Finally finished organizing my loot from this years trip to Japan. Took a long time to organize and take pictures. Around 9 to 10 hours to organize and take photos as it was pretty messy and everything was all over the place. I do admit I did buy a lot this year but not as much as last year. My budget isn’t as big as last year as well due to me moving and I have to pay part of the house as well. Still, I did buy quite a bit but most of my shopping came from Comiket where I spent the most money during those long 3 days!!! Well everyone, here’s my Japan Loot 2010 report!!! Enjoy!!!

Figures:

I do admit it’s not as much as last year but it’s still a good amount of figures I came home with. Most of these figures were pretty much last minute figures I bought in Tokyo. Mainly what I saw is what I bought. There are still a ton of figures I really want but I just couldn’t get them all. At least I got the 2 Alter figures that I’ve been wanting for a long time and I missed out on the pre-orders of them. I finally have the current figures of the Nanoha series by Alter that is out now thanks to the trip to Japan. At least I got some figures to do a photo shoot with. This reminds me that I have to go out to get a new tripod and finish making my new setup for my figure photo shoots…

1/7 Alter Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Strikers Vivo: 4000yen

1/7 Alter Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Strikers Shamal and Zafila: 6500yen

1/8 Alter Muramasa Momohime: 6500yen

1/8 Alter Saki Kaotaoka Yuki: 4500yen

Non-Scale Banpresto Code Geass Kallen Kouzuki: 7000yen

1/6 Daiki Kougyou Galaxy Angels Mint Blancmanche: 5000yen

1/8 GoodSmile To Aru Kagaku No Railgun Misaka Mikoto: 5000yen

Non-Scale GoodSmile Touhou Project Sakura Izayoi: 3000yen

1/8 Kotobukiya Bakemonogatari Senjougahara Hitagi: 3800yen

1/8 KyoAni K-ON! Mio Akiyama: 12000yen

Non-Scale Max Factory K-ON! Ui Hiwasawa: 2500yen

1/7 Orchid Seed Chaos;Head Seira Orgel: 5200yen

1/6 Sega Vocaloid Miku Hatsune: 2000yen

1/7 Solid Theater Happiness Jun Watarase: 4000yen

1/6 Volks Vocaloid Miku Hatsune: 4000yen

Baka To Test To Shoukanjuu Hideyoshi: 500yen

Total Amount of Figures: 16

Total Cost: 78000yen

CDs:

I bought quite a bit of CDs this year. I do admit going to Tower Records and HMV a lot of times this year. Bought a couple of CDs. I did notice after my trip that I did buy a good amount of Vocaloid CDs and also Jrock/ Jpop CDs as well. The anime section I feel is a bit lacking but I was lucky enough to be in Japan the same time as the release of the No Thank You! single of K-On!! I got it when it came out and was lucky enough to get the first print edition!!! Still, overall, it’s a lot of CDs I bought this year in Japan!!!

Exit Tunes Vocaloid Genesis: 2000yen

Exit Tunes Vocaloid Legend: 2000yen

Exit Tunes VocaloStar: 2000yen

Exit Tunes Disappearance of Hatsune Miku :2000yen

Supercell Kotchi Muite Baby/Yellow: 1800yen

Project Diva 2nd Non-Stop Mix: 3000yen

Vocaloid Doujin Music Koi Tegami: 500yen

Ouzoku Band Rainbow Snow Featuring Hatsune Miku: 3000yen

Ouzoku Band Royal Straight Flush: 2300yen

Ouzoku Band Irregular Voices Featuring Sekihan: 2100yen

Scandal Shunkan Sentimental: 1200yen

Scandal Shoujo S: 1200yen

Scandal Best: 2000yen

Miyavi Neo Visualizm 2 Disc Set: 1500yen

The Gazette Shiver: 1700yen

The Gazette Before I Decay Limited Edition: 1500yen

Gackt & Decade! Journey through the decade: 1200yen

Gackt Ever: 1900yen

Alice Nine Rainbow Limited Edition: 1800yen

High and Mighty Colors Re:Ache CD/DVD version (HMC last single album): 1500yen

Nana Mizuki Impact Exciter Limited Edition: 3500yen

Shank Loving our small days: 2400yen

Kyosho Alice Motors Feel Wind Forever: 1000yen

Comiket 78 C-Clays YU-NARI: 1000yen

Rookiez is Punk’d Complications Limited Edition: 1500yen

K-On!! No Thank Single First Print Edition: 1200yen

K-On!! Utauyo!! Mircale: 1200yen

K-On!! Original Soundtrack Vol 1: 1500yen

Angel Beats! My Soul Your Beats! and Brave Song CD/DVD Edition: 1600yen

Angel Beats! Girls Dead Monster Keep the Beats!: 3200yen

Angel Beats! Thousand Enemies: 1200yen

Angel Beats! Little Braver 1200yen

Angel Beats! Original Soundtrack: 3700yen

HighSchool of the Dead OP: 1200yen

Total Amount of CDs: 31

Total Cost: 61800yen

Manga:

Didn’t go all out crazy on manga this year. Mainly cause there weren’t any good manga that I wanted. The only manga I wanted but forgot to get was Magical Girl Vivo which I completely forgot till the last day. I really wanted a copy of the manga too. Oh well, at least I came home happy with the manga I got…

Total Amount of Manga: 11

Total Cost: 8250yen

Model Kits:

Didn’t go for the big stuff this year. Not much I really wanted and I already have a ton of model kits just waiting to be built. So I had to scale down on the model kits this year but came home with some nice ones. I would had loved to bring home a MG or PG model kits but I didn’t due to the fact that some I wanted I was afraid it won’t fit in the box that I have to ship my loot in. Still, been wanting to get a Stark Jegan for a while though…

HG Gundam 00 Qan[T]: 1200yen

HG Stark Jegan: 1500yen

HG ReZEL Commander Unit: 1500yen

Total Amount of Model Kits: 3

Total Cost: 4200yen

Doujinshi:

I bought quite a lot of doujinshi this year. Most of them came mainly from Comiket but did buy some at Melonbooks and other stores in Akihabara. All together, they were pretty damn heavy too. I think I lugged around at least half of them at Comiket. They weren’t light at all I say!!! I also have extra copies of some doujins I plan to sell later. I’ll post something up on the blog later about selling stuff. Also not doing an individual price count due to the fact that I forgot how much some of them did cost. I still remember the total thanks to my handy note book I had with me during my trip. When in Japan, I usually aim for the circles I want and when I got them all, I aim for the series. The circles I usually go for are C-Clays, LightRight, Huke, Vocaloid Visual Works, Red Juice, T2, Plum, Sway Wind and Midnight Dessert. After I got all those doujins or their newest issue, I aim for series that I like or current popular series. All depends what I see at Comiket.

Yes, I have 3 Red juice doujins, 2 Huke’s new doujin and 2 Vocaloid Visual Works doujins. I might sell one of the Red Juice ones soon.

Total Amount of Doujinshi: 108

Total Cost: 43700yen

Magazines, Art Books and Books:

I bought quite a few magazines and books during this trip. My favorite magazine I have to say the Megumi one due to the fact that it came with the BRS OVA. My favorite art book would be the Comiket 78 Nanoha art book. My favorite book I bought would be a tie between my Keep the Beats Band Score (Finally can learn how to play My Soul Your Beats! on my guitar) and the big pink Girls Dead Monster Book. All of these books together weigh a ton and were pretty heavy in the end.

