Feb 25 2007
I attended the 28th Wonder Festival today. Although I’m no figure collector, I do enjoy going there just to take photos. (I think I might have become a camera freak lately…) Here are some figures I thought were seriouly cool:
Feb 22 2007
Here are some random and unorganized thoughts of mine on the anime:
This anime is all about the settings. There’s not really a plot. The characters are downplayed. What we are seeing is the two characters living their daily lives in a setting which is a lot larger than themselves. The character design is simplistic There are not so many close-up shots of the characters, and even many those close-up shots would contain minute details of the surrounding (even though they may be obscured by the depth of field.) Not to mention a truckload of gratuitous shots of the ticket vending machines, the please-be-careful-of-your-hand sign, PET bottles on a bicycles, etc, etc. I get a feeling that Shinkai’s focus is not on telling a story, but rather on producing awesome imageries.
No. This is not about Akari. It’s about the silhouette of the pole, and the snow falling outside.
Continue reading “Byousoku 5 Centimetre #1: It’s Japan porn.”
Feb 18 2007
My boss came to me on Thursday and asked, “Do you like games?” Well, yes of course! Otherwise, I wouldn’t be interning in a game company like this! However, what he meant was that he was going to give me a ticket to the All Nippon Amusement Machine Operators’ Union Expo 2007, aka AOU 2007. I didn’t know what to expect, but gladly accepted his goodwill (or, perhaps, no one from the company wanted to go there anyway). What ensued was an enjoyable trip filled with the latest in the Japanese arcade gaming world.
The l33t invitation ticket.
Feb 15 2007
Yabuki-sensei continues to deliver quality fanservice, in both the most blatant and the sublter way.
Rito, Mikan, and Lala go skating, quite an unlikely setup for skinny fanservice, eh? Well, don’t underestimate the writer! Lala is good at it already though it’s the first time she skates. Rito sucks royally, so he complains that he should not have come, but Mikan warned him to be careful of being alone because someone is after his life. This cues Eve to make an appearance…
How do you do?
Feb 11 2007
I have just acquired a Canon EOS KISS Digital N (known as the Digital Rebel XT in the US) from Akihabara today after a long trek to Sankuri 34. (A picture of the loots available below.) Well, so here are some pictures of my small otaku room that I just moved in less than a week ago… (Yeah, I just can’t resist doing a test run…) Continue reading “Random Bits #3: Camera Test Run and Sankuri 34 Report”
Feb 10 2007
Apologies for no Negima & School Rumble summary for a long while.
Chiu, Makie, and Iinchou gets transfered to a virtual space filled with water and fish. Donning Mahou Shoujo Biblion costumes, they wage electronic warfare with Chachamaru.
Preparing for battle, Chiu changes into Biblion Roulin(?) Rouge costume with her artifact. Continue reading “Mahou Sensei Negima 154: Electronic Warfare, Simplified (Catching-up Edition)”
Feb 09 2007
Cardcaptor has returned to Japan for an internship again, and he is going to attend Sunshine Creation 34, aka Sankuri 34, this coming Sunday. Let us take a look at circles he’s going to check out.
Feb 05 2007
As you might know, Cardcaptor is a fanboy of the stylish loli by the name Eve of the Black Cat fame. Now that Yabuki Kentarou decides to include her in the supreme fanservice extraordinaire manga Toloveru, Cardcaptor is overjoyed beyond words. Moreover, Yabuki-sensei gives her a slight hint of Yuri this time. What more can this poor man ask for?!? Continue reading “Toloveru 38: Eve + Yuri = Yami-chan = Delicious”
