AFA12 Signature Acquisitions

June 18, 2013

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Yup, ‘signature’ as in ‘autograph’, not ‘outstanding’.

I’m unequivocally late in posting these, but as the adage goes, “It’s better late than never!”. So, here are some of the signatures that I was fortunate enough to acquire at last year’s Anime Festival Asia 2012.

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First Acquisitions of the New Year~

January 18, 2011

– SHFiguarts Cure Black
– SHFiguarts Cure White
– Azone’s 1/6 Scale Shirai Kuroko
– Figma Suzumiya Haruhi (Disappearance Ver.)
– Misaka Mori Box
– Medico’s Road Roller Papercraft

Yay! The first new loot of the new year~ Nothing grand or spectacular, but respectable none the less. Gotta save up as I’m hoping to get another 1/3 Scale Doll this year. (^.^)


Blood: The Last Vampire Live-Action Movie Review

June 10, 2009

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Just returned from seeing the much anticipated Live Action adaptation of Blood: The Last Vampire. Let me preface this by saying that I have seen a number of episodes of the Blood + Anime and the Original Animated Movie, Blood: The Last Vampire, which this movie is based upon. Was it any good? Well, let me give you a hint: NO.

Be warned, there will be spoilers ahead.

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Censorship in Anime

November 1, 2008
DVD/Uncensored Version of Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka

DVD/Uncensored Version of Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka

TV/Censored Version of Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka

TV/Censored Version of Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka

This is indeed going to be a hard topic to write on… Even though I have strong (vehement) objections and feelings against censorship I may have trouble turning my thoughts into words.

Throughout this article/post, I hope to inform you about the current situation, different forms of censorship, the absurdity of it all and various conspiracies that have been brought up. I hope that you will be able to read this article in its entirety as it took a lot of effort to put together. Visual aids galore! (Obviously NSFW) :)

Some or most of the pictures are from the wonderful Sankaku Complex. They are indeed doing a fantastic service to the Anime community, informing others about blatant censoring. There are so many examples of censorship as each Anime contains various amounts of it, I’ll pick what I think is best.

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