Total Amount of Magazines, Art Books, and Books: 23

Total Cost: 32600yen

Dakimakura, T-shirts, and Towels:

Well, I did buy clothes this trip and I could say I did spend a good 40000yen during my trip to Harajuku and Shibuya. Still, I like to put anime/ otaku related stuff up on my loot post (Besides, my clothes I bought are in the closet currently and don’t feel like digging through it). All these are from special events during my trip to Japan. The Nanoha goods and Miku goods are from Comiket 78, the Girls Dead Monster stuff are from the GDM’s concert and the rest are from Akihabara Matsuri.

Comiket 78 Fate Dakimakura: 10000yen

Comiket 78 Nanoha Dakimakura: 10000yen

Comiket 78 Fate T-shirt: 3500yen

Comiket 78 Nanoha T-shirt: 3500yen

Comiket 78 Sega Project Diva 2 Miku: 3000yen

Girls Dead Monster Concert T-shirt: 2000yen

Girls Dead Monster Concert Towel: 1500yen

Visual Art Key Special Event T-shirt: Came in a set that cost 4000yen

Visual Art Key Special Event Kanade T-shirt: 2000yen

Total Amount of Dakimakura, T-shirts, and Towels: 9

Total Costs: 39500yen

Wallscrolls and Posters:

The wallscrolls I bought this year weren’t cheap I say. Still, they are worth it!!! The size of these wallscrolls are around 6feet. I can say for sure that these wallscrolls are taller then me. Also bought some nice posters to hang up. Now the main problem…where to hang it.

I say the star of my loot!!! I know for a fact this is really hard to get and I paid a lot for it too!!! It’s around 6feet tall. As tall as my C-Clays wallscrolls. The main problem is, where to hang this one up…

Speaking of C-Clays wallscrolls. I bought 3 of those wallscrolls. Bought the Remillia Scarlet one at Comiket 78. Also got a wallscroll from the special Key event at Gamers when I was in Tokyo.

Finally got the Yuyuko wallscroll I wanted!!!

Seitokai No Ichizon…

Got some nice posters when just walking around Tokyo in general… 2 of them came in the C-Clays set!!!

K-On!! posters!!!!!

Got a Gazette poster when I bought their CD at Just Like an Edison in Harajuku.

Wallscrolls:

Yuyuko and Reimu Wallscroll: 9750yen

Remilia Wallscroll: 7000yen

Mio Wallscroll: 12600yen

Seitokai No Ichizon Wallscroll: 3000yen

Key special event wallscroll: 8000yen

Posters: 6550yen

Total Amount of Wallscrolls and Posters: 24

Total Cost: 46900yen

Calendar:

I did buy one calendar during this trip. It’s also an Angel Beats one too!!! I bought this at Akihabara Festival.

Total Amount of Calendar: 1

Total Cost: 3000yen

Clock:

Won this at a UFO catcher in an arcade near my hotel in Daiba. This clock had been avoiding me throughout this trip to Japan. I had been trying to get this in different arcades in Tokyo and finally got it in an arcade in Daiba. Finally got it and it’s also a Hideyoshi clock too!!!

Total Amount of Clock: 1

Total Cost: 500yen (Won in a UFO machine)

Bags:

When going to Comiket, you come home with bags from doujin circles or from the corporate booths as they give it out when you buy something or a set. I came home with quite a bit of bags this year… Sadly no prices for them due to the fact they came in a set or when I bought something, they gave me a bag.

WE ALL LOVE K-ON!!

Total Amount of Bags: 22

Games:

I actually bought 2 games this year. I couldn’t find my Project Diva 2 box (still can’t find it) when I was taking photos. What makes this copy of Touhou 12.8 special is that Touhou Project’s creator ZUN was handing out Touhou 12.8 games at Comiket. Something that I didn’t expect at all!!!

PSP Project Diva 2nd: 4500yen

Touhou 12.8: 1000yen

Total Amount of Games: 2

Total Cost: 5500yen

Camera:

My Rebel T1i died on my on the trip when I was in Hong Kong (Actually, it’s been acting up for a long time, but during the trip, it gave up and won’t take photos anymore). Lucky for me, I had a good amount of money going into this trip, so I went out and bought a new one in Mong Kok as I really need one. Pretty much my main camera is my DSLR and with my T1i dead, I couldn’t do anything about it. So I went out and looked at many stores to get a new one. I’ve been eying the Canon 7D for quite some time. 2 days before I left for Tokyo, I got myself the Canon 7D. It wasn’t cheap but it was cheaper then back home by a lot. A lot meaning half of the total cost. It hurt the budget a bit but I needed this for the rest of the trip, so I had to get a new one. Once I bought my new 7D, I’ve been using my 7D ever since. I have to say, my cosplay photos at Comiket turning out great!!! Now I just need to improve on my camera skills a lot more.

Total Cost: $1100CAD

Iphone Cases:

Couldn’t help but get one for my Iphone. My old one was cracking and I couldn’t help but get something I like. Originally, I wanted a Youmu one but they sold out of it. So I decided to get Aya Iphone case instead. It’s an awesome case as I’m currently using it right now.

Total Cost: 3000yen

Random Stuff:

A lot of random stuff I either got free or it came with something I bought.

Got official Black Rock Shooter cellphone straps!!! These were hard to find and for a good price. I checked a couple of places and found it in those rental box places in Radio Kaikan in Akihabara for 3000yen for both. Mandarake sold them for a good 8000yen for both.

I did start Weiss Schwarz thanks to RoboStrike and my curiosity about these anime card playing games. Still, it’s a great set!!!

Total Cost: 18600yen

The Guitar:

When visiting Ochanomizu during my trip to Japan, I couldn’t help but to get myself a guitar since my friend was getting one too. I got the Fender 69 Mustang Red. It’s the exact some color and model as Azusa’s guitar in K-On!!. My guitar I have is a 65 Mustang. This 69 Mustang is a lot lighter and looks more like Azusa’s guitar from K-On!! Good thing it came home safe!!!

Total Cost: 74500yen

Shipping Cost of Loot: 140000yen

Total Cost of entire loot (Without Shipping): 530000yen

With Shipping Total Cost: 670000yen

Well, that’s my loot from this years Japan trip. As you can see I didn’t spend as much as last year but I still spent quite a lot in Japan this year. Went over the original budget by 70000yen. I still regret not getting some stuff but I came home pretty satisfied on what I got this year. I thought originally I would have a loot that is a lot smaller. I came home with a pretty big loot this year. I had around a good 12 boxes coming home which is not that bad, not as much as last year but still pretty good!!! All that’s left is to clean up my room and hang up my new posters and wallscrolls as well!!! Also have to put in the new figures into my shelves.

Shipping wasn’t as bad as last year. Less then half I say cost wise. I had a lot of heavy boxes due to my doujins I bought!!! Shipping still cost me a good 140000yen which is a lot of money considering it was 12 boxes. I always go by EMS due to the fact that they are the fastest and will be at my house pretty soon.

This isn’t my biggest loot I’ve ever got but it’s up there. I do say this loot has the most variety, being that there’s anime, manga, doujins, Jrock, Jpop, a Guitar and so on. I tried on this trip not to spend a ton due to the fact that I don’t have that kind of budget this year. This trip was kind of a last minute thing but it was worth going again!!! Next year I hope to go there and go out of control and bring a loot bigger than my last years loot!!!

Next year I will be going to Comiket 80 as I promised a couple of my friends!!!

Now time to go play my new guitar!!!

