Update! Kurusu Sho and Shinomiya Natsuki! Maji huggable 1000%!

Title: Uta no Prince-sama うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪ Plushies
Planned characters: Ichinose Tokiya (一ノ瀬 トキヤ), Ittoki Otoya (一十木 音也), Hijirikawa Masato (聖川 真斗), Jinguuji Ren (神宮寺 レン), Kurusu Sho (来栖 翔), Shinomiya Natsuki (四ノ宮 那月)

Sample plushies of the next couple revealed! Sho looks so cute but Natsuki seems a little weird? Maybe it’s the angle of the photo?

Back view looks ok.

Sho’s hat is removable :D

Title: Ittoki Otoya うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪マジLOVE1000％　ぬいぐるみシリーズ1　一十木音也
Link: http://giftshop.jz.shopserve.jp/SHOP/n175.html

Title: Ichinose Tokiya: うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪マジLOVE1000％　ぬいぐるみシリーズ2　一ノ瀬トキヤ
Link: http://giftshop.jz.shopserve.jp/SHOP/n176.html

Price: 3,150 Yen (w/tax) each
Available: 17 January 2012 (Released in May 2012)

Preorders open 17 Jan 2012! Japan time 1pm.
Our wallets are in danger!

According to GIFT, all six characters from the series are planned and they’re currently undergoing production quality checks :D

I think the boys may be revealed during Winter Comiket 81 on 29-31 December 2011! Let’s watch out for them! I hope they’re the cheaper sitting versions that cost around 2,500 Yen and not the more articulate versions with movable legs that cost around 3,200 yen.

Update! Barnaby Brooks Jr. Figuarts ZERO PVC is up for preorder!

Both Casual wear Tiger and Bunny figures will be exclusive items sold only at Bandai’s online store. The good news is that they will be made-to-order and each person can order up to 24 pieces.

These guys are looking very good!

Title: Figuarts ZERO Barnaby Brooks Jr. PVC figure フィギュアーツZERO バーナビー・ブルックスJr.
Price: 3,675 Yen (w/tax)
Official order page: http://p-bandai.jp/category/0001/item-1000014179/
Preorder deadline: from 23 January 2012 till ??? TBA
Availability: June 2012. Store exclusive and made-to-order, so if you must have it, then don’t miss it!
Description: Approx 155 mm tall. Includes: figure, additional hair part, additional face part, sash (2 types), base

Title: Figuarts ZERO Kotetsu T. Kaburagi PVC figure フィギュアーツZERO 鏑木・T・虎徹
Price: 3,675 Yen (w/tax)
Official order page: http://p-bandai.jp/category/0001/item-1000013283/
Preorder deadline: from 25 October 2011 till 23 January 2012
Availability: April 2012. Store exclusive and made-to-order, so if you must have it, then don’t miss it!
Description: About 155mm tall, includes figure, base and additional arm part (holding the birthday present)

Try ordering from:
1) biginjapan.com and
2) tokyohunter.com
3) CDJapan

It works out to approximately the same as if you go through a proxy.

Store exclusive action figure: Tiger & Bunny Barnaby Brooks Jr S.H.Figuarts Tamashii Nation 2011 Limited Edition
Price: 4,5oo Yen
Date: April 2012

Check out the official site of Figuarts for more  updates!
Official site: http://tamashii.jp/special/tiger_bunny/index.html

Title: Tiger & Bunny (タイガー＆バニー)
Rating: Recommended

Summary (from wiki):
The series takes place in a fictional, re-imagined version of New York City called Sternbild City, where 45 years before, individuals with superpowers called “NEXT” started appearing and some of them became superheroes. Each of a city’s most famous superheroes work for a sponsor company and their uniforms also contain advertising for real-life companies. Their heroic activity is broadcast on the popular television show “Hero TV”, where they accumulate points by each feat accomplished and the best ranked hero of the season is crowned “King of Heroes”.

The story mainly focuses on veteran hero Kotetsu T. Kaburagi aka Wild Tiger who is assigned with a new partner, a young man named Barnaby Brooks Jr. However, Barnaby and Kotetsu usually have trouble working together as they have conflicting opinions on how a superhero should act.

