SAO's over too~

In the early morning of December 23, 2012, This is the last time otakus will be watching Sword Art Online. Having an unimaginable popularity throughout the otaku world, we are excited to watch the final ep (if it doesn't have a second season). Being online in social media gives me sneak peek shots of the raw episode, hating it so much--I log out my account before somebody spoil it. Yeah, We all hate spoilers, right? (though I am one of those who spoil "some" episodes to my poor otakumates hahaha).

I will not narrate the whole episode since I am too tired of retelling it haha. I will just have a review for the whole series.

The first arc has lots of impacts which make the viewers easily hook to it, "The survival game and SHIT JUST GOT REAL" moment made the plot really interesting to watch. Some otakus are gamers, so I think the writers and animators want an anime that targetted a certain market: GAMERS (check). The plot also has mix genre, so it is very suitable for all the ages: GENERAL PUBLIC (check). The second arc is a less popular (i think). Most of the viewer's think that the first arc is better than Alfheim Online. Though the avatars in ALO is much better and I also love the bond of Leafa-chan and Kirito-kun (shipping this pair haha). Honestly, the AsunaKirito pairing is kinda doze me off many times (don't hate me for that haha).
Hahaa all in all, SAO really caught the hearts of the fans around the globe and in my personal opinion, I think having a second season of this is not a bad idea. Surely, fans want it!  duh? (but meh...i think it's enough for 25 episodes).

one by one~

 This season's anime series are starting to end, having a half in a usual anime series (having 12-13 episodes). It kinda makes me feel sad coz some of it are too good and deserves to have a 25-episode run (well it's really up to the japanese animation studios)

Why? WHY IT ENDED SO SOON?!

TAKE BACK MY PRECIOUS ANIME!!
I WANT A SECOND SEASON!!
(hope for otakus--season 2 LOL)

BTOOOM is over~ *cries

At first, I thought it is the same plot as Sword Art Online (the game becomes real or should I say "Shit just got serious") but I was wrong. I think that this series are far more better than SAO (though SAO is a great anime too). But BTOOOM! has this epicly done animation and so much character diversities going on, which really caught my attention. Every week's episode is really a cliff hanger and never fail to amuse me. I think this series isn't really loud as SAO but I must say it's one of the best plots I've watched.

Kanata Hongo (Sakamoto Ryouta seiyuu)

 One of the reasons I watched this because the seiyuu of the main protagonist Sakamoto Ryouta is KANATA HONGO, my favorite Jap actor and celebrity crush (haahaha). Some of his acting roles are Ryoma Echizen (Prince of Tennis Live Action Movie), Gaku Izumi (Yankee-kun to Megane-chan), Joichiro Nishi (GANTZ), Moriguchi Rui (Mirai Nikki Live Action), Riku Okamoto (Seigi no Mikata) etc. BEing able to penetrate another field is just plain awesome, I hope he can voice more anime in the future (and of course, I will support it haha) .

7th Christmas Toy Fair (Xmas Toycon)

wahow!!
I went in this event with my niece, Mi-chan. I'm kinda happy when her dad approves her to come. And also we have an exchange gift too (between otakus hahah).

I got this awesome gift from Mi-chan
She bought mostly in my wishlist
Arigatou Gozaimasu!!

Kagami Taiga (gashapon gift) and Kuroko Tetsuya (pin)
>.< I love Kuroko!! can't wait for season 2 of KNB 

Inside the event hall, I can't get a grip on where to start...I never expected many merchandise though, demo machiga tte masu!! Ureshii katta!! But since I'm broke, I only manage to buy cheap merch but I'm satisfied because I found my hasubandos and OTP characters hahaha...