Here is are some of the posts of the places I went to during my trip to Tokyo:

Tokyo Day 1: Arrival (Mixed with Hong Kong Day 5)

Tokyo Day 2: Ikebukuro

Tokyo Day 3: Akihabara

Tokyo Day 4: Harajuku and Shibuya

Tokyo Day 5: Ochanomizu and Akihabara

Tokyo Day 6: Asakusa and Akihabara

Tokyo Day 7: Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Day 8: Kamakura

Tokyo Day 9, 10 and 11: Nakano Broadway, Akihabara and Akihabara Matsuri

Tokyo Day 12 , 13 and 14: Comiket 78

Tokyo Day 15, 16 and 17: Girls Dead Monster Concert, Akihabara and Daiba

Boxing Day is that time of year where I go shopping as a ton of things go on sale. It’s also that time of year where sales happen everywhere at malls and such. I noticed that this time of year is where every mall in the Toronto area is packed with people shopping and buying things that are on sale. Like most people, I to shop like mad since everything is a great deal. Since it was a day of shopping and boxing day, it means I have to do this extra. So a few friends of mine and I woke up (in my case, I didn’t sleep) at around 5am and drove to downtown Eaton Centre as that place has the most things to buy. What’s different in going early is that the streets at 5am to 6am, the streets and highway was pretty empty, which is a good thing.

Arrived at Eaton Centre’s parking loot at around 6AM. The good thing about going early is that there is a lot of parking unlike if I came at around when most people come which means parking is hard to come by.

At 6AM, there was already a ton of people at Best Buy which opens at 6AM on boxing day.

Most people here tend to buy game systems that were on sale or TVs. Here is where I bought my memory cards, a few games and a few DVDs as I had no need for game systems or a TV.

At around 7AM, I finished shopping at Best Buy, on to the next electronic store, Future Shop which opens at the same time. It was raining at the time and the sky was still dark.

There were people shopping and police looking out for shoplifters and thieves, as in boxing day, they are common. Bought a few games here and my lens and external flash.

Heading to HMV afterwards…

Sky getting brighter…

Barely no one in the mall…

HMV…after I went in. They had a door crasher sale where Xbox 360 or PS3 versions of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 on sale for $30 but limited supply. I didn’t need it as I already have it. After spending 30 mins at HMV, we went walking around the mall.

There were more people appearing in the mall…

A lot of people arrive at the mall around 9AM…

At around 10AM, crowds begin to appear.

Sales…such as up to 60% off entire store…

Everywhere you see, people are buying and all stores have many items on sale!!!

Friends of mine resting a bit…

Something I see often at boxing day. People line up outside of the store to get into the store.

As time goes by, more and more people come.

Boxing Day at Eaton Centre equals to a ton of people going to be there shopping…

My friends wanted to head to the music store which is around 15 to 20 minutes by walking from the mall.

It was still raining…

Sherlock Holmes building ad.

Arrived at Steve’s Music Store.

Look at all these guitars…

Some guitars are cheap and some expensive. They sell drums,bass and DJ turntables and so on. After a good 30minutes to an hour we headed back to the mall.

At around noon, there is just a crowd of people making it hard to get around…

The giant Xmas tree still there…

Now, there is just a ton of people…

Since we were hungry, we deicded to eat at AMC…

Surprisingly, there wasn’t a lot of people eating there. Usually, on boxing day, there were a ton of people eating at around the same time and it’s hard to find seats to sit and eat lunch. Good thing AMC had a ton of seats.

We went back to Eaton’s after lunch…

Some more game shopping…

A ton of people…

Since we were done with the shopping at EatonCentre, we decided to head to Scarborough Town Centre as there are some stores we want to go to but aren’t in Eaton Centre. At around 3PM we left.

Still raining and at STC, tehre is no such thing as parking in a parking area…

Just look at the cars parked on the road…

STC is just as crowded as Eaton…

Urban Planet my friend wanted to go to. The paying line was just insane. It took a good 30 minutes to just line up and pay for clothes.

I went get shoes but sadly, I couldn’t get the shoe size I want as they sold out. Ah well, I was able to get a lot of other things.

By this time, we deicded to head to dinner and then off to a movie at Fairview Mall for our 10:30PM showing of Sherlock Holmes. My boxing day ended at 1:30AM. So the entire day, I was up for a good 36 hours or more. I was dead tired when I got home and pretty much crashed when I got into my room.

The Loot:

With sales and shopping comes with spending. I spend quite a bit but worth the price I got them for. I got quite a bit of items over boxing day.

Something that went on sale. I’ve been wanting a new lens for quite some time, I believe over a year and an external flash as well. They went on sale today and I was able to get them. I say it’s pretty worth it for the price I got it for.

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 = $109CAD

Canon Speedlite 270EX = $169CAD

Memory cards went on sale during boxing day. The price for one was really cheap. So I decided to get some just in case for later uses.

Sandisk SD 8GB Memory Cards = $20CAD X 2

Sandisk SD 16GB Memory Cards = $50CAD

Lexar 8GB Memory Stick = $18CAD

With boxing day, games go on sale. With sales equals to cheap games. I got quite a few games during boxing day.

Genji PS3 = $20CAD

Last Remant Xbox 360 = $24CAD

Avatar the Game Xbox 360 = $20CAD

Prince of Persa Xbox 360 = $15CAD

Hawx Xbox 360 = $20CAD

Red Faction Guerilla Xbox 360 = $40CAD

Afro Samurai Xbox 360 = $15CAD

MadWorld Wii = $15CAD

Sonic the Secret Rings Wii = $20CAD

Movies are one of the most popular items besides TVs and electronics that goes on sale during boxing day. As you can see, I bought quite a few. I love movies and I love to watch movies. Sometimes on my spare time, aside from watching anime and being on the web, I watch old to new movies.

Heroes Season 1 to 3 DVD Box Set = $109CAD

Prison Break Season 4 Box Set = $20CAD

Aliens Movie Box Set = $29CAD

Indiana Jones Movie Box Set = $50CAD

Die Hard Movie Box Set = $15CAD

Sin City = $15CAD

Get Smart = $6CAD

Burn After Reading = $6CAD

Hot Fuzz = $6CAD

Xmen Trilogy Box Set Blu-ray = $24CAD

Wolverine Origin Blu-ray = $17CAD

Fight Club Blu-ray = $12CAD

Rambo Blu-ray = $8CAD

Rock N Rolla Blu-ray = $15CAD

The Wrestler Blu-ray = $20CAD

The Day The Earth Stood Still Blu-ray = $9CAD

The Dark Knight Blu-ray = $9CAD

Reservior Dogs Blu-ray = $7CAD

When I went to Steve’s music store during boxing day, I was able to get a guitar amp. To me it was a great deal. It was around a good $80 off from the original price which I say was an amazing deal.

Line 6 Guitar Amp = $126CAD

Well, I don’t talk much about my guitar as I’m still practicing and pretty much still a beginner. I needed a guitar stand for my Fender Mustang, so since I was at a music store, I just bought it as now I don’t need to keep it in my soft carrying case. I might one day put up some video or mp3 of me playing my guitar. Yes, I also do know that my Fender Mustang is Azusa from K-On guitar (same color too).

Guitar stand = $30CAD

Total of boxing day shopping: $1068CAD

Yes, I know, I spent as much as I do at conventions but all in 1 day of shopping. I went over this before as when I went to Japan and used over $1500CAD in one day of Comiket. I had a great time at boxing day and came back with some really great items. I’m pretty happy about my loot and since it’s still boxing week, more spending is coming!!!

Well it’s almost December and time for me to post my loot of the month. Recently, there has been a huge sale in electronics and stuff in my area. I couldn’t help but buy some new loot!!! Not much anime related loot but a ton of computer related loot and game related loot. There was so many things to buy and I just emptied part of my wallet to get these stuff. My wallet is suffering of emptiness. Well, what did I get…

Game wise, I got quite a bit over the last few days. Some of them were nice deals too. For the Greatest Hits game, Best Buy had a sell on them for 2 for $40 CAD which I say is a nice deal. Well, time to add these games to the pile of un-played games which is increasing…

Limited Edition Tekken 6 PS3 (Game, Artbook and Wireless Joystick): $160 CAD

Brutal Legend Xbox 360: $40 CAD

Wanted Xbox 360: $20 CAD

Ratchet and Clank Future Tools of Destruction PS3: $20 CAD

Warhawk PS3: $20 CAD

Not only games were on sale. Computer stuff and memory cards were on sale too. I was able to get 3 memory cards but I was using one of them for my camera. I also got a new hard drive as my current one is getting full. They were sold a lot cheaper than it was regularly sold for. So I couldn’t help but get them. I’m going to install the hard drive soon.

