Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan

You should all know by now that I'm a fan of Bleach and Banpresto. When I learned that a Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck figure was coming out, I was pretty happy. I was going to preorder her but I simply forgot. Thank goodness I found her at Metrocon for $20 dollars, due to the fact that most online stores were sold out or she was being sold at a very high price. I'm going to have to say that the quality of this figure is superb when compared to past Banpresto figures. Well, let me quit my chit-chat so may enjoy these pictures.

If you notice, I did not make a post yesterday. The reason behind that is because I playing the brand new shooter for the Wii, The Conduit. There was a lot of hype behind this game because it was awarded the best shooting game on the Wii by IGN back in 2008. That is like being the best at being mediocre.

Story:
You play as Michael Ford, an agent who saved the president from danger and they make you into some super agent. The Earth is invaded by aliens and there is a terrorist organization is making some mind control chemical and you have to stop them. The "interesting" thing is that the U.S. government screws you over and you end up joining the terrorist. Oh yeah, there's some stupid technological orb you use for stuff.

Graphics:
there pretty good for the Wii.

Controls:
AAAGGGHHH. Let me make it clear, they suck. You are forced to use the Wii remote and nunchuk, that means certain actions you make will get the character's camera angle jammed. I wish that they could have the option to use the classic controller or the Gamecube controller.

Gameplay:
The gameplay is good for a first person shooter game on the Wii. High Voltage(the company who made this game) tries to make this game different by adding puzzles. These puzzles are fairly easy and somewhat forgettable. The action elements do feel easy but what I do like is that the difficulty curve will spike up out of nowhere.

Multiplayer:
This game does not have co-op and I'm glad it does not. It does have online multiplay and that is where most of the fun comes from. You can spend hours playing different game mode and leveling up you ranks.



Final Thought:
The Conduit does have somewhat of charm to it due to it's one of the few fun FPS games on the Wii. This game is lucky that it came out only for the Wii because if it was released on any other console, it would have sucked. If you have $50 dollars to spend and 10 hours to kill, The Conduit is the game for you. Come to think about, I should bought MadWorld instead. Damn it.

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If you guessed by the title, I'm currently dating a very nice girl. How we met was interesting, she attended the blogging panel I hosted at Metrocon. Every single time our eyes would meet, I would lose my train of thought. After my panel was over, I gathered some courage and asked her if she wanted to hang out with me for the rest of the day, she said yes. We talked and had a good time. When the day ended, we exchanged cell numbers and emails. We did some more talking and we confessed to each other.

I personally think it's better to date someone who is into the same hobby as you because they already understand were you're coming from. I have dated women who are not anime fans and let me tell you, it's a pain. I pretty much tell them to piss off because if you can't understand my hobby, then they won't understand me. I have actually have not been watching that much anime since I have been her dating this girl. It seems I'm losing my otaku roots, lol.


By the way, my girlfriend is going to start writing posts here once a week. So, how is the dating scene for you?


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The brand new summer anime season is here. Starting this week, many new shows are going to be airing in Japan. The summer anime season tends to be weak when compared to spring. However, I think this summer is going may be a little different.



What I'm going to watch:
Spice and Wolf 2
Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

What I may watch:
NEEDLESS
Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou
CANAAN
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

I'm disappointed that Cobra: Rokunin no Yushi was removed from the list and it will air in 2010. That was the only anime I was looking forward to this season but at least I still have Spice and Wolf 2. I may do episodic views of Spice and Wolf 2 and/or Umineko no Naku Koro ni this season. So, what are you going to watch this summer anime season?

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Today is the first of July and you know what that means, all the new prefigure are up at Hobby Search. You should know me by now, in this post I'm listing the best and the some what interesting figures that any figure collector and anime fan should get. Let me just say that there are some nice figures for this month.

Ryomou Shimei by Alter. This figure is coming out in October for the price of 6,460 Yen.

Nendoroid Raspberyl by Phat Company. This figure is coming out in September for the price of 3,167 Yen.

Nendoroid Saber Lily by Good Smile Company. This figure is coming out in October for the price of 3,167 Yen.

Nendoroid Riannon by Good Smile Company. This figure is coming out in September for the price of 3,167 Yen.

Nendoroid Arawn by Good Smile Company. This figure is coming out in October for the price of 3,167 Yen.

Shishido Akiha and Shishido Akiha Happening Version by Wave. Both of these figures are coming out in late November and they each cost 3,610 Yen.

Kannagi Itsuki and Shimoyama Mutsumi Miyazawa by Wave. Both of these figures are coming out in late November. Kannagi is going for the price of 3,610 Yen and Shimoyama is going for the price of 3,800 Yen.

Mari Illustrious Makinami Plug Suit Version by Wave. This figure is coming out in late November for the price of 4,180 Yen.

Red Stone Lancer by Orchid Seed. This figure is coming out in October for the price of 7,057 Yen.

Yuzuhara Konomi Amaloli by Orchid Seed. This figure is coming out in November for the price of 6,695 Yen.

Figma Shamal Knight Version by Max Factory. This figure is coming out in September for the price of 2,533 Yen.

Holo by Alphamax. This figure is coming out in late October for the price of 13,110 Yen.

What I'm Preordering from this list is Shishi Akiha Happening Version because I like this variation of that figure and the price is great. I want to get Nendoroid Saber Lily and Raspberly but not right now, maybe in the future. I personally find the actsta figure line interesting because I can say that is the future in figure technology.

The is one figure I did find disappointing, Holo by Alphamax. The pose is great but her face is a little off and the price is way too high. If that figure was made by Alter, then it would have been great. So, what are you going to preorder from this list?