Showing posts with label anime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anime. Show all posts

Monday, 11 June 2012

AFA:MY and FLOW!

Last month, Me and Windy did a crazy 36 hours trip to KL just to get the good tickets for the AFA: MY : I love anisong concerts. We did get good seats... and i think the concert really made this short AFA:MY trip worth.

The main event was sadly a disappointment.. maybe due to the fact that we singaporeans had so many chance and years of attending AFA, that the main exhibition hall end up looks /feels boring.
there was way less booths, stalls and artist or things to do. And the hall seems to be actually smaller than Comicfiesta 2011 @ KLCC.

But actually it is all different in the Stage Hall. The sound system was horrible during all the talks and during the RCC, BUT CAME THE CONCERT IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!


Day 1 had Maon Kurosaki, Aimi and lastly Kalafina. Unlike last year AFA11's performance where you can't really hear the power of the vocals due to the over powering bass. IT was prefect here.
Maon sang her hearts out. and I am still not used to Keiko's difference in voice when she sings and talks. [bloody kawaii girl]

Day 2 had Sea☆A, Kotoko and FLOW I was kinda not as hyped up as the day before, but really i was here for Flow once again. I attended their gig during AFA 11 and really i wanted to see them again!.
I was actually surprise with the crowd support for
Sea☆A, the malaysians really supported anyone who was on stage, whether was it the headliner or some local band opening the concert.  This is something you do not see in back home in singapore, where i remembered like 90% of the crowd just sat down and did not bother about Sea☆A.

Kotoko really had a big fan base in KL,( although i was sadly the few that did not know know who she was till the concert) and last was FLOW to pump my hearts out once again. They kinda did the same set and act as back in AFA, but really it was still AWESOME!!!! So after like a 60mins gig with another 2 songs encore. AFA:MY came to an end. But what awesome trip to AFA if i did not get any autographs?

I managed to be the lucky few who won a FLOW autographed poster and I got my CD cover autographed by them too!.

some pics below.

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Awesomely cool Kohshi

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GOT'S BRO FIST YO!

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TAKE up close!

More photos from my AFA:MY Trip can be found here on my facebook.

Now lets hope the organizers will not ask me to pull down the pics....

Saturday, 12 November 2011

Anime Festival Asia 2011 ( #afa11 ) updates

I am live tweet about AFA11 this time round. will be kinda spamming my twitter, @togusachan. or #afa11 on what is going on at AFA. and at the same time I am uploading photos to my photoblog too so check it out. some post are up atm, nothing much but ya at least something.

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Too much usagi drop

or more like too much emo/slice of life anime/manga/comics/book/dramas/movies/tv shows. but really you got to agree with me that rin is BLOODY cute, that makes you want to have kids... okay not now but like to have a kid like her (if possible)

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*finally i have a coloured ver of this shot* (screen cap from the anime, all rights goes to production I.G.)

but that is not the point of this post [yap every photo on this blog is like not really related to the topic, but really i dun have much pics in my database that i can really use]

okay but really i just need to think out loud at least once here, (if u read this, i think we really need to hang out more together, cause really, i starting to feel the strain)

I am really those kind of guys that find most shounen mangas/anime are not my thing, (god knows why are they still so popular with some people of my age group) I really follow seinen and josei stuff. (yes i read shoujo mangas if they are nice).   

take example, this season of anime, i only followed USAGI DROP ( am i turning to a lolicon or i just want to have kids.....) and Kami-sama  no memo-chou ( okay alice is a loli, but the story is good and she is a NEET). the other stuff? i dun seem to be interested at all. * i rather download season 1 to 6 of "How I Met Your Mother" than to watch... mhh tiger and bunny..* i will rather read Oyasumi Pun Pun over one piece or even FMA.*

Just look at the manga collection i have at home. Welcome to the NHK, GENSHIKEN, TRINITY BLOOD, PEACEMAKER, alot of asano inio stuff. Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, MPD, March Comes in Like a Lion, hourou musume, ya it is a gloomy lot of manga. but i like it, i grounds me abit and realised, life is not that sucky...

okay who am i kidding, an average joe in a manga can score a girl, and i think i can do the same... think i can hold on to a relationship thanks to a manga, whose characters get together since first year of uni... who am i kidding.

Sunday, 24 April 2011

Tofu's GOT-TO-WATCH-THAT-ANIME-LIST (Spring 2011)

Well it the Spring ANIME season is already on the 3rd week but well that will be easier for me to judge *instead of using PV, artworks and guesswork for original works * . now if you are lazy to read. just read the titles and go. if you are bored, help yourself.

