slows down when you’re doing something new everyday.  

My favorite part of the day is the morning because Australian brunch (or “brekkie”) is absolutely amazing. As a die-hard breakfast fan, this country is definitely for me! Poached eggs, ricotta pancakes, and “smashed avo” on toast have become staples in my diet here. I’ve grown to love starting my day early (it is very common to wake up before 8am in Sydney) and eating a delicious breakfast first thing in the morning. I’ve even tried vegemite (and enjoyed it!)

After our first brekkie on January 2nd my sister and I hopped on a ferry from downtown Sydney CBD to Manly Beach. We spent the day taking advantage of the warm weather, and I quickly learned about the thinned ozone layer over Australia. Luckily, I haven't gotten sunburned yet! Since the weather wasn’t great during the second half of the week, I was glad we got to dive into the huge waves at Manly early in the week. We also did the breathtaking walk from Coogee beach to Bondi beach (3.7 miles on the coast), saw Bronte beach on the way, and spent time at the beach pools in Bondi afterwards. It’s safe to say I’ve covered all my bases on the Sydney beaches within a week of being here.

Beyond exploring the beaches, we took the ferry to Taronga zoo, a completely outdoor zoo with the most amazing animals. The zoos here clearly take good care of their animals, and I think this reflects greatly on Australian culture and care. My favorite animals were the koalas, sleeping tasmanian devils, giraffes, and the kangaroos. We even saw a strange endangered bird called a Cassowary! 

When the weather took a turn for almost four days straight with rain and cooler temperatures, we decided to take a tour of the opera house to learn about its history, discover some hidden gem restaurants of all types of cuisines (Sydney really is a global city!), and learn about aboriginal culture in the Museum of Sydney. We also got very familiar with all the methods of public transportation using our Opal cards: ferries, trains, the light rail, and the bus system. Although Sydney sleeps much earlier than the cities back home in America, we also explored the nightlife a bit and found some great happy hours and sit-down bars.

After saying goodbye to my sister after a week, I moved my bags into a temporary boutique accommodation near UNSW where I’ll stay while I wait for my dorm to open for term 1. The weather is great again so I’m excited to see what happens in the next week and fill you in, especially since I just started my summer term class and have met some cool people I can’t wait to introduce in my next post!

Anika Satish

Mechanical Engineering

University of New South Wales

Sydney, Australia

[workspolh]

Number one ladies detective agency books in order

NUMBER ONE LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY BOOKS IN ORDER SERIES

NUMBER ONE LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY BOOKS IN ORDER TV

Ladies' Detective Agency) by Alexander McCall Smith (Author) (3,228) THE NO. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Novel (1) (No 1.

NUMBER ONE LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY BOOKS IN ORDER SERIES

This book shows us the detective tales by Botswana’s first and only lady detective Precious Ramotswe. Books in this series (23 books) Hide books you have in your Kindle library 1 The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith books in order. If the movies are actually made, they’ll be filmed mostly in Cape Town with occasional lensing in Botswana, the locale where the story is set. This is the 12th book from the novel series No. The Botswana government, hard hit by the recession, balked at the idea of subsidizing film production while South Africa doubled their rebate offer. We list only some of the books in the series here - you can order any of them by emailing Price includes state and local tax. It was reported last month that the show’s producers had relocated from Botswana to Cape Town. It seems they won’t be filmed completely in Botswana however. If they get the final go-ahead, the two HBO movies would likely be shot back-to-back. And if we can get the cast together and if everything can come together we’ve love to do it. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and. This weekend, Lombardo said, “We’re talking to our friends at the Weinstein Company about the possibility of, and actually developing two scripts, possibly to do two movies. This first novel in Alexander McCall Smiths widely acclaimed The No. The cast includes Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose, Lucian Msamati, and Desmond Dube. The comedy-drama was filmed on location in Botswana and follows Mma Ramotswe as she operates a detective agency. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency ran for seven episodes on HBO, from March until May in 2009.

