alafista.com http://www.alafista.com A Fusion of Japan's Otaku and Popular Culture Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:35:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Customised Nendoroid Roy Mustang http://www.alafista.com/2009/11/08/customised-nendoroid-roy-mustang/ http://www.alafista.com/2009/11/08/customised-nendoroid-roy-mustang/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:35:19 +0000 Alafista http://www.alafista.com/?p=8246 Here’s a really cool customised Nendoroid of “Flame Alchemist” Roy Mustang from the anime/manga series FullMetal Alchemist by ちびトロ-san.

And are you able to guess which Nendoroid was actually used for the customisation?

Source: 地球座日記 via wcloudxkumo

I think ちびトロ-san used too much sandpaper and in the end Roy Mustang doesn’t have a nose. LOL

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I especially loved the last one where famous photographer Bishin Jumonji used the camera to film one of the festivals:

But still, I’m happy with my new 5D MK II ^^

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]]> http://www.alafista.com/2009/11/08/canon-eos-7d-japanese-cm/feed/ 0 PS3 Controller Coffee Table http://www.alafista.com/2009/11/07/ps3-controller-coffee-table/ http://www.alafista.com/2009/11/07/ps3-controller-coffee-table/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:11:26 +0000 Alafista http://www.alafista.com/?p=8239 Want something to decorate your living room which is geeky and cool at the same time? Here’s an interesting and cool looking PS3 coffee table which was conceptualised by French designer Stephane Perruchon.

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Source: Créations designer Stephane .P via Gigazine

Its funny, but did you notice the directional pad and buttons are located on the wrong side?

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]]> http://www.alafista.com/2009/11/07/ps3-controller-coffee-table/feed/ 1 Do You Watch Anime While Travelling? http://www.alafista.com/2009/11/07/do-you-watch-anime-while-travelling/ http://www.alafista.com/2009/11/07/do-you-watch-anime-while-travelling/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:23:09 +0000 Alafista http://www.alafista.com/?p=8241 I’m sure there are many folks like me who tries to make the best out of their travelling time by watching anime on public transport. Apart from downloading anime and loading them onto your portable media devices, how else is it possible to watch anime on the go?

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Recently I’ve gotten introduced to a new service – Starhub TV on Mobile which allows me to tune in to Animax. But before I talk more about the service and my experiences, I’m curious to find out whether do you folks watching anime while travelling? And do you mind all the weirds stares, especially if you are watching some series like Queen’s Blade ^^

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]]> http://www.alafista.com/2009/11/07/do-you-watch-anime-while-travelling/feed/ 2 Nendo’s Travelogue 07: Voting Results http://www.alafista.com/2009/11/07/nendo%e2%80%99s-travelogue-07-voting-results/ http://www.alafista.com/2009/11/07/nendo%e2%80%99s-travelogue-07-voting-results/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:50:38 +0000 Alafista http://www.alafista.com/?p=8236 I’ve been praying for good weather the past week because this evening Comrade kodomut and I will be heading to Punggol to capture some lovely kite-flying action for Chapter 7 of Nendos’ Travelogue. The two lucky Nendoroids joining me for the day will be Yoshika and Al Azif.

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For this outing, there were very few people who voted. So I would encourage more of you to cast your votes for future Travelogues.

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Hopefully the weather will stay fine and there will be losta kite fliers today ^^

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She is scheduled for release in late February 2010 and will be retailing for around 7,800 yen. Interested folks can place your preorders with Hobby Search, Hobby Link Japan or Jlist.

Azusa has always been one of my favorite iDOLM@STER because of her big sister image.

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]]> http://www.alafista.com/2009/11/07/azusa-miura-pvc/feed/ 1 Bayonetta Tops Japanese Games Charts http://www.alafista.com/2009/11/07/bayonetta-tops-japanese-games-charts/ http://www.alafista.com/2009/11/07/bayonetta-tops-japanese-games-charts/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:40:13 +0000 Alafista http://www.alafista.com/?p=8231 Bayonetta was released this week in Japan and it shot all the way to the top of the Japanese game charts, with a combine PS3 and Xbox360 sales of nearly 200,000 copies.

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The PS3 version of Bayonetta sold 135,000, while the Xbox 360 version sold less than half of its PS3 counterpart, despite the earlier perfect score awarded by Famitsu for the Xbox 360 Version.

Here’s the list of top ten selling games in Japan this week, which was compiled by Kotaku:

01. Bayonetta (PS3) – 135,000 / NEW
02. Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden (DS) – 115,000 / NEW
03. Tekken 6 (PS3) – 103,000 / NEW
04. Persona 3 Portable (PSP) – 94,000 / NEW
05. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (DS) – 88,000 / 2,844,000
06. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) – 81,000 / 780,000
07. Bayonetta (Xbox 360) – 64,000 / NEW
08. Tomodachi Collection (DS) – 53,000 / 1,519,000
09. Inazuma Eleven 2 (DS) – 41,000 / 527,000
10. Super Robot Taisen NEO (Wii) – 27,000 / NEW

Source: Kotaku

I just gotten my copy of the games yesterday and I can appreciate why the game is topping the charts. The action in the game feels really tight, and sometimes I feel compelled to play though some of the chapters again just to obtain perfect scores and earn more halos to unlock new techniques. Definitely a must-get for any action game fan.

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