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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...

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...

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...

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/...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

After showing photos of some red roses taken with the macro zoom setting of the Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens I recently bought, thought to show a few flower photos taken with a full fledged macro lens, the EF 100mm f/2.8 macro USM lens. A...

In light of carefully having examined the content of the past episode of “Baka To Test To Shoukanjuu” I can only submit a heartfelt objection to the current course this series has taken. Surely you all must have been shocked too upon seeing the appal...

Do realize that Comiket 77 is long past but still wanted to mention the ‘Yoke Of The Damned’ doujin by artist Kagome of whom also showcased the terrific C76 “K-ON!” themed book ‘Jangling Automation’ before. This time, Kagome (籠目, homepage, Pixiv) c...

Perspiring, Kanata sits tensely in front of the 1121st platoon’s emergency phone, the table in the dimly lit room filled with empty bottles and other assorted things, a pile of soaked laundry rests in the corner. How did Kanata get into this predicam...

Had been a while since I visited Gofu’s website, was glad to see the artist seems to have taken a liking to ‘So-Ra-No-Wo-To’ and created several excellent sketches of the cute girls from the 1121st platoon. Especially like this black and white illust...

After picking up the Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens yesterday, off course my fingers were itching to try this new lens out. Next to snapping a few random photos to verify the lens operated well, soon set my sights on a small bouquet of red...

Although there’s still much for me to learn and discover in photography, lately felt the default EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS kit lens that came with my Canon 450D was lacking in terms of performance. While the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro lens I have ach...

With the second volume of Amano Kozue’s latest manga “Amanchu!” having been released last week, couldn’t pass up on acquiring it after having enjoyed the first volume of this terrific manga. As I also got the original Japanese release for “Aria” volu...

With the Valentine’s day festivities yesterday, felt like sneaking in a macro photo when I saw the heart shaped cookies and roses, so made a quick composition before the cookies were devoured. Just a simple shot made with my Canon 450D and the EF 10...

Considering my main computer stores important data such as documents, mail, music and more on its single Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB hard drive with a 600GB data partition, having a backup is essential. Having tried the built-in backup function when I...

Barely had I recovered from last week’s episode of “Baka To Test To Shoukanjuu” which brought us not merely hilarious scenes but great fanservice with Hodeyoshi, that this week’s episode delivered nothing less than a fatal blow by featuring the gree...

Released at the end of January, Alter’s 1/7 scale figure of Nanoha Takamachi from “Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS” in her Exceed mode finally arrived on my doorstep today after being stuck at customs for two weeks. Like Fate, Nanoha comes in a...

Tidying her hair, Kanata is looking forward to spending her off duty day visiting the flea market in town. Seeing the girl’s enthusiastic smile, Rio asks Kanata if she plans to buy herself something using the very first paycheck she received the day...

While browsing various online stores last week in search of one that still had the “K-ON!” Azusa nendoroid available for pre-order, spotted a large add on the Hobby Stock site for a hugging pillow cover featuring Lisa from “The Sacred Blacksmith”. Ha...

Barely did the Good Smile Company Azusa Nakano nendoroid figure open for pre-order yesterday morning at the usual online stores that the reservations closed and she was marked as sold out. A few weeks ago Max Factory surprised everyone by announcing...

Inside the Takemikazuchi’s command module, the five soldiers of the 1121st platoon are holding a training exercise to hone their skills as a team to control the complex tank. Having destroyed the enemy unit displayed on the tank’s training mode scree...