R_Kasahara LIFE IS VIEWTIFUL

1 month agoGothlequin

R_Kasahara (1 month ago) #1446854Yeah, I don't really like skeeviness in my manga and anime... fanservice is all right if it's done well, but I don't want to be made uncomfortable by my entertainment D:
I'm kinda curious as to what that show with the shota daikimakura was, now. And yeah, sometimes it is annoying when a series doesn't have much merchandise. Like I would love a figma of Gally/Alita, but she doesn't have much in the first place - (mfc link) - so what are the chances?
Surprised to hear that about the mecha :O I'm actually not all that into it, though there are a few shows I love (Gurren Lagann being the main one). I've only seen the first episode of T&B, but want to watch some more of it; it's an interesting premise and it seems that the series as a whole is well-regarded. (I'm also something of a fan of the character designer, which helps ;P)

Hahah same though I've noticed that if it's a mature content anime I don't mind nudity or sexual scenes if its like artistic, or it has a point. It's the "fanservice" or random panty shots that drive me insane.

item #100443 Now that I look at it it's not super revealing but ... owning that would just make people look at me weird. Hell I WOULD feel weird. It's a shame because if the poses were more "cutsey" i actually would have bought it because that kid was adorable.

Some of those Garage Kits for her are beautiful. Also you never know! I never thought i would see scale Yugioh/ Yu Yu Hakusho/ Trigun Figures and they all came out this year. Especially after they are such old series. :D Have hope maybe they'll show up!!! I was actually thinking if i ever had a character I needed a figure for and there wasn't one i would commission it. I've seen some amazing sculptors out there. I wonder how much it would cost you. Then again having a piece of art no one else has would be pretty cool.

Tiger& Bunny is one of those shows that I love...HOWEVER it had so much more potential. The characters were all amazing and the super powers were really cool. but when it came to fight scenes they would do like two amazing seconds and then speed to the end. Must have been a budget thing. There is a fight scene later with Sky High and a bad guy and like the opening for it is AMAZING! Like woah the attacks were so cool and then ...they instantly end the fight practically. It was disappointing. Other than that I liked it quiet a bit. It was one of the shows i really got into. Also as hard as I tried i couldn't get into Gurren Laggan ... I don't know why. By the end i just felt depressed but not in a good way.

1 month agoGothlequin

R_Kasahara (1 month ago) #1441448Oreimo has an odd basic premise, and I don't usually like moe stuff, but I love that show. Tried the manga some time afterward, but it has a bit more of a skeevy feel, so I don't recommend that.

Haha, I don't know if I want to watch shows specifically because they have a lot of great-looking figures made of the characters... that's how I get into trouble XD Then again, the downside of seeing a show that turns out to be awesome but has practically no figures can be a little saddening. Good for my wallet, though ;)
Oh, I have at least one of those: a KOS-MOS figure. Love her character design, don't like her games-- well, the first one at least. I also have some figures of characters I know little or nothing about, especially Pinky:st figures, since I was very "gotta catch 'em all!" about those at one point. I did get most of them, the fashion collaborations and Wonder Festival exclusives being the major exceptions. Most of them are boxed up now; I really have to get some sort of special display case for them...
Generally, though, nowadays I try to stick to characters/mecha I like from franchises I love. One thing that's weird that I've noticed in recent months has to do with characters I don't like to collect: a lot of them are regular blondes (Ritsuko from Eva, the Kagamine twins, etc.). There are exceptions of course, but I don't know if it's a subliminal thing or what o.O; Do you have any collecting quirks like that?

I've noticed that...how some manga series are more "skeevy". When i bought the manga for the series soul eater it was super ecchi compared to the series...which I don't really like >_<

Sometimes it gets me into trouble. Though i've found other ones i thought i would like I didn't end up liking so it crosses a ton of potential figures off my maybe want list. XD I thought i would like Steins;gate but I ended up not liking it at all XP The figures are still beautiful but I think i'll pass now. v_v Though other series like HunterxHunter and Gintama made me buy so many more so bleck. I REGRET NOTHING! Yea I've watched series and thought, "Ahhhh got to look and see if there are figures!" it's very depressing when nothing comes up. Especially if it's an older show. XDD One show i looked up the only thing available was a super shota revealing daikimakura. v_v:;; While i wanted to hug the child i did not want that perverted pillow.

You're making me want to watch more Mecha. I haven't seen nearly as much mecha series as i would wnat to. The only series I have stuff from is G Gundam and Gundam. (Unless you count Code Geass' Knightmare Frames) I don't have any characters or series I really hate. Though I do have the GEM Bunny item #106632 and I didn't really like his personality at all. I was a sucker for his character design before I even watched the series.

1 month agoGothlequin

R_Kasahara (1 month ago) #1431713Some people seem not to like them since they're lower quality than scaled figures, but I love them too. Never bought from BiJ before, but they seem well-liked around here, so I may give them a try sometime. I'm trying to build as complete a collection of non-Lucky Kuji Sega Oreimo figures as possible (though I do have some Kujis too!), but there's a few I've been having trouble finding, and I haven't checked BiJ yet...
Yeah, don't have too many hobbies... it's expensive @_@ The only thing that's (possibly) worse is being a completist!

