This year's Armaggeddon in Christchurch actually had a queue comparable to Auckland's! It was so long it took people half and hour to get from the back of the queue to the front. They need more counters!
Day 2 is here

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written by astrobunny \\ 2010, armageddon, asuka, auron, christchurch, cosplay, eva, firefox, girls, hellsing, kagami, maid, pedobear, rei, spiderman, team fortress

A bandaged Ayanami has appeared! I wonder if I should rescue her and make her fall in love with me. そんなわけないだろう。(TL: there's no way that could happen). Of course, she would stay emotionless and distant and look at you with unfocused eyes. She seems to be sleeping soundly right now. I wonder if I should wake her up.

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written by astrobunny \\ asuka, ayanami, bandaged, blue, evangelion, fraulein, genesis, lance of longinus, langley, neon, rei, revoltech, soryuu

Square Enix and Aniplex have recently released Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood on TV and to be honest I really wondered what they would show, since the previous Fullmetal Alchemist series was already so kickass and went through the whole story already. It turns out however, that this is more of a rewrite. Frankly, I felt bored halfway through the first episode this show and suddenly wished it would end sooner, because I was getting irritated at how helpless Edward and Alphonse were against the Ice Alchemist. WHERE DID THE KICKASS ELRIC GO? His pwning streak probably left him along with the art goodness.

But! Instead of brooding over what the current series is, lets take a look at the biggest observable difference this show has from its predecessor: The Art. Its worth noting that Bones, the group that animated the previous series, is also animating this one. They were probably trying to make it look more like the art from the manga.

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written by astrobunny \\ alchemist, alphonse, armstrong, ayanami, edward, elric, flame, fma, fullmetal alchemist, hagane no renkin jutsushi, hagaren, hughes, mustang, rei, roy

After rewatching the entire series again, the same anime that puzzled me once heavily continues to puzzle me. Either I haven't grown up enough to understand it yet, or I simply do not relate to it. The anime had such a good start. Sad as I am to admit it, this isn't my kind of anime. Though, there was one saving grace of it which made me continue to love it so, despite longing for a nicer and less abstract ending... not Shinji strangling Asuka. Episode 26's 10 minute skit of an alternate universe continues to capture my heart.

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written by astrobunny \\ alternate, asuka, ayanami, egao, episode 26, evangelion, gendou, genesis, ikari, minamike, neon, reality, rei, shinji, soryuu, yui

Lonely Rei seems to have lost her way and finds herself on the Mai Room HQ Command Center. She's probably thinking it rains in here too.

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written by astrobunny \\ action figure, ayanami, evangelion, figma, fraulein, genesis, gundam, kagamine, lance, longinus, neon, of, rei, revoltech, rin