New Stuff from AX 2011

When I wanna be vague when someone asks me what I buy, I say, "stuff". And that's what I bought. Really! So much stuff, lol. I was trying to hold back. I didn't buy any figures either and some of them are freebies and signed stuff. The one up top is one of my favourite things that got signed ^o^

Arakawa Under the Bridge BD/DVD, Katanagatari Vol. 1 BD/DVD, Hidamari Sketch 3rd Season DVD, Gurren Lagann movie 2 DVD (not available in Canada), Haruhi-chan Vol. 2 DVD and K-ON! Vol. 2 Blu-Ray.

The biggest blow to my budget were DVDs and Blu-Rays. NIS America, Bandai and Sentai Filmworks got a chunk of my money! I bought Katanagatari on sale on the last day thankfully, but I paid full price for Arakawa Under the Bridge. That's because if you buy it, you get a priority ticket to get stuff signed from Sawashiro Miyuki ^^

MEIKO shirt! Anime Expo 2011 shirts X 2... One for my brother. And the freebie NicoNico shirt that doesn't fit me... Also goes to my brother ^^;

Shirts, shirts, shirts and more shirts! I think I'm a shirt otaku. I buy so many things with anime things on a shirt and I'd wear'em all XD

2 Mirai shirts

I was glad to see J-List got their big selection of shirts on hand. Wanted to get some of these but didn't want to pay for shipping :P

Would you like to make a contract?

And the picture below is a bit NSFW ^^; Got my hands on a few eroge from JAST USA/J-List... Something I've been wanting to get a hard copy of and not a download copy... Kinda wary about bringing it back, but got in safely :)

Deus Machina Demonbane, Escalation Yukkuri Panic, Tokimeki Check in!, Blazing Souls Accelate

Yah, I got mostly eroge, but one PSP game from Aksys for $10 was irresistible. And it was good dropping by Aksys' booth because I didn't go to their panel, but I found out that they are translating Fate/Extra! It was nice talking to the guy who was doing the translations too :) Will look forward to it in December! The 2 on the top is what I was planning to get when I got to AX. Tokimeki was given for free when I bought both games ^^

I only bought one CD, Kalafina's Magia, and that's mostly because of the DVD packed in. The other 2 CDs were freebies when I bought from NIS America booth.

It was fun talking to the folks at Obitsu. I bought 2 of the Obitsu 11cm bodies so I can use them for Nendoroids :P They also gave me the catalogue and flyers at purchase.

This Itazura Bank with the cat is something I got from J-List. It was just too adorable not to get. But I didn't get it for myself ^^

This Eva Tokyo-3 Base set is from Yakuri! She posted this a while ago, and I was eyeing it, but mostly just for Rei ^^;

Little do I know that she was going to give it to me XD It was like Christmas in July!

I've yet to open it to build it, but soon. It just looks really cool!

I also encountered Kurot while I was there :D I instantly recognized the artwork when I passed by. I had a brief chat with her, but she seemed really quiet, so I didn't disturb her much ^^; All her prints were a bit large for me to bring back home in my luggage, so I just bought this one of Homura. :D

And and and! I also got around to meeting Lene and getting some of her stuff for sale! Kinda random stuff, lol. She was teasing on Twitter about having a MEIKO sticker, so I tried to look for her booth asap! Got Lily (Yuri, teehee!), MEIKO (of course), TakoLuka, Homura (popular item according to Lene... Good thing I got one!), Madoka, Haruka, Mirai and Kanata... And looks like my Tomoe Mami is missing... Darnit Charlotte! Oh wait, no, I gave it to someone who claims her as a waifu :P

Someone from Artist Alley were selling this Tabloid size poster for $1. I couldn't bring it home unfortunately, so I took a photo instead :P I gave it to Tsubasa before I left.

Mostly cuz of MEIKO. The other posters didn't have MEIKO on'em.

These are the concerts I went to... They were a bit short unfortunately... Overpriced tickets at AX, imo. Other cons would have these for free...

And here are the signed loots! Different circumstances for each item, lol.

