The Wondergirls, a.k.a. the fabulous five that have taken over the Korean pop world with their bouncy hurricane of perkiness, reported that their leader Min Sun-Ye aced her college entrance exams. Sun-Ye is now officially accepted to Dongkook University for 2009. Congratulations are in order since the young pop princess tried to apply to the University once before but was denied. It is okay though, because we have Intel that Dongkook holds almost impossible standards just to watch its starlet students squirm. Plus we know that Sun-Ye is an exceptional student and held honor titles when she had time to attend class. More news on this quintessential quintet of cuteness is that they have also announced a new reality show called Wonder Bakery, and now released photos from their own Peripera cosmetic line advertisements.
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What do the moon; a magical tambourine, havoc-reeking tarot cards, and an alien makeup compact have in common? Well they all belong to magical girls that are main characters in Anime. Not many people realize that Magical girls or Mahōe shōjoh, are an actual sub-genre of fantasy when it comes to Anime/Manga… but without them Anime would not be the same. Your basic magical girl is about 12-16 years old; she’s fun, optimistic, creative, and misunderstood. There is usually a supernatural object like a wand, ribbon or pendant that she finds or is fated to be gifted that puts her on some miraculous path. Along with an incantation the charm helps the young heroine transform and harness her power. Most of the time her lineage has something to do with her new found superhuman abilities.
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Tags: anime, Card Captor Sakura, Clamp, Lala, Magical Girl, Majokko, manga, new york anime festival, nyaf, Shojo, Smap