Cast:
Hirata Hiroaki as Kaburagi T. Kotetsu 鏑木・T・虎徹 (Wild Tiger)
Morita Masakazu as Barnaby Brooks Jr. バーナビー・ブルックスJr
Kotobuki Minako as Karina Lyle (Blue Rose)
Inoue Go as Keith Goodman (Sky High)
Tsuda Kenjiro as Nathan Seymour (Fire Emblem)
Ise Mariya as Pao-Lin Huang (Dragon Kid)
Kusunoki Taiten as Antonio Lopez (Rock Bison)
Okamoto Nobuhiko as Ivan Karelin (Origami Cyclone)
Yusa Kouji as Yuri Petrov (Lunatic)

Comment:

This is one of my favourite animes from the last season. Besides fast-paced, action-packed animation characteristic of Sunrise’s works, the plot is engaging and entertaining. There are colourful personalities with interesting backstories and refreshing villians and side characters. And having Yusa Kouji voicing one of the good/bad guys is an icing on the cake for me.

The Kotetsu x Barnaby (reversible) pairing is also very popular among the fujoshi and BL mangaka. Thanks to the BL fan-service in the anime lol.

That’s Bunny (in suit) giving Tiger (in old suit) the ohime-sama dakou
(lit. Carrying the Princess in his arms)

Figuarts are planning to release the whole series of characters from the anime. Fortunately I’m not aiming to collect all of them ^^;; maybe only the ones of Kotetsu and Barnaby if they look good.

The first two mecha suit releases of Tiger and Bunny (right) were snapped up in a flash.I would like to get those two on the left, so I’ll be watching their release closely. Update: For those who missed out preordering Tiger’s mecha, they’re now bundling him with the character setting guide.

Release dates for some of the other figures are not announced yet. I’m quite sure we can buy most of them from usual online hobby stores but they’ll probably sell out fast.

And not to forget, these cute goods of the characters in chibi form <3 Rubber keyholders.

And trading figures… I haven’t bought any of them tho… lack of $$$. ^^;;;

And of course the evil Animate Japan exclusive Blu-Ray DVD tokuten Deformation chibis. Preorders are already sold out.

Maji Kawaii 1000% Updated!

Maji Kawaii 1000%

Title: Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE 1000% Supicotto (Speaking mascot)
うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪マジLOVE1000％　すぴこっと
Price: 4,410 yen (1 complete set contains 6 boxes)
Release date: Feburary 2012
Description: 60-65 mm. Each character will speak 2 lines.
Available: at most figure stores :D
Size: about 60～65mm

I know the quality of the sound isn’t fantastic BUT… I find it hard to resist ^^;; especially when they are saying sweet things and confessing their love for you! The chibi designs look promising too.

Good thing that the figures are available at most stores and not Animate/Movic Japan exclusives :) Save on proxy fees! Yay~

Here’s what each character will be saying:

Ittoki Otoya 一十木 音也 (CV:  Terashima Takuma 寺島拓篤)
1) だ～いじょうぶ！俺と一緒に、がんばろう？ Everything will be fine! Let’s work hard together, ok?
2) 好きだよ。俺だけのパートナーになって？I love you. Partner only with me?

Hijirikawa Masato 聖川 真斗 (CV: Suzumura Kenichi 鈴村健一)
1) お前にふさわしくあるよう、精進する。I will work hard at becoming suitable to be with you (I think)
2) ずっと、俺のそばにいてほしい…いいか？I want you to be by my side always, is it ok?

Shinomiya Natsuki 四ノ宮 那月 (CV: Taniyama Kishou 谷山紀章)
1) 可愛い～！ぎゅっとしていいですか？ぎゅー。Cute~! Can I hug you tight? *hug*
2) そんな可愛い顔、反則です。離せなくなっちゃいます…。It’s against the rules to have such a cute face. I can’t let you go…

Ichinose Tokiya 一ノ瀬トキヤ (CV: Miyano Mamoru 宮野真守)
1) 好き・・・と言ったら、あなたは笑いますか？If I said I love you, will you laugh/smile?
2) 何をやっているのです。あなたならできると信じていますよ。No matter what you do, as long as it is you, I believe you can achieve it.

