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Ichiban Kuji Lucky Star X Macross Set

Rin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:39:26 +0000

As the title says, today I recieved a package that contains the Ichiban Kuji Lucky Star X Macross Set. This set is really hard to get and only attainable through some lottery thing. Some sites I’ve seen sold them around $79 USD for the figures alone each. Thank god for the invention known as Ebay. I found the entire set(well almost, missing the Kagami chibi figure) on Ebay and it only cost $200 + an extra $50 for shipping, all worth it though!!! I quickly bought it without a second thought knowing that the 4 main figures together would cost that much. I got most of the set including the plushies and the small VF25 Lucky Star planes.

The entire set of Lucky Star X Macross Set!!!

Was able to obtain all A,B,C,D figures!!! Can’t wait to do a shoot on them!!!

I love these plushies!!!

Macross Frontier VF-25 Lucky Star decals!!!

Testing my new lights and a new figure. I don’t have the time to do a proper shoot. I’m testing fabric backgrounds recommended to me by Len-Vesper of Fuwa. He told me fabric reflects less light and it better for figure photo shoots. It looks pretty good from my computer, maybe work out a few minor problems and I hope it will be perfect.

As for the blog. Well, the past couple of days, been swamped with reports and assignments. That’s why you’ve seen a lack of updating from me lately. I’m hoping to do a photo shoot before my midterms roll around next week. I’ve also have a game review that I’ve been writing for some time and I haven’t been able to complete it. A lot of backlog is happening but I hope after my midterms are done (all midterms done by next Friday), I’ll be able to update my blog for frequently. Just bare with me for a couple more days as I get everything organized and within 2 days or so I’ll have a new photo shoot up.

Japan Loot 2009

Rin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:19:25 +0000

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:

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

Man Arrested for Bomb Threat on Lucky Star ‘Birthplace’

Rin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:04:20 +0000

Short post today and this is something I can’t helped but post on. As many know, I’m a big fan of Lucky Star, and hearing that there was a threat against bombing the birthplace of Lucky Star, I was like what!!! I don’t know why the guy would think of it, but the good thing is he is arrested.

From Anime News Network:

On Saturday, police in the city of Satte north of Tokyo arrested a 22-year-old unemployed man named Y?suke Ida for allegedly sending a letter threatening to blow up the former home of Lucky Star manga creator Kagami Yoshimizu. According to the authorities, the suspect said that he did not intend to actually set off an explosion, but thought there would be an uproar if he sent a threat.

The Satte City Chamber of Commerce and Industry renovated the home after Yoshimizu moved out last May and reopened the home on March 28 as the “birthplace” of Lucky Star. The “Kimagure Studio Yoshimizu Kagami Gallery Satte” (“Whimsical Studio Kagami Yoshimizu Gallery Satte”) now features a recreation of the fictional home of Lucky Star’s main character, Konata Izumi, including her cousin Yutaka’s room (pictured at right) and other displays.

According to the police investigation, Ida mailed a letter on March 30. The letter reportedly said, “I am going to blow up the site recreating the heroine’s room from the Lucky Star manga on April 25.” In response, the chamber of commerce and industry beefed up the security staff on Saturday. Ida comes from the central Japanese city of Takasaki, which is north of Satte.

I was at first, wait, there’s a recreation of Konata’s house. I wonder why I couldn’t find it. Oh well, anyways then I wonder, who would want to do that. After thinking of this for a while, I wondered is this some otaku hate crime or was it some thing like that. The man arrested says he just want to blow it up. I’m pretty relieved to hear the guy was caught at least.

Now this leaves one thing. I wonder where in Saitama is this house. When I do go back to Japan again in the summer, I wonder if I can get there and take pictures. It’s a recreation of Konata Izumi’s house and every room is recreated. I so want to see that so bad!!!!!! If anyone has an idea or address, please, some one tell me.

What do you think of this event?

Also, if you had a chance to visit the sites of Lucky Star, would you?

