This was like the only scene worth watching this week. Whats up with flashbacks and temples? I'll tell you one thing. I'm watching this for the fanservice. Mindless fanservice. If I wanted story, I'd watch Full Metal Alchemist.

And please draw Ranka properly, feel. (屮゜Д゜)屮

written by astrobunny \\ ako, figures, girls, i mean fanservice, i want fancervice, kiss x sis, macross, ponytail, riko, riko is awesome

Today I took some pictures on my lightbox with my 70-210mm tele lens to see how well it does with closeup photography. Behold our tsundere princess in all her 3 figma forms!

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written by astrobunny \\ 70-210, close up, factory, figma, figure, figures, hiiragi, kagami, kurimu, light box, lightbox, max, photo, sakurano, shakugan no shana, tele, tsukasa

I finally got around to unpacking my suitcase which was completely filled with my figures. Besides the 12 books of doujins I got from the upstairs of Toranoana, one of my favorite shops in Akihabara. I also peered up the many stairwells to find figures that I could not find on online sites that struck my fancy, and I came across quite a few.

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written by astrobunny \\ aka-chan, akihabara, box, calendar, figures, frontier, gotoku, hatsune, hayate no gotoku, japan, lucky, macross, miku, nakano, no, ranka, seitokai, shakugan no shana, star, tokyo, toranoana

Yes folks, I iz in AKL infiltratingz ur armegedonz. Armaggeddon Auckland was quite a bit bigger than Armaggeddon Christchurch, but contrary to my expectations, apparent anime fandom is not directly proportional to the size of the event. Here's my scoop on this event that I was actually heavily anticipating.

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written by astrobunny \\ 2009, akita, armaggeddon, asb, assasins creed, auckland, auu, beatles, cosplay, ddr, event, fail len, failplay, ff8, figma, figures, furude, gundam, hanyuu, harlock, hatsune, heart, hiiragi, kagami, l4d, left for dead, len, long, long queue is long, lucky, meido, miku, negi, neru, park, queue, rena, ribbon, rin, seifer, shakugan no shana, showgrounds, star, suou, tamaki, telescope, theme, to, tsukasa, wrestling, ^.^

This weekend I made a trip up to Auckland to have a look at Doujin Overload, an attempt made by a small anime shop and aspiring anime artists to cultivate a culture of doujin creation similar to the one in Japan, where the Comic Market comes to mind.

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written by astrobunny \\ artists, auckland, collateral damage, creative, dola-nz, doujin, epic, event, fail, failgato, failkuru, failruhi, fan, fanboy, figures, miki, mugi, overload, shugo chara, su, suiseiseki, talent, to heart, win, yukata

I've just added a poll to my site! I'd like to know more about what everyone thinks: Which figure maker do you like best? Let your voice be heard!

written by astrobunny \\ figures, figurines, vote

From AkibaOS. Lately, I have become more and more inclined to buy anime figures for some reason. I have always questioned the rationale behind it but it seems like its becoming my hobby now. A very expensive one at that. Has any one of you got one of these tasty Fate figures yet?

written by astrobunny \\ fate, figures