Hahaha I can't get enough of KuroBasu
merchandises!!
Thank God I got Otakuzine's latest issue--
Mochiron! My Kuroko is in the cover <3

K project merchandises~
hahaha KuroShiro OTP~
*faints

Sword Art Online (ALO arc), Kimi to Boku, No.6 (another KuroShiro OTP ahahha)

Even though I didn't bought an anime figure, I still enjoy this event. Hmmmmm how about cosplayers?
Yeah, there's a cosplay competition. And cosplayers are roaming inside and outside the event hall. I have my camera (fully charged, with extra battery and memory card) but we didn't take pics hahaha.
I grew tired of taking pics of cosplayers, unless it's so good and she/he cosplays my fave character.
This time, I only decided to take Okumura Yukio cosplay (since he's so cool and I really love yukio)

Okumura Yukio
(the only cosplayer I took pic)

By the time when I got my senses back, I recognized his face and YAPPARI!!! He is my cosplayer friend in facebook. Hahaha though we aren't close in real life, I remember his face. Anyway, he is an awesome cosplayer and I admire his other cosplays too.

THE SEARCH FOR "HIM"

Before my fangirling to Yukio, We are searching for a certain cosplayer who really resembles Reishi Munakata (we saw him in his casual clothes but we can tell that HE IS Reishi!! LOL). After less an hour of searching for him (effort!! Mi-chan's a fangirl of Reishi...so, shikatanai)...we gave up and hope to see him again.

It's him!

But I haven't given up, haha I found this photo in some (I really don't know where I got this) photo album of someone gone in the event as well. Well, we can rest in peace now.
I really thought he is fictional since he isn't easy to find..LOL

Animax Carnival

OK, so I did promise to have a blog about the event I've attended yesterday, December 9,2012--the Animax Carnival (here it is).

the event is open to all
@robinsons place manila- mid atrium

Hmmm, where to start...
The event starts at 10am, I got there 30 minutes before the mall opens. Attendees are roaming and starts to line up in the entrance of the mall while I got stuck in a bookstore (I have no idea that there's a line in the other wing). And some issues and commotions happened before the event starts but I don't let it bother me, I came here for fun.
After waiting for an etenity, the doors of hope starts to open. I run as fast as I could while screaming in my head "Faster! Faster! Think of the voucher!" Anyway, attendees should print the animax voucher to receive premium goodies during the event, it is limited to 500 people so I gotta hurry.

this coupon, in exchange for the voucher,
is like a ticket to attendees for the games and booths

The event went smoothly as I walk in the arc event, I immediately rolled my eyes around and lined up for the game booths.

Hunter X Hunter wallpaper stand

Naruto stand--
fans can take pictures with it

Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan

As the stage performance starts,
I noticed that the guy in front of me is using an awesome character bag
(Shirley of Code Geass)

I got this CD icludes the dubbing experience I had
in the dubbing booth, haha very cool remembrance
hahah I felt like a seiyuu

Alodia Gosiengfiao as a Special Guest
cosplaying as Neko of Project K Anime

the emcee guy is actually a voice actor of Kririn,
Mr.Satan (aka Master Pogi)
and Yamcha of Dragon Ball Z
The audience make him do a skit with his cool voice
which made the crowd go "whoah!!"

Rhianna (Hikaru cosplay) smiles
for the camera after she won the ani-mate contest

Too near! my nearest distance from her
is just a meter away, my eyes got big.
Fanboys dragged me in front, without even trying

FREEBIES!
for a shitty player like me

The whole experience is super exhausting, given that I got there early morning and ending the event almost 7pm. Animax is really generous when it comes to events (I got animax freebies in another event too) that what pulls people in hahah.

I really enjoy the event alone, I gained friends  even though I only knew them in faces not names. OMG the dubbing booth is the best ever experience, I must say.

Congratulations, Animax Philippines! for bringing such an awesome event and hopefully it will happen again.

kimetta!

Just Sword Art Online (Alfheim Arc) and Accel World (weapons) crossover

usagi-chan <3

hahha I decided to go to Animax Carnival and Christmas Toycon alone...
I'll update my blog about these awesome *fingers crossed* events...

I hope I'll enjoy these events by myself (as always)..maybe an Anime Christmas Shopping will ease my "loneliness"...haha not actually lonely when I'm alone, Soltitude rules, I'm the boss...

Awww yeaaaah!!!

