Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan

Well, here is the second part of me changing my room. This has to be the most difficult thing I have done in changing my room. What I'm doing is that I'm replacing the carpet for wooden floors.

Here is the padding/insulation that is under the carpet. The damn thing is glued to the floor, so I had to scrape it off.

Here is the bare concrete, I rolled out brand new insulation. Then I began the hardest part of this project, I had to measure, cut the planks, and hammer them into place over 120 times. I lost count because it is such a mind numbing experiences.

Final product.

It took me 7 hours to complete this on my own. The only thing I have left is to add new base boards. I'm really happy with this outcome because wood is so much nicer that carpet and it does wonders against my allergies. The final processes is rearranging and getting new furniture.

Today's gallery, I'm featuring the most cutest little drunk, Suika Ibuki from Project Touhou.

Here is the weekly round up for the week of 8/22/2011 - 8/27/2011

My posts

Chen Gallery
Yosuga no Sora Review
Changing My Room 2011 Edition 2: Part 1
Atlus Hinting at a New Persona 4 Game?
What I Stumbled Upon: Street Fighter 3 Soundtrack

My favorite posts of the week:

LifeHacker
Mount Gadgets to Your Car’s Dashboard with a 3M Command Strip
Eat Calorie Dense Fruits and Nuts to Put on Healthy Weight
Sneak in These Simple Exercises at the Office to Stay Healthy

Unplggd
Conserve Phone Battery During Power Outage
Prank a Telemarketer Today
5 Android Live Wallpaper You Must Check Out
Headphone Tweaks: Hacks, Fixes & Improvements
5 Ways to Store Your Bulky Printer

PetaPixel
Photographer Refuses to Shoot People Who Are Too Ugly (On the Inside)
Hard Work, Restriction, and Creativity Go Hand in Hand
At This Rate, All the Hipsters in LA Will Be Locked Up in No Time
Ethereal Photographs of Salt Flats
Snap Model Kit Lets You Build a Working 35mm Camera
A Higher Quality Setting in Photoshop Sometimes Reduces JPEG Quality

Anime News Network
The Pillows Rock Band to Return to U.S. in September
3rd Evangelion Remake Film to Open Fall 2012

Crunchyroll
Samus Aran Figma to be Released in Spring 2012
Berserk Movie Staff and Cast Revealed
Update on Plans for a Hollywood "Lone Wolf and Cub" Adaptation
VIDEO: New Live Action Usagi Drop Clip Goes Online

Recently, Capcom released Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online. This is awesome because Street Fighter 3 Third Strike is my favorite fighting game of all time. The revamp is amazing with a ton of great features and a cheap price. I decided to share my top 5 favorite songs from the series.

Recently, Atlus registered a teaser site only showing the site's web address. However there is something familiar about this site, it is in the style of Persona 4.

Well, by now you should all now because of my current situation about how I was going to move but then that plan went to hell. Instead of being bitter and angry about this, I will make the best of it. Since I'm the most fickle person in the world, I decided to redesign my room for the second time this year.

I started by installing plastic rain gutter to the back of my desk. This is mainly for cable management and I really hate seeing a mess of cables on the floor. I got this idea from Lifehacker, they a lot of great tutorial on cable management that are worth checking out.

I also finished painting the two small bookcases. The first time I did it, the paint chipped off and it bubbled. On my second try, I was successful with my paint job. The next thing that I will be doing, I will replace the crappy carpet that is harmful to my allergies to a nice wooden floor.

Today, I'm doing a review on an anime I recently watched, Yosuga no Sora.

Haruka and Sora Kasugano are fraternal twins that lost their parents in an accident. They decide to move from the city to a small rural town that they once spent a summer vacation with their grandparents. Many memories that Haruka had once forgotten have returned.

Positive
The animation looks good and it has some decent character designs. The voice acting is well put together and the sound track is alright.

This anime has a lot of sex scenes. Some people may end up thinking that this should have been a hentai, since it is based off of an eroge. But the subject of sex is done is a serious matter and not a damn joke.

