I got my Puchi Haruhi nedoroid set #3 late last month and boy was it worth it. They now sit nicely ontop of my TV. One complaint is that some of the parts don’t fit too nicely … especially the arms.. got they just kept falling off! After putting together 6 of them I got frustrated and went to play some GTA4 instead -_-; I had Lucky Star nendoroids before and I never had this problem with them. But for MOST of the figures in the Haruhi set, things just didn’t fit nicely. I wonder if complaining to Danny Choo would help?

Rock band costumes! In realtead news, the 1/8 Scale version will be out next year!

Day of Sagittarius

My Enpatsu Shakugan ver. Shana Nendoroid arrived last week and she’s just so cute! She comes with 3 different faces, 3 pairs of arms, her cape, her sword Nietono no Shana and Alastor. She has found a home ontop of my PS3.

Yes, that is an Aspergillus oryzae plushie sitting in a cup

More photos after the break (yeah these were taken with arandom digital camera that has its ISO set too high in some of these shots).

My Kagami-less Lucky Star set ;_; (and yes I have a Gaystation Eye)
You can really see where the pieces “don’t fit”. Just look at the gaping hole in Haruhi’s head ..

[17:48] <@Alkenshel> COKE IS A LAZY ASS!
[17:48] <+Cokematic> true that
[17:48] <@Alkenshel> indeed

#dasaku@irc.rizon.net – where intelligent conversations take place … sometimes.

So I will be away from work for 5 days in a row (although 4 days have already passed)… without taking a vacation! partially thanks to typhoon tropical cyclone Nuri which is a cooler name than Fay, but that’s not really the point of this post. I spent most of the past 4 days doing nothing except chatting on IRC, playing some GTA4, and watching AIRA The Animation.

First off, many thanks to pantherRH for bringing this to my attention in the dasaku IRC channel:

First thought that came to mind was “DO WANT!!!” … I’m particularly interested in the “Day of Saggitarius” getup. The other one is… if-SOS-dan-forms-a-band getup? Its also quite cute, except Kyon and Istuki look totally gay.

Honestly, I’m not too into figures. I’ve never owned a figure that cost more more than $15 USD (it was a red Canti figure .. unfortunately.. his head snapped off a few years back T_T). Also, the last time I bought these Nendoroid petits, I was going for Kagamin. Unfortunately, I got a Konata, Miyuki and even Tsukasa! And when I went back to the store… they were sold out T_T.

Anyways, according to Jop, if I buy a case of 12, I should at least expect getting the set of 10 (and maybe the secret figure if I’m lucky). However, he was refering to the Negima set he bough .. which is not a Nendoroid petit set from Good Smile Company, so it may not apply here. If I can find someone to buy the doubles off me.. then I won’t mind buying two crates of them (amounting to 24 .. which should definately get me the set… unless I’m super unlucky… which might actually happen). If anyone out there has bought a case of Nendoroid petite, please let me know if I can get the whole set (not including the secret figure) in a case of 12!!

Also, Nendoroid Shana and Hatsune Miku are on my watchlist (pre-order of Miku is already closed at HobbySearch, but Play-Asia still has some, albeit slightly more expensive).

And ohbytheway, Nendoroid.org is a great site with all the GSC Nendoroid released so far. I’m still waiting for the day when a Gurren Lagann Nendoroid set comes out.

Secondly, some funny developments fansub dorama (so what’s new?) over at Chihiro subs. The article itself is short and can be summed up in one line “someone deleted out tracker stuff and we lost all our subs… halp plz!”. Now, I don’t watch their stuff:

Chihiro’s current/active projects

1. Penguin Musume <- kinda interhingested, but probably won’t watch.
2. To Love RU <- lol no.
3. Sekirei <- no
4. Ikkitousen <- no
5. World Destruction <-no
6. School Rumble San Gakki <- watching Wannabe’s version

but its kind of hard to imagine that between all their staff, they don’t have a copy of their own work. The only explanation I can think of is: “not even chihiro would archive chihiro’s releases.”

