Swag Post: Yutaka Trading Figure, Death the Kid & Thompson Sisters Mini Figure, and Shana Pendant

Matsuricon’s pretty much been my best source for merchandise over the years, partly because Ohayocon’s dealer’s room is always more crowded. Though I’m usually not huge on merch, a few things have caught my eye over the years: the Lucky Star trading figures, the Shakugan no Shana cosplay necklace, and the Soul Eater mini trading figures series. These are probably the highlights of my merchandise collection aside from my battered and yaoi-fied Edward and Toushirou plushies. And fortunately, they’ve all turned out to be relatively high quality products, though each with their own flaws.

Gonzo Shows Signs of the Times, But Nothing Surprising

Canned Dogs pointed out on Monday that Studio Gonzo’s official online store, through which they sell their DVDs, CDs and other merch, is closing at the end of September. “Gonzo Style” has been up since 2005, and their closing is noted as being rather abrupt.

However, as the Canned Dogs article mentioned, Gonzo has not confirmed any series since Saki and Shangri-La from spring 2009, and those are set to end this fall. Upon looking over our fall preview more closely, I realized that Gonzo indeed has no series set to air this fall. They also previously cancelled their planned adaptation of Alive, a highly anticipated series, and have remained rather mum about other franchises.

As we all know, store closing + lack of new series = possible meltdown/closing. But let’s not jump to conclusions too fast.

Pandora Hearts 22–Alice and her 27 dresses

There was a lot of back story in this episode. We learned more about Break’s past as well as Alice’s. It seems Alice had quite an impressive wardrobe–I screenshoted everytime she was shown in a new dress. Also, we found out the secret behind her.

Double trouble

CANAAN episode 10

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NOOOOOO!

Fall 2009 Anime Preview

Oh jeez, here we go again. According to one source, there’s only two “original” series this fall, and the rest are sequels or adaptations. Fortunately, there seems to be enough non-crap series coming up, but will it be enough to actually keep us sane? Or will the likes of Asura Cryin‘s and Queen’s Blade‘s sequels make us QQ infinitely?

[Manga Monday] Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Tsumihoroboshi-hen

CJ’s jumping on the “Manga Monday” bandwagon! Each week she’ll cover a new manga series that’s either got her begging for a license or has her spitting fire at the screen. Either way, it will be entertaining, because she will likely drop all administrator pretentiousness and just speak the truth. (Interpret that as you wish.)

Half of me could never understand why Higurashi‘s separate arcs were released as totally different manga series. Half of me doesn’t care because having different artists’ depictions of the characters (and resulting violence) is rather spiffy.

Memory Quilt Patch: Hatsukoi Limited

I know I messed up on the colors. I feel bad about it.

Struggling with how I feel about the latest episode of Haruhi

  I’ve been struggling with how I feel with Kyon’s actions in the previous episode.

 

:(

 

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0-One powerful episode

This episode made me cry a little. It was pretty intense.

 

This is a cheerful optimistic image.

Sora no Manimani 08

            I just realized that I had not blogged very much about Sora no Manimani, although it’s among the top of my favorite shows this season. To be honest, it’s hard for to me find too much to say. I don’t care very much for the dramariffic storyline, but I love the episodic stories.

Aww...she's so cute.