2TB Hard Drive: $192 CAD

3X 8GB Memory Cards: $14 each = $42 CAD

Got a new computer monitor too. A new wide screen 23 inch monitor. I was thinking of buying one for a while and with that sale that happened, i couldn’t help but buy one.

Samsung 23 Inch Monitor: $200CAD

What’s a l0ot on an otaku blog with anime related goods. I was able to get some goodies earlier the week too. I finally got Xenosaga 3 Kos-Mos swimsuit figure and an Idolmaster petit Nendoroid.

Xenosaga 3 Kos-Mos Swimsuit Version: $100 CAD

Idolmaster Petit Nendoroid: $7

I spent quite a lot over these past couple of days. So many sales happening and I can’t help but buy them.

Total Spent on loot: $801 CAD

My wallet hurts and now, I have some entertainment for the xmas break that is coming up. I think this is one of my most expensive monthly loot I ever had. Well, time to install my hard drive and monitor…

An otaku’s interests are not just figures and anime, but can go into gaming and other interests. Inside this EB Games bag is something I’ve been waiting for since I’ve heard of it coming out. Inside this bag is the “Prestige Edition” of the latest Call of Duty game by Infinity Ward, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. I’ve head that this game was the most anticipated game of 2009. As the fan of the series I totally agree. Well, here are my thoughts of the “Prestige Edition” of Modern Warfare 2.

My first impression when I say the huge box of the prestige edition was wow. At the time when I purchased this, I wondered if it was worth the $180CAD. Now after I opened it and played the game. I say it was worth it!!!

The prestige edition contains the “Hard Edition” (A.K.A. The limited Edition) of Modern Warfare 2 and the Night Vision goggles.

The night vision goggles. These are fully functioning night vision goggles. The problem with them is that they require 5 AA batteries. I have tested these goggles and they work fine. Yuki is too small to use them sadly. Aside from that, this is actually a cool item.

Inside the hard edition, it contains the actual game, a special illustration book of the areas and art of work of Modern Warfare and a hard metal case. I just love the cover art of the metal case of Modern Warfare 2.

So far right now, I have completed the campaign of Modern Warfare 2. I moved on to the online multiplayer. Right now, it’s really fun and I’m addicted to it. I plan on doing a review about this game real soon. Now, back to more Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.

Extra note: I know I’ve been away lately. I’ve been busy with midterms and essays. I plan on doing more updates and also going to start something I call Week of shoots beginning next week. I most likely will have another post later this week.

Sorry for taking so long for posting my loot from Japan. It’s so massive that it’s taking forever to take pictures of it and it’s took forever to type out the list. I can’t even fit it all into one photo. It’s impossible, that’s how much stuff I did get and that’s how much loot I got right now. Compared to how much I spent last year, it’s like night and day. This is one long post on all my loot from Japan. So be ready, I do recommend it!!!

The format on how I did in this loot is the same way I do with all my trip and convention loot. All the prices are shown in Yen for this loot. I think that is the main reason it took forever to type this out as it is a massive amount of loot. Trust me, it’s extremely massive.

Figures:

When it comes to getting figures in Japan, I couldn’t help getting a few. Wonderfest there were figures being sold everywhere and in Akihabara, I can always find a deal. During this trip, I was able to find a ton of rare figures to great deals on figures. One of the figures in which I find hard to get is Alter Revy (Black Lagoon). I can find her on Ebay but she cost way too much. I was able to find Alter Revy at Lashinbang in Osaka. I was also able to get some good figures such as the Wonfes released Miku Hatsune Figma, not one, but two of them. I found an old figure such as a Ruri Hoshino figure from an old anime called Nadesico. Some figures Japan is such a great place to buy figures and I sure went all out when it came to figures this trip compared to last years trip.

Alter 1/8 Scale Mahou Shoujo Lyricial Nanoha A’s Fate Testarossa – 8000yen

Alter 1/7 Scale Mahou Shoujo Lyricial Nanoha StrikerS Reinforce Zwei – 4200yen

Alter 1/8 Scale Black Lagoon Revy – 10000yen

Alter 1/8 Scale Gurren Lagann Yoko Littner – 5000yen

Alter 1/8 Scale Otome Wa Boku ni Koishiteru Mizuho Miyanokouji – 3675yen

Alter 1/8 Scale Djibril The Devil Angel 3 Djibril Zero – 3654yen

Alter 1/8 Scale Penguin Musume Sakura “Penguin” Nankyoku (Maid Version) – 2500yen

Banpresto Non-Scale Macross Frontier Klan Klan – 4000yen

Banpresto Non-Scale Macross Frontier Ranka Lee – 8000yen

Banpresto Non-Scale Gurren Lagann Yoko – 7000yen

Banpresto Non-Scale To Love Ru Mini Yami – 1280yen

Clayz Non-Scale  Martian Successor Nadesico The Prince of Darkness Ruri Hoshino – 6000yen

DreamTech Non-Scale Lucky Star Konata Izumi and Kanata Izumi – 9450yen

DreamTech Non-Scale Gurren Lagann Yoko (Sniper Loot Version) – 5000yen

GoodSmile Company 1/8 Scale To Love Ru Golden Darkness (Yami) – 4000yen

GoodSmile Company 1/8 Scale Peace@Pieces Kizuki N@gi – 1500yen

GoodSmile Company 1/6 ScaLe Kara No Kyokai Shiki Ryogi – 5600yen

GoodSmile Company 1/8 Scale Vocaloid Len Kagamine – 3000yen

GoodSmile Company 1/8 Scale Vocaloid Rin Kagamine – 3000yen

GoodSmile Company 1/8 Scale Vocaloid Miku Hatsune (CM Version) – 6800yen

GoodSmile Company 1/8 Scale Unity Marriage Unity Yuno – 3500yen

GoodSmile Comapny 1/8 Scale Unity Marriage Unity May – 4000yen

GoodSmile Company 1/8 Scale Kyoran Kazoku Nikki Kyoka Midarezaki – 7800yen

GoodSmile Company Non-Scale Touhou Project Reimu Hakurei Nendoroid – 3000yen

Kaiyodo Non-Scale The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Haruhi Suzumiya Fraulen Revoltech – came in a Hobby Stock grab bag (contains 4 revoltech) for 5000yen

Kaiyodo Non-Scale The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Yuki Nagato Fraulen Revoltech – came in a Hobby Stock grab bag (contains 4 revoltech) for 5000yen

Kaiyodo Non-Scale Gurren Lagann Yoko Fraulen Revoltech – came in a Hobby Stock grab bag (contains 4 revoltech) for 5000yen

Kaiyodo Non-Scale Queens Blade Echidna Fraulen Revoltech – came in a Hobby Stock grab bag (contains 4 revoltech) for 5000yen

Kotobukiya 1/5 Scale Kanokon Nozomu Ezomori – 10000yen

Max Factory 1/7 Scale Guilty Gears Bridget – 4000yen

Max Factory 1/8 Scale Ar Tonelico 2 Chroche – 2900yen

Max Factory 1/8 Scales The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Yuki Nagato – 3000yen

