Archives: December 2009

New Stuffs to drain your wallet with

Categories: Figurines, Preview
Comments: 1 Comment
Published on: December 31, 2009

Well, I understand that Comiket 77 has come and gone but not without of some interesting goodies coming in 2010. By goodies I am referring to Figurines. Here is a sampling of what we can look forward to and save up for…

First up, , . Probably no doubt that you have seen the scale version of this character….Release date and price TBA.

Nendoroid Black Rock Shooter

Nendoroid Black Rock Shooter

Next, from the Fate / Stay Night series, a collection of Petite Nendos. (May have to add these to my collection…) Expected out in May of 2010, priced at 500 Yen.

Fate / Stay Night Petite Mini Collection

Fate / Stay Night Petite Mini Collection

New Scale version of Saber is scheduled for release as well… Release date and price TBA.

Saber

Saber

“Touhou Nendoroid Petit Chapter Project”, Release date and price TBA.

Hiroshi Rei

Hiroshi Rei Petite Mini

“Figma Kirisame Risa”, to be released in 2010 priced at 2,800 Yen.

Figma Kirisame Risa

Figma Kirisame Risa

As if it is not difficult enough for fan-boys and girls alike, there has to be a Figma Rider to add to you Fate / Stay Night collection. To be released May 2010, price not set yet.

Figma Rider

Figma Rider

Biribiri fans will be pleased to see that a collection of minis priced at 300 Yen is to be released around May 2010…

Railgun Minis

Railgun Minis

Are you a fan of “”Higurashi no Naku Koro ni” (aka When They Cry)? If so, these minis may be to your liking… To be released in March 2010 at 300 Yen.

When They Cry Minis

When They Cry Minis

Ok, I had to resist the urge but I can no longer… saving one of the cutest for last… Nakano Azusa Nendoroid. Yep, member number 5 from the series finally has her day. Due in May 2010, no price set yet.

Nakano Azusa Nendoroid

Nakano Azusa Nendoroid

You bet this is on my list… Gotta complete the set after all…

K-On! Nendoroids

K-On! Nendoroids

Here are the same images shown above. Clicking these images will present a larger view for greater detail. Enjoy.

There are a number of other figures that are coming out that I did not include in my post. Some of which are not quite kid friendly and others I am not to familiar with. For more information and your browsing enjoyment, check out the source links I’ve included below.

How does your shopping list look so far for 2010. Spent your income already? Any particular character you have heard about that you are anxiously waiting for? Did you make any exciting purchases in 2009?

Sources: Hobby Stock, Moeyo

Nice video shot around Japan

Categories: Misc
Tags: ,
Comments: Comments Off
Published on: December 28, 2009

This video posting is a couple months old but I thought I had to share it anyway. This is a nicely done collection of video shots taken around Shibuya. I already wanted to to , this video makes my urge even greater… Are you hoping to there? Have you been? What do you think of the video?

Shibuya Faces from eleven23 on Vimeo.

Short film shot in Shibuya on November 1st 2009 with the Canon 7D.

Music : Mogwai – Emergency Trap

Underground bicycle parking

Categories: General, Misc
Tags:
Comments: Comments Off
Published on: December 27, 2009

I originally read about this over on Danny Choo’s website. Quite interesting concept. In a country where there are a huge number of bicycle used every day this makes perfect sense. To combat the lack of parking space for bicycles, the Japanese have devised an automated underground storage system. Hmmm, this seems vaguely reminiscent of the Minority Report for some reason… Check out the link to Danny’s site below for more details.

Source: DannyChoo.com

Black Rock Shooter Blade Edition (Reservable)

Categories: Figurines
Comments: 2 Comments
Published on: December 25, 2009

There is a new edition of the by Good Smile Company available for reservation. This time she is sporting a blade instead of her rock cannon. This is a lighter version of the original, smaller base.

Available now at Hobby Search for reservation. Retail is about 6,477 Yen, due out in April 2010.

I missed my opportunity on the rock cannon version but got my reservation in on this one. What about you, is this a keeper?

