tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49788350381223611162024-03-14T12:12:40.685+07:00SonicVer2 : The Randomized OtakuSpecialized On Nonessential Imagination and Creativity of Visual Entertainment and Randomnesssonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-2736313048671610362010-01-09T23:38:00.002+07:002010-01-09T23:41:55.132+07:00Ouch!!! 1 project (somewhat) failed!?<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0iw9F8qqxI/AAAAAAAADrU/7iWwMeFKhIg/s1600-h/958b36df4f0f7d2bbd1d14fb5cc2c05b6b4f0fa2%5B2%5D.jpg" target="_blank"><img title="958b36df4f0f7d2bbd1d14fb5cc2c05b6b4f0fa2" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" height="348" alt="958b36df4f0f7d2bbd1d14fb5cc2c05b6b4f0fa2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0iw-pbX8eI/AAAAAAAADrY/j-LqO3OZjUs/958b36df4f0f7d2bbd1d14fb5cc2c05b6b4f0fa2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="500" /></a> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>I’m in deep shit…</em></p> <p>The last post was in January 5, so i missed 3 days for this blog. Yeah, this blog was supposed to filled with at least a post each day for Christmas and New Year event, so i guess my plan worked out well. Anyway, in those missing 3 days, I was in a very deep shit… In that 3 days i and my project team worked on our Java web project (rebuilding Moedia using Java Server Faces framework), and the result: pretty much (somewhat) failure.</p> <p>FYI, (somewhat) failure doesn’t mean that we failed totally, but we failed to complete it. This project is actually 80-90% completed, but I’m a perfectionist so a 20% hole is a failure to me. Because of time problem, we decided to cut off one feature out of the project. In the end, my lecturer managed to find just too many unexpected holes in our project. I know it’s entirely our fault that we got this (somewhat) failure result, since i worked this project with unmanaged process and with too little time. I just can hope and try to give more effort for the next remaining project: ASP.NET project. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0ixAN-jS_I/AAAAAAAADrc/fkeGKwnBR5s/s1600-h/8ce799c34eaad729cef31f5712ba7558514de365%5B2%5D.jpg" target="_blank"><img title="8ce799c34eaad729cef31f5712ba7558514de365" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" height="375" alt="8ce799c34eaad729cef31f5712ba7558514de365" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0ixBb3A0uI/AAAAAAAADrg/d1GgrhXJ1bw/8ce799c34eaad729cef31f5712ba7558514de365_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="500" /></a> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>I’m in deep shit… –_-"</em></p> <p>Well, at least we can still answer this question given by the lecturer: “What makes this project worth the A mark?”. Autoscaling picture, usage of Java Server Faces, MVC styled developing, on the fly component building, and stuffs. Yeah… most of the other students didn’t use JSF framework. They just used plain JSP and developed the project using traditional JSP/PHP/ASP developing method. So at least, our project still has its own advantage.</p> <p>Using framework in web developing is not an easy task. Well, at least not easy for the beginner, but most developers will say that using framework is a must for team development. Framework enabled project will give you an MVC styled development, which mean you can clearly divide the development between Model (database stuffs), View (interface stuffs), and Controller (connector between DB and interface). <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0ixCq9CvfI/AAAAAAAADrk/YXVZugG4KtU/s1600-h/bbcc1d18a7742cf59dc67f942856f15c4163845d%5B2%5D.jpg" target="_blank"><img title="bbcc1d18a7742cf59dc67f942856f15c4163845d" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" height="282" alt="bbcc1d18a7742cf59dc67f942856f15c4163845d" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0ixD2jqNPI/AAAAAAAADro/C2naQgrOX2A/bbcc1d18a7742cf59dc67f942856f15c4163845d_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="500" /></a> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>I’m in deep shit… +_+</em></p> <p>Anyway, sorry for the technical stuffs. Just skip it if you don’t know. So yeah… Christmas and New Year is pretty much passed. I have to get my ass working again since there’s still 2 weeks left before this semester ends. Until then I’ll be busy again just like last November. I myself haven’t even watched any new season anime episodes, let alone new episodes… i haven’t continued watching Kampfer, which i left at episode 2. XP</p> <p>That’s all for now, pretty much short post for today. I can’t really sure at that time i can give you a real post. So that’s it… see you later!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-89308664377460213202010-01-05T23:12:00.002+07:002010-01-05T23:13:17.975+07:002 years of blogging<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0NksxEVCmI/AAAAAAAADqk/mC19hP5Ac6s/s1600-h/sample_48ee4bfb3602b4ff2227d24b6b360fe497520f8b%5B2%5D.jpg" target="_blank"><img title="sample_48ee4bfb3602b4ff2227d24b6b360fe497520f8b" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" height="278" alt="sample_48ee4bfb3602b4ff2227d24b6b360fe497520f8b" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0Nkty-8wxI/AAAAAAAADqo/PijyVsq-vAw/sample_48ee4bfb3602b4ff2227d24b6b360fe497520f8b_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="500" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Yay! We’re celebrating 2 years of my blogging! XD</em></p> <p>Today is January 5th, 2010: that’s mean i have been blogging for 2 years. Started this blog with its first post at exactly 2 years ago. It’s pretty great experience i had with this blog in this 2 years. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0Nku8xfL6I/AAAAAAAADqs/fNwbV3Tkt0A/s1600-h/0b826498be36b348d3d90a143e7348a54bd0c2af%5B2%5D.jpg" target="_blank"><img title="0b826498be36b348d3d90a143e7348a54bd0c2af" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" height="500" alt="0b826498be36b348d3d90a143e7348a54bd0c2af" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0Nkv2CRtbI/AAAAAAAADqw/JDtBDJiBITk/0b826498be36b348d3d90a143e7348a54bd0c2af_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="417" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>I found this pic from searching Gelbooru with tag: vacuum. XD</em></p> <p>Too bad, the 2nd year is filled with around 2 times vacuum period. Although i managed to post all my received haul and loots, i did some figure reviews too late. Just like Teana Lanster, i <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/02/valentine-package-and-gift.html" target="_blank">received her in February</a>, but <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/07/teana-lanster-alter.html" target="_blank">posted the review in July</a>. And not only Teana, the other figures have fallen victims of this lateness. In the end, the figures starting from Mikuru Gekisou haven’t even reviewed yet.</p> <p>The number of posts also dropped around 20%. In the first year, i posted 109 posts. But in the second year, i posted only 74 posts. Pretty drastic result. Also, in the 2nd year, i missed 1 month: November. I left that month with no post at all. Glad i could make it back in December. I even succeeded in filling this blog with at least one post per day (except 27th December 2009) from 22nd December 2009 till today. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0NkxWu6kZI/AAAAAAAADq0/WXeOInmBqrI/s1600-h/photos_old%5B9%5D.jpg" target="_blank"><img title="photos_old" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" height="373" alt="photos_old" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0NkycH_tJI/AAAAAAAADq4/0oZRBNmiCAU/photos_old_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="500" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>The old photos… At least i can make my own signature back there.</em></p> <p>I also want to highlight my improvement in figure ph oto posts. Back around the first post, i could only post some “low quality” figure photos. I was still looking for a post pattern back there, and i did need more photos for sure (just as what ron~ said back there), i did realized that after looking back at <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2008/02/kureha-17-max-factory.html" target="_blank">Kureha post</a>. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0Nk0CgurHI/AAAAAAAADq8/rCgLbwI_e4E/s1600-h/photos_new%5B3%5D.jpg" target="_blank"><img title="photos_new" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" height="500" alt="photos_new" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0Nk1DPuFxI/AAAAAAAADrA/JiCTDHLimtY/photos_new_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="375" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>The new photos… Looking good!</em></p> <p>I think i started to found my pattern in <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2008/07/teana-lanster-movic.html" target="_blank">Movic’s Teana Lanster post</a>, with 1-3 nice full / half body photos, and continued with details photos. Then, i improved it again later with more nice artistic full / half body photo around the upper part of the post, and more “weird / fun” photos in the lower part of the post, just like <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/02/airi-megahouse.html" target="_blank">Airi post</a> or <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/09/haruhi-gekisou-max-factory.html" target="_blank">Haruhi Gekisou</a> post. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0Nk2WPzufI/AAAAAAAADrE/QIchAZoZtRg/s1600-h/513bbd7b6e9b3ce2c502a5c3f30931dc6db24ef5%5B2%5D.jpg" target="_blank"><img title="513bbd7b6e9b3ce2c502a5c3f30931dc6db24ef5" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" height="375" alt="513bbd7b6e9b3ce2c502a5c3f30931dc6db24ef5" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0Nk3pRceZI/AAAAAAAADrI/EQXqV1Cmxak/513bbd7b6e9b3ce2c502a5c3f30931dc6db24ef5_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="500" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Learning? Studying?</div></em><p></p> <p>Yeah, people will grow and learn. By keep looking forward i grew and learned new things, but i know I’m still far behind. There’s a lot of bloggers / photographers who’re just so far beyond me. Some of them even released a figure photobook, that’s just way too cool! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0Nk4zOMV0I/AAAAAAAADrM/stWWRota8t0/s1600-h/sample_1b2ae803b378ee0d55e579d38e4342228858b9ed%5B2%5D.jpg" target="_blank"><img title="sample_1b2ae803b378ee0d55e579d38e4342228858b9ed" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" height="312" alt="sample_1b2ae803b378ee0d55e579d38e4342228858b9ed" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0Nk6GjRBiI/AAAAAAAADrQ/w6ig20U6nPg/sample_1b2ae803b378ee0d55e579d38e4342228858b9ed_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="500" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>I think I’ll take web development as my final project.</em></p> <p>Well anyway, I know I’ll be starting my final project around February, so I’m gonna be totally busy. Since I’m pretty ambitious with my project and that’s gonna be though for myself. But still, I do hope i can go better in this year compared to last year. And that’s it for now. See you!!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-39027022149465995092010-01-04T23:06:00.002+07:002010-01-04T23:08:51.038+07:00Present for my 21st birthday<p><img title="bdaypresent_1" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="bdaypresent_1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0IR-5Qn8iI/AAAAAAAADqU/LlQj_UC6D0w/bdaypresent_1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>A nicely wrapped present, done by my girl.</em></p> <p>It’s sure is nice receiving a present in your birthday. This year i got another present from my girl again. <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/01/nyx-as-birthday-present.html" target="_blank">Last year, my girl gave me a nice present</a>, my bro also gave me a present. This year, i got only from my girl, so this present is the one and only present i got. Anyway, that nice wrapping and the ribbon were done by my girl. She said she’s learning to made artistic gift wrapping. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0IR_lTFQNI/AAAAAAAADqY/2r4cyFQh-5k/s1600-h/bdaypresent_2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="bdaypresent_2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="bdaypresent_2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0ISAyhbigI/AAAAAAAADqc/pn9UQEPDWOU/bdaypresent_2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Hush Puppies Accessories!</em> </span></div></em><p></p> <p>Unlike last year, i didn’t receive otaku related item for this year. Well, i wasn’t feeling down or unlucky since i too have everyday non-otaku life. After all, the thoughts that count. I was pretty surprised after seeing “Hush Puppies” label on the box. Soon, i opened it right away. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><img title="bdaypresent_3" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="bdaypresent_3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0ISCAa9jsI/AAAAAAAADqg/VMXuqOMoq0Q/bdaypresent_3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></p> <p></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>What’s inside? A belt and a birthday wish card.</em></p> <p>Oh, a belt! This is what i need! My current belt is just, well, i was in need of replacement of my current belt, so this present is just what i need! Thank you darling!!! XD</p> <p>Well, another short post for today, since it’s already 4th of January and I am back on my working desk, continuing my projects. The deadlines are less than a week, so it will be a hel of a week. So, that’s it… see you!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-28132844588168993132010-01-03T21:54:00.002+07:002010-01-03T21:57:47.561+07:0021!!!<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0CviqjFciI/AAAAAAAADqM/EfRIKml2vA4/s1600-h/yuki_bday%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="yuki_bday" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="yuki_bday" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/S0CvkVgwT0I/AAAAAAAADqQ/XqqlBkZqewI/yuki_bday_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="328" border="0" /></a> <p></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Happy birthday to me!!! I’m 21!!!</em></p> <p>It’s the 3rd of January and I am celebrating my birthday today! OMG, I’ve reached 21 now!! Legally, I’m an adult now. Although 17 in Indonesia is already considered as an adult age, in some country 21 is the age where you are considered as an adult. Well yeah, in this age, i have to finish my study in ISTTS, graduate and find a job. Reaching a stage where i have to live on my own, finding money to survive, etc… I’m not sure that I’m prepared mentally for this age. But life goes on and nothing will wait, I have to keep moving forward for a better future!</p> <p>Short post today, but oh well… That’s it for now, see you!!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-67636342524954017282010-01-02T15:19:00.001+07:002010-01-02T23:22:18.373+07:00Nintendo Wii<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9x2kt1loI/AAAAAAAADpM/l7JUFlt2SYU/s1600-h/wii_console%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="wii_console" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="wii_console" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9x35ceucI/AAAAAAAADpQ/fTONr_rfw80/wii_console_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Nintendo Wii.</div></em><p></p> <p>Back in December, me and my brothers were having school holiday. And before that, we already planned on buying Wii for holiday entertainmet. And there we have it. We bought Wii back in December 20th, 2009. We bought it for IDR 2.3millions (around USD 240) and we also bought another wiimote plus nunchuck for IDR 450k (around USD 50). <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9x48tsTnI/AAAAAAAADpU/bifpOK6K-zw/s1600-h/wii_wiimote%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="wii_wiimote" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="wii_wiimote" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9x6HbBvkI/AAAAAAAADpY/1zg11ApzL0Q/wii_wiimote_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Wiimote and nunchuck.</div></em><p></p> <p>Overall, Wii is a small console with small capabilities. I heard that Wii has the weakest engine out of 3 current generation console. Wii machine and the games also have a bad graphics (I’m not comparing it to PS3 since it’s totally not fair XD), and its not HD. So why did we choose Wii? The main reason we bought it is Wii's main point: motion gaming. Out of 3 console, only Wii exploits motion gaming the most. We just want to try it out and get a feel for it. The other reason we bought Wii is to enjoy Nintendo exclusive games. Also, as NDS players, they want to get a feel of the Wii version of the games they played in NDS. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9x7WLIb-I/AAAAAAAADpc/ILj5C_lfhyk/s1600-h/wii_sensorbar%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="wii_sensorbar" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="wii_sensorbar" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9x9GV_cAI/AAAAAAAADpg/YStpjlYKkIk/wii_sensorbar_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Wii sensor bar.</em> </span></div></em> <br />Console discussion won't be complete if we're not talking about the games. Wii games so far is pretty much filled with party games or mini games in console size. The games are pretty much want to exploit the motion gaming for sure. I myself isn't very interested with the games, since I only play along with my bros. My soul is still in heavy gaming of PS3. XD <br /> <br /> <br /><p></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9x-JpoLMI/AAAAAAAADpk/z6geiF22kkU/s1600-h/wii_games%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="wii_games" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="wii_games" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9x_h3bZTI/AAAAAAAADpo/oq5eiAzU3CY/wii_games_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Wii pirated games.</em> </span></div></em> <br />Anyway, after buying we already have almost 20 games. Is that too much? No.... Since we live in Indonesia, we have to bought nothing but pirated copy of the games. You'll find Wii and X360 original games nowhere in Indonesia. But hey, the copies only cost a dollar (USD) each, and the first time we bought Wii, the store gave us 10 games as bonus. Here’s a list of the games we have:<p></p> <ul> <li>Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World</li> <li>Wii Sports</li> <li>Soul Calibur Legends</li> <li>Pokemon Battle RevolutionPhantom Brave We Meet Again</li> <li>Marble Saga Kororinda</li> <li>Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures 2010</li> <li>Trauma Center Second OpinionValhall Knights Eldar Saga</li> <li>Super Paper Mario</li> <li>Mario Party 8</li> <li>Cooking Mama World Kitchen</li> <li>Rayman Raving Rabbids</li> <li>WWF Smackdown vs. RAW 2010</li> <li>Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn</li> <li>The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess</li> </ul> <p>So far, i got only 3 games played: Wii Sports, Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World, and Soul Calibur Legends. While my bros are looking forward for Monster Hunter 3. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9yAi-cJFI/AAAAAAAADps/Yu48wpgLGBU/s1600-h/gfs_75568_2_1%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="gfs_75568_2_1" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="278" alt="gfs_75568_2_1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9yB4yE0uI/AAAAAAAADpw/nNVPw3TK3SQ/gfs_75568_2_1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Tennis in Wii Sports.</em> </span></div></em> <br />Wii Sports is surely just for fun games. This game main purpose is to greatly exploit Wii motion gaming. I myself enjoyed playing Tennis and Baseball in Wii Sports with my brother. This game is also good for burning my fat. XD <br /> <br /> <br /><p></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9yC_qnDFI/AAAAAAAADp0/rXvOuqCGm-E/s1600-h/942210_20090701_screen005%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="942210_20090701_screen005" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="285" alt="942210_20090701_screen005" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9yEEgTYdI/AAAAAAAADp4/AnsBYgbXZMI/942210_20090701_screen005_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">I’m not too far away from this point.</div></em><p></p> <p>Tales of Symphonia is my first heavy game in Wii. I chose this because i like Tales series, but too bad this game is just as good as i expected, since it only have 2 main characters and the rest of your party are your monsters. This game is an RPG with catching / breeding monster system included in it. You have to catch good monster if you want to survive. I hate the kind of game that exploit monster catching / breeding, that’s a minus point of this game for me. Fortunately, i can still play this game together with my brother (Tales series games: able to play with more than 1 player in the battle). Seeing this game made me want to say: “give me back my old Tales!!”, since i enjoyed playing Tales of Eternia more than playing this Tales. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9yFJJ3BII/AAAAAAAADp8/-NNqVNBXvk0/s1600-h/939465_20071213_screen003%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="939465_20071213_screen003" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="285" alt="939465_20071213_screen003" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9yGIOgvFI/AAAAAAAADqA/OHlAVA3DsRY/939465_20071213_screen003_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Sophitia, one of the hottie in Soul Calibur.</div></em><p></p> <p>The last game is Soul Calibur Legends. I only played this game only for few minutes. Only played the tutorial part using Siegfried, beaten Cervantes, and it’s over… Didn’t have too much time to continue it. I like this game because this game used motion gaming system. You have to move your character using your nunchuck and swing your sword by moving your Wiimote. Interesting! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9yHHUW_OI/AAAAAAAADqE/Vw6rx6bspM0/s1600-h/50f6eab0bbd48fa09d60310f0a8322e34390883e%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="50f6eab0bbd48fa09d60310f0a8322e34390883e" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="50f6eab0bbd48fa09d60310f0a8322e34390883e" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz9yIYmnmNI/AAAAAAAADqI/ZvzCKhT6LLo/50f6eab0bbd48fa09d60310f0a8322e34390883e_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><i>Even Yuki and Achakura enjoy playing Wii, why can't i?</i></p><p>I can’t really give a high point for Wii, but i also can’t give a low point for Wii. PS3 has its own games and strong points: HD, great machine specification, and great exclusive games, while Wii too has its own strong points: motion gaming, fun party and mini games. So yeah, I think I’ll be enjoying Wii as much as i enjoy my PS3.</p> <p>Well, that’s it for now… See you at the next post!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-80703236897688762722010-01-01T08:13:00.004+07:002010-01-01T09:02:42.151+07:00Happy new year!!! ~ 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz1Xfmyu4nI/AAAAAAAADoo/FUPcHL_qgkQ/s1600-h/sample_70410ea431488308f3391f74ce83c444ed332344.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sz1Xfmyu4nI/AAAAAAAADoo/FUPcHL_qgkQ/s400/sample_70410ea431488308f3391f74ce83c444ed332344.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421585726924841586" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Happy new year 2010!!!</i></div><div><br /></div>Last year: 2009 has passed and we reached a new year: 2010, so before I start my rants, let me say it first:<br /><blockquote>Happy new year!!!</blockquote>For me, new year is just a change in digit of our year. For some people, new year is a big event. Well, regardless of that, new year event is a place for us to reflect on how we're doing last year, and plan on what we are going to do in the new year.