Max Factory 1/8 Scale Demonbane Al Azif – 1900yen

Max Factory Non-Scale Vocaloid Miku Hatsune di:stage Figma – 3000yen (x2)

Max Factory Non-Scale Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Signum Figma – 3000yen

Megahouse Non-Scale Macross Frontier Ranka Lee (Limited Edition Version) – 11000yen

Megahouse Non-Scale Brilliant Stage Sakura (Platonic Side) – 3800yen

Minori Non-Scale EF Tales Miyako Miyamura – 1000yen

Movic 1/7 Scale Kara No Kyokai Shiki Ryogi – 7000yen

New Line Corporation Non-Scale Black Lagoon Revy – 12000yen

Organic 1/8 Scale Solty Rei Solty – 800yen

Sega Non-Scale Lucky Star Kagami Hiiragi – 1000yen

Sega Non-Scale Lucky Star Konata Izumi – 1000yen

Sega Non-Scale Lucky Star Mini Konata Izumi – 500yen

Sega Non-Scale Lucky Star Mini Tsukasa Hiiragi – 500yen

Sega Non-Scale Lucky Star Mini Minami Iwasaki -500yen

Touhou Vinyl Series Remilia – 6000yen

Touhou Vinyl Series Sakuya – 6000yen

Volks Non-Scale Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Nanoha Takamachi – 8379yen

Non-Scale Air Misuzu Kamio – 2000yen

Figure Count: 50

Total Cost: 207238yen

Okay, I do admit that I went a bit overboard during this trip. Over $2000CAD spent on figures alone, I went a bit overboard. Getting 50 figures is a bit much and I only counted the amount I got when writing this post. Still, I got some good figures and will be doing photo shoots on them real soon. One of my fav figures that I got during this trip is Alter Fate that is pretty hard to get for a good price. In Japan, figures I see for cheap cost so much online. Being able to find Revy figures in Japan was pretty amazing as I thought to myself when heading to Japan I wouldn’t be able to find a Revy figure but this trip, got 2 Revy figures and I found one fo the rarest figures around. Some hard finds cost a bit but worth the money. Now, time to figure out where to put them…

Model Kits:

Going to Japan, I can’t help but get some Gundam models. Some of the model kits I barely fit into the box that I used for shipping. I consider only buying a bit but I never expected that I will go crazy. I even bought Tokyo Green Gundam Model. I don’t think I’ll be building that anytime soon or any of the model kits as soon as I finish the ones I have in my room already. Now adding these kits, I have 14 model kits that I have to build. Great…

Perfect Grade Wing Zero Custom – 6000yen

Master Grade Strike Freedom Full Burst – 5000yen

Master Grade Sazabi – 4600yen

Master Grade Unicorn Gundam Titanum Finish – 3800yen

Master Grade Gundam Exia Ignition Mode – 3650yen

Gunpla Green Tokyo Gundam RX78 – 1500yen

Model Kit Count: 6

Total Cost: 24550yen

I got some good kits during this trip. One model kit that I wanted for a long time that I finally got was the MG Sazabi as since I was a kid. Now, I finally have it. Buying model kits in Japan is a lot better buying it here in Canada. As model kits here are sold for double the price or even triple the price. I’m pretty happy that I got some kits during this trip to Japan.

DVD:

When I went to Japan, I wasn’t planning on getting any DVDs, then I saw the price. When walking around in Japan, I found that most of the DVDs were pretty expensive. I only bought DVDs that were pretty cheap. I do say Lashinbang is one of the cheapest place to get DVDs and is where I got all of mine except the K-On Bluray.

Lucky Star Volume 1 to 3 – 4000yen

H2O Footprints in the Sand Volume 1 to 12 – 8000yen

Baldr Force Resolution Volume 1 to 4 – 2000yen

Doujin Work – 1000yen

Tales of Phantasia Volume 1 to 3 – 3000yen

K-on Blu-ray – 7800yen

Mizuki Nana Live Fighter Blue X Red Side – 3000yen

DVD Count: 28

Total Cost: 28800yen

I got some nice DVDs durring this trip. Most were pretty cheap considering how much DVDs cost in Japan. I would had bough the entire set of Lucky Star if it wasn’t that expensive.  I bought the H2O DVD set cause I saw it for cheap. To me, it was a good deal and I do love the anime. Also was able to find a DVD of Mizuki Nana live concert. As some of you know, I am a Mizuki Nana fan and I couldn’t help but buy it. I believe this was the newest one out and I bought it for a good price. During my trip to Osaka, I bought the first volume of the K-on Blu-ray. I just bought it on random impulse. I had a lot of those throughout the trip.

CDs:

I bought quite a few CDs throughout this trip to Japan. I noticed when I was writing this post I left 2 CDs out of the photo as they were hidden under a ton of stuff. I decided to just add it to the list. The 2 CDs missing in the photo are Silver Forest Reincarnation and Candy Boy Bring Up…Love.

Lucky Star Character Song Set (Set of – 6000yen

Lucky Star Music Fair – 3000yen

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 1ST Side Nanoha – 3000yen

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 1ST Side Fate – 3000yen

Vocaloid Evils Theater by Mothy – 1500yen

Vocaloid Supercell – 3500yen

Vocaloid Hatsune Miku Project Diva Original Song Collection – 3000yen

Vocaloid Vocarhythm feat Hatsune Miku by Exit Tunes – 2000yen

The Very Best of DeadballP by Exit Tunes – 2000yen

Exit Tunes Complete Best – 2000yen

K-On Character Image Song Series Mio Akimaya – 1300yen

K-On Character Image Song Series Yui Hirasawa – 1300yen

K-On Ho-Kago Tea Time – 2100yen

K-On Fuwa Fuwa Time Single – 1000yen

K-On Original Soundtrack – 3000yen

Canaan Mind as Judgement – 1200yen

H2O Footprints in the Sand – Katayokuno Icarus – 1000yen

H2O Footprints in the Sand Kazehane – 1000yen

Suzumiya Haruhi No Gensou – 3000yen

Maria+Holic Hanaji – 1800yen

Saki Glossy MMM – 1200yen

Saki Netsuretsu Kangei Wonderland – 1200yen

Candy Boy Bring Up…Love – 800yen

Kara No Kyokai Kalafina (Limited DVD/CD Edition) – 4800yen

EF- The Latter Tales Emotional Flutter – 2000yen

Myon Myon Myon – 100yen

Silver Forest Phantasm Brigade – 1200yen

Silver Forest Graze – 1200yen

Silver Forest Reincarnation – 1400yen

Silver Forest ?????? – 1400yen

Sound Holic Ayakashi – 1400yen

Sound Holic Kuni – 1400yen

Swing Holic Vol 4 – 1200yen

IOSYS Touhou Hyosetsu Kashu – 800yen

Frontier Records ??? – 1000yen

C-ClayZ U-KYU – 1200yen

C-Clayz -Xirai- – 1000yen

dBu Music Demon Tale Sonata – 1000yen

Tamusic 0003 – 1000yen

Tamusic 0043 – 1000yen

Eternal Force Blizzard – 1000yen

Mizuki Nana Ultimate Diamond (Limited Edition) – 3000yen

Uverworld Go-On (Limited Edition) – 2000yen

The Girl Next Door Be Your Wings (CD/DVD Edition) – 1800yen

Animelo Re:Bridge Theme Song – 1000yen

CD Count: 52

Total Cost: 82200yen

I sure went overboard kind of on CDs. I somewhat had gotten into the Touhou music a while ago. I don’t listen to them a lot though compared to other music. Still, I bought quite a few of them and some I like and some I just bought cause the cover either looked nice or has a nice picture of my favorite characters from Touhou. Some of the Touhou CDs I bought at Melonbooks or over at Comiket when all the music circles appear on Touhou day of Comiket. When in Japan, I reminded myself that I needed to get myself a Mizuki Nana CD and an Uverworld CD as I’m a big fan. Sure enough, got both newly released CDs and they are both limited editions. I got the Girl Next Door CD as I was hooked on the theme song to the game Tales of Vs. It’s so cool. K-On CDs was a must on list to get in Japan. I bought all the CDs that was released at the time when I was in Japan. When I saw a Lucky Star character song pack, I just bought it without thinking. Also bought the Comiket special edition Nanoha Side and Fate Side CDs released at Comiket. I latter saw them in stores for double to triple the original price. I’m glad that I lined up in that insane line of Nanoha. Totally worth it. As a Vocaloid fan, I bought the Vocaloid CDs Supercell and the Project Diva Soundtrack as I was playing the Project Diva for the first half of the trip before switching to Tales of Vs. All the CDs were worth the money I spent. Time to listen to some.

