It was in 02 or 03 December 2010. I was in Taipei on a long/short holiday of sorts, there was an Animate (TM) store in the Ximending "red-light district" and so, among other things, I chanced upon the Megami vol. 128 near the entrance. The cover description caught my eye (aside from the image)...



Back then, this was the very FIRST notice that I got about the 2nd Nanoha movie. Notice the date that I saw this issue of Megami. Also, on the cover, it says that this issue is due to be the Jan 2011 issue. Perhaps one month too early?

When I regained access to the internet, I went to search for a source for the announcement. The official announcement came from "Lyrical☆Party IV" that took place on November 24th in Saitama Super Arena.

So between 24 Nov and 02 or 03 Dec, Megami managed to squeeze this piece of news into the cover page. How is that possible? My guess is that they already have some crazed Nanoha fan-editor (seeing how Nanoha appears ever so often on Megami covers) who has already gotten insider information beforehand and hence managed to rush out the Jan 2011 vol. 128 issue so fast.



Oh my gawd I just discovered someone actually wrote down what happened during Lyrical Party IV (shortformed Riripa). Just from the pictures and descriptions I can already imagine a super high-energy party that was full of laughter and excitement (*w*) especially if you know of the Nanoha series and its seiyuus, have a good look at the website!

http://jouttex.otadesho.com/lyrical-party-iv-aka-yukarin-x-nana-live-nanoha/

Any Nanoha / seiyuu fans should take a read if you don't know how fun those parties are (well I didn't know at first too!) Here's an extract from the coverage:
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Lastly.. Question 3: Who seems to be the most ero?
-LOL THIS! Everyone started screaming the obvious, who looked pretty desperate already.
-Yukarin and Mizuhashi read the atmosphere and voted for Nana to win. xD
-Masumin, Mikako, Nacchan voted for Rei-nee for her obvious adult charm. Mm, I agree.
-Nana also voted Rei-nee, which got everyone’s boo.. hey Nana’s the one promoting the story in Live Games! Ero-shishou!! xD

-But audience has decided…. complete victory for Nana with over 95% votes. ^^;;;;;;; The bar chart went SO fast it was darn funny.
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