A kidnapped boy and a ransom, an over eccentric archaeologist tomb raider, an overly obsessed train freak, a japanese couple with a secret heirloom, a cholera outbreak, a bomb, a shady tattooed priest, a mysterious caged prisoner, constable Aberlin of the Scotland Yard and Claude’s Butler?! What else can be more exciting then this full course chain of a events?

The episode really starts off with Ciel’s secondary butlers saying their farewells to Ciel and Sebastian on their short vacation having no clue that they are boarding the train on orders of the Queen of England. Finnian being the first time he’s been to a train station got over excited and bumped into a station worker hauling precious cargo into the train. The station worker fell along with the cargo onto his hand sustaining visible injury on his right hand as Ciel takes notice of it. The train departs…

It so happens that the Queen of England ordered the the Earl of Phantomhive to quell her displeasure in a kidnapping of Lord Aykroyd’s son. The ransom demands 5,000 pounds cash and Lord Aykroyd to be on board the train with it. Why the Queen’s displeasure you ask? Well put it bluntly, if Lord Aykroyd were to speak to the police his son being the hostage will be killed.

Ciel and Sebastian make their way around the train to search for clues of the kidnapper. What they found was suspects as expected. Too many suspects, in fact they found too many suspects that were all too suspicious. They noticed an over eccentric archaeologist/tomb raider, an overly obsessed train freak, a japanese couple with a secret heirloom, a shady tattooed priest and last but not least constable Aberlin of the Scotland Yard who shows up randomly.

Aberlin invites Ciel and Sebastian for a quick meal of Eel pie in the dining car. Sebastian notices another shady man sitting a couple rows down. It so happens to be Claude’s butler. They both locked eyes for a moment and Sebastian asks Ciel that they should be on their way. Meawhile Lord Aykroyd receives a note pinned to a chair from the kidnapper to leave the bag of the ransom money in the last lounge car. Traveling back to their quarters a strange man who concealed himself runs past Sebastian and Ciel. Noticing an injury on the man’s right hand Ciel grabs the man’s arm and Ciel recognizes the man to be the station worker. Curious, Ciel asks why the station worker is now disguised as a vacationer now. The man breaks free and makes a run for it. Ciel issues an order for Sebastian to capture him. The kidnapper manages to get to the last lounge car and detaches from the rest of the train. Ciel commands Sebastian to not let the kidnapper get away and as expected Sebastian jumps cars. Lord Aykroyd  being in the last car to drop off the bag is now cornered by the kidnapper whom reaches for his gun in his jacket to take Lord Aykroyd’s money by gun point only to realize that his gun is missing and Sebastian is cocking it behind the kidnapper’s head. Sebastian demands the kidnapper to reveal the kidnapped child. The kidnapper insists that its futile as his plan was to take the money on the last lounge car and detach with the train set to explode on the next stop. Sebastian does a simple but effective kick sending the kidnapper out of the train window incapacitated in a bush in the ditch. Sebastian pulls out his pocket watch and self quotes himself: “10 Minutes to the next stop…”

Meanwhile on the train, the guards guarding an imprisoned man gets wind that a car was detached and goes to investigate. The imprisoned man manages to escape. Ciel deduces that the station worker had to be the kidnapper because the best way to transport a body would be inside the precious cargo he was transporting which he recalled was a mummies sarcophagus. Ciel heads to the freight car and discovers the kidnapped boy, the imprisoned man grabs Ciel and uses him as hostage. Sebastian manges to catch up and notices the train station was only a couple kilometers away, he manages to shift the track to extend the trip narrowly missing the next stop. Sebastian makes his way to the engine operators and insists they don’t stop the train as there is a bomb set to detonate if they were to apply the brakes. A conductor makes their way to the passenger cabin and informs the passengers that the train tracks has been altered and that the train was heading towards an incomplete bridge and says that their next stop will be heaven.

The passengers freaks the hell out and then the imprisoned man comes out with Ciel as hostage demanding they stop the train right now. Sebastian makes it in time and jokingly comments on Ciel’s inclination on being captured every time. Ciel cuts the bullcrap and orders Sebastian to do something about the situation. Ciel’s gets dragged onto the roof of the train and Sebastian pursues and manages to get Ciel back and toss the imprisoned man towards the front of the train presumably killing him. Sebastian deduces that there was no need to diffuse the bomb from differentiating between the wires to cut as it was located in between the roof of the dining car and proceeds to tearing the roof off and tossing  it away. Sebastian looks back and notices the bridge coming up and makes his way to stop it from the front with his bear hands with only his heel just barely over the edge of the incomplete bridge as the train comes to a complete halt.