ON TOFU'S CURRENT WATCH LIST:

  • NICHIJOU

Synopsis [from wiki] : The series follows the lives of a group of high school students and their school. Various oddities and absurdities abound. Despite its bizarre settings and characters, the students still lead normal lives.

Tofu's comment:. Love Kyo-Ani? want some moe-blob? Love how confusing LUCKY STAR WAS? JUST WATCH!

Togusa's comment: I read the Manga ver of Nichijou, it was AWESOME... well i need some Laughs. Dun expect any logic and it is VERY messy, Messier than LUCKY STAR, not as MOE-BLOB as K-On, thank god no bitch as in Haruhi...

tofu's rating: 4/5 tofus : Good to watch, You want some LOL.

http://youtu.be/Oig_4Uu0Crg?hd=1

  • Hanasaku Iroha

Synopsis [from wiki] : Centers around Ohana Matsumae, who is left in the care of her estranged grandmother, following her mother's elopement with her boyfriend. Ohana arrives at her grandmother's country estate to realize she is the owner of a Taishō period onsen ryokan called, Kissuisō. She begins working at Kissuisō, at her grandmother's request, but finds herself at ends with many employees and customers at the inn.

Tofu's comment:. GIRLS in onsen ryokan...mhhh... Art looks good...


Togusa's comment: Harasaku Iroha is an original written screenplay and produced by P.A works. P.A works only made 4 animes themsleves but do work on other titles by other animation house. Love all the monologues in the anime. The Openning is by this new band called nano.RIPE, and i have to say they are good...


tofu's rating: 5/5 tofus: Must watch.


  • Moshidora

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Synopsis [from wiki] :  High school girl Minami Kawashima who manages her school's baseball team using Peter Drucker's Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices to rally her dispirited teammates

Tofu's comment:. IT IS A PRODUCTION IG WORK!!! MUST WATCH, FINALLY THEY ARE GOING  TO AIR IT!!!


Togusa's comment: Moshidora is originally a Novel written by Natsumi Iwasaki and it sold 1.81 mil copies in its first year. Well it is only a 10ep anime, and it looks like a marketing thing for to get more people to read the manga and there is a Live Action Movie of it coming out in June starring one of the AKB48 girls. and well after Kimi ni todoke, Production IG really can pull off doing this kind of animes.

tofu's rating: 4/5 tofus: Good to watch, You love Production IG dun you?



  • Hen Zemi

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Synopsis: This comedy story of Nanako Matsutaka who has been assigned to the Abnormal Physiology Seminar, even though she herself is a rather ordinary person with no abnormalities in particular. On the other hand, her classmates, including the college upperclassman Komugi Musashi, have just about every abnormal condition to speak of.

Tofu's comment:. The manga was by TARGO, who is now DRAWING THE MANGA VER OF PANTY and STOCKING with GATHERBELT. XD XD and it is abit ECCHI!!!

Togusa's comment: the animation is by Xebec and the OVA back in 2010 was not bad, need another laugh this is it.

tofu's rating: 4/5 tofus: Good to watch, You NEED MORE LAUGH.


Tofu's GOT-TO-WATCH-THAT-ANIME-LIST (Spring 2011)

Well it the Spring ANIME season is already on the 3rd week but well that will be easier for me to judge *instead of using PV, artworks and guesswork for original works * . now if you are lazy to read. just read the titles and go. if you are bored, help yourself.

ON TOFU'S CURRENT WATCH LIST:


  • NICHIJOU

Synopsis [from wiki] : The series follows the lives of a group of high school students and their school. Various oddities and absurdities abound. Despite its bizarre settings and characters, the students still lead normal lives.

Tofu's comment:. Love Kyo-Ani? want some moe-blob? Love how confusing LUCKY STAR WAS? JUST WATCH!

Togusa's comment: I read the Manga ver of Nichijou, it was AWESOME... well i need some Laughs. Dun expect any logic and it is VERY messy, Messier than LUCKY STAR, not as MOE-BLOB as K-On, thank god no bitch as in Haruhi...

tofu's rating: 4/5 tofus : Good to watch, You want some LOL.

http://youtu.be/Oig_4Uu0Crg?hd=1

  • Hanasaku Iroha

Synopsis [from wiki] : Centers around Ohana Matsumae, who is left in the care of her estranged grandmother, following her mother's elopement with her boyfriend. Ohana arrives at her grandmother's country estate to realize she is the owner of a Taishō period onsen ryokan called, Kissuisō. She begins working at Kissuisō, at her grandmother's request, but finds herself at ends with many employees and customers at the inn.

Tofu's comment:. GIRLS in onsen ryokan...mhhh... Art looks good...