Anyways, there are many nuggets of gold amongst all the flames and blind faith, out there like this one:
“@koda: if u think ur better than Chihiro, try to sub faster than them”
So now speed => better?

and then you get stuff from the freaks of the interweb:

Lucy Says:
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:45 am

Hi, I am Lucy from Elfen Lied. I know why everybody, the leader of GG, Jaka, the sicko that impersonated Kristen , and people from deculture and other fansub groups, and a whole entire moron convention, are ganging up on Chihiro. It’s because, like I said in the end of episode 8 of Elfin Lied, “when you’re miserable, you need something that’s even more miserable than yourself.” And since you can’t find anything more miserable, you decide to make some one else miserable. It’s why and how bullying exists. When people are miserable, they seek to make someone else more miserable to make themselves feel better and superior. I was bullied when I was young, so I know. Those faggots killed my dog. T.T

and oh, btw, I think I might start by ripping off a couple limps… =)

I literally facepalmed.

Moving on then.  Thanks to Hemi, I’ve discovered the greatness of xkcd.

One of my favourite comics
Hey I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this somewhere (4-chan maybe?)

And last, but not least a LOL JAPAN video (someone’s got alot of talent and even more free time)

I recently watched a very enjoyable Shana-tan episode (Shakugan no Shana Second – Fumina Konoe Strikes Back!!), and to celebrate, a new wallpaper. Thanks to Jason for the inspiration (and the screencaps that I was too lazy to take).

“That’s it Haess, I’m dumping the Black Lagoon girls– I want that first picture vectored and made into my new desktop in the most adorable way possible.“

I was going to use something else as the background, but I couldn’t think of a better way to incorporate Shana-tan’s “Melonpan Beamu” into it, but anyways. Enjoy.

Melonpan Beamu-!!

1024 x 768 , 1280 x 800 , 1280 x 960 , 1280 x 1024 , 1680 x 1050 , 1900 x 1200

Minami-ke / Minami-ke Okawari

I was a big fan of Minami-Ke in the Fall season and so Okawari was a must watch for me. The two seasons were kinda related (as they had gags from season 1 continuing in season two) although I guess it IS possible to watch Okawari first. Its kinda strange having a different studio pick up half way through (Doumu did Minami-ke and Asread did Okawari)… I kinda bunched them together, but I’ll give them separate ratings. First on Minami-ke. Good animation by Doumu… it had some stuff I really liked… like the tear-drop shaped mouths, bible-black eyes, Chiaki’s adhoge. The cast was amazing, I mean the three sisters were pretty much just the standard brainiac/beauty (closet banchou!), the troublemaker (closet control freak) and the tsun tsun. But put them all in the same house and it just works! But the most surprising is the amazing supporting cast! We got the always-confused Fujioka, the fantasizing Hosaka (who likes to strip himself down), the really confused Touma and her brothers (this whole family was introduced waaayyy too late), the broken Mako-cakes, Maki, Uchida and the list goes on and on. Just an amazing bunch of characters that have real dynamic and dispite the large cast, each character has a role to play (unlike say… in Gundam where we have Saji who does NOTHING, Louise that does NOTHING, Maria something Ishmail who does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, and this list also goes on and on).

Okawari just continued off where the first season stopped. The strange thing is that it was animated by a different studio, Asread. At first I was skeptical about Okawari, I was used to Doumu’s character designs … and Asread had everyone with different hair colors (like Kana going from a brunette to a redhead) and omg Fujioka looks like he got 4 years older ~_~. Overall I’d have to say I liked Doumu’s version more then Asread’s, not only because I saw it first and thus I was more used to the art style, but season 1 also featured more Hosaka fantasies and bible black eyes. To make up for it, Mako-cakes had lots … and mean LOTS of love from Asread (maybe TOO much)… However, much to my surprise, Asread ended Okawari very nicely with a very appropriate Hosaka moment… Actually Minami-ke also ended with a Hosaka moment too, but not as funny. Funniest moments: WAAAAYYY too many.
Minami-ke
Minami-ke Okawari