<br /><br />As for my new year resolution, here:<br /><ul><li>finishing last semester</li><li>final project</li><li>graduate</li><li>find a job after graduation (probably in Singapore)</li></ul>Short post today, even for a first post in 2010. How about you? Have you reflect on your 2009 and plan for a better 2010? Whatever you're doing, I hope you enjoy this new year 2010. See you!!sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-74420252082494778542009-12-31T23:13:00.002+07:002009-12-31T23:14:21.686+07:00Figures in 2009<p>Less than 2 hours, and we’ll pass 2009, reaching 2010. And I’m here bringing you the last recap and the last post in 2009: Figure recap. I’ll give you a list of 9 interesting things about figures in 2009, according to me… Here goes: <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNel5bdSI/AAAAAAAADnY/6PVNLrxT5Fg/s1600-h/figurerecap_teana%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="figurerecap_teana" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="figurerecap_teana" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNfaYEuhI/AAAAAAAADnc/7aP6TFKSVms/figurerecap_teana_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Teana Lanster in February 2009.</div></em><p></p> <p>Teana Lanster, my all time favorite character, came alive thanks to Alter. After watching Nanoha StrikerS, Teana became my all time favorite and since then, i was hoping for great figure for Teana. First figure was a bad figure from Movic. Fortunately Alter, a great manufacturer, came with a release of Teana Lanster. Nice! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNf4ZzodI/AAAAAAAADng/0IVZ-isO9cc/s1600-h/figurerecap_doublelouise%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="figurerecap_doublelouise" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="figurerecap_doublelouise" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNg6p5EII/AAAAAAAADnk/uXAa5BJZqmI/figurerecap_doublelouise_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em><div style="text-align: center;">Double the Louise, double the fun (February and April 2009).</div></em><p>A double Louise treat from Alter in February and April of 2009. I think Alter did want to show us more love for Louise. I’m not a huge fans of Louise, but in the end, i got them both XD. Once again: thanks Alter! <br /> <br /> <br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNheAsdcI/AAAAAAAADno/em1FS8p3hW8/s1600-h/figurerecap_seena%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="figurerecap_seena" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="figurerecap_seena" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNiBpshKI/AAAAAAAADns/zbLgnMvYAsw/figurerecap_seena_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em> Seena Kanon from Max Factory (around May 2009).</em></p> <p>Around May, Max Factory amazed me with their new Shining Wind figure: Seena Kanon. It’s pretty rare seeing MaxFact releasing a static PVC figure since figma appeared. So Seena Kanon is a nice release and move from MaxFact. Nice!! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p></p> <p></p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNjOo5KkI/AAAAAAAADnw/dr4CDSaWfUA/s1600-h/figurerecap_haruhigekisou%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="figurerecap_haruhigekisou" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="figurerecap_haruhigekisou" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNj2TkbNI/AAAAAAAADn0/C_2YreLp9pc/figurerecap_haruhigekisou_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em><div style="text-align: center;">Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisou series (May – September 2009 i think).</div></em><p>Continuing their great move, Max Factory came with another set of great figures: Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisou series. Three great characters: Suzumiya Haruhi, Asahina Mikuru, and Nagato Yuki in their concert outfit figurized!!! That’s damn GREAT!!! I knew many people wouldn’t want to miss this. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNk0o68GI/AAAAAAAADn4/4Ws7PfE9tjM/s1600-h/animecollector101245057228%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="SONY DSC" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="SONY DSC" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNmCXXhMI/AAAAAAAADn8/evZ-GdAnSSM/animecollector101245057228_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="426" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Fate and Nanoha sexy 1/4 scaled bikini figures. (Quarter 3 2009 me thinks)</div></em><p></p> <p>They’re not in my collection, but these 2 hotties are worth mentioning. Yes… They’re Nanoha and Fate in sexy bikini, large scale (1/4), and expensive price. I don’t know if I’m starting to regret not getting them, since I was out of budget. Congratulations for everyone who owns them both! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNm6TP17I/AAAAAAAADoA/DNZ4Jp-i6co/s1600-h/yakumo1256542820%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="yakumo1256542820" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="369" alt="yakumo1256542820" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNnwbaOBI/AAAAAAAADoE/Kz69PKZkHZA/yakumo1256542820_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Nendoroid K-On characters. (around Quarter 3 2009)</em> </span></div></em><p>All of the main characters from 2009 popular anime figurized! And it’s in nendoroid version! That’s cool!!! All of them were announced in 2009, I pre-ordered all of them! Akiyama Mio should have been released in November, but since i combined the order with Mio from Alter, i didn’t get it at the moment. I have to wait till Mio from Alter is released. Anyone plan on getting them all? XD <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNohj26BI/AAAAAAAADoI/0z9p_1Rrg38/s1600-h/De-JaY1257110681%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="De-JaY1257110681" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="336" alt="De-JaY1257110681" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNpvv6nuI/AAAAAAAADoQ/miOwgdwtFUY/De-JaY1257110681_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Too many delays… (around October to December 2009).</i></div><p></p> <p>So many delayed items in this year. Those items were scheduled to release around October to December 2009, but all of them except Fate Shin Sonic were delayed to next year. Great figures like Nanoha Exceed, Mio from Alter, White Album duet, BRS, etc were delayed. Fate Shin Sonic itself already suffered several delay. Glad she could make it in November alive XD. I guess anyone would suffers from this delay? <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNqYygSmI/AAAAAAAADoU/pHT0p8abBHY/s1600-h/figurerecap_fateshinsonic%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="figurerecap_fateshinsonic" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="figurerecap_fateshinsonic" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNrP8YtPI/AAAAAAAADoY/X2oiSteJw-E/figurerecap_fateshinsonic_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">The best figure 2009: Fate Shin Sonic from Alter. (December 2009)</div></em><p></p> <p>The best figure in this year (i wouldn’t say most expensive, since those 1/4 bikini hotties were also expensive), according to me is: Fate Shin Sonic version. She made it in time, just before 2009 ended. Just like the last year, Alter managed to get the most attention in this year too. Last year, Alter won with Yagami Hayate, and this year, Alter also won with similar item: Fate Shin Sonic. Does anyone also think that Fate Shin Sonic is the best? If not, what’s your best? <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNr8OS-iI/AAAAAAAADoc/DJT-JzVmdPk/s1600-h/stgcfloot_14_allnendo%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcfloot_14_allnendo" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="stgcfloot_14_allnendo" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzzNs2P6WnI/AAAAAAAADog/LQ4Ltm4YmYc/stgcfloot_14_allnendo_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">My nendoroid collection reached 10. (December 2009)</div></em><p></p> <p>And the last but not least, this year my nendoroid collection reached 10 nendoroids!!!! Yay me!!!! XD. The 9th and 10th nendoroids came together as STGCF ‘09 loots: Riannon and Sakura. I don’t know if this number is high or low, but i should mention this milestone as i reached this in 2009. XD</p> <p>Well, that’s 2009 figure year for me. How 'bout you? I’d say this year is a good year for figure, but 2010 will be better, since all the expected items in 2009 were delayed to release at 2010.</p> <p>That’s it for my post, last post of 2009. Next post will be in 2010, which will come in less than an hour XD . So… wherever you are: see you at the next post in NEXT YEAR!!!!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-32787543380962839612009-12-31T09:56:00.002+07:002009-12-31T09:57:11.387+07:00Anime in 2009<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSfHzOCJI/AAAAAAAADl4/jImCjF2eVjg/s1600-h/304558b9cdf9f09a0dde7c16753d68d3a90c2bfb%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="304558b9cdf9f09a0dde7c16753d68d3a90c2bfb" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="304558b9cdf9f09a0dde7c16753d68d3a90c2bfb" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSgJGkuyI/AAAAAAAADl8/2-kwf8snAFc/304558b9cdf9f09a0dde7c16753d68d3a90c2bfb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="358" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">3 out of 4 character from anime i watched in July 2009.</div></em><p></p> <p>Even less than 24 hours, as i write this article, this year 2009 will reach its end and we’ll welcome a new year 2010. And here i am bringing you another recap post, it’s about anime in 2009.</p> <p>Anime in 2009 could be good and could be bad. I myself have so much experience about anime this year compared to last year, since i devoted myself to anime more than games, figures, or even <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/12/im-somewhat-back.html" target="_blank">blog post in October</a> (yeah, one of the reason my blog is in vacuum state is anime). I even <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/07/back-at-hq-and-ready-for-action.html" target="_blank">ate 12 series in 40 days</a>, while I was at my girl’s hometown. Except, most of the anime i watched were backlogged anime. In the past fall season, i tried to get myself watching anime “ongoing style” (download then watch). But The backlog anime and school projects didn’t let me do that. Instead, i got almost all of the season also went to my backlog list. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSg6OtyrI/AAAAAAAADmA/i9TG1q-p5Dg/s1600-h/8d1a59aceeabe97105c4ba39490e1379%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="8d1a59aceeabe97105c4ba39490e1379" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="285" alt="8d1a59aceeabe97105c4ba39490e1379" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwShja03FI/AAAAAAAADmE/ilHJZEIBCSk/8d1a59aceeabe97105c4ba39490e1379_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">K-On and Saki are in my list.</div></em><p></p> <p>Anyway, in this 2009 recap, I’ll put 9 worth to mention anime title because its goodness or its badness accoding to me:</p> <ul> <li>K-On!</li> <li>Saki</li> <li>Shangri-La</li> <li>Bakemonogatari</li> <li>Toaru Kagaku no Railgun</li> <li>Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu 2</li> <li>CANAAN</li> <li>Kampfer</li> <li>Seiken no Blacksmith</li> </ul> <p>Let’s get in depth of each anime. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSiegnn_I/AAAAAAAADmI/U6horX4IxTo/s1600-h/2009Apr28135208_18103%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="2009Apr28135208_18103" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="245" alt="2009Apr28135208_18103" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSjO7FDKI/AAAAAAAADmM/IE8n7mpjRnk/2009Apr28135208_18103_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Moe moeeee…. Kyun!!!</div></em><p></p> <p>K-On! is a controversial anime, just like Haruhi and Lucky Star. K-On is so popular that it could bring so many lovers and haters of this anime. I myself still enjoy watching this anime, because it got its own humor, music, and girls. Akiyama Mio is my favorite, and she’s still in the top row of my favorite character. I don’t know what you haters would think, but the fact that I’m enjoying K-On doesn’t change. How about you? Is this anime in your 2009 worth to mention list? <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSkHu9DnI/AAAAAAAADmQ/9ZgIklDfO2U/s1600-h/sample_4b8b45a1b0e439acd95dac2152d42848262faa32%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="sample_4b8b45a1b0e439acd95dac2152d42848262faa32" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="285" alt="sample_4b8b45a1b0e439acd95dac2152d42848262faa32" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSk3lJX0I/AAAAAAAADmU/zQOXkCR_q3g/sample_4b8b45a1b0e439acd95dac2152d42848262faa32_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Moe mahjong!</em> </span></div></em><p></p> <p>Saki has more lovers than haters i think. This anime brought moe to serious mahjong table. Worth to mention in 2009? Yes… This anime made my day, and this anime even made me learn to play mahjong XD . My favorite from here: Takei Hisa. Saki could be one of the best anime in 2009, but i don’t think it would be the best of the best. The most controversial things in Saki is: IT NEEDS ITS F***IN 2ND SEASON!!!! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSl1HS0uI/AAAAAAAADmY/fyiWLrl938Q/s1600-h/sample_7d353d2704ed6c5866e34528f8b987f783b0da66%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="sample_7d353d2704ed6c5866e34528f8b987f783b0da66" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="sample_7d353d2704ed6c5866e34528f8b987f783b0da66" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSmjJkbbI/AAAAAAAADmc/h2tyUyuM4jc/sample_7d353d2704ed6c5866e34528f8b987f783b0da66_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="358" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">No more moe…</div></em><p></p> <p>Shangri-La is IMO one of 2009 anime that needs to get more attention. The first episode gave you a girl who can destroy a tank with her boomerang. And then this anime gave you 2 transsexual, 1 little tomboy girl, and some other weird looking people. Yeah, this anime isn’t about character design or cute moe girls, it’s about deep story. Some of you maybe bothered with those 2 transsexual, but putting that aside, Shangri-La got a good story, believe me. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSnv0RQ0I/AAAAAAAADmg/PjRxH5PNo9U/s1600-h/9cd3ad98103a8059c276a59dfecd1bb94dd1bf79%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="プリント" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="375" alt="プリント" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSoSYKNnI/AAAAAAAADmk/jvbSlfFyRkg/9cd3ad98103a8059c276a59dfecd1bb94dd1bf79_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">I love those two. XD</div></em><p></p> <p>This anime wasn’t even on my list when the season started. But after seeing some art and asking my friends’ opinion, i put Bakemonogatari on my list, and watch it right away, since at that time, Bakemonogatari already reached episode 13. Well, you could say that I’m suddenly in love with Senjougahara Hitagi, especially after her “I love you” confession in Mayoi Snail ark. The anime itself brought a unique style of art and story. I guess this is also one of the best anime in 2009. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSpHN22hI/AAAAAAAADmo/i-ZnQTZwzc0/s1600-h/Konachan.com%20-%2060983%20sample%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="Konachan.com - 60983 sample" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="316" alt="Konachan.com - 60983 sample" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSp9D6f9I/AAAAAAAADms/6R_Hyr5eK2g/Konachan.com%20-%2060983%20sample_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Only my railgun!</div></em><p></p> <p>Before continuing, i should let you know that i just watched 3 episodes of this anime. But i knew it right away, this anime would be a great anime. Before Railgun, there was Index anime, but it seems that Index has lower screen time than Misaka. I myself already put Misaka as my favorite character from Toaru Majutsu no Index, and i think most of you did that before. So the airing of Railgun could be a great moment for you Misaka lovers. You could get action packed railgun action, yuri action, and some cute girls around. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSqrs8_DI/AAAAAAAADmw/OWWJ-6hqADk/s1600-h/sample_88faf4d8cceb4d59d32d73adb31d0725f0d0de46%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="sample_88faf4d8cceb4d59d32d73adb31d0725f0d0de46" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="sample_88faf4d8cceb4d59d32d73adb31d0725f0d0de46" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSrVlxPWI/AAAAAAAADm0/psGipIenCn8/sample_88faf4d8cceb4d59d32d73adb31d0725f0d0de46_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="361" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. I’ll be waiting for this.</div></em><p></p> <p>The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya second season is i think the most controversial anime in 2009. While everyone expect too much on this, KyoAni gave them shit. I don’t know what was KyoAni thinking. They made this second season worth only 7 GODDAMN UNIQUE EPISODES!!! First they made a fake schedule, then they made EIGHT SIMILAR ENDLESS EIGHT EPISODES, and then they made only 1 arc worth of 5 episodes: The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya. Is this anime worth watching? I don’t know… But KyoAni, also made us expect more Haruhi in MOVIE format: The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. Will this movie bring us more tragedy? We’ll see in 2010. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSscRTh3I/AAAAAAAADm4/mbtnUQYSBD0/s1600-h/sample_9365a8ca2800035e708dc0f31fe723db392eea24%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="sample_9365a8ca2800035e708dc0f31fe723db392eea24" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="316" alt="sample_9365a8ca2800035e708dc0f31fe723db392eea24" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwStKGKrkI/AAAAAAAADm8/srK2rj34HS8/sample_9365a8ca2800035e708dc0f31fe723db392eea24_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Canaan and Alphard.</div></em><p></p> <p>TYPE-MOON lover? Not really, I’m not a TYPE-MOON lover, but so far i enjoyed watching anime from TYPE-MOON visual novel: Tsukihime and Fate Stay Night. But CANAAN isn’t a good one. CANAAN did bring a good shoot out action in the first episodes. But next episodes? No… it worse. CANAAN filled with some weird characters and deep heavy story. Not sure if i didn’t enjoy this because i don’t understand, but the fact doesn’t change: i don’t enjoy this anime, so this anime is a list of disappointment in 2009. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSuNpfRpI/AAAAAAAADnA/rjbmj0Hwhmo/s1600-h/sample_57ef992804466e845f145872c70c24ded971461e%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="sample_57ef992804466e845f145872c70c24ded971461e" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="322" alt="sample_57ef992804466e845f145872c70c24ded971461e" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSuyFI-8I/AAAAAAAADnE/ujGk2NMZMKo/sample_57ef992804466e845f145872c70c24ded971461e_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Yuri, action, and ecchi.</div></em><p></p> <p>To tell you the truth, i only watch this anime only for 2 episodes. I tried to guess what’s inside. Don’t know if it’s worth mentioning in 2009, but Kampfer brought me my favorite genre: Yuri. Kampfer content is easy to guess: yuri, harem, ecchi, action, and some moe stuffs. Standard stuffs for otaku. Is it great? You decide… <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSvqXRRSI/AAAAAAAADnI/TCMTpcFf-V8/s1600-h/sample_72bfa3154af6470568f8aa77ea975cd5d77b2e16%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="sample_72bfa3154af6470568f8aa77ea975cd5d77b2e16" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="sample_72bfa3154af6470568f8aa77ea975cd5d77b2e16" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSwVqAbpI/AAAAAAAADnM/UCQJc4Bz9L8/sample_72bfa3154af6470568f8aa77ea975cd5d77b2e16_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="347" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">It’s anime about sword and blacksmith.</div></em><p></p> <p>Once again, i only watch this anime only for 3 episodes. I can’t say that this anime is a good anime. But to tell you the truth: it’s fun seeing Cecily Campbell being bullied by Luke XD . I still don’t know what or how the story’s going but surely, Seiken no Blacksmith could be one of the let down in 2009. Still want to watch it? Me: I’m going for it. How about you? <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSxBgcn2I/AAAAAAAADnQ/8fh0fT9uRDc/s1600-h/sample_3dd02a3cfc78e075d686260ca05bde174576320b%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="sample_3dd02a3cfc78e075d686260ca05bde174576320b" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="286" alt="sample_3dd02a3cfc78e075d686260ca05bde174576320b" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzwSx6cie9I/AAAAAAAADnU/UUsx2Dg6Je0/sample_3dd02a3cfc78e075d686260ca05bde174576320b_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Also waiting for episode 14 and 15 of Bakemonogatari: continuation of Tsubasa Cat.</div></em><p></p> <p>Well, that’s it for the anime recap! Expect for the last post of this year: figure recap, coming up tonight! So… see you later!!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-370600545067201592009-12-30T10:26:00.002+07:002009-12-30T10:28:03.110+07:00Games in 2009<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzrIOb1cRXI/AAAAAAAADk8/B1KGxcl8ReI/s1600-h/games_endyear_2009%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="games_endyear_2009" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="games_endyear_2009" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzrIPlTfHQI/AAAAAAAADlA/InvX1YWoois/games_endyear_2009_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="371" border="0" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p>Less than 48 hours, this year will reach its end and we’ll welcome the new year 2010. So it’s time for me to do some recaps. I’ll go with my games in 2009 first, mainly for PS3 games. Let’s see… I have been <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2008/07/sony-playstation-3.html" target="_blank">playing PS3 for 1</a> and <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/08/one-year-and-2-months-of-gaming-with.html" target="_blank">a half years</a>. And after doing some counting, the number of games i have so far is 23 games (excluding some I’ve sold). <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><img title="930083_20080508_screen003" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="285" alt="930083_20080508_screen003" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzrIQvoiGDI/AAAAAAAADlE/_Img5_h_uiU/930083_20080508_screen003_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Some cuties in Hot Shot Golf.</em></p> <p>So in this 2009, you surely though that i bought more games than last year, since last year i only had my PS3 for half year only. But surprisingly enough, i bought less game in this year, compared to 2008. Maybe because i got my hands full on figure and anime more than games. Anyway, here’s the list of games me and my bros bought in 2009, chronologically:</p> <ul> <li>Golden Axe (my 2nd bro): bought around the first half of 2009.</li> <li>Valkyria Chronicles (me): first half of 2009.</li> <li>Eternal Sonata (me): first half of 2009.</li> <li>Burnout Paradise expansion: downloaded around first half of 2009.</li> <li>Hot Shot Golf (my 1st bro): bought in July 2009, in his trip to Singapore.</li> <li>inFamous (my 1st bro): bought in July 2009, in his trip to Singapore.</li> <li>Oblivion (my 2nd bro): bought in July 2009.</li> <li>BlazBlue (me): bought in August 2009.</li> <li>Cross Edge (me): bought in August to September 2009 (soon after its English release).</li> <li>Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time (my 2nd bro): bought in October to November 2009 (also soon after release).</li> </ul> <p>Nice? I don’t think so… Some nice titles were released in 4th quarter of 2009. And because of my financial condition and school projects, i held myself back from buying those games. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzrIRTGxTgI/AAAAAAAADlI/G-KqJ9uW4nE/s1600-h/943325_20081007_screen004%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="943325_20081007_screen004" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="285" alt="943325_20081007_screen004" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzrISblR8BI/AAAAAAAADlM/NiwZZKY_fnk/943325_20081007_screen004_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Polka! The worst character in game battle wise, but she’s one of my main party character.</div></em><p></p> <p>Next is about what games I’ve finished in 2009. As i remembered, there were not much games I’ve finished in 2009, since this year is filled with school projects and anime for me. So here’s my list:</p> <ul> <li>Golden Axe: finished a few weeks after bought.</li> <li>inFamous: finished a few weeks after bought.</li> <li>Valkyria Chronicles: took more than half year to finish it.</li> <li>Eternal Sonata: went super fast with my bro after i left it untouched for some months.</li> <li>RACF A Crack in Time: finished quickly, a pretty short game for a Ratchet and Clank game.</li> </ul> <p> <br /> <br /> <br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzrITd2rkhI/AAAAAAAADlQ/B4K5GvIOfXw/s1600-h/946194_20090508_screen035%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="946194_20090508_screen035" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="285" alt="946194_20090508_screen035" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzrIUpygTyI/AAAAAAAADlU/FF2cAylAsY0/946194_20090508_screen035_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">First battle of Cross Edge, with Morrigan, Yuuto, and Mikoto.</div></em><p></p> <p>Short list huh? Yes… And this list leave another list: “Still playing it list”, here goes:</p> <ul> <li>Eternal Sonata: Encore mode, 2nd playthrough, re-run, whatever you name it.</li> <li>Cross Edge: i reached the end of 1st world and met Etna and Prinny. Still too far from end, but i left it for a month.</li> </ul> <p>I also left a game ALMOST UNTOUCHED: Need for Speed Undercover. Don’t know why, but i didn’t feel like playing it. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzrIVoXO3JI/AAAAAAAADlY/MpW6ztTOXqc/s1600-h/958890_20090911_screen016%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="958890_20090911_screen016" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="286" alt="958890_20090911_screen016" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzrIWiu7VDI/AAAAAAAADlc/t5F7lS6HG4o/958890_20090911_screen016_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">I’d love to see these hot babes in action! Ayaneeeee!!!</div></em><p></p> <p>Next, a plan to buy list, with the first list “available games that i want to buy”:</p> <ul> <li>Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2: i need to wait my wallet to recover from some damages. Will buy it in January 2010 for sure.</li> <li>Agarest Generation of War: the store owner offered me this and got interested. Will buy it in January 2010 together with NGZ2.</li> <li>God of War Collection (my bro): he’s into GoW games, so he want to buy GoW collection, since it’s kinda cheap. Will buy it in January 2010 with my 2 games.</li> </ul> <p>And the 2nd list for my plan to buy list “not yet released wish list”:</p> <ul> <li>Final Fantasy XIII: I’m no longer a FF fans, but i think my bro will play it.</li> <li>Gran Turismo 5: my bro will get it for sure, he’s a die hard GT fans.</li> <li>God of War 3: my bro will get this too.</li> <li>Tales of Vesperia: if there’s an English version I’ll surely bought it.</li> <li>Ar Tonelico 3: if there’s an English version.</li> <li>Trinity Universe: if there’s an English version.</li> <li>White Knight Chronicles: the English version for my 2nd bro.</li> </ul> <p>Hope 2010 will be a better year for PS3 games. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzrIXgU5C3I/AAAAAAAADlg/HhlOWyKfwhA/s1600-h/932650_20061109_screen004%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="932650_20061109_screen004" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="285" alt="932650_20061109_screen004" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzrIYuA2PeI/AAAAAAAADlk/MBUX21aRtak/932650_20061109_screen004_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Aahh… Ridge Racer 7, so classic…</div></em><p></p> <p>Oh, forgot to mention that I’ve sold 3 games:</p> <ul> <li>Ridge Racer 7</li> <li>Enchanted Arms</li> <li>RACF Quest for Booty</li> </ul> <p>Sold each for IDR 150k (around USD 18). RR7 itself is already The Best version, so that price is around its half of the first price. Enchanted Arms was also bought in cheap price since it was a second hand game at IDR 250K (around USD 28). RACF Quest for Booty again was also bought in cheap price, it’s a small adventure and it’s cheap at IDR 350k (around USD 30). <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzrIZfWuLEI/AAAAAAAADlo/R-pVqlNxPBE/s1600-h/942165_20080716_screen001%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="942165_20080716_screen001" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="285" alt="942165_20080716_screen001" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzrIaXD5iXI/AAAAAAAADls/OI4tkG4g_gI/942165_20080716_screen001_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Go Squad 7! <strike>Raep</strike> Defeat Selvaria at all cost!</div></em><p></p> <p>So we reached a conclusion here, the best, the worst, and stuffs like that:</p> <ul> <li>Best games 2009 my version: Valkyria Chronicles.</li> <li>Best games 2009 my 1st bro version: Oblivion GOTY.</li> <li>Best games 2009 my 2nd bro version: BlazBlue.</li> <li>Worst games 2009 my version: Golden Axe (eventhough i never played it, decided only by watching).</li> <li>Worst games 2009 my 1st bro version: Golden Axe (he too didn’t play it, decided only by watching).</li> <li>Worst games 2009 my 2nd bro version: Golden Axe.</li> <li>Notable achievement 2009: my bro got Big Boss emblem in MGS4 (although MGS4 was released in 2008, he got the emblem in 2009).</li> </ul> <p> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzrIbRGOnrI/AAAAAAAADlw/JdQuvEQ_RHc/s1600-h/958721_20090901_screen001%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="958721_20090901_screen001" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="285" alt="958721_20090901_screen001" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzrIcv6lUrI/AAAAAAAADl0/3M-fo9A3XEU/958721_20090901_screen001_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Noel and her Astral Heat!!! Taokaka is over. XD</div></em><p></p> <p>That’s it for the games recap! Expect more post about recap for anime and figures. See you!!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-14625814825487659392009-12-29T23:08:00.002+07:002009-12-29T23:10:11.533+07:00Christmas presents for me and from me<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzopS0ZSCqI/AAAAAAAADkE/z7rjUx1HHa8/s1600-h/xmaspresent_1_all%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="xmaspresent_1_all" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="xmaspresent_1_all" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzopUTK3fHI/AAAAAAAADkI/77XwOVrdoks/xmaspresent_1_all_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Early Christmas presents.</em></p> <p>Christmas has passed, but i haven’t posted anything about Christmas present. Well, you could say that these presents are early Christmas presents. Yes… the presents are: iPod Touch 3rd generation 64gb and a 3.5” Western Digital HDD drive with 1.0TB of capacity. I myself bought these items around 2 weeks before Christmas, so they’re early Christmas presents. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzopV_ed1eI/AAAAAAAADkM/mQLV-TwZayo/s1600-h/xmaspresent_2_hdd%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="xmaspresent_2_hdd" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="xmaspresent_2_hdd" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzopXfvO6DI/AAAAAAAADkQ/iOwylcx-xwM/xmaspresent_2_hdd_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Western Digital 1.0TB 3.5” Harddisk drive.</em> </span></div></em><p></p> <p>I barely have any disk spaces left in my current Harddisk. My disks are filled with giant development software and servers, like Microsoft Visual Studio, SQL Server, MySQL, Apache Server, Oracle, Java NetBeans IDE, GlassFish and Sun Application Server. Not only that, but i have a 500GB HDD full of anime. I do plan to use this 1.0TB HDD mainly for anime. Nice huh? I can’t say that I’m a full fledged anime fans and collector, because my friend Noel has THREE of this thing filled with anime and manga stuffs! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzopZvfSeqI/AAAAAAAADkU/ph_-hnt0fAM/s1600-h/xmaspresent_3_ipod%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="xmaspresent_3_ipod" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="xmaspresent_3_ipod" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Szopa5X6PnI/AAAAAAAADkY/EL8jUzvnwps/xmaspresent_3_ipod_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>iPod Touch 3rd Generation 64GB.</em> </p> <p>Next, and the best item is: iPod Touch 3rd Generation with 64GB capacity. iPod Touch itself has already released more than 1 month ago, but the 64GB version just reached Indonesia at the first week of December. I already planned on buying this at November, but i never planned on buying the 64GB one. Initially, i planned on buying the 32GB version, but after giving a second thought on the price, i decided on 64GB. FYI, i bought this with IDR 3.9 millions (around USD 410). <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzopcGxT_WI/AAAAAAAADkc/IVqm7DxK9vU/s1600-h/xmaspresent_4_ipod-inside%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="xmaspresent_4_ipod-inside" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="xmaspresent_4_ipod-inside" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Szopda1cJpI/AAAAAAAADkg/Bm5dqe3aAWo/xmaspresent_4_ipod-inside_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Inside the iPod Touch: manua, USB cable, earphone.</em></p> <p>iPod Touch did help me a lot in optimizing my idle time. I got a lot of “20 minutes wasted time” in my life, especially because of my part time job in campus as an lab assistant. So i just put all my anime in iPod Touch, and watch the episodes while i got 20 minutes unused spare time. Waiting is a pain in the ass, but iPod Touch made the wait better. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Szope-7KH8I/AAAAAAAADkk/N06E4qKkz0M/s1600-h/xmaspresent_5_ipod-view%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="xmaspresent_5_ipod-view" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="xmaspresent_5_ipod-view" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzopgCSZrSI/AAAAAAAADko/D9QmIvkTyv0/xmaspresent_5_ipod-view_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><i></i></p><i><div style="text-align: center;">iPod Touch is supper thin.</div></i><p></p> <p>iPod Touch got a nice design, and it’s waaaaayy thinner than iPhone. I myself never really know iPhone actual size, but after i bought this and made a comparison with my friend’s iPhone, i realize that iPod Touch is super thin.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Szophd5j75I/AAAAAAAADks/unaLflQkQZE/s1600-h/xmaspresent_6_ipod-reflection%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="xmaspresent_6_ipod-reflection" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="xmaspresent_6_ipod-reflection" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Szopi3xGEdI/AAAAAAAADkw/xL7kOMJdlZ4/xmaspresent_6_ipod-reflection_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Back side of the iPod Touch: cool!</em></p> <p>The back side of the iPod is reflective. I can even shot my Teana Lanster by focusing my camera to Teana’s reflection on iPod’s back. Too bad, my oily hands easily made oil marks on the back. That’s why a week later after buying, i also bought an external case, to protect the back side, from oil marks and scratch. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Szopken0h1I/AAAAAAAADk0/Hq9AEjNuK7A/s1600-h/xmaspresent_7_ipod-music%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="xmaspresent_7_ipod-music" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="xmaspresent_7_ipod-music" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzoplqvmLrI/AAAAAAAADk4/WvIvWQnbgwE/xmaspresent_7_ipod-music_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Senjougahara Hitagi as the album art, sweet!</div></em><p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>As Expected, iPod Touch isn’t just your everyday portable music and video players. I’ve downloaded some application in it, including: Facebook, eBuddy, Google, BlogPress for Blogger, Wikipedia, Photoshop.com mobile, and some other games. I also put almost all of my mp3s and some encoded anime episodes in my iPod.</p> <p>Well, that’s it for now. More post coming, so see you!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-46894733774134813022009-12-28T22:42:00.002+07:002009-12-28T22:44:58.852+07:00Surabaya Toys, Games, and Comic Fair 2009 loots<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRVt6kTEI/AAAAAAAADiQ/wVLM9e5rdMw/s1600-h/stgcfloot_01_box%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcfloot_01_box" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="stgcfloot_01_box" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRWg_DbzI/AAAAAAAADiU/XIAe0jtaZoo/stgcfloot_01_box_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Loots, again…</em></p> <p>After having fun with my friends in Sunday, and continuing my projects today, i decided to get my blog running again. I did plan to fill this blog with at least 1 post per day, but too bad yesterday, i was too busy playing around and i didn’t get any time to make it. So yeah… Here it is… Continuing <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/12/surabaya-toys-games-and-comic-fair-2009.html" target="_blank">last post about STGCF '09</a>, i brought you my loots from that event: Nendoroid Riannon and Nendoroid Nankyoku Sakura. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRX_Z8DVI/AAAAAAAADiY/m9KBN3puyIw/s1600-h/stgcfloot_02_boxback%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcfloot_02_boxback" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="stgcfloot_02_boxback" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRZODdNRI/AAAAAAAADic/wQrHizy8jPs/stgcfloot_02_boxback_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Nendoroid Riannon and Nendoroid Nankyoku Sakura.</em></p> <p>Bought this from Wajuwa with fair price: each for IDR 400k (about USD 37). So they took me total: IDR 800k (about USD 74). Pretty nice buy, i didn’t have to take out too much money because they’re nendoroids. As i said before, there were not much good PVC around, if there were some, i already had them in my collection. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRaCi4UkI/AAAAAAAADik/u-ysQj9wd0k/s1600-h/stgcfloot_03_riannon-inside%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcfloot_03_riannon-inside" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="stgcfloot_03_riannon-inside" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRbVDRANI/AAAAAAAADio/QChIK7ZVZbM/stgcfloot_03_riannon-inside_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Nendoroid Riannon, my girl likes her.</em> </p> <p>Riannon isn’t my favorite character from the anime, Tears to Tiara. Bought her because my girl like it. At first i was against it, but after giving a second thought, i bought her. She’s cute anyway! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRcu0nMvI/AAAAAAAADis/p4WPxKtC9pA/s1600-h/stgcfloot_04_riannon-parts%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcfloot_04_riannon-parts" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="stgcfloot_04_riannon-parts" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRdw48BuI/AAAAAAAADiw/F8Y4AVBwpog/stgcfloot_04_riannon-parts_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Riannon in 3 version: cute, action, funny.</em></p> <p>Pretty much normal parts for nendoroids: Hat and the accessories, wand, Riannon herself with 3 faces: smile, action, and dizzy face, 2 pairs of arms, 3 pairs of hands, the base, and a magic circle. Talk about base, i guess nendoroid did get improved on this part. My Haruhi base was broken and can’t support Haruhi anymore. Yuki Base can’t even support her normally. But the latest nendoroid got better base. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRetqTRPI/AAAAAAAADi0/cwk1NEVAngQ/s1600-h/stgcfloot_05_riannon1%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcfloot_05_riannon1" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="stgcfloot_05_riannon1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRfxS0UHI/AAAAAAAADi4/ZBgMQH0fWfw/stgcfloot_05_riannon1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Riannon is cute!</em></p> <p>And here’s Riannon! Pretty cute eh? Yeah, damn cute. Oh BTW, did you notice at the <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-special-part-1-2009.html" target="_blank">Christmas</a> <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-special-part-3-2009.html" target="_blank">special</a> <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-special-part-3-2009.html" target="_blank">post</a>? Riannon and Sakura Nankyoku were already there. Yes… I did these photograph a week before Christmas, but i was just too late to post this, that’s all. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRg-ouEfI/AAAAAAAADi8/kwnH1TPp8ag/s1600-h/stgcfloot_06_riannon2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcfloot_06_riannon2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="stgcfloot_06_riannon2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRiLJ3mJI/AAAAAAAADjA/crXIt4Ad1OI/stgcfloot_06_riannon2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Riannon magic!!</em></p> <p>Dunno why, but i never really like to use my nendoroids for their action pose. I always like them in their cute version or funny version. It’s nendoroid we’re talking about, so they have to be cute! I usually use the weirdest face for each nendoroids display. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRjPvWf4I/AAAAAAAADjE/Q2N430SeBQE/s1600-h/stgcfloot_07_riannon3%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcfloot_07_riannon3" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="stgcfloot_07_riannon3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRkN-YIyI/AAAAAAAADjI/RbKdXt2pOPo/stgcfloot_07_riannon3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Riannon is funny!!</em></p> <p>Now this is funny! I like this face, and currently displaying her like this. The weirder the face, the easier to make a good story out of it. Nendoroids like Sakura Nankyoku, Shana, Louise, and some other i forgot to mention has a good set of face.</p> <p>And we move on to the next part: Sakura Nankyoku. <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRlBC5zhI/AAAAAAAADjM/bmpsjn3_ym4/s1600-h/stgcfloot_08_sakura-inside%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcfloot_08_sakura-inside" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="stgcfloot_08_sakura-inside" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRmZ_BmRI/AAAAAAAADjQ/nyW3zrsPZg4/stgcfloot_08_sakura-inside_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Sakura Nankyoku.</em></p> <p>I never knew who’s Sakura Nankyoku or what anime she come from. I just bought her because I’ve seen a lot of Sakura Nankyoku photo. I like her funny faces, ahoge, and her “weird” equipment. That’s why i bought her! She’s funny, and nendoroid supposed to be funny! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRnyuoSmI/AAAAAAAADjU/CmFRiW2cVFE/s1600-h/stgcfloot_09_sakura-parts%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcfloot_09_sakura-parts" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="stgcfloot_09_sakura-parts" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRpz9A3BI/AAAAAAAADjY/ktJvt3tmJM4/stgcfloot_09_sakura-parts_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Weird equipments, but funny.</em></p> <p>She came with 3 faces: smiling face, a (o^o) face, and an angry face, 2 pairs of arms, a base, a pick, and a helmet. The helmet and the pick themselves are already a weird set of nendoroid equipments. To put on her helmet, you have to take off her ahoge, pretty funny. XD <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRq3aA_EI/AAAAAAAADjc/v1G16slWTR4/s1600-h/stgcfloot_10_sakura1%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcfloot_10_sakura1" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="stgcfloot_10_sakura1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRsCMgLzI/AAAAAAAADjg/FDbIwcmJT3s/stgcfloot_10_sakura1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>You can make good story with her.</em></p> <p>With Sakura Nankyoku’s faces and cuteness, i can make some good story. Sakura’s (o^o) face and her angry face made Christmas special’s story chapter 1 a good one. Other than that, i also have more story below, except i didn’t take my time to make a 4koma out of it. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRtDuF_sI/AAAAAAAADjk/FAZnWIYy2FM/s1600-h/stgcfloot_11_story1%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcfloot_11_story1" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="stgcfloot_11_story1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRuSRm4kI/AAAAAAAADjo/2UCMYTCa_DY/stgcfloot_11_story1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Shana came and bullying Louise and Riannon.</em></p> <p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRvbM4dKI/AAAAAAAADjs/mrtFIX5VhB8/s1600-h/stgcfloot_12_story2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcfloot_12_story2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="stgcfloot_12_story2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRwXNNZ1I/AAAAAAAADjw/btUVaN4q2LY/stgcfloot_12_story2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><p></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Sakura saw it!</em></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRxipgz3I/AAAAAAAADj0/_0aUofC4PoE/s1600-h/stgcfloot_13_story3%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcfloot_13_story3" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="stgcfloot_13_story3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjRy4YViCI/AAAAAAAADj4/Zt_4xEwVPVY/stgcfloot_13_story3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>And she tries to stop Shana from bullying them. XD</em></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjR0HDZ8UI/AAAAAAAADj8/cuM82vayc_M/s1600-h/stgcfloot_14_allnendo%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcfloot_14_allnendo" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="stgcfloot_14_allnendo" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzjR14psqoI/AAAAAAAADkA/NHad9bXpVQY/stgcfloot_14_allnendo_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>My nendoroid army!</em> <em>Fear them!!!</em></span></div></em><p></p> <p>Well yeah, that’s all my loots post. Lately I kept buying nendoroids from toys events around, since no more good PVC around. Then, i tried to gather and count them all, and i got 10 nendoroids at total. Nice? I don’t know… <a href="http://thedisjointedzone.com/2009/12/02/whats-in-the-box-10/" target="_blank">Optic as a figma fanboy got himself 42 figma</a>, me? I’m not a nendoroid fanboy, but it’s fun to collect them, so 10 a nice number for me. XD</p> <p>So yeah, that’s it for today! I’ll be back for more, so see you at the next post!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-6289982084396735662009-12-26T08:31:00.002+07:002009-12-26T08:37:14.808+07:00Surabaya Toys, Games, and Comic Fair 2009<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzVnOYFFEhI/AAAAAAAADhY/VaK2TksrJeU/s1600-h/stgcf_01_landscape1%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcf_01_landscape1" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="stgcf_01_landscape1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzVnPps5KCI/AAAAAAAADhc/1ooeuWb7QRM/stgcf_01_landscape1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>STGCF ‘09.