The joys of the Joker, an Eternal and a Hinagiku!

Things are finally starting to work out in regards to certain matters, but I think I'll just focus on the following items for now.


Tuesday, Yokatta Shopping Service, people4toy and kcmanhk, I received...

• Rider Goods Collection 2010 with T2 Memory Joker
• S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Accel
• S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Eternal
  

The magazine basically covers every bit of Kamen Rider W merchandise (and a lot more besides) that was released at the time it was published. However, the reason for my wanting it wasn't so much for the magazine itself but the T2 Joker Memory that accompanied it.

After getting my Lost Driver and seeing those rather teasing images of it highlighting the belt's shared use with Kamen Rider Skull (whose Skull Magnum I already own) and Kamen Rider Joker on the back of the box was the deciding factor in me wanting all the Gaia Memories associated with it.

S.H.Figuarts Accel and Eternal were also purchases of the 'Figuarts Tuesday' plan.

Accel was the 'bargain' purchase of the two and also the only version of him I'm likely to get (I totally missed the boat with Accel Trial and the current secondary market prices were rather high last I checked).

Eternal on the other hand was one I wanted to pre-order but was too late in doing so, thus I had no choice but to acquire him on the secondary market. You could call me crazy for wanting a character from a movie I haven't actually seen yet (I'm still waiting on a certain fansub group to sub it), but I just happened to like the design of this Rider wearing a cape (even if on the toy it doesn't work out so well in execution).


Thursday, tm08120tzeming, I received Nendoroid Hinagiku Katsura.

Now this was purchased not long after I started re-watching Hayate no Gotoku! and Hayate no Gotoku!!. Through doing that I was once again reminded of the reason why I watched this show in the first place, that being the lovely Hinagiku Katsura. I knew there was a Nendoroid version of her available, but I didn't feel compelled to buy it until now.

I was planning on keeping her MISB like my other Nendoroids, but the temptation to open it is growing...

For every ending series, there's a new beginning series

For every series I start, there's usually another I'm close to finishing.

My most recent finished series is FighBird; the third Brave series (fourth if you count GaoGaiGar FINAL as a series) I've seen in full. The other two series were GaoGaiGar and Might Gaine (with very shitty quality subtitles I should add). I would of course like to watch more of the Brave series, but it seems that the only active fansub project at the moment is for J-Decker.

It took me awhile to finish FighBird as it lost my interest towards the end. I don't dislike FighBird, it simply lacked that 'spark' which makes me watch episode after episode after episode.


When we mention that 'spark', Hayate no Gotoku! comes to mind. Hell, I'm still surprised by my marathon feat from when I was so engrossed in it that I somehow got through all 52 episodes in a couple of days!


Although I saw the first episode of Hayate no Gotoku!! 2nd Season a few days on Crunchyroll, I jumped at the chance for getting it fansubbed by the joint that worked on the last series.

And one-half of that joint is also working on another new series I've been wanting to see, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.


They say it'll follow the FMA manga more closely, but I'm not too bothered by that.

For me it's just enjoyable to see more of Edward Elric getting pissed over comments on his height after such a long time.

How to pass an uneventful week the Nemmy way

It has been over a week since I last posted a blog entry, but I've had my reasons for not doing one.

For the most part I've been busy replaying the last three Episodes of Umineko no Naku Koro ni after I found out my install of the game was missing much needed sound files. And having those 'new' sounds actually made the VN way more interesting.


Besides that I've been watching the odd anime and toku episode here and there.

• Like the finale of the random as hell Maria†Holic.
• Getting nostalgic over Faiz's World in Kamen Rider Decade.
• Finding an extended cut of the ending in Mai-Otome Zwei.
• Discovering the wackiness of Churuya-san and Haruhi-chan.
• Enjoying the newest Higurashi Rei OVA episode.
  
• Checking out K-ON! on a whim and being glad that I did.
• Catching the start of Hayate no Gotoku!! 2nd Season.
• And grabbing the second part of the D.C.if OVA.
  

Oh, and I should also mention that Tsukihime - Fool's Errand release mirror moon did on April Fools' Day for those who were expecting Tsukihime 2 (yeah, like there was any chance in hell of that!).

Keiichi and Hayate get their fill of water related fun

I think you can safely say Higurashi is a new favourite of mine.

I just finished watching the rest of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai after I got through most of the episodes last night (I hope the upcoming anime for Umineko no Naku Koro ni can hold my attention like this did).

And with that series done, the next item on the list was the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei OVA.


The first of which features the misadventure of Keiichi and the magical swimming trunks he borrowed. I'd say this battle was lost to him the moment he forgot to bring his own!

There were further antics by the waterside this week as Hayate no Gotoku!! started the second series with a OVA filled with your usual displays of fan service.


This is one series I'm going to enjoy seeing again when it begins for real in April.