Ciel makes his way to the front of the train and comments that “Somehow, it all worked out.” Sebastian looking up to Ciel jokingly replies “How could one worthy of being the Phantomhive butler not be able to cook this critical, full course meal?”  - Sunset kicks in and another train comes to pick up the stranded passengers. Sebastian waits patiently to board the train when Claude’s butler hands Sebastian a letter. He quotes “if you wish to find out more about my master, it is best to waltz grandly through the front door. You want to take revenge for your Master Ciel, don’t you?”

The next morning, Sebastian delivers the letter to Ciel indicating it was an invitation to a ball at the Trancy’s mansion…

My Take

Alright so this episode had me full of suspense and laughs. For one thing, I almost forgot I was watching an anime – it was that tense! This episode was truly an episode showing off Sebastian’s capabilities as being “one hell of a butler.” Personally though there was a lot of unnecessary gibberish with the folks on the train but I guess its all in part of the story because in this show, you tend to always get the last second twist that leaves you going either “omg, really?!” or “wow, you dead” – Guess none of that happened in this episode but I do feel like the story was still progressing although this episode feels filler like. Maybe because the point of this episode was for Claude to deliver that letter. As with many people who are watching this series, they may have noticed that all the characters are off. Certain characters not being able to remember Ciel and the feeling that Sebastian is the only one who knows anything about the events of the previous season. This episode further eludes the fact. When Aberlin mentions about his brother being able to eat an Eel pie. He made it sound like his brother died. Could the current Aberlin be the previous Aberlin that died from the last season? Or like he said, could he be the other brother of Aberlin? If so who is this current Aberlin? Perhaps his name isn’t Aberlin but something else. Did Aberlin always have a brother to begin with? Furthermore Aberlin also mentions that he would like to further his relations with Ciel. Why is that so? Hasn’t Aberlin already had close relations to Ciel in season one? Even so, isn’t Aberlin supposed to be dead?

Questions questions questions… I’ll make a future post explaining my reasoning behind the reason why Ciel and the rest of the characters seem to be missing something and why Sebastian seems to know why everything’s out of whack. For now, I’ll wrap up my take on the episode – Probably the best episode I have seen in the whole Kuroshitsuji series thus far and look forward to seeing more of the crazy Black Butler antics in the next episode. Speaking about the next episode, It looks like there is going to be a dilemma at the Trancy mansion and Ciel and Sebastian will be up to something…

-Kai

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The episode begins with some random fight between BRS with her black blade and some other chick with a sword that looks more heavier than the buster sword (lol), in a gigantic castle of some sort on some random remote island in the middle of an ocean. How random awesome is that? Disappointing BRS gets impaled and then the real show begins like any other typical shoujou school/slice of life anime would begin. A 7am alarm goes off interrupting our heroine’s slumber, signaling Mako (our heroine) to get to school early for her high school entrance ceremony. Upon her arrival, she meets a girl named Yomi and starts hanging out with her on the first day of school, better yet they found out they had lots in common and were even in the same class. The two bearing opposite characteristics soon after became best of friends. Between the shoujo school life of Mako – BRS starts travelling the world in search of something until she finds her match in a cathedral of some sort. Gray floating skulls, a mysterious girl with horns, a scythe and melancholic green eyes…

Coherently in the shoujo school world, Mako graduates and moves up to become a 2nd year senior along with her friend Yomi but to their dismay, they are no longer in the same class. They figured that they would still be able to meet up with each other during breaks and that their clubs will still be participating side by side in the gym just like old times. During their club activities Mako gets injured and Yomi notices but is unable to do anything but watch intently from across the court (their clubs share one gymnasium and is split half to basketball other half to volleyball)  - Mako’s club manager, Yuu tends to Mako’s wound, it wouldn’t be long until Mako and Yuu became good friends and Mako unknowingly start to grow apart from Yomi. As expected, Yomi started showing signs of detachment and predictably went “missing”. During that time, Yuu literally almost became Yomi’s replacement. Meanwhile, BRS engages in a fight with the mysterious girl which bears great resemblance to Yomi, she is non-other than Dead Master…BRS gets whipped around and eventually Dead Master makes a run for it, BRS obviously pursues her. They end up in a large circular room and the fight to the death continues. BRS seemingly gets the upper hand after she manages to destroy Dead Master’s scythe. The fight ends with Dead Master managing to constrain BRS in a barrage of chains…