</em></p> <p>Since Christmas Specials is over, it’s time to get back into normal otaku post. This time, i brought you an event coverage. This is Surabaya Toys, Games, and Comic Fair 2009. It was held in BG Junction, <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/02/surabaya-toys-expo-2009.html" target="_blank">the same place</a> <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/02/surabaya-toys-expo-2009-competitions.html" target="_blank">i won a photo competition</a>. Total running days of this event is 9 days, starts from December 5th and ended in December 13th. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzVnQdq35KI/AAAAAAAADhg/pZQrzHNnxTo/s1600-h/stgcf_02_landscape2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcf_02_landscape2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="stgcf_02_landscape2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzVnRSjvM3I/AAAAAAAADhk/BwdZzn1RDsE/stgcf_02_landscape2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>This kind of events are getting worse.</em> </p> <p>I’m starting to get the feeling that events like this in Surabaya are starting to lose its popularity. These kind of events are no longer a good place for us otakus to do treasure hunting. In the first event ever, i could stand around watching these place in 3 hours. But now, I left this place less than 1 hour after i was arrived. I heard from Wajuwa’s owner that this event was some kind of backup event (plan B). <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzVnSTYqTaI/AAAAAAAADho/RN6Tn8gUYWw/s1600-h/stgcf_03_landscape3%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcf_03_landscape3" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="stgcf_03_landscape3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzVnTTs8BTI/AAAAAAAADhs/oJf7sVqJnI8/stgcf_03_landscape3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Plan B event.</em> </span></div></em><p></p> <p>I won’t ramble about how much American toys took away Japanese PVC figures place in the event. I’m here to focus on how they did an epic fail on plan A. As i said above, this event is somewhat a backup plan. The first plan was to held an event in PTC, just like <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2008/12/toy-magz-fair-day-1-and-2-items-figures.html" target="_blank">Toy</a> <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2008/12/toy-magz-fair-day-3-photo-competition.html" target="_blank">Magz</a> <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2008/12/toy-magz-fair-loots.html" target="_blank">Fair 2008</a>. PTC is a good place for event like this, it has a lot of people coming, and PTC is one of the best shopping mall in Surabaya. They already planned to held the event there in September – October, but i heard they failed to negotiate with PTC management and that means they failed to get the place.</p> <p>BG Junction is another alternative to held this event, it’s cheap, but this place is lame and low on people. It’s a worse alternative, but i guess they think that “this is better than nothing”. While they failed on getting good place, they still managed to get this event running, i guess that’s better than nothing. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a><img title="stgcf_04_landscape4" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="stgcf_04_landscape4" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzVnUfE2IpI/AAAAAAAADhw/AKgxFpLoLa4/stgcf_04_landscape4_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Epic fail? maybe.</em> </p> <p>Back there, i still thought that the PTC event would still be held a week after this event. So i decided to went cautious and proceed carefully with the treasure hunting. After i met Wajuwa’s owner, i asked him about that PTC event. I was shocked after hearing his answer. He said that the event is cancelled and he explained the reason to me. Yes… it’s about the place. They didn’t get it so it was cancelled and this event was their backup plan. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzVnVeN9eOI/AAAAAAAADh0/Bd7cqYE7Xw8/s1600-h/stgcf_05_shuraki%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcf_05_shuraki" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="stgcf_05_shuraki" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzVnWnT0VAI/AAAAAAAADh4/KmYSRWOcb40/stgcf_05_shuraki_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>The whole Shuraki for IDR 3.5 millions, around USD 300.</em></p> <p>I think these figures on the photo above are the best treasure i could found. Five Shuraki, damn great! The problem is, you have to buy the whole set. The store owner didn’t sell it individually. Price? It’s IDR 3,5millions, maybe around USD 300. If you were there, will you get them all with that price?</p> <p>Talk about treasure hunting, I remembered the first time i went on an event like this, i was very excited and could came everyday. It’s Surabaya Toys Festival 2007, i already had my SLR but this blog wasn’t here alive, so i didn’t have any coverage for the event. I came 3 days straight but only bought 1 item, i haven’t start seriously collecting stuff back there.</p> <p>The next event was still from <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2008/06/surabaya-toy-festival-2008-day-1.html" target="_blank">Surabaya Toys Festival</a>, <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2008/06/surabaya-toy-festival-2008-day-2.html" target="_blank">the 2008 version</a>. The real hunting began there. I got 2 figures from that event. And continuing Toy Magz Fair 2008, with 4 figures as the loots. That’s one pretty crazy and i think that event was the event with best Japanese PVC figures around.</p> <p>There were still more events held soon after STF ‘08, but they were pretty much disappointing events. And starting from that time, i never bought anything but figures from Wajuwa. Other following events were just total BS just like this event. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzVnXlNyq5I/AAAAAAAADh8/WBQU-ggk-xw/s1600-h/stgcf_06_wajuwa1%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcf_06_wajuwa1" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="stgcf_06_wajuwa1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzVnY1LmYUI/AAAAAAAADiA/3uYNXmiQTLg/stgcf_06_wajuwa1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Wajuwa’s stand, filled with Japanese PVC as always.</em></p> <p>Well, no matter what kind of event being held, Wajuwa never let me down. They always come with a lot of figures, a gold mine for us figures hunter. See photo above? There were a lot of nice figures (but i already had all the figures i like). I saw: Kannagi, Fauna, Gift Saber, Akashiya Moka, Haruhi Gekisou, Mikuru Gekisou, Unity Yuno, Alter P3 Mitsuru, Alter P3 Elizabeth, and some other old items. Nice, but i already had all the stuffs i want. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzVnZgciOnI/AAAAAAAADiE/iMfoDzA9ji8/s1600-h/stgcf_07_wajuwa_nendo%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="stgcf_07_wajuwa_nendo" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="stgcf_07_wajuwa_nendo" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzVnav_OsxI/AAAAAAAADiI/oLFxOYDtICY/stgcf_07_wajuwa_nendo_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Wajuwa’s nendoroid collection.</em> </p> <p>At the side of the stand, Wajuwa had 9 nendoroids on display. He asked me which one you already have? And i said Kureha… Soon after that he opened the case and showed me all the nendoroid he had. I was interested in Kagamiku, Miku, Riannon, and Nankyoku Sakura. It was hard picking which one to bought between 4 of them. In the end i bought 2, expect the loot coverage in the next post. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><img title="stgcf_08_gaming" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="stgcf_08_gaming" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzVnbRzIw2I/AAAAAAAADiM/RP2RvJOQz4g/stgcf_08_gaming_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Game club gathering.</em></p> <p>This event had the word “Games” in it, so there were some games competition and gathering for Surabaya’s games club: Dugem (Dunia Game –Game’s World-). Tekken 6 was the popular game back there, so they focused mainly on playing Tekken 6 in PS3. There were also people playing unknown Wii games.</p> <p>Well that’s it for this event coverage. Expect the haul at the next post. See you!!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-83655733792087070852009-12-25T21:32:00.002+07:002009-12-25T21:38:15.636+07:00Christmas Special part 3 ~ 2009<p><br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTMwfjhZlI/AAAAAAAADgU/8Xx1OgbLY_Q/s1600-h/xmasspecial_1_together1%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="xmasspecial_1_together1" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="xmasspecial_1_together1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTMxXejtyI/AAAAAAAADgY/8FaZYxuZGCo/xmasspecial_1_together1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Christmas Special part 3, last part.</em></p> <p>Hi and welcome back! It’s the third part and the last part of Christmas Special 2009 from sonicver2. Before we start, i have to inform you that this part doesn’t have 4koma. Too bad i have a limited time for the photo session, so yeah… other than 2 4komas, these photos are all i have left. So here it is, Christmas with the nendoroids! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTMyXxiNZI/AAAAAAAADgc/-MVzp1ju4RM/s1600-h/xmasspecial_2_together2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="xmasspecial_2_together2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="xmasspecial_2_together2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTMzT7sYhI/AAAAAAAADgg/t7P2y6Hd6yM/xmasspecial_2_together2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Nendoroid’s Christmas!</em></p> <p>I did this photo session yesterday, the noon before Christmas eve. Made the snow from PA’s foam. Those foams came with your PA package, so i took those foams out, make it into small pieces, and use it as the snow. Pretty nice result, except i didn’t have a better preparation for the photo session. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTM0X6TCTI/AAAAAAAADgk/5Jw6xIjt7Qg/s1600-h/xmasspecial_3_together3%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="xmasspecial_3_together3" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="xmasspecial_3_together3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTM1JpP4-I/AAAAAAAADgo/ivEEGvhIubc/xmasspecial_3_together3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>So who’s the cutest? I still like Kureha the most.</em></p> <p>So how’s your Christmas? As i wrote this article, Christmas day is starting to reach its end (it’s almost 10PM), so yeah i can safely say that Christmas day almost over. In the Christmas eve, i went to church at 6PM, over at 8, and went to cafe with my family just to hang out for a while, got back at home at 11PM. Today, i woke up at 9AM, go to church (again) at 10AM, and over at 12AM. After that, i went to my girls place and go on dating until 9PM. And after got back at home, i started to write this. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTM2P3-dbI/AAAAAAAADgs/scLUrtkbuw4/s1600-h/xmasspecial_4_haruhi%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="xmasspecial_4_haruhi" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="xmasspecial_4_haruhi" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTM27uF6dI/AAAAAAAADgw/apd3cnx95s8/xmasspecial_4_haruhi_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Haruhi stuck on the tree.</em></p> <p>I myself think that my Christmas is pretty normal, so how’s yours? I saw <a href="http://www.moemoerabu.net/2009/12/25/a-merry-christmas-with-erika-and-saber/" target="_blank">Adun was enjoying his Christmas with his Erika</a>, pretty nice! While <a href="http://coolandspicy.net/2009/12/merry-christmas-from-kagami/" target="_blank">Anony was enjoying his Christmas with Kagami</a>. Or <a href="http://thedisjointedzone.com/2009/12/25/merry-christmas-everyone/" target="_blank">Optic’s Christmas with his Botan</a>? Or even <a href="http://www.animoe.net/2009/12/christmas-girls-gallery.html" target="_blank">providing us with Santa girls like phossil did</a>? It seems everyone had their own partner to enjoy Christmas :D. Well no matter, i guess we would do anything to make ourselves enjoy this day. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTM3v0d4UI/AAAAAAAADg0/BcGAGuek6qs/s1600-h/xmasspecial_5_shamisen%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="xmasspecial_5_shamisen" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="xmasspecial_5_shamisen" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTM4bgYFJI/AAAAAAAADg4/qHXemAmMFIk/xmasspecial_5_shamisen_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Shamisen is also stuck on the tree.</em></p> <p>No matter what are you doing, this day is always be one of the great day every year. So here i am again want to say: Merry Christmas!!</p> <p>Anyway, the next 4 photos are done by my girl. She said these 4 photos are the continuation of my <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-special-part-2-2009.html" target="_blank">4koma ch. 2</a>. Enjoy! <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTM5iZeJNI/AAAAAAAADg8/YhLE8Rt79ZA/s1600-h/xmasspecial_6_asakmiku1%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="xmasspecial_6_asakmiku1" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="xmasspecial_6_asakmiku1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTM6i9jhnI/AAAAAAAADhA/70pIlevFA2Q/xmasspecial_6_asakmiku1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Mikuru and Ryouko are posing in front of the Christmas tree. <br /></em></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTM7TCCo7I/AAAAAAAADhE/RU66CR0XgU0/s1600-h/xmasspecial_7_asamiku2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="xmasspecial_7_asamiku2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="xmasspecial_7_asamiku2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTM8ZQ7rdI/AAAAAAAADhI/9TlAZdbPhqU/xmasspecial_7_asamiku2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em> They saw Riannon stuck on the tree. <br /></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTM9bcNAiI/AAAAAAAADhM/Zijpli7oWiE/s1600-h/xmasspecial_8_riannon%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="xmasspecial_8_riannon" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="xmasspecial_8_riannon" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTM-M4nYZI/AAAAAAAADhQ/8Apd_ZUpyso/xmasspecial_8_riannon_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em> I don’t know what happens here. XP</em></p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><img title="xmasspecial_9_asamiku3" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="xmasspecial_9_asamiku3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzTM-_3ga-I/AAAAAAAADhU/7HZnafabx10/xmasspecial_9_asamiku3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>And all of the sudden Riannon and Shamisen fell down on the ground with Mikuru and Ryouko watching them.</em></p> <p>Well that’s it for this Christmas Special! Thanks fo tuning in! Expect for another normal otaku life post. See you!~</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-86444870292244577142009-12-25T12:50:00.001+07:002009-12-25T20:52:00.979+07:00Christmas Special part 2 ~ 2009<div style="text-align: center" id="k-g1"><a target="_blank" href="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dg66nrcz_2dm7s5kd2_b"><img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dg66nrcz_2dm7s5kd2_b" style="width: 700px; height: 975px"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hanekawa Tsubasa bringing you a delicious and HAWT Christmas greetings. XD</i></div><br><div><br></div><div>December 25th, the Christmas day itself, and here i am, back and bringing you the 2nd part of Christmas special. Did you enjoy your Christmas eve? Do you still continue enjoying it today, in the Christmas day itself? Well, no matters! As i am here bringing you the 2nd chapter of the Chrismas special 4koma, featuring: Yuki, Riannon, and Louise. Enjoy!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="text-align: center" id="n873"><a target="_blank" href="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dg66nrcz_3fms8vtg7_b"><img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dg66nrcz_3fms8vtg7_b" style="width: 620px; height: 1800px"></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas Special 4koma ch. 2: Magic for Candies.</div></i></div><br><div>Again, don't forget to check out the full size of the 4koma for clearer view. Poor Riannon, she's stuck on the tree because Yuki's magic screwed up XD, but at least Louise got her candy she wanted. So yeah... that's it for part 2. And once again: Merry Christmas!</div><div><br></div><div>So that's it... see you at the next post!</div><div><br></div><br>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-81561545159067864802009-12-24T22:39:00.003+07:002009-12-24T22:51:35.895+07:00Christmas Special part 1 ~ 2009<p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzOMf74f3mI/AAAAAAAADgE/rcR05sBcR1g/s400/sample-069366aa53478fb361e15a5eb82351d8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418829256935333474" /></p><p align="center"><em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Railgun's</span> girls in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">santa</span> costume, darn nice!</em></p><p>Tonight, night of December 24<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">th</span>, people of the world including us are enjoying Christmas eve. So <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">what're</span> you people doing on this Christmas eve? Enjoying the eve with your partner, family, or alone? As for me, I'm a Catholic so i went to church together with my family. But all that things are no matter for now. To celebrate this Christmas, I present to you: a Christmas special!!</p><p>I went on a Christmas photo session with my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">nendoroids</span>, and also made some stories with them. This Christmas special will have more than 1 part, so enjoy the first part, and check out the next part soon! Anyway, for this Christmas Special part 1, i give you a 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">koma</span> featuring <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Nankyoku</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Sakura</span>, Shana, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Kureha</span>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzOMgelfw6I/AAAAAAAADgM/f8ZM3IEIemc/s1600-h/christmas_4koma_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzOMgelfw6I/AAAAAAAADgM/f8ZM3IEIemc/s400/christmas_4koma_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418829266250875810" /></a><br /></p><p align="center"><em>Christmas Special 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">koma</span> ch. 1: Gift Box Hunting.</em></p><p>Check out the full picture if you want a clearer view. Anyway, that's it for now. A short post for the first part. And not to forget: Merry Christmas!!! Hope you all enjoy your holiday and this Christmas eve!</p><p>So that's it... see you at the next post!<br /></p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-40423171583646002062009-12-23T22:48:00.002+07:002009-12-23T22:50:36.595+07:00Fate Shin Sonic Haul<p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7Oww5C-I/AAAAAAAADeg/CNXzXk2tDGc/s1600-h/fatehaul_01_pabox%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="fatehaul_01_pabox" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="fatehaul_01_pabox" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7QS7imOI/AAAAAAAADek/A5RAnFN-AMA/fatehaul_01_pabox_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>A huge PA box, long time no see.</em></p> <p>This huge box arrived around 1-2 weeks ago. As expected, i didn’t have any time to open the box, and photograph the haul, so… i left this box untouched for almost 2 weeks. You should already know what’s inside: it’s huge, it’s new, and the content is mentioned on the title. It’s Fate Shin Sonic version. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7Rvhn1JI/AAAAAAAADeo/73Ynp0U44dA/s1600-h/fatehaul_02_box%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="fatehaul_02_box" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="fatehaul_02_box" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7TGOJAFI/AAAAAAAADes/9Ne86f6dXLk/fatehaul_02_box_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Fate T. Harlaown Shin Sonic Form.</em></p> <p>Fate T. Harlaown with her Shin Sonic Form, the lightning wizard, at least that what’s written on the box. This figure was pretty much announced very long ago, suffered a number of delayed release, and finally released at the end of November. Pretty long wait for an “ultimate item” like this. FYI, Mio and Nanohaa Exceed mode were also affected by the delays. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7UrxZvgI/AAAAAAAADew/KPjmF3pMmdU/s1600-h/fatehaul_03_boxback%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="fatehaul_03_boxback" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="fatehaul_03_boxback" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7WHSZjOI/AAAAAAAADe0/gS6LCYDtwEQ/fatehaul_03_boxback_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Yet another masterpiece from Alter.</em></p> <p>You’ve seen a lot of Fate’s prototype on the web before the release. It’s not a surprise what kind of look she’ll get and what kind of accessories she’ll have in the box. The size too isn’t really surprising since you already knew how big Fate gonna be. I did expect that this box will be as big as Hayate. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7XrynUYI/AAAAAAAADe4/SiLOqtx4M78/s1600-h/fatehaul_04_inside%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="fatehaul_04_inside" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="fatehaul_04_inside" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7ZeyHU7I/AAAAAAAADe8/HoUQaL1k8os/fatehaul_04_inside_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>3 layers, each with cover.</em></p> <p>Her hair is i think the thing that took out most space. Her right twintails isn’t permanently attached to her head. The twintail is separated and you have to attach yourself, i guess it’s about the size, the box will get bigger if the hair pre-attached. This box is pretty extreme with the plastic protection. There are 3 layers covering the parts: the first layer is Fate and her hair, the 2nd layer is her weaponry, and the third layer is the base. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7aeUYjbI/AAAAAAAADfA/r7SgqYloGDs/s1600-h/fatehaul_05_parts%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="fatehaul_05_parts" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="fatehaul_05_parts" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7bwZrg5I/AAAAAAAADfE/F_LnUYtnaBU/fatehaul_05_parts_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>All about Riot Zanber parts.</em></p> <p>I did remember seeing Fate’s prototype grabbing her twin sword Riot Zanber. But i didn’t know that this Fate came with that huge <strike>shit ass</strike> ultimate combined Riot Zanber. It’s damn HUGE, and i mean it! IT’S HUGE DUDE! The biggest weaponry I’ve ever seen in figures world. Anyway, Fate came with a lot of parts: 1 big Riot Zanber (combined) and the sword hilt, twin Riot Zanber blades and the cables, her hair, her alternate left hand, 2 metal pegs, her white base, and a set of transparent sword base. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7c_ESbFI/AAAAAAAADfI/NIQAnNPMXdQ/s1600-h/fatehaul_06_fronttwinsword%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="fatehaul_06_fronttwinsword" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="fatehaul_06_fronttwinsword" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7eKFzuxI/AAAAAAAADfM/NXQAomR0Wzc/fatehaul_06_fronttwinsword_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>A front look of Fate with twin Riot Zanber.</em></p> <p>Anyway, Fate does look good on this form. She’s somewhat minimum on cothes and maximum on skin exposure (alright Fate in her bikini from GSC is better on skin exposure, but hey… it’s better than her normal uniform). Her hair is swaying all over the place, it’s cool. And her battle expression is better than ever! