Nana Mizuki LIVE FORMULA

I’ll hopefully have a more concrete entry/review of Nana Mizuki’s LIVE FORMULA DVD in the next 24 hours, so for now I’ll you folks with photos of the DVD and extras after the jump. For a pseudo-review of this GREAT DVD, I highly recommend houkoholic’s post at seiyuu3. Also YouTube is a great place to look as well

Update: Added 75 screencaps from the first two DVDs (basically the concert). I doubt I’ll add any from the third DVD due to laziness but I will mention it’s pretty fun with extras like a “making of”, interview with the Cherry Boys band, and scenes from the other concerts. And let me just add, I initially had over 300 screenshots but somehow reduced it to 75; do pardon my crappy screencap skills, however, which seem to have deteriorated greatly after years of non-consistent blogging.

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Posted by moyism Posted in: Financial Woes 6 Comments » May 2008

The Melancholy of Moyism

I buy too much anime shiz, plain and simple. This has currently led me to be out of space yet again and thus, all recent purchases are being stacked up and un-opened until I can find/make room somehow. If this keeps up, I’m going to have a wall of un-opened figures by the time Otakon rolls around!

Anyway being the lazy guy I am, instead of trying to formulate some crappy reviews with my awesome Moyism Photography of Merchandises(TM) skills I’ll link to better reviews done by my blogging peers; mostly all from Shingo since it seems we have similar tastes in figures

Clockwise starting from the top right: GSC Fate/Hollow ataraxia Meido Rider (TASTE), Alter Suzumiya Haruhi Nagato Yuki swimsuit Ver (super rats), Alter Franco Il Nero (Shingo), Alpha Omega Queen’s Blade Shizuka (Shingo), Cerberus Project Ikkitousen Ryomu Shimei Pearl Black Ver (Shingo), and New Line To Heart 2 Kousaka Tamaki Private Ver (Shingo).

Many thanks to Shingo, TASTE, and super rats for their excellent reviews and photos! I probably wouldn’t be as broke as I am now if it weren’t for you guys!

Posted by moyism Posted in: Financial Woes 4 Comments » May 2008

Niche of the Niche of the Niche

In one of my rare moments of insight, I’ve come to realize just how niche my blog and general attitude towards (anime) blogging is. Well, at least compared to the big dogs and majority of other anime bloggers currently out there, that is.

I think in general, and most would agree, blogging about x-subject is usually pretty niche unless it’s something universal or popular like politics, sports, community, etc. And anime, well that’s getting pretty niche in an already sea of topics that is seemingly endless. Breaking it down further, just the general topic of anime itself can be split into god knows how many sub-areas; the biggest off the top of my head being episodic summaries, editorials, and news. One can break those topics even further which at the end, really leads to well… a lot that can be talked about that is all under the subject of “anime”.

And this is where my blog eventual falls under, one of those sub-area so frickin’ niche I can probably count somewhat similar blogs I know of with my fingers and still have a few digits to spare. Actually I guess that’s not completely true since unlike others, I really dabble at a range of styles and topics made popular by other folks; just that I can’t stick to one specific style to make my own. Heck just looking at my “years” of various blogging one can see my failed attempts at trying to be unique or at least somewhat consistent. life line by line which got me started and “famous” (at least with the older gen crowd that are still active) was episodic summaries with 50+ screencaps that later on included “witty” (i.e. toilet humor) comments in the caps. After quitting that blog, and eventually starting again with zero thoughts I tried to recapture some of my hay-day style blogging which ultimately failed. Now with this blog (i.e. 11~15% suki), it initially started as a personal blog that turned into a “what I purchased and be jealous of” blog that later on added anime desktop wallpapers which eventually turned into what it is currently; everything I initially started x or y blog for with a focus on “what I purchased and be jealous of” posts.

In all honestly after re-reading the above paragraph, I can’t tell if where the blog is now is a good or bad thing ^^;; But all I do know, and what I simply wanted to say at the start, is being a niche of the niche of the niche of a topic sure is strange…

… and kind of sucky if you’re ever trying to be popular on the ‘net (aka want a nice sized e-p3n1s)

PS: I apologize if this post seems kind of random and disconnected. I swear I had a nice idea with this post but that eventually got lost as I started to blank out on what to write about once I actually typed this up. Don’t worry, my next couple of posts will hopefully make up for this with the use of my awesome Moyism Photography of Merchandises(TM) skills.

Posted by moyism Posted in: Hit or Miss 6 Comments » May 2008

Inventory of the Poor

Honestly just a purchase image dump of stuff I got months ago but totally forgot to post about. Unfortunately doesn’t help I don’t remember what 1/2 of this stuff is and am way too lazy to look everything up. Sorry!

If people really wanna know, just leave a comment and I guess when I get enough time (or get off my lazy arse) I can try to remember WTF I actually bought. Alternatively if anyone wants to take up the challenge, you are more than welcome to do so

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Posted by moyism Posted in: Financial Woes 12 Comments » May 2008

Macross Frontier - I Spy With My Little Eye…

Well if the above image isn’t Alto Saotome as a trap, I shouldn’t be in the anime biz at all

Anyway, while watching Macross Frontier episode 2 I noticed two things that some viewers may or may not have. Being the great good horrible old anime blogging guy I am, I figure I may as well post ‘em to help further folks’ enjoyment of the series! (read: I’m calling first on these two potential spoilers!)

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Posted by moyism Posted in: Anime One-shots 4 Comments » April 2008

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