The first one is a signed AFA09 card. I actually got it with Danny's signature already. This came from Singapore last year, probably Kodomut sent it to Chun and then to me ^^ Then I just needed Takanori Aki's autograph ^^

This one was a fun one to get. Sawashiro Miyuki was signing at the NIS America booth and when my turn came up, I showed up with Puchiko's hat in my hand and she was a little bit shy seeing it. "Bikkurishita", she says as she covers up her face. ^o^ Then she asks 3 or 4 other people to stretch out the fabric and then she signed on it. I asked her to write "nyu" as well, hehehe. I had this hat for a while too... I wore it back in the first Anime Boston I attended in 2007.

Next is Momoi Haruko's autograph! Ah, well... She wasn't really there, lol. Yakuri attended Fanime in May and got this for me! Oh you're so kind Yaku-chan ^o^ Thank you very much! I've been a big fan of Halko for a long time now, ever since Nakahara Komugi. I hope I get to meet her one day ^_^

Lastly is my Demonbane copy signed by Kosaka Taiki-san. I kinda wished I brought my copy of Phantom of Inferno instead ^^; Oh well... Time to play this game soon :3

Errr... Well this is from 2009 when Kalafina attended AB, lol. So this isn't recent, but I can still show it off, right? :P I didn't get their autograph this year unfortunately...

The next few batch of new stuff I got will be presented by my imouto, Helen. Here she is with a new nekomimi hat that she got from the Artist Alley... Oh I wish I took a card or remembered whose booth it was ^^;

She also got a new usamimi hat, since it's the year of the rabbit after all. They came in different sizes, but Helen's head is the size of a MSD, so I got those with a cheaper price too than a DD or SD size. :P

Errr... I got this for free when I bought Katanagatari... I thought it was some kind of pouch, but when I opened it...

Helen: "Oniichan ecchi..." Ah! I didn't know it was a pair of pantsu! Maybe I can wear it as a new hat...

This is Jonathan from Kaleido Star. A friend told me to pick something for free when he got something from buying over $50 at the Sentai Filmworks booth. I've been wanting a Jonathan plushie for a while too.

And here's the last new stuff... Another plushie with a cute baby blue ribbon! Helen seems to like it...

Ah shoot... I forgot to take the label off! Helen don't read that! Helen: "Silly oniichan, what's the harm of reading the label?"

"Baka ecchi oniichan..."

AX (Suddenly Acquired) Loots

Here comes the loot, everybody knows that here comes the loot! Ok, that doesn't make sense, but anyways after an anime convention, you expect to see the loot post going up :P I kept all the fancy paper bags from J-List and MangaGamer. They're kinda like loot to me XD Honestly I didn't buy too much. I wanted to limit myself because I already spent quite a bit just trying to get to Los Angeles for AX.

So let's get to the loots one by one shall we? I got a lot of small items that may not be too visible in the main picture.

Here are the games I got. Squishy Tank for the DS from the Natsume booth. It looks deceptively simple. You just touch 3 or more blocks that are together and they blow up the squishy tanks. But it gets really hard when the time runs out real fast! BlazBlue is something I've been wanting to try but the price was still too expensive in Canada. So when I saw they were being sold for $20 each at the Aksys booth, I took my chance. I promised Yakuri that I'll give this to her when she gets a PS3, lol. And finally Cat Girl Alliance was something I've been eyeing ever since I heard there's a futanari in it XD The JAST USA panel somewhat convinced me to get it.

The reason why I put "suddenly acquired" in the title of this post is because Yakuri gave me lots of things! Maybe half of the loot here! This was the first one she bought for me on the spot. A nice combination of Macross Frontier and Lucky Star. Konata's too cute!

And this one is also from Yaku-chan! I was ecstatic to see this! I never did get the glass or any Saber Lily related item except for my shirt, so this was awesome! I was worried it might break when I put it in my luggage, but thankfully I had lots of spare thick layers for this one ^_^

If you guessed that this is from Yaku-chan, then you're right! She got this free when she bought Higurashi & Umineko games from MangaGamer and gave it to me because... Well, I guess she's a fujoshi who's into yaoi and not yuri XD

I'm gonna owe Yakuri-chan big time ^^;;; This one is also from her. Probably the biggest thing I had in my luggage. I was carrying this around the time of the L.A. CGM Night and everyone asked what I got and I showed this to them and told them it was a gift. Everyone was amazed! Thank you Yakuri-chaaaan <3

