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I found an unknown figure that captivated my eyes in Danny’s Chara Hobby coverage …. oh wait … actually any figures with a sword makes me falling in love with them ^^;; instantly. Later , I found out that she is Emi Kizaki from Kurogane no Linebarrels (鉄のラインバレル), an upcoming fall anime. It will be aired on October ^^.

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When I watched the trailer , the character design reminded me a lot of Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny and I found out that they were designed by the same person, Hisashi Hirai . Same goes with the mecha design, I knew I saw similar designs before and Tsutome Suzuki, who was involved in ZOE and Big-O,  did the mecha design,hence, it explains the similarity.

The animation quality will most likely be top-notch since it’s Gonzo after all but as most other Gonzo’s titles the mecha is computer-generated. I am not sure about you guys but I prefer everything is hand-drawn; I guess I still like the old way of doing it.  

Seiyuu wise, they got some well known seiyuus in particular, Jun Fukuyama (Lulu in Code Geass) and Mamiko Noto (Kotomi from Clannad) so voice acting quality should be high ^^. I couldn’t find who sings the opening song (If anyone knows, do tell ^^) but the ending song is sung by Maaya Sakomoto, a well known seiyuu and singer. I love most of her songs related to anime series.

Since it’s produced by Gonzo, hopefully it does not follow the usual Gonzo ‘Train Wreck’ Ending trend. This anime is going to be either you love it or you hate it just because it’s produced by Gonzo and there is no middle road or decent in my opinion. For those who have watched EVA or love EVA, you might want to stay away from this anime because I get the feel that it’s an EVA rip off just solely based from watching the trailer and reading the manga. I know I may be wrong but it’s just too EVA-like.

Story

Kurogane no Linebarrels is about a boy named Kōichi Hayase who was a crybaby, weak-looking and a loser basically ,however, one day, he got involved into some kind of accidents which totally changes his life and makes him to become a Factor and can control Linebarrels (A giant robot). 

The manga is available at onemanga.com so go read it if you are interested ^^. First impression I got from reading first 2 volumes of Linebarrels is that it is too EVA / Rahxephon looking ie. a rip off of EVA/Rahxephon. Despite of being one of the main character, Emi Kizaki has a minimal appearance in the manga. I am not sure if it’s going to be the case with the anime version but I sure hope she gets more screening time. She engages with the enemies as a Factor at the end of chapter 19 of the manga so during previous chapters, she just appears once in a while and acts more like a supporting character.

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Kouichi, the main character, is very interesting I must say since I haven’t seen any characters like Kouichi in anime that I watched before so having someone definitely adds more flavours to the series. He won’t hesitate to pick a fight with anyone and thinks highly of himself (give you the feeling of wanting to punch his face sometimes), although, once in a while, he gets beaten to pulp ^^. In addition, his remark of ‘Ally of Justice’ is a similar trait to Shirou Emiya from Fate/Stay Night series. They both want to be a hero to save others.

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It surely didn’t take me long to consider getting the figure or not. A girl with a sword was enough to convince me to get it ^^ so I preordered her at Hobby Search. She reminds me a lot of Lenalee from D.grayman with her black clothing but instead of having ‘Dark Boots’, she uses a sword but the weird thing is that I haven’t seen her holding a sword so far in the manga ^^;;. You can also preorder her at the following stores:

• Kid Nemo
• Play Asia
• Hobby Link Japan

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I was looking at my book shelf and saw some old PiQ magazines. Talking to myself: “I haven’t gotten any issues from them for a while hmmm…… maybe they closed down ?”. Low and Behold, I was right. PiQ is no more and thanks for stealing and running away with my money -_-;; (Source: Japanator).

However, they thought that they can run away with my money ? I don’t think so. I paid subscription with VISA so they can expect that I am going to dispute this. More info about how to dispute the charge on your VISA can be found on Les Vesper website.

Their website, PiQ, is no more. It’s blank and empty. I am probably little bit late hearing the news since I was away on a trip back in June/July. If you look in my previous post back in March about PiQ, it’s pretty obvious that they won’t last long. I miss NewType USA with all the goodies >.<

Update: Apparently according to Les-Vesper, PiQ is owned by ADV >.>

I caught up a lot of anime over the weekend and watched Strike Witches, Nogizaka haruka no Himitsu and Zero no Tsukaima - Princess no Rondo. I hadn’t watched Zero no Tsukaima series before so I watched the whole 3 seasons during the weekend. Yep, that’s right couple hours of non-stop laughing and my stomach hurt from laughing too much. I know I should have gone out more and enjoy last bit of summer instead staying at home but whatever ^^.

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My oh my…. Am I late or what ? Many new anime comes during summer and I had not picked up a single one yet ^^;;. As a result,  I have a huge list of anime that I downloaded and have not watched it yet so last week, I did some catching up and watched Koihime Musou, Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu Na Koto : Natsu no Sora, and Sekirei. My insights about those three are below.

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Found a random picture of Melty Blood nekomimi in my HDD so I thought I would share this with everyone ^^. Not sure where I got this picture from O_O though. Sion and Len are my favorite in this pic.

Gotta love Kinokuniya and you always come back for more goodies XD. I bought 2 Death Note keychains and a FFXI comic. Well, the keychains are gifts for friends but I am keeping the ffxi comic

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After seeing bunch of members at dannychoo.com posting about their rooms, it inspires/urges me to post my room. Unlike other most Otaku rooms, my room looks pretty normal(not otaku enough) compare to other otakus’ rooms like Rin’s or James’.

I always hold back on buying new stuff for my room as I don’t have my own place and am renting a room on a basement of a house.

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This episode is not as bad as I thought it would be  because the manga version has about 4-5 chapters alone for Noah’s memory so I thought it’s going to take the whole episode talking about Skin’s Bolic past from the preview in last episode.

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D.Grayman fans should be happy / satisfied with this episode. It’s full of actions and less unnecessary scenes like the previous episode. I guess this episode is the real start for Kanda vs Skin Bolic. This episode is equal to the manga version chapter 92-93.

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T.T I am so left behind with my D.Grayman episode summary. I have been distracted by Spring anime 2008 too much XD. I think last month I went crazy downloading a lot of episodes so I hope I am still within my bandwith limit >.<.

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