Back in the shoujo school world…police found their way to Mako’s place and had questions to Yomi’s disappearance. On one evening Mako receives a blank email from Yomi on her cellphone and calls Yomi immediately but doesn’t connect. Mako had a gut feeling where Yomi might have been so she dashed out of her house to the hill top where they first became official best friends only to find out Yomi wasn’t there. Mako finds the phone strap she had given to Yomi. Mako depressed as she was couldn’t help but say: “Where are you, Yomi?” – Some shoujo mahou happened and just as Mako realized, a blue light engulfed her and then she vanished. (From the face of the planet, drr)

BRS comes to and realizes shes bound by wall and Dead Master staring intently at her from a reasonably safe distance (as if she knows BRS is going to go ninja upon waking up) – BRS manages to break the chains with her bare hands (because she is BRS obviously) and makes her way to Dead Master (about to unleash her fury on DM) and corners Dead Master at an edge on the highest level of the building overlooking the area where the fight previously ended. BRS makes her move – Dead Master slips and almost fell to her death while BRS manages to pull Dead Master up for a surprise hug (lol). Dead Master just wasn’t digging the Yuri crap and tries to push BRS away but ends up pushing her evil side seemingly out of Yomi’s body and ends up falling to her death (Dissolving into nothingness like a quarter way down). Leaving an unconscious Yomi in BRS’s arms. The cathedral mysteriously starts falling apart and BRS is forced to take Yomi as dead weight as she miraculously escapes from falling overhead concrete and rocks that weigh a crap ton and manages to jump out into a blue back drop world.

Mako opens her eyes and realizes shes in a blue back drop world and meets BRS whom questions Mako about wanting to save a girl. Mako interprets the girl she wants to save as Yomi but discredits BRS saying that she doesn’t just want to save Yomi but to walk and laugh with her once again and she wants to see Yomi right now *Garr!* – That forces BRS to descend down upon Mako to face level. Mako asks BRS who she is and BRS replies “I am…” and before she could finish saying it, she does a DBZ fusion on Mako at which she says “I am Black Rock Shooter” – Then the credits kick in. *Epic…*

What happened after that you ask? – Well we see Mako and Yomi walking out of the school gate like sugar and rainbows and then we notice somethings off with Yuu. The same feeling we got as we anticipated somethings up with Yomi before her disappearance. Mako and Yomi turn around and notices it. Will it be Yuu’s turn to disappear this time? Maybe, we did see Yuu in a getup like BRS wondering the BRS world in search of something.

My take

Alright so I had done some reading around on the net, turns out that Black★Rock Shooter really got some mixed vibes from viewers. I found it surprising on many fronts on some of the comments I saw. According to a user on Myanimelist – it appears that the Black★Rock Shooter anime had been originally slated with a 12 episode series in January to a 6 episode series in April and then released in July with only a single 50 minute OVA and thats it. “-That’s it?!!” – Yeah that’s it was the response for many users. Why it become a single release OVA, I have no idea but like many users insisted that the cliff hanger at the end was justifiable proof that there will be another episode. In my honest opinion I’d like to believe the same but as of current there are no news of such a release so until then I can only be sure that this is going to be the first and final episode. Aside from that, many users didn’t like the fact that the series raised more questions then it did to answer them. Especially how the promotional trailer was inaccurate to the released OVA. How true that is I won’t comment as I am too lazy to go confirm it myself at the moment although the trailer is only 1 folder away on my PC. One thing that did bother me was 2 things (love how that was so contradictory?) – First thing was the more shoujo school life and less BRS, although I won’t say I hated it, I really did enjoy it but I was looking forward to more BRS doing more a$$ whooping than being whipped around and 2ndly how there was one unidentified chick at the beginning whom BRS got pwned hard and had nothing to do with the rest of the episode. In more than one way I was those kind of users who ended up with more questions then answers. My verdict? “wtf?” – So hopefully they should put together the 2nd OVA to patch things up. Other than that, I really enjoyed the art, BRS still pwns although she got whipped around and Mako is my type *lawl*

