By super rats on January 31, 2010
While scrounging the bargain bins at a few online retailers, I came across this MegaHouse figure of Iori Manase, one of those cute IdolMaster characters. It struck me that the figure was odd. Iori was wearing pants, which is quite uncommon for scale figures and to some extent female character designs in anime, or at least among the characters that get made into figures. Just looking at the figures I have, only two are wearing honest to goodness pants, Fate/Zero Saber and Kino. For the rest it’s skirts, dresses, plug-suits, swimwear, and the occasional pair of shorts.
It’s not surprising that most figures don’t wear pants. I was just surprised that so few do. It’s a fan-service thing for sure, but I think designers underestimate that pants can be attractive as well. The Fate/Zero Saber is quite hot in a different way.
Unfortunately for me, Iori seems to be out of print.
Posted in Other | Tagged character-design, Idolmaster, Kino, pants, Saber
By super rats on January 19, 2010
Over the past few months I was too busy to watch anything new. Now I have the time to actually get some use out of the Crunchyroll subscription I’ve been paying for. Though I’ve not used it in six months, I kept on with the subscription. I knew I’d want to use it later on, so kept supporting it. Anyway, later on is now and this is a good set of shows.
Continue reading “Winter ‘10 CR Simulcasts”
Posted in Anime | Tagged Boogiepop Phantom, Christmas, Chu-Bra!!, Durarara!, fan-service, K-ON!, Omamori Himori, Simoun, So Ra No Wo To
By super rats on January 15, 2010
In some ways, Paprika is a standard thriller with an unconventional bomb. Something has gotten into the wrong hands and if the protagonists don’t wrest it back to safety, then something catastrophic will damage the world. The thing the protagonists need to reclaim is the DC Mini (DreamCast Mini?), a dream navigator that has been stolen and has gone social or viral over the human network, infecting reality with dreamed chaos.
Continue reading “Paprika”
Posted in Anime | Tagged Satoshi Kon, thriller
By super rats on December 31, 2009
Perhaps a three-dimensional representation of the Black Rock Shooter cannot scoop up all of the style of the two dimensional art, but Akeji pretty much rocked this out anyway. The best part of the figure are her blue eyes, giving off a melancholy vibe. They’re really mysterious looking. However, facial expression really only matters up close, like when the figure is on your desk. On the shelf, the rest of the figure is what should speak and keep it interesting for several months or more.
Continue reading “Black Rock Shooter”
Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1:8-scale, anime figures, boots, diorama base, GoodSmile, gun, pettanko
By super rats on November 24, 2009
I like to indulge in things that remind me of days gone by, even if the memory gets a little fluffed and imagined way better than it really was. Being able to hook into into Honey & Clover like that has made watching it more fun than I expected.
Continue reading “Honey & Clover, After Set 1″
Posted in Anime | Tagged Honey and Clover, oh the humanity
By super rats on November 6, 2009
Hello again. Time for plastic and jpegs. This go around it’s Yagyu Jubei from Alter and Hobby Japan, the first in the Hyakka Ryoran series, featuring a quartet of legendary warriors turned girly by Nitro+. Jubei is a standard release figure, but some of the others in the series are Hobby Japan exclusives. Nitro+ designs usually translate very well into figure form, so I’ve been looking forward to these figures.
Continue reading “Yagyu Jubei”
Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1:8-scale, ahoge, Alter, anime figures, Hyakka Ryoran, Nitro+, pantsu, swords
By super rats on October 28, 2009
Everyone has a top 5 list, but Stripey tacks a question on it and it’s an easy post, so I bit; what does your top 5 anime list say about you? I’ve not thought about what my favorites are for a while. Thinking about it for a few, today my top 5 are:
Continue reading “What My Top 5 Anime Says”
Posted in Anime | Tagged 5cm, Cowboy Bebop, flcl, Princess Tutu, School Rumble
While scrounging the bargain bins at a few online retailers, I came across this MegaHouse figure of Iori Manase, one of those cute IdolMaster characters. It struck me that the figure was odd. Iori was wearing pants, which is quite uncommon for scale figures and to some extent female character designs in anime, or at least among the characters that get made into figures. Just looking at the figures I have, only two are wearing honest to goodness pants, Fate/Zero Saber and Kino. For the rest it’s skirts, dresses, plug-suits, swimwear, and the occasional pair of shorts.
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