Fate Stay / Night Unlimited Blade Works Movie

Categories: Anime
Comments: 1 Comment
Published on: December 24, 2009
Fate Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works

Fate Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works

Alright, you can give me grief on this later because I know you probably already know about this. In any case, coming next year, there will be a version of the Fate / Stay Night series titled Unlimited Blade Works (January 23, 2010). From the looks of the trailer, it looks AWESOME! I’m a Saber fan myself and I am looking forward to seeing what this movie brings. BUT, therein lies the catch, this is being released in next year. So I will have to be depressed until it makes it to the states. I’m gonna guess it won’t be in a theater near me (that’s a hint Funimation and Fathom Event guys). I was a bit disappointed when you didn’t bring Evangelion to a theater near me. I will thank you for the chance to see Eureka Seven, that was great!

But I digress, this movie looks like it has some potential. I hope / request that it be brought into the US theaters. Ummm, yep that is pretty much it… Here’s the trailer, in case you have not seen it yet or enough.

Subaru Nakajima Barrier Jacket version (Reservable)

Categories: Anime, Figurines
Comments: Comments Off
Published on: December 20, 2009

From Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS comes Subaru Nakajima. Though I am not familiar with this series (aka, I have not seen any of it) this figure caught my eye. Particurily for the eyes. This looks to be a figure to add to ones collection.

Subaru Nakajima

Subaru Nakajima

More shots…

Subaru is available for reservation at Hobby Search now. Retailing for around 2,800 Yen.

Reimu Hakurei from Touhou Project

Categories: Figurines
Comments: Comments Off
Published on: December 20, 2009

With her cute expression, some of you might find her hard to resist. Reimu Hakurei, from the is due out in March of 2010. For your viewing enjoyment, here are a few shots…

Nakano Azusa figurine (reservable)

Categories: Anime, Figurines
Tags: ,
Comments: Comments Off
Published on: December 15, 2009

K-On fans will no doubt recognize Azunyan. This Benpresto is now available exclusively from Otacute. Price is about $80US at the time of tis post.

Nakano Azusa

Nakano Azusa

I may have to pass on this version. Keeping my fingers crossed to see what Alter or Good Smile might do. To me there is something about this figure where it does not quite look the same as the character in the series… What do you think?

AzusaNyan

AzusaNyan

Gundam vs. Gundam

Categories: General, Misc, News
Tags: ,
Comments: 1 Comment
Published on: December 6, 2009
Gundam Wing

Wing

No, I’m not referring to battling mech armor suits such as in the Gundam series of anime. Not that some of those battles weren’t pretty good eye-candy back when they originally aired. (Gundam Wing was my first intro to the series) Instead, I’m referring to a real-life battle between Gundams. (remote controlled scale models of course) Recently posted on Japan Probe was an entry showing 2 Gundams battling it out at a recent robot competition. (International Robot Expo)

Just watching the video, I can only imagine the collateral damage these 2 would cause if they were life size. I can’t imagine a city recovering to quickly from such a battle these days. One battle would probably bankrupt the city with the number of buildings destroyed.

Website Stats – November 2009

Categories: Resources
Tags:
Comments: 1 Comment
Published on: December 5, 2009

November is the first full month since transferring from Blogger to the new host, 1and1. I have been pleased with the site performance and flexibility it has afforded. For those interested, here are the statistics…

Unique Visitors November 2009

Unique Visitors November 2009

November had a total of 4,817 unique visitors averaging to 160 unique visitors per day.

Page Views November 2009

Page Views November 2009

November had a total of 11,330 page views averaging to 377 page views per day.

Top 5 pages were:

  1. Winter 2009-2010 Anime Line-Up
  2. Fall 2009 Season in Review
  3. Good News for fans of Ghost In the Shell
  4. Spice and Wolf English Dub Release
  5. Toys Woaks Collection 2.5 To-Aru-Majutsu-No-Index Reservation
page 1 of 2»
EnglishFrenchGermanItalianJapaneseKoreanPortugueseRussianSpanish

Welcome , today is Thursday, October 13, 2011

Page optimized by WP Minify WordPress Plugin