I really would like to see more fights because for me I’m a sucker for epic death matches like as those seen in Sengoku Basara for example. It can’t be any random death match though, firstly the characters have to appeal to me and 2ndly I like to see some real effort put into the animation for the fights and see it well choreographed to be truly genuine. For those of you who are die-hard Black★Rock Shooter fans, people who love watching chicks who kills or for those who like something new to watch and talk about, get it. This series although great had some downsides but that doesn’t matter much to me. Seeing Black★Rock Shooter was enough for me IMO.

-Kai

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Sengoku Basara 2 is currently airing so I thought I’d drop a quick review on episode 2!

Alright so Katakura got himself surrounded by Hanbei on the previous episode, this episode picked up from where it left off –  Katakura got himself captured by Hanbei *gay*. With Katakura captured, Date’s army is without a tactical commander which puts Oshu in a bad spot. Nambu, Tsugaru and Soma, surrounding conquered lands of Date’s reign has launched a three-pronged attack on Oshu forcing Date to divide his army evenly on three fronts to defend. Date being a force to be trifled with seems to be holding off the resistance however Hanbei leads Ashina’s army from Aizu in hopes of turning the battle in dis-favor to Date in this surprise attack. Date’s men informs him of a force coming from Aizu. Leaving him no choice, Date decides to round up his men and meet with Hanbei halfway in Suriagehara. Mean while, Keiji meets with Kenshin only to discover that Toshiie will be leading an attack on Echigo, Kenshin’s home territory. After, Yukimura groups Takeda’s best men and depart to aid an army in Satsuma.

The episode ends with Hanbei explaining his current plans on taking over feudal Japan with Toyotomi. Hanbei explains that Date will soon be overrun by the now 4 pronged attack while Maeda’s army is travelling towards Echigo. After Date’s fall, the 4 pronged army will then ambush Maeda’s army from the rear. During this commotion, Hanbei will travel to Aki. Lastly, he plans on putting the finishing touches on the alliance with Mori and hopes to team up with them to overtake Shikoku surrounded by the Seto Sea where the Demon of the South Seas resides, Chosokabe Motochika. In anticipation of fall of Shikoku, Toyotomi advises to Hanbei to then move on to Satsuma unknowingly where Yukimura will be headed.

In regards to the ending preview, it looks like the battle will be full blown as the showdown between Toshiie and Kenshin ensues in Tetorigawa. A small clip shows Keiji interfering with the battle and physically fending off Toshiie.

Thoughts about this episode and the next

So we all love Date’s engrish, its simply THE BEST ever! His bad a$$-ness won’t be rubbing off anytime soon, and I doubt the One Eyed Dragon of Oshu will succumb to a 4 pronged attack. He was only losing the upperhand when Hanbei was at the scene, it was later shown Date went complete ape sh!t on Hanbei and caused him to retreat. If Date stays that way Oshu will remain his. That would put a hole in Hanbei’s plans. depending on how much action there is, knowing Date, he might just lead a force to Toyotomi’s door and punch down Hanbei to get Katakura back.

If there was 2 things I hated about this episode it would be: Katakura getting captured by Hanbei’s cheap a$$ trick and of course there was noticeably no Yukimura and Oyakata-sama antics D: – I was really looking forward to that.

Anyway, lets hope things really heat up, today’s episode was genuinely pretty epic. If you haven’t seen it already you better see it now. Today’s spotlight is a load full Date’s antics and kick a$$ fighting! (Sorry I forgot to mention Hanbei too but I don’t like him ^^” )

Get serious!!~

-Kai

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• Amagami SS – http://myanimelist.net/anime/8676/Amagami_SS
• Asobi no Iku Yo – http://myanimelist.net/anime/6166/Asobi_ni_Iku_yo!
• Cat Shit One – http://myanimelist.net/anime/6280/Cat_Shit_One
• High School of the Dead – http://myanimelist.net/anime/8074/Highschool_of_the_Dead
• Katanagatari – http://myanimelist.net/anime/6594/Katanagatari
• Kuroshitsuji II – http://myanimelist.net/anime/6707/Kuroshitsuji_II
• Mitsudomoe – http://myanimelist.net/anime/7627/Mitsudomoe
• Nurarihyon no Mago – http://myanimelist.net/anime/7592/Nurarihyon_no_Mago
• Occult Academy – http://myanimelist.net/anime/6974/Seikimatsu_Occult_Gakuin
• Seitokai Yakuindomo – http://myanimelist.net/anime/8675/Seitokai_Yakuindomo
• Sengoku Basara 2 – http://myanimelist.net/anime/6634/Sengoku_Basara_Two
• Shiki – http://myanimelist.net/anime/7724/Shiki

