Treasures from Goodwill

Once I was done cosplay shopping I decided to check out the movies and books. Thank Haruhi that I found what I did!

Dragon Quest "The Adventure of Dai" Manga

Volumes 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 18, 20, and 21

All for 50 cents each!

Then going through the movies I found:

Neon Genesis Evangelion 0:8 (VHS)

Neon Genesis Evangelion 0:9 (VHS)

El Hazard: The World of Endless Adventures

El Hazard: The World of Thunder

Blue Seed: Sacrifice!

Blue Seed: Nightfall

All for 99 cents each!

I want to give a shout out to someone who I will probably never see or speak to again but was the person who introduced me into Anime and the world of Evangelion. If it wasn't for her I wouldn't be who I am today. Thank you Rachael...

Cosplay 70% Done

I'm glad to say that my Cosplay is ALMOST done! ^^ Going to Goodwill I bought the pants and coat needed for Holland's outfit. And I'm still putting together the Eureka dress. I'm very proud that probably with one more day of dedication it might be done.

Only things left

-Holland's shoes

-Eureka's boots

-Eureka's Wig

Life of an Otaku - Part One

[ I've been feeling creative as of recent and I've always loved writing stories, so with that I decided that I would start my own small story here on my blog. So I hope you enjoy it! ]

1. Konnichiwa~

The sound of a gentle click could be heard from the other side of the door as it was being unlocked. Opening with no sound at all but faint beeping of an alarm, a young lady rushed through the door dressed in a maid outfit.

[ HAHA! This is the only preview you get for now.... Look for the next part next Friday! ]

Work-a-holic...

I've had no time to post this week and when I am about to, I can't write due to no Otaku-Mojo or just too tired. Work has completely drained me this week. I got called in on Sunday which happened to be my day off, then Monday and Tuesday I had to go to work at 9 o'clock in the morning, and then Wednesday I worked from 4 to Closing. Today is my only day off this week besides Saturday and I have to go to a party that I don't want to. I was really hoping today that I could work on my Cosplay but it doesn't seem like that will be happening anytime soon. I really need to start collecting bottle caps too for the outfit.

-sigh-

Must haves from Metrocon!

So there other day I was going through the vendor websites and came up with a few things that I decided I must buy while I'm there.

- Cat Ears and Tail

- Figures of my favorite characters

- Hats! I want my Anime Hats

So far I have $700 for the convention and hopefully that will be more than enough for everything I want.

-panics- There are so few days left to get ready for the convention. 20 days left and there are not many days left that I have off so I need to get dedicated to this.

Cosplay 30% Done

I have Tsuruya ordering me on as I keep sewing, hoping to get my cosplay done by the time of the convention. As of right now I have the front part of the dress done in light blue, the next project is to add the white onto the front with the blue buttons.

Note: This is Otaku Dan's room, there is an ass in the background. Teehee. ^^

Review of Strawberry Panic

I'm doing this review for a special someone who just came back into my life after about a year now. You-know-who-you-are. ^^

This is one of the first Anime series that I started to watch in my second generation. When I first heard about it, I wasn't sure if I would be interested or not. As you can tell from the picture it is a Yuri Anime.

Here is my review of Strawberry Panic:

The series is 26 Episodes and I only got about half way through I need to finish it sometime. But from what I've watched so far, it is very slow paced. I will warn you now if you don't like girl on girl, don't watch it. There isn't much actually "sex" but a lot of "sexualness". It's very cute and about every girl in it is cute as well. This would be about the closest thing to a Yuri H Game that you could find. I actually enjoyed watching it, a lot for wondering who would end up with who. The only thing I really hate about it is about how slow the episodes are. There are no fight scenes that make the episode go by quickly. It's a very cute romance story if nothing else.

Overall Rating 4 out of 5

Mushishi

The other day I was looking up how many volumes there were of the Mushishi Manga and I happened to run across information of the Anime series instead. It was alittle weird to the point I was like "There's an Anime?! @_@" With further research I found out there was. And even a Live Action!

I think Mushishi will be the next Anime I watch. I liked the Manga a lot so why not. Maybe I'll even do a Manga vs. Anime battle off post of it. -thinks- That might not be bad. Look for it coming soon~

Until then... OH MY GOD! -mental flip out- Only 1 month till the Convention and I still haven't even started the cosplay! -cries in the corner- I hope to Haruhi nothing goes wrong and I actually get everything done on time.

Author Note: If no one picked up on it I said I hope to Haruhi which could be roughly translated to "I hope to God" If you don't know what I'm talking about you need to pick up The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Review of Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance II

This is for Mog ^^ I hope you enjoy it~

If you are just now getting into the Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance games I would suggest that you get your hands on the first one which is still possible and at this point in time only costs $11.99. But if you say screw it and only have Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance II then I shall fill you in on what your missing.