BiginJapan went surprisingly well. I had tried HLJ and they took a while to get back to me so i was awaiting the same kind of treatment. Everything was really fast through to my surprise. I haven't seen Oreimo yet! There are so many things i need to see.... I'm trying to watch a lot of shows lately. Especially ones with awesome figures made of them. I know what you mean... I'm horrible as far as being a completionist as well. DX Thankfully I don't have the budget to back up that urge yet. XD Though there are a few characters from series I don't even like that I know i'll eventually end up getting just for the sake of having them all. V-V We need help.

1 month agoGothlequin

R_Kasahara (1 month ago) #1427779I remember there being some scenes in the first (omnibus) volume where the characters would subtly promote the mangaka's other works. There's more of that kind of non-sequitur fourth-wall breaking throughout the series.
Yeah, I only use the collection system, though I recently signed up for an ANN account just in case I finally get fed up with Anime-Planet. If I only stick to the collection system, though, I should be fine...
I've been checking out Ami's deals lately, but nothing's been catching my eye. They're starting to sell prize figures on a more regular basis, which is interesting, but I'm mainly sticking to HLJ for those. As a matter of fact, ever since HLJ started up with their "Private Warehouse" feature, I've been shopping there much more lately. Also, CDJapan has a great extra points deal going on, so I've used that as an excuse to fill holes in my game soundtrack collection. And then there's group orders sucking up all my time and money XD

You know i use ANN constantly but I never signed up for an account with them...I might consider that. Oh my god I'm so addicted to prize figures it's ridiculous. I think they're my favorite. I don't get why some people hate them. At this point i use Hobby link japan and Big in japan for my prize figures (i think i got one or two on amiami preowned) CdJapan...I haven't bought from them in forever. I really want to start seriously collecting soundtracks but it's almost like I can only have one hobby at once. XP once i started figures I stopped having a budget for other stuff haha.

1 month agoGothlequin

R_Kasahara (2 months ago) #1423284Yeah, I couldn't believe it :O If you like it so far, you should really read the rest. Some of the fourth-wall breaking gets a little weird, but the whole series is great.
And speaking of Anime-Planet, one thing I don't like about that place is that there's no spoiler control for the synopses. That part of Cross Game is spoiled, and when my husband and I started watching Petit Princess Yucie, I saw that that synopsis had spoilers, too (for things that you don't find out about until well into the show!). Complained about it on the forums but was pretty much ignored.
Their basic collection/logging system is awesome, but since that Yucie incident, I've avoiding reading any of their synopses. I'd already learned to avoid their recs, since so many of them are like, "This show has popsicles, so if you like that, I recommend this other show!" (okay, so maybe this is a slight exaggeration, but still...) Never really got into the community there, but glad to hear I'm not missing much ;)
Anyway, enough complaining... how's things?

Hmmm I don't think I got to any fourth wall breaking moments yet. Also I agree, while i understand it can be difficult to write a synopsis for a series and make it interesting you should still be very careful about spoilers. Also I've noticed that some of the staff on that site are very rude and anal about a lot of things so much so that it's very off putting. However I still use it to keep track of what I have watched. I don't use it at all for other things. Like you said the recs go off of the stupidest things. Most series I watched because I saw they were rec'd to series I loved I ended up thinking were terrible and unrelated. Not much going on here! Amiami is having a pretty good sale I picked up a Tiger and Bunny chess set for 940 yen rather than it's used to be price of like 60 USD which is insane. They have some pretty good deals going on right now!

2 months agoGothlequin

Decided it was easier to respond on here <3 I know what you mean. I used to try and talk to people on Anime-planet but no one ever respected how you felt about a series. If you disagreed with liking something or didn't rate it what they thought you should they jumped down your throat =_= Pretty ridiculous considering we all have the same hobbies. I'm glad you liked Cross Game! I've only read the first 3 volumes but i really liked it so far! Wasn't it shocking/sad how it started out? I was really surprised.

3 months agonegativezero

R_Kasahara (3 months ago) #1337898The Hardcover Guide is just a regular collector's edition game guide, right? The spellbook is the same one that came with the DS Ni no Kuni in Japan; it looks like the in-game one.

Thats pretty sweet, i wonder how they might differ in content though.

3 months agonegativezero

R_Kasahara (3 months ago) #1337829I'm totally opening mine. I got it mainly for the spellbook, which I've wanted forever. Never expected it to be translated, but after hearing about the Wizard's Edition, I had to have it :D

Do you know how much different the spell book is from the Hardcover Guide?

3 months agonegativezero

R_Kasahara (3 months ago) #1337772Yep; I got the Wizard's Edition! You might've heard about what a total clusterfuck that was. I had credit card issues myself and had to call Digital River about it three times, but got it in the end.
It arrived yesterday and I haven't had the chance to open it yet, but I hear something rattling around inside... sounds like a small piece of CD or game case. The outer box looks perfect, though. Guess I'll see how things are when I open it.
Funny thing is, my husband and I don't have a PS3 yet :P We're gonna wait until I'm done with my PS2 backlog until picking one up; there's only four games left in it, but they're all JRPGs.
Did you get it?

Yup got mine as well, didn't have any issues and my box is like new as well. Sucks for everyone who didn't get theirs. The value and the rarity make me want to leave it sealed and get another copy though, so now I'm not sure what to do!

3 months agonegativezero

Speaking of cag, did you pick up ni no kuni?