I have to be honest, I am not really into the God of War universe. All these Greek mythology names and stuff really gets my head spinning. However, I do know how the gameplay is like. After watching a couple of gameplay videos of both the demo and retail version, all I can say is that “This is a God of War game”. You have your button mashing, combo moves, violent blood-filled finishing moves, and chests! I am not sure if there any major or small changes made to this game, but the main gameplay seems to remain the same but with amazing graphics.

I have two friends who bought the game on the day of its release (March 16, 2010) and they are enjoying it so far. They are getting me to buy a copy as well, but I think I will wait… I have a lot of backlogged games just waiting in line for me to play. And since I do not follow the God of War franchise, it will be at the back of my list.

Fans of the franchise however should not miss it! The reviews so far are very positive so just get it and have a great time! You can get your copy over at Play-Asia now!

Here is the list:

1. Treat girls to things

2. Carry things which are too heavy for her

3. Make flashy plays in sports in front of girls

4. Treat your kouhai [subordinates, etc] to things

5. Sing a ballad at karaoke

6. Gaze off distantly

7. Store up miscellaneous knowledge and suddenly disclose it

8. Undo the top two buttons of your shirt

9. Make sure you have a slanting forelock/bang

10. Languidly loosen your necktie

I kinda agree with #1 and #2, though it’s not really necessary. Oh wait did I mention I have a guy friend who totally gave me his stuff to carry for him at an event? My reaction was like O_O why am I carrying for you?? He insisted on carrying my stuff, so I gave it to him, only to be given back a few hours later, and in addition, I had to carry his stuff XD.

So which of the 10 ways above would you most likely be doing to impress a girl? ;)

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This list of mine will contain the OPs I consider to be great and way high up on my list of anime OPs. Some of you may have a different set of OPs in mind, so do comment and share your top 5 OPs as well.

In #5, I present to you: LEVEL5-judgelight by fripSide for To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (OP2)

The first time I heard something by fripSide was probably when they did Flower of Bravery for Koihime Musou. It wasn’t exactly my favourite tune at the moment but it wasn’t too shabby. Then I heard only my railgun. That song was wonderful. It was a perfect match between the song and the show. Finally, comes the 3rd fripSide song I’m currently listening to, LEVEL5-judgelight.

I must say, I was initially very very skeptical about this song. I mean, only my railgun was done to perfection, how dare they change the song to something else. So yeah, the song took a while to grow on to me and I’m glad it did, because it is great. The first minute of the song more or less showcases all the characters that would be featured in the 2nd half of the Railgun series.

The other 30 seconds after, showcased Biribiri showcasing her moves and all. Brilliant. Just brilliant.

#4: Easy Go by Kazuki Kato for Katekyoushi Hitman Reborn (OP6v1)

Ah yes. I’m pretty sure I’m like the only one on zotaku who watched KHR so I’ll keep this short. Out of all the OPs that Reborn has had, most of them are actually pretty stellar. BOYS&GIRLS and 88 by LM.C are still one of the most played tracks on my iPod. Last Cross would have been a close contender in my top 5 list if Railgun’s 2nd OP did not catch on.

Kazuki Kato’s voice is magical, the way the lyrics of the song mixes with the video is just magical. This is the v1 of 6/7 reborn OPs. Why v1? Because v2 has a slightly different animation covering a seperate arc, but I like v1 better.

#3: Nyanderful by Yui Sakakibara for Nyan Koi!

Yea. I think I’ve mentioned it before in one of my past posts that the reason I caught Nyan Koi! depsite having a huge dislike for cats, was because of the Seiyuu cast as well as the OP song. Yui Sakakibara’s voice is magical. It cast a spell on me and made me finish a show that I’d thought would fail horribly and as an end result? I love the show. :D

The OP animation is brilliant. The characters are well drawn, you can see Junpei’s misfortune with all the cats chasing him around the middle of the OP. Hilarious enough.

#2:Tsukiakari no Michishirube by Stereopony for Darker Than Black ~Ryuusei no Gemini~

I have a thing for all-girl music groups. SCANDAL, AKB48 and Stereopony. Somehow, the music always seems better. Haha. Ok, all male-hormonal comments aside, the animation of the OP isn’t exactly mindblowing like the OPs we had for the first season of DTB but there’s one thing this season has that the first didnt. Suou. :D

Haha. AIMI’s voice is beautiful. At first, when I heard that Stereopony was going to do the OP for DTB, I was like …..@_@???! Yeah. But Stereopony has won me over with all of their OP/ED songs. First Hitohira no Hanabira in one of the Bleach EDs, followed by Namida no Mukou for Gundam 00’s OP. You’d expect a GARR male group to perform songs for all these shows instead of an all-girl group, but I guess I was proven wrong all those times and here as well.

Last but not least, in #1: Period by CHEMISTRY for FullMetal Alchemist:Brotherhood (OP4)

1 word. Amazing. Yeah. That’s it. All other FMA OPs pale in comparison to Period. Oh and if you haven’t checked it out, go check out the PV for this song. Amazing. Simple but Amazing.

