WITH THISAnd so go forth and test thine synchro rate, decreed /a/. And since it was asked, I embarked upon mine journey.Upon reaching said destination, I did type in mine name, along with a host of others, to find out what EVA doth decree about my affinity with my EVA unit.And here are some of the results of the test, as seen by mine own eyes.NEON GENESIS EVANGELION:Shinji Ikari'sRei Ayanami's O_O|GENDO IKARI'S LOLWUT.From Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann:Kamina'sFrom Haruhi SuzumiyaNagato's HA HA HA! HARUHI! From Code Geass:NUNALLY LOLNANI MAI HUNNI? LELOUCH?AHAHAHAHA SUZAKU.WTF CLOVIS.From Rozen Maiden:Suiseiseki DESU~Junk Indeed.SEIYUUS:NOTO MAMIKO. T_TRIE KUGIMIYA WUT.RIE TANAKA WUT.HOLYSHIT ONO DAISUKE .From Lunar Legend Tsukihime:Tohno ShikiNANAYA SHIKI WTF.And Mai Waifu~LOUISE-CHAN~Why not type in your name and seeth if thou art fit to be a EVA pilot.
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This review is about the first season of Rozen Maiden. I first came into contact with this franchise through a bit of a strange way: I never watched the first season, but when the second season (Rozen Maiden Traumend) aired, I decided to give it a whirl and watch it. If I recall correctly, I [...]
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Another manga that I picked up recently was the third volume of Rozen Maiden. I read the original two in my local library however unfortunately, the store that I went to did not have any of the first two in stock. So… here is my take on the third volume of a very popular and [...]
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I know I promised to keep writing manga reviews, but I’ve been too busy taking stock and making a website where you can buy fabulous doujinshi, doujin music, manga, and more at low low prices! Touhou, Bemani, Rozen Maiden, Haruhi/Lucky Star crossovers, Naruto manga, anime girls with boy parts where their girl parts normally are, [...]
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As per the first day's coverage for Cosfest 2008, which you can read about in an aggregate post that has all the links to my five (yes 5) parts here, I am starting with the indoor shots I took inside the D'Marquee. As per usual, my camera totally sucks at indoor shots and so my solution was to stay outdoors most of the time. Then again, there were shots that only could have been taken indoors, and so here they are, in somewhat chronological order. I only remember taking shots on two extended periods inside the hall, so yeah.Aggregate post of all known blogs that covered the event can be found here. No more hi-res pictures from either day can be requested from me since I felt they all sucked compared to originals you can find from other peeps that had way better cameras at the event. Check the aggregate post for links to other better pictures.By the way the first shots I took were of the scouts below, and my first shots were all indoors but mostly dumped. Wait for the outdoor shots, which were way better. As usual, feel free to identify any and all cosplayers that I was not able to, and also to correct any mistakes I made.If there is IAHGames (International Association of Horrible Games) , there will be models dressing up as Granado Espada's female stock scout original costume. For sure. They did this at the Zouk Event too, but Eunice was better than these two models, unfortunately for Cosfest. Still they garnered lots of photos. And way to go trying to promote more games using models, IAHFail. I bet you never even bothered to read my open letter that was addressed to you. Templar Guardian from Hellgate: London, same one as from yesterday (pic) I believe. Still neat, her costume. Thanks to Hirito and Fariz for the identification.The guy from the right was identified by Double as Kakkou from Mushi-uta. Not sure if the girl is from the same series. I took one more of the guy, with some other character, in an external shot. When I first saw these two I was like, "Is this from R2's ED?" CI was like, "That ain't Euphie and Cornelia." Unfortunately, proven in an outdoor session later, they were. Nice cosplay indeed, especially the way they did it from the ED scene. Who needs Edward Scissorhands when just a giant pair of scissors will do? Girl identified by Hirito as Souseiseki from Rozen Maiden, and he suspects the male to be from Naruto. Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier, thanks to Hirito for ID. I took a few more of her outside, just so happened to pass her on my way out hence this ultra fail shot. Gundam EXIA. It appears it was only a trial run for him yesterday, and today was the real deal for him. He stayed inside all the way, and the moment he appeared the crowd around him was of staggering proportions. I had no idea he was around until DarkMirage and Double suddenly disappeared from beside me while we were watching the individuals event (not covering either that or the team event). He was in the queue and was moving slowly forward in the queue, and had no idea people were snapping pictures at him until the girl in front of him in the queue kindly informed him. Bunny Mikuru (The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi) was in a real hurry. Dressed like that, it was no wonder she was in a rush the whole time, as she would have seemed appetizing to about 95% of the male population at the event. Maka and Stein from Soul Eater. Maka, I was told, is played by a different person from yesterday's, but Stein was the same guy. He moved around on his chair the entire time inside the hall.That ends the first part. As you can see, I took minimal pictures inside the hall, since I know I will suck at indoor shots. I did take a few pictures with the scouts (lolol), and that was about it. Others took the picture for me so I have no idea if they turned out well.Second and third parts, both on outdoor shots (and more photo-intensive than this one for sure) coming up tomorrow in the morning and at night.Internal shots @ Cosfest Day 2,Panther
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OP Theme: 「WORLD'S END」 by FLOW - AVI version (51.5MB) | PSP version (16.5MB) As expected, this week marks the arrival of new OP and ED. Unfortunately, they are not as good as the first OP/ED despite being performed by similar groups, FLOW and ALI PROJECT. Visual-wise, the OP is as bland as previous OPs. This means it features Knightmare Frames and characters jumping in and out of the frame like usual. As for the song, I think I would like it better if it's not accompanied by the OP images, which don't go well with the song. The ED looks and sounds a bit better but I wish CLAMP would stop copying their own previous work. I don't want my memory of this very cool illustration of Monou Fuuma to be replaced by Lelouch/Suzaku version of it. Having said that, the rest of the illustration are really good, especially the one featuring C.C/Lelouch. The song is a typical ALI PROJECT song. I think ALI PROJECT are at their strongest when they compose songs for Rozen Maiden series. Outside that series, for some reason their songs are not as captivating/powerful. Although I remember being impressed by Coppelia's Casket, the OP for Noir.