Can't decide~

I can't decide which anime convention to attend, hmmmmmm although I might consider to attend a con or two, if the programme of the event is interesting and sounds fun. I also the accessibility  and familiarity of the event location.

I know how to get there but it's too far.
But it is the 1st event of Animax here (if I'm not mistaken)

Sounds interesting but it's the same place over and over again

And also these events:

CHRISTMAS TOY FAIR-- Known also as the Christmas Toycon, event is now celebrating its 7th year. No details yet on the date and venue of the event.

The 7th Christmas Toy Fair 2012 is organized by Collectibles Unlimited Association. It is also the organizer of the annual TOYCON PH.

OH NO MANGA CREEPY CON & COSPLAY CRAZY 3-- Sunday, November 25, 2012. No exact location

manga craving ended~

hahah in just a day or two, I posted a blog about my mang cravings but now......
*drums rolls
DADUM!!!!

(I bought these the other day)

Wallflower book 27
with a Sebastian Michaelis bookmark *kyaaaa

Wallflower book 28

The english translated book publisher is Del Rey Manga, a company in the US. Their books are really expensive, I prefer to buy a Chuang Yi (also a publishing company that translates manga to english, their main office is in Singapore) because it is cheaper, materials they're using are good to the environment (according to publisher's page) and I also love the glossiness of CY book cover. But I have no choice to buy Del Rey coz it's readily available.

Tomoko Hayakawa (author/ mangaka of Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge/ The Wallflower/ Perfect girl Evolution/ My Fair Lady *as Chuang Yi titled it) should be thanking me for buying her COMPLETE manga volumes *hahahah... I want to meet her in person (to see if she's real ahahha) and also I want to be her friend. She has an awesome talent in drawing and have humor and sense in her manga scripts.

manga craving~

I haven't bought a new manga for about a month. When I am strolling in some of my usual manga stores, I saw new book volumes of Wallflower, book 27 and 28. I have the book volume 1-25 of Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge. And seeing new volumes makes my hands itch to buy it.

these are my manga collection dated from 2011
(i have few added manga)
the top books are Absolute Boyfriend 1-4
next is the 25 book volume of Yamato Nadeshiko
bottom is given to me, book 1 of No need for tenchi

My manga collections are mostly shoujo haha but I also like shounen.
No one knows how I got these volumes, I really put the effort on searching on different bookstore branches that sells manga. And luckily, I found a few new nest of purchasing them. After I bought a certain volume, I felt relieved that I manage to buy one before it was sold out.
I thought that I am the only one who's buying these coz how come they (bookstores I've gone to) don't have stocks already? LoLs jk

A geeky saturday~

Every weekend, I promise to have my ME time (if I have the chance to go out). October 20, Saturday, I decided to go on a manga hunt on a very far place which I barely know. Actually I'm kinda familiar with that place, and I use google map to locate it (and luckily, I barely know the landmarks and route). I am used to go on an adventure alone, I grabbed that chance to buy manga. The problem is, it's raw, if only I can read and understand Japanese very well, but what the heck, I'll go hahah.

paradise, yeah it is~

By the time I got to the place, I'm so excited and giggly (mumbling to myself--again). The place is actually a Japanese surplus shop that sells not only manga and figures, but also furnitures, clothings. designer bags like Louis Vuitton, etc. At first, I can't find their manga section so I asked, he then brought me to PARADISE. I really though it was a library, I took  photos and video of the whole manga section. It's freaking awesome, damn you poor nihonggo knowledge.

I find it hard on where I'll start browsing, I don't know the manner of the arrangements, is it alphabetical (good luck), by genre, by publisher? i really don't know. And also the overwhelming Japanese characters everywhere, I think I'm gonna die...so dizzy.

Good thing I went there alone, because it really needs time to find a good manga. Mangas are dated from 2000-2005, I think.

Manga being read online?
In Japan, they spend more papers on manga than on toilet paper
Seeing the amount of effort of Mangakas in Japan are so overwhelming, and it is really a work paid-off if your manga will turn into an anime. But unfortunately, not all of them have this chance.

Reading manga online? 

