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[14 Oct 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Gatsby Trooper

Following my last Gatsby post, this time it’s a video of Gatsby Trooper in Harajuku grooving to the music! Yes it’s none other than Danny Choo doing the dance XD.

And this is the original dance by Kimutaku :D

The force is strong, Storm Trooper can do it too! ^^

Game »

[14 Oct 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars – PSP Debut Trailer

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars was one of the highest rated Nintendo DS games out there, and it is coming for the PSP.

Those who are not familiar with Chinatown Wars, the gameplay is like your usual GTA game out there, whereby you are put into the shoes of a certain protagonist who runs around doing missions and earning money in a virtual city that Rockstar has created.

However, it has some differences from the recent GTA titles. The most noticeable one is that it has returned to the bird’s eye view …

Merchandises »

[13 Oct 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Nendoroid Plus Kaito Plush Preview

Some preview pictures of Nendoroid Plus Kaito Plush from Mika-tan’s Blog.

Reservations of Kaito Plush will start tomorrow, along with the re-release of Miku Plush at Gift’s Online Store. No idea whether you can get yours at your local shopping sites, keep your fingers crossed! I’m thinking YES since international customers like us were able to get Miku^^.

I’m not a big Miku fan, so I skipped on these. Any folks bought two of the Miku plushies? :)

Anime Reviews »

[13 Oct 2009 | 7 Comments | ]
Kobato Impressions

Kobato, the newest animated series by Clamp is some sort a shojo/fantasy type story focused on a cute and naive young lady named Kobato that appears to be from another world. Her and her serious business talking blue plushie dog have come to the human world because she has a wish; somewhere she wants to go.

The dog is her proctor; she is undergoing a test in the human world to see if she has human common sense. If she passes the test she will be given a vial that collects …

The Lootings »

[13 Oct 2009 | 20 Comments | ]
New Monitor in October!

Well I certainly didn’t expect to write a loot post this soon ever since my last one. Anyways, my loot post for October will be on my: BenQ E2200HD LCD monitor! =D

I had lots of problems with the new monitor at the beginning though. The contrast was too high no matter how I change it, so the bright parts were too glaring. Then, I tried to lower the brightness, which helps for the brighter parts, but for the darker parts it became too dark.

My brother and my dad helping out …

Fandom News »

[13 Oct 2009 | 10 Comments | ]
Why Manga Doesn’t Sell Overseas

While I used to buy manga when I first started this anime-craze – but not anymore now. And it looks like Manga isn’t a big hit in the US. Head of Square Enix’s anime and manga publishing arm, 田口浩司 / Kouji Taguchi, has given what he sees as the reasons why manga sales in the US are still dwarfed by Japanese sales.
Square Enix is responsible for Saki and Fullmetal Alchemist by the way.

Speaking in an interview given at the recent “CoFesta” (Japan International Contents Festival), he replied:
The best sellers in …

Animation/Game »

[13 Oct 2009 | 6 Comments | ]
Ayane – Arrival of Tears [21.10.09]

Can’t resist not putting this single up. Recently heard Ayane in one song, and I love her voice :D. Can’t wait for this single to be out. She might be my 5th love? LOL. Anyway Arrival of Tears is the OP song of the anime series 11eyes. I haven’t caught the show yet but I did browse through the OP to get a feel of the song!

This is not the official cover!

Two editions of the single available, Regular Edition retailing at a price of 1,260 yen, while the Limited Edition …

Fandom News »

[12 Oct 2009 | 7 Comments | ]
Top 10 Characters You’d Like to Live With

Not really a poll I would have thought of, but I was quite happy with the results which you can see below:
(It was a survey of Japanese Opinions by the way) [...]

Fandom News »

[12 Oct 2009 | 13 Comments | ]
New Gundam 00 Quanta in Gundam 00 Movie!

With the Gundam 00 movie still in production, we get a sneak peak at Setsuna’s new mobile suit: Gundam 00 Quanta. The 3 other Gundam Meisters are getting their own new mobile suit as well which should not stray too far from the current design (judging from Quanta).

Anyways, Cosmic-Era went to the Gundam Big Expo back in August, and translated some information about the new mobile suits. Here it is:

00 Quanta, Setsuna’s unit. Exia’s lineage. It has binders and shield on its left shoulder, as well as numerous Funnels (informal …