Aegis Figma by Max Factory.

love through all eternity
until my life is exhausted
i will embrace the feeling
i will never leave you

Okay, this came out of nowhere. A new Persona 3 figure? And it’s a figma? And it’s actually GOOD? You could knock me down and All Out attack me right now.

1/8 Ranka Lee (Nyan Nyan Ver.) by Megahouse.

Nyan nyan
Nyan nyan
Nihao nyan
Gorgeous
Delicious
DECULTURE!! ♪

Ooishi, nyan?

Nendoroid Touhou Project – START!

What’s this?

Reimu Nendoroid figure!

I’m not usually into Nendoroids, but seriously. LOOK AT HER. S-So cute. ♥

It’s so far only confirmed to be on sale at this summer’s Comiket, but hopefully Good Smile Company will open it up for regular sales as well. Touhou is just too big for this to be a Comiket exclusive ha ha.

Hilariously off-topic: I’ve been spelling it “Nendroid” for the longest time, doh! Need to fix my tags.

Also Hilariously off-topic, but relevant to interests: Download all the Windows Touhou games – in English! – here. Happy bullet dodging!

Sauce is from mikatan’s blog.

1/8 Alpha Omega Sheryl Nome.

Listen to my song!!

Alpha Omega is really moving up the ranks in the figurine companies, I remember their Code Geass ones and they were pretty ace. Apparently they go for super popular shows and spend the extra money for their licenses, as opposed to the higher ups like Good Smile Company and Alter who mostly release figures from obscure eroge and games, which have prettier designs and cheaper licensing costs.

Anyway, this is probably the best Sheryl I’ve seen, I remember seeing the prototype a few shows back. I love the removable uniform. The colors really make her beautiful, especially the paint job on her hair. Sheryl has one of my favorite anime hairstyles ever – can’t wait to cosplay her!!

Needs a matching Ranka in her orange-yellow monstrosity though. Even though Sheryl’s my favorite I love Ranka as well, and I hope that they somehow both end up with Alto and have happy lesbian threesomes (c’mon Alto is such a woman, you know the ladies top. ♥)

My Room.

I REGRET NOTHING.

Uncut Raw Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Episodes on 4Kids Youtube.

Exactly as the title says. And no, the world hasn’t ended.

4Kids YGO!DM Youtube Playlist

They’re slowly adding episodes over time (I believe they’re up to episode 10?) but they’re without subtitles. Still I know the plot of original YGO! by heart so for me it’s mostly for 1) Japanese practice, 2) amazing seiyuu + music (I mentally orgasm whenever Tsuda Kenjiro speaks, ffffff), and 3) trying to recognize soundclips that all the the Niconico memes use.

Also hilarious, it’s only available – IN AMERICA. Shame, someone should upload them onto Niconico so MAD makers can have quality sources for their videos.

Eat Drink Figure Woman.

From Dannychoo.com:

Shokotan I really kind of love you right now, let’s elope and lick figures together~ ♥

Last year at AX I attended her panel and attended her concert at the Nokia Theater. Luckily I got front row seats from a couple who were leaving, and was right across the aisle from her crazy fanclub members who flew over from Japan to support her so I blended right in ha ha. She’s so cute and quirky in person, I love how she’s not afraid to be herself, and she’s so talented. Also Sora-iro Days (空色デイズ） is one of my favorite GAINAX OP songs EVER. Keep on trucking, Shokotan!

P.S. The post’s title is from one of Ang Lee’s old films, I kind of have his movies on the mind since I went to see him + James Schaumus talk last Monday here at Cal. Total street cred for my folks back home (now if only I can tickets to see the Dalai Lama when he comes in April!) Good semester to be Chinese American at Berkeley.

Macross Frontier Figures.

The 22nd was the “Macross: The Super Dimension Space Launching Ceremony ~It’s Really 2009 Already…It’s 2/22 (Nyan Nyan Nyan), Deculture!~” event (wow what a mouthful), celebrating the exact date when the first original Macross anime series begins, supposedly February 22, 2009. It kind of reminds me of when “Second Impact” occurred on September 13, 2000, and all the Evangelion fanboys were celebrating in Akihabara. Man, we are dorks.

Anyway, at the event they had some awesome Macross Frontier figures that made me explode. I’m not into mecha, so these lovely ladies definitely caught my eye!

Not sure what’s up with Sheryl’s color inaccurate sparkly skirt, and I’m pretty sure Ranka’s shoes are red . . . but holy crap Klan looks amazing. ♥__♥ And the sculpts are great, loving the poses and faces. Hope they come out soon!

1/8 Alter Amagi Yukiko from Persona 4.

Come, Konohana Sakuya!

She has already been out since December, but there hasn’t been many preorders because I believe she’s exclusive to atlus “D” shop. There actually two versions: one with her default fan weapon and the other with her special weapon (the one you receive when you redo her dungeon and defeat her optional boss.) I prefer the special of course – peacock feathers!

More photos under the cut, including ones with her glasses! (Also there are spoilers for P4, so read at your own risk!)

Kuroshitsuji Trading Arts Vol. 1.

In the spirit of Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy Trading Arts, we have Kuroshitsuji ones coming out this month.

There’s a secret figure, too . . . I’m guessing it’s Grell’s normal form, or trap!Ciel.

After a quick Google search, preorders are open at:
Hobby Lobby Japan
Toy’s Logic
CD Japan