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Though it won’t be continuing as a TV series, there are plans to continue the story in the form of two movies. A superb book.At the TCA press tour, Michael Lombardo, HBO’s president of programming, spoke about the future of No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Tears of the Giraffe, Morality for Beautiful Girls. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Box Set: The No. This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s widely acclaimed The No. Anyone who likes mysteries, or anyone who enjoys just plain good writing will fall in love with Mma. Below is an updated list of the books in the series in orderread on for reminders of some of your favorite moments and discover any books you may have missed. I've already read the second installment in this series, Tears of the Giraffe, and there is no doubt in my mind now that these books are destined to become classics. The writing is just so simple and beautiful and I found myself thinking about this book long after I finished it. With persistent observation, gentle intuition, and a keen desire to help people with the problems. The mysteries are fun but what makes this book so special is the author's ability to weave together the themes of African tradition, nationhood, pride, simplicity and independence without being the least bit preachy. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 1998 / Suspense Book - 1 MEET PRECIOUS RAMOTSWE, 'the Miss Marple of Botswana' (The New York Times Book Review) -a heroine who is endearing, engaging, and simply irresistible. She does so with integrity, a gentle sense of humor, compassionĪnd just plain common sense. Mma Ramotswe does solve a few cases, a lot of them involving matters of the heart, during the course of the book. 1 Detective Agency.But to pigeonhole this sublime, wonderful book as just a mystery is to unjustly limit its appeal. books featuring the memorable Miss Ramotswe, Tears of the Giraffe and Morality for Beautiful Girls. It's technically classified as a mystery because the heroine, 30ish Precious Ramotswe, operates Botswana's first female-owned detective agency, The Ladies No. I absolutely loved, loved, loved this book.

[flotonki]

Number one ladies detective agency books in order

#NUMBER ONE LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY BOOKS IN ORDER SERIES#

#NUMBER ONE LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY BOOKS IN ORDER SERIES#

1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Tears of the Giraffe, Morality for Beautiful Girls. This first novel in Alexander McCall Smiths widely acclaimed The No. 1 film The beat of Botswana The making of The No. THE BOY WITH AN AFRICAN HEART (29 Mar 09)Ĥ. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Box Set: The No. Special features include: Botswana: the gem of Africa Anthony Minghellas No. UK / BBC One – HBO – Mirage – Weinstein / 1×105 minute episode 6×60 minute episodes / Broadcast 23 March 2008 and 15 March – 19 April 2009Ĭreators: Richard Curtis, Anthony Minghella / Books: Alexander McCall Smith / Music: Gabriel Yared / Production Design: Johnny Breedt / Executive Producers: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Richard Curtis, Amy J. “Mma Ramotswe you are looking very fine today, very fat”. Sadly this was Anthony Minghella’s last work, he died in 2008. In this sumptuous series filmed on location in Botswana, the very lovely Jill Scott plays Mma Precious Romotswe who uses the inheritance left to her by her father to open up her own private detective agency.īeing the only female private detective in Botswana Mma Romotswe feels fully entitled to call her new business the “No1 Ladies Detective Agency” she is joined by loyal secretary Mma Makutsi (played by Anika Noni Rose) who is famed for scoring 97% in her secretarial exams whilst on the romance side she is pursued by local garage mechanic Mr J.L.B. One of the cutest crime drama series you’ll see in a long long time is The Number One Ladies Detective Agency, based on the best selling series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith. First published in Great Britain in 1998, it sold slowly at first, and it did not. 27)įYI: Anchor is simultaneously issuing two other titles in this series, General audiences will welcome this little gem of a book just as much if not more than mystery readers. Images of this large woman driving her tiny white van or sharing a cup of bush tea with a friend or client while working a case linger pleasantly. Mma Ramotswe's love of Africa, her wisdom and humor, shine through these pages as she shines her own light on the problems that vex her clients. With persistent observation, gentle intuition, and a keen desire to help people with the problems. The desultory pace is fine, since she has only a detective manual, the frequently cited example of Agatha Christie and her instincts to guide her. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 1998 / Suspense Book - 1 MEET PRECIOUS RAMOTSWE, 'the Miss Marple of Botswana' (The New York Times Book Review) -a heroine who is endearing, engaging, and simply irresistible. Mma Ramotswe's cases come slowly and hesitantly at first: women who suspect their husbands are cheating on them a father worried that his daughter is sneaking off to see a boy a missing child who may have been killed by witchdoctors to make medicine a doctor who sometimes seems highly competent and sometimes seems to know almost nothing about medicine. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series 20 Books Collection Box Set by Alexander McCall Smith (Books 1 - 20) ISBN: 9789124089856 FORMAT: Paperback AUTHOR. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" serve not only to entertain but to explore conditions in Botswana in a way that is both penetrating and light thanks to Smith's deft touch. A series of vignettes linked to the establishment and growth of Mma Ramotswe's "No. The African-born author of more than 50 books, from children's stories ( The Perfect Hamburger) to scholarly works ( Forensic Aspects of Sleep), turns his talents to detection in this artful, pleasing novel about Mma (aka Precious) Ramotswe, Botswana's one and only lady private detective.

