First up, the furoku!
As mentioned on last week’s DGS, upcoming issues of SYLPH will include straps as bonuses. July’s issue (to be released 5/21) will include a rubber strap of HiroC, OnoD, and Nyaa san. The August issue (to be released 6/22) will include a figure strap of HiroC, and the September issue (to be released 7/22) will include a figure strap of OnoD. The figure straps are similar to those included in previous issues. Aren’t they adorable? =)

Next, as with every DGS public recording, the 4 Lovers Only event in April will feature new tshirts! Each will retail for 2500 yen. Kamiya’s tshirt design reads “Experience Heart Strength & horse?” in reference to this year’s birthday episode where he started writing “経験 (keiken/experience) and it somehow turned into “馬 (uma/horse).” OnoD’s tshirt is “We <3 DG,” following up on his “I <3 DG” design, and Suwa san’s tshirt is “Do Glasses Sadistics.”

As for DGS Hibiki goods, they’ll be selling the following:

• HiroC/OnoD netsuke straps – 500 yen each
• Goods Set 4 Lovers Only – 3500 yen
  Includes a tumbler mug, 2 earl grey tea bags, a ticket and photo album, and a set of HiroC/OnoD teru teru bouzu straps inside a large shopper bag
• Neko Masshigura Hibiki Can Premium – 800 yen
  Milk and melonu-flavored caramel candies inside a cat food-like can
• Long Poster (2-poster set) – 500 yen

The event is just over a month away. So exciting!

Lastly, I mentioned it on Hibiki’s Twitter account, but the release of the DGS album, Stories, has been delayed until April 6th due to the large earthquake on March 11th.

SYLPH 2011/03

A huge announcement was published in this month’s SYLPH (released 1/22).

Dear Girl ~Stories~ Birthday Disc 2010 Kamiya Hiroshi Seitansai Radio CD will be released February 24. A tokuten DVD will be included which includes

Shitajiki

Dear Girl ~Stories~ THE MOVIE on it! The two-disc set will retail for 4700 yen. Pre-orders open tomorrow, January 23.

This month’s issue of SYLPH does not include a chapter of DGS Hibiki but came with a DGS Hibiki shitajiki (pencil board). April and May’s issues will both include DGS Hibiki furoku. April’s issue will come with body painting stickers of DGS logos and such, and May’s will include an uchiwa (fan).

Daily 9/30

The newest single from Dear Girl ~Stories~, Dear Girl wa Nemuranai, has ranked in on the Oricon Music Chart. Oricon gathers its sales data from over 25,000 retailers, making it one of the best sales statistic sites. Dear Girl wa Nemuranai debuted on the Daily Singles chart at #10 on its release day, then climbed to #5 the next day, and fell to #9 the day after. On the Weekly Singles chart, it debuted at #13, DGS’ best ever weekly Oricon ranking. (Netsuai S-O-S! has ranked in at #15 on the weekly chart.) According to the OtaSuke website, the single only needed about 500 more sales to make it to #10 on the weekly chart. Ranking in the top 10 on Oricon’s

Billboard 10/4

weekly chart is a huge feat. Though Dear Girl wa Nemuranai fell a bit short, it is still hard to get into the top 20 and ranking in at #13 doesn’t negate the fact that this single has produced the best sales DGS has ever had.

Aside from Oricon, Dear Girl wa Nemuranai also ranked in at #1 on Billboard JAPAN’s Top Independent Albums and Singles chart, updated October 4th. It’s quite amazing to see a DGS CD rank in so high on the most prestigious music charts. It shows just how much popularity and influence this radio show has. Yeah, don’t forget– This is a radio show!

DG Sanda

In other news, Dear Girl Sanda is now being sold at Family Mart convenient stores all over Japan (except Miyagi-ken, Kagoshima-ken, and Okinawa; Hokkaido pending investigation). They were supposed to go on sale Monday, October 4 but it seems none of the stores had them out yet. The next day, I checked a Family Mart in Akihabara, and it was already sold out! I guess that’s what you expect from Akihabara though… The day after I checked a Family Mart near my station and they had it! Yay~! There aren’t many Family Marts where I live; there are mostly 7-11s, so it’s kind of unfortunate that Dear Girl Sanda is only sold at FamiMa.