Dakimakura:

Got quite a few dakimakura during this trip. By far dakimakura’s are one of the most expensive items I bought on this trip. They are pretty expensive and usually they run for around 9000yen or above. I would love to by some of them or most of them but the price for one is just too much even for me.

Lucky Star Konata and Kagami Dakimakura (from Kyoto Animation Shop) – 9000yen

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A’s Fate Testarossa Dakimakura – 20000yen

Saki Nodoka Haramura “Smooth” Dakimakura – 10000yen

Code Geass R2 C.C. Dakimakura – 12000yen

Code Geass R2 Shirley Fenette Dakimakura – 12000yen

Zero No Tsukaima Louise (Got it in a grab bag) – 5000yen

K-On Mio Akimaya pillow case – 2000yen

The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Yuki Nagato and Haruhi Suzumiya pillow sheet with pillow – 4500yen

Comiket 76 Nanoha StrikerS Hotspring Bedsheet – 10000yen

Melanbook Dakimakura – 4000points (Not yen, but I used points)

Dakimakura Count: 10

Total Cost: 75500yen + 4000points

I got quite a bit of dakimakuras during this trip. One of I didn’t even need to pay for it at all. I used points saved up in my Melonbooks point card. You get points everytime you buy something and a point card holds the points. Then exchange points for goods. In my case, I saved 4000points (which is a lot) and got myself a free dakimakura. I love how the point cards work in Japan. Anyways, I was also able to get pre released stuff at Comiket. I got myself the pre released Saki and Code Geass Dakimakuras. I must thank Aaron and Tim for helping me get these items. Something that I laughted about is the Saki Nodoka dakimakura. Aaron told me that they even put in the words “smooth” on the package. I was also able to get myslef a rare Fate daki but it cost me a good 20000yen for it and that hurt my wallet. I also found something I thought I never would find, an official Lucky Star daki. They sold it only at the Kyoto Animation store in Kyoto. I was able to go to the store and buy the dakimakura. I know a bedsheet isn’t classified as a daki, but it’s somewhat like it. Still, it was a good great at the Nanoha booth. Now the hard part. I have one pillow and 7 dakimakura…which one to use…

Manga:

If you go to Japan and not get any manga, check you brain, something must be wrong. I bought quite a bit of manga for this trip and bought some manga that I need to finish some series I have. Also I can’t read Japanese, so why did I buy it. I will learn some Japanese soon, so this will be soon some great reading material. For now…I look at the pictures…

To Love Ru Volume 1 to 15 – 5850yen

Gundam 00F Volume 1 to 4 – 2160yen

K-On Vol 2 – 800yen

Code Geass Queens Vol 5 – 600yen

Code Geass Nightmare of Nunnally Volume 2 to 5 – 2320yen

Otome Wa Boku ni Koishiteru Vol 5, 9 to 12 – 3900yen

Saki Vol 6 – 510yen

The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Vol 1 to 3 (Volume 3 comes with a Yuki Nagato Nendoroid with the bunny headphones) – 2800yen

Macross Frontier Manga – 600yen

Vocaloid Vol 2 – 850yen

Vocaloid Hatsune Miku by Kei – 700yen

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Comic Anthology – 710yen

Lyrical Magic All Range – 800yen

Mahou Shoujo Lyrcial Nanoha StrikerS!! – 1000yen

H2O Footprints in the Sand Vol 1 to 2 – 1160yen

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya by KotomiZ-Nekoma Vol 1 to 2 – 1400yen

Touhou Silent Sinner in Blue – 950yen

Lucky Star Vol 6 – 780yen

Lucky Star Vol 5 to 6 Gamers Edition – 2000yen

Lucky Star Pocket Traveler – 800yen

Lucky Star Presented by GUNP – 1050yen

Manga Count: 52

Total Cost: 31740yen

I bought quite a bit. I do also know after buying the Lucky Star manga that there was such thing as a Gamer edition of the manga. I didn’t know that. I just bought it because it was Lucky Star. I also bought a few doujin manga. It’s still manga in a way. What I did get that was on my list unlike most of the manga I bought was the Nightmare of Nunnally manga. I bought volume one of the manga last year and now I finally completed the set. The manga ends at vol 5 I believe. A manga I couldn’t help but get is the To Love Ru manga. One look at the price of the manga, I couldn’t help but get all 15 volumes of the manga. Sadly, right now I just need the last volume to complete the set. I was able to get the petit nendoroid of Yuki Nagato with the bunny headphones. I wanted it since I heard it was out. I got that limited edition set with volume 3 inside for 2000yen and I got vol 1 and 2 for 800yen for both. I also did enjoy the Vocaloid manga and seeing that Kei did one too, I also couldn’t hold myself back. Now it’s time to figure out where to put all these manga.

Games and Game Accessories:

Bought some good games and gaming accessories. I saw my Blazblue joystick is one of the good finds. Now I finally have a joystick for the PS3 that I can use.

Blazblue Joystick – 7600yen

PS2 Trigger Heart Limited Edtion (Has Nendoroid inside) – 12000yen

PS2 SD Generation Wars – 4000yen

PS2 Melty Blood Actress Again First Print Limited Edition – 8000yen

PS2 H2O Footprints in the Sand Limited Edition – 4000yen

PSP Tales of Vs – 5900yen

H2O Footprints in the Sand After and Another – 4000yen

AliveZ – 1000yen

Touhou Project 12 UFO (Undefined Fantastic Object) – 1000yen

Touhou Project 12.3 – 1800yen

Battlefantasia – 1200yen

Black Sheep Symphony Type A – 200yen

Gleam of Force – Free

Game Count: 13

Total Cost: 45700yen

Got quite a few games this trip. I was able to get Touhou 12 and I have to say it’s so hard. It’s harder than the other games in the series. I would also add, Zun’s artwork is improving. Well, not going to dwell deep into it. I’ll talk more about Touhou later. I also got the new Touhou 12.3 which is an expansion to Touhou 10.5. It just adds a new interface and new characters with new stages and music. Overall, the same game but fun as hell. I got some official PS2 games too. I was able to get Melty Blood AA First Print Edition hours before I left Japan. I also got a PSP game called Tales of Vs. Being a Tales fan, I love this game and I am still playing it right now. It’s a really fun game once you get a handle of it. One of the biggest things I got was the Blazblue Joystick. I have to say, I need a Joystick nowadays. For some reason, I just can’t play with the controller anymore. I must had gotten used to playing it with a joystick in Japan arcades. Finally, on to the PS2 Trigger Heart. My main reason in buying it is that Nendoroid. It’s just so cute and so cool. I wanted it for a while but couldn’t get it as online sold it for an extremely expensive price and official online stores were sold out of it. So I’m pretty happy I got it in Kyoto when I found it. Some might think why did I get Type A. Well, Akihabara Channel is one of my favorite Japan English blogs besides Danny Choo. I read that he will be attending Comiket and selling his game. So I went and was also able to meet Kouji in person. It was pretty cool. Now, time to put the games into the pile of games I have yet to play.