Lucky Star OVA

Rin — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:03:59 +0000

You all could had guess this was coming sooner or later. Since this came I’m, I was going crazy and watching it over and over again. Finally, the Lucky Star OVA comes out today!!!!! I was so excited when I watched it!!! Well, as some of you know, today the subbed episode didn’t come out yet. I had to watch it RAW. Yes, I watched it in pure Japanese. Still, it was sooo cool!!! I’m not too fond of writing anime reviews and stuff. I do warn you that this will contain spoilers of the OVA. You have been warned. I also have screenshots too. I think I went overload with the screenshots for this. I basically screenshot every scene… Well, basically it’s split up into 7 little stories which fits into a 42 minute OVA. A lot of parodies in this OVA. Let’s see if you can find them all.

Well, the OVA starts up with everyone getting out of bed.

This whole OVA begins in Minami’s house…

Cherry chan…waking up…

That’s like me every morning…Konata wakes up…the latest…

Kagami reads a newspaper…

She’s still asleep…and brushing her teeth…

WOW, Miyuki sure wakes up early…and makes cookies…

Yukata fixing her hair…

Wow, she’s already awake and walking down the street…

Sleeping on the train…

JK? Weird title…no clue what that means…or does it mean Jokes… That can explain this whole story…

Miyuki arrives and visit Minami and Cherry appears in the corner…

A bit too much loving huh…

Patty is trying and failing to wake the dog and get Cherry to listen to her…

Cherry has something against Hiyori… Always so physical with her… I feel sorry for her…

The scene then change to Lucky Star MMO.

With a click of a mouse…

…and few seconds of pressing some keys…your in the world of…

LUCKY STAR MMO…

It seems that Konata, Nanako sensei, Kagami and Tsukasa are all in a party playing. Surprising Tsukasa knows home to play a game on the computer with the others…

They all are in a battle…

It seems that Kagami is the healer…I think she should be in the back…

Tsukasa has no clue what’s she’s doing…or does she…

Nope, she is eating? In the middle of the battle…is that even possible…okay…

Tsukasa is trying to talk…

Konata: Tsukasa, Press “ENTER”…

Tsukasa: Ahhh…Ahhhhh

Tsukasa: It works!!!

Kagami stares~~~~~

Super MMO pose!!!!! Doesn’t this look similar to somewhere were all know…the dance…

She is so proud of a “Pizzala” shield…

Everyone: Nanako is soooo strong… Arrow points to the level…

Everyone except Nanako went somewhere on Golden Week and left poor Nanako alone. All she did was gaining levels…

Kagami is left home alone and “Yuki” Konata comes to pay a visit…it’s like the Cinderalla story…

Kagami watching TV…

Family all leaves…for a dance…Kagami doesn’t want to…

Konata appears soon after…in her Yuki Nagato cosplay!!!

Konata uses her magaical power to add chairs and wheels…

Yuki Konata leaves sadden that Kagami rejects her answer not to go with her…

Konata doesn’t give up…she gave the house wheels…

Kagami feels that she need to stop her and agrees to ride with her on the small shrine like car…

Konata says that she needs a change of clothes…and pulls out her magic wand…

She magically turns her clothes into maid clothing…she is angry about these clothes… She wants Konata to give her clothes back…

Konata does as Kagami says but gives Kagami her Shrine Maiden outfit… She is angry about ti once again…

Rin Tohsaka cosplay… I swear, she does look a lot like her…

Now a Miku Hatsune cosplay complete with leek…no Kagami is really pissed off at Konata…Kagami yells to change her back, but then…

Her star on her wand falls off…

Looks like your stuck like this till Konata gets it fixed…

Konata looks like she’s going to on a killing spree…

A wrestling match?…

Nanaka completely pwns!!!!!

She talks to the prince…

Who somehow is Misao…how the heck did she become a prince(she should be a princess)…and claims that her bride will beat her…

Kagami is not impressed and wants to go home…

Kagami has no interest in fighting and becoming Misao’s bride…

Ahhhh….Kagami kawaii Miku face……with leek…

Misao begs her not to go…but she doesn’t listen…and leaves…

Almost fixed…sort of… Ah mans best tool…tape!!!!!!

