How far is too far?

There comes a point in time when one would just feel that the cow has been milked too far and will die horrible, skinny, miserable, malnourished death. lest you have been misguided, Im not talking about Evangelion here with its remakes and numerous movies.(I am still waiting for the release of the Eva 1.0 DVD so i can get subs of it)

I was describing the madness that has been committed by the most certainly warp-touched people of Saitama prefecture in their latest attempt to milk the cash cow that is Lucky Star.

It has been reported that Satte City in Saitama Prefecture decided that the introduction of the Lucky☆Star Sake was not sufficient, so they decided to take it further by introducing Lucky☆Star street lamps. (insert WTFness here)

"100 of the street lamps in Satte City already have Lucky☆Star design acrylic boards mounted onto the panels.

The city intends to install more of these Lucky☆Star design acrylic boards on 530 of the street lamps, so that the entire town becomes one with Lucky☆Star."

source: Alafista

As a LS fanatic i am happy that the anime is being warmly received by the Saitama folks but certainly the should be a limit to that. Do they actually intend to turn the whole city into a Lucky Star shrine?

CLANNAD After Story Announced!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is a god after all because he gives us more Clannad. My love for Kyoani has been restored.
CLANNAD After Story will be made, with no changes to the cast and staff.
Thats is all at the moment.

Source: Kurogane, RIUVA

Lets now hold a vigil for less or NO FUKO!!

EDIT: Now with a promo video.

Figma: Kyon and Nanoha

Well feth me. It seems that Max Factory is going all out too beat Kaiyodo in the articulated figures market with their latest line up of figmas.

Planned for release in May 2008 are Kyon and Nanoha. Pre-orders starting 28th of march.

Needs more Kyonko.

This version of Nanoha is from A's i presume?
(need to catch it soon)

I dont think i would be getting Kyon though because of my phobia of male figures. Quite sure that i would be getting Nanoha though. It is also a possibility that we will see a Fate figma later on but that is just speculation at this moment.

sauce: Wcloudx (kumo)

ACGC 2008: A leech is fine too.

Apologies for the lack of posts lately, somehow I failed to bring myself to write anything at all for the past week. But I shall put that to rest with this post.

Yesterday on the 22th of March I attended the ACGC 2008 at Berjaya Times Square, a shopping complex in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. My main objective of the day was to cover the cosplay competition and meeting up with local otakus for the day.

Somehow, as if the wheels of fate conspired to thwart me I ran into a string of problems to reach my destination such as traffic jams etc. To further dampen my mood, the event was more centered on the gaming aspect. Even with advance warnings that gaming was the main event, I could not shake the feeling that the anime part of the event was used to lure otakus into it. To heap more misery on me, I found out that the cosplay competition was actually slated for Sunday, March 23rd. *insert facepalm*

But still I soldiered on and managed to take some rather acceptable photos of cosplayers. The event location was indoors and it played havoc with my camera as the lighting was terrible and my camera’s flash was nowhere near capable enough to provide adequate lighting.

The main highlight of the day for me was meeting up with the local network of otakus. They were a really nice bunch of folks who took a newcomer like me in without hesitation. (Surprisingly enough I remember that one of them actually thought I would be a girl. LOL?) Thanks to all of you for showing me a good time. One of them was actually my senior from college whom I had known all along but never suspected him to be an otaku vice versa. I guess it really is a small world.

And now, I present to you the pics. Please don’t expect too much. Also, I was unable to attend the second day of the event due to personal reasons so I did not cover the cosplay competition.

Anon delivers once more.

Lolwut?

Rei cosplay. Borderline acceptable.

Miyuki cosplay. OMG NOO!!!!

Some decent looking girls in seifuku. Have no bloody clue what game promotion has to do with seifukus.

Emoism i guess.

The leeching festival is alive and well.

Commander Chaos delivers the goods once more.

Bah. bullshit weather has been plaguing my area lately.

SONY PSP COSPLAY: The Force is STRONG with this event.

Third con i attended this year and so far the best one that i have been too. This time the event took place at The Curve Mutiara Damansara, a hip and happening place for mainly youths. This time around, the organizers held the event outdoors which really helped photography as there was copious amounts of natural lighting to go around.

Also, I met fellow comrade e-jump there and had a really nice time hanging out with him. lanie-emon, did you go? didnt see you there.

The event attracted a large number of cosplayers this time around. Most likely because of the loot given out by SONY. Remember folks, larger financial backing = better event. Well, most of the time anyways. Money is still no substitute for RAW passion.

Didn't go around the booths much this time around. Too many cosplayers to steal my attention.

Enough of talk now, time for pic-dump. Lulz (pics are arranged in chronological order BTW.)

Hey hands of the Maiden, Jack. I got here first. LOL

Hand over the Booty NAO!!!

Ancient Chinese warrior?

Nice Commando chick.

YUNAA!!!!!!

Ease!!!
(cookies for anyone who gets that)

The gattling gun makes its appearance.

Knife fighting. How cool is that?

AT field anyone?
(recreated from NGE when Rei broke through the AT field of an Angel to plant a N2 Mine. Not shown, a mini nuclear reaction the irradiated both men and turned them to ashes)

Shit, a pissed Jedi.

Poor captain Jack. In the wrong place at the wrong time once again.

DUEL!

A stranded Klingon. (did i spell that right?)

