MEIKO's Birthday 2013

Remember remember the fifth of November... The birthday of MEIKO, of course! It's that time of the year again where I celebrate my favourite Vocaloid's birthday ^o^ This year I focus on Dollfie Dream MEIKO again who's had a facelift. Literally! This new head I procured over the summer at Volks Store in SoCal after Anime Expo becomes MEIKO's new head!

Misaka Mikoto Mania 2

Biri biri! Welcome to another Misaka Mikoto Mania! In this kind of post I will post nothing but Mikoto! Obviously! Also, it just means, I've accumulated a lot of Mikoto figures/merchandise and haven't had a chance to post them all ^^;;;

Kotatsu 2012

Kotatsu is a mini convention that started by the same group that made the Cos & Effect event last year at UBC. Unfortunately I wasn't feeling very well, so I barely took any photos. Fortunately, however, I met with a couple of new anibloggers in Vancouver and older ones as well. I was finally able to meet with the head of SUTORAIKUanime, Akinari-kun and staff writer SabishiiMiruku. Along with them I also met with RadiantDreamer and Kaionlriu.

The "fortunately" part is at that they took some photos, so head on over to see the Kotatsu post over there at Sutoraiku ;)

Helen White's Snow Leap Day

Yes, this day only comes every four years, the snow leap day... Ok, maybe just the leap day... I was surprised this morning to see snow on the ground when I woke up. It's three weeks away from the first day of spring already... It's not thick snow and very wet and slushy, so it wasn't that bad to drive in. But at least I got to have my snow photos with Helen :D

Yuri Mania 37

Gokigenyou! Seems like tradition now that when I'm about to leave for a week to an anime convention (Anime Expo again this year), I leave with a yuri post here. Last year it was the dakimakura yuri and the year before it is the docking oppai mousepads. This year... Well, you'll see :P

Omiyage from Singapore

A big thank you to Kodomut for sending this small but wonderful package to Vancouver. I actually received this 2 weeks ago, but I couldn't find the time to take pictures until now. I was surprised when Kodomut sent a message asking for my address... Stalking! LoL, just kidding. I did find out that he was going to send me his cards, but I thought it was just the cards, but I got more than that!

Yuri Mania 36

Gokigenyou! As some of you may have seen on Figure.FM, this picture drawn by Yakuri_Moe got lots of attention in the 100th Weekly Lily. It's got quite a story behind it actually.

Yuri Mania 35: Mugi Vision

Gokigenyou minna. As you can see above it's Mugi... And you know how it is when Mugi has that look in her eyes. Well the point of this post is to celebrate the 100th Weekly Lily in Figure.fm. The premise actually came about when I asked around what I should do for it... My comrade at arms (and Mugi's waifu), Yakuri_Moe, suggested  something to do with Mugi Vision. I liked that idea and worked it in my head and well... You know how it is in my head; it will not be clean at all ^^;

So let's put that in The Melancholy of Saber Lily 4koma and see what happens ;P I didn't just make one, nor two but FIVE 4koma! ENJOY! Oh and this post shouldn't be looked at if you're at work...

Yuri Mania 34

Gokigenyou minna. Oh wow, look at that. Two Yuri Mania posts in a row. What a rarity! Well this week is actually a pretty big update. There's an actual movie trailer for the live action Maria-sama ga Miteru movie! Thanks to Ai via Facebook for the head's up on this trailer.

Yuri Mania 33

Azusa: "Gokigenyou Saber-sama."
Saber: "Gokigenyou Nakano Asuza."
Azusa: "Ah please, Saber-sama, just call me Azusa."
Saber: "In that case, you must call me oneesama. Anyway, it is nice to finally meet you."
Azusa: "It is also a pleasure for me as well, oneesama."