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7fdEhCHI/AAAAAAAADfQ/q0diYkt_Tyo/s1600-h/fatehaul_07_backtwinsword%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="fatehaul_07_backtwinsword" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="fatehaul_07_backtwinsword" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7gtiTi-I/AAAAAAAADfU/Nbg02A7l4EM/fatehaul_07_backtwinsword_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>A back look of Fate with her Riot Zanber.</em></p> <p>It’s another look of Fate from behind, giving you another feeling of this figure. FYI, that yellow connecting cable wasn’t made of rubber / elastic material. It was made of a hard plastic, so i guess you have to be careful in dealing with this cable. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7iKJWCvI/AAAAAAAADfY/rzO5jfZttmo/s1600-h/fatehaul_08_nice1twinsword%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="fatehaul_08_nice1twinsword" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="fatehaul_08_nice1twinsword" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7jMnmFVI/AAAAAAAADfc/Las6uCfUrlM/fatehaul_08_nice1twinsword_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Looks can kill.</em></p> <p>She really gives a very nice action packed facial expression. And the cool part is, her mouth is covered with her front side hairs. For a photographer, it could be a nice challenge to get the best part of Fate. Banzai Alter for bringing Fate alive!!! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7kBSgXLI/AAAAAAAADfg/neSW2Zx-hB4/s1600-h/fatehaul_09_nice2twinsword%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="fatehaul_09_nice2twinsword" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="fatehaul_09_nice2twinsword" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7lSFX-eI/AAAAAAAADfk/sDe13oBQxws/fatehaul_09_nice2twinsword_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Twin sword Riot Zanber, side view.</em></p> <p>If you have problem with spaces, then you should skip this figure. But if you’re a huge fan of Alter or Fate, then this figure is a must get. So how would you provide space for this figure? That’s for you to figure it out. But if you’re low on space, i guess you’ll have to stick with this twin sword Riot Zanber. Why? See below… <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7mf2FSbI/AAAAAAAADfo/yJ8lr0XKgOY/s1600-h/fatehaul_10_frontbigsword%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="fatehaul_10_frontbigsword" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="fatehaul_10_frontbigsword" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7nkedY4I/AAAAAAAADfs/LCHgPxPAryY/fatehaul_10_frontbigsword_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Combined Riot Zanber. Ultimate.</em></p> <p>The DAMN HUGE ultimate combined version of Riot Zanber is GIANT! It’s larger than her normal Zanber form. It’s larger than her body, larger than any figure weapons I’ve ever seen, and ultimately… larger than my figure parts repository box XP. It’s hard dealing with this blade in MANY WAYS. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7o6J3ySI/AAAAAAAADfw/f3NXEXxf5sg/s1600-h/fatehaul_11_front2bigsword%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="fatehaul_11_front2bigsword" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="fatehaul_11_front2bigsword" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7qTWDBoI/AAAAAAAADf0/ZbDFbR60tBE/fatehaul_11_front2bigsword_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Huge = problems.</em></p> <p>I said about hard dealing with the blade above in many ways. Yes… There are a lot of factor why this blade could pose you problems:</p> <ol> <li>It’s huge and long, and you need to put the sword base in front, so… space problems for display.</li> <li>You can’t keep it in normal box or your everyday box, you should proceed with caution if you’re trying to keep it.</li> <li>Photographic problems. That blade could cover her face from certain angles, and left only small angles to get her face,</li> </ol> <p>Problems? Yes… well, it’s huge so it’s a problem. But it’s damn huge so it’s cool! XD <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7rpNN2fI/AAAAAAAADf4/tsR_x5BdziA/s1600-h/fatehaul_12_nicebigsword%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="fatehaul_12_nicebigsword" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="fatehaul_12_nicebigsword" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7s16uOZI/AAAAAAAADf8/Co2zzFy9SKs/fatehaul_12_nicebigsword_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Can you display Fate with her huge <strike>shit ass</strike> blade?</div></em><p></p> <p>See how big it is? I wonder how many people could display Fate with her blade. Since i myself will put her on my subwoofer, replacing Hayate’s place. So there will be no space for the long blade and its base. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><img title="fatehaul_13_weaponry" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="fatehaul_13_weaponry" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzI7uIPBH1I/AAAAAAAADgA/v2EzfojfBVI/fatehaul_13_weaponry_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>The Nanoha series weaponry.</em></p> <p>For reference, here’s a photo of all the Nanoha series figures’ weaponry i have in my collection. From top: Alter Fate’s combined Riot Zanber, Alter Fate’s twin Riot Zanber, <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2008/07/fate-testarossa-alter.html" target="_blank">Alter loli Fate's</a> Bardiche Zanber, <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2008/08/figma-fate-mid-year-figure-haul-part-6.html" target="_blank">figma Fate’s</a> Bardiche Zanber, <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/04/yagami-hayate-alter.html" target="_blank">Alter Hayate’s</a> Schwertkreuz, and <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2008/09/nanoha-instructor-uniform-gsc.html" target="_blank">GSC Nanoha’s</a> Raging Heart. Hayate’s Schwertkreuz has the same size as Fate’s twin Riot Zanber, pretty surprising, I always thought before that her twin Riot Zanber were pretty small.</p> <p>Anyway, that’s it for Fate Shin Sonic haul. I guess I’ll be back for another post tomorrow, so… Be sure to check it out! See you at the next post!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-24129896613253572472009-12-22T12:37:00.001+07:002009-12-22T23:21:54.920+07:00Saki<img title="85c01f703c157e30dfa246b51db9c458" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="395" alt="85c01f703c157e30dfa246b51db9c458" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxEURkWgI/AAAAAAAADcw/8tLR2WQaWeA/85c01f703c157e30dfa246b51db9c458_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Saki</em></p> <p>Around a month ago, I watched the popular moe anime mahjong: Saki. This anime could attract a pretty great popularity and a great number of watcher with just a few episodes after it first aired. This popularity is one of the reason why I watched this anime, but the main reason I put this anime in my watch list is mahjong! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxF7RaZFI/AAAAAAAADc0/o1uDat0N-Z8/s1600-h/1c8e0f71550565132cf2a49f68776d6e%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="1c8e0f71550565132cf2a49f68776d6e" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="1c8e0f71550565132cf2a49f68776d6e" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxHx6W9YI/AAAAAAAADc4/h9Zk3eHxddI/1c8e0f71550565132cf2a49f68776d6e_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="379" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Miyanaga Saki, rinshan kaihou, and plus minus zero.</em> </span></div></em> <br />Saki's story revolves around a 1st year high school girl who is a genius mahjong player. She entered Kiyosumi high school and dragged by her friend, Kyoutaro, to Kiyosumi mahjong club. In that club she played against the other members and managed to surprise one of the member who's also a middle school mahjong champion, Nodoka, with her plus minus zero point. <br /> <br /> <br /><p></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxJe8tRjI/AAAAAAAADc8/zhfNnCJkVHo/s1600-h/a77fa8ce964e2b150b625212513a51b6%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="a77fa8ce964e2b150b625212513a51b6" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="310" alt="a77fa8ce964e2b150b625212513a51b6" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxLe5wAkI/AAAAAAAADdA/UYLyC0l2yPM/a77fa8ce964e2b150b625212513a51b6_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Scary (or cute) opponents were waiting in the tournament.</em> </span></div></em> <br />It's a pretty interesting story at the first part of the anime, where Saki and Nodoka became friend with mahjong. But the next part story is pretty much typical, the girls enters tournaments, fight with some opponents who have ridiculous skill. I’d say ridiculous, because they were trying to win crazy hand like Rinshan Kaihou, Haitei Raoyue, Chankan (i know it’s simple, but the chances are so slim), Kokushi Musou, stealth attack, bad wait, etc. If you know how to play, then you’ll know this hand will only appears once every 5-10 full games (4 winds with 4 rounds for each wind). <br /> <br /> <br /><p></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxMxZCgiI/AAAAAAAADdE/7m7JLV075wY/s1600-h/ee957a41e525281d221e6bac40a989f8%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="ee957a41e525281d221e6bac40a989f8" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="357" alt="ee957a41e525281d221e6bac40a989f8" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxOadL8gI/AAAAAAAADdI/GHc6Di6psM8/ee957a41e525281d221e6bac40a989f8_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Ryuumonbuchi Touka x Kunihiro Hajime.</em> </span></div></em> <br />Although this anime main theme is mahjong, you don't really have to worry about your mahjong knowledge, because this anime will provide you with more than mahjong. There will be a lot of moe characters with their own unique moe traits and more than 1 yuri pairing, since there are so many girls in this anime. <br /> <br /> <br /><p></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxQINRfsI/AAAAAAAADdM/DhEreRQpR6I/s1600-h/9070a851c482c896395ce3a7e9411ca7%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="9070a851c482c896395ce3a7e9411ca7" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="9070a851c482c896395ce3a7e9411ca7" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxR3VTtdI/AAAAAAAADdQ/hokMlFCIN14/9070a851c482c896395ce3a7e9411ca7_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="401" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">If you think Fukuji Mihoko is more than enough to get you in the series, then proceed!</div></em><p></p> <p>Nevertheless, enjoyment level for this anime is still depending on your mahjong knowledge. Let's say there are 4 types of mahjong knowledge:</p> <ul> <li>Level 0: Nothing. </li> <li>Level 1: Know how to play just for winning (Ron, Tsumo, Pon, Chi, and Kan). </li> <li>Level 2: Know certain Yaku and yakuman. </li> <li>Level 3: Know scoring rule and mahjong terminology.</li> </ul> <p>You don't have to play a mahjong game, you just have to know the rules and some terms. Pretty helpful if you knew it before you watch this anime. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxTngycVI/AAAAAAAADdU/N5LFEVyJC18/s1600-h/4af40d4fd83d512925557359915d49ca%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="4af40d4fd83d512925557359915d49ca" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="4af40d4fd83d512925557359915d49ca" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxVVeja2I/AAAAAAAADdY/Dcc4mnn1ZIY/4af40d4fd83d512925557359915d49ca_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Who needs mahjong knowledge if this anime has these girls.</em> </span></div></em> <br />At level 0, you’re only in for those moe girls and some yuri scenes. At level 1, you can follow the battle to a basic point. At the level 2, you'll know what were the characters trying to get for their winning, but you don't know how big they scored. And at level 3, you'll get full enjoyment from this anime. I did watch this anime when i was at level 1, so yeah... I didn't know what they were getting and how big they were winning. <br /> <br /> <br /><p></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxX1D62AI/AAAAAAAADdc/tFf4za3wSn4/s1600-h/ae02ed5a2106429df51691f3311046f9%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="ae02ed5a2106429df51691f3311046f9" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="379" alt="ae02ed5a2106429df51691f3311046f9" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxZsOe9MI/AAAAAAAADdg/2pTLUwhmqmY/ae02ed5a2106429df51691f3311046f9_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Touka’s yuri harem.</em> </span></div></em> <br />However, I did learn to play mahjong around 2 weeks after finished watching Saki, it's pretty late, I know, but better late than never! I do realize that I was starting to understand what were the characters trying to say back there. <br /> <br /> <br /><p></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxcGRxpdI/AAAAAAAADdk/6LgoYeyecvo/s1600-h/b82f609045e6821d0f1cade7ef634927%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="b82f609045e6821d0f1cade7ef634927" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="348" alt="b82f609045e6821d0f1cade7ef634927" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxePbLkxI/AAAAAAAADdo/aWoNXj8jMLU/b82f609045e6821d0f1cade7ef634927_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Working as a maid in maid mahjong cafe is included in tournament preparation.</div></em><p></p> <p> <br />Anyway, this anime can be divided into 3 parts. The first part is about how Saki joined the mahjong club and preparing to enter the prefectural tournament. At the first part, you’ll see that Saki started to realize that playing mahjong is fun, decided to enter the tournament with going to national as their final goal, and she also started to realize her feeling with Nodoka. There were not much character shown in this part. It’s pretty fun, but the real fun has yet to begin. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxf57JhUI/AAAAAAAADds/BRHKsaL-Unc/s1600-h/59e4a7f470beca6b8eee66eb48e6257d%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="59e4a7f470beca6b8eee66eb48e6257d" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="480" alt="59e4a7f470beca6b8eee66eb48e6257d" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxhYDxRfI/AAAAAAAADd0/6i89jZdBVYw/59e4a7f470beca6b8eee66eb48e6257d_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Touka and family.</div></em><p></p> <p>The 2nd part of the anime is the longest part: Team Prefectural Tournament. In your old anime series, a tournament could took at least 10 episodes. I think Saki too took a lot of episodes just for this team tournament, but the episodes distribution is ridiculously unbalanced. First match ended in 1 episode, no 2nd match, no semifinal, they just directly went up to the final in just 1 episode. But the final sure took a lot of time. Each team member took at least 2 episodes. And the last battle took more than that (forgot to count). This anime used that chance to introduce players' background story and their special skills. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><img title="9dc26bd09afd0113d1fd26394f018815" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="500" alt="9dc26bd09afd0113d1fd26394f018815" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxkGcup1I/AAAAAAAADd4/YAaSmEACGpc/9dc26bd09afd0113d1fd26394f018815_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>The last team member of finalist teams.</em></p> <p>The 2nd part really took a lot of time, but it won’t quickly bore you to death, unlike those old anime. Saki as the main character did have a hard time against the opponent but she managed to show a comeback in the middle of the crisis. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxlYmjhzI/AAAAAAAADd8/8OXWvOKoCkU/s1600-h/7c1e467fdac60ca944972d960424492a%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="7c1e467fdac60ca944972d960424492a" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="7c1e467fdac60ca944972d960424492a" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxnKrQg3I/AAAAAAAADeA/m8-qfR4B57M/7c1e467fdac60ca944972d960424492a_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="361" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Two of these girls managed to win 2nd and 3rd place in individual tournament.</div></em><p></p> <p>And the 3rd part, the last part, is pretty short. It’s about individual tournament. It’s short, and that’s it. Most of the characters here were old character Saki met in team tournament, except Nanpo Kazue. But yeah, this tournament ended in 2-3 episodes. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxoreOtSI/AAAAAAAADeI/w9NRKbf8m18/s1600-h/85a104650968cc8a501260427becd78a%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="85a104650968cc8a501260427becd78a" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="393" alt="85a104650968cc8a501260427becd78a" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxqV90usI/AAAAAAAADeM/uTK15Vi7puE/85a104650968cc8a501260427becd78a_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Triple yakuman, you got served.</div></em><p></p> <p>Saki herself as a mahjong player can be considered as a lucky and skilled player (if we played for real), because she can win her hand by picking Rinshan Kaihou as much as she likes. But that’s anime for you! Ridiculous and nonsense things happens! Amae Koromo has another crazy luck just like Saki has, except for her, she kept winning by Haitei. If you’re in and ready to accept all of these nonsense, then you’re ready for Saki. There are still a lot of crazy skill i didn’t mention here were going on in this anime. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxrmeoKJI/AAAAAAAADeQ/dRXdNX9P13w/s1600-h/562b4f6b6d92de46d8f67ac1af7d769c%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="562b4f6b6d92de46d8f67ac1af7d769c" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="379" alt="562b4f6b6d92de46d8f67ac1af7d769c" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxsk2RVRI/AAAAAAAADeU/XyS33Ve-OYw/562b4f6b6d92de46d8f67ac1af7d769c_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">I’m sooooo gonna do you Hisa!!!! XD</div></em><p></p> <p>Anyway, my favorite character from this anime is Takei Hisa. I mentioned <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/12/takei-hisa-x-fukuji-mihoko-saki.html" target="_blank">this</a> before.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxtgpJYrI/AAAAAAAADeY/pNDsFX-COJs/s1600-h/8d1a59aceeabe97105c4ba39490e1379%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="8d1a59aceeabe97105c4ba39490e1379" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="285" alt="8d1a59aceeabe97105c4ba39490e1379" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzDxuoXJqsI/AAAAAAAADec/7v2HmAlAhCg/8d1a59aceeabe97105c4ba39490e1379_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Bonus: Tsuruga team cosplaying Houkago Teatime, instant epic win!</div></em><p></p> <p>So yeah… that’s it for Saki. Next post? Just wait and see… So, see you at the next post!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-49745976231073082882009-12-22T09:24:00.002+07:002009-12-22T09:26:46.538+07:00Takei Hisa x Fukuji Mihoko (Saki)<p><img title="176bb490ec17100dbdcbfd4eabe5a9d3347f3cc7" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="176bb490ec17100dbdcbfd4eabe5a9d3347f3cc7" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtbFNx4VI/AAAAAAAADaY/rwY432s_q-k/176bb490ec17100dbdcbfd4eabe5a9d3347f3cc7_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="371" border="0" /></p> <p align="left" style="text-align: center;"><em>Fukuji Mihoko x Takei Hisa</em></p> <p>Just recently watched Saki (actually, it’s a month ago), and i guess i need to post about how i love Takei Hisa x Fukuji Mihoko pairing. Anyway, you people must know what kind of anime Saki is. Yes… it’s a moe mahjong anime with a lot of extreme mahjong battle and extreme moe girls inside. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtbvRPAjI/AAAAAAAADac/hPMPWXKXF-s/s1600-h/c5f80c11904547b782b3d2310db42fd9cb37398f%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="c5f80c11904547b782b3d2310db42fd9cb37398f" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="c5f80c11904547b782b3d2310db42fd9cb37398f" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtcS_9f6I/AAAAAAAADag/Oo_6RGhnyaE/c5f80c11904547b782b3d2310db42fd9cb37398f_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="374" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em> My favorite character: Takei Hisa.</em></p> <p>My favorite character from this anime is Takei Hisa, Kiyosumi’s mahjong club president. She has an interesting personality and great self-confidence. She knew what she’s doing and she knew what to do. There’s a lot of moe girls with different kind of moe points, like Amae Koromo with her loli point, Nodoka with her big breast and yuri point, Saki with her amazing skill and kind of clumsy girl, Touka with her tsundere point, etc. But hey… they weren’t as interesting as Takei Hisa. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtdSjGqPI/AAAAAAAADak/QKQy0BpskV4/s1600-h/092feb9e94fa5a2dbb713362e56d9acd382c9938%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="092feb9e94fa5a2dbb713362e56d9acd382c9938" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="092feb9e94fa5a2dbb713362e56d9acd382c9938" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtePQ2_TI/AAAAAAAADao/iTULEJLvDcU/092feb9e94fa5a2dbb713362e56d9acd382c9938_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="356" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Fukuji Mihoko with her Heterochromia.</em></p> <p>On the other hand, Fukuji Mihoko isn’t really my favorite. She’s great and cute, but not that interesting. But seeing Takei Hisa and Fukuji Mihoko together made me think: “Wow this is a perfect pairing!” and i do need to see more scene of their pairing. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtfChXwOI/AAAAAAAADas/hbX5yPwO-8Y/s1600-h/6e088b1778803b920fee3db5d88a211a5975a624%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="6e088b1778803b920fee3db5d88a211a5975a624" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="6e088b1778803b920fee3db5d88a211a5975a624" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtf3crRYI/AAAAAAAADaw/0pB9C64UUog/6e088b1778803b920fee3db5d88a211a5975a624_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="358" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Lovely indeed.</em></p> <p>No particular reason why i like this pairing. It’s just, i love to see them together. After all I AM a yuri fans. So yeah… I’ll stop ranting here and enjoy the gallery of Takei Hisa x Fukuji Mihoko pairing. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtgoDA35I/AAAAAAAADa0/8vRYJMLlC-A/s1600-h/52e61353fa486f48905a6feef8e4fc7a4841496e%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="52e61353fa486f48905a6feef8e4fc7a4841496e" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="52e61353fa486f48905a6feef8e4fc7a4841496e" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAthcXTwvI/AAAAAAAADa4/UqHAYuLVhj4/52e61353fa486f48905a6feef8e4fc7a4841496e_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="357" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>So who’s the aggressive one? <br /></em></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtiTToxfI/AAAAAAAADa8/iLU_bcAKY40/s1600-h/5ec7be817e6168760746fcd0485abe4770e02355%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="5ec7be817e6168760746fcd0485abe4770e02355" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="421" alt="5ec7be817e6168760746fcd0485abe4770e02355" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtjVpZ-RI/AAAAAAAADbA/aDqNVXYZYWo/5ec7be817e6168760746fcd0485abe4770e02355_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Is it an unrequited love?