I’ve been waiting for this since December 2007, but I didn’t really get excited for it until I heard the first character song, sung by Makino Yui. That sealed the deal for me because for one, the first track of the single was so upbeat and full of energy, which is different from the usual [...]
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Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu. Full Metal Panic. Shakugan no Shana. Kino no Tabi. Toshokan Sensou. What do these anime have in common? 1- They’re awesome 2- They’re popular 3- They’re anime adaptations of light novels. Ah yes, the wonderful medium of Japanese Light Novels. You may have heard that recently, more and more anime aired seems to be based off [...]
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Samurai Beat Radio is this...project in which they record Japanese artists for a radio program that is broadcasted in Japan, in the US. They've hosted TM Revolution last time a couple months ago and they just did a show with Halcali on this past Friday. Both of their shows are free, located at Kinokuniya midtown, NYC.
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[Posted @ 9:22 PM]Yeah, I still can make purchases even though I'm in Brisbane by using my trusty card here *pats* heh.Anyways finally got me yummy books from Seven Sea's Strawberry Line along with a few others. As you can see, my family have kindly webcam-ed me the packages while I drooled and whined in front of lappy. They told me that it's really light, 9 books and it's around 2.2kg as stated in my invoice ... light!? Anyways here's what I got;Family Complex #1 [Complete], Strawberry Panic! Manga #1, Strawberry Panic! Manga #2, Strawberry Panic! Light Novel #1, Voiceful #1, First Love Sisters aka Hatsu Koi Shimai #1, Kashimashi ~Girl meets Girl~ #4, Kashimashi ~Girl meets Girl~ #5 [End] and Venus Versus Virus #3. Yep.I didn't want them to open the packages ... even though I had reluctantly uttered that they could lol ... I think they didn't. Oh to explain the two packages, Amazon had shipped the Strawberry Panic! Light Novel first before the other eight books in another shipment and I have totally no idea why they did that ... probably they thought they couldn't get the other titles. I ordered them on 19th April and the packages came in I think 6th May, I'm not sure lol, I was too busy with my assignments and presentation to blog about it at that time. Until now, I'm still busy but ... I've just gotta share my goodies around!!! LOL. The total order's US$85.04, I'm forgot what the conversion rate was, well to play safe, I'll just assume it to be US1 = S$1.40. So it's S$119.056 and the shipping charges was S$34.31 so the total amount's S$153.366. Basically on average each volume costed me, divided by 9 = S$17.04 ... Whoa that was slightly cheaper than I expected haha. I wonder how much Kinokuniya sells Strawberry Panic! in Singapore or did they even imported them in the first place!? LoL ... anyone knows? Hm, now I can use my nuffnang earnings to pay those mangas [Enough to only pay for the mangas lol] XD, I'm still eyeing for the Kannazuki no Miko Manga by TokyoPop. I know #1 was released but I'm thinking of purchasing #2 together and probably some other releases by Seven Seas in a few months time. Hopefully I get to earn more money in the next few months and buy more in the future ...So ... get clicking on the ads around if you have not ... haha, help me earn the moolah!!! XD, sounds so ... despo here but ... a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do to get her fix of manga lol. Anyways, I'm really happy ... heh heh heh I can't wait to ... go home and read them!!! I'll probably just spend my summer holidays in Singapore, reading manga and being an useless unemployed slacker haha. I think I would had earned that right ... the courses I've signed up for the next semester is going to be hell, all Level 3 courses o_o. Sigh, I've still got a research proposal and a group report to go ... then it's exams in June, o_o I'm kinda nervous because it's been a while since I sat for an exam lol. It's a pretty good semester, I've made some friends, broaden my horizons in a small way and the courses were fun ... even though some of them made me want to pull my hair out, bash the walls and scream ... I reckon what I've learnt will be useful to be in the future. Or else. Haha.I would like to end this with a foody mood;The pasta I made a while ago ... and the dinner I had tonight. [Signing @ 10:51 PM]
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Well the Mamotte Lollipop sequel manga has now officially ended and been released in tankoubon form. Before I go any further let me remind you all that I purchased this at Kinokuniya and all scans are done by me. If you further insist on asking me where to download “these scans” a giant pedobear will [...]
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I’ve been fond of labelling anime series as “good” or “quality” productions without really getting at what I mean. Off the top of my head I think of impeccable pacing, the accomplished execution of a recognisable element, effective plot progression, dramatic unity, anything which aids immersion. I suppose I mean formal excellence, craftsmanship. Do I like [...]
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ｷﾀ━━━(ﾟ(ﾟ∀(ﾟ∀ﾟ(☆∀☆)ﾟ∀ﾟ)∀ﾟ)ﾟ)━━━!!! I decided to check if the June issue arrived at Kinokuniya today and not only that but Animedia had Soul and Maka on the cover as well!! A separate post coming for that one later. I was expecting more Soul Eater features but it was basically just the first few pages and nothing much. I [...]
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I just don't get him! Leading me around with a cellphone… What's up with that? What's he afraid of? Who ever heard of a hermit working homicide? - Ayaki Kurumi File 3 - Serial Killer Circus: Late Night Rendezvous I don't know why I picked up the third to fifth volumes of the Remote (リモート) manga from Kinokuniya in May 2005. For obvious reasons, I hold off on reading a new series—no matter how
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Okay, we have 19 May 2008 as the street date for these manga and manhwa previewed in the m&c! May 2008 release list; I call that good timing, given that the Buddhist festival Waisak (Vesak) Day falls this year on the 20th and being a public holiday, affords some lovely, early-in-the-week escapism with manga. You may consider curling up with Miyawaki Yukino-sensei's Lunatic Honey but I'm betting
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Another very solid episode from Himitsu. Though it wasn’t among the best episodes of this series, it still had me glued at the screen during the tense moments. This episode kept a lot of things unmentioned. It never went into detail as to what Kinoko’s father, three friends and family did to her. All that [...]
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