Yuri Mania 32: Kuttsukiboshi 1

Gokigenyou minna. Sasshiburi desu. It's been a while since my last yuri-related post... So I figured I'll load this post with as many yuri things as possible! First up is the recent release of the first Kuttsukiboshi OVA. This is made by the same studio that created Issho ni Training: Training with Hinako, Studio Primastea. And of course its follow up Issho ni Sleeping... This OVA was officially released on the 16th of August in Japan, but early copies were available at Comiket 78 (Information via AnimeNation News & Anime News Network). Now mind you, this OVA is really rough looking. One could say it's a doujinshi anime. The story is still excellent and you still get the yuri fan service. This story takes place just as summer began. So with that out of the way, let's get to the characters!

Yuri Mania 31

Gokigenyou! Ah it has been quite a while since my last Yuri Mania, eh? Well this time I have something special. Last year I had to do a quick Yuri Mania and Weekly Lily before I went to Anime Boston. Docking mousepads! Well what do I do for a sequel? Why... Docking Dakimakuras, of course :P

By the way, some of these may be NSFW. So you may want to get ready to close your tab/window when your boss comes around your desk. Unless you're the boss, of course. If that's the case then feel free to share this with your employees.

Yuri Mania 30

Gokigenyou minna-san. There has been some news about the Maria-sama ga Miteru live action movie ever since I talked about it last month. Also thanks to Yi who Tweeted about this around that time, but I seem to have lost that link now ^^; The pictures here came from the end of April, but I could only post it now to wait for more updates. Not a lot more updates since then, but at least I'll post them here nonetheless. The movie is slated to be released in Japan in Fall of 2010.

Yuri Mania 29

Gokigenyou! Uhuhu looks like we need some more ecchi Yuri Mania here. Though the last YM was very informative, it wasn't too ecchi... So this time with Haruhi in the helm, there's bound to be some ecchiness!

Yuri Mania 28

"Gokigenyou oneesama~", is what it says in the middle of the picture above. Yes, it seems like I'm going back to where I first started with Yuri Mania, Maria-sama ga Miteru aka MariMite. It was sometime last week that I read the news (from AnimeNation) about it being made into a live action movie. However, since then, the official site (pictured above) had named their co-stars for the movie.

Yuri Mania 27: Strawberry Panic Ending

Gokigenyou! It's about time I finish this yuri post about Strawberry Panic. Unlike the last Strawberry Panic post, this one will include a LOT of spoilers. I figured this is a four year old show and a lot of people have seen this already, but in case you haven't; I have warned you. If you haven't seen this show, don't go past the second opening and ending songs. It's not that I don't welcome you to read it, it will just spoil everything if you haven't seen it ^^; Oh and there will be some NSFW pictures...

Yuri Mania 26: Strawberry Panic Intro

Gokigenyou minna-san! This week I finally gotten around to finishing what I started years ago in 2006. I finally watched Strawberry Panic from start to finish! I did like the show when I first watched it when it came out, but due to losing track of it and lost of interest due to the slowness of the show, I stopped for a while. I've recently acquired more patience, especially after watching Maria-sama ga Miteru several times, so I thought I'll finally get around to watching and talking about Strawberry Panic. However... it is 26 episodes and I like to be wordy, so I'll have two Yuri Mania back to back focusing on Strawberry Panic. ^^;

Yuri Mania 25

Gokigenyou! I can't believe I've been saying that for a year now! Yes, it has been a year since I started these yuri posts on my blog. Though it was never been a regular thing here, the Weekly Lily series that started at dannychoo.com and now figure.fm has been going on regularly without missing a beat, even if I've posted near midnight (PST) on Sunday. ^^;

Yuri Mania 24: Kanamemo 11-13 END

Gokigenyou minna-san! I've finally finished the slice-of-life, occasionally yuri show that is Kanamemo (last week). So I thought I'll finally give the last few episodes a review (or just a summary). Pardon the lateness and I'm sure a lot of people have forgotten about Kanamemo, but I'll try to refresh your memories on this fun little show.

Yuri Mania 23: Kanamemo 7-10

Gokigenyou minna-san! I've been neglecting these yuri posts for a while... Not to mention I've neglected my duties of posting about last summer's slice-of-yuri-life show, Kanamemo, for 4-5 months now. I apologize and will finish what I started with this first of two parts of "The Rest of Kanamemo" posts.