Saku’s AFK Corner

Another Otaku’s blog about Anime, Figures, Games and Various Events

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Sakura Matou 1/6 by Griffon Enterprise
After my previous double date Asa-senpai at harbour front couple weeks ago, Sakura had demanded me to take her out for a date and as a sign of jealousy, she wouldn't let me to take her pictures until I do so. Not only that, since she is competing... (Read more)
Shigure Asa 1/8 by Alter
It was a long weekend in Toronto since we had a Good Friday so it's a day off for majority of people. Not only that, it happened to be having nice and sunny weather in Toronto. It's little bit windy though but there is no need for multi layers of c... (Read more)
Caren Hortensia 1/8 by Alter
As I promised from my last preview post. my next photo shoot would be the lovely Caren Hortensia by Alter. Hearing the name Alter, we usually have our expectation set to high whether it would be the paint job, sculpt or the overal figure. So far, A... (Read more)
Signum 1/7 by Alter
My backlog figures stack are getting higher, although, it may not be as high as Rin's. Alter Signum is my first Magical Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS figure and the only one that really captivated my eyes. It's no secret that I love anime characters with... (Read more)
Ryogi Shiki 1/7 by Good Smile Company
A beautiful and elegant figure of Ryogi Shiki from Kara no Kyoukai series is presented by Good Smile Company. Once again , they never fail to impress me. The first time,  I saw this figure at Dannychoo , was a love at the first sight. The details ... (Read more)
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Anime

K-ON! Azusa Nakano Gallery
Azunyan Nakano gallery sums up my K-ON! gallery series. I don't think the other K-ON! girls are worthy enough to have their own galleries unless someone manages to convince me otherwise ^^. Azunyan may not have as many fans as Yuri or Mio but con... (Read more)
K-ON! Ritsu Tainaka Gallery
Without even realizing it, it becomes a ritual/habit for me to post a gallery on every Monday to start my week and hopefully, it will keep going as long as I can ^^.  Following up from my K-ON girls gallery , we start another great week with some ... (Read more)
K-ON! Tsumugi Kotobuki Gallery
Lurking around the Internet in search for Tsumugi Kotobuki large resolution images is not as challenging as I thought it would be. It's only fair to post some images of other K-ON members aside from Mio and Yui and maybe with this post, Tsumugi can... (Read more)
K-ON! Yui Hirasawa Gallery
Image via Gelbooru Laid back Yui is looking to gain more supports for her fan club to compete with Mio's and she is trying to show the world that she can be as cute as Mio ^^. If you are viewing this at work, be warned that some images may be in a... (Read more)
K-ON! Mio Akiyama Gallery
Image via Gelbooru K-ON! easily raised its popularity since the start of the show and it's all due to one of the character, Mio Akiyama. She is shy-type who everyone loves and not that I am trying to put down other characters. This post is dedicat... (Read more)
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Events

AX2009 Japanese Guest of Honours
As you all probably already know, I am planning to go to Anime Expo 2009 this year on July 2 to 5. I got my hotel booked from July 1 to 5 so I took 2 days of from work (July 2nd and 3rd) for AX09. Honestly, I am really excited as it is happening ... (Read more)
Anime North 2009
My apology for the late post coverage for Anime North 2009 as I was tired after I got back from Anime North 2009 on Sunday and it took me sometimes to organize photos and upload them. Another year with another great convention here at Anime North 2... (Read more)
Anime Bash @ North York Public Library
For this month of April, to promote reading and celebrate City of Toronto's 175th Anniversary , City of Toronto and Toronto Public Library are collaborating a showcase called Keep Toronto Reading 2009. Many free events, performances and discussions... (Read more)
March Toronto Anime Con 2009
Another small anime convention here in Toronto to warm us up before the big Anime North on May. The event is similar to DTAC (December Toronto Anime Con) that I attended back on December last year. More pictures below ^^. Some pictures tha... (Read more)
Anime Expo 2009 Online Pre-Registration ...
Anime Expo finally has its online pre-registration available at their website. You can read more about it here. Through their online pre-registration , you can buy 4-day ticket for $50 and get a free main event ticket on which I chose the Morning M... (Read more)
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Otaku