Time runs out…and she has to say this phrase to return everything to normal…

She wakes up and she says something like “Lets join our bodies…”

Tsukasa is there…in her surprised look… and says “dot dot dot dot dot”

The suspense…Kagami is completely red and Tsukasa is completely in shock (Bomberman) mode…

Tsukasa: Don’t worry I didn’t hear anything…and I got to go send Konata an email now…

Kagami: No…No…wait…not her…

Tsukasa walks away and Kagami gives chase…

On the the volleyball game…Team Kagami vs Team Tsukasa!!!

Tsukasa is really tired…

Tsukasa is flat on her face…

Tsukasa is so discouraged about not being as good as Kagami…

Misao gives her a word of couragement…

LOL!!!!!!! Just pure LOL!!!!

Their bruning desire to win!!!

Kagami: …

Konata: …

Konata serves!!!

Miyuki gets the ball…

*Eyes wide open* Why the heck is Alto Saotome (Macross Frontier) there…when was he ever a girl…

Konata: I got a plan…get in formation!!!

Ah….Jet Stream Attack…huh…how does that work…

Konata: Just trust me…

Kagami: What is she thinking…

They try to caught up…

Tsukasa tries too hard…

Misao blocked Alto’s shot…

They are tired…

…and the game is all tied…

Tsukasa is exhausted…

Kagami is up to serve…

Then bang…ball to face and ball wins… That really got to hurt…

That does leave a mark…

Tsukasa starts crying…

Konata taunts Kagami why did she do that…

Kagami replies that it’s a game…konata is in shock…such a cruel person…

Misao tries to cheer Tsukasa up and she gets back to her feet…

She tries to win the game…

Then gets the fence…and miss the ball…

Tsukasa finally understands that she can’t beat Kagami. One day, she will… Right now we all know that Tsukasa can beat Kagami in cooking anytime…

It seems that your cast got lost in the woods thanks to Konata’s directions…

Konata is on the floor tired…

Kagami says that their lost because of her…

A flash back comes and we all see that Konata pointing that they should take the rocky path instead of the right path…..it’s a shortcut…

They all try to get back to camp…

Their cellphone failed them… Good thing Tsukasa didn’t loose it again…

It’s getting dark…

Everyone gets hungry…and Konata has 3 oreo like cookies…

Wait, there are 4 people and three cookies…

Everyone gets a lesson from our favorite info girl Miyuki!!!!!

Everyone is now full of energy!!!

It’s dark now…Kagami is hating this…

Walking…

Konata and her new ghost stories…

Flashlight mode…

Tsukasa is easily scared…

Then the stick comes from Konata…she goes scared crazy!!!

Konata continues with her stories and the stick comes again…

Tap…Cries for help!!!

It makes me wonder how did she get a stick like that!!!

Tsukasa is weeping in fear…

Ring Ring (Mikuru song!!!) and Nanako calls Konata!!!!!

*Super angry mode* Warning…be no where in the area before she explodes on you…

They get yelled at…

They get their food…

It all ends with Miyuki telling her mother the story…

Lucky Star goes creepy…

I swear…it gets a bit creepy now…

Konata has a big head…

Kagami too…

They are all in a dark hall…with a light in the end…

Tsukasa’s eyes are creepy if you look long enough…

Miyuki is thinking of evil shots…

They go to a pet shop of some sort…

Creepy little cat…

Super clean bars…you can see Kagami in it…

Clerk :”I am Zero…” I’m seriously not joking…the guy did say that…there is you Code Geass parody.

Clerk brings over a glass box…

Doesn’t these 2 look familiar somewhere…then say weird things…

STARE~~~~~~

It’s high on drugs…

STARE~~~~~~

That’s just scary…

STARE~~~~~~

Konata wakes up…

Frog Tsukasa…

Frog Miyku…

Angry frog Kagami…

Frog Konata…

Magic man Shiraishi comes….

OMG…IT’S THE LEGENDARY GIRL A…

Meito (Anime Tencho) appears and sees Konata…and as usual wants her to buy an item…

His inventory is huge…with he says powerful items…

Konata is AFK (“Away From Keyboard” for people who doesn’t know) and I think she forgot to log off…

Meito falls…

This could be the last time I see this… I want a season 2!!!!!!