Postcards

Yesterday, pre-orders for Dear Girl Sanda were available for pick-up at Animate, so I went and got my two boxes with bonus postcard. Shortly after I got home, the delivery man came with my order from the Chou! A&G Shop with four more boxes of Dear Girl Sanda! (Two are for a friend.) There is also a bonus postcard you can receive from Chou! A&G Shop if you buy two boxes. Since I bought four, I received two postcards, which was a bit surprising since I thought you only get one per order. Well, I’m not complaining!

PS Two more weeks til the DGS movie!!

Plushies

Necklaces

More Dear Girl ~Stories~ Hibiki goods are due out December 16! The new goods include plushies (!) of HiroC and OnoD, accessories (necklaces), and a locket key holder. Preorders can already be made at Animate stores as well as through Animate’s online store. ACOS, Animate’s cosplay line, will also be selling HiroC and OnoD cosplays. DGS just keeps coming out with more and more goods!!

By popular demand, Dear Girl Sanda will be on sale again starting early October. Preorders for boxes of 20 can be made at Animate and Chou! A&G Shop. As with last time, purchases of two boxes from either place will include a bonus postcard. The postcard design is different for each, and they are different from last time’s.

CCP goods from CharaHobby are also now available through online mail-order. The tshirts are available at Chou! A&G Shop and the character goods are available at Dengekiya.

Tickets

Advanced ticket sales at the special price for the DGS movie went on sale yesterday and sold out. A friend caught the first train to Ikebukuro and already there was a huge line. The only special thing about these tickets is the photo on it (as opposed to a regular movie ticket) and that it’s 300 yen cheaper than a ticket at-door. You would still have to line up to trade the ticket in at the theater. The popularity of DGS is craaaaaaaazy!

And don’t forget! The new DGS OP/ED single, Dear Girl wa Nemuranai, goes on sale September 29!! The full version of the songs have been playing inside Animate stores for a while now and I can honestly say that Kiseki is my favorite of all the DGS songs thus far.

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Due to the author’s personal reasons, this month’s SYLPH does not include a chapter of Dear Girl ~Stories~ Hibiki. However, there is a report on the public recording at CharaHobby. Next month’s issue will include a sample drama CD for DGS Hibiki -Black Hibiki Hen-.

DGS Hibiki goods

Went to Animate in Akihabara where they were selling the newly released DGS Hibiki goods. These goods were released on 7/22, the same day as the September issue of SYLPH.

The new items include a couple clearfiles, and a couple seal mousepads. Both the front and back of the clearfiles are shown in the photo to the left (there are only 2, not 4). The clearfiles retail for 368 yen and the seal mousepads for 315 yen.

I really like the illustrations used for the clearfiles. The ending illustration on one of the mousepads is very nice too. The other one of HiroC and OnoD I’m not too fond of because their fingers are kind of bending up, which looks really unnatural. ^^;

More goods are scheduled to be released August 5th and 26th.

シルフ 2010年 09月号 [雑誌]

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New DGS Hibiki goods to be sold at CharaHobby were announced in the latest issue of SYLPH. These goods include:

• DGS Hibiki Special Goods Set 2010 (3000 yen)
  Includes float pouch, mini hand towel, A3 clear poster, nail file set w/ pouch, and Teraike scrunchie, all inside a Hibiki shopping bag
• B3 Big Tapestry (1500 yen)
• Umi no Ie “HiBiKi” Tokusei Nyaa san Osenbei (1000 yen)
  Includes 5 senbei (rice crackers) and 2 packs of green tea
• Stacking Mug Cup HiroC Ver. & OnoD Ver. (1000 yen each)
• Radio Show-Produced Tshirts
  Kamiya Hiroshi produce “Drink Girl Smoke and Violence”
  Ono Daisuke produce “I ♥ DG”
  Do S Kousei Sakka produce “Kokatsu S-O-S!”

More information on the radio show-produced goods will be announced on the radio show. As usual, the ASCII Media Works booth will have a display of DGS good set up.

This issue’s bonus is a little mirror strap of Kuro Nyaa san. Not the best mirror in the world, but you can’t expect too much. Also included in this issue is the form to apply for the public recording at CharaHobby.

The latest chapter of DGS Hibiki has HiroC and OnoD at the beach. They finally get a vacation!? …Not exactly. They are forced by Teraikemen Shireikan to work a food stall to make some small change. Black Hibiki shows up and when HiroC asks Nozomu why they quit Hibiki, Nozomu tells him that as Hibiki, there are some rules that must be followed, and that there will come a time when HiroC and OnoD, too, have to make a decision. We’ll have to find out later what Nozomu means by this.

