[Posted @ 8:30 PM]Went to Takashimaya's Kinokuniya this afternoon in the pouring rain to get these goodies. What's up with the 'Unsuitable for The Young' haha, click to see the enlarged picture. Yep, I used up my S$60 Kinokuniya vouchers on these babies~ lol, finally got a rock off my chest. Next, I've got to spend the S$80 Comics Connection vouchers LC gave me. Anyways, the 'Bakuretsu Tenshi [Burst Angel]', 'Loveless' DVD box sets and 'Medal of Honor Airborne' PC game I've ordered through amazon.com WAS delivered! vPOST just sent me an email payment letter yesterday and I paid, so I'm expecting it to arrive probably on 23th or Christmas Eve ... well hopefully. I'm still waiting for my 'Candy☆Boy [CD+DVD]' I ordered from play-asia.com to arrive, probably on Monday since Mr Postman don't deliver on Sundays [I think?].Random rantings;It's been a long and depressing week, received news from the dormitory [In-campus] I've applied that I'm in the waiting list and there's like little chance I'll get a place. So, probably I'll get another dormitory out-campus lol, I emailed a dormitory I'm interested that like 3km away from the campus, so I think it's okay la. I saw bicycle tracks heading towards the campus so, maybe, I could try cycling to campus or something.Hopefully I get some GOOD news on January 2008 of the dormitory [In-campus] ... it's always better to live in ... lol don't need to rush. But then, I don't wanna pitch too much hope on them. Just as I was cheering up, a freak accident happened two days ago in the place I worked in, I believed that the driver didn't pull his handbrake properly, which could be a result of the death of his friend. It was still unknown, the police took statements and the lorry away.Everything was filmed by the security camera from afar and we could clearly see the driver alighting from the lorry then suddenly the lorry moved forward as the road was a slope. The driver instinctively ran back to open the door to pull the brake or something but it was too late ... we could see the lorry bumping up and down as it went over his friend. I don't think his friend even had time to protect himself as he was ran over his back [He was walking in front of the lorry]. Everything was gone in just 10 seconds, a life just like that. Needless to say, an ambulance was called and I heard that the vicitm was barely hanging on.It was really an unfortunate accident, it should NOT had happened. After the incident, my dad and I were discussing more proactive measures to prevent this kind of accident. We never expected this to happen. This was a lesson to the workers operating heavy vehicles to ALWAYS, ALWAYS check that your handbrake is securely in and my dad told me that the gear must be in gear 1 too especially on slopes. I was never taught this in my driving lessons, instead, I was taught to shift it to free gear when the engine is off. Probably my instructor never expected me to drive a manual car [even though I was learning manual], still ... My dad, aunt and workers in the nursery who knew the person went to the wake tonight and probably going to be very sad. If you're driving, always check that everything is in order and drive carefully to ensure the safety of your love ones. ... Sorry to suddenly shift into depressing mode in the end ... so here's some happy news, Strawberry Panic! Volume 1 [Manga] is shipping out soon! Just saw the update on Seven Seas Entertainment website. So I believe if you pre-ordered it in amazon.com, it should be arriving pretty soon! I'll be getting mine via my local Kinokuniya when it's out![Signing off @ 9:50 PM]
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Friday’s news that Shinsen-Subs has dropped Romeo x Juliet in accordance with an C&D letter sent by Funimation on behalf of Gonzo is a stark example of the deep relationship the two companies share. Funimation has previously licensed many Gonzo titles including Black Cat, Bakuretsu Tenshi, Basilisk, Desert Punk, Kiddy Grade, Samurai 7, Solty Rei, [...]