I wonder how Mangakas respond to this issue. I think I just started 5 years ago since manga are available online, many manga online sites are started to boom. I wonder how the mangakas will profit in these kind of "reading". And what about the printed manga? is this where the manga production started to overly produce? Oh I am so wrong, it's not overly produce, it is not just selling...because of online reading?? I think.

Grand Pop Culture Fair 2012

This event is organize by Otakuzine and KFest Events Management. The event title is quite catchy, it is REALLY catchy for me. Fair means tons of merchandises, which I really looking forward to. I'm with my niece, we got there VERY early and the ticket booth isn't open yet. Somehow i felt disappointed with the number of attendees in the con, and I am still keeping my hopes up--maybe the others are still on their way. By the time we got our tickets, I am crossing my fingers..hoping to see a paradise-like booths for an anime merchandise hunter like myself. We step in, I look around and my heart sank (I'm exaggerating--really). I saw few anime booths and the rest are Jpop and Kpop fan booths, I am not a fan in any of those. I am trying to keep convincing myself to enjoy the convention since I'm with my niece. I also saw my otaku acquaintance that I met at SM North EDSA during the Oh No Manga Cosplay Camp. Oh No! It is also the same day that OhNo Manga launches another event in SM Taytay, I badly wanna attend that con but it's too far.

I don't regret attending Pop Culture Fair, but somehow the comparison of the previous events I attended, this one is a flopcon (it's my opinion). The cosplayers are so few. The whole con is a disaster! haha just joking.

SAO poster hanging inside the hall.
This one is in auction later evening.

This one too~
For fanboys of Asuna~

GASHAPONS!
I felt like I am in Japan hahah
(poor me)

This Saturday~

This coming saturday, I'm going to an anime convention "The Grand Pop Culture Fair". This month has the most numerous events (i think). The event is organize by Otakuzine Phillippine (also the organizers of Ozine Fest, Otaku Expo, etc) and Kfest Manila Events Management. It focuses on the famous pop culture our country has now, which are JPOP, KPOP, Anime, Manga, Gaming, Cosplay, Toys and Merchandises.

I'm anticipating this event because my otaku niece is also going and it's very rare for her to attend anime conventions because she has a lot of schoolwork to do. This time, she's lucky hahah. It's also good news for me, finally I have someone with me.

I hope I can buy merchandises there, I also hope I have LOTS of money.
I'm planning to buy manga, enough for the figures for now.

Autumn Anime 2012 Part 3

(1) Code: Breaker- I love how the characters are drawn, there's so many interesting characters. The female main protagonist, Sakurakouji, is not your ordinary lead. She is a tough one, she is the best Aikido warrior in whole student body. Her grades are also topnotch. She is the very image of an idol that makes her the dream of many boys in their school. But one rainy night while riding in a bus, she saw people burning in blue flames in a park. And moreso, he saw the face of the man who did that. She then hurriedly call the attention of the driver, to stop the bus and call the police. As they go in the crime scene, they found nothing. No traces of ashes around or any suspicious man. Sakurakouji was so surprise, she is dead serious about what she saw last night. The next day in school, a familiar face turned out to be the transferee student. She definitely knew that the new transferee, Ogami Rei, is the suspect of the incident happened on that rainy night.

Ogami Rei is so cool!
kira~ kira~

so many bishies <3

 She decide to tail Ogami after school but lost track of him. She gone right back to the park, the place of the incident, thinking of the culprit might return in the crime scene. Night falls, the G-falcon gang is up to no good (they are the culprit of killing a homeless old man living in the park with his pet dog, Sakurakouji was feeding the dog everyday), they beat a man while they're asking questions about the vanishing of their comrades in the park which happened 2 days ago. Sakurakouji then involve in the mess, thinking of the people she saw burning are also the comrades of G-Falcon gang. (I felt sad when the dog died, those freaking bastards are so mean). Ogami Rei then showed up and burn the whole gang with a snap, the blue flames are the hottest according to my class back in elementary.
Will Ogami Rei will also kill Sakurakouji?