Togusa's comment: Harasaku Iroha is an original written screenplay and produced by P.A works. P.A works only made 4 animes themsleves but do work on other titles by other animation house. Love all the monologues in the anime. The Openning is by this new band called nano.RIPE, and i have to say they are good...


tofu's rating: 5/5 tofus: Must watch.


  • Moshidora

Moshidora.jpg

Synopsis [from wiki] :  High school girl Minami Kawashima who manages her school's baseball team using Peter Drucker's Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices to rally her dispirited teammates

Tofu's comment:. IT IS A PRODUCTION IG WORK!!! MUST WATCH, FINALLY THEY ARE GOING  TO AIR IT!!!


Togusa's comment: Moshidora is originally a Novel written by Natsumi Iwasaki and it sold 1.81 mil copies in its first year. Well it is only a 10ep anime, and it looks like a marketing thing for to get more people to read the manga and there is a Live Action Movie of it coming out in June starring one of the AKB48 girls. and well after Kimi ni todoke, Production IG really can pull off doing this kind of animes.

tofu's rating: 4/5 tofus: Good to watch, You love Production IG dun you?



  • Hen Zemi

hen-zemi-1-1-1.jpg

Synopsis: This comedy story of Nanako Matsutaka who has been assigned to the Abnormal Physiology Seminar, even though she herself is a rather ordinary person with no abnormalities in particular. On the other hand, her classmates, including the college upperclassman Komugi Musashi, have just about every abnormal condition to speak of.

Tofu's comment:. The manga was by TARGO, who is now DRAWING THE MANGA VER OF PANTY and STOCKING with GATHERBELT. XD XD and it is abit ECCHI!!!

Togusa's comment: the animation is by Xebec and the OVA back in 2010 was not bad, need another laugh this is it.

tofu's rating: 4/5 tofus: Good to watch, You NEED MORE LAUGH.


ON TOFU's MAYBE WATCH LIST

  • Fireball Charming
Synopsis:The show takes place in the distant future of the 49th millennium, and revolves around the happenings inside a giant manor (named 'Tempest Tower') inhabited by two robots; the gynoid duchess Drossel von Flügel (title and full name: the 19th Lord of Uranos' Kingdom's Tempest Domain, Drossel Juno Vierzehntes Heizregister Fürstin von Flügel; voiced by Miyuki Kawashō) and her massive cyclopian servant, Gedächtnis

Tofu's comment: HAVE YOU SEEN THE OLD FIREBALL ones??? IT WAS SO LOL LOL LOL

Togusa's Comment: This time it is the Prelude of the old Fireball one... who thought 2 robots talking to each other can be funny....

tofu's rating: 4/5 tofus: Good to watch, You NEED MORE LAUGH.


  • STEIN;GATE
It is basically the animation adaption of the game of the same name.:

tofu's comment: PV looks good. you played the game?

Togusa's Comment: I think i need some thing serious to watch too much humor ones this season.

tofu's rating: 4/5 tofus: Good to watch, Need some thing serious

http://youtu.be/0UFtmzfs3MQ?hd=1

  • C
tofu's comment: it is on NoitaminA!

Togusa's comment: the animation is not really up to standard of NoitaminA slot... so ya... hope the story is good to save it

tofu's rating: 3/5 tofu. Got time? watch it.


THE REST?

  • Sket Dance : The story seems boring so i am skipping it. it is basically the GOOD and animat-able ver of PCP from bakuman. you know why PCP did not get a anime....
  • Deadman Wonderland : story seems good, manga is nice, just that my watch list is abit full, maybe i will watch it when i finish BMT or something.
  • Appleseed XIII : OMG APPLESEED!!!: some how i am not interested dun ask why, could be just mood swings.
  • Tiger and Bunny : NO SUNRISE, NO MECHA.... if you okay with both than go ahead and watch. I kinda dun like Sunrise after how they ended code gay 2, all so they can make more code gay animes and milk it....
  • Yondemasu yo, Azasel-san : by Production IG too, quality should be like Kimi ni todoke, but story is abit huh...


REALLY THE REST?

  • THE LOLI animes eg. : A Channel, Electromagnetic Wave Woman and Adolescent Man. fuck loli really.
  • the other highschool animes: Ano Hana, Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi , Sofuteni : first one is a damn boring story, 2nd one is adapted from a H game, last one is trying to be the Tennis k-on... 
  • mecha animes: sorry I just dun like manly mechas... y? just go and watch GITS: SAC and tell me why.
  • Adaption animes: I never read them or play them or what ever, so no interest ATM, it is good i will watch it another time
  • Sequels anime: ENOUGH Gintama [actually it is the okay one of the lot] thank god this season dun have much sequels, but really i will not watch them unless i watched the prequels, which obviously i did not coz i dun like them..

now go and enjoy this Spring 2011 season list.  It was better than winter 2011 where the only series I watch was Hourou Musuko [cause i read the manga and the art of the anime was nice, and the seiyuus]. Kimi ni todoke 2 i have not start as i have not finish season 1.