Magazines:

I love to buy monthly mags. The thing is if I import them they cost a lot here. I rather just buy them there.

Megumi Magazine Special 10th Anniversary Edition – 990yen (x 2)

Megumi Magazine August 2009 Edition – 990yen

Newtype August and Sept Edition – 1240yen

Nyantype – 780yen

Magazine Count: 6

Total Cost: 4990yen

Some might ask why did I buy 2 of the special anniversary edition. Well, I got two cause I plan to use one and the other I keep and to be never opened. Gamers had a promotion going on that day and I bought 2 and it came with 2 posters. Which the posters are Nanoha and to promote the new movie that was coming out soon. Got some Newtype and the new Nyantype. I haven’t looked at them yet but when I do have time, I will look.

Monthly Manga:

Monthly manga, I really never looked at them. Well, I bought them for 2 reasons. One, Lucky Star. Two, Nanoha. That’s pretty much of the reason.

Media Mix August Issue – 880yen

Compace Sept Issue – 680yen

Lucky Star X Haruhi – 2000yen

Monthly Manga Count: 3

Total Cost: 3560yen

I couldn’t help but buy like a small amount. Lucky Star being on the cover is a major factor. Also the Compace has Nanoha Vivo comic inside. I always wanted to see what is the Vivo comic is about.

Artbooks:

One thing I did in Japan is get a boat load of Artbooks. Stack them together in one box is a bad idea as they get really heavy. I learned that last year. I separate them to different boxes to lessen the cost of shipping.

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Original Sketches – 2000yen

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A’s Original Sketches – 2000yen

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Original Sketches Vol 1 – 2000yen

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Visual Collection – 2500yen

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Visual Collection – 2500yen

Pixv Touhou Artbook – 2000yen

Pixv Vocaloid Artbook – 2000yen

Code Geass Heroine’s Tribute – 2000yen

Code Geass Illustrations Rebels – 1900yen

Code Geass Perfect Turn Fan Book – 800yen

Code Geass Archieves 2006 to 2008 – 1900yen

Code Geass Model Works – 2000yen

K-On Sida A – 2500yen

Macross Frontier 2059 Memories – 1200yen

Gundam 00 Dear Meister Comic&Art – 1300yen

Toradora Encyclopedia of Toradora! – 1400yen

Shakugan No Shana SO-U-E-N Ito Noizi Art Collection – 2800yen

Tales of Vesperia Illustration – 1800yen

Queens Gate Shiranui Mai – 1000yen

Queens Gate Alice – 1000yen

Ryo Ueda Toho Art Collection – 1400yen

Ninomiya-Kun Kyourin Takanae Art Works – 1500yen

Flyable Heart Roughbook – 1500yen

Tony’s Art Works – 3000yen

Shining Wind Collection of Visual Material – 1800yen

Shining Tears Collection of Visual Material – 1800yen

Megumi Super Deluxe – 1800yen

Miyabi Fujieda Color Illustration 2006 to 2009 – 3150yen

Artbook Count: 27

Total Cost: 55550yen

I bought a few artbooks. When heading to Japan, my goal was to get a few artbooks. I mostly wanted Nanoha artbooks as I’ma  fan of the series.

Wallscrolls:

Got a few wallscrolls in Japan. I never thought I would buy this much as it is. Still, wallscrolls to me last longer than posters sometimes. So it was pretty worth it buying a few.

C-ClayZ Aya Shameimaru Wallscroll – 12000yen

Touhou Cirno Wallscroll – 3000yen

Tony Taka Wallscroll – 1500yen

Mahou Shoujo Lyeical Nanoha The Movie 1ST Wallscroll – 3000yen

Mahou Shoujo Lyeical Nanoha The Movie 1ST Fate Testarossa Wallscroll – 3000yen

Da Capo Side Story Wallscroll – 2000yen

Lucky or Unlucky Wallscroll – 1000yen

Wallscroll Count: 7

Total Cost: 25500yen

I was thinking on getting a wallscroll or two in Japan. I didn’t expect myself getting this much. I was surprised at myself when I got the C-ClayZ Aya Shameimaru wallscroll. The wallscroll alone is bigger than me. It’s rare to see a wallscroll that is taller than you. I love it though, the art on it is amazing!!! Another wallscroll that I love is the Nanoha movie wallscrolls. The movie wallscroll with all the characters is from Comiket and it cost around 3000yen. The Fate wallscroll is also hard to get as well. I found it at Lashinbang in Ikebukuro and bought it without another thought. Now, I just need to figure out how to hang these wallscroll up.

Posters:

I bought quite a few posters. Currently most of the posters I got are all rolled up and I’m unable to put them in the picture. It was hard enough unrolling the Kara No Kyokai posters as they took around a good 30 minutes to unroll and tape on the floor. I’ll just list the posters.

Kara No Kyokai Movie Posters (Movie 1 to 5) – 7500yen

Comiket 76 Tony Taka Poster – 1500yen

Trigger Heart Poster – 1500yen

Senko No Ronde Poster – 1500yen

K-On Poster (x2) – 1600yen

Exit Tune Poster – 1000yen

Rozen Maiden Poster – 1500yen

Touhou Poster (Yuyuko and Youmu) – 800yen

Macross Frontier Poster (Ranka Lee and Alto Satome) – 1000yen

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A’s DVD Posters (Vol 1 to 6) – 12000yen

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A’s Portable Battle of the Aces Promo Poster – Free

Kyoto Animation K-On Posters (x3) – 1500yen

ToraDora Poster – 100yen (Won in UFO Machine)

Type-Moon Witch of the Holy Nights Poster – 2000yen

Neon Genesis Evangelion 1.0 Poster – 300yen

Poster Counts: 24

Total Cost: 33800yen

I bought too many posters. It was hard enough to ship them back without having them damaged. I say the Nanoha A’s DVD posters cost quite a bit. Still, worth it as I’m a huge fan of the series. The K-On posters that came from Kyoto Animation in Kyoto are three different kinds. I was lucky to get all 3 of those posters. The plastic K-On posters are pretty nice and I got two of them. I got the movie posters of Kara No Kyokai at the movie theater when I watched the 7th Kara No Kyokai movie. It was pretty worth it but when carrying 6 posters back to the hotel was hell. Now, time to figure out where to put these posters on my wall…

Doujinshi:

When it comes to Japan, buying some doujinshi is a major must. Since I can’t really name all these doujinshi. I can surely say that I got a ton. Also, I don’t remember who ordered a doujinshi by Lily Lily Rose. If you did, please email me so I can send you it.

Doujinshi Count: 87

Total Cost: 78300yen

I bought a ton of doujinshi this year. I think I doubled the amount I bought last year. I bought some popular circle doujins too. I got most of T2’s doujins during my trip and together I think they cost a good 11000yen. I think the only T2 doujin I’m missing so far is the Clannad T2 doujin. I also made it my goal to buy most of Plums doujins. Plum doujinshis mainly focus on the Nanoha series. Also most of their doujins are H but their art is just amazing! Got a few Miku doujinshi as well. I also went for some Touhou doujinshi. One of my fav circles does Touhou doujins too. LightRight does amazing art in their doujins. I love their cover art too. Most of these doujinshi that I got were mostly bought at Comiket or at Melonbooks. Comiket I consider is a cheap place to get doujins but the problem is that they don’t accept credit cards, cash only. Melonbooks I consider a great place to buy doujinshi as I buy quite a few doujins and has a ton of doujins always in stock too. Best of all, they accept credit cards. Either way, I love getting doujinshi in Japan compared to getting it here in Canada as it cost a ton.