Lucky Star goes Live Action at the Lucky Star Channel!!! (Please mind credits…)

LIVE ACTION LUCKY CHANNEL!!!

Akira’s voice actor Ai Nonaka appears…with super long sleeves…

Someone is missing…where’s Shiraishi…

He appears…so cocky like…

He shows off his super rich stuff…

Ai goes to Akira piss mode…she wants water and leaves…

Shiraishi gets left alone…

Shiraishi ask the stage crew to get some water…

He gets water…in a way…

Ai comes back and Shiraishi is totally soaked…

He squeezes the water out…

and pour wather out of his shoe…

*Complaining mode*

Lucky Channel Ends!!!

Shiraishi can’t help but show off…

Impression:

I was pretty surprised about this. They went all out in this OVA. I mean that did a lot of things I never thought happen. Well, I love the MMO part. 3D Lucky Star. If the MMO was like that these days, I would play it. There isn’t any MMO like that. I wish it was though. If there was, I think there will be a following of otakus that would play it. I also love Tsukasa’s many faces. My fav was the one is when Kagami wakes up and says something. That surprised look of Tsukasa is just speechless. Something I didn’t expect coming. Live Action Lucky Channel. I have to say it was surprising and it was still good!!! Funny and I get to see the real Shiraishi get soaked by a hose so bad!!! I was crying in laughter when I saw that!!! Either way, I love this OVA!!! I just can’t get enough of it. I so far had rewatched over and over again. I think I watched it around 8 times already. I just lvoe it so much. It too hard to say how good it is, I’m just in Lucky Star Love mode!!!

This OVA, like any Lucky Star episode contains a lot of parodies. I so for can find a few parodies. Like the Code Geass one where the sales clerk says he was Zero and he has returned, a Cindarella story, Kagami’s cosplay (FSN and Vocaloid), Hare hare Yukai victory pose, Konata’s ringtone, Soul Eater (Konata says that cat’s aren’t witches), Macross Frontier with the appearance of Alto Saotome in the volleyball game, if you had watched it you can hear theclock count down of the TV show 24 and Jet Stream Attack which is from Gundam and Gundam Seed Destiny. They went parody crazy in this OVA.

Well, I think I get what the title mean now. It means Jokes or you type it on the computer jk jk. Well, it was basically a joke OVA. It has nothing to do with the main story but just some funny random stories that made up. This OVA is basically made just for laughs.

Like any Lucky Star fan, I hope there will be a second season!!!!! The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya gets a second season, why not Lucky Star!!! I bet a lot of people would love to see a second season!!! I would love to see the Lucky Star cast in something like University or something. It would be cool to see somethign like that.

Well, it’s time for me to get back to work on my theme. I might add more later but we’ll see. I hope you all enjoy this little Lucky Star OVA review!!!

The Overflowing Loot!!!

Rin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:14:59 +0000

Sorry it too so long everyone. Listing all my loot too longer then expected. Well, finally I get to the loot post from my really recent trip to Japan. Well, I spent around $3000 in Canadian. Right now, all my loot can’t even fit in one photo. I have too much loot for one picture. Looks like I have to do a seperate photos for all my loot. This will take a long time to explain each item I have from my trip. I hope you enjoy this.

Well, the same concept as my Anime North Loot. I just wrote out a detailed post for you guys. I have converted the price to dollars instead of yen.

Figures:

There was a lot of figures to choose from in Japan. There are still a few of them I really want but didn’t get them. I really regret not getting them. Still, I will get my hands on them in the near future. Anyways, this figure count is okay in my books. I expected to get a lot more in Japan. Sadly, I was unable to get all I want. There was just too much stuff I want. Japan is a great place for cheap figures and I was able to find some good ones for a good price. I was even able to find some rare ones which I can’t find online.