In light of the following anime’s, look out for my review on Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and Ergo Proxy soon~

-Kai

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So came June and I find myself sitting at my desk one morning staring at my calendar in anticipation, only got another week or two to go after processing my order the very last day. Just a little bit over a week, my dad answered the door that one particular morning (today that is) and all I hear was “Kai Tan?” my dad was going nope… And I’m sitting at my desk going “that’s my name… O_O” So ran downstairs and went “O.M.G. that’s me!” and I as I received the package, on the tracking slip it clearly printed Hobby Search. I screamed like a mad idiot (Internally). Despite just receiving the package I had to go out to take care of some personal business so I didn’t really get to open the package until about 2hrs later.

The Grand Opening (lol)

Alright so enough of me and my antics, I went right ahead to open it after I got back home and I must say, Hobby Search did a great job making sure my baby wasn’t dented on the way. $20 shipping goes a long way I tell you (I do so happen to like the boxes that contain my figure) it came in practically mint condition. So a BIG +1 for handling.

The figure was surprisingly a lot bigger than I anticipated. The box containing the figure was 11″ x 12″ x 5.5″ so you could imagine what the shipping package size was. The figure stood about 9″ at base. Coloring was spot on, lovely skin tone and sexy slender body. Accessories were well crafted. The figure hair was probably the highlight of the figure. Along the back the hair was molded as such that it protruded outwards giving the figure a dynamic feel to it. Although the figure stance shows Black Rock Shooter walking forward with an elegant pose, because of her hair it gives a lot of photo shooting possibilities hence it being simple but very dynamic.

Accessories given were the signature Black Rock Shooter blue flaming eyes add-on which can be augmented at user’s discretion, her famous black blade whole and one purposely snapped in half (handle and broken blade half). The base was that of the floor, crafting matching that of the Black Rock Shooter universe (artistic look and feel). The most lovely accessory was her black jacket that looks fabulous. It was very well crafted and when given to Black Rock Shooter to hold in her left hand it created a whole new figure all together adding to the sophistication and dynamic properties of the figure. All in all this figure gets my 2 thumbs up plus the other 10 which I want to give but can’t due to being human. (Drinks coke with nuclear pollutants in hopes of growing another limb)

So anyways, enjoy the pics up top taken by my lovely Sony Alpha 500 series DSLR with the default SAL1855 DT 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. Backdrop taken in my dinky self made 20″ x 20″ light box XD – lighting made with a combination of natural lighting from my window (large amounts of bright light diffused from mainly overcast skies), LED lighting from well placed LED lamp behind my camera during the shoot.

Look out for my following posts of my promised Sakaki-san, Osaka and Suzumiya Haruhi figures!  I bumped this post!

-Kai

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Alright so yet another figure from Kotobukiya (Yes, it was a coincidence) and I’m assuming I can skip this figure’s background info? Well I guess I’ll put it in for those of you who have no idea who this major iconic representation of anime would be. This figure is none other than the outgoing eccentric leader of the SOS Brigade, Suzumiya Haruhi from the hit anime series that made anime history: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi).

Known in the series to be eccentric (like I already said lol), funny and somewhat unpredictable, she steers the SOS Brigade (a club dedicated to the overload the world with fun) along with Kyon as vice president (the only normal person in the club) and a group of 3 unusual members: Nagato an alien, Mikuru a time traveler and Koizumi an esper. The running gag in the series is the method of club recruitment. The process starts with the “voluntary arrest” of the intended to-be member (victim) and then force the intended (victim) to join.