Ok. I’ve come to the end of my list, my next list will be about my Top 5 Anime EDs and you can be sure that an FMA ed is definitley in the mix.

And here are some other song choices that were close but didn’t make it to the top 5,

*Last Cross – Masami Mitsuoka
*Ichirin no Hana  – HaMC

All right. That’s all. Laters.

Last week I was at Chinatown to collect my figurine from the local shop. Chinatown is also the place to take some pictures since CNY is just around the corner. The area was packed with lots of decorations, also, I didn’t know where to head to XD. Here are some random shots I took while walking along the streets. Enjoy!

It’s the year of the tiger!

God of Fortune.. Closest shot I could do. He was in the middle of a busy road. LOL

Also, my relatives are coming over to my house for dinner tonight, might take a few peektures ;)

What you’re seeing now, it’s not the completed tattoo.  It has cost him 30,000 yen so far. After this it’ll cost 10,000 yen per hour and they estimate it’ll take at least another 40 hours to complete this. So a total of 430,000 yen? Wow!

According to him, his parents cried when they found out about the tattoo. And his girlfriend cried too. I know I will cry if any guy I know did this to himself >_>. Also, the guy said that he wants to have a tatto of Nana-chan someday. Interesting idea.. but I can’t bear to think of that at all.

Would you be so crazy as to tattoo something/someone you love on yourself as well? I mean a name would be okay, but a huge picture of an anime character on your whole back is simply crazy!!

Source: フェイトちゃんが好きすぎて!!! and Canned Dogs

People are always doing amazing things. I remember last time when I was amazed at what Microsoft Paint can do in the right hands. Now, I am amazed at what Microsoft Excel can do!

Some of you guys may have seen this video before, but I thought I should just share for those who have not =). Pretty cool huh? I remember I wow-ed at the part when the guy was coloring the hair. It was really really well done!

This kind of “drawing” is actually quite good in a way that it helps to keep your character in proportion, thanks to the rectangular boxes provided in the background. For you Gundam fans, I have a treat for you guys as well!

For the Gundam video, you can visit Shukei01’s YouTube page to view his other works. They are really nice to watch =).

For me, I was busying playing a PS3 Game demo with my fellow comrade that we completely forgot to countdown. It just dawned on me halfway through the game that it was 2010! LOL. Hilarious. This is the first time ever that I didn’t welcome in the New Year by counting down!

So with 2010, what will you expect from us at zotaku? I have no idea, but I’m thinking of organizing some simple mass giveaways soon, and of course work on some photo articles :)

My New Year Resolutions for 2010 are:

• Study hard for exams
• Cut down on scaled figurines purchase
• Clear all my backlogged anime shows
• Take more photographs
• Continue blogging, no more hiatus mode >_>
• Poison more people to like Seiyuu, because without them we won’t have anime!
• May my love for my 4 Loves Stay STRONG!

So what are your resolutions for 2010? :)

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So 5 scaled figures, 4 figmas and 5 nendoroids for 2009. Plus I have also preordered these(paid a deposit too!), expecting in 2010!

• Nendoroid Minami Chiaki
• Nendoroid Hakurei Reimu
• Figma Fate Testarossa
• Figma Takamachi Nanoha the MOVIE Version
• 1/7 Takamachi Nanoha Exceed Mode
• Nendoroid Tainaka Ritsu
• Nendoroid Takamachi Nanoha
• Figma Fate Testarossa School Uniform Verison
• 1/7 Shamal
• Nendoroid Fate Testarossa
• Nendoroid Puchi Bakemonogatari Set #1
• Nendoroid Kotobuki Tsumugi
• Figma Nakajima Subaru

As you can see.. very little scaled figurines.. My New Year Resolution is to cut down on scaled figurines completely. I hope. Please don’t bomb me with anymore Nanoha-figurine! ><

Do a count of the figures you bought. I’m sure you beat me completely :P.

Running towards the kitchen, she paused to look at me, wondering what am I doing. LOL.

Slacking around!

What big ears :O

Sniffing out something, what a busybody >_>

This is probably the best shot I took of the day. She just got scolded by her owner to “hide herself” so this is her hiding place! Look at her ears drooping there, so kawaii!

Okay, so do look out for more photo articles from me in the future :3.

I’m surprised our creek isn’t frozen! After having to be out there like 3 hours shoveling and playing with siblings I sure am!!! But I got to come inside for hotchocolate. So now I am content <3

I live on what used to be an old farm. That building used to have cows and chickens in it…but now it just has squirrels and snakes xD

So because of all this snow I called off. I didn’t bother taking a picture of the road in front of my house because there so much snow you can’t see it!!!I had to call off work because I don’t want to risk my life driving in this mess.

Currently I think we have about 3-4 inches of snow… We’re supposed to get somewhere between 12-20 inches total in the next 24 hours!

What it looks like from my room. I don’t know why my windows get condesnsation all over them… but it was begging for a smiley face!!! xD
I’m going to relax and enjoy the warmth and Hot chocolate now.

Keep checking for updates the next few days! We’re working on a few big posts that should hopefully be posted before Christmas… or at least the new years!