The Story of Saiunkoku v1

During one of Geneon’s panels at Otakon ‘07, I caught the trailer for The Story of Saiunkoku (Saiunkoku Monogatari). One of the producers mentioned how addictive the show was and from the trailer it looked amusing, but something I might Netflix instead of buy what with the show apparently taking place on Planet Bishie. Then they whipped out the collector’s box and I wanted it.

The other thing that made me hop on board was the non-school setting. It’s always a nice plus when the story doesn’t take place in school, which as a side note is probably why I’m passing on School Rumble. There’s enough high school on my watch list right now.

Manservice in a Van

My sister, who also collects figures, complains about the lack of testosterone in the lineups of the better figure companies. Sure there are a ton of action figures, but action figures are ugly. A while ago, it looked like MaxFactory would answer her call with the “Spirit of Guys” line, but after several months the line consists of only one figure, a highly stylized Van from GunxSword.