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[Zyl] Anime Festival Asia 2011 Day 1 & 2 Impressions
I walked around the commercial booths, I had pasta and coffee at the Moe Moe Kyun meido cafe, I attended the Chiwa Saito and AnoHana panels and, of course, the I Love Anisong concerts. Let's start with quick impressions of the latter. All the concert...
[Zyl] Hatsune Miku Live Party in Singapore 2011
It's time to play the music / It's time to light the lights
Redemption queue for light sticks prior to the concert
A bit of confusion earlier when people queuing to collect tickets (SISTIC booth in Millennia Walk, not here at Suntec)
Well, light stic...
[Zyl] Anime Festival Asia 2011 Day 0 Intro
Danny Choo on stage prior to commencement of the press conference
Cosplayers Kaname and Usagi as Kaito and Luka
Usagi is definitely best suited for Luka cosplay out of all the Vocaloids
Bermuda triangle forbidden territory between skirt slit and dem...
[Zyl] Hatsune Miku Live In Sapporo 2011 Screening
"So... we're here to watch other people watch Miku?" wisecracked someone in the audience as the screening of the pre-recorded MikuPa Sapporo Live this year began. Golden Village had billed this as "Hatsune Miku Live Party 2011" (see photo of billboa...
[Stripey] Fate/Zero 04~05 – Servants rankings
How much is that Berserker in the window?
After seeing all the Servants gather over 2 episodes, the burning question on my mind is - Why is Saber considered the most powerful class? After all Arthuria must be one of the most potent of this class yet...
[Zyl] Comic Market 80 Cosplay Picks II
Possibly one of the least disturbing images to bear the caption "Stripey with Child"
Part Two of my selected C80 cosplay photographs; the first installment was posted over at Sea Slugs!
My second favourite: Bakemonogatari's Shinobu Oshino
Don't think...
[Stripey] Fate/Zero 03 – More than just Butler Saber and Maid Iri
Kiritsugu's true Grail wish. Saber heads the sister outlet - Butler cafe
Testosterone levels hit a new high this week as the loli cast stayed away and one of the remaining of 2 bishoujos turned butler. Nonetheless, Iri compensated with much feminin...
[Stripey] Fate/Zero 02 – The Master-Servant liaison
3 Kings
After exploring the various Masters' motivations to participate in the Holy Grail war, episode 2 switches our attention to several intriguing Master-Servant liaisons.
Waver-Rider (Iskandar)
When I was fresh out of OCS (Officer-cadet-school),...
[Stripey] Fate/Zero 01 – Motivations and Messiah complex
Irisviel - Beyond hot
Given that I’m semi-retired from the aniblogsphere and have not blogged a complete series for years, it’d take something AMAZING for this aged tanuki to try again. Apparently Fate/Zero is.
Well at least if the rest of the series...
[Stripey] My fledgling but bank-breaking anime/2D tapestry collection
There are a few things in life I firmly believe one should never touch with a ten thousand foot pole - Drugs, loli-porn, Nia Teppelin's cooking and Kyuubey's contracts. After 2 years collecting anime/2D tapestries (taps), I'm adding that to the list....
[Zyl] Shizuka Itou at STGCC 2011
As per normal, no photo-taking/video recording were allowed the moment she came on stage
It's been more than a month since I went to STGCC for the express purpose of seeing/hearing Shizuka Itou live and now I finally have some time to do a quick writ...
[Stripey] 10 anime bishoujos I don’t want to meet in RL (U15 edition)
Sorry Feito chan, for both our sakes, it's best we don't ever meet...
"Ahhh, I'm SOOO glad I didn't meet her in real life!" has been one of those dominating mental outbursts of late while watching anime. It began with my reliving the great Starlight...
[Koma] Son of Stripey: His Reference Materials
What's a good anime to watch with your kids?
My next recommendation is for Stripey to dispose of his Sister Princess DVDs. By fire.
Blue Exorcist Info [ANN]
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[Zyl] London MCM Expo 2011
Bank Holiday Weekend Warrior
I don't play computer or console games; I haven't read comics since Lucifer ended its run in 2007; I don't watch Hollywood movies unless I'm taking a long haul flight (and I've already seen all the anime and Chinese movie...
[Zyl] Legendary Galactic Heroes Say the Darnest Things
Many thanks to ExecutiveOtaku for giving me that final push to pick up the superlative Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I had long been daunted by the 110 episode length (as well as the somewhat pompous title) but the well-paced storytelling and compel...
[Stripey] Why Kasugano Sora isn’t my top imouto
Almost top imouto
Four months since the end of Yosuga no Sora and I still cannot get over it. Kasugano Sora SHOULD HAVE been my favourite imouto of ALL time. Just look at her. Light-haired, twin-tailed, deliciously lolicious with a supremely enlighte...
[Zyl] Negima!? Review
You Can (Not) Be Re-imagined
Trigger
I didn't pick up this series back in 2006, if I recall correctly, because I had heard that the first iteration wasn't great. In general, I'm also leery of anime based on seemingly interminable shounen manga. More...
[Zyl] Cecilia Alcott’s London Pride
On the Millennium Bridge, background St Paul's Cathedral
Got the idea for this via @cowboybibimbop. I didn't like Cecilia at first but as things have developed her dere has been really powerful and I was za-kyun-ed by her pouting in Ep 10.