At the start of Dark Alliance II, they talk about three adventurers defeating a dark tower and woman. That is your group from the first game. The town of Baldur's Gate is where you started in the first game. And where you will be heading back to in the second. NOTE: Anytime they talk about three adventurers they are talking about what you did in the first game.

And now onto the review of Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance II:

First off compared to the first game the graphics are just a smish better, but when playing co-op you can't really tell from such a high camera angle. The game is great when playing with a friend even though it may play alittle quicker than if you were taking on a mob of Goblins just by yourself. If you are a fan of Dungeons and Dragons I'm sure you will like these games. A lot of spells are the same, the armor is the same, and the geography is the same. If you are a RPG fan I suggest to give this game a try. Right when you put Dark Alliance II into the system and play for about ten minutes, you can tell whether or not you will like it. The whole game will play the same as those first ten minutes.

I really enjoy playing these games and suggest just giving it a try.

Overall Rating 5 out of 5

Review of Magical x Miracle Vol. 2

I decided that I was going to review Magical x Miracle again because Nomadic Writer told me to keep updated on how I liked it. So here is my review of Volume 2:

It's not as good as the first volume, I hated that fact of skipping in mid book to a really long story about a epidemic. I understand that it was about the Wizard Master but it was rather unneccessary. I found it to be alittle funny that out of no where Merleawe's brother just came along. I think that the writer just got lazy with the plot of the second book. I'm waiting to get ahold of the third book because I can't wait and see what happens next. That's it in a nutshell...

Overall rating 3 out of 5

Review of xxxHolic: Kei

It's so wonderful that such a great Anime like xxxHolic got a second season. I've been anxious to write this post for a while now... so please enjoy. ^^

So far I have only watched 5 episodes and I've loved every minute of it. I must say thank you CLAMP for making such a great Anime series. I absolutely love the characters, especially Yuko. If someone has never seen xxxHolic, stop reading and go to your local Anime dealer (whether it be online or a store) get xxxHolic and watch it! And for those who have seen it, leave your comments about what you love the most about it.... or whether you hate it. It's okay if you do hate it, I won't do anything. Everyone does have an opinion you know. ~_^ I love the fact that xxxHolic and Tsubasa have small parts of everything CLAMP from characters from X/1999 even. Okay okay okay... I need to get focused and actually review xxxHolic: Kei.

There isn't much of a difference between xxxHolic and xxxHolic:Kei, infact the only thing that seems to have changed was the plot of it and the opening and closing. The characters are all the same and everything. Yuko is of course still an alcoholic and still granting wishes. And Mokona is still cute as ever!

Overall Rating 6 out of 5

A Late Overdue Thank You~!

Domo Arigato Otaku Dan and Nomadic Writer!

Dan: Thank you for the help and support! You saved me from a world of darkness away from Anime. Thank you for being a wonderful Otaku Friend! And can't forget the KitKats. ^^

Nomadic Writer: Thank you for commenting and sharing your friendliness with me!

You guys are what keeps me blogging~

Thank you again...

One game $39.99, one book $12.95, cosplaying priceless...

This week was rather exciting and put large dent into my pocketbook. I finally decided that I would get on the ball with making my cosplay outfit and I went out with Otaku Dan and bought the fabric needed. With 32 days left I hope I can complete it all on time and not spend anymore money till the convention. So with that I also bought a couple of other things one with a rather funny story. ^^

I bought the Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance II from my local video game store / my work place. I was lucky to have bought it at the time because the price value of it had just went up ten dollars. The funny part about it I bought this $39.99 in all quarters. It was really amusing to watch my co-worker's expression.

Random Anime Saturday!

So while I was at the Anime Club Meeting I was going through Anime On Demand and found the first episode of Black Jack as well as Episode 23 of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig.

The first episode of Black Jack was 50 minutes long, much longer than a normal Anime Episode. It wasn't bad but I wouldn't go out of my way to watch it again. An Anime about doctors and little girls that just happen to be 18. I'm not saying it was time of my life wasted but just a new experience in the world of Anime. Perhaps for a week I will watch Anime I wouldn't normally watch and comment on them. Eh, it's an idea.

Rating of Episode 1 of Black Jack 3 out of 5

Review of 5 Centimeters Per Second

Today for the first time Otaku Dan and I had our first meeting of our Anime Club. And at the meeting we watched the new movie by Makoto Shinkai, 5 Centimeters Per Second. The movie's release in the US was March 4, 2008. Without futher ado, my review: (Teehee I rhymed)

The movie has three parts to it, the first part was what really set the mood for the whole story. It was all about two lovers never being able to see each other. The characters were wonderful, even though you were given no knowledge of either one you could still feel immense pain for the both of them. If you don't like romance or emotional tear jerking movie I would advise not to watch this movie. There was no real happy point in the story at all which would be the only down fall for such a great movie. The third and last part of the movie was very hard to realize what was going on because it was more like an Opening Song scene than a movie. But once you realize what it really was about it is eye opening. It is by far my favorite part of the whole movie.

