The Bonkurasu Brigade

Read up on something funny and rather interesting, too. GODZILLA POWAA -random-

Reminds me a little of a Facebook game, lul. Not that I played any. ._.

I have never been actually a fan of the maid cafe concept anywhere outside of Japan, but it looks like AFA09’s one might just actually be working out for me. The girls look great, and can pull off about the same feeling as those I glanced at in Akihabara a few days back.

I might just plonk onto the chair and splurge a little time there, when the time comes. =D

Here’s a little teaser that I gotten from AFA09’s facebook page, which what it seems to be a shot of ‘behind the scenes’ photoshoot :
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Well, I’ve just reached Singapore from my flight, and have a ton of stuff to do, work-wise. The animelo report and the Perfume report will have to wait until I can have a breather.

Sorry to those who are anticipating for it!! x_x I’ve already write down in my little black/white book, point-form. =D

Now, work beckons me for the days ahead. x_x

I’ll be updating my impressions on each song soon, while I prepare to wash up and ready myself for the Sapporo trip to watch Perfume =D

1 『DISCOTHEQUE』～『MonStAR』/Mizuki Nana+Hirano Aya
2 『Super Driver』/Hirano Aya
3 『Set me free』/Hirano Aya
4 『Yakusoku no Basho e』/Yonekura Chihiro
5 『10 YEARS AFTER』/Yonekura Chihiro
6 『Soshite boku ha…』/Sakakibara Yui
7 『Koi no Honoo』/Sakakibara Yui
8 『Tamakui』/Youkai Teikoku
9 『last Moment』/Youkai Teikoku
10 『Hitotoshite Jiku Ga Bureteiru』/Ootsuki Kenji to Zetsubou Shoujo Tachi
11 『Kuusou Runba』/Ootsuki Kenji to Zetsubou Shoujo Tachi
12 『Ringo mogire Beam!』/Ootsuki Kenji to Zetsubou Shoujo Tachi
13 『CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA』/Kageyama Hironobu
14 『聖闘士神話-SOLDIER DREAM-』/Kageyama Hironobu
15 『Parallel Hearts』/FictionJunction
16 『Akatsuki no Kuruma』/FictionJunction
17 『nowhere』/FictionJunction
18 『Return to Love』/Oumi Tomoe
19 『Maze』/savage genius feat.Oumi Tomoe
20 『Watashi wo mitsukete。』/savage genius
21 『Dark Side of the Light』/Faylan
22 『mind as Judgment』/Faylan
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Or rather, doujinshi on local news. This is the first time I’ve seen doujinshi mentioned on a newspaper, so congratulations are in order.

Click on the thumbnail for the full scan. Source: The Sunday Times, Lifestyle (8/23/09)

The not-at-animelo emo session Natsu Matsuri idiocy follows after the jump, in the form of a single, long JPEG.

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Will be awesome. (site here: http://animehouse.jp/)

Cover art by mota, probably most well known for his work in gelatin and IOSYS’s touhou CDs.

Rearranges of anison grew old pretty quick for me, especially with the huge selection of noi- I mean, music of Sharpnel and Exit Trance. There were covers, remixes, nois-(Nevermind), some good, some bad, some very industrial music.

But here comes the Anime House Project, bringing the delightful bleepy tunes of electropop and the signature bass beats of, well, house, to a stellar lineup of famous anime theme songs, both old and new. And when I say it is delightfully bleepy, it is.
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My 2nd day in Japan, and feeling so damn tired as I didn’t manage to get any sleep during my flight. Animelo right after the flight was torture to my sleep. Nevertheless, I had my fun, and will continue to do so later when I leave for day 2.

First, I present to you yesterday’s song list (from 2ch thread, sourced by ume)

01 Zankoku na Tenshi no Thesis / angela + Ishikawa Chiaki
- The opening song was awesome, belted by 2 anison powerhouses. Love their rendition of an all-time favourite anime song.

02 Spiral / angela
- Atsuko took over, and she was almost bouncing off the virtual walls.

03 Shangri-La / angela
- Towel otagei, anyone? Practically the same as the anison SP at Music Japan, as expected.

04 F.D.D. / Itou Kanako
- No impression. Despite ume constantly singing this song.

05 Tsuisou bo Despair / Itou Kanako
- Still no impression.

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I have a cold and a test tomorrow, but this comes first!
I’ll try to keep up as much as possible, but for now, here’s the first post from the Persona 3 Portable Creator’s Blog.
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Hi,

It may be sudden, but have you seen this week’s Famitsu?
Doesn’t it sound like shady rumor material?

No gravure here (But of course),
This is the scoop on Persona 3, the PSP port!

Title screen images. We have a shujinkou-ko!
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A day before animelo.

And a bored May’n.

Equates to the picture below:

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At this moment, I finished my 2nd reservist, and am packing my luggage.

“♪Have a Night Flight♪”

…for the lack of a better title.

Come this Friday, or otherwise 21st of August, I’ll be flying off to Japan to attend Animelo 2009. And Perfume’s Sapporo Citizens’ Hall Live.

Take a Night Flight! Yes, my flight’s at night, 10+pm. I have my stash of pino still in the fridge too.

Funny, that only up till now that I have a chance to travel overseas to Japan, considering that I’ve been involved with everything anime-related, or in short, Japan pop culture; from the humble beginnings on watching anime on TV back when I was in Primary School, then branched onto Gunpla and anime on VCDs, and liking L`arc~en~Ciel on a surface level. After which everything expanded when I started cosplay, touching a bit on J-rock, doujin, and arcade gaming communities as well. I dabbled on pretty much on many areas.

I’d always be envious on those who can afford to spend thousands on multiple trips to Japan back then, and in some sense, jealous. But as I grew older, I felt the need to travel abroad lesser, because it’s an unwanted expense; I can pretty much get the same thing locally for roughly the same price, except for live events and concerts and fanclub-only events…. you get the drift.

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