Darth Nihilus from KOTOR 2 pwning a Jedi with Force Lightning.
(Not shown, the exploded head of the Jedi. deemed too extreme for publishing)

Dark Side OWNS Light. FACT.

Hey, has you got some sake matey?

My hat for a bottle of Sake!!!

Stranded SG1 team interviewing a Jedi.

VADER!!!!

Dark Side always owns. FACT

Orchestra anyone?

Yamazaki Susumu from Peacemaker Kurogane. Never thought id see someone cosplay as him.
Feel the Intensity!!

Sailor Pluto looking great there.
(thank the wind for giving the shot a more dynamic effect)

ZETTAI RYOUIKI!!

Vader got third prize. Well deserved IMO.

Captain Jack Sparrow coming in an honorable second.

My personal favorite Commando coming in FIRST! YAY!!
(looks like he got an upgrade again, note the rebreather?)

Group Photo

Taking a shot with Commando please ignore my face.

Had a lightsaber duel with the Sith Lord himself to round up my day.

Getting pwned by THE DARK LORD. One of the Best moment in my life so far. LOL
(not shown in image, me getting sliced in half by the lightsaber and cooked by Force Lightning.)

Note. My dad did quite a few of those shots. I guess you can tell them apart easily from my crappy ones. My old man im proud to say has some really cool skills.

And now, for a quick summary of the event.

PROS:
1) Lots of cosplayers
2) Great venue
3) The Force is strong in this event
4) Larger crowd this time around
5) Captain Jack Sparrow!!!
6) Had the support of the Science Fiction community. Great folks they are.

CONS
1) Weather threatened to rain. I think it did some time after i left.
2) I still see Naruto and Bleach cosplayers ......... needs more variety.
3) Still feel its a bit over commercialized.

So many events so little time.

Heres just a list of events that will be taking place in March.

[14-16th March 2008]
Hotlink Anime & Games Festival
Cosplay Competition
*Cosplay Comp. on Sunday 16th
~Sungei Wang Concourse, KL
time : Tba

[15-16th March 2008]
SONY PSP COSPLAY
*Cosplay Contest on 15th
~Piazza @ The Curve, KL
10am - 10pm

[22-23rd March 2008]
Anime Comic & Game Con. 2008
~Berjaya Time Square KL
11am - 9pm

Looking forward to the ACG event (22-23rd March). Will be attending the SONY PSP COSPLAY on 15th. Hope to see a good turnout there. Reports as soon as possible. (wished i could attend the one on the 16th but my cousins having the wedding ceremony on sunday. T-T)

list of events stolen from e-jump.

Truth can be stranger than fiction.

I am writing this in a hurry so expect incoherent babble ahead.

Today at approximately 12 pm i just had one of the most surreal experiences of my life.

I was busted by my Stats lecturer for web surfing during stats class viewing Dark Mirage's Gundam post. I expected to be lectured(pun intended) but he started discussing about Gunpla with me and we talked about more Gundam 00 and he told me that he owned a few MGs plus a PG Strike and just bought a 1/60 HG Exia.

i guess this would be proof that the otaku culture is a culture for all?

Image commandeered from dannychoo(dot)com

Haruhi wants you!! The Haruhi Gender Bender Project

We want you!! For the Glory of Haruhi!!!

As most of you folks out there would have known by now, there is a massive undertaking at animesuki forums to rewrite Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu where all the characters will be gender swapped.

I have personally joined my comrades in the forum to contribute to this project which i view as a most holy undertaking by fans who love the series.

So, I hereby appeal to all of Haruhi's followers and minions to join in the Great Crusade to make history in the name of The God- Empress and the Holy St. Nagato.

Join the Her Holy Crusade here.

That is all. Setsuna out.

My fan art: Trying to create but ended up copying.

After reading AS's blog ive been inspired yet again to do something out of the norm for me.

Today, ill be exposing you to one of my fanarts. This one was inspired by*ccopied from* Hayate no Gotoku vol.13

Megane + ponytail= pure win

The character in question is Haruko. She is the student council's secretary and secretly serves as the Aizawa family maid.

This one was drawn a couple of months ago between classes with a pencil and is my best work to date. Truth be told, i have next to none in artistic talent but i can damn well copy a pic.^^

Red Alert!!!

Truth be told, i haven't been reading my gaming mags such as PCGamer (Us edition) for the past few months. Mainly because of all the coverage given to the FPS(First-Person-Shooter) genre and the lack of RTS(Real-Time-Strategy) game coverage.

This month, however i decided to pick up the mag again because of the coverage of a certain game. (Tips: it involves the colour red.)

Yes my fellow brethen. The classic RTS Red Alert is back in its third incarnation. Promises and hopes of mind control, Tesla weapons, weather machines and brave G.I.s all round.

As good as all of the above sounds however, that is not the real reason for my outpour of joy. In this new chapter of a great saga. The developers have saw fit to include a new faction in the game!! The more the merrier eh??

The new faction included this time around is The Empire Of The Rising Sun. No prizes for guessing which culture it is based on. Be prepared to see loads of ninjas and possibly anime style schoolgirls with weather powers. (I kid not. click the picture above and look closely at the Rising Sun corner.)

Well, after the impressive showing in Command&Conquer 3 i believe EA can do no wrong this time around. Keep ye fingers crossed and ye hopes high for this new installation to the Red Alert saga.