</em></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtkGWMllI/AAAAAAAADbE/rJmsQGRDYWA/s1600-h/9917e4f3ef39cc98ed6f826e2c1defdb5e5e90f6%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="9917e4f3ef39cc98ed6f826e2c1defdb5e5e90f6" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="478" alt="9917e4f3ef39cc98ed6f826e2c1defdb5e5e90f6" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtkyQ6RZI/AAAAAAAADbI/G9josMTuwVY/9917e4f3ef39cc98ed6f826e2c1defdb5e5e90f6_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Club president x Captain. <br /></em></p> <p><em></em></p> <p><img title="7960d74747484d396161cf7a509144e28529dcb8" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="7960d74747484d396161cf7a509144e28529dcb8" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtlvouhII/AAAAAAAADbM/-xLDLzY46Ho/7960d74747484d396161cf7a509144e28529dcb8_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="356" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em> Mihoko is the one in love. XD <br /></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p> <p><img title="2f2c635b58c51236a890b082ce531a2c16a48fe5" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="2f2c635b58c51236a890b082ce531a2c16a48fe5" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtmRx0ujI/AAAAAAAADbQ/dvp8uvB51dA/2f2c635b58c51236a890b082ce531a2c16a48fe5_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="367" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>A fan book? I’d love to see that. <br /></em></p> <p> </p> <p><img title="aefc4e102c78060ccf4f1d1abf371769a2b02acd" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="aefc4e102c78060ccf4f1d1abf371769a2b02acd" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtnAoIovI/AAAAAAAADbU/EFkQ2jP2c34/aefc4e102c78060ccf4f1d1abf371769a2b02acd_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="437" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Nice art. <br /></em></p> <p> </p> <p><img title="f4e4ef79ac1a84ccbb69dbfbb8a1338ba5841430" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="f4e4ef79ac1a84ccbb69dbfbb8a1338ba5841430" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtn0OD1gI/AAAAAAAADbY/RD-2Brr0nWo/f4e4ef79ac1a84ccbb69dbfbb8a1338ba5841430_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="358" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Love is in the air. <br /></em></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtogC3GzI/AAAAAAAADbc/Ngqs1glebqs/s1600-h/sample_0c89d9a741da7791ecffedcedc11aadf36d1451f%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="sample_0c89d9a741da7791ecffedcedc11aadf36d1451f" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="356" alt="sample_0c89d9a741da7791ecffedcedc11aadf36d1451f" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtpbiGmOI/AAAAAAAADbg/0P9guvjVOiI/sample_0c89d9a741da7791ecffedcedc11aadf36d1451f_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>They look cute, don’t they?</em> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></div></em><p></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtqA2YH-I/AAAAAAAADbk/yX3qsGxxstY/s1600-h/df137bfef2ecb35207064d704a3d7b5dc776ffa1%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="df137bfef2ecb35207064d704a3d7b5dc776ffa1" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="df137bfef2ecb35207064d704a3d7b5dc776ffa1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtrFUsX6I/AAAAAAAADbo/RjSK3fiT-Y0/df137bfef2ecb35207064d704a3d7b5dc776ffa1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Quite shocking for Mihoko. </div></em><p></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAttWYpNEI/AAAAAAAADbs/uvWjwtjdAMA/s1600-h/17aa4d631c49342917f3be3f604f0d073ef0e2eb%5B2%5D.png"><img title="17aa4d631c49342917f3be3f604f0d073ef0e2eb" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="17aa4d631c49342917f3be3f604f0d073ef0e2eb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtvyssZhI/AAAAAAAADbw/LZxaILUzBU8/17aa4d631c49342917f3be3f604f0d073ef0e2eb_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="361" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">They do look happy. </div></em><p></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtwrl153I/AAAAAAAADb0/Kvak9ZyKeM4/s1600-h/062c7a5ade4b506da3a2f5a3c04f1f3b9c5da7cd%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="062c7a5ade4b506da3a2f5a3c04f1f3b9c5da7cd" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="062c7a5ade4b506da3a2f5a3c04f1f3b9c5da7cd" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtxW_tiII/AAAAAAAADb4/8AfQ2zGyG10/062c7a5ade4b506da3a2f5a3c04f1f3b9c5da7cd_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="361" border="0" /></a> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>I’ve read this before. Well… not really read because it’s in Japanese, i can’t read it. :P <br /></em></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtyRrH8fI/AAAAAAAADb8/a9Scvj2JFRA/s1600-h/2e436e16d34ca9cbf2f58edd7f88ca2d8eed7a68%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="2e436e16d34ca9cbf2f58edd7f88ca2d8eed7a68" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="2e436e16d34ca9cbf2f58edd7f88ca2d8eed7a68" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtzL5bUgI/AAAAAAAADcA/vyrcVbfWlQ8/2e436e16d34ca9cbf2f58edd7f88ca2d8eed7a68_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="357" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Enjoying their time together in cinema. <br /></em></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAtz2blFkI/AAAAAAAADcE/FoYEmCCFIWE/s1600-h/418fda1fbff02a1369265833c9ef2fff6074e6c2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="418fda1fbff02a1369265833c9ef2fff6074e6c2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="418fda1fbff02a1369265833c9ef2fff6074e6c2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAt0v5vmLI/AAAAAAAADcI/7pOA02WrfxE/418fda1fbff02a1369265833c9ef2fff6074e6c2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="437" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Takei Hisa cosplaying as Kazekoshi student. Cute! </div></em><p></p> <p> </p> <p><img title="63a2340072a7e5299ff97ee667ae58f3557d1329" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="433" alt="63a2340072a7e5299ff97ee667ae58f3557d1329" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAt1giLlhI/AAAAAAAADcM/MUtO8VCOfMA/63a2340072a7e5299ff97ee667ae58f3557d1329_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>That would look pretty erotic from Mihoko’s viewpoint.</em> <br /></p> <p><img title="66867ce2d5e54f42f17aa0a647eed4618f79f2a8" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="66867ce2d5e54f42f17aa0a647eed4618f79f2a8" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAt2GSEYsI/AAAAAAAADcQ/wItI0ijQ3pE/66867ce2d5e54f42f17aa0a647eed4618f79f2a8_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="358" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Takei Hisa is getting more aggresive! <br /></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p> <p><img title="ac243a4469b196e434985583515e93984b5581c2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="ac243a4469b196e434985583515e93984b5581c2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAt3AowUdI/AAAAAAAADcU/UqsZ434Pl8Q/ac243a4469b196e434985583515e93984b5581c2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>A kiss in the eye! Lovely indeed. <br /></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p> <p><img title="b958b5caaf0f0a29d156420397aab084a819b000" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="b958b5caaf0f0a29d156420397aab084a819b000" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAt351iTMI/AAAAAAAADcY/Y0aYjXDd6-w/b958b5caaf0f0a29d156420397aab084a819b000_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="483" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>HEY!!! SHE’S DOING IT!!! XDXDXDXD <br /></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p> <p><img title="845be773e3788bfd492ebbef5e7795862f7fea04" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="845be773e3788bfd492ebbef5e7795862f7fea04" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAt4iC-RII/AAAAAAAADcc/tHe98sLNNpc/845be773e3788bfd492ebbef5e7795862f7fea04_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="357" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Do we all know where’s this going into? XD <br /></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p> <p><img title="3927267f043e7fa67d751cb11b1068872c507eac" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="3927267f043e7fa67d751cb11b1068872c507eac" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAt5lMuInI/AAAAAAAADcg/DIrZjWb5p0o/3927267f043e7fa67d751cb11b1068872c507eac_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>A romantic kiss! <br /></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p> <p><img title="3b298894e8fcee9a0d56ebc1803e82ddc6adf693" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="3b298894e8fcee9a0d56ebc1803e82ddc6adf693" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAt6d9D_vI/AAAAAAAADck/LauVdwyuuNo/3b298894e8fcee9a0d56ebc1803e82ddc6adf693_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="356" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>DAMN NICE!!! <br /></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAt7IibnyI/AAAAAAAADco/MVg2hvm5nq8/s1600-h/da6368d7797731fdfa8f0ebce3ed30e4897e0918%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="da6368d7797731fdfa8f0ebce3ed30e4897e0918" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="da6368d7797731fdfa8f0ebce3ed30e4897e0918" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SzAt72O2NdI/AAAAAAAADcs/WItFMb6VNYE/da6368d7797731fdfa8f0ebce3ed30e4897e0918_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="388" border="0" /></a></p> <p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">I’d love to have a dakimakura cover with this picture on it. XDXD </span></div><em> <br /></em><p></p> <p>Well that’s all i can give for now folks! Be sure to check out for the next post. Gotta go continuing my project now. See you at the next post!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-50259737932399906882009-12-21T22:30:00.000+07:002009-12-21T22:54:51.991+07:00I'm (somewhat) back<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sy-WIG8YoEI/AAAAAAAADaQ/Hc3iWpm767I/s1600-h/0290baae0ae204f64ed4cab6ed95fa5a.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Sy-WIG8YoEI/AAAAAAAADaQ/Hc3iWpm767I/s400/0290baae0ae204f64ed4cab6ed95fa5a.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417713942797000770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Senjougahara Hitagi - unrelated pic. </span></i></div><br />Yeah, I'm pretty much back, specially for Christmas. For about 2 months, I left my blog vacuum because of my school projects. Anyway, i don't know if i can say I'm fully back. The school projects i mentioned, is way far from over. Here's the detail about the projects...<br /><br />I got 5 projects on my hand right now. If you want to know what kind of hell I'm in right now, check this out:<br /><ul><li>Client sever programming: with Oracle as server and a self built desktop application (using Delphi 7, yeah... laugh as hard as you want XP) as the client. </li><li>ASP.NET: rebuilding <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2008/12/moedia.html">MoeDIA</a> using ASP.NET engine.</li><li>Enterprise Java: rebuilding <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2008/12/moedia.html">MoeDIA </a>again (minus the transaction part) using Java Server Faces framework. </li><li>Software Engineering Project: building a web-based office messenger using PHP engine. </li><li>Practical work in my college: building an online web-based class selection input system using PHP engine. </li></ul>You see, these 5 projects started in July 2009 and all of them should be done in just 6 month, so yeah... right now, I have only 1 month or even less than that to get all my projects done. So far, here's my progress:<div><ul><li>Client sever programming: 80%</li><li>ASP.NET: 2%</li><li>Enterprise Java: 1% </li><li>Software Engineering Project: 70%</li><li>Practical work in my college: 90%</li></ul><div>Judging by the number, you can say that my progress so far is pretty bad. And i have to change these numbers to 100% before the 2nd week of January. But as this post said: "I'm back", then that means I'll fill this blog with some posts specially for this Christmas.</div><div><br /></div><div>Christmas will come in less than 1 week, and for this Christmas holiday, more interesting things will pop up here. So yeah, be sure to check it out! See you at the next post!</div><br /></div>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-6623273807201283102009-10-16T22:22:00.002+07:002009-10-16T22:29:49.832+07:00WTF!? Apparently Haruhi is featured in an advertisement<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/StiPrV65rRI/AAAAAAAADZ4/OaSR0xtMHXQ/s1600-h/haruhi_esia1%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhi_esia1" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="285" alt="haruhi_esia1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/StiPsFxXtOI/AAAAAAAADZ8/q4ktH-QyYDA/haruhi_esia1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>“Hey Kyon, I’m using esia now!”</em></p> <p>Sorry for the Indonesian language in the caption, but this is made by anonymous Indonesian otaku who found something that made him (and me) goes WTF!!! Anyway, the caption said: “Hey Kyon, I’m using esia now!”. FYI, esia is a name of a mobile phone service provider in Indonesia. In the screenshot above, Kyon’s sister said that she’s using esia as her provider. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/StiPtyfifFI/AAAAAAAADaA/L6K-GBnwcB8/s1600-h/haruhi_esia2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhi_esia2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="379" alt="haruhi_esia2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/StiPvB_ggdI/AAAAAAAADaE/QUcWj1zZv2c/haruhi_esia2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>The WTF banner!</em> </span></div></em><p></p> <p>There’s a particural reason why the anonymous Indonesian otaku made an edit on that screenshot. Apparently, he found something WTF in front of esia’s office in Bandung. An advertisement banner. Just proceed below if you want to see it clearly. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/StiPwBBV-ZI/AAAAAAAADaI/xPM6jP2HcSI/s1600-h/haruhi_esia3%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhi_esia3" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="haruhi_esia3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/StiPxRh_i6I/AAAAAAAADaM/Y23VP14mpho/haruhi_esia3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="379" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><i> "Haruhi wants you to use esia"</i></p> <p>Just show your esia provided mobile phone and you’ll get discounts in certain outlets. But that’s not the point! See the WTF part!!! It’s HARUHI FOR GOD SAKE!!! It’s Haruhi MaxFac figure photo with a mobile phone in front with the vectored hand illustration. That’s why in the screenshot above, Kyon’s sister using esia: BECAUSE HARUHI WANTS YOU TO USE ESIA!!!</p> <p>I am sooooo <strike>not</strike> gonna change to esia! XD</p> <p>Anyway, here’s the source: <a href="http://gedebuk.com/haruhi">http://gedebuk.com/haruhi</a></p> <p>A pretty much random post, but that’s all… See you!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-639262023371385972009-10-04T00:01:00.003+07:002009-12-15T11:15:33.761+07:00Tayutama –Kiss on My Deity-<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDGz5l1hI/AAAAAAAADYU/RgfWx7dAIk4/s1600-h/tayutama_01_opening2.jpg"><img title="tayutama_01_opening" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="504" alt="tayutama_01_opening" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDH_qqFfI/AAAAAAAADYY/rQE2RWHGQSY/tayutama_01_opening_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="353" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Tayutama –Kiss on My Diety-</em></p> <p>Another chance for anime review: Tayutama –Kiss on My Diety-. I picked this anime in my watch list because of the cute girls in the preview. Yeah, Mashiro, Mifuyu, Ameri, and Yumina got my attention at my first look even though i knew this anime will be a somewhat harem anime or anime that based on a visual novel.</p> <p>Anyway, just before you proceed, be sure to know that this post is –as always- <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">FILLED WITH SPOILERS</span></strong>, so if you know the risk and want to proceed, please do so. <br /><br /><br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDI2BoHBI/AAAAAAAADYc/vn2_kAj1fjM/s1600-h/tayutama_02_story2.jpg"><img title="tayutama_02_story" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="504" alt="tayutama_02_story" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDKIVc-sI/AAAAAAAADYg/_uNb88VgjiQ/tayutama_02_story_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="348" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Tayutama got a pretty simple story.</em></p> <p>The story revolves around young lucky <strike>bastard</strike> boy with a power of a priest, an exorcist to be exact, Mito Yuuri. One day something bad happened and all the bad spirits –called Tayutai- were released from their seal, including a goddess who sealed them all in the past. So just as you expected, the goddess asked Yuuri for his help to fight the bad tayutai and create a coexistence between humans and tayutai.</p> <p>Story of Tayutama is pretty simple and straightforward. You can also easily predict what happen next. So yeah, i guess you’ll be enjoying a lot of cute girls without deep stories. <br /><br /><br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDLLcJ7wI/AAAAAAAADYk/7a06fNAQyuE/s1600-h/tayutama_03_harem2.jpg"><img title="tayutama_03_harem" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="504" alt="tayutama_03_harem" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDMPqTg1I/AAAAAAAADYo/gauZGEKCYyM/tayutama_03_harem_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="346" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Low on fanservices, too bad…</em></p> <p>For an anime with a lot of cute girls, this anime is still low on fanservices, although some scene has references to ecchi stuffs or something to that effects. At first, i was expecting some ecchi stuffs or a lot of fanservices, but no… all i got is some magical battles and romances. Nevertheless, this anime is filled with 4 (or 5?) cute, sexy, and beautiful girls. I’ll be going into details for all of those 4-5 beauties. <br /><br /><br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDNwNoJuI/AAAAAAAADYs/7Uo2NfCXY-s/s1600-h/tayutama_04_mashiro2.jpg"><img title="tayutama_04_mashiro" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="357" alt="tayutama_04_mashiro" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDPWUhV7I/AAAAAAAADYw/PhYwDQ0HcS4/tayutama_04_mashiro_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Mito Mashiro, the cute goddess who can turn into loli after spending her magical power.</em></p> <p>Mito Mashiro, the main heroine of this anime. She’s the goddess that dreamt of the coexistence between human and tayutai. It was a pretty impossible goal to achieve at first time, but she never gave up, and work all the way to defeat 3 most powerful tayutai. Yuuri named her Mito Mashiro after she’s released from the seal. In the past life, she was called Kikurami Kaminohime.</p> <p>Mito Mashiro is a very beautiful and sexy girl. And she got that dog ears to add her cuteness. A plus point for inumimi girl lovers. She’s kind but at the other side she’s also strict, especially with the training she gave to help Yuuri improves his exorcism power.</p> <p>Anyway, Mashiro’s appearances are affected by her power. If she activated her power, her hair will turn white-purple. Her hair color became brown if she’s in her normal state. Not only that, if she used up her magical power, she can turn into a little girl (read: LOLI). After regenerating for awhile, she could became adult again.</p> <p>Just as expected, this anime main heroine is Mashiro and the VN route used in this anime is Mashiro’s route, with coexistence ending and she got married with Yuuri at the end, a very sad marriage. While it’s a good ending for everyone, i guess this kind of ending is pretty ordinary and lame. <br /><br /><br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDQVFKDkI/AAAAAAAADY0/1tEndeigi-k/s1600-h/tayutama_05_ameri2.jpg"><img title="tayutama_05_ameri" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="504" alt="tayutama_05_ameri" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDRRWCSWI/AAAAAAAADY4/lyjJ0UtsvcU/tayutama_05_ameri_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="358" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Kawai Ameri, another name for jealousy.</em></p> <p>Kawai Ameri, a childhood friend of Yuuri. She has a feeling of love towards Yuuri, too bad she kept her feeling sealed in her heart and never tells Yuuri about that. Kawai Ameri is a usual type of jealous childhood friend character. She loved Yuuri from the beginning, but she never told him. After Mashiro came and make Yuuri her husband in an instant, she started to realize her feeling and jealousy grew inside her heart.</p> <p>Ameri is a good girl, but i started to hate her since she got that jealousy, and just as predicted, she also easily controlled by the enemy and became the source of power for the enemy. I never knew how she’s doing in the VN, but i know her role here in the anime is nothing more than jealous selfish girl. <br /><br /><br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDSjj3EzI/AAAAAAAADY8/Hh4_SiY6tHk/s1600-h/tayutama_06_mifuyu2.jpg"><img title="tayutama_06_mifuyu" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="498" alt="tayutama_06_mifuyu" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDUBqwo5I/AAAAAAAADZA/DtjtY_9y4hU/tayutama_06_mifuyu_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Kisaragi Mifuyu, a total beauty with exceptional physical strength for a normal human.</em></p> <p>Kisaragi Mifuyu, the student council president of Flawless school. She’s a normal human with exceptional physical strength. She got involved with Yuuri while they were up against the first and weakest tayutai out of 3 most powerful Tayutai: Nue. A pretty ojou-sama typed girl minus the spoiled personality.</p> <p>Overall, she’s a great girl, and she’s also my favorite character from this anime. Too bad, her role in this anime is pretty much minor. I know she loved Yuuri, but since the anime used Mashiro’s route, her love feeling never really revealed explicitly. Her main role in the anime is became Nue’s friend, and that’s a pretty good start of coexistence Mashiro wanted. <br /><br /><br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDVF831rI/AAAAAAAADZE/3OoD25ahmTM/s1600-h/tayutama_07_nue2.jpg"><img title="tayutama_07_nue" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="504" alt="tayutama_07_nue" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDV-T_bqI/AAAAAAAADZI/9XZoJE4Rky4/tayutama_07_nue_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="361" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Nue, loli demon with sense of humor.</div></em><p></p> <p>I don’t know if Nue count as a “route character” in the anime, but it worth telling in this post. Nue is a tayutai, the first and the weakest out of all 3 powerful tayutai. She has that tentacle jelly monster with lighting power in her first appearance, but after that she was beaten by Yuuri, Mashiro, and Mifuyu. The reason she attacked was simple: she wanted to steal and try girls’ underwears. XD</p> <p>Nue is also a great character with funny personality, she brings out the humor from this anime. As the tayutai who opposed coexistence at the first time, she unexpectedly became Mifuyu’s best friend. <br /><br /><br /><br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDW4nzAlI/AAAAAAAADZM/ge8-QoZhEDk/s1600-h/tayutama_08_yumina2.jpg"><img title="tayutama_08_yumina" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="379" alt="tayutama_08_yumina" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDX0H_zZI/AAAAAAAADZQ/IBDpfRRMXWc/tayutama_08_yumina_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Takanashi Yumina, your loli younger sister. </em></p> <p>Takanashi Yumina, a loli character, stepsister of Yuuri, and Mifuyu’s friend. She’s a cute and kind girl, but she has the problem of “relied on her brother too much”. She got an interesting character development in the anime. She was able to overcome her weakness because of Ho-oh incident and ultimately, she was appointed by Mifuyu as the next Flawless student council president. <br /><br /><br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDY409qOI/AAAAAAAADZU/rwPY2NbUevE/s1600-h/tayutama_09_yuminahooh2.jpg"><img title="tayutama_09_yuminahooh" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="504" alt="tayutama_09_yuminahooh" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDZ1o-6WI/AAAAAAAADZY/gRkboHNCNIo/tayutama_09_yuminahooh_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="357" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Yumina is a pretty strong hearted character.