Archive for October, 2008

Happy Halloween 2008

Trick or treat

Happy Halloween ^^. Where kids and adults from around the world to dress up for one night to play mischief and get candy while having fun xD. I hope many of you out there will have a safe and fun Halloween. I’m going to a local arcade that night with my girlfriend actually ^^. The arcade I’m going to will have half off on all their games and I could win up to $100 in game play money from a scratch and win promotion they’re offering, look out time crisis 3 and trivia games, here I come ^^. My father and younger brother are planning to scare kids coming to our house for a nice treat but will first get a trick muhahaha xD. What are you doing for Halloween this year?

Talented Japanese

I notice Japan shows off the talents of many people that live there, including the man above who can carry 20 mugs of beer, that’s a guy who needs to go to frat parties lol. There are many videos online that you can see these talents with the audience “oooh’s” and “ahhhh’s” in every video ^^;;;. Talents can be seen in many ways and it doesn’t have to be a talented person either.

Above is the world’s longest yakitori being made. I love yakitori, the moist grilled chicken with smoky flavor is a delicious sensation in my mouth.

Above is the famous chimpanzee Pan-kun who learns how to ride a segway. It’s pretty interesting how fast he learned how to ride one, I probably would have taken longer lol.

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Of course there are things that happen in Japan, like the one in the video above, where it’s weird and a bit confusing. But the fact that it’s so weird keeps us interested.

All the videos found were found on Japan Probe.

To the television shows in Japan: Keep up the good work. -AS

Mothball Instant Noodles :P

Ramen Noodle Girl

According to reuters, a woman living in Japan became ill after eating Nissin Food Products Co Ltd “cup noodle.” Apparently the noodles she ate were laced with mothball chemicals. This is just more bad news for the Japanese food industry including green beans, pizza, and dumplings. Though those incidents happened to involve products made in China, this noodle incident happens to be rooted from a factory in Japan. If you’re curious as to what the chemical was, it’s called paradichlorobenzene.

Koihime Musou Pictures

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Have you ever watched a anime to the “end” of the episode and I literally mean the end ^^; quite literally the last few seconds of a episode. For some animes you can see real detailed and great looking art from the original manga artist that sometimes shows the characters in a different way. Koihime Musou is one of those animes and I’m posting them for your enjoyment ^^.

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Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, and Red Alert 3 Trailers

The new age of PC gaming is coming and it’s coming from two companies, Blizzard and EA. The new games coming out include Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, and Red Alert 3. I have played all the previous versions of these games and loved them.

Now with much better graphics, new game play, different maps, and more I have the urge to beat the games once they come out xD. The only problem is the high end graphics card that is needed but I don’t have lol. I use a laptop for my computer needs and a old video card on it lol, a Mobility Radeon X 1400 card :P . It could handle Tiberium Wars with slightly lowered graphics but I don’t know about these new games ^^;;;. I need to go out and buy a customizable pc tower then all the parts if I want to play the games xD. I’m really looking forward to Red Alert 3, all the new units look sweet ^^. Are any of you looking forward to the three games?

Starcraft 2 game play trailer

Diablo 3 game play trailer

Red Alert 3 game play trailer

Cosplay Mania 08

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Last weekend, I went to this local cosplay event held in a Megatrade hall in Megamall. The place is so jam packed. There are so many cosplayers and so many people. There are booths where you can get freebies but I failed to go through all of them because of the crowd.

I really hate myself for forgetting to bring a real camera. Well, I could not blame myself because it was a bit unexpected. But, hey, bringing a camera won’t hurt for heaven’s sake. I ended up taking pictures with my crappy phone. I didn’t really get good pictures because the resolution of the camera is pretty low. Half body shots only.. no whole body shots… Also, there are so so so many people there that you won’t find a good place to bring the cosplayer.

I arrived at the event pretty early, around noon. It was still early but according to my ticket, I was the 1575th to come. The place is pretty small for some thousand of people. Can you imagine how many people were there after 2-3 hours. I felt like I was in Akihabara (though I have never been there) because if you failed to line properly, you would end up in a place you didn’t intend to go and you can’t help it. The crowd will take you away.

I’m putting up pictures. Yeah I know they’re crappy, but for the sake of putting up pictures, I’m putting some.[?] I reduced their sizes by the way…

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Carcaptor Sakura. The cosplayer is pretty young.