Overall Rating 4 out of 5

xxxHolic: Kei

I'm alittle behind with the News of this Anime but it's really awesome! So I must share it with my readers. The Anime's release day was April 3, 2008.

I have currently watched up to episode 5 out of 13. Thanks to Anime News Network they have the titles for all 13 Episodes and when they come out.

Keep a look out for these new episodes and DVDs.

Episode titles:

2008-04-03

1. Spiderweb
Kumo (kumonosu)
蜘蛛 (クモノス)

2008-04-10
2. Left Eye
左眸 ヒダリメ
Hidarime

2008-04-17
3. Half
Hanbun
朋分 ハンブン

2008-04-24
4. Dream-Buying
Yumekai
夢買 ユメカイ

2008-05-01
5. Affinity - Kohane
由縁 コハネ
Yuen kohane

2008-05-08
6. Peace - This Flower
平和 コノハナ
Heiwa kono hana

2008-05-15
7. Water Cat
水猫 ミズクミ
mizukumi

2008-05-22
8. Sound of Bells - Whisper
鈴音 ササヤキ
Suzuoto sasayaki

2008-05-29
9. Rumor
Nagare uwasa fuuhyou
流噂 フウヒョウ

2008-06-05
10. Unreturning - Becoming Aware
不戻 キヅキ
Furei kidzuki

2008-06-12
11. A Secret
Hiji hitori
秘事 ヒトリ

2008-06-19
12. Truth
Shinjitsu hontou
真実 ホントウ

2008-06-26
13. Repaying Kindess
Houon okaeshi
報恩 オカエシ

Final Fantasy Tactics A2

Going along with my schdule I decided to write about the new FF Tactics game coming out for the Nintendo DS coming out June 24, 2008.

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Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift at IGN

I absolutely loved the first game and I hope that the second one will be just as good or even better. Here is my review of the first game, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance:

My favorite part of FFTA was the fact that you could change the jobs of each character and customize your way of fighting. Along with that the complex rules that was needed to be followed during battle, this kept the game interesting and no battle was the same. The main story was pretty interesting, it was about being trapped into this story/dream world where you're main objective was to get home. But as always someone has to foil the plan and not want to go back home. So the middle of the plot then becomes trying to get that one person to want to go home.

Seeing previews of the new game it seems that the combat is very much the same. This is the plot said by the preview at IGN.

"School is out for the summer, but mischievous Luso Clemens must first face detention to make up for his misbehavior. Alone in the library, he stumbles upon an ancient book with magical powers that summons him to the mystical land of Ivalice. Warped into the middle of a battlefield, Luso joins Cid and his clan to set off on an adventurous journey looking for a way home."

For more check out IGN.com

Keywords: Final Fantasy Tactics A2

Playing Nurse

Poor Niku got sick so I haven't had time to get on the computer Sunday and Monday. I've been playing Nurse this weekend. And I've barely gotten any sleep. So sorry no posts.

I did come up with an idea though for posting, I would set up a schedule of what and when I will post what. ^^

Sunday - Purchase of this week

Monday - Anime Review

Tuesday - Manga Review

Wednesday - Video Game Review

Thursday - Anime

Friday - Anime Review

Saturday - Random

World Wide Dungeons and Dragons Day!

Yesterday the nerd in me came out ^^ I played the introduction to the new 4th Edition of D&D. Niku was able to win 2 posters for answering what Drizz't's House was and how to spell his full name correctly. We went through a quick champaign of trying to save these two village boys. Later that day we were able to fight a White Dragon, but we left before then. So yeah it was really really fun hanging out with fellow D&D Players.

Bonus at Work~

Well the other day a whole stack of Anime came into the store and I held aside two DVDs that I would get when I had enough money and lucky for me I bought them right at the right time!

Review of Magical x Miracle Vol. 1

So far the book is pretty interesting, it's like a mixture of Demon Diary and Card Captor Sakura. The main character is a girl who wants to become a wizard and the plot is this powerful wizard goes missing. It is her job to act and take on the roles of this missing wizard. Though there is one catch, the missing wizard was a guy. How can she pretend to be a guy and one so powerful too?

The artwork is very cute to the point all the guys sort of look like chicks and the chicks look extra adorable. If you liked art of Card Captor Sakura you'll love this. I hope you get a chance to read it too and enjoy it as much as I have.

Overall Rating 5 out of 5

Sorry for being so short there is nothing really bad about it. ^^'

DOMO! ^^

Click on any above to go to Domo's main website. ^^

Graduation Gift

So I have no camera to take pictures of what I got so what I am doing is posting pictures of the Manga covers! ^^ Works just the same. So here is what I got:

Crunchyroll ate 7 hours of my day...

The Crunchyroll forum ate up a crap load of time today and here is why:



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