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2010 March
Shin Koihime†Musou Otome Tairan 1
Caught an early airing of the first “Shin Koihime†Musou ~Otome Tairan~” episode, which also featured a short presentation by Nami Kurokawa who voices Kan’u in the series as well as Hitomi Nabatame who voiced Kanu in “Ikki Tousen”.
This new “Shin Koih...
Anime spring season 2010
Seeing the upcoming spring season lineup, will definitely watch “K-ON!!”, the much anticipated second season of the slice-of-life school comedy about the light music club girls as well as “Shin Koihime†Musou: Otome Tairan”, the direct sequel to “Shi...
Yellow Tulip macro
Seeing a bouquet of lovely yellow Tulips, couldn’t resist so took out my camera to make some macro shots of these beautiful flowers.
Did carefully peel open this particular Tulip to reveal more of the flower’s stigma and stamens to create a more in...
So-Ra-No-Wo-To 12 final
Shot after being discovered by the Helvetian troops, Aisha slumps down at Noel’s feet, the mechanic looking on in horror as blood starts to pool from the Roman girl’s wound.
Kicking the platoon’s emergency phone out of commission upon hearing the gun...
Spice & Wolf Horo dakimakura
While browsing through Hobby Search, discovered a very tempting dakimakura of Horo from “Spice & Wolf” (狼と香辛料 ).
Featuring everyone’s favorite wolf deity, one side showcases Horo in an irresistibly cute pose while the reverse side shows her in...
Drossel blue led photo fun
Back when Hobby Search was the first online store to reopen reservation for the upcoming Azusa Nakano Nendoroid, not only pre-ordered Azusa but also purchased the Drossel Figma.
One of my aims in getting Drossel in Figma form was to get a convenient...
Hideyoshi Kinoshita art
Although since Hideyoshi’s stellar appearance in the summer pool edition episode of “Baka To Test To Shoukanjuu” we have seen far too little of this devilishly cute trap in the following episodes, there is luckily plenty of Hideyoshi art floating aro...
So-Ra-No-Wo-To 11
Patrolling the border to nomansland, Kureha and Kanata fight the cold as they drag themselves through the snow. Observing their surroundings, Kanata spots what looks like a person in the snow and the girls rush in to discover an unconscious Roman sol...
Miura Akane art
Had previously mentioned the upcoming new “K-ON!!” character Miura Akane, who has since been confirmed as a fan creation, spawned from a challenge on Yunakiti to create a new “K-ON!” character in manga author Kakifly’s style.
Regardless of Akane bei...
The dependency of Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Although had already voiced my concerns before, am now alas forced to reiterate and emphasize the acute and inexcusable lack of screentime and plot attention to the only real star of “Baka To Test To Shoukanjuu”, Hideyoshi.
Not only did we barely se...
New K-ON!! character Miura Akane?
Saw an entry at Japanator advertising a new character to appear in “K-ON!!”, the second season of the music comedy based on the manga by Kakifly that is due to start airing this April. Called Miura Akane, the girl sports a long ponytail and apparentl...
So-Ra-No-Wo-To 10
Burning the letter she received from her father on a pile of leaves she had raked together, Rio spots Kureha coming back from town and surprises the twin tailed girl with some potatoes she had been roasting in the fire.
Nearly burning her tongue on...
Coreidae beetle
While doing a small photoshoot of Alter’s figure incarnation of Mio from “K-ON!”, heard a buzzing noise and spotted this beetle stuck against the inside window, trying to get out into the sun again.
As I had my Canon 450D on hand with the EF 100mm f/...
Alter Akiyama Mio figure review
Although she arrived on my doorstep a while ago, hadn’t made time yet to snap some photos of Alter’s gorgeous 1/8 scale PVC figure of Akiyama Mio from “K-ON!”.
The first release of Alter’s “K-ON!” figure series, she turned out to be a truly excellen...
Hideyoshi sketches by Gofu
Sketch artist Gofu has an uncanny knack to often create art of characters from series I like or happen to watch, something which I can only rejoice.
After having recently sketched the lovely girls from “So-Ra-No-Wo-To”, Gofu has drawn several excel...
Maria†Holic DVD set
With the unstoppable onslaught of irresistibly cute trap Hideyoshi from “Baka To Test To Shoukanjuu”, I’d near forgotten an anime DVD set was due out for the hilarious yuri/trap comedy “Maria†Holic”.
After spotting the release advertised at Archonia,...
So-Ra-No-Wo-To 9
Looking up at the clear blue skies after having hung up the laundry, Kanata muses it is time to bid goodbye to summer now that fall has come.
Joining her fellow soldiers in tending to the platoon’s vegetable garden, Kanata hears Kureha tell the tale...
Queen’s Blade 2nd season Allean and Nowa yuri special
Volume 3 of “Queen’s Blade ~Gyokuza Wo Tsugumono~” contains episodes five and six as well as a short three minute OVA episode. A tradition for all previous BluRay/DVD volumes, these special episodes put the “Queen’s Blade” maidens in situations where...