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Yoshika Becomes a Runepriest + Your Main Party
If Strike Witches were an RPG, Yoshika is the party cleric, which is usually a pretty boring class if you decide to specialize in healing and buffing armor class like she pretty much does. It’s great for survival and sweet when everyone is bloodied, but seems low on the Awesome! Eila pretty much nailed it [...]
Moribito — Review
I love Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit to pieces. It’s a type of anime I wish was more prevalent — a strong story-driven piece with a mature main character, a production that can call to a broader audience. There is something appealing about that. While I do admire the tone and animation of Moribito, I’m [...]
Momohime <3
Time evaporates. Her hair streams, the cloth of her sleeves dance, and her encased sword waits on edge for the sweetness of release. Alter’s Momohime qualifies as a masterwork, a Michelangelo of Japanese cute girl figures, both in grace, and nudge/wink, the size of her large hands.
The Panels of Otakon 2010
Being largely terrified of social gatherings, and thus the stereotypical nerd with little grasp of social protocol, I hermited away in panel rooms all weekend. In previous years I’d gotten better with it, but I’ve regressed somewhat. Still, this year I had a good time at the panels and was invited to become a panelist [...]
The Treasure of Otakon 2010
I’ll start the Otakon 2010 posts with the easy post first, the loot post.
Sanya V. Litvyak
Sanya V. Litvyak flies the night skies, often alone, for the 501st aerial division. She soars between a ceiling of stars and a carpet of moonlit clouds, while tuning in the radio transmissions of the world.
Boxing Plastic Girls
There comes a point where a figure collector bumps against the space in their current dwelling. Right about now I’m wishing I took the ground floor apartment with the den instead of the second floor apartment minus the den, so then I could put off having to retire figures to their boxes where they will [...]
