J's Chimes: Welcome Aboard The AFA Bus...

Seems like preps for the coming Anime Festival Asia 2011 is well under way and ads have started appearing in all shapes and sizes... Yep, even to our transportation vehicles. Seems like they Ita buses to advert this event. Hopefully this is gonna be good too because this is also the very first AFA event in which I've bought tickets to watch the concert. A pretty hefty price I must say but it well worth it with all the famous idols coming to Singapore for the concert.


AFA will be held in Singapore on the 11 November 2011, an auspicious day indeed for many people around the world to get married too... Well that's what they believe... In any case, 111111 also marks the launch of a much awaited game by Illusion soft too which may excite lots of fans around the world too... Not gonna spoil it so soon so wait for more updates later on...

J's Chimes: AFA Is Back!

The Anime Festival Asia is back once again and am so looking forward to it. Reason being that I've also bought the tickets for the concert. Though it cost a bomb, I guess it's worth it once in a while since this event only happens once a year. AFA 2011 will commence from 11 Nov to 13 Nov 2011 and am hoping it be the best out of the other 3 years previously. And of course, that includes purchasing of more models and anime in that coming event...


Am also looking forward to Hatsune Miku's concert which will happen on the 11 Nov 2011. Heard it be the same as the 3D projection performance that took place back in Sapporo Japan recently too. Still, there's about a month away from all the excitement so trying to contain myself for the time being and update more of AFA when it's closer. For more information about AFA, you can view their website at http://www.animefestival.asia/

J's Chimes: SOYC Cosplay 2011

Finally managed to skim through the photographs and uploaded it for viewing... Anyway the Start Of Year C ended yesterday and I must say it's a lot better than last year given the fact that it's much bigger and such. Having said that, here are the photographs taken at the event. However do be warned that some of the photographs are of extremely low quality as photobucket resizes the photos even more somehow... Anyway you can view the photos by clicking here or from the tab bar on the right.

J's Chimes: Anime Papercrafts

I do not know what computer program is used for making these papercraft works but it looks amazing nonetheless and serioulsy would require lots of work just to make a model. An example would be as shown above where Holo from spice and wolf is being experimented on...


And the results? Looks pretty much like a Nendoroid except that it's made of paper instead... Didn't know paper could be bend in this manner and still looks good...


Though at times upon closer inspection ya could see the bend and blocks of folded areas of the papercraft works...


However, simple ones like these are cute enough and looks pretty well done despite some imperfect edges here and there...


I guess Hatsune Miku is my favorite once again and it reminds me of the Nendoroids that I have...


More detailed ones like these required more folding and designing techniques. I believe some of which could be sold in Japan. And even more detailed ones could reach the level of scale models live size figures like the previous post on Link Papaercraft...

J's Chimes: Do Not Leave Your Robot Alone...

Amazing photography works for this anime character from the manga Yotsuba where a boy dresses up as a robot using cupboard. I've seen plenty of photography with anime figurines and stuff but never do i expect to see something so stunningly cute and fantastic at the same time...


This photographer sure knows how to take amazing shots with the scenery. Really cool...


This time, it goes to the beach...


Want some ice cream? Figurines get hungry too...


In the bushes searching for butterflies and such...


A little snowman to keep him company...


Dad is here to bring him on a trip...


Exploring the river banks and waving at the duckies...


An amazing discovery...


A little family trip...

J's Chimes: Cancelations Galore...

With the disaster that struck Japan, it seems like many things will inevitably be canceled from this month on. From products to television programmes that we all loved very much, it is only now that we appreciate them and take it for granted. Some examples are as shown below:

Animes

Yup, it's nerve wrecking to say this but this season's animes are mostly put on hold now due to the disaster. Even the infamous QB is put on hold in tormenting the magical girls...

Food Products

Mad rush for Japanese products can be seen in Japan to stockpile on food supply. Not to mention other neighboring countries like Hong Kong and China are all in a frenzy to purchase all available Japanese products now in bulks. The situation looks pretty dire... Many countries are dependent on Japan for their products so with the shortage of these, high chances that food prices would increase dramatically...

Miscellaneous Products

From Eroge to Mangas, appliances and electronics, seems like they will all be canceled or postponed to a later launch date and such. With such, imports and exports are grim and low... So we might probably have to wait a while for these to return...

Events and Conventions

Even Ishihara's approval for a Tokyo Anime Fair 2011 is inevitably canceled due to this situation. It is without fail that the Anime Contents Expo will see the same fate as TAF2011... Not to mention the other upcoming festivals like cosplays, animes and manga conventions...

Other

It is however unclear that if the Japan Manga Ban would still take effect in a few months time after this unfortunate incident. Hopefully the disaster would be taken highest priority instead of something like this that can help contribute to the economic. Other cancellations would also include flights to Japan. For now, let's hope for the best that Japan could stand up once again once this situation is over...

J's Chimes: Nendoroid Hatsune Miku

The other Nendoroid in which I so adore would be the Orchestra Version of Hatsune Miku. My friend bought it for me and I would really like to take this opportunity to thank him for that. In any case, this Nendoroid has gone up for grabs for as high as SGD$99 so it's pretty popular among fans and such...