シルフ 2010年 08月号 [雑誌]

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The cast of Black Hibiki was revealed in the latest August issue of SYLPH (released 6/22). Sakuya will be voiced by Okiayu Ryoutarou and Nozomu by Yonaga Tsubasa. A release date has still yet to be announced for the new drama CD. This issue’s bonus includes a mascot figure strap of OnoD. Very cute! The detail on it is quite amazing.

More DGS goods will be released in July and August. Included are new fastener accessories, clear files, mini clocks, seal mousepads, and more! They will be available at anime shops and Animate. Preorders are already open at the Animate Online Shop and Movic. Personally I think it would have been nice if they used new illustrations instead of recycled images from the game and previous goods.

Oricon 2/23

The opening single of the NDS Dear Girl ~Stories~ Hibiki – Hibiki Tokkun Daisakusen! game, Netsuai S-O-S!, ranked #16 on Oricon’s daily singles chart on its release day. It moved up to #12 on its second day and now on its third day, is ranked #14. Originally planned for release on January 27, the single was delayed and released on February 24.

Those who purchase the single at Animate stores will receive a promotional poster while supplies last.

DGS Hibiki goods which are currently being sold at Dengekiya, Amazon Japan, and Animate are now available for purchase at Chara-Ani.com.

December 31st’s Gundam 00 Festival 2009-2010 A trailer for the trailblazer event at the Tokyo International Forum will be released on DVD June 25. It will be two discs totaling 150 minutes and retail for 6090 yen, tax included. The preview for the movie screened only at the event will be included on the DVD, but the DVD will not include live performances by the bands who sung the opening and endings songs.

comic SYLPH (コミックシルフ) 2010年 03月号 [雑誌]

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In addition to the alternate clear cover for DGS Hibiki vol.2, SYLPH vol.11 also comes with a form to buy Nyaa san slippers! They are similar to the ones Teraikemen Shireikan can be seen wearing in the comic. More information can be found here. Also, both DGS Hibiki vol.2 and SYLPH vol.11 have forms to get a DGS Hibiki Kotoshi mo Peak charm. The deadline for both the slippers and the charm is March 19th.

An official visual book for the DGS Hibiki game, titled Gachi de Visual Book, will be released March 13 and retail for 1890 yen, tax included.

See Kamiya and Irino Miyu on the Kiramune Staff Blog. The Kiramune Special issue released by Pick-Up Voice was released February 5.

Kamiya was guest on Sugita Tomokazu’s radio show, Sugita Tomokazu no Anigera! Diduun #23. Information can be found here.

KAMEN RIDER DRAGON KNIGHT SPECIAL EVENT【DVD】

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The Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Special Event will be released on DVD on July 21. The event took place January 11 at Shinjuku Bunka Center. Cast includes Suzuki Tatsuhisa, Matsuda Satoshi, Haga Yuria, Kaji Yuuki, Komatsu Yuka, Yusa Kouji, Sugita Tomokazu, Yamamoto Shouma, Kamiya Hiroshi, Murai Ryouta, Ishikawa Hideo, Sakurai Takahiro, Sawashiro Miyuki, and Koyama Tsuyoshi.

Original Entertainment Paradise “おれパラ”2009 LIVE DVD

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Old news, but because I haven’t mentioned it yet, OrePara 2009 will be released on DVD April 7. Performers include Iwata Mitsuo, Ono Daisuke, Suzumura Kenichi, Morikubo Shoutarou, and Hirakawa Daisuke.

comic SYLPH (コミックシルフ) 2010年 03月号 [雑誌]

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SYLPH Vol.11, to be released January 22, will come with a bonus DGS Hibiki clear substitute cover for use with DGS Hibiki Vol.2 which will be released the same day. It makes your comic look like Black Thunder! Photos can be seen at the SYLPH editors’ blog. The cover of SYLPH Vol.11 will be Hakuouki and the issue will not include a chapter of DGS Hibiki.

In other news, the release of the single for the NDS Dear Girl ~Stories~ Hibiki – Hibiki Tokkun Daisakusen!, Netsuai S-O-S!, has been delayed until February 24. It was supposed to be released January 27.