And ohbytheway, I want an I AM BOSS t-shirt… D=

CLANNAD

I had really high expectations for this show (any show Kyo Ani choses to do instead of a second season of Haruhi already gets super high expectations from me D=). I don’t know if it’s as good as I expected… on one hand I’m no fan of these Key games turned anime, on the other, I was expecting the next Suzumiya Haruhi (which is totally ridiculous for me to expect…but still). So mixed feelings here. Fuuko arc, although kinda long, was hilarious and probably my favorite. My least favorite? The Kotomi arc. The good thing is that she was reduced to a mere side character after her arc =) The random Fuuko appearances were actually kinda annoying (though I heard that’s actually what happens in the game ~_~; so… meh). And the Nagisa ending was probably not what I would of liked… but exactly what I expected. Needs more Tomoyo and Kyou. No seriously. Overall, Clannad was very enjoyable though it did kinda drop off a bit in the middle (I blame Kotomi >.<). And what ever happened to the electrician they meet early on (during Fuuko’s arc I think)? They kinda sapend some time to introduce him and we never see him again? Well apparently he’s suppsoed to be Fuuko’s sister’s fiancee ~_~; Funniest moment : too many to choose from, but “Lets wear matching boxers and run down the road to school” is up there along with those Fuuko hallucinations, and the straw up the nose act. Needs more Tomoyo. Needs more Kyou.

eww Nagisa ending. I’d of gone with Tomoyo or Kyou =/

Dozo! have a starfish!

Shakugan no Shana II

I had just watched the first season a few weeks before the second season started airing and so I was expecting something good off the bat since the end of season 1 left me with a pretty good impression. LOL how wrong was I. We get about 6 eps of weak harem-comedy and a few episodes of Shana no Yuutsu. High quality stuff, as expected from J.C. Staff kept me watching though and it did pick up midway thru. Caramel & Shana vs Sabrac was a great fight (though don’t put too much thought into why Yuuji can figure out his weakness in mere minutes while Caramel and Pheles hasn’t figured it out after how many years?). The last battle was somewhat … bleh.. they didn’t even try to explain why Hecate stopped ~_~; At least Yuuji finally made a choice (this gets +1 just because of that). Funniest moment was when Shana asked where babies came from. Yes yes.. its a old joke.. but given the circumstances.. it was quite funny.

Bamboo Blade

Like Square Enix’s Nagasarete Ariantou, Bomboo Blade was just mediocre, but at least it was different. I wasn’t going to watch this originally, but boredom got the best of me. Bi-polar bitch MiyaMyia and acorn man Dan-kun duo were definitely my favorites of the series. Nothing especially good stands out, but nothing really bad to complain about either. Funniest moment: the American woman and Dan-kun with their Engrish. Yeah, I know it’s not supposed to be funny -_-; Bambloo Blade gets an average score for being so average.

Bi-polar Miya Miya FTW! Rin is also cool tho.

Spice and Wolf

Anime and a wolf goddess, Horo, and a merchant name Lawrence. Had potential… I mean a quasi-fantasy anime about economics, trade, and peddling… high production values… and well animated. I had high expectations and Spice and Wolf just didn’t deliver. The story is somewhat confusing (lol its not a good thing when an anime about peddling is confusing) and weak at times. And at the end of the 12 episodes (well 11 episodes since episode 7 is a DVD special what doesn’t have to do with the main plot), we are pretty much left off in the same place we find ourselves back in episode 3 or 4. At least Horo and Lawrence had good chemistry.

KimiKiss ~ Pure Rogue

I bet she watched Kimikess

After the first two episodes I had a pretty good feeling about this and like Spice and Wolf, it really disappointed me. Sure we get a cute caste of harem, and it isn;t really the typical harem set-up as we have 3 male main/side characters. Oh course my favorite male character, Akira, got no lovin’ from JC Staff. What pissed me off the most was not how Yuumi got the short end of the stick, but it was how an episode would end with something amazing then it would get completely ignored, it like it never happened the very next episode. It got to a point where I had to stop watching for a few weeks only to marathon it at the end. Btw, its really incestuous when you say “I love you Mao-nessan” ~_~; Oh and the whole frog doll thing? I wanna strangle them… ~_~; Kimi-Kiss’ saving grace is the half decent animation,tsun tsun Erika and super shy Yuumi. KimiKiss is diet coke level stuff >.<

Kimi-Kiss ~ Pure Crap also wins the facepalm 2007 award

Maybe it’s the fact that Zero no Tsukaima and Shakugan no Shana were both produced by JC Staff, or the fact that Louise and Shana are both voiced by Rei Kugimiya and Saito and Yuuji are voiced by Satoshi Hino, but I found myself comparing ZnT to Shana wayyy too nuch … so much that it had become a huge distraction while watching. I swear, sometimes I half expected Louise to burst out yelling “URUSAI! URUSAI! URUSAI!” ~_~;;

URUCHAI! URUCHAI! URUCHAI! URUCHAI!
BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!

