August 2007

暑い (atsui [あつい]). A word that every anime addict is used to ear, especially when characters are complaining about heat of the air during summer…
And well, during those last days, I definitely could have say it loudly : “暑い !!!”

Damn that was awful. I know there are lot of places where it’s much more hot, but I’m just not used to support when the mercury reaches 35°C (95°F). The only thing I wanted to do after a (hard) day of work was to switch on the fan, and stay in front of it like Konata on the picture. Nothing more haha.

I couldn’t go for some photo sessions either, since I still melted, even at night. Don’t think taking photos of figures isn’t physical! It is! Even more when using a tripod : you have to be crouched most of the time, to contort yourself for low-angle shots… not always easy hehe.
So, till the weather was cooler, no figure pictures! orz
That was sure annoying, as I’ve received some nice pieces those last days and want to share, but it seems mother nature wanted to thaw them ;_;

See, that poor Wendy was suffuring too. I feel sad for her…

A-ny-way! Now temperature’s back to normal, I’ll resume work on figure photos.
End of holiday hehe ^^

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Since I collect anime character figures, I also developped a great infatuation for visual / art books. Well, this is not really surprising though, as these kind of goods, it sells like hot cakes melon pans.
And then, to extend my personal library with some Shana pictures and to pay tribute to Noizi Ito, I grabbed both GU·RE·N and KA·E·N Art Collection. I still wonder how the hell is that possible I didn’t bought Vol.1 GU·RE·N sooner, but nevermind. I profited from Vol.2 KA·E·N release to take the two of them, and at the same time save some yens from excessive Amazon.jp freight charges.

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Only few days after Mirei-sensei, I received my second Art of Shunya Yamashita figure, a girl that could have been a really intriguing classmate : Shii Arisugawa. But let’s just call her Shii-chan.
So, Shii-chan took the same path as her elder, and about two months after the Japanese release, was available here in France.
Fellow figure addicts may have already seen her at RIUVA or Spare Change Anyone? under every single angle, so then there won’t be anything really new here. But I dare think this is the kind of gorgeous figure of which it is always a pleasure to stare at, and moreover I had a lot of fun taking pictures of Shii-chan’s great assets.

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It has been a long time since I last turned on my PlayStation 2 to play some good “old school” RPG. I must say that with all those figures to take care of, and all those animes to watch, there isn’t much time left hehe.
But lately, I bought Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia, developped by Gust Corporation, who made Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana I used to play before. This is the first reason I wanted to try this game, and the second is that I loved what the OAV released on March 2006 showed us about this interresting universe.
Therefore, since the European version of the game is available for two weeks now, I removed the dust on my faithful PlayStation and go for Ar Tonelico. I want to learn more about the Reyvateils and “song magic” ^^

At first, it reminds a lot games from the Atelier Iris serie, and it can feels like you’re playing Atelier Iris 4, since you can create and custom a lot of items thanks to alchimie, called here “Grathmeld”. But that’s not a bad point, from the time you love switch between lot of menu and combine all kind of stuff. Personally, I love that ^^
But with Reyvateils’ power, the gameplay is really entertaining, and even if the story looks very common at the beginning, it becomes more and more bewitching.
I’m far from the end of this first opus, but will definitely try the second episode as well.

I also borrowed Final Fantasy XII to a friend, so I’ll have a lot to do for a while. I’m like that… sometimes I’m looking for a game to play, and sometimes and have too much things to try that I don’t know which one to choose. *sigh*
So cruel…

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