London Bri...
[Zyl] Before the Anime Blog: My Anime Pre-History
Yi's post, in the context of Nopy's broader History With Anime Project, got me reminiscing about how my consumption of anime has evolved through the years, particularly the on and off phases. These have been organized in terms of the media by I came...
[Hontou Ni 4koma] Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Review
In lieu of an actual review:
CTRL-ALT-DEL
IMHO, yuribou's early review is still BEST.
Development notes to self: This turned out quite differently from how the original concept and sketch which had both us ending up shouting "Moe!!" from the balcony...
The Apple of Kyouko’s Eye
This in-joke only came to mind with reference to Nutbladder's more literal translation of Sayaka's question: Sono ringo wa douyatte tenireta?
Kyouko: I'm in despair!
References:
Zan Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei OP
Anime Lyrics
Animelo Summer Live 2009...
[Hontou Ni 4koma] Make a Contract with Me
Depending on your contractor, having your soul ripped out and placed into a phylactery is the least of your problems.
Get to work! Time for a Mountie hunt and harvest a Repeal (Bill 156) Seed!
Or if you'd like a plush dango pillow instead...
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[Hontou Ni 4koma] Stripey-Ra The Ever-Blogging
Thanks, RP, for the mention!
Mumm-ra was routinely defeated by showing him his own reflection.
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[Zyl] My First Year with Miku
Happy Thanksgiving
My resistance to Hatsune Miku melted, like butter under a hot knife, after seeing three of her videos at last year's AFA09 I Love Anisong concert. With AFAX just concluded (which I was unable to attend), it's a nice conjunction - D...
[Stripey] Yosuga no Sora 07 – Catfights, heartbreaks on the horizon
That's why we have gates - To keep out lolis
Anime isn't quite the most family-friendly form of entertainment of late in the tanuki household since the 2 series I'm currently watching are Yosuga no Sora and Legend of the legendary heroes. The 2 shows...
[Stripey] Yosuga no Sora 06 – Akira’s smile/tears
It is said that more often than not, it's the genki ones with the problems
Episode 6 is testimony to FEEL's powress in character-craft given how they managed to flesh out Akira so fully in 2 mere episodes. I enjoyed also how the revelations in this e...
[Stripey] K-Books Trump Collection 2010 – Spades suit
My path to financial ruin can be traced back to the Summer of 2007 when Zyl returned from Japan with the fable K-books trump collection. That box of concentrated bishoujo goodness subsequently ignited a frenzied love for 2D artwork that further led t...
[Stripey] Yosuga no Sora 05 – Genki miko vs tsundere ojousama
Genki miko beats up tsundere ojou
Pardon the misleading title. There was no Kazu-Akira showdown over Haruka in Yosuga no Sora 05. (Though that would have been very welcomed). The battle take place, instead, on the tanuki bishoujos rankings where the...
[Stripey] Yosuga no Sora 04 – Sigh… omnibus format
If only it was ALL Sora...
And the mysterious 'extra' blu ray episodes is finally solved. Yosuga no Sora would be presented in an omnibus format with overlapping 'common' episodes such that each volume houses a self-contained arc of a haremette.
Many...
[Stripey] Yosuga no Sora 03 – The great siscon cure
Haru's blessed siscon cure
In RL (where I'm not tanuki), I would have picked Kazuha in a heartbeat even if my sister is the ridiculously gorgeous Sora. My female friends back in junior college (high school equivalent in Singapore) were wise to emphas...
[Stripey] Yosuga no sora 02 – A most reassuring affair
One of the greatest challenges of eroge conversions is weaving the numerous bishoujo game routes into a coherent anime story. Anime history has chronicled both spectacular failures and astounding successes in the realm of eroge conversions both class...
[Stripey] Yosuga no Sora 01 – Don’t miss the drama for the siscon
As if the harem-eroge conversion genre isn't misunderstood enough, Yosuga no Sora descends upon the Fall season with a controversial episode promising potent siscon and potential incest. Trawling the animeblogsphere, I found 2 main reactions to YnS 0...
[Stripey] True tears blu ray blues ~ No money, no Hiromi
"I can be yours..."
After months of agonising, I finally succumbed to Hiromi's mesmerising gaze and threw down S$400 for the True Tears blu ray box set. Yahoo Japan Auctions (YJA) literally spat my measly S$400 back out as I cowered on the auctions...
[Stripey] Amagami SS tribute – Shizuka Itou does idols right
Morishima Haruka
After much of the fabled tanuki dallying, I finally completed Haruka's arc (Amagami SS). Well, you know what they say - Love the bishoujo, loathe the show. Okay, I don't actually hate the arc but lament deeply Haruka senpai's squand...
[Stripey] Legend of the legendary heroes – Light haired bishie Shion Astarl
Has my love for lighted haired lolis finally breached the gender barrier?!?
You know that age of the tanuki is on the wane when instead of devoting his precious weekend to the bishoujo cast of Amagami SS, Stripey was beguiled by the charms of the lig...
[Stripey] Amagami SS starts – The secret character
Apparently she goes "Nii Ni"...
Here’s a oven-fresh excerpt of an update of the current anime scene from fellow bishoujo-comrade, the Ultimate Nanoha Fan in Sg (henceforth known as UNF)…
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