[icaruscreates]

I love my cousin and bestie but... Can they calm down for a second and let me catch up?? xD

Bestie found a place that offers pole dancing lessons and now they both want to drag me with. And I just ~Internal screaming and panic~

April we're going hiking for bestie's birthday, roller skating the week after, and now pole dancing

Yall this nb might not survive the summer at this rate LOL

[nintendo-town]

Giraffe and Annika (Nintendo Switch) - Le test

Giraffe and Annika (Nintendo Switch) – Le test

Giraffe and Anika a été développé par le studio japonais Atelier Minima, dirigé uniquement par le mangaka Atsushi Saito. Sorti en début d’année sur Steam, il s’agit du premier jeu de ce studio et il a franchi les frontières grâce à l’éditeur Playism. Réalisé en solo et avec passion, voyons ce que nous propose cette aventure. (more…)

[kinduci]

Giraffe and Annika Release Date Trailer Nintendo Switch PS4

Join the cat-eared heroine Annika on her adventures in the mysterious island of Spica! Tasked by the young boy Giraffe, she sets off to find pieces of the stars. Solve the islands hidden mysteries!

Adventure! Explore the mysterious Island of Spica! Uncover hidden secrets on the island!

Rhythm! Defeat bosses with the beat! Synchronize your attacks to the music to overcome challenges!

Comic! See the world of Giraffe & Annika brought to life in beautiful, manga-inspired style!

Dungeons! Challenge five unique dungeons on the island to recover the star fragments and help recover Annika's memories!

Collectibles! Find cute cat collectibles hidden all over the island! Expand your gallery and unlock prizes!

Annika awoke from a strange dream to find herself stranded on the mysterious "Spica Island"!

Upon exploring, she meets a boy named Giraffe, who seems to know her yet she can't remember him at all. Giraffe tasks Annika with finding three special star fragments on the island - Only then will she be able to unravel the mystery!

While searching for the fragments, Annika meets Lily, the Witch of the Mysterious Forest! After winning a battle with Lily, Annika uncovers the star fragments and absorbs it into herself. What strange visions will the star fragment grant her?

Help Annika as she explores the island in search of the star fragments and her lost memories! What awaits our feline adventurer on this island of secrets?!

Annika Annika has lost her memory... But even with such hardship before her the carefree and gentle Anika, along with her little bluebird companion Pipi, go on the adventure of a lifetime in order to discover herself!

Giraffe A strange denizen of the island, Giraffe has given Annika her quest to find the missing star fragments. Though he makes a lot of demands, he seems gentle and calm. And perhaps he knows more about the island than he's told Annika...

Lily A wily witch that loves to cause trouble for Annika on her quest! She's bossy and loud, but that's what people love about her! She seems to be related to Annika's past, somehow...

[tellyupdate]

Band Baaja and Swapped…!! Episode 1

Band Baaja and Swapped…!! Episode 1

( scene on the wedding day) (In shivaay’s room….shivaay is walking to and fro in room with tension…and why not…afterall his wife is going to marry that 6 feet giraffe and he is gonna get hook up with that nagini forever….and the worst thing is just few hours before marriage he realise that he loves Anika and no truth and reason behind her leaving him matters anymore but what can he do now….) Om:-…

[nicholasrossis]

The wee one is at that age when we’re reading her ABCs on a daily basis — which explains why one of her first words was “ackle” (apparently, that’s what A stands for). We have half a dozen of these, with Alison Jay’s ABC being my favorite one, thanks to her stunning illustrations. However, I wish I could get my hands on two of the more unusual ones. Like Shel Silverstein’s Adults-Only Children’s Book and The ABCs of WWI, a British Wartime Alphabet Primer: did you know that D stands for dreadnought?

Shel Silverstein’s Adults-Only Children’s Book

In 1961, Hugh Hefner, likely recognizing that his adult publication was missing out on a lucrative and untapped market, commissioned some material just for the kids. As Kevin Litman-Navarro of Atlas Obscura explains, six pages after August’s centerfold spread of Playmate Karen Thompson, Playboy Magazine printed its inaugural children’s work—Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book.

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Shortly thereafter, Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book was published. Featuring much of the material from Playboy, it was the first book written by prolific author, musician, playwright and songwriter Shel Silverstein, then Playboy’s resident cartoonist. Over the past 55 years, it has become a literary cult classic, unknown by most, but fiercely adored by ardent fans along with his better-known works like his brilliant A Giraffe and a Half, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and A Light in the Attic, his 1981 collection of children’s poetry.

Silverstein’s tongue-in-cheek work purports to be an educational tool, bearing the tagline, “A Primer For Tender Young Minds.” But upon the most cursory of inspections, it becomes clear that Uncle Shelby is not to be trusted with young minds, tender or otherwise.

Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book is a brazen work of satire. Borrowing from the tradition of children’s learn-the-alphabet books, Silverstein constructs a stable of mnemonic devices to help his readers take their first steps toward literacy. Unlike most alphabet books, however, Silverstein’s associations are not intended to reinforce memory, but to prey upon the insecurities of children, suggest mischievous misdeeds, and otherwise exploit children’s innocence.

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Silverstein gleefully plays the role of devil-on-the-shoulder, encouraging young readers to throw eggs at the ceiling, ask mother to purchase a gigolo, and pretend to drink lye (if you pretend to drink lye, the doctor will pump your stomach and “give you a nice red lollipop.”).

Given all of the thinly veiled adult humor throughout the book, it seems quite clear that Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book is not intended for children. But some distracted adults, it seems, neglected to actually read it before passing it to their sweet, impressionable young ones —today’s parental equivalent of giving a child unprotected internet access. One scandalized reader on the book review site Goodreads didn’t realize her mistake until she had already begun a family reading. “The truly shocking page,” she wrote, “was where he was joking about going with kidnappers and eating the lollipops they offer.”Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book is not the only work of Silverstein’s that was met with consternation from overzealous would-be book-banners. A Light in the Attic ranks 51 out of 100 on the American Library Association’s list of most challenged materials from 1990-1999 (it was also the first children’s book on the New York Times bestseller list). Some found the material offensive, citing poems that “glorified Satan, suicide, cannibalism, and also encouraged children to be disobedient.”

Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book is not the only work of Silverstein’s that was met with consternation from overzealous would-be book-banners. A Light in the Attic ranks 51 out of 100 on the American Library Association’s list of most challenged materials from 1990-1999 (it was also the first children’s book on the New York Times bestseller list). Some found the material offensive, citing poems that “glorified Satan, suicide, cannibalism, and also encouraged children to be disobedient.”

Sadly enough (?), Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book never attained enough commercial success to make any “most hated by parents” lists. But at least it gave anyone a worthy reason to read Playboy—for the (children’s) articles.

You can find out more on Atlas Obscura.

The ABCs of WWI

A stands for Austria, where the first bomb was hurled

The Bomb that was destined to startle the world.

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So begins The Child’s ABC of the War, a book reintroduced to the world by Anika Burgess of Atlas Obscura. The book teaches the letters of the alphabet not through animals or objects, but through a particular British view of the world and World War I. Printed in London in 1914, it was intended for three-year-old boys. The copy shown here, from the Florida State University’s digital repository, was given as a Christmas gift, with a handwritten inscription: “with love and best wishes.”

What follows is the alphabet rendered in weapons, details of the war, and the Imperial British worldview. B is for Belgium, the “brave little state,” and C is for Colonies, “loyal and true.” For a book intended for small children, it doesn’t shy away from violence: T for Torpedo/It shoots under water/Dealer of death and disaster & slaughter.

Unsurprisingly, there was some opposition to the book when it was published. In the 1915 issue of Kindergarten Primary Magazine, the “Chairman Peace Committee” Lucy Wheelock wrote, “Picture books such as The Child’s ABC of War … foster the spirit of antagonism and revenge and are not desirable influences in child life.”

Britain produced other WWI-specific children’s books. Why Britain Went to War: To the Boys and Girls of the British Empire explains the conflict with a uniquely British analogy:

…we are standing up for honor among nations, while Germany is playing the sneak and the bully in the big European school.

Germany must be taught to play cricket, to play fair …

A boy who behaved as Germany has done would be sent to Coventry by all the school.

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Even nursery rhymes were co-opted for the war. Nina MacDonald’s War Nursery Rhymes added bleak war specifics to well-known verses:

Little Miss Muffet, Sat on a tuffet, All on a summer’s day, When a bomb (‘twas a dud) Came down with a thud, And frightened Miss Muffet away.

However, it wasn’t just Britain that filled children’s books with wartime messages and propaganda. The 1915 German book Hurra! Ein Kriegs-Bilderbuch (Hurray! A War Picture-Book) tells the story, in verse, of two little boys killing the enemies of Germany and Austria-Hungary. And in France, André Hellé wrote Alphabet de la Grande Guerre (Alphabet of the Great War), “for the children of our soldiers,” which included C for Charge, T for Trench, and S for Submarine.

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The ABCs Of War And An Adult Children’s Book: Unusual Alphabet Primers The wee one is at that age when we're reading her ABCs on a daily basis -- which explains why one of her first words was "ackle" (apparently, that's what A stands for).