Back to the figure… It stands at about approximately 6″ from the base up and about 4.5″ wide making this figure relatively small (by definition of small, I meant in my opinion of how efficiently the figure is designed as to not use up unnecessary space). The figure in particular has a very pleasant charm to it which I find hard to explain (best you take a look at the pictures up top to figure it out). Points to take note of is the figure pose, which is genuinely playful and really perhaps what gives this figure that charm. The cute facial expression gives the viewer the impression that Haruhi is having fun which indirectly and oddly causes the viewer feel cheerful as well.

In terms of design, the figure is extremely faithful to the original character and I must say the slender and highly attractive body is very well designed in which can be easily observed. The figure comes with the perk of having Haruhi wearing a cute sleeveless tank-top or to reveal her full sexy 2 piece black swimming attire and voluptuous body. The choice is ultimately yours, of course since I’m becoming an active figure collector myself I have taken the liberty of learning proper figurine care, PVC figures especially. I found that the tank-top is also made of PVC and any good serious and professional figurine collector knows the reason why a piece of plastic is always wedged in between PVC figure parts to keep them from direct contact. That is the reason I also so happen to keep my Haruhi-chan tank-top-less (oh man I kill myself lol), which is also quite convenient as well (hehe…good for my poor eye sight if you know what I mean*lawl*).

All in all this figure really ranks on my favorites list of figures I have seen. A word to people who don’t own one and see’s one for sale: This figure is almost elusive if not already elusive, it was released in November 2008 and some places have shown this item out of stock (Hobby Search included) so if you see it best you go grab it. For me I was quite fortunate to scoop it out from a showcase at the 2010 Anime North exhibition although I paid about $15 over its actual retail value, I was quite glad I still acquired it. Even more so when I found out how long ago it was released and debated about how many (if any) more are still circulating the market for sale. In short you see one you buy one.

-Kai
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Continuing on… This figure is stands at about 5″ tall and about 4″ wide and as such the figure translates to a really lovely compact size. This tends to be one of the greatest impacts of the figure. Because Osaka in the anime series was relatively short, the small figure size compliments that aspect which translates to a big point in keeping faithful to the original character. To further emphasize this aspect, the facial expression (her signature airhead look) really brings out the Osaka-ness in our beloved Azumanga Daioh figure. Further more, the figure comes complete with a cute pink swimming tube accessory to further compliment the childish innocence in Osaka. In general this figure garners as one of my favorite figures I have seen. Conclusion: I definitely give thumbs up for this excellent figure and I definitely recommend those who are fortunate to still find them out there on sale to purchase one if they are a figure collector or a flat out Azumanga fan like me.

I’d also like to add; call Ayumu, Osaka if you haven’t already done so, I want to further make the public aware that her real name is no longer relevant because we all just plainly forget it!

-Kai
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I’d like to start with discussing about Kotobukiya’s Sakaki-san -Swim Wear Ver. – This particular figure is crafted entirely out of PVC. It stands at about 5″ in height and about 9″ in length. This lovely lady stars in the hit comedy anime Azumanga Daioh as the quiet and laid back character. Despite her quiet and reserved nature, she is athletic and excels in sports. She is shown to be intellectual as well. Sakaki is quite popular among the females in the school.

The figure is relatively static however the craftsmanship have really emphasized on the body as the primary aspect and feature. It has been modeled quite nicely and is faithful to the original character design. Skin tone is perfect and facial expression seems to really make this figure genuinely Sakaki-san from Azumanga Daioh. The figure in question seems to be geared towards the fan service aspect however others can appreciate the beauty of the design.

As mentioned before, emphasis of the figure has been placed on the voluptuous body. The proportions seem to be very pleasing to the eye which I’d like to quote: “Was Sakaki-san really this attractive compared to the anime?”

I’d like to conclude that this figure was picked up at the 2010 Anime North exhibition along with Osaka (which will be discussed about next) – all in all the figure is designed fairly well and I like to give it a thumbs up as in “I approve ”

-Kai
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Yay! Black Rock Shooter has arrived, will post more about it soon

Time: 10:56am

-Kai

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So we all know about Adobe’s new CS5 don’t we? I mean we were just getting comfortable with using CS4 apps when they had to throw out CS5 but what’s the big cohoot about it? Well CS5 introduces a new app called Flash Catalyst. A new iffy software which I’ll be killing to use. Let’s you build interactive flash apps inside a Photoshop or Illustrator working environment. No coding, just clicking. Watch the video below, my Asian eyes opened up quite big and you’ll see why…

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