And for some reason or another, her sleeves are made bigger to cover her chibi hands. Looks cute nonetheless and what's even more amazing that it has more joints than other Nendoroids on her arms, elbow, legs, etc so you could actually twist and turn to make more poses for her in anyway ya want.


the drums are the first thing I would wanna pose Miku with... So I got her to wear her sunglasses and stick her leet on both her chibi hands. Looks pretty cool with her playing the drums with vegetables.


Got her to play the keyboard just like Mugi from K-On! and gave her a new face-lit. Oops... forgot to roll up her sleeves though... But what the heck, this looks good still...


Somehow, 2 keyboards are provided for this Nendoroid and comes with black and grey. Guess Miku is spoiled for choice as to what to play on...


A loudhailer is even provided too... Just gonna change her looks and now it looks... strange...


Finally got to roll up her sleeves. Miku now plays with her recorder (English Flute) which is also provided in this Nendoroid series... It's kinda small though but manage to have her grab onto it...


My favorite would be this USB, VGA, 'whatever you might call it' attachment onto Miku's headphones. Reminds me of animes like Hand Maid May and the likes...

J's Chimes: Nendoroid Kirino Kousaka

Finally had the chance to open up my Nendoroids that Ive bought last week. And I must say am pretty happy with the Kirino Nendoroid. Darn... not only the anime's good, the model isn't bad either. I just had to get this because of a certain pose that she has that I fell in love with...


Even when she goes all Tsundere, Kirino still looks pretty cute nonetheless... The theme song of Ore No Imouto kept playing on my head while taking photos of her. It's just too hard to resist her cuteness...


Love this shot a lot... Shows her cute angry face which often appears with her arms folded when talking to her brother... Must be tough for Kyosuke though...


Yup... This face of extreme happiness caught my attention as to purchasing hr immediately without much consideration. Too darn cute to resist and too tempted to take as much photos of it as possible before finding her a new place to display...


Love this shot the most... The feeling of extreme happiness is just too err... indescribable. Just too good and makes my day...


Go figures... Kirino's always happy when she purchased her new Imouto eroge... Didn't paste the eroge cover stickers onto that piece of plastic she's holding though. Original is still best so as to avoid wear and tear of it...


Kirino's happiness just gets to you... Perhaps am going to interchange her smiley face onto other Nendoroids and see what I can get out of the other characters...could be fun to watch...

J's Chimes: New Nendoroids...

2 new Nendoroids found their way to my house this week and can't wait to take pictures of it soon... However I've totally ran out of display areas for them. The 2 new Nendoroids I've got this week were Kirino Kousaka and Hatsune Miku yet again with her musical instruments. Probably one of the best Nendoroids I've got this year...


Kirino is a definite must get for the popular anime series Ore No Imouto. Well, every otaku out there loves a girlfriend who loves anime too ya? Its just so cute and irresistible that I just had to grab her...


Once again I've got Hatsune Mikuand and this time, she has her own set of musical instruments to pose around with. Am really eager to open this up but I guess I should put this on hold first due to the fact that I do not have any space left for display yet... Guess I gonna make room for more new Nendoroids pretty soon now...

J's Chimes: JPlex - Japan Entertainment Platform

JPLEX is the first ever installment of the entertainment platform will bring to Singapore for the first time. Featuring 3 Anime Blockbusters including titles like Naruto Shippudden: The Lost Tower, Sokyuu No Fafner: Heaven and Earth and Gundam Unicorn. Coupled with these exciting movies are two concert performances from top Japanese music groups; Angela and FLOW, whose music have been featured extensively in the soundtracks of the featured movie franchises of Naruto and Sokyuu No Fafner. JPLEX will be held this weekend from the 5 - 6 March at the Republic Polytechnic Singapore. For more information, please visit their website here.

J's Chimes: Scale Models Taking A Break Part 2

And so the mischief continues on with 'adorable' poses using your figma figurines of Nanoha and Lelouch. Now that's one way to play with your figures...


And here ya got Nagato solacing Rin... Perhaps Archer breaks her heart again for some apparent reason or another. Nevertheless, its cute to have Nendoroids dispaying facial expressions such as this.


Seems like Miku joins in the fray with Fate to kill Kyon... That is seriously some crazy mix of animations ya got there... Wonder where does Miku got her sword... Poor Kyon, killed with a smile on both his murderer's faces...


What do you get when you mix Kaito's dressing with Miku? Looks pretty cool though and makes me wanna do the same to my Nendoroids too... Didn't really tried mixing and match with their parts before and would probably do so some time...


Gundam and Zaku battles it out on a somewhat weird location where even the coffee table is not spared from the fight. Perhaps the tea is too hot for them to enjoy...


It's a revolution I tell ya... You may never know what happens to your models when leave unattended... They make very likely prepare for war with Fate and Nanoha in command...


And meanwhile, Lelouch is once again spoted doing some lewd things once again by kidnapping girls and exposing their pantsu for our viewers to see... talk about fan service...


Yotusba will become the next generation stormtroopers that will take over the galaxy...


Miku Kick proves fatal on just about every guy's privates. Never mess with the Vocaloids no matter how strong you may be...


And finally, Haruhi can't take Lelouch's betrayal anymore and decides to shoot herself... A shocked Lelouch watch her lying motionlessly on the ground with a smile on her face...