Actar in Japan …Part 2! – Day 2: Stand By Ready, Set Up! (For Wallet Pain)

August 20, 2012

With my opinions on the movie already covered in the previous post, it is time to chronicle my experiences at the movie premiere itself! Get ready to relive an epic tale of tragedy and triumph!

…well, not really.

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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A’s Initial Impressions and Review (Updated)

July 14, 2012

Alrighty. I just had the honor of being one of the first in the world to watch the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A’s and here are my initial impressions on it.. I’m actually writing this in a Starbucks outlet just next to the movie theater and my thoughts are all over the place. So I apologize for the not-in-order point form writing in the ‘impressions’ part. (Yeah, it took awhile to get this on to the net… internet access here is not that readily available to a foreigner…)

As always, THERE ARE SPOILERS! While the main plot remains practically the same, there were quite significant changes made to the events. So, if you don’t mind spoilers, do feel free to read on. (^.^)

Update 1: Proofread the post and updated some of the points.

Update 2: More fine-tuning, expanded and clarified some points, added a couple of design comparison pictures and everything is now in chronological order.

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Actar in Japan… Part 2! – Day 1: Tired Touchdown

July 13, 2012

Yup, as of writing this, it’s 9:45pm and I have arrived in Japan. Well, more accurately, I arrived more than 12 hours ago. Gonna keep this post short and sweet because I’m dead tired.

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Actar’s Reviews 210 – Lucky Star Blu-Ray Complete Box

June 16, 2011

One of my all time favorite Anime, Lucky Star, is finally given the Blu-Ray treatment. Is it worth the astronomical price? Let’s find out.


Actar’s Reviews 137: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s PSP Game Lyrical Box

February 3, 2010

Can you believe it? They actually made a fighting game out of one of my most favorite series, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s, full name: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s Portable Battle of the Aces! How epic is that? Answer: Very.

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Actar’s Reviews 130: Figma Vita

December 8, 2009

Actar’s Reviews is back! In this episode, we take a look at the last of the Belka Knights to be figmatized, Figma Vita, from the series Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s and Strikers.

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