Number of Figures: 25

Sol International 1/8 Code Geass Kallen Stadtfled: $ $51

B-Club 1/7 Code Geass Kallen Stadfled: $120

Kotobukiya 1/8 Beat Blade Haruka Sennin Haruka: $42

Kotobukiya 1/8 Beat Blade Haruka Sennin Narika: $50

GoodSmile Company 1/8 Wagamama Capricco Melissa Seraphy: $40

GoodSmile Company Nendoroid Sumomo Akihime: $32

GoodSmile Company Nendoroid Merissa Seraphy: $30

GoodSmile Comapany Nendoroid Tsuruya-san: $30

Lilics 1/6 Samurai Spirits Nakoururu: $42

Max Factory 1/8 Fate/Zero Saber: $40

Max Factory 1/8 Another Blood: $38

Max Factory/ GSC Figma Fate Testarossa Harlaown: $25

Max Factory/ GSC Figma Nanoha Takamachi: $22

Max Factory/ GSC Figma Konata Izumi: $22

Max Factory/ GSC Figma Kyon: $21

Max Factory/ GSC Figma Itsuki Koizumi: $21

Max Factory/ GSC Figma Mikuru Asahina: $21

Max Factory/ GSC Figma Lelouch Lamperouge: $25

Max Factory/ GSC Figma Suzaku Kururugi: $35

Max Factory/ GSC Figma Saber: $24

Max Factory/ GSC Figma WonderFest Yuki Nagato: $30

Revoltech Yotsuba: $15

Sega Haruhi Suzumiya and Yuki Nagato EX Live: $24

Enter brain 1/7 Pleinair and Shark: $35

Megahouse Picture Studio Code Geass C.C.: $12

Total Cost: $868

This is a huge amount of money. I planned to use more on figures but I used a lot of money on other things and stuff like that. Also I had a limit on my debit card as well which sucks a lot. Well, one of my favorite finds was the Code Geass figures. In Canada, it is extremely hard to find even one Code Geass figures. Figma’s are completely different. They are extremely easy to find. In Japan, you see it a lot in many places. Other great find was Nakoruru. I’m a huge fan of this character from Samurai Spirits. It’s hard to find a figure of here and when I find it, it’s really expensive. My other figures I was able to acquire all came in really cheap prices to me because figures in Canada is expensive. I would love to thank Adun from Moe Moe Rabu for helping me get the WonderFest Yuki Nagato.

Manga:

If I go to Japan, I must get some manga. Manga in Japan have no tax and is the price of the manga is on the back of the book. Some I was surprised they have a manga series of.

Number of Manga: 24

Code Geass Queens: Vol 1 to 4: $24

Code Geass Nightmare of Nunnally Vol 1: $6

Little Buster Vol 1: $9

Nogizaka Haruka No Himitsu Vol 1: $6

Maken-K: $6

Lucky Star Vol 4 to 5: $16

Lucky Star: 2: $16

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Vol 1 to 2: $12

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A’s Vol 1: $6

Vocaloid Vol 1: $9

Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru Vol 1 to 4, 6 to 8: $56

Melancholy of chibi Haruhi Suzumiya: $10

Total: $176

This is a big amount of manga is pretty big. I was stupid enough for some reason not to get volume 5 of Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru. I think the reason is that I bought Volume 1 to 4 first then I thought i had 5 when I bought 6 to 8 after I shipped some home. I know, I found out afterwards. I was surpised that the are Vocaloid manga. This is something I didn’t know. I was finally able to get the complete set of the Lucky Star manga. Well, it was a good

Games:

Going to Japan, there was only one game in my mind which was released on Comiket. I was able to aquire more then just one game. Xbox games since they don’t work here. I would like to but I wouldn’t buy a game that won’t work here. Still, I was able to get some games that I liked.There are a lot of games in Japan. Still, I have to get games that would actually work here in Canada as well. I couldn’t get any