(2) Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne (As Long as There's Love, It Doesn't Matter If He is My Brother, Right) - (man,that was mouthful!) I also predicted its harem genre, which is very obvious. The story is about the Himenokoji twins, Akiko and Akito. After six years apart due to the death of their parents, they are finally reunited to live in one roof. It seems that Akiko builds a BroCon or Brother Complex, it is having a incestuous love towards her sibling.
This series reminds me of Ore no Imouto ga konna ni wake ga nai (My little sister can't be this cute) another mouthful title hahah. Anyway, OreImou has SisCon though.

Honestly, I ship these siblings, haha not that I really have a complex or something like that. I think it's the storyline that makes me love the pair.

Thoughts about the Sword Art Online ARC ending

Honestly, I am not much of a reader so I don't wanna read the light novel of Sword Art Online (that's too tiring for my eyes hahah). Readers might predicted what had happened before they even watched the episode.
Anyway, I admit that I shed so much tears in the ending. I totally look like a moron, crying over some anime. I can't help it, it's too sad.

THE STORYLINE:

After defeating Skull Reaper, the boss monster in 75th floor, all of the frontliners are exhausted, and 14 of them died. Kirito's deduction are right, Commander Heathcliff's true identity is Kayaba Akihiko, the creator of Sword Art Online. Akihiko gave Kirito's a chance to have one-on-one duel, making other players undergone paralysis. The catch? If Kirito wins, all of the players will logged out of the game and finally clearing the game. Being the patriot and hero as we all know, Kirito accepts the duel. Using his Duel Sword Skill, he fights Akihiko to the max, but using a unique skill against its creator is really tough. Akihiko can block all of its combination and predict its move. In the middle of the fight, Kirito is really in a crucial state. Asuna saves Kirito then died. Kirito's really desperate that he uses all of his strength left, but his life bar goes yellow then red. But miracle happens, he stab Akihiko before Kirito's life bar has totally nothing.

He killed the supposedly 100th floor boss, Kirito cleared the game.
And back to the real world, he woke up in a hospital with intravenous bottle hook on him. Kirito was very thin and has long hair. He returned the survivors in the real world and he finally got to see Asuna too. Kirito's a hero.

I cried in the full episode of SAO arc. I felt my heart moved when he woke up and have the sudden will to find Asuna, that scene is so lovely.

I definitely watched the next arc, they are in ALO~

But what made them play again?

Autumn Anime 2012 Part 2

I don't wanna discuss all of this season's anime, I only wanna discuss those interesting shows (in my opinion).
Sore dewa, iku wa you!

(1) K project- This show got my attention because of their awesome preview and trailer. And also the characters are mostly bishounen.

Yashiro is the main protagonist
(the one with umbrella)

I am wondering why Yashiro is not in the middle, I mean he's the main protagonist right? (referring to the pic above).
I have high expectation in this series because it looks promising and I really love the graphics. And also the different perspective shots and some upbeat music suits every action scene.

Yata, I like his skateboard stunts

The story is not clear though, Yashiro Isana is a high school student, not really a cool type guy but everybody loves to share their food with him every lunch hour. He is rather a sunshine-type of guy,very kind and innocent. His life is normal until a group of somewhat gangster-like peeps trying to catch him, he's so clueless of what's happening. He is running for his life, in pursuit by a guy in a skateboard (Yata).

Kuroh Yatogami

Then he was saved by a cool guy (Kuroh Yatogami) that looks like a swordsman, is this guy good? or just another guy trying to kill him too? How about the explanation of a video of Yashiro killing someone? Is it really him?

Collecticon 2012

This is my first time going to Collecticon since I am a newbie figure collector. It is a heaven for every collector, there's so many variety of toys/ collectible items to choose from. The event is held at the Robinsons Manila, Midtown Atrium, and it is open to all mall goers.

Top view of COLLECTION

I also enjoy the auction, I bought a bag and a figure.

Here are some booths selling figures which I pass by so many times and still looking for a fig to buy

So many toys to choose from

some cute tshirt prints and other otaku stuff

these are umbrellas...hahha

comics for fans