Wednesday, 1 July 2009

is it too much?

to ask for my dream girl to be like YUI??? not YUI from K-on! but YUI the singer... I am too picky i guess...

also i realised, due to i am twitting too much. my blog post cannot seem to go for more than 140 characters if i am talking about one topic. Paragraphing new post is getting really really hard and i dun think i have much to say. oh wells time to sleep

Friday, 22 May 2009

Haruhi IS BACK

the NEW ep of haruhi was just release today. It is not a troll but i still cannot find raws of it so ya. it is a waiting game...

and GG got "hacked" an sos-dan logo is on it...

Friday, 10 April 2009

if you have animax

dun download FMA please..

okay i actually missed the 8.30 timeslot and had to record it via hubstation...

review of animax release of FMA: botherhood.

1. it is SD.
2. Subs sized nicely white with black border
3. dun see any subbing issues... [beat that odex]
4. they sub all the small text too.. which is kinda rare for odex and and older animax subbed shows..
5. armstrong mouth is not moving...

overall. i find that it is kinda confusing for first timer to watch FMA:botherhood. 


For LAMB.

animax asia first orginal production. and sadly speaking. i was very hype up about it when i first got the posters and the concept arts. but now i watching it.

animation: kinda sadly fail... 
background art: nice but not so great
character art: 2D rendered of 3D models??? at like 10fps?
camera action: alot of jump cuts.
voice. the mouth and voice dun match and it is made to be in english, not that it is dubbed for english.
storyline: seems okay... abit confusing at the start. VERY confusing at the ending...

with this and the animation budget. i have to say what kind of animation with that kind of budget can crap up to this point?

the ending is so messy that that i am lost. one moment, jack say he can make a new plant, then next is keiko getting LAMB, then out of no where she is fighting with eve... then jack appear out of no where again... and i tell you LAMB with no dialogs is boring. the sound effects dun match the visual elements.

the story was too rush to fit in to a 1 hr short film slot. it will be better if it was a 3 or 4 part mini series.

rating for LaMB: 2/5
Very dissapointting...

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

i ain't DLing FMA

i dun see a need to download it, i just need to record in from animax on friday.

and crunchyroll is showing shangri-la so i see how it goes.

Monday, 30 March 2009

my spring 2009 anime watch list.

who knows i may anime blog them...

for this season i will be watching these few that seem interesting to me...

K-On!: [april 2th]
story revolves around four Japanese high school girls who join their school's light music club to try to save it from being abolished. However, they are the only members of the club, and none of them have any experience playing musical instruments or reading sheet music.

Reason to watch?: From the makers of haruhi and lucky star. And i need some joke anime to watch. It should be good coming from kyoto animation.

Haruhi
: [april 15th]
Reason to watch?: do i need to say? it is haruhi. all heed the almightly haruhi.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood : [april 5th]this will be a remake so it is season one again but following the manga this time round.

Reason to watch?: It was the first few anime i watched and it is by bones. but some sources say, it is over hyped up and the producers just want to earn more. Well more FMA cosplayer will be for this year. and also it will be out on Animax asia, subbed in english airing from 10 Apr 09, every Fridays 8.30pm.

Shangri-la : [april 5th]
The anime series is based on the highly acclaimed novel of the same name which was written by Eiichi Ikegami and won the first place in 2005 Japanese Sci-Fi Novel Award.

Reason to watch?: Character art by
Range Murata from last exile and the art looks interesting. It caught my eye when i was browsing newtype.

Eden of the east : [april 9th]
November 22, 2010. Monday.
Ten missiles hit the territory of Japan.
However, this unprecedented terrorist act, later to be known as "Careless Monday" apparently did not cause any victim, and was soon forgotten by almost everyone.

Then, 3 months later...
Saki Morimi is a young woman currently in the United States of America on her graduation trip. But just when she is in front of the White House, Washington DC, se gets into troubles, and only the unexpected intervention of one of her fellow countrymen saves her day.

Reason to watch?: Cause it is by Production IG. I just love their works. hahaha. another reason it is by one of my favourite anime director, Kenji Kamiyama and characters art by honey and clover's manga artist... if you watch the trailer, it looks like honey clover in ghost in the shell world!

last one is an OVA

Dogs: bullets and carnage: [may 19th]
Reason to watch?: Nice manga, it looks like it is going to be good... if i have the chance won't mind cosplaying badou.

who knows what i going to write about? and well at least this spring 2009 season looks better than winter, where i only followed rideback