Number of Games: 3

Little Buster EX: $50

Magical Battle Arena: $30

(Couldn’t Translate Game Title…): $10

Total: $90

The game above, the name is in Japanese which I can’t read it’s like a sidescrolling shooter featuring anime characters and game characters. Nanoha and Fate as well. As a Nanoha fan I wanted it so I got it. The game I wasn’t expecting on getting was Little Buster EX. It’s a game by Key. I heard good things about and I just bought it on impluse. I really should start playing these games soon. I haven’t played any of them yet since I’ve been really busy. The game I really wanted was Magical Battle Arena. It’s a flying magical girl game where you basically fly around and shoot your opponent down. It’s pretty cool. It features

Model Kits:

I was thinking of buying a Gundam model. The problem is, the ones I wanted, the box of the model is way too big to ship back. I wanted to buy one because it was cheap. Sadly, the box is way too big to fit into the shipping box. So I bought the next best thing I wanted for a long time. Code Geass Model kits.

Number of Model Kits

Code Geass Lancelot Conquista: $15

Code Geass Guren Type- 02: $14

Total: $29

I bought these models because compared to the prices in Canada, the price is just too high. Besides, even now in Toronto, the Lancelot Conquista isn’t out yet. So I’m pretty have to have something that isn’t in stock in my local hobby shop. I got myself the Guren since I’m a Guren fan. Yes, I love the unit. The new one is just so sick!!! Be waiting on the model kit of that.

CD:

I kind of went all over the place with the CDs. Well, I just bought some on complete impluse and some I actually do want. Others, well, came free. Some came in the set. Well, I like to listen to music, so I by CDs. I also download but it feels a lot better owning the real thing. My friend who went with me went crazy for Touhou. He bought more then 40 touhou CDs which I say it is extremely nuts. Still, this is a huge CD loot.

Number of CD: 38

Fate/Zero Soundtrack (3 CD): $30

Xenosaga 3 Soundtrack (2CD): $33

Final Fantasy 7 Soundtrack (4 CD): $40

UverWorld D-Tecnolife: $13

UverWorld Chance!: $13

Flows Worlds End: $20

The brilliant Green Complete Single Collection 97-08: $15

To Heart 2 Konotama 4 Comiket 74 Limited CD: $25

Higurashi Comiket 74 Limited CD: $25

Macross Frontier Ranka Lee Debut CD: $12

Lucky Star Opening Theme: $12

Lucky Star Re-Mix001: $12

Lucky Star Re-Mix002: $12

Lucky Star Game Opening Theme: $12

Lucky Star Vocal Mini Album: $12

Lucky Star Kanata and Soujirou: $12

Vocaloid 1st Anniversary: Free

Vocaloid Over: $3

Vocaloid Project Arrange: $13

Vocaloid Mikulove: $8

Fortune Arterial Comiket CD: Free

EF Tales Comiket CD: $28

Little Buster Radio: $30

Comiket 74 CD Higurashi: Free

Comiket 74 CD: Free

Fate/ Tiger Colosseum: Try Real!: $10

Eternal Device: $8

Centimeter Sweeties x2: Free

Higurashi Series Character Song Remix EP: Free

D.C. to EF (2 CD): $30

Total: $412

Well, I considered all the CDs in Japan are great prices compared to here. I see the Final Fantaqsy 7 Soundtrack, I must buy it. When I saw Xenosaga (my most favorite game of all time) soundtrack, I took it so fast and ran to the cashier. Some of my personal favorite CDs I got was the limited edition Comiket 74 Higurashi and TO Heart 2 CDs. Some CDs you see in my loot at fan made CDs sold in stores such as Animate. I do like Vocaloid and I got it. Well, as a Lucky Star fanboy, I must get the Lucky Star CD. I was planning to buy all the CDs but I was unable to because of the amount of money I had the time and other things on my list I have to get first before I get it. Still, I got a good amount of Lucky Star CDs. I just love my Lucky Star CDs!!!!!!

DVD:

I was only able to get one DVD. I also got it at Comiket. This DVD was a random impluse buy. The reason is because it was signed by the creator and it is a limited edition box set. I have no clue what this is called too. If anyone have the name. Please, someone tell me.

Unknown DVD Title: $50

I just love how it is autographed by the creator. I looked at ones in the stores and they don’t even have it. So I was pretty lucky. The ones in the stores in Akihabara are more pricey compared to Comiket.

