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yeah but jefusion is pretty well known for being full of inaccurate information, it basically just takes anything anyone says as gospel and posts it as ~rumor~, when responsible reporting involves having at least some faith in your sources.
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We have an airdate: April 6.

http://www.akibaranger.jp/news/
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http://wiki.tvnihon.com/wiki/Hikounin_S ... Characters

That makes me kid of sad, I guess they're replacing the girls for season 2. I'm not surprised though. It seems like the staff were only interested in keeping Nobuo around considering how the radio show was run.

Edit: Oh wait, looks like yellow is returning, but has a different name than before. In season one it was Yamada Yuuko. Now it's Yokoyama Yuuko.
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The new AkibaBlue is 14 years old. Yup, 14. Even I'm older than her and I'm the youngest one on staff here. (Although we do share the same birthday. :D )

I swear, Sentai girls are getting younger and younger by the decades.
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ReversedSentai wrote:The new AkibaBlue is 14 years old. Yup, 14. Even I'm older than her and I'm the youngest one on staff here. (Although we do share the same birthday. :D )

I swear, Sentai girls are getting younger and younger by the decades.
This is where the lines get blurred a little. They have a 14 year old girl playing a character that on a show that 'good little kids shouldn't watch.' What's more, they're gonna have her wear garters! Kinda weird isn't it?
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I always feel a little sad when a character is replaced... also makes me curious about the story behind it. Unhappy actor, behind the scenes contract dispute, story reasons...?
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I don't think it's that weird. Karin was what, 15-16 when Akiba 1 was filmed? Plus we haven't seen the new blue's civilian form. She might not wear garters with that uniform.

I am sad that Kyoko isn't coming back. I don't see anything on her blog or twitter about it. It might be as simple as her having taken on a job and not having time to do Akiba again. Without some official response it's hard to tell.
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The garters aren't for a civilian wear. She wears them as AkibaBlue
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Again, I don't think she'll wear them normally. But seeing as how we don't know what their new regular clothes are like, maybe she will? I get that she wears them as AkibaBlue.
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Man, gonna miss the old Blue... :(

Also, what's with Red's odd... attachment on his suit??
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It looks like he's holding some kind of... robo-baby?
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It's Z-Cune Aoi. I can't believe you couldn't tell.
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I don't know. Until you said that I didn't even consider that it was anything besides a generic anime girl. I mean, it's fairly stylized and the hair color is completely different from season one's Aoi. The claim that it should be obvious seems like an unfair one?
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Digifiend wrote:It's Z-Cune Aoi. I can't believe you couldn't tell.
What...? It doesn't look much like her. It looks more like a generic anime girl instead.
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Finally season 2. I was a bit upset when I found out it was only running for about 12 episodes. I am glad it got enough recognition to gain a second season. Its sad that Akibablue is being replaced. Hopefully the new character is at least interesting. I am not liking the old helmet for Yellow better than the new one. here I was hoping the pigtails would be a bit longer. unlike Yellow, I do like Blue's new helmet. Although it is a subtle change, makes the ponytail nicer. The garters are a bit weird for me though. As for Red with Aoi attached onto Red. . . um . . I don't even know how to react to this. I can see to many creepy things happening with this picture
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though it is nice to see that they are adding the trope of the getting upgrades in this parody. All in all, I can't wait.

Finally, The two Z-Cune Aois look very different to me. I don't think they actually mentioned it was Aoi yet; I could be wrong.
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