Category: Otaku General

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Goals for the 2009 Year

First day of school started for me today and it looks like Japanese and various science classes will be keeping me as busy as ever this semester so I decided to write about what I want to accomplish so that I will not forget as the year progresses. Since things will only get more hectic …

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Happy New Years 2009

明けましておめでとう! Ball dropped in Times Square 5 minutes ago marking the start of a new year in this timezone. Hopefully this year will have fun surprises in store. Time to think of some resolutions or something.

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Kotobukiya How to Make Figure Book

As I wrote yesterday, I got something else in the mail besides my Little Busters! pillows and that was a beginner’s guide to figure making by Kotobukiya entitled Figure no Tatsujin: Shokyuu-hen (フィギュアの達人 初級編, Figure Expert: Beginner’s Chapter) or How to make Figure if you want to use the slightly Engrishy title. With tips and …

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Minor Thoughts on the End of Saimoe 2008

With this year’s SaiMoe tournament at an end, it looks as if Kagami is the superior Hiiragi twin. Although I am happy that Kagami beat Tsukasa I am a little bit disappointed with this year’s event as a whole. For one the top eight consisted of characters from only a total of 4 series; CLANNAD …

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May’n Answers My Question!

A few weeks ago, while I was in the middle of finishing Macross Frontier, Honya mentioned to me that DarkMirage was hosting an e-mail interview with May’n (the singing voice of Sheryl Nome) to commemorate her upcoming performance at AFA ’08 in Singapore. Anyone was invited to submit a question for the interview, and as a fan, …

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Yuri on the Chalkboard Week 2

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Happy Birthday Miku!

YAY! It’s been a whole year since our virtual singing idol made her debut and started one of the coolest otaku crazes in recent memory. I’ve tried playing with the Vocaloid 2 software but my lack of musical composition training means I can’t participate in the fun of making new songs for Miku. Still I …

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Christmas in June

Sooo… I just got my first paycheck. I take back anything bad I ever might have said about Mickey D’s, because now I can fund my otaku hobby more aggressively than ever before! At the risk of sounding overly self-satisfied, it’s Christmastime here at Taishou! And I’ve already put something wonderful under my tree. What could it …

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End of Exams

Well, I did it. I’ve finished my final exams and have officially survived my first year as a college student! Yay! Now I can look forward to a summer full of Super Smash Bros. and Gunpla. The only trouble is related directly to this blog. In the next 24 hours, posting will become more difficult …

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Nico Nico Douga Ryuuseigun

Today was originally supposed to be another study day but like always, things don’t go JUST AS PLANNED. Yesterday, I went with some friends to go see Iron Man which was a pretty good film. It was relatively late when we got back so I being the nice guy I am ended up walking one …

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