Lookie, it’s a Tsukasa figure! This figure is now up for preorder at your favorite online shops. Tsukasa’s onee-san, Kagami, is already scheduled for a May release (Also by Atelier Sai). I ordered her a while ago ;)
Maybe the Lucky Star fans out there will also want to pick up this lovely Tsukasa figure to complete the Hiiragi sisters? She will be released in August for ￥4800. More infos can be found at Atelier Sai’s site. If you want to preorder her now, try Hobby Search :)
Well, since I’m late to the party (as usual?), I decided to find out what all the rage is about with this new anime.
Part 2 of my huge artbook delivery. Got some good artbooks in this group. Hit the jump for some pics and more info :) Continue reading
Since I had the previous wordpress theme in use for a year, I thought it was time for a change. I like the styling of this new theme though I may tweak a bit more. Also made a new banner using an illustration by Natsuki Heru though I think it needs some work (seems a bit plain right now). Now I just need to configure all my new widget spaces >_<
Lookie, Tsukasa and Miyuki Nendoroids! These are the Comptiq versions which were released earlier this month. The Comptiq versions were only available by order through the Comptiq magazine so I had to go through a third party to get these pre-ordered last fall. Got a pretty good deal on them too since I did order them so early. They can still be found on YJA and Ebay just for an extra premium. Continue reading
Do you keep up with new anime as it’s broadcast or do you prefer to wait until it’s been fully aired and watch the episodes consecutively? I used to be the former but these days I tend to wait for a series to be complete and then watch at my leisure. I’ve thought about what changed my anime watching habits and it comes down to a change in my tastes.
Like a lot of anime fans just getting hooked on the hobby, I watched a lot of different anime at first. Looking back, I realize some of the series I watched back then (and liked at the time) were not exactly masterpieces. When you’re new to anime, you don’t have a lot of reference points for gauging the actual quality of a series so a lot of what you watch seems good ^^;
Over the years, my more picky tastes have lead me try to filter out the lesser anime and focus on just the series that I can enjoy. I will admit that I take advantage of the fansub/raw community for the time-shifting ability. I know some people who will watch everything regardless of the quality. I just can’t do that anymore, not only because of time constraints and but also because I would probably not like anime much after a while ;)
That isn’t to say I don’t keep up with the new series when they start airing. I sometimes do watch the first couple episodes of a new series to determine if I would like to watch it completely later on. Plus, running an image board which is constantly kept up to date with illustrations from the most recent series forces me to stay on top of general plot lines and characters.
In order to prevent yourself from getting stuck in a specific genre or style of anime the key is to find others with similar tastes and leech off their recommendations. One thing I have learned is that finding others who rate some of your favorites highly and they should be a good candidate for finding new series to try. Often you’ll find shows you wouldn’t have thought yourself but do end up liking. :)
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to get back to marathoning Macross Frontier…
My latest acquired figure is the lovely miss Hinagiku Katsura from the comedy series Hayate no Gotoku! This 1/6 scale figure is by the company Kotobukiya and was released in January 2009.
Here is the first part of my big artbook haul that I posted about a few days. I selected a few books out of the bunch for a closer look. Continue reading