Jinguuji Ren 神宮寺 レン (CV: Suwabe Junichi 諏訪部順一)
1) 愛してる・・・。言葉だけじゃ足りないくらいにね。I love you… just words isn’t enough huh.
2) いけない子羊ちゃんだね。お願いだから俺だけを見て・・・・・・。What a naughty little lamb. I wish you only have eyes for me.

Kurusu Sho 来栖 翔 (CV: Shimono Hiro 下野紘)
1) だから…その…お前が…す、好きだー！That’s why… that… I lov… love… you!
2) 俺についてこい！一緒に夢かなえようぜ！Come with me! Let’s fulfill our dreams together!

The final prototypes look pretty cute! I’m glad I preordered them :D

I’ll most probably review them when I get my hands on them in 2012 :D Looking forward to getting these cute chibis!

Update! Wallpapers are up for download!

Lol~ Why did Kiryuu throw a book with pixelated pages at JJ?

Wanko doggie uke turned tsundere Kiryuu Reiji 霧生 礼司 is from BL game, Omerta ~Chinmoku no Okite~ Kiryuu’s birthday is on 13 October.

Nearly missed this one-day special cos I was too busy to monitor the site. Thanks Liru for the reminder! :D

The boys on Twitter

Here’s the funny short story about JJ giving Kiryuu an… ero-hon??? for birthday present lol~

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Once upon a time, there was a cat boy, Konoe who lived in the peaceful enchanted forest with his poogie.

He was out and about one day and saw…

… a cat who had the prettiest looking fur he had ever seen.

Konoe was enchanted and found himself drawn to the cat.

As Konoe approached, the cat turned around. Konoe had never seen someone so cute in his life.

Surprised, Konoe panicked and… *PLONK!!!* He fell off poogie…

Konoe knocked his head and blacked out… …….. ….

When Konoe came to, he was in the arms of the beautiful stranger…

It was mutual love at first sight.

And the cat boy and the boy in a cat suit (and a poogie) lived together in the forest, happily ever after.

THE END.

^^;; Silly but I can’t help admiring how uber cute Akira looked wearing Sonico-chan’s coat :3

Have I mentioned before? I love chibi characters who have cheeky (^w^) for a mouth :3

Title: Nitro+Chiral Plushie strap 3 Konoe ニトロプラス キラル　ぬいぐるみストラップ3　コノエ
Price: 2,100 Yen (w/tax)
Available: Animate Girls’ Festival 2011 September 2011. It was sold out at Gift online store when it opened preorders.
Gift online store: http://giftshop.jz.shopserve.jp/SHOP/n155_2.html
Reissue order opens 17 January 2012

The mandatory mug shot.

Cute cute baka neko :D

Hanging by a strap~

I have difficulty getting Konoe to sit up, so I got some help from poogie (Monster Hunter)

Front and back view. Konoe measures about 17cm tall including his ears.

Side angles. :D I love his face!

And those cute cat ears neko-mimi of course.

Back and side views. Check out that tail :D

Close up of his outfit. They’re sewn into his body, so the pieces can’t be removed

Very good quality stitching. The embroidery used for his eyes are very fine.

Love the little bits of fur sticking out. Comfy felt-material for the hair and outfit.

Strap is removable :D

Another view of the back from the top.

The ribbon can be untied but since his outfit is stitched to his body, we can’t strip him.

Another view. The tail indicates he is happy? XD

Oops! Butt shot XDD Poogie looks amused.

Plushie strap Konoe is seriously cute and his smaller size makes him even more so. Nitro+Chiral /Gift really should make the semes too (;_;)

Remember December 2011! That’s the period that a reissue is planned for. If you missed out on Konoe’s order, watch this space for preorder date updates!

Hehe… Konoe’s seiyuu Hatano Kazutoshi 波多野 和俊 (left) playing with Konoe’s plushie in Nitro