Plushie:

I know, I bought plushies. Well, most plushies I buy are either impluse buys or I buy it for friends. Well for this trip, I bought it on impluse…

Number of Plushies: 2

Konata Izumi Plushie: $25

Merissa Seraphy Plushie: $20

Total: $45

Well, I just bought for fun. As a Lucky Star fanboy, anything Lucky Star I’ll like expect Hentai. That probably the only thing I don’t like. Ruins that damn show and stuff.

Magazine/ Artbooks/ Comic Magazine:

During this trip, I bought stuff I like. When I see magazines that are hard to get back in Canada. I go buy it. For example, Dengeki G’s Festival magazine is almost impossible to get at regular price. I always see it over $50 online. So I rather buy it in Japan. Also, I bought anything related to Nanoha series and Lucky Star. I bought some old issues because Lucky Star is in it. The same with Nanoha. Well, I bought quite a bunch of them.

Number of Magazines/ Artbooks/ Comic Magazine: 27

Comiket Limited Edition Clannad Artbook: $30

Comiket Higurashi Continuation Book: $10

Vocaloid 1st Anniversary Book: $10

Vocaloid Offical Fanbook: $4

Vocaloid Artbook By Kei: $2

Vocaloid Gallery Book By Kei: $25

Vocaloid Unoffical Illustrations: $15

Comiket 74 Circus Artbook: $50

Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru artbook: $20

Norita Illustration: $25

Rozen Maiden Traumend: $15

Gundam 00P Info Book: $12

Dengeki G’s Festival Little Busters: $50

Dengeki G’s Festival Little Buster EX: $50

Dengeki G’s Festival July 2008: $30

Dengeki G’s Festival Comic 2008 Summer: $26

Dengeki G’s Magazine May 2008: $5

Megumi Deluxe Vol 10: $9

Megumi Magazine Septemeber 2008: $14

MediaMix Game Magazine September 2008: $10

Heroine Magazine Septemeber 2007: $5

Heroine Magazine Jan 2008: $7

Lucky Star Artbook: $15

Code Geasss Graphics Zero: $10

Code Geass Characters Vs Zero: $12

Code Geass Characters With Lelouch: $12

Little Busters! Fanbook: $8

Total: $501

Book:

Well, not much in the book section. I basically bought two books.

Number of Books: 2

Comiket 74 Catalog: $23

Dream Shell: $5

Total: $28

Well, the Comiket catalog is extremely useful for finding the right doujin circle. On day three which I call H day. This is when it is extremely crowded. I mean, it’s really crowded. The doujinshi area is crowded with otakus buying adult doujinshi. It was fill with thousands of otaku walking… The other book/ light novel is called Dream Shell, It’s a light novel of Fate and Nanoha. Also I would like to say it’s also a fan made one. The cover art alone made me buy it… Too Kawaii!!!!!!!

Doujinshi:

Going to Japan and not going to buy doujinshi. I will be saying, are you crazy!!!!! Doujinshi is something otakus over here in Canada and the US want. Fan made comics are just so cool. The closest thing to a doujinshi here in Toronto is Kaze-Hime’s doujinshi. Luckily, they’re in english. Well, in Japan there are over hundreds of them for cheap. If I buy it online, the price for one is just so much compared to prices in Japan. It cost around $20 and above here compared to the $1 to $15 price on doujinshi in Japan. Man, I wish to have cheap doujinshi and then my trip came. I bought some doujinshi there. Well, most doujinshi there contains H materials. There are some doujinshi that contains yaoi, yuri, and some are noraml pairings and stuff. Well, I basically bought what I like.

Number of Doujinshi: 48

Total: $365

Well, Most of the doujinshi titles are in Japanese so I can’t translate what they say. So that’s way thr doujinshi section isn’t as detailed as the other sections. Still, I was able to get a few good doujinshi. As you can see from the picture above. That’s basically what I bought. I think it’s a pretty good amount of doujinshi I have from Japan. Well, 12 of the doujinshi I got are Vocaloid.I like Vocaloid and this is what I consider pretty cool!!! Nanoha and Lucky Star doujinshis are pretty cool to find at Comiket too. Most of my doujinshi came from Comiket. They are pretty cheap, so I consider it a better deal then the ones sold in Canada.