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Based on the 1984 Namco arcade classic The Tower of Druaga, The Druaga Project is a multimedia project launched today by Bandai / Namco that consists of a TV anime (The Aegis of Uruk) slated to air in the spring of 2008, and an online game (The Recovery of Babylim) with service scheduled to begin in January. The one piece of design art currently up at the anime page caught my attention, and a look at the staff credits revealed that character designs are being handled by none other than Ugetsu Hakua of Bakuretsu Tenshi fame; anime direction is from Chigira Kouichi with script from Gatou Shouji (!!). Production is from Gonzo, but given this talent lineup it seems the cards are stacked for this to be one of their good shows. We'll be keeping our eyes on the project as further information comes to light.
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Everything that wouldn't fit elsewhere in our Wonder Festival resin coverage is here, with kits ranging from originals to a wide variety of anime, manga, and game sources (Monster Hunter, Narue no Sekai, Juuden-chan, Ah! My Goddess, Kaibutsu Oujo, Idolmaster, Majipoka, Zero no Tsukaima, Kodomo no Jikan, AIKa 16, Yoake, Paniponi Dash, Range Murata, Venus vs. Virus, My Otome, Tokikake, Xenosaga, Muv Luv, Read or Die, Touhou, Littlewitch, Jigoku Shoujo, Nanoha, Witchblade, Genshiken, Manabi Straight, School Days, Keroro Gunsou, Super Robot Wars, Utawarerumono, Persona 3, Pumpkin Scissors, Ichigo Mashimaro, Fate / stay night, Simoun, Bakuretsu Tenshi, Onegai Teacher, Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei, Card Captor Sakura, Black Lagoon, Ikkitousen, Ouran Host Club, 009-1, and more!). Nothing explicitly ero, though several rather ecchi kits did make the cut; there are 269 pictures total, so please bear with the load time. ^^;;
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Japanese figure and characters goods shop Hobby Stock has just put up a preorder page for an exclusive "transcendently sexy" hug pillow featuring the characters Masane and Shiori from the Witchblade TV anime. Both illustrations are original work commissioned from Kaneko Hiraku, creator of Queen's Blade character Cattleya and elusive head animator of G-on Riders as well as episodes of Aquarian Age, Bakuretsu Tenshi, Shakugan no Shana, Witchblade itself, and the most memorable scene from Godannar ever (in my humble opinion). Needless to say I preordered this on sight... ^^;; Those with similar proclivities outside Japan may have to resort to a proxy service, as this appears to be an item limited to sale via Hobby Stock only. Pictures below:
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As Ah! My Goddess has repeatedly shown us you can't keep a good Fujishima Kousuke manga down, a maxim further reinforced by the announcement today of a new You're Under Arrest! (Taiho Shichauzo) anime now in production and slated to air on TBS. Animation work will be handled by Studio Deen, with direction from Oohata Kouichi (Bakuretsu Tenshi, Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny). Nakajima Atsuko reprises her role as character designer, which will have me watching despite the director's rather dubious credentials; we'll be keeping an eye on this as it develops. (no more)
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Various online hobby outlets represented today with listings for this August-release Bakuretsu Tenshi Amy PVC figure, the latest installment in Yamato's SIF EX line. I'd normally pass up discussion of a figure like this, except for one thing (image cropped from Amiami's gallery below):
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I confess that I initially picked up this series because a few of the wallpapers made me think: Mmmm… Lesbian Asuka x Rei clones in the wild wild west. :D~~~ But alas, it was not to be. I was going to say that this Bakuretsu Tenshi (Burst Angel) OVA needed MOAR yuri but then I [...]
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Propers to my best Singaporean friend TJ Han for posting up about this, and propers to me for making news out of it. Hanny pants picked up the Bakuretsu Tenshi OVA and it came with a few extras. Among the extras there appears to be a 3-minute long trailer-esque music video set to the TV's [...]
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The 2003 series Bakuretsu Tenshi, or Burst Angel, was a futuristic Charlie’s Angels clone with the added element of mecha. But unlike the Charlie’s Angels who are over-the-hill old women who think they are really hot, we have four girls who are! The original series lived off a single formula - Meg gets kidnapped and [...]
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