Full Metal Panic! TSR – From bootleg to blu-ray
My very first copy of FMP! TSR DVD was a bootleg bought in a neighbouring country, bearing official seals assuring the authencity of the product. While mental klaxons had blared with the ridiculously LOW price, (S$15 for 2 discs), I persisted on my folly, naively putting my trust behind those governmental stickers. Turns out, those stickers were the ONLY thing genuine with those DVDs. I had bought fansubs with much worse video quality than those sitting on my hard-disk.
Advantage of size
Unlike Author, my laptop is still mostly fine. The main advantage of TV, thus, is size. Not quite as big as Stripey's (also a Sharp) but 32" is still a vast upscale from a laptop screen. Having to manually fiddle the aspect ratio for older anime is a tad annoying but not unexpected given the processing power of a laptop versus TV.
I guess size isn't everything.
Stripey in Akihabara (3) – WTB goth-loli yukata
One of my greatest regrets for this Tokyo trip was not getting this avante-garde goth-loli yukata for my beautiful wife. Having seen the actual outfit at the basement floor of Laforet (Harajuku), Wife-chan and I were immediately floored by seamless fusion of Japanese tradition with goth-lolita elements. I hate myself soo much for not insisting Wife-chan to try it on. In fact, I didn't even ask about the price. So much for wanting to acquire goth-lolita fashion for my better half.
Even 2 weeks after our return, my thoughts continue to linger on those gorgeous threads and a brief online search unwittingly unveiled the pedigree of the designer : H. Naoto of some international acclaim; renowned for his fusion of Goth, Punk and Lolita elements in his works. A deeper search yielded his online store which revealed the goth-loli yukata to be a Naoto-Summer-Special that has long since been sold out. I cried buckets that evening when the realisation of never seeing my wife in that lolicious outfit crashed upon me. She would have been so PERFECT for it. It would have been S$550 VERY WELL SPENT. *SOB*
Naoto sensei's work gives me hope that one day, we'd seen Tinkle's line of apparel. I have no doubt that he was inspired by 2D art. Who would have thought the outlandish/overdesigned 2D gothloli fashion with its excessive frills and lace to translate so well into 3D. Already my day in Harajuku has supplied ample evidence (mainly from occasional Ama-lolitas gracing the sideway) of how the Lolita fashion is not only for 2D bishoujos.
Keeping fingers crossed for a restock... Sigh. Oh BTW, I can absolutely picture Shiki ~Kara no Kyoukai in this.
*Pardon the misleading title. "Akihabara" was kept for consistency's sake.*
Stripey in Akihabara (1) ~ Enough loli-porn to turn tanukis into zebras
One enlightenment I received from my 9 day Japan trip which ended yesterday was
Like any anime fan, Akihabara was heavily featured on my itinerary. Armed with a fat wallet (by church mouse standards) and a steely determination to acquire bishoujo goodness straight from the Source, I plunged deep into the psychedelic whirlpool of 2D frenzy that is Akiba only to realise the 2D passion is intimately intertwined with pornography. Zyl, my partner-in-crime comrade-in-anime had unknowingly set me a challenging task of acquiring one of the Nanoha StrikerS doujin. Now 2 things first -
1. I didn't know doujin = porn.
Ok, that's not true. I had known that there are doujins of the kind that honourable tanukis enjoy. But when one visits any doujin floor in Akihabara, you can't help but think doujin = porn. Doujin suited for the general audience takes up only 10% of the shelf space.
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