Although I may find both of the shows mentioned above boring and lacking in action, for some odd reason I can’t seem to tear myself away from them because … well I don’t really know why to be honest! Maybe because Shana has Shanatan parodies; it made sitting though season 1 worth it. Zero no Tsukaima was not very memorable for me, nothing really stood out. The villains were lackluster and kinda stupid (LIKE OMG I CANT TELL WHO IT IS BEHIND THE MASK LOL).

Oh and did I mention Shana-tan parodies > all?

The only thing that Zero no Tsukaima has going for it is the fat that the male lead is not a spineless wimp with a brick for a brain *cough* Yuuji *cough*

Zero no Tsukaima:
Here’s 5 Coke Zeros out of 10 for being a half-decent show; boring yet still somewhat entertaining. Lets hope the second season is better =/

On a happier note, I’m glad the “I’m an angry-jealous-loli” v.s. “Brick-for-a-brain” arc of Shana II has ended.

I feel your pain Keisaku

Number 10 : Naruto Eps 31-32

Yeah, even though I’ve seen it twice now, its still funny… can’t wait till Sai shows up next week =D

Number 9 : Hayate Eps 29-30

Butler fights make me lol

Number 8 : Hayate Ep 29

Animal cruelty is not funny, but random animal S&M violence is!

Number 7 : Shakugan no Shana Second Ep 03

rofl

Number 6 : Clannad Ep 04

Tomoya: Why are Tomoyo and Youhei getting more screen time than me?!
Youhei: Cause I have the hots for Tomoyo
Tomoyo: … all you need to do is give your good friend an asskicking and you’ll get loads of screen time, like me

“CHAINNNNN COMBO!”

Number 5 : Minami-Ke Ep 02

Chiaki: Shut up, fool
Makoto: I’m no fool! I’m the idiotic child!

Number 4 : Clannad Ep 04

The whole “Tech me how to talk to the hot girl that I think is a guy” scene made me lol.
But the bowling one was especially funny.

Number 3 : Minami Ke Ep 02

lol @ Ayako sub
“This is a story about hot yuri sex between three entirely blood-unrelated sisters … you wish. Get your fapping materials elsewhere. Also, worship my teardrop mouth and my leaf-shaped ahoge, or I’ll whip you good.”

Number 2 : Naruto Ep 32

lolololol… wtf

Number 1 : Clannad Ep 04

LOL I don;t understand why he had the sudden urge to stick a straw up her nose!!!!! (I sure hope he doesn’t drink that juicebox later)

Yakitatte Japan! Shana style~

Shakugan no Shana Second – Ep 02

Once again… crappy storyline but I don’t know why I like watching Shana so much =( Truthfully, I enjoy Shakugan no Shanatan more… which is kinda sad. Speaking of which~ Shakugan no Shanatan movie is out har…

Flame Haze at work


PoteMayo – Eps 03 – 12

Ahh what can I say about this… Boy finds some wierd but cute thing in his fridge one day and names her Potemayo… after Potato and Mayonnaise …. HOW AWESOME IS THAT!? As a whole the series was quite good :

• + Each episode split into 2 segments where each segment is one story. As much as I enjoy randomness in my comedy, its also nice to (kinda) have a plot =P
• + Random violence is always good
• + “How do you make something that’s gotten big smaller” So much for rated PG! (that’s if all the violence didn’t tip you off already)
• + Not too many “make reference to some anime/current event” gags. There were some… but not many at all.
• - Sometime episodes were really good and some were just really boring
• - Should of had more Nene x Muttan (or Mudo depending on who’s subs you watch) master x slave relationship. “Hey what’s in this (really heavy) backpack anyways?” “Rocks”

EF – A tale of memories – Ep 01-02

This was kinda confusing. 3 different storylines; I’m hoping they all somehow converge somewhere. And the random effects were… strange. If you watched Ep 2 and thought it was “wtflolbbq” confusing you are not alone… but very interesting ending in ep 2 so I’ll keep at it for now.

Psychedelic!~The only good part about this episode was the last 10 seconds

He really needs a haircut…

KimiKiss Pure Rouge – Ep 01-02

Looks interesting only because its not typical harlem .. at least for now! I’ll keep watching and see how it goes. But I thought it was kinda stupid how the main character couldn’t recognize the girl after not seeing her for 2 years. If it was like 5 or 10 years… maybe >.> but 2? Goodness you need some glasses!