</em> </span></div></em><p></p> <p>As i said above, Yumina was heavily involved with Hooh incident. At a certain day, a bird fell into her room, and sit on Yumina’s head. That bird was one of 2 twin birds Hooh, which also one of the 3 powerful Tayutai Yuuri had to fight. The bird stayed on Yumina’s head to get some rest and regenerate its magical power. Yumina panicked, and if she’s in panic state, the bird’s also became panic. That’s why Yuuri had to accompany her in the school using his female form.</p> <p>The battle was pretty much straightforward. And it ended well, Ho and Oh were together again, and both used Yumina’s head for their love nest. Yumina knew Yuuri will be troubled if she kept relying on Yuuri. So she decided to overcome her weakness by trying to handle Hooh by herself. She’s a pretty strong character for her ages. <br /><br /><br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDbEk6pDI/AAAAAAAADZc/1x7GZoK0d5E/s1600-h/tayutama_10_ameridragon2.jpg"><img title="tayutama_10_ameridragon" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="379" alt="tayutama_10_ameridragon" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDcbZ2oBI/AAAAAAAADZg/ncUGDP06LsE/tayutama_10_ameridragon_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Ameri and her childish attitude and jealousy.</em></p> <p>Unlike Yumina, Ameri is older but she acts childish. Her jealousy made her easily controlled by the strongest Tayutai: Ryuu (dragon). Ryuu used Ameri’s jealousy to control her and made her fight against Yuuri and Mashiro. It’s a pretty predictable outcome… really… In the end, she gave up on Yuuri and let Mashiro have him after a long talk. <br /><br /><br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDddO84KI/AAAAAAAADZk/UVuyegdwh4s/s1600-h/tayutama_11_ending2.jpg"><img title="tayutama_11_ending" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="504" alt="tayutama_11_ending" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDeTmokrI/AAAAAAAADZo/3e-SiIpGT68/tayutama_11_ending_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="397" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Confusing ending (for me).</em></p> <p>The ending is pretty much weird and to forced. It’s pretty predictable that Ameri and the dragon were easily defeated, but Mashiro’s weakening power was another matter. In the middle of the story, there were some hints about Mashiro’s weakening power, her hand started to fade. In the end, i figured that Yuuri himself was the cause, but that’s just my guess, don’t know the real reason though. Is it just me, or the ending seems to forced? I mean, yeah i know Mashiro’s power is weakening, but was it because of Yuuri’s power or was it because she used too much power? The reason is still mystery to me… <br /><br /><br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDfoiE79I/AAAAAAAADZs/pNEaaxMbjWU/s1600-h/tayutama_12_closing2.jpg"><img title="tayutama_12_closing" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="347" alt="tayutama_12_closing" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SseDgrZkdfI/AAAAAAAADZw/WKn6LZMpi4Y/tayutama_12_closing_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Bonus: Nue and loli Mashiro in topless bikini.</em></p> <p>Overall, i gave Tayutama a 7 out of 10. Nice girls especially Mifuyu, nice arts, great characters, and shallow story. That pretty much describes Tayutama in my eyes.</p> <p>And that’s all for today’s review. I’m gonna be back for another review. And before closing, got a bonus for you: Nue and loli Mashiro in topless bikini, enjoy! XD</p> <p>So yeah… that’s all for now, and see you at the next post!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-60807591999255165402009-09-22T21:53:00.002+07:002009-09-22T22:00:03.920+07:00Games replay value and post end game stuffs<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SrjkzYRxFPI/AAAAAAAADXk/SxAabxyp1zY/s1600-h/grv_1_opening%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="grv_1_opening" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="400" alt="grv_1_opening" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Srjk0gyJq1I/AAAAAAAADXo/DNL9UqZnB20/grv_1_opening_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Who loves girl playing games?</em></p> <p>After beating Valkyria Chronicles, I’ve been thinking about games replay value, since Valkyria Chronicles has that new game plus which bring out our spirit to replay this game again even after you beat the game. This post is discussing mostly about why we gamers want to replay a game, even after you beat it and other games are waiting. Anyway, the games we’ll discuss here are games with genre like RPG or adventure. Games with genre like fighting or Dynasty Warriors styled gameplay aren’t too relevant in this topic, so let’s just assume all the games here are RPG or Adventure.</p> <p>First let’s find the reasons what kind of replay values games can give:</p> <ul> <li>New Game Plus: you can restart a new game with new features that you can’t access in the first playthrough, some games give you chance to bring your level, items, skills, etc in the new playthrough.</li> <li>Post end game: after you beat the story, you’ll enter a free roaming mode or something like that, this session gives you chance to find secrets and completing subquests.</li> <li>100% completion: self explanatory, gamers want to get 100% completion of the game. Depending on the game, 100% completion can be achieved in post end game session, new game plus, or even the first playthrough. This reason is about how gamers want to replay because they missed something in their first playthrough even though they can get a hundred percent in their first game.</li> <li>Alternate ending: yeah, beating a game the 2nd time to get another view on the ending.</li> <li>Just plain nostalgia: easy to say, just for nostalgia, no other special reason.</li> </ul> <p>I guess I’ll be ranting about each of them with more details. So just let’s move on… <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Srjk1pmRAhI/AAAAAAAADXs/uzP3jzxdi6A/s1600-h/grv_2_newgameplus%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="grv_2_newgameplus" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="grv_2_newgameplus" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Srjk22uR4hI/AAAAAAAADXw/Tmm88hsjRgc/grv_2_newgameplus_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="366" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Disgaea series secrets opened in NG+, the real game will begin after you finish the story.</em></p> <p>New game plus is about how the game delivers more stuffs to find, beat, open, etc after the first playthrough is finished and you start a new one. So you have to do those stuffs while you’re trying to finish the second story playthrough. Sometimes the game gives you ability to bring all items, level, etc. MGS3, MGS4, and Valkyria Chronicles are games that give you ability to bring those achievement in the next playthrough.</p> <p>So gamers want to play those games because they want to taste those secrets. Disgaea series are the type of games that is filled with secrets after you finish the first playthrough. FYI, Disgaea 1 and 2 requires you to restart to access the secret, but Disgaea 3 doesn’t work that way. Disgaea 3 can be included in post end game achievement games. Disgaea 2 secret characters can be accessed after you finished the first game, like Laharl and friends.</p> <p>Valkyria Chronicles brings you Hard and Ex Hard skirmish. The game also brings you a chance to replay all mission so you can get A rank in each missions. But no other secrets and whatsoever.</p> <p>I rarely replay a games because of this reason. Disgaea 2 is an exception i guess, because like i said before, the real game has just begun after the end of the story. Usually, games with new game plus is minimum on new secrets, and that’s the reason why i rarely replay a games just because it has a new game plus. How about you guys? What do you think about New Game Plus? <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Srjk36ROBEI/AAAAAAAADX0/u9pTGzneMz4/s1600-h/grv_3_postgame%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="grv_3_postgame" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="379" alt="grv_3_postgame" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Srjk5HbCN-I/AAAAAAAADX4/m0GzCK8jqMI/grv_3_postgame_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>It’s Grand Theft Auto if you don’t know what i want to say.</em></p> <p>Next part is worth to play, a post end game achievement. Different than the first reason, new game plus, post end game achievement doesn’t bore you with the same events / stories you saw in the first playthrough. Those secret stuffs appeared after you beat the game, but you don’t have to restart the game and replay and rewatch all the stuffs you’ve watch in the first playthrough.</p> <p>Games like Grand Theft Auto series are popular with this replay value. You can do things to get 100% completion, like hidden packages, jumps, rampages, races, etc. After the story ends, you can pretty much roams anywhere you want. Midnight Clubs: Los Angeles also gives you chance like this, you can go anywhere, get any kind of cars you want, and beat those <enter car types here> kings and get a hundred percent.</p> <p>Those 2 games above are examples of games that have post end game session, but have almost no new secrets opened after the main story ended. But game like Disgaea 3 has new secrets opened after the main story ended. Grandia Extreme also has new dungeon appeared after you beat the story. Gamers may want to beat those dungeons or obtain those secrets before they sell the game or just put it in the repository.</p> <p>Well, yeah… the post end game achievement is one of my main reason why i tried to play the games even after i beat those games. Depending on how many secrets revealed i might change my mind. Midnight Club LA and GTA don’t really have something new, so i guess i won’t be playing with it for too long. But games with so many secrets like Disgaea 3 has can be attractive to me. IMO, post end game session is better than new game plus because you don’t have to worry about rewatching the whole story again. So how’s your opinion regarding post end game session? <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Srjk6dNoYkI/AAAAAAAADX8/SEkzM1Q6eyY/s1600-h/grv_4_hyakupasento%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="grv_4_hyakupasento" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="grv_4_hyakupasento" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Srjk7_IT7jI/AAAAAAAADYA/BZvEVSS-XFk/grv_4_hyakupasento_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="360" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Tales series or 100% completion after the first playthrough.</em></p> <p>Next is about 100% completion. A hundred percent is different between each games. You can only get 100% in games like Tales series after you beat it once. So it was like 100% in the new game plus. Games with post end game session like Midnight Club LA, GTA, and Disgaea 3 also has the 100% after you beat the game. But the real 100% is about how you get all the things you can get BEFORE you beat the game.</p> <p>So it’s like, get all items, skills, subquests, equipments, and all the stuffs you can get before you beat the game. Normally, you can do this in the first playthrough. I remembered i played over 60 hours in Kingdom Hearts 2 just to get 100% for the secret ending. </p> <p>So what’s the replay value IF you can get the number in the first playthrough? Well… not all people can get that number in their first playthrough. So they want to replay it and get the number in second playthrough.</p> <p>Here are examples of games with the 100% completion in the first playthrough: Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy 7 (don’t know the other series), Atelier Iris series, etc. You can get the 100% completion in the first playthrough, but if you failed or missed to get it, you can just restart the game, go for another try, and get the things you missed before.</p> <p>Tales series are a very different examples. You can get most of the things in the first playthrough, but it still has the new game plus. As i remembered, Tales of Eternia has a new dungeon in the next playthrough. But in Tales of Abyss, only hardcore mode opened after you beat the game, no other stuffs.</p> <p>Tales of Eternia bringing a lot of old memories to me. I still a n00b while playing the first ToE, so my target back there is just beat the story and nothing else. But after awhile i knew that ToE has so many potential in the game, so replayed it and beat it almost 100%, replayed it again for the new dungeon. I think this is the game where i spent so much time replaying.</p> <p>I definitely wouldn’t want to replay a game just for 100% completion. Most gamers, including me, would like to try get 100% before they beat it, so it was like perfectionists who failed to perfect in their first playthrough would want to beat it again. So how about you? Do you want to beat the game just for 100% even though you knew you won’t get new secrets and stuffs? <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Srjk8znGsZI/AAAAAAAADYE/SeDTnGaVjh4/s1600-h/grv_5_alternateend%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="grv_5_alternateend" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="354" alt="grv_5_alternateend" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/Srjk-sglM3I/AAAAAAAADYI/z8Ta7rC_sTs/grv_5_alternateend_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Suikoden series, I’ve finished all of them and got the best ending except Suikoden 2.</em></p> <p>And this maybe the other good reason why you want to replay the game again: alternate ending. Suikoden series are the games that popular with the endings. Each games always has these: 108 characters, one of your closest friend dead, and don’t let your character die at the battle. Target: best ending where you have to get all those character without dying and in the near end, you’ll have your friend revived.</p> <p>So what if you failed to meet that requirement? Just beat it again! Easy! But it could take a lot of time to replay it again. You just have to beat it again with the condition met. A very potential reason to replay the game.</p> <p>Most of you gamers, including me, would want to get the best ending at the first playthrough. But the difference is after that. Do you want to put the game off after you get the best ending, or want to play it again for the other ending (even the bad ending one)? For me, I’d stop after i got the best ending. Got more games waiting rather than rewatching the whole stories again. Maybe I’ll find a forum that discuss about the other ending and just read it just to let myself know what kind of stuffs lies in the other endings. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SrjlAHNclCI/AAAAAAAADYM/te85BVw2Nfo/s1600-h/grv_6_closing%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="grv_6_closing" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="grv_6_closing" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SrjlBVwjR0I/AAAAAAAADYQ/M5Qqaiea-hY/grv_6_closing_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="465" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Bonus: Chibi Selvaria cooking (still in the happy mood after beating Valkyria).</div></em><p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>The last reason is simple, just plain nostalgia. That’s pretty much self explanatory… Maybe the gamers just want to remember the games they’ve played or whatsoever.</p> <p>So the main question is: do you still want to spend your precious time, let the new games waiting, and replay your previous games because of those reasons? I won’t be bothering too much with my past games, except i have no more games to play with…</p> <p>Phew, a pretty long rant here… Well yeah, that’s it for now… See you at the next post.</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-2757803335593693412009-09-20T20:21:00.002+07:002009-09-20T20:23:35.184+07:00Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SrYsFMtl4uI/AAAAAAAADW4/Bo_kZlLIi10/s1600-h/zero3_1_opening%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="zero3_1_opening" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="319" alt="zero3_1_opening" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SrYsGNJmEiI/AAAAAAAADW8/60VzXTISr1s/zero3_1_opening_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Zero no Tsukaima 3 - introducing new <strike>bitch with big boobs</strike> character: Tiffania Westwood.</em></p> <p>After a week++ of absence, at last I’m back for another anime review! It’s Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo turn this time. This anime is one of the <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/07/back-at-hq-and-ready-for-action.html" target="_blank">12++ anime series I’ve watched in my holiday</a>. From those series, I’ve done only 2 reviews out of 12++, so yeah… basically this is the 3rd part of those 12 series, pretty slow huh!? Okay, then let’s get down to business.</p> <p>Oh and don’t forget: <strong>SPOILERS WARNING!!!! </strong>Proceed with caution! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SrYsG9pJIVI/AAAAAAAADXA/l3eBZqjXits/s1600-h/zero3_2_story%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="zero3_2_story" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="353" alt="zero3_2_story" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SrYsHwh-cVI/AAAAAAAADXE/PqF0rPG9gWM/zero3_2_story_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Tabitha got the most development in this season.</em> </p> <p>Zero no Tsukaima 3 story is pretty much short, with only 13 episodes you can’t really expect much plot twist here. Most of the episodes were wasted with fanservices and stuffs, leaving only 2-3 episodes near the end for the real story. The main concern in Zero 3 story is Tabitha and the main antagonist: Tabitha’s uncle (? *CMIIW*). Saito and friends already knew who and what are they up against. And yeah that’s it… The enemies managed to flew and Saito succeeded in saving Tabitha.</p> <p>So yeah, Zero no Tsukaima 3 is low on plot development but high on fun. More fanservices, more harem, more action, and definitely more fun, unlike the previous season which filled with too much politics and low number of action and fun.</p> <p>In this series, there were 2 more characters introduced: Tiffania Westwood and Irukuku. Tiffania was the forest fairy who saved Saito from death in Zero no Tsukaima season 2. Irukuku was Tabitha’s familiar in her human form –pretty sexy, i guess-.</p> <p>Oh and apparently, Louise managed to learn about her void magic and she could control it perfectly, except her magic power wasn’t strong enough to handle such great magic (not enough MP XD).</p> <p>Judging from the ending of this series, we definitely ARE waiting for the next season to air and looking forward for the continuation. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SrYsI2bjGvI/AAAAAAAADXI/CsrQgaiNZJ4/s1600-h/zero3_3_harem%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="zero3_3_harem" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="380" alt="zero3_3_harem" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SrYsK3W_ioI/AAAAAAAADXM/6I59vuBQqFQ/zero3_3_harem_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Saito’s harem, 3 melons and 2 strawberries.</em></p> <p>The worst thing here is… Saito got more harem! He became even more popular, he got more girl, plus the girls became even more attracted to him. Let say you’re Saito and now you’re at the end of this season, then you can do these things:</p> <ul> <li>Make love with Louise</li> <li>Grope or even have sex with Tiffania</li> <li>Kiss Henrietta</li> <li>Make love with Siesta</li> <li>Go out or even make love with Tabitha</li> </ul> <p>I thought he’s loyal with her girl in the first season, but no… Now he’s just a bastard with a lot of cute, beautiful, sexy and dynamite girls loving him. XD <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SrYsNPX5WlI/AAAAAAAADXQ/w5DsU6ZgnwI/s1600-h/zero3_4_fanservice%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="zero3_4_fanservice" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="358" alt="zero3_4_fanservice" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SrYsPA3LV2I/AAAAAAAADXU/yI_nGeGF05c/zero3_4_fanservice_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>More fanservices!!!</em></p> <p>Putting aside the harem, Zero no Tsukaima 3 is also filled with fanservices. Watched the OVA? Yeah… You could see almost all of Zero 3 girls in bikini, very very very sexy bikini. Need more? Don’t worry… There’s still onsen scene featuring Tiffania and Louise yuri action plus nude Tabitha. Still want more? <a href="http://www.fakku.net/manga.php?series=Zero+no+Tsukaima" target="_blank">Get a Zero no Tsukaima hentai doujinshi dude</a>. XD <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SrYsQiTTdvI/AAAAAAAADXY/NQdUjS_-PFM/s1600-h/zero3_5_yuri%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="zero3_5_yuri" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="316" alt="zero3_5_yuri" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SrYsSDV4JcI/AAAAAAAADXc/SluLHSVjNAw/zero3_5_yuri_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Yuri kisses found in this anime!!! That was really hot!</div></em><p></p> <p>I forgot whether Agnes involved or not, but i know the best episode for me is the episode where Siesta tried to seduce Saito with love potion. But no… the best part isn’t Siesta, but when the love potion effects were already spread wide! Yeah, 4 girls got affected, and they were involved in some hot yuri chasing and kissing! I LOVE this episode! XD <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><img title="zero3_6_closing" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="zero3_6_closing" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SrYsTDz2S2I/AAAAAAAADXg/emTzAX-3EF4/zero3_6_closing_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="350" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Bonus: Louise gothic version.</em></p> <p>Well, yeah, that’s all for now! As a bonus, an illustration of gothic Louise. I got the figure of Louise in this outfit, <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/08/louise-gothic-punk-version-alter.html" target="_blank">go check it out if you want</a>. And yeah… this is it! See you at the next post!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-87632640205178053042009-09-08T21:08:00.002+07:002009-09-08T21:11:20.446+07:00Haruhi Gekisou – Max Factory<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZklvf_EsI/AAAAAAAADTI/nH23fEv5ZfY/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_01full%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_01full" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="haruhigekisou_01full" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZkmmNf1gI/AAAAAAAADTM/G31PA2oFFUk/haruhigekisou_01full_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Suzumiya Haruhi Gekisou version.</em></p> <p>Ouch… some school works forced me to make a week of pause between my last post and this post. Well whatever, this time i bring you another set of figure photos for one of my favorite figure: Suzumiya Haruhi Gekisou version. Get yourself ready for a total of 30 photos of the figure. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZknomQVkI/AAAAAAAADTQ/PPCwp5n2R-M/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_02half%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_02half" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_02half" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZkovCRhVI/AAAAAAAADTU/bC-P-VwvZpY/haruhigekisou_02half_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Max Factory manufactured this.</em> </span></div></em><p></p> <p>This figure is manufactured by the best figure manufacturer ever: Max Factory. I know MaxFact can create such wonderful masterpieces. But lately I’ve been disappointed by MaxFact. I don’t know how you guys feel with figma, but i guess MaxFact has been too focused with their “side” projects or even made this “side” projects become their main projects, and left the PVC building as the side projects. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZkpSR2baI/AAAAAAAADTY/N1YXH7JZ_N4/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_03faceclose%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_03faceclose" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_03faceclose" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZkqSZeAxI/AAAAAAAADTc/Eq8T3NuDJMM/haruhigekisou_03faceclose_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Why make figma if they can produce something great like this?</em> </p> <p>As i said before, i don’t know how you guys feel with figma. Maybe some of you were happy collecting figma because of its posability, its cheap price, and most figma models came from popular characters. IMO, MaxFact is “wasting” their skills on projects like that, while us (or me?), static PVC lovers, left unserved, and maybe start to lean to other great manufacturer like Alter. Please do excuse me for saying things like this, especially if you’re a figma lovers, I’m just trying to express my feeling. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZkrJpY9dI/AAAAAAAADTg/4xMt3HRzmVU/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_04half2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_04half2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="haruhigekisou_04half2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZksPCpSyI/AAAAAAAADTk/0VghZefQ8qE/haruhigekisou_04half2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>SOS-dan + concert = GODLIKE!</em></p> <p>Enough about MaxFact ranting, let’s get into the figure. As you may know, around July 2007, there’s a big concert of Suzumiya Haruhi, called Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisou. Its filled with Haruhi songs goodness like God Knows, Hare hare dance, etc. This Haruhi and her outfit came from the official promotion illustration of that concert. I saw that picture and thought about how great SOS-dan girls in those outfit. And 2 years later, the figures were at last released. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZktOKUJRI/AAAAAAAADTo/FhSUIPLb8Nw/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_05face%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_05face" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="haruhigekisou_05face" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZkuQcrotI/AAAAAAAADTs/F7858C1U9ug/haruhigekisou_05face_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Cheerful and full of spirit Haruhi, well it’s her concert spirit after all.</em></p> <p>Haruhi came with a different hairstyle this time. Yes, dig out some illustration of the concert and you’ll know that Haruhi had a different hairstyle. It’s very detailed, with that tied part of her hair and her ahoge. Her face? Just as usual, it’s the full of spirit and cheerful Haruhi we all know. She looks soooo great! Totally perfect! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZkvEcLSiI/AAAAAAAADTw/I-DSrvIU1us/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_06half3%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_06half3" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="haruhigekisou_06half3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZkwHtsMsI/AAAAAAAADT0/rj-e0-j4iWY/haruhigekisou_06half3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>The best Haruhi ever.</em></p> <p>Max Factory’s sculpt is as usual almost perfect. I said almost because there maybe a few little unexpected flaws lurking around. But as usual, it looks better than the other. This maybe the best Haruhi figure ever released, except you prefer the school uniform better, then get the Alter or the old Max Factory version. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZkxIfLBGI/AAAAAAAADT4/mW5QI9AULx0/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_07faceclose2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_07faceclose2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_07faceclose2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZkxwe31MI/AAAAAAAADT8/HW_WjvdDb78/haruhigekisou_07faceclose2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Nice eyes.</em></p> <p>Max Factory really brought us the Gekisou concert spirit to our home via this figure. It’s all written on her full of spirit face. Oh, and her eyes, MaxFact produced the best eyes of figure IMO. Those eyes can give a live and sparkling feeling, and figures from other manufacturers can’t bring that in their figures (including Alter). <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZky0bYxwI/AAAAAAAADUE/1lshxm5wSno/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_08halfside%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_08halfside" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_08halfside" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZkzrYOSrI/AAAAAAAADUI/MHRIa8IkIUo/haruhigekisou_08halfside_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>A side view of half of her body.</em></p> <p>The minus part of this figure is the pose. Although Haruhi is in a concert, she doesn’t have that dynamic pose like Alter figures have. An even more energetic pose or dynamic pose can add up the joy of the concert. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZk1M9F2_I/AAAAAAAADUM/qw20EHKxk9I/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_09faceside%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_09faceside" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_09faceside" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZk17fMaVI/AAAAAAAADUQ/EpiGhCekOfk/haruhigekisou_09faceside_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><i>Haruhi Gekisou concert… is it good? Never watch it.</i></p> <p>I myself never watch Aya Hirano in that gekisou outfit, and that means i never watch the gekisou concert. So i can’t really compare this figure with the real world result. But, I’d love to see if there’s a video of Haruhi (anime version) singing God Knows in those concert getups. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZk2lTmPwI/AAAAAAAADUU/a4bN-0l-KfM/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_10microphone%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_10microphone" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_10microphone" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZk3iXtTLI/AAAAAAAADUY/cJJhI_xNliY/haruhigekisou_10microphone_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>The microphone.</em></p> <p>She’s the vocalist, so she got this microphone hanging behind her right ear. Looks great for a concert accessory. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZk4Qr17YI/AAAAAAAADUc/a00wndebitQ/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_11headabove%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_11headabove" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_11headabove" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZk5FAdZvI/AAAAAAAADUg/sIkbz9CnMMg/haruhigekisou_11headabove_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Her hair, around 60 degrees above.</em></p> <p>A view from above, to get a clearer view around her hair. That ahoge really stands up. I never see any Haruhi with ahoge in the anime. I don’t know how she does her hair but making that ahoge stands out is pretty hard XD . Anyway, even with that new hairstyle, she still wears that Haruhi’s favorite hairband, except this time her side ribbons aren’t there. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZk6PMy5mI/AAAAAAAADUk/Q9PIxzUSX_w/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_12back%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_12back" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="haruhigekisou_12back" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZk68StsII/AAAAAAAADUo/dwinC5u4GYc/haruhigekisou_12back_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>A view from the back.</em></p> <p>Her outfit is pretty revealing, especially around her shoulder and stomach. The skirt and the frills on the edge of her tank top give a gothic feeling for Haruhi. It’s not a totally gothic Haruhi though. Similar to Mikuru, it has frills around the edges of her clothes and layered skirt. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZk7s8ht4I/AAAAAAAADUs/rG99zG1NYt4/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_13upperbody%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_13upperbody" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_13upperbody" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZk8rauzII/AAAAAAAADUw/25nC51thCWM/haruhigekisou_13upperbody_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Nicely done!</em></p> <p>Her upper body is surprisingly revealing. Her arms and stomach aren’t covered at all. They got a pretty nice design on the tank top, especially by adding frills around the edges. Nicely sculpted around here, and it’s pretty detailed on the wrinkles right below her boobs. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZk9VvYV7I/AAAAAAAADU0/T33VAomE0Is/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_14necklace%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_14necklace" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="haruhigekisou_14necklace" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZk-IScu8I/AAAAAAAADU4/DvdNGUzdNjo/haruhigekisou_14necklace_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Cross necklace.</em></p> <p>I’m a Catholic and Cross is a symbol of Catholic, so why Haruhi wears this? I <strike>thought she’s the God</strike> never knew about her religion in the anime. But above all that, this necklace is pretty nice accessory! If you noticed even deeper, there are another necklace and a belt choker on her neck. The other necklace is permanently sculpted on the body, it’s not separated like this necklace. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZk_HJJeyI/AAAAAAAADU8/pDo6Ek_rK00/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_15chest%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_15chest" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_15chest" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZk_8-EbfI/AAAAAAAADVA/qFyrvBQ1uds/haruhigekisou_15chest_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Ideal boobs for girls around her age.</em></p> <p>Nice boobs, but not maximized. I know MaxFact did this because they want to keep Mikuru’s boobs as the biggest boobs in the gekisou set XD . Overall, Haruhi still got a nice boobs, you can still feel it and t** f***ed by it. It has nice size, but her cleavage isn’t revealed unlike Mikuru. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlA4o6VDI/AAAAAAAADVE/Ww_H1XW3-j0/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_16arm%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_16arm" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_16arm" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlBbbSL7I/AAAAAAAADVI/g-8wFgIwPIQ/haruhigekisou_16arm_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Her right arm.</em></p> <p>Her right arm got this red long armband covering her lower right arm and half of the upper right arm. And she’s also tied with some black belts around her arms. Just accessories to keep synchronized with the official illustration i guess. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlCL3AsZI/AAAAAAAADVM/5ekwimj0pTw/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_17hand%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_17hand" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_17hand" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlC-uMuuI/AAAAAAAADVQ/8ihdWE8Ww2U/haruhigekisou_17hand_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Her right hand.</em></p> <p>And her right hand with red guitar pick on it. It’s a pretty small part, and it’s prone to small paint flow. Yes… small paint flows do happen even in MaxFact’s products. The other bad part here is her fingernails aren’t painted, it’s not that bad but it could add the fun factor of a figure. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlD-g3diI/AAAAAAAADVU/8h470aXzyZE/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_18arm2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_18arm2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_18arm2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlEyN9m4I/AAAAAAAADVY/y_Gk2lPGipg/haruhigekisou_18arm2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Her left arm.</em></p> <p>Her left arm, which has nothing on it except that black thing on her upper arm. It’s the part of her tank top. I guess that’s all for the left arm. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlFp3-gNI/AAAAAAAADVc/998o-X8z8-A/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_19hand2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_19hand2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_19hand2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlGa-vMNI/AAAAAAAADVg/SharVLHNeYA/haruhigekisou_19hand2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Her left hand, handling the guitar keys.</em></p> <p>And this is her left hand which handles the guitar keys. Sorry i don’t know anything about guitar, so i can’t tell you much about the guitar and all, do correct me if I’m wrong regarding this guitar parts, because after this, we’re moving to the guitar parts! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlHEVRa-I/AAAAAAAADVk/kdFrSZ7a2uA/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_20guitar%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_20guitar" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_20guitar" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlICz5GHI/AAAAAAAADVo/OlFiahHRX-8/haruhigekisou_20guitar_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>The guitar of Haruhi Suzumiya.</em></p> <p>And this is the guitar, her famous guitar. She played using this guitar once in the first season episode 12 “Live A Live”, singing God Knows. That scene is the best scene I ever watched and that scene burned to my heart. I will never ever forget that scene. Anyway, the guitar is pretty detailed and has nice paintjobs on it. Great job MaxFact! <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlI63tfxI/AAAAAAAADVs/gchbZPzjMW8/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_21guitar2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_21guitar2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_21guitar2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlJi5kPSI/AAAAAAAADVw/czfV6dotA4w/haruhigekisou_21guitar2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Italia Mondial Classic.</em></p> <p>Did a little search while writing this and i found something interesting from <a href="http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/06/29/haruhi-guitar-maniacs/" target="_blank">Sankaku Complex</a>. It is said that Haruhi’s guitar is Italia Mondial Classic, and Yuki’s white guitar is Gibson SG Special White <strike>while Yui’s guitar is GITAAHHH!!! </strike>. Anyway, those guitar chords are real strings, don’t know if they’re just a string shaped plastics or a real string, but unlike <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2008/10/chua-churam-alter.html" target="_blank">Chua Churam’s guitar</a> they’re not sculpted on the guitar. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlKuskxLI/AAAAAAAADV0/kIYMywWn0Dw/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_22skirt%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_22skirt" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_22skirt" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlLgy41jI/AAAAAAAADV4/kxgoUQFnDvo/haruhigekisou_22skirt_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Nice layered skirt, also gives a gothic feeling.</em></p> <p>We’re done with guitar and moving on the skirt part. It’s a pretty unique skirts. It has 3 layers, the first layer is semi invisible, and the front skirt length is far shorter than the back length. It’s easier to peek below! XD <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlMdiy-EI/AAAAAAAADV8/e-Gs06PJu_k/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_23leg%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_23leg" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="haruhigekisou_23leg" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlNL7kDPI/AAAAAAAADWA/ypeI0gxg70g/haruhigekisou_23leg_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Her left leg.</em></p> <p>Her left leg has a shorter sock compared to her right leg. It’s colored green, has some patterns, a ribbons, and frills on the edge. Those frills also give the gothic feeling for this figure. Anyway, the right leg’s sock is pretty long it reached her thigh, too bad i didn’t take a photo of it. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlNn2Eg8I/AAAAAAAADWE/8sdn3eEqLuo/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_24shoe%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_24shoe" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_24shoe" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlOum4JFI/AAAAAAAADWI/xyiZIDjUryY/haruhigekisou_24shoe_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;">Her left shoes.</div></em><p></p> <p>And this is her left shoes. The sculpt is greatly done! Yeah, and it looks shiny, as good as new, nice paintjob especially by adding that glossy effect. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> </p> <p><a><img title="haruhigekisou_25above" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_25above" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlPbZ6l3I/AAAAAAAADWM/lYbFZIpznHo/haruhigekisou_25above_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>A high angled photos for you.</em></p> <p>That’s all the details parts, and here we go, a full view of this figure from above. Looks pretty normal, and no cleavage revealing for you. The parts that stand out here are her guitar and her skirt. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlQDT4K2I/AAAAAAAADWQ/sADZISDWRl0/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_26pantie%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_26pantie" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_26pantie" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlRHwYfZI/AAAAAAAADWU/lgy6Iyq-7Uk/haruhigekisou_26pantie_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>The mandatory pantie shot!</em></p> <p>Ahem… Now you see it! It’s a pretty normal white pantie, and it’s already my job to bring a mandatory pantie shot for you otakus! XD <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlSANQI6I/AAAAAAAADWY/XxF9BjTpg5I/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_27colorblue%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_27colorblue" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_27colorblue" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlS13m_8I/AAAAAAAADWc/8FWZ8vz4uMY/haruhigekisou_27colorblue_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Blue light!</em></p> <p>As to make a concert feeling, i tried to experiment with my wireless flash. It’s easy to make this color effect as long as you have a wireless flash set. Just prepare a colored carton / paper / cloth / whatever you have. Put it in your mini studio as the exchange of your reflector. Do your shot, and done! You got your colored effect photos. I know maybe some of you would like to do that in Photoshop, but I was pretty lazy for Photoshopping and chose this way instead. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlUKAX0YI/AAAAAAAADWg/o1fesi67MeE/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_28colorgreen%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_28colorgreen" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_28colorgreen" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlVIrg2CI/AAAAAAAADWk/BEgsAOOwZi0/haruhigekisou_28colorgreen_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><em><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em>Green colored!</em> </span></div></em><p></p> <p>Got a total of 4 photos with color effects, and each photos have different colors. This time is green. I also took this chance to experiment with some angles i didn’t take in photos above. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlV2godCI/AAAAAAAADWo/H7DcWES2gC8/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_29colorpink%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_29colorpink" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="337" alt="haruhigekisou_29colorpink" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlWo6-csI/AAAAAAAADWs/tWxR0WIsr6k/haruhigekisou_29colorpink_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Pink colored!</em></p> <p>Pink carton isn’t too strong to reflect weak flash, so i had to fire a stronger flash and the result is this. It’s a pretty harsh light result from Haruhi’s right hand side considering the flash was already reflected. <br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlXtLhnlI/AAAAAAAADWw/-iwYu6U7tfs/s1600-h/haruhigekisou_30colorred%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="haruhigekisou_30colorred" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="504" alt="haruhigekisou_30colorred" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqZlYtcxGuI/AAAAAAAADW0/b6WrvUQCmkc/haruhigekisou_30colorred_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="337" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Red colored! And POI: gekisou!</em></p> <p>And the last is IMO the best color effect I’ve done, just like Fate Testarossa photos. Oh and the POI of this figure is the “Gekisou” part. Everyone bought this figure because she got concert costume, guitar, and got the concert feelings in it. And that’s the best selling part of this figure.</p> <p>That’s it for my review. For other reviews, you can go here (I’ve listed some):</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://wawawawasuremono.com/2009/04/12/gekisouharuhi/">涼宮ハルヒ 激奏ver ~ Suzumiya Haruhi Gekisou Version</a> by meronpan</li> <li><a href="http://thedisjointedzone.com/2009/06/12/rockin-with-haruhi-suzumiya/" target="_blank">Rockin’ with Haruhi Suzumiya</a> by Optic</li> <li><a href="http://vixion.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/haruhi-extravaganza/" target="_blank">Haruhi Extravaganza</a> by Vixion</li> <li><a href="http://www.shadonia.com/site/figurines/review_figurines/haruhi-gekiso-extravangance-max-factory/" target="_blank">Haruhi Gekiso Extravagance (Max Factory)</a> by Shadonia</li> <li><a href="http://koiaichaku.com/2009/04/14/haruhi-suzumiya-live/" target="_blank">Haruhi Suzumiya Live!!!</a> by Rin</li> </ul> <p>Phew, that’s a pretty long list. If you also want to be listed here, please do tell me, I’ll put it right away!</p> <p>Yeah… that’s all for now. See you at the next post!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978835038122361116.post-72955701980761175182009-09-05T23:10:00.002+07:002009-09-05T23:15:07.838+07:00Epic Win part 2: great news for you!!!<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqKNVy2aiiI/AAAAAAAADTA/1shD9hHSEk4/s1600-h/2009Aug16001713_22786%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="2009Aug16001713_22786" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="357" alt="2009Aug16001713_22786" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_--siXNSBX8I/SqKNXTBdTXI/AAAAAAAADTE/veuhYjBbfI4/2009Aug16001713_22786_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">Found something great on <a href="http://konachan.com/" target="_blank">konachan</a>.</p> <p>A very great news for you otakus, i found something very interesting. You remember this <a href="http://sonicver2.blogspot.com/2009/08/epic-win.html" target="_blank">epic win picture</a> right? We all know that this picture is pretty small even for 1024x768px wallpaper. And the great news is: i found the vectored wallpaper version of this picture. It’s not really a wallpaper size though, but it’s pretty huge for any kind of monitor (3000x2125px). Anyway, i don’t know if this is a widescreen or normal screen size, just try and stretch it on your monitor right away.</p> <p>Finished reading? Get this RIGHT NOW:</p> <p><a href="http://konachan.com/post/show/58031/akiyama_mio-asahina_mikuru-bunnygirl-crossover-hir">http://konachan.com/post/show/58031/akiyama_mio-asahina_mikuru-bunnygirl-crossover-hir</a></p> <p>That’s all folks!</p>sonic_ver2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05658506161915386883noreply@blogger.com0