Over at Okazu Erika broke the news that many have been suspecting for a good few months now. Seven Seas have put almost their entire yuri line on hold. Apparently the only one not to be put on hold is Strawberry Panic, and lets face it that’s probably only because they’ve fully released the manga [...]
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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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A note of caution, Strawberry Panic is a mature rated manga, recommended for 16+ due to it’s sexual undertones, and some nudity and sexual situations. About the Mangaka Strawberry Panic was initially a light novel written by Kimino Sakurako, who returned to do the script for this series of manga. She is more famous as being the [...]
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Well, after near six months of trying I’m giving up on Seven Seas Entertainment. I’ll admit they do quality work, and I loved Strawberry Panic, however it doesn’t change the fact that their distribution is a shambles. Earlier releases have been out of stock since November for crying out loud!! What’s the point of releasing new volumes [...]
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Me and Seven Seas have had a rocky relationship over the past year. First the KnJ fiasco, then the delays over Strawberry Panic, culmination in a final release date of mid February. Despite all of this I was still trying to get other titles, most notable would be Kashimasi and Tetragrammatron Labyrinth. Yet every where [...]
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[Posted @ 4:50 PM]Holy crap? Okay ... Be still, my thumping heart ... good news one after another ...The offical site of ONA, Candy☆Boy announced that the first of the seven episodes is gonna be aired on May 2nd 2008 via Nico Nico Douga, an online video sharing website like youtube except it's not English-friendly lol. Similarly for anime, Penguin Musume ♥ Haato (ペンギン娘♥はぁと) which is gonna aired on April 19th 2008 and I believe the trailer is going online via Nico Nico Douga too. In addition, Nozomi/Rightstuf has licensed the three seasons of Maria-sama ga Miteru, ZOMG! I'm so gotta buy the DVD Box Sets when its out! LoL. Random rants;Paid a visit to the Borders at Brisbane's City yesterday and saw quite a number of ChuangYi's titles there licensed by Madman Entertainment lol. I was like floating on mid-air when I saw my 'familiars' there hahahaha. The sad thing is that each manga costed AUD$14.95, hey I paid S$8.50 back in Singapore!!! At least my family's been purchasing the latest releases for me lol, sigh, I'm so happy.Just went to ChuangYi's site and saw that Vampire Knight #6 is out this week, CRAP, I WANNA READ, I WANNA READ!!!!!!! Along with my Ouran High Host Club #11!! ARGHHHH. I can't expect my family to send me anything anymore stuff, they had just sent a package ... which costed a bomb and it makes me feel guilty to spend even more money so I'm sucking this up till November or something sigh. Anyways, I saw Last Uniform aka Saigo no Seifuku #1 and Venus Versus Virus #1 there lol ... seriously I'll flip if I saw Strawberry Panic #1 there but thankfully or ... unthankfully lol there's none. I was thinking of purchasing some titles from Seven Seas directly from Amazon since Kinokuniya Singapore is rather slow and stuff. Grrr, I need some ads from Nuffnang or Advertlets soon ... and Google Adsense's really slow, it's been 7 months and I've only racked in S$50 lol. Maybe I should get a part time job here ...[Signing off @ 5.15 PM]PS: I've been watching Mnemosyne too lol. Bloody hell.
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Yay. Another round of musical chairs in the seiyuu world - Kuwatani Natsuko (Asakura Ryoko in Haruhi, Yaya in Strawberry Panic, Yue in Negima etc) announced on her blog today that she's moving from her agency Artsvision, with whom she's spent 10 years, to I'm Enterprise who are owned by.... er.....Artsvision. Now we all still remember that scandal I'm sure, so I guess this is just another one
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A note of caution, Strawberry Panic is a mature rated manga, recommended for 16+ due to it’s sexual undertones, and some nudity and sexual situations. About the Mangaka Strawberry Panic was initially a light novel written by Kimino Sakurako, who returned to do the script for this series of manga. She is more famous as being the [...]
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I’ll be upfront an honest, I’ve lost all respect for Seven Seas over the past few months. I found them initially after they licensed Kashimasi, a manga I’d been following in scanlations, and loved. When they licensed Strawberry Panic I had high hopes, and these reached even higher when I found out that they’d licensed the [...]
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