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The second part of the Cosfest 2008 photoshoot. I will not be linking the previous posts from now on, since they are easily accessible via my local RSS feed, found on the left sidebar. I will also be doing a consolidation post for all known blogs that covered Cosfest over at Team Blue. Once it is up, I will do a post covering all my coverage, as well as a link to the post for Team Blue, in an updates post. This is also an autopost.Here, we have the outdoor shots that will not be featured in the next 3 parts. I really liked the lighting we had today, despite the early rain in the first half of the afternoon, and this is the first time I felt proud enough of my shots (GG) to offer, should any cosplayer featured here want it, hi-res untouched originals of the shots I took. In fact, I saved almost all (not all) outdoor shoots, for this post and subsequent posts that have outdoor shots (and are not blurry due to motion or anything). So if you are interested in getting any of this in hi-res, please leave your name and email contact here. However I stress that I have friends who have probably taken far better shots than mine using better cameras, so you might want to look for those first, but just in case you do want, be sure to tell me which picture it is you want in hi-res, and I will see if I saved it.Not all external shots were listed here, so any cosplayers I took several of, you may find more at my Cosfest album. Photo-intensive post still, you have been warned.As usual, feel free to identify the cosplayers I did not manage to, or made a mistake in identification.I am unable to identify the girl on the left. The one in the middle is from Vampire Knight, no idea who since I never watched that, and the elf is Deedlit from Record of Lodoss War. In case you wonder why the elf looked familiar, I took a picture of her and her sister (at least, Squee says it is her sister) at Streetfest. I took a separate picture with the elf as well, but the pictures are with Squee. Character from FLCL. Pretty good too. I know immediately from the keyblade that this character is from Kingdom Hearts, but is it Sora? Last week at TCC I spotted this lovely cosplayer in the exact same costume but failed to take pictures of her. I made good this time round. From D.Gray-man, but as usual, I have no idea who the character is. Counter-terrorist from Counter-Strike. I hate Rozen Maiden, so I am not going to bother identifying any of these lolies. The scythe-wielding angel from earlier, now with loosened hair that makes her look even prettier. <3 Beatmania girl from earlier. Yes that is Soul Eater from Soul Eater in the background. I refused to take pictures of him and Maka. Though they were good, I gues, when it came to costumes. Another C.C. from Code Geass. A little girl, was she cosplaying? Not sure, even though she allowed photos of herself. Damn the light from the background for poor pictures of her. The earlier girl from D.Gray-man on the right, with this cosplayer that seems to be from the Final Fantasy series, but I am not sure who the character is, she is holding a gun and seems to be cosplaying a male though. This group gathered in a ring, then Hexlord stood upon a chair and took pictures of them from above. Can someone identify the series they are from? What you doin', mon?Walk like an Egyptian.If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life...That ends part 2 of the coverage. Next up, the Conga!External shots @ Cosfest,Panther
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Director Kou Matsuo (Rozen Maiden, Kurenai) has taken the unusual step of publically criticising some of his less than worshipful seiyuu, in a Kurenai radio broadcast, singling out 沢城みゆき / Miyuki Sawashiro (Zetsubou Sensei, Persona 3, Utawarerumono, etc.) for particular opprobrium; though he doesn’t mention her by name, some arithmetic with their ages and the [...]
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In what can be filed under the “it’s about nut-#$%#@ing time” category, Funimation has announced that they are producing and distributing some of Geneon’s more popular series, including: Black Lagoon (both seasons) Elemental Gelade Ergo Proxy Fate/Stay Night Hellsing Ultimate Kamichu Karin Kyo kara Maoh! (2nd season only) The Law of Ueki Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (being released as Lyrical Nanoha) Paradise Kiss Rozen Maiden (both seasons) Shakugan [...]
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Taken from today’s announcement over at ANN, Funimation picked up title and distribution rights for several shows from Geneon’s now defunct US branch. Noteable series include Ergo Proxy, Black Lagoon, Higurashi, Rozen Maiden, Shana, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, The Story of Saiunkoku, and The Familiar of Zero. Sidenote: Yay Nanoha DVDs. The White Devil is finally [...]
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