Comiket Bags:

Comiket always has bags that they give you along with your loot. It all depends which booth you go to or which dealer you go to. Also, it determines if they still have stock of the bags. It seems a lot of people in Japan who goes to Comiket cares about the bag they get with their loot and holds it in a way to protect it from Damage. I got quite a bit in Japan too. I got bags such as C-ClayZ bag, K-On offical bag, Tony Taka circle bag, Type-Moon bag, and many more. I got tons and carrying them throughout Comiket can get annoying and tiring, but totally worth the trouble. Most of these bags came with the loot I buy at Comiket and others some people give out to the crowd for free. I also like the doujin circle bags such as LightRight (The pink bag with Yuyuko on it at the top of the picture) as it was made differently. It was a fabric made bag. I just love Comiket bags!!!

Plushies:

Got plushies during this trip. Also I got a special plushie in Akihabara.

GoodSmile Company Mascot Plushie – 2000yen

Lucky Star Kagami Hiiragi Plushie – 2000yen

Lucky Star Pig Kagami Plushie – 2000yen

Vocaloid Miku Hatsune Plushie – 2500yen

Vocaloid Miku Hachune Plushie – 2500yen

Touhou Cirno Plushie – 2800yen

Plushie Count: 6

Total Cost: 13800yen

I got the GoodSmile Mascot in a store in Akihabara. A friend pointed out and when I saw it, i quickly bought it without thinking. It was the GSC mascot and when I saw a friend of my Len-Vesper has it, I couldn’t help but get my own. Also got some plushie at Comiket. At Comiket, GSC released the Vocaloid plushie and touhou plushie. I have to thank Aaron and Tim for helping me getting the plushies at Comiket. Last year at Comiket, I got myself a Konata plushie but didn’t get a Kagami one as they sold out of her. This year, i was able to get her in Kyoto Animate. It was a good find and now I got the set.

Rare Stuff:

Rare stuff to hard to get stuff. I can’t really categorize this. All I can say, these are great things to have.

Signed Lucky Star Portrait – 10000yen

Cardcaptor Sakura Art Cell – 6800yen

Autograph art from Akihabara Festival – Free

Rare Stuff Count: 3

Total Cost: 16800yen

Got some hard to find stuff in Japan. Something I never thought I find is the Cardcaptor Sakura cell art. I bought it without another thought as CCS holds a special place in my heart as it was the first anime that got me into anime. The Lucky Star portrait was found in Tokyo. I bought it was it was signed and it was Lucky Star. Most of the rare buys or all the rare buys are all just impulse buys I say.

Random Things and Comiket Goodies:

In Japan, you can get random things. People hand you things to you buying random things. I bought and got quite a few random things. The random Comiket stuff were Nanoha Tshirts, to Touhou towel to the MIO BOWEL.

Total Cost: 89500yen

I spent a lot on random things. Comiket is mostly where I bought it. I got the Mio bowel at Comiket with a K-On set that came with K-On chopsticks, spoon and forks and Yui’s little clapping instrutment thing. I even got somewhat festival like clothes. I got Lucky Star Konata (in a wedding dress) festival clothes and K-On Ritsu as well. I would had gotten more but I decided not to as they cost around 8000yen each. The Blazblue loot consists of towels, fan and art book. I do like the towels though. Other loot like the Hidamari Sketch loot has a small book with a Tshirt and a cup. I also got Itashi car stickers. Comiket sold a lot but cost a lot. I only got 2, one that says Vocaloid System and the other having Remilia Scarlet from Touhou on it. I got these Wooden Plates that has these anime characters on it. Got around 20 of them lying around and I don’t know what they mean. If some does know, please tell me. When in Japan, people tend to hand out things. I got a ton of free fans just walking down Akihabara and a lot of people just give me these ads about some new game or anime coming out or even a sale. Some random things are promotional items that poeple give me. A cool random thing I bought was Touhou drinks. I did not drink them yet. As I’m scarred of openning it. I might open it someday but not at the moment. Time to figure out where to put all these random goodies!!!

Cards:

Some cards I got in Japan. I got some point cards which is pretty hard to get if you are a foreigner.I have to thank Tim for helping obtaining these point cards.

K-On Promo cards (x8) – Free

Code Geass Telephone Card (C.C. and Shirley) – Free

Lucky and Unlucky Telephone Card – Free

Weib Schwarz Nanoha Deck – 1400yen

Total Cost: 1400yen

I got the entire set of K-on promo cards. You can get one when you buy K-On goods at Gamers and Animate. You get one card for every 1000yen you send on K-On goods except for DVDs and CDs. I was albe to obtain the entire set  of K-On stuff. I also got telephone cards. These telephone cards came with things I by. The Code Geass ones came with my Code Geass dakimakura that I bought at Comiket. Point cards are one of the hardest things to get in Japan. To get a point card, you need an address in Japan, which as a tourist, you don’t have one. Thanks to Tim, I was able to get an Animate Point Card, a Melonbook Point Card, K-Book Point Card and a Gamers Point Card. Point cards are useful getting free stuff to saving money. I used my Melonbook point card a lot and was able to save up 4000points to get myself a dakimakura from Melonbooks. Having a point card is also pretty useful and makes a great souvenir. I got a deck of a card game called Weib Schwarz. My friend told me to play it with him but the thing is, I have no clue how to play it. My friend who has a limited knowledge of Japanese struggles to read the instructions but somehow we played a bit of it. I still don’t understand how to exactly play it.

Dollfie:

My most expensive item I got in Japan. I got myself a Yuki Nagato dollfie. A lot of people took a while to convince me to get one. Also I find compared to what my friends have, Yuki looks a lot better.

Volks Dollfie Dream Yuki Nagato – 60000yen

I don’t really know how my friends convince me into buying this dollfie. I just got it. Oh well, I like her though. I would had got Fate dollfie as well but the price kinda turned me away and having 2 dollfie is a bit a much. I’m satisfied having Yuki. I don’t think many people have a Yuki dollfie. Now I gotta find a stand for her and a chair for her too.

Total Amount Spent on Loot: 878928yen

I spent a lot for this trip to Japan this year. I did spend almost 900000yen during this trip to Japan. You can say I went a bit overboard for this trip, but I have no clue when would I ever go back to Japan. So I do say, spend now or never.

Shipping hurts me. I spent a good 350000yen on shipping in Japan. Shipping 28 boxes home is expensive and I used EMS as it’s the fastest and safest way to ship. I know 28 boxes is a lot of boxes but I needed it as I don’t want a box costing me over 50000yen and being heavy as boxes do break if the content inside it is too heavy. So I separate them into many boxes.

I consider this loot is my largest loot to date. I mean, it’s massive. I don’t think I ever in my life spent that much in a month. Well, it was a trip and I kind of went out of control when it came to shopping in Japan. Now, with so much loot comes the total room reorganization. I have to clean my room as it is currently a mess…a giant mess. I hope I can fit everything in my room…

For my post on DC. Please go here.

Here is some coverage of places I went in Japan:

Good Design Party

Comiket Day 3

Comiket Day 2

Comiket Day 1

Odaiba Gundam

Ikebukuro and Movie

Tokyo Figure Show Again and Akihabara

Tokyo Figure Show

Kyoto Final Day, Kyoto Animation

Kyoto Day 4 and 5, Kinkakuji Temple and Osaka

Kyoto Day 3

Kyoto Day 2, Kiyomizu Temple

Tokyo and Kyoto

Akihabara and Shibuya

Asakusa Shrine

Akihabara

Otome Road

Wonder Festival

Arrival in Japan