King Arthur Requires Your Blood [Fate/Zero]

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! 

By order of the King, a blood offering is required from all Tokushima dwellers, both local and foreign, whom come to participate in the biannual ritual, Machi ★ Asobi.

Fate/Prototype in Carnival Phantasm Season 3

The upcoming slap-stick and mixed up universe of Carnival Phantasm Season 3 is set to include an original anime Fate/Prototype; a 12-minute look at the original draft of the Fate/Stay Night anime.

AFA 2011 Report [Day 2: The Masses Amassed]

It was Day 2 of Anime Festival Asia 2011 at Suntec City Convention Centre, and I'm stuck with a broken shoe, concert-hangover, and an unsatisfactory breakfast.

But truthfully, never felt better.

Fate/TYPE-MOON Cafe

While the onslaught of the Holy Grail War continues, Masters and Servants may rest up and seek refuge at the Good Smile Cafe, playing host as neutral-ground of the "Fate/TYPE-MOON Cafe" theme.

TYPE-MOON & Kinchou Manjuu Collaboration

During the Machi Asobi vol.7 anime event which took place at Tokushima, a very special type of confectionery was promoted: TYPE-MOON Manjuus.

Fate/Zero Ita-bus at Machi ★ Asobi

Awaiting to ferry people all over Tokushima is the one of a kind Fate/Zero ita-bus.

This ita-bus was made for the currently on-going event "Machi ★ Asobi" by anime production studio, ufotable, whom is also the studio behind the Fate prequel. The bus is fully covered with masters and their servants, along with a deformed version of the cast in a festival-themed background. Some of the interior are similar to the Fate/Zero tapestries draped at the Tokushima airport in my previous coverage of that.

This photo coverage includes the exterior, interior and the process of making the ita-bus.
Enjoy them, after the break.

Fate/Zero Episode 1 Sneak Peek

A small update from official website, which provided a few snippets from Episode 1 of the 4th Holy Grail War, Fate/Zero, due to air this October 2011.

Fate/Zero Tokushima Awa Odori Festival Tapestires

Spotted at Tokushima airport, these beautiful tapestries were draped to welcome visitors, while signalling the approaching and inevitable 4th Holy Grail War, due to begin this October 2011.

While we're on topic, I'd like to elaborate a little on the following characters in Fate/Zero, specifically on the Servants. As a history faggot, I find the concept of incorporating "Heroes of the Past" into celestial summoning to battle amongst themselves for dominance of the sacred Sangreal (Holy Grail) the epitome of my wildest fantasies realized in animation form.

Thus, its only just if I "spoil" a few details about the Servants, and their "True Name", the hero associated to their respective class. Of course, you could read this all up in the Type Moon Wikia thats available for all to view and edit, but my hands are itchy to write a condensed version (and I'm procastinating from my assignment deadline), so why not.

TYPE-MOON Cafe for Carnival Phantasm

After the Madoka Magica Cafe madness, which kept extending itself due to overwhelming demand and popularity, has finally ended, the next theme hosted at the Good Smile Cafe will be the "Type-Moon Cafe for Carnival Phantasm" from the magical world of Type-Moon!

Wonder Festival 2011 Summer Highlights

Welcome to Wonder Festival 2011, the Summer edition, an event where top toy and figure manufacturers gather to display their latest works to the public, for your sake and wallet's worth.

Wonder Festival, biannually held during the Summer and Winter seasons in Chiba City, Japan, was held for the 14th time on July 24th, Sunday, from 10:00 to 17:00 at Makuhari Messe, as droves of cosplayers, figure enthusiests and garage kit sculptors gathered to attend of of the most anticipated events of the year. 

Below is a gallery of the latest figures, complete with price, release dates and other information! つ（＾∀＾）つ
Took me quite longer than expected as I'm not that free on weekdays, but its finally complied! Enjoy!