Ok and these ones I got myself, lol. ToraDora Volume 1 premium box was something I was hoping to get at the convention rather than ordering online from NIS America. Good thing they had it all ready for me to pick up. In addition I was able to order ToraDora Volume 2 as well with free shipping to Canada! I was very glad I told them about my situation and wanting the series desperately. The other two is Gundam Unicorn Blu-Ray which is actually for my friend and the Gurren Lagann movie which I got so that perhaps Katsuyuki Konishi might sign it, but I gave up the chance so that someone else who`s dying for his autograph can have it ;)

By buying over $50 at NIS America booth, I was able to get this Laharl Prinny plushie for free! AND since I also pre-ordered volume 2 of ToraDora they let me get more free items, like the Prinny stylus and an artbook.

The aforementioned artbook is on the right. It sorta looks like a spiritual sequel to Rhapsody since it involves puppets... If they release it then I might get it. The Hakone map to the left is a free map that was handed out at the PopJapan Travel booth. I had to get it since it`s Rei :P

Here are the music CDs I got. The top two are from buying the BlazBlue game. The bottom two I got real cheap from MangaGamer booth on the last day. I only wanted the one on the right...

The one on the left is a compilation of games that I saw on Wolfheinrich's site, so I got it anyway since it's 2 for  $20. The one on the right is a ... Hardcore Ryoukujo Remix... Umm... how do I explain? It's something like this...

I had seen it a long time ago on AkibaBlog and my curiosity got the best of me. I didn't think I'd get to own it ^^; So here's my chance. I haven't listened to it yet though...

This figure set was something I scoffed at before I saw Bakemonogatari... Just another Puchi Nendo set, but after seeing the show and seeing some of the Puchi Nendo in action, I want one!! Especially Hitagi! Good thing Yakuri brought me to Anime Jungle's store where I researched that they have it, so they must have it at the convention as well. No tax either! Woot!

Lastly, Yaku-chan also gave me this... No, not the phone silly. I did get a new phone before leaving for L.A. though. Mostly because my old phone has a loose battery, so it shuts off by itself at times. Not a good thing to have when you're meeting a lot of people in a foreign land... Yaku gave me the dangling Rosa Chinensis and Lillian Academy logo from Maria-sama ga Miteru. She sure knows what I like ^^ I don't know if I want to keep them attached to my phone though... I don't want to lose them...

The next few things aren't loots, really, but just the autographed items. I thought I might as well put them together. This is the Macross Vocal collection signed by both Megumi Nakajima and May'n! It's one of my favourite albums and now it's signed! Freaking awesome!

This is the inner panel to the same album. I was hoping that Yoko Kanno would be signing to and I'd get her to sign on this one. It would've been freaking awesome! It never happened though... Maybe if Alto Saotome's voice actor comes, I'll get him to sign this :P

Yah! I also got Yuu Asakawa to sign my Nendoroid Luka box! I asked her if she can say something on the box, so she drew a word bubble saying "thank you" on it ^_^

And this is the last thing I got signed. Mirai Dakimakura signed by Danny. I was going to ask him to sign on the chest area just to prevent me from defiling his daughter XD But he just signed on the corner, heh. Now mind you, I don't see Danny as a celebrity, but as a friend... Who just happened to be popular ^^; I was going to come up to him and bring this dakimakura on me and ask him to "sign my chest!" Alas the opportunity didn't arise, lol.

So unfortunately because of the time constraint and my own stupidity, I didn't get these signed... Yui Horie's line was just too long and not enough time to get her autograph. I would've been able to get MELL's autograph on the last day, especially on my favourite CD single, except that I already packed my stuff in my luggage and not thinking the line would be short enough... I feel real sad not getting my Virgin's High signed T-T

Ok, well I don't want to end it at a sour note, so here are some more loots! These two shirts are actually for my brother and his girlfriend. I wasn't too interested in any of the AX shirt designs, except for the sold out ones. I could've special ordered it, but at $5 shipping... No thanks.

I really am a shirt collector. I have no idea how many J-List shirts I have now... But this one I had to get since it's To Aru Kagaku no Railgun's Misaka Mikoto!!

Here's the back side. Both says "Warning: Electric Shock". Awesome!

So yes, I had a lot of suddenly acquired loots but I spent quite a bit as well, especially getting both ToraDora volumes. It was all worth it though. Now I'm planning to reciprocate Yakuri's generosity :P