Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan

With only a few days before the brand new summer anime season, the second version of the schedule has come out. This new chart has quite a lot of new series added to it.

What I will be watching:
Ookamisan to Shichinin no Nakamatachi
Amagami SS
Mitsudomoe
Sekirei: Pure Engagement
High School of the Dead
Seitokai Yakuindomo
Asobi ni Iku Yo
Strike Witches 2
Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin

What I may watch:
Cat Sh!t One
Shi Ki
Tono to Issho

By the looks of it, my summer will be very busy. The only two series I'm somewhat excited for it Strike Witches 2 and High School of the Dead. I really enjoyed the first season of Strike Witches and as for High School of the Dead, the plot sounds interesting. So, what will you be watching during this summer season?



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Well, this is going to be my last Metrocon 2010 update post before the day of the event. This post may be boring but it does have some interesting information if you will be attending the convention.

Well, everything in my Metrocon do to list is complete. I do have some small things to do like setting up a want/need list for what I would like to buy at the vendor's room and making a schedule for the events I want to attend.

As for the panel that I will be doing on "How to build an Arcade Stick", I have not yet order the parts I need for this panel and I bet they will not arrive by the time Metrocon comes along. I will still run this panel but I need to change my presentation.

I will also be part of the Anime 3000 Panel podcast panel at Metrocon. There will be both a audio and video recording of the podcast.

This year's Metrocon is going to be a blast. Now all I have to do is just wait and save my money.

Edit: I drop my "How to build an arcade Stick" panel due to metrocon having weird rules. I have contact them about me brings my tools and I get different answers.

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In celebration of the final episode of Bakemonogatari finally airing online, I decided to post a "few" desktop backgrounds based of the series. These are my top 26 favorite wallpapers based from Bakemonogatari, I do have more but this is enough for now. One more thing, a new Dissecting Fandom post will becoming soon.

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A few of months ago, my dog destroyed my light box that I use for my figure photography. I was going to buy a new one but I decided to make one. I have made one before out of a cardboard box but I don't have the space for it. After doing some thinking, I came up with the idea to make a light tent instead.

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It has been over a year since Geneon went up in smoke. Many great titles that where licensed by this company are now in limbo. The 3 titles that I will discuss about had been licensed by Geneon at one point and had they own individual success. The shows that I will be talking about in License This are Cardcaptor Sakura, Serial Experiments Lain, and Hellsing.

Back in the early 2000's, Cardcaptor Sakura came to the U.S. as part of the magical girl craze that was popular at the time. It original aired on Kid WB after-school TV block under the name Cardcaptors. For what it was worth, it was an ok show but something did not feel right about. Later on, we all learned that the show was original 70 episodes long, not 39. What happened was that the slow episodes that did not focus on the Clow card were omitted. Also any scene that had pedophilic and homosexual undertones were also edited out.

Fan wanted an unedited and uncensored version of the show and Geneon delivered. It was released in both VHS and DVD formats in a total of 18 volumes. In 2006, the license rights of Cardcaptor Sakura had expired. Nowadays, the DVDs of this anime will go for at least $700 U.S. Dollars. The one company that I could see picking up this title is Funimation. They can release it in small season box sets in the same format as how Yu Yu Hakusho was re-released.

Serial Experiments Lain is an interesting anime. The main theme of this anime is what is reality? There are episodes that make the viewer wonder if what the characters is experiencing is real, nothing but a delusion, or a fabrication of an outside force. Trying to explain what this anime is about is difficult without giving away spoilers. In the past, I had a 5 hour discussion about this anime and the meanings of certain scenes. This anime was directed by Ryutaro Nakamura(director of Kino's Journey), original character design by Yoshitoshi ABe(creator of Haibane Renmei), and the screenplay written by Chiaki J. Konaka(worked on RahXephon).

The one company I see picking up this title would be Section23 Films. They can market it as a legendary title that ever anime fan should watch. Since it is only 13 episodes long, they can sell in a compact complete collection.

Hellsing has vampires, guns, blood and its set in Great Britain. I see Funimation picking up this title to bank on the whole vampire fad at the moment.

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I'm a fan of Nintendo, you can say that I'm a big fan. I missed the live stream of Nintendo's presentation at E3 because I was too busy studying for finals. I finally got the chance to see it and it was awesome. Seeing all of these new games that Nintendo will be releasing is mind blowing.

I'm pretty excited for the 3DS. The features on this thing are awesome, I really like the 2 cameras for 3D photos and the analog stick. I'm glad that I did not replace my DS for a DSi because I will start saving for a 3DS. I am a little disappointed that Nintendo did not mentioned a price for it. Did I forget to mention that it's also backwards compatible with all DS and DSi games.

After 24 long years, the sequel for the NES classic Kid Icarus will be coming out. This new game will be a launch title for the 3DS. The original Kid Icarus is one of my favorite NES games of all time. I wonder if the new game will have multiple endings just like the original?

I really happy that a new Donkey Kong game that does not require the use of bongo drums will be coming out. I really hate those stupid bongo drums, whoever thought up that idea should be put into a labor camp.

Seeing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword reminded me of Ocarina of Time. It also reminded me that I need to get Wii motion plus.

There are other games that I want to talk about but I don't want to turn this post into Nintendo fanboy-city. This year at E3, Nintendo's main theme was nostalgia. Most of these games are either a sequel to a Nintendo classic or the games have a "retro" feel to it. So, what are you opinions on this post?

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We have finally reached the middle of June. So to celebrate that, let's take a look at all the new figures that are up for preorder.

Leina Platinum Color Ver. by Griffon Enterprises. This figure will be coming out in late August for the price of 5,015 Yen.

Airi Black Color Ver. by Griffon Enterprises. This figure will be coming out in late August for the price of 5,015 Yen.

Tarnyan by MegaHouse. This figure will be coming out in late September for the price of 5,780 Yen.

Klan Klang Armored Ver. by MegaHouse. This figure will be coming out in late October for the price of 10,200 Yen.

Kotobuki Tsumugi by Alter. This figure will be coming out in October for the price of 5,440 Yen.

Figutto! Senjyogahara Hitagi by Griffon Enterprises. This figure will be coming out in late September for the price of 3,978 Yen.

Shikinami Asuka Langley Plug Suit Test Type Ver. by Kotobukiya. This figure will be coming out in September for the price of 5,780 Yen.

I find all of these figure to look fantastic. However, I do not find not one of them appealing to me. Seeing that Figutto! version of Senjyogahara kind of makes me wish for a Figma version of that figure. So, which figure(s) do you find interesting or you are planning to preorder?

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