Makuhari Messe
Wonderful Hobby Life For You!
Good Smile Company 10th Anniversary Puella Magi Madoka Madoka Corner Madoka Corner Homura Corner Mami Corner Sayaka Corner Nendoroid Puchi WF Exclusives Good Smile Cafe Cheerful Japan Good Smile Ccompany Shanghai BRS Vocaloid DOG DAYS Fate Series Hanasaku Iroha Ikoku Meiro no Croisee Ano Hana Denpa Onna to Seishin Otoko Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Tantei Opera Milky Holmes BEATLESS Guilty Crown Fireball Charming Disney Steins;Gate Bakemonogatari Claris Ore no Imouto Toaru Series Kobayashi Kamui threeA Muv-Luv Berserk Evangelion se.kirara Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Working!! Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai ToLoveRu Amagami SS Strike Witches Soro no Otoshimona Catherine Shin Megami Tensei Super Sonico Anata no Shiranai Kangofu Love Plus Heavenly Warrior Sunred Shinryaku! Ika Musume Sonic the Hedgehog Card Fight! Vanguard Sengoku Basara Tsuchibayashi Makoto Shinsengumi Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt Nendoroid Puchi Freezing Totori Full Daemon Muramasa Dynamic Change Getter Robo Big O Good Smile Racing
Alter	Kotobukiya	Megahouse
Persona 3 Bakemonogatari Infinite Stratos Durarara!! Fate Series Hyakka Ryouren K-ON! Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha KOS-MOS Strike Witches Tales of Abyss Valkyria Chronicles Yosuga no Sora Yumekui Merry Starry★Sky Guilty Gears	Ore no Imouto Shining Series Aiyoku no Eustia Daiteikoku Coming Soon Hoi Hoi-san LEGACY Muv-Luv Hoshizora e Kakru Hashi Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ToHeart Little Busters! Kudo Wafter Toaru Series Shinryaku! Ika Musume Strike Witches CLANNAD Bishoujo Statue Trading Figures Star Wars	Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate Yumekui Merry THE iDOLM@STER One Piece Dororon Enma-kun Occult Academy Mobile Suit Gundam Bleach Code Geass Gintama Full Metal Alchemist Rurouni Kenshin Trading Figures Coming Soon

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Carnival Phantasm PV, OP and Character Introduction

”Let the Carnival begin!”

Reservations are now open for the release of Type-Moon's latest work, Carnival Phantasm!

Fate / Zero PV Trailer

The trailer for upcoming Type-Moon anime, Fate / Zero, has been added to their official website.

Fate/Zero & Carnival Phantasm PV Images

Type-Moon has revealed the PV of their latest works, the soon-to-be anime Fate/Zero and mixed universe Carnival Phantasm. The PV was released at Machi★Asobi Event earlier this week.

Nendoroid Generations: The Game

Super Deformation Formation! 

As most of you are aware, the Nendoroid series will be going digital onto a PSP platform sometime soon, titled Nendoroid Generations (ねんどろいどじぇねれーしょん). This is the result of a collaboration with Namco Bandai and Good Smile Company, announced as a project at GSC's 10th Anniversary party which had JAM Project rocking the house ^^.

April Fool Sites Gallery 2011

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「Figma in Animate Exhibition 2011」

The collaboration of "Animate x Good Smile Company x Max Factory" hosted the "figma in animate Exhibition" at the Animate Store in Ikebukuro from the 22nd to 27th February 2011.

All 100 figmas are displayed, along with the Special figma (SPs), the latest prototypes, those currently in the works and even a life-sized figma.

「2011 Winter Hobby Manufacturer Joint Exhibition」+ 「Wonder Festival 2011 Winter」

The 2011 Winter Hobby Manufacturer Joint Exhibition is the after-event of Wonder Festival, hosted by Good Smile at Akihabara UDX on Tuesday 8th. By invitation only to certain individuals/organisations in the industry, various products are revealed here as they were to the public in Wonfes,
all labelled with product information, pricing and release dates! ＼（＾∀＾）／

濡れるツ~！Post

The latest meme to circulate BBs and forums has come in the form of "wetting thy self" in literal translation.
However odd it may seem, other translation options could not properly convey the feelings felt at that moment.

Took a look at my schedule and I won't be around for the last 2 weeks of September due to academic reasons _{(yea, exams. bummer >_>)}. I'll post all I can for now in this and the following posts to come during my short but well-deserved break.

Wonder Festival 2010 Summer (夏) Highlights

Even though I'm 5,317 km away from the world's second largest economy, with social networking sites, blogs and a little help from my ISP, I feel like I'm already at Wonfes.

I love the Internet. xD

It's 25/7/2010, D-Day, where hordes of fanatic, mindless devotees launch a massive wave-by-wave assault on Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall, with dealers barely holding them off at the defense line.

Scout reports are filling up social networking sites, with the closing of the festival (17:00 GMT +9)

Time to skim through the assassination target list, and narrow down our focus onto the highlights of the event.

Figures Ordered (Q2 - 2010)

I practically forgot about this post. Intended to make a quarterly post, instead of some blog highlighting what they pre-ordered the second the deposit has been paid. It's more effeciant and collective this way (and saves me from posting everytime due to my lazy attribute) 

We're barely entered May and I've already PO-ed some goodies which, I might add, are irresistible. Perhaps I'll post what I've ordered for Q1 instead as a summary. But whatever.

Been money managing my purchases, comparing a "must-get" to "have-to-get" buying impulses. Quite difficult as evil manufactures like GSC and MaxF continue to churn out hordes of irresistibly-cute figures any die-hard fan would love to acquire.

Nonetheless, we still fall prey and victim to their marketing strategies, continuously pounding the shit out of Mr. Wallet and his loyal men of bills and coins. So far, it has been a lopped, one-sided battle on my part as GSC, particularly, keeps sending out more enemies than I can keep up with Mr. Wallet and his disappearing merry men.