The Persona 2 official blog was also given its first update in about a year. The blog post shares some of the info from Famitsu, but also teases additional announcements to come. In particular, the post hints that there’s something special about the game’s illustrations.

Source: andriasang

My history with games and anime goes well back to when I was just a small kid.

Where I came from, we got to enjoy some of the best anime of my time as part of a special feature of the 4:30pm kids show. Before I even understand what the word “physics” means, I was exposed to advance mechanical technologies like Gundam Z, Gundam ZZ and a whole lot of anime series where the primary school will open up so that robots from beneath the compound can be launched to fight against gigantic monsters that threatens to destroy the city. And who would not fall in love the way I did with the adorable pink floating gold fish in Kingyo Chuuihou! or feel sad when Wataru has to leave the fantasy realm of Soukaizan to return to the real world.

Tell me you can resist the charm of Gyopi.

On days when I want to pretend I am a big boy, I would stay up late to catch Saint Seiya, City Hunter and Dragonball Z at midnight. I still can remember vividly the kind television message that reminds all viewers to lower the volume of their television sets so as not to disturb their neighbors before these anime are shown.

Anime was a big part of my growing up where it served as social encouragement for me to interact and debate passionately with my classmates and friends, as well as inspiration from which I developed my misguided creativity and weird sense of humor. It was what kept me going during the hardest of times. Imagine, 5 thick textbooks, 6 major university exams, all within 14 days and you only have one empty dormitory and 3 seasons of Keroro. That was how I survived.

Till today, I still enjoy my fair share of anime. I particularly enjoy funny and wacky ones that never fail to put a smile across my face. It was tragic how despite a cult following, Gintama was canceled after just 4 years. : (

Being an avid manga fan as well, I am always in a dilemma as to whether I should watch the anime of the manga series I follow. Sometimes, the anime stay so faithful to the manga that you can’t help but lose the suspense and excitement.

I am still proud of the fact that I followed manga such as Arakawa Under the Bridge and Team Medical Dragon way before they were adopted into anime and TV series.

Umizaru is one of the best written manga in my opinion.

As for gaming, my parents probably made a huge mistake when they decided to return home with a NES set one fateful day. From that moment on, I was simply hooked by the imaginative worlds games have to offer. My complete lack of knowledge of the Japanese language did nothing to deter me from enjoy classics like Dragon Quest and the numerous Dragonball Z spin-offs.  I remained amazed that I was able to complete these games without really knowing what the story was about or what choices I was making. It was really a trial and error process where perseverance and determination are tested.

Of course, these days, most of the games are localized for the international audience so I do not need to do that much guessing.

I guess I am kind of glad I played the Japanese version.

I still hold the dream that one day I will be able to just stay at home all day to carry out all my mindless pursuits.

Anyway I will try my best to provide you with interesting gaming news and of course, we can have a friendly discussion in the comments section or you can follow me on twitter (@jpopsiclezotaku). I hope to hear from you guys soon~!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZOTAKU!!

I was going to work out on having a giveaway, might have one these few weeks. Do comment if you like to have one. I just need some suggestions as to what items we should giveaway.

No breakdown on what happened last year. I have a poor memory.

And so another year has gone. And another to come soon.

Oh yes speaking of which, we need to name our Mascot! Any suggestions???

Well I will be updating the blog regularly from now on. Sorry for the temporary hiatus mode. Hopefully I can force the writers to write more when I have some errands to do.. >_<.

On a side note, I do have a lot of loots that I haven’t posted up :3.  Do give me a day at least to finish up my real life stuff before giving blogging my 1000000% XD.

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The old layout broke, and I decided to go ahead using this theme temporarily. So far it’s looking good after some customizations by me and guuzen.

Changes in V2:

• Threaded Comments
• Tweeting Blog Post to Twitter (Follow me! – EDIT: It works!)
• New Social Bookmarks
• New layout
• New temporarily banner with mascot chan
• New RSS Banner with Feedcount appearing on it!

Compared to the old layout, the recent posts do not get aligned in order on the main page, like any normal blog you see. However, the current layout is! The Headline and Featured section on the main page will show stickied posts, and scrolling below, you can check out the recent posts!

Also you can view the next page of the recent posts – what the old layout couldn’t.

I am still in the midst of fixing the layout, posts might be slow and all, but do continue checking back!

She’s a bunny girl, without a name. Now the only worry is finding a suitable name for her!

And her birthday is today, 6th of September 2009! Well we will have something to celebrate next year, after Zotaku’s Anniversary in August =P.

The mascot is done by bluesnow, gotta say I couldn’t have done it without her XD.

The original color theme of Bunny-girl is as shown below:

Well ultimately I decided to go with the yellow top and blue skirt. Hopefully it’s fine. What do you guys think?

And while I have been procrastinating for sometime about the mascot – Because I can’t seem to think of a suitable “theme” for the mascot. One day, it hit me, my obsession with Hocchan(Yui Horie) did the trick XD. I was watching “The Adventure of Yui Horie“(like for the XXXth time) and it dawned on me: BUNNY GIRL for mascot!!!! Look at the fringe; looks just like Hocchan’s hair XD

Dear Hocchan, thanks for being my inspiration ^_^.

Now all that is left.. is a name. Obviously I can’t name her Hocchan; I’m keeping the name short, like Yume-chan, not going to bother having a First and a Last name. Okay I need your help, some suggestions please! =P.

Linked to a couple of new blogs that I have always been reading but too lazy to comment there, or I comment but I don’t add them to the blogroll page because I’m lazy again. Haha ^^”

Anyway folks who wish to be in the blogroll page can just link us and leave a comment here. I’ll look into it! Thanks again.

There will be two giveaways organized

1. The first giveaway will be a mini giveaway – sponsored by me. One of the prizes you can choose from is a..

   
   Saber file! XD. There are other stuff like Shana goodies too.. not to be missed=P

2. Figurine Giveaway sponsored by my ad client, Hobby Search. (Details are being worked out atm!)

A simple question will be posted during which readers who want to take part will post their answers at the post. Please note that both giveaways are opened to everyone around the world!

Mini Giveaway will start on 15th July 2009 at 12pm(GMT +8). So do subscribe to our feed to be updated!

For the Figurine Giveaway, tentatively we will start it in August. So do keep checking us out for more details and updates ^_^V.

Source of image: Konachan

And the prototype version is out. I kid you not. Done by bluesnow.. I bring you.. Mascot(I have yet to think of a proper name. Will have to wait once the final drawing is done lol)

Yes I kid you not!

Well just kidding, that was the drawing bluesnow drew based on my description lol. Here’s the blurred version. Don’t want to reveal the full version yet =P The colors for her aren’t confirmed yet. We’ll have to see ^^.

Tags are now located below, and I removed the domtab which shows “Featured” post, “Tags” and “Popular Posts”. They were kinda lagging the entire site.

I will be doing some organizing of the categories, and maybe make a new banner =3.

Also I am currently updating the About page which I have been procrastinating for ages already XD. Well hopefully this time my brain will not die before I finish that page.

Oh and I think I am getting old, that I can’t remember how to edit wordpress codings. I suck T_T.  I can’t really figure out how to do the changes anymore.. Lol.

Well hopefully the minor changes will make the layout more user-friendly and people will subscribe to us! I got a shock last night when I logged into Feedburner XD. Apparently there are people who subscribe to us! LOL. I am the type of person who don’t bother reading feeds(but I do subscribe lol), I tend to just type in the url of the website I want to go to.

Changing of theme might not take place so soon for zone otaku, I might change it next year.

That’s all, so don’t be shocked if you see something screwed up =P