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The one on the left is from a game. And the one on the right is Dark Magician girl. LOL

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OMG. Star wars.

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She’s the accomplice of Jigoku Shoujo. Her dress is really nice. Too bad I wasn’t able to capture it. And I can’t step back any further. Crowd.

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Saber! OMG. Fate/Stay Night.

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It’s Anya. Code Geass. OMG. If only I took some more pictures. She really does look like Anya.

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It’s Yuuko-san. xxxHolic. She’s my favorite among all cosplayers. She’s kind and adorable too. I’m taking her home. I wish I took more pictures of her. She had a nice dress and very cool hair.

I also took some pictures on the catwalk. But they move too much that I can’t get a nice shot.

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It’s Kallen! And she’s holding a Pizza Hut. XD

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A guy from Ouran High School Host Club.

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It’s Voltes V. OMG. My past time hero. LOL.

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Spiderman?.. What are you doing in here. LOL.

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That’s C.C and Lelouch.

It’s nice to say that Naruto cosplayers have gone down. Code Geass and Vampire Knight are the ones that are popular now a days on cosplayers.

I also recorded a video of Akatsuki characters(Naruto) doing the Hare-hare yukai and Caramelldansen. LOL. But the video is crappy crappy crappy.. But that was fun.

Overall, even though it’s really tiring because of the crowd, I really enjoyed it. I have to go now. Voltes V-sama might slice me into pieces.

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Nendo Miku Love >w<

For all you nendo Miku fans out there, here’s a youtube video for you to watch ^^. Filled with nendo Miku goodness, from pictures of her alone to pictures of her with miniture furniture, mini Miku nendo boxes, and other nendos xD. Miku will be the new gravure idol for the otaku world with pictures like these ^^. I wouldn’t be surprised if they do make a gravure nendoroid book with Miku as the model ^^. To all you Miku nendoroid fans out there, enjoy the video.

Getting Married, Manga Style

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Have you ever wanted to be in a manga? With awesome facial expressions and onomatopoeia’s everywhere? Plus you’re getting married? Well look no further, the people at Sakura Comics are here for you. Starting from 29,800 yen you can get your own manga about you and your spouse from when you both met to your wedding day manganized ^^.

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Fall is arising

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Fall 2008 is indeed exciting for many anime fans. Why? Because continuation of some wonderful series will be aired in this season.

Who will forget the psychological drama ef – a tale of memories? It’s second season in the name of ef – a tale of melodies will air some time soon. I’m really looking forward to a mysterious atmosphere with romantic twists. But I’m really wondering what the “melodies” title will serve in the series since the “memories” on the original series played a big part – the memory defect. My guess, music.

Who doesn’t miss the ~mukyaa of Noda Megumi? Not me. And there’s one interesting element on the sequel of the series – they will be moving to Paris. Nodame Cantabile Paris Chapter will sure be fantastic. Make sure you add this up in your to watch list. Mukyaaa.

The Guardian Characters will continue to spice up your to-be selves because their story continues. Shugo Chara!! Doki! will be its title. After finishing the 51-episode series last summer, the sequel will be aired immediately this fall. The madness continues. Don’t put an X on this sequel, ok?

The Kyuuketsuki are back. Vampires! But do not fear, they’re cool and good-looking vampires after all. Vampire Knight Guilty will turn the pages to the remaining mysteries of the story. OMG. The VK fangirls are also back so beware.

Enma Ai’s epic continues… Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae. The third series will also be aired this fall. So watch out, ’cause Enma Ai might be looking for you…

clannad

Actually, the whole point of me making this post is the Clannad ~ After Story. If all the words written above are just introduction, dammit. Ahaha. Anyways, I am really looking forward to this series. Why? Because I really like the original series and the movie. Not just that, I was really teased by all the commercials about the After Story. But honestly, I really don’t know what will be the focus of this sequel. The literal after story? The married life of the characters? The story about their child(in the movie)? The story about the girl in the illusionary world? I totally have no idea.

I have seen the first episode and the story is more like the original series. Who knows what will happen next. Let us all watch and see.

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Fall 2008 is not only a season for sequels. There are numerous of promising series out there.

Fall is indeed exciting. Until my next post, ja mata ne.