AX2009 Pre-Loot
Image via Gelbooru In preparation for Anime Expo 2009 and its overloaded Japanese guest of honours, I bought some merchandise specifically for signing purpose so I guess you can call this as AX2009 pre-loot ^^. The Japanese guest of honours that... (Read more)
Figure Bargain at Hobby Search Part 2
Quite a few figures on sale at hobby search and some are from GSC and one from Alter. Impulse buying ftw and don't blame it on me ^^;; Nendoroid Takra Miyuki Normal Ver. by Chara-Ani Regular Price: 3,334 yen Sales Price: 2,333 yen ... (Read more)
Recent Loot
My recent loot from March and April is Yami from To Love Ru and Holo from Spice Wolf both by Good Smile Company. Yami costs me 5,881 Yen + 3,200 Yen for shipping. On the other hand, I got Holo for 6,785 Yen + 2,400 shipping. For some reasons, t... (Read more)
Photoshoot Preview
I went to Harbour Front in downtown Toronto for my next photoshoot preview on Friday morning. We had a Good Friday holiday here in Canada and the weather was quite nice ( around 10 C degrees and sunny ) so I decided to do outdoor photo shoot which ... (Read more)
Figure Bargain at Hobby Search
Just want to let you guys know that Hobby Search is having a figure sale and some of them are quite nice this time (it usually sucks). I am sure that some of them might interest you and any sale is good especially during this recession ^^. Read m... (Read more)
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Figures

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Sakura Matou 1/6 by Griffon Enterprise

After my previous double date Asa-senpai at harbour front couple weeks ago, Sakura had demanded me to take her out for a date and as a sign of jealousy, she (Read More »)

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Shigure Asa 1/8 by Alter

It was a long weekend in Toronto since we had a Good Friday so it’s a day off for majority of people. Not only that, it happened to be having (Read More »)

Caren Hortensia 1/8 by Alter

Caren Hortensia 1/8 by Alter

As I promised from my last preview post. my next photo shoot would be the lovely Caren Hortensia by Alter. Hearing the name Alter, we usually have our expectation set (Read More »)

Signum 1/7 by Alter

Signum 1/7 by Alter

My backlog figures stack are getting higher, although, it may not be as high as Rin’s. Alter Signum is my first Magical Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS figure and the only one (Read More »)

Ryogi Shiki 1/7 by Good Smile Company

Ryogi Shiki 1/7 by Good Smile Company

A beautiful and elegant figure of Ryogi Shiki from Kara no Kyoukai series is presented by Good Smile Company. Once again , they never fail to impress me. The first (Read More »)

Queen’s Gate Alice 1/8 by Alpha X Omega

Queen's Gate Alice 1/8 by Alpha X Omega

I considered myself pretty lucky to be able to get this figure locally at an anime con despite of being out of stock anywhere online wise and impulse got the (Read More »)

Blanc Neige 1/8 PVC by Kotobukiya

Blanc Neige 1/8 PVC by Kotobukiya

Toronto is having an early winter this year and we just had our first snow fall couple days ago. On a quite chilly Saturday morning (-8 C btw), I was (Read More »)

Emi Kizaki 1/8 PVC by Kotobukiya

Emi Kizaki 1/8 PVC by Kotobukiya

Simple and elegant would be the best way to describe this recently released figure by Kotobukiya. Emi Kizaki is a character from Kurogane no Linebarrels. This figure is the first (Read More »)

Akatsuki Mishiro PVC 1/8 by GSC

Akatsuki Mishiro PVC 1/8 by GSC

Thanksgiving long weekend here in Canada which means time to do photo shoots of my backlog figures and luckily, we had a sunny weekend unlike previous weeks which was always (Read More »)

Caren Hortensia 1/8 PVC by Kotobukiya

Caren Hortensia 1/8 PVC by Kotobukiya

My 2nd Caren Hortensia figure which I bought from Anime North 2008 back in May. The first one is made by Griffon Enterprise (check my entry for the other Caren (Read More »)

Elis Housen 1/8 PVC by Toys Planning

Elis Housen 1/8 PVC by Toys Planning

A rare figure from Canvas 2 : Niji Iro no Sketch ( Canvas2 ~虹色のスケッチ~ ) which I bought from Fan Expo 2008 last week for $60. Expensive price tag but (Read More »)

Saber Holiday Ver. 1/6 PVC by GSC

Saber Holiday Ver. 1/6 PVC by GSC

Gattai!!!!!
Another Saber figure is added to my Fate series figures collection and this time is the Saber Holiday version by Good Smile Company. Unlike other 1/8 figures that I have, (Read More »)

Feena Fam Earthlight 1/8 PVC by Max Factory

Feena Fam Earthlight 1/8 PVC by Max Fact...