Food:

Yes, I brought back food from japan. Well, they’re basically cookies. I got Lucky Star cookies. I couldn’t help it, I just love Lucky Star.

Number of Food: 4

Lucky Star Cookies x2: $12

Maid In Tokyo x2: $12

Total: $24

When I first found of Lucky Star food. I wanted some before I left. I actually bought it on the last day of the trip. So I was basically happy. I also bought some cookies called Maid in Tokyo. It’s just cookies with different faces of a maid. I have to say, the cookies are good!!!

T-Shirt:

The T-shirts, well, I didn’t buy much of them because of the price for one. Well, still, there were ones I must have. Sadly, there was no Lucky Star ones or Nanoha ones. I wanted a Nanoha one but the thing is that the line for that was way too long. I didn’t fell like waiting for one in the hot heat at Comiket. Still, I was able to get my hands on a few good ones.

Number of T-Shirt: 4

Vocaloid T-Shirt: $15

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya T-Shirt: $30

To Heart 2 T-Shirt: $30

D.C. to EF T-Shirt: $30

Total: $105

My favorite one was mostly the Vocaloid T-Shirt. This is just something you don’t see often. I was pretty happy on getting one. It’s just too cool!!! When I say this Haruhi t-shirt, I just freaked and quickly got it without thinking. Well, at least they had my size for the shirt. The other two was just on impluse when I was at Comiket. Basically, at Comiket, I went on impluse mode…

Misc:

The random goods…a lot of goods…

The anime Bags and all of them are from Comiket…

Everything else I bought on my trip. This could be everything else I didn’t mention above. Well, there is a lot too. So enjoy!!!!!!

Number of Misc: 79 (Does not include Bags and Ad flyers…)

Bags (A lot): Free

Towels/ Hand Towels x8: $90

Fans x16: $50

Vocaloid Armbands x3: $20

Tarot Cards: $10

Fortune Arterial Cellphone Straps: $10

Pencil boards x10: $27

Telephone Cards x6: $64

Ai Sp@ce Card: Free

File Folders x5: $30

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Board: $6

Fate/Tiger Calendar: $10

Bankett!! Cards x3 decks: $50

Posters x9: $30

Lucky Star Pins x4: $10

Flyers/ Randoms Ads (Too many to count…): Free

Total: $407

This part have a lot of randoms items huh. Well, my favorite out of these must be the bags. You’ll never get bags like these here. I just love how they are so cool!!!!! My other favs is towels. I just love it!!!!!!!

My total purchase overall in Japan: $3100

Well, I spent at least over $3000 on this trip. Shipping was expensive in Japan. It took around $500 to ship all my goods back. Something I never thought, books can get heavy after buying a few. While buying them, i have to make sure that I don’t go over a certain weight limit. That ended in multiples of boxes. Around 8 boxes were used to shipped all my goods back. Not small boxes, but big ones.

I consider this loot my biggest loot to date. I’m amazed on how much I got on this trip. I wished to get more but I’ll get them later on in life. With it comes with lots of loot comes the problem of space. Right now, I have to figure out where to put all my goods in my room. Half of my loot currently needs to find a place in my room. It looks like it’s time to completely reorganize my room. Which I don’t like pretty much.

Well, all of you might agree, any otaku visiting Japan and goes to places such as Akihabara will go all out and buy all the anime goods they want. That’s what I basically did. I went loose at Comiket too. Well, going to a trip to Japan, you’ll learn one thing. Bring a lot of money. Also bring money for shipping. You’ll need a lot of money to buy your goods and money to stay at a hotel or something. Also for food. Trust me, you’ll need it if any of you plans a trip to Japan!!!

Well, I have coverage of my trip to Japan here:

Night Before Leaving Japan

Well, I have another University oreintation tomorrow. So I have to sleep now to get there on time tomorrow… I might be able to update tomorrow…