Negative
The anime suffers in the pacing department. This anime is 12 episodes long and it wouldn't be a problem if it was aiming for a generic "lets hope we get a second season" ending. However, this show has multiple stories that branch out to alternate timelines crammed into it. So, it ends up being rushed and the only way to fixed this is to find a chart that follows the multiple timelines. If this anime had 24 episodes and dedicated 6 episode per arch, then that problem would be fixed.

Their is another thing that really pissed me off about this anime, the omake(extra)episodes that appear in the end of each episode. These are silly 2 - 5 minute long and they are loosely following the maid's storyline. This was a terrible idea to include them at the end, because it takes you out from serious episode you just watched. If this was just its own thing as a DVD extra, that would be great.

This anime has incest. Personally, I find that gross because I know what it is like to live with a sibling of the opposite sex. If you are into that, then good for you.

In conclusion, this anime is decent for what it is but the subject of incest is a big turn-off to many people. If you want a more complete experiance of Yosuga no Sora, then play the eroge it's based off of.

Today's gallery, I'm featuring the most cutest cat demon, Chen from Project Touhou.

Here is the weekly round up for the week of 8/15/2011 - 8/20/2011

My Posts:
Cirno Gallery
Mid August Figure Preorders
O-Talk Episode 15: Anime We Hate?
What I Stumbled Upon: Pogo

My favorite posts of the week:

Lifehacker
Download Windows7 ISOs to Reinstall Without Restoring Your System
Geekaphone Narrows Down the Perfect Smartphone for Your Needs
Freeze Lemon Slices in Ice to Upgrade Your Water
How To Break Your Daily Caffeine Habit And Use Coffee Strategically
How to Remove Security Tags from Clothing
Build Wi-Fi Speakers to Stream Music Anywhere

Pitchfork
Beck: 15 Years

Unplggd
Panoramas and Photo Editing Apps
Google Maps Adds Weather Reporting
Tips for Taking Better Photos of Your Home Office
Final Frame: Comparing Android vs. iOS Users
Change Your Wi-Fi Router to Extend your Signal's Range

PetaPixel
That Explains It: Canon vs. Nikon Debate Linked to Self-Esteem
M-Disc: A New Disc That Lasts “Forever”
A Neat Look at NYC’s Vibrant Analog Photography Community
Photo of a Reflection of a Reflection of the Photographer Taking the Photo
Beautiful Long Exposure Shot of Fireflies and Star Trails

DIY Photography
Super Detailed DIY Ring Flash How To Video
Fully Working 4×5 Camera Made Of LEGO Bricks

Anime News Network
Zero no Tsukaima Gets Final Series as TV Anime
Milky Holmes Anime Gets 2nd Season in January 2012

Today in What I Stumbled Upon, I'm featuring the videos from the amazing musician, Pogo.

In this Episode, the cast talks about anime we cannot stand at all. However with the magic of banter, we talk about what series that we love.

Note: this episode was recorded on 8/16/11


Sites mentioned in the episode:
The opener is Seize the Daylight by ParaDox

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More figure preorders have appeared in the middle of August. Come on in and check them out.

Kaname Madoka by Good Smile Company. This figure will be coming out in January 2012 for the price of 5,943 Yen.

Nekomura Iroha - Vocaloid2 version by Griffon Enterprises. This figure will be coming out in November for the price of 6,290 Yen.

Nendoroid Millhiore F. Biscotti by Good Smile Company. This figure will be coming out in January 2012 for the price of 3,643 Yen.

Figma BRS2035 by Max Factory. This figure will be coming out in December for the price of 2,833 Yen.

Brilliant Stage Amami Haruka by MegaHouse. This figure will be coming in late November for the price of 5,780 Yen.

Nakayoshi HoiHoi-San Set by Kotobukiya. This figure will be coming out in December for the price of 10,200 Yen.

Nendoroid Meiko by Good Smile Company. This figure will be coming out in December for the price of 2,429 Yen.

Nendoroid Hercule Barton by Good Smile Company. This figure will be coming out in December for the price of 2,833 Yen.

Nendoroid Taiga Aisaka by ASCII Media Works. This figure will be coming out in January 2012 for the price 2,833 Yen.

The only figure I preordered from this batch was Madoka, she is really cute and her outfit makes her look even cuter. I would preorder that HoiHoi-San set but it is pretty expensive and I should save my money for something else. So, what are you planning to preorder from this batch of figures?