Another figure outside my collection of Fate figures is Feena Farm Earthlight from anime/erogo Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na (夜明け前より瑠璃色な, Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro n) by Max Factory. This was (Read More »)

Tamaki Kousaka Frilled Bikini 1/7 Scale PVC by Kotobukiya

Tamaki Kousaka Frilled Bikini 1/7 Scale ...

I purchased this figure from AnimeXtreme booth at Anime North 2008 for $40 and it’s a good deal considering it will cost ~$60 at Hobby Link Japan. This figure was (Read More »)

Banana is a snack? PVC 1/10 Scale by Solid Theater

Banana is a snack? PVC 1/10 Scale by Sol...

I bought this figure at Anime North 2008 last May for $45 from Anime-Xtreme booth. This was more like a sudden purchased or SAF (suddenly acquired figure). The reason I (Read More »)

Sakura Matou 1/7 Scale PVC Bikini Version by Griffon

Sakura Matou 1/7 Scale PVC Bikini Versio...

It feels like forever since my last figure post and I tried something new during this photo shoot. That’s right….. I used black background. I’ve been using white background since (Read More »)

Saber Alter 1/8 scale PVC by Solid Theater

Saber Alter 1/8 scale PVC by Solid Theat...

Finally, after waiting for more than 2 months, I finally got my Saber Alter figure. It was supposed to be released back in March 2008 but it got delayed until (Read More »)

Kaede Tsukimiya 1/7 scale PVC by Solid Theater

Kaede Tsukimiya 1/7 scale PVC by Solid T...

This figure caught my eyes while I was wondering around in the dealer room at Anime North 2008. I thought it is just an original work by Solid Theater just (Read More »)

Caren Hortensia 1/7 scale PVC by Griffon Enterprise

Caren Hortensia 1/7 scale PVC by Griffon...

It’s no secret that I am a big fan of Fate series ^_^ so most of my figures are from the Fate series. Caren Hortensia is one of the characters (Read More »)

Rin Tohsaka Swimsuit by Clayz Ver. 2

Rin Tohsaka Swimsuit by Clayz Ver. 2

After unsatisfactory result from last photo shoot for Rin Tohsaka Swimsuit by Clayz, I made some major changes on how I did it. As I said in my last post (Read More »)

Fate/Hollow Ataraxia: Rin Tohsaka Swimsuit by Clayz

Fate/Hollow Ataraxia: Rin Tohsaka Swimsu...

I thought it would be great to start a new month with a figure post so here it goes, Rin Tohsaka Swimsuit by Clayz. This figure is one of the (Read More »)

Fate/Hollow Ataraxia: Saber White Swimsuit by Clayz

Fate/Hollow Ataraxia: Saber White Swimsu...

Looks like I am getting closer to my goal: acquire every Saber PVC figures out there ^____^. I got this Saber White Swimsuit version 1/6 scale by Clayz back in (Read More »)

Fate/Zero : Saber by Max Factory

Fate/Zero : Saber by Max Factory

It’s been a while since I did figure photo shoot so ………….. it is the time ^_^. I got this figure from www.hlj.com back in February ^__^.
My photo-taking skill is (Read More »)

Saber Bikini Ver. By Griffon Enterprise Inc.

Saber Bikini Ver. By Griffon Enterprise ...

I have been playing around with my camera, Canon IXUS 860 IS, since I started this blog and this time, I tried couple shots with different lightning colour (yellow and (Read More »)

Sakura Matou (Fate Hollow Ataraxia) Uniform Ver. by Griffon Enterprise Inc.

Sakura Matou (Fate Hollow Ataraxia) Unif...

My figures from Hobby Link Japan finally arrived yesterday. It took them almost 3 weeks to process and ship everything. I could have gotten it sooner but there was a (Read More »)

Saber (Fate Hollow Ataraxia) New Costume Ver. by Kotobukiya

Saber (Fate Hollow Ataraxia) New Costume...

I bought this figure at Anime North 2007 last year for $34 (no tax). Since I am starting this blog, I might as well write something about this figure. As (Read More »)

Sakura Matou (Fate Hollow Ataraxia) Swimsuit Ver. by Alter

Sakura Matou (Fate Hollow Ataraxia) Swim...

My Sakura Matou 1/6 scale figure has been screaming to be opened for ages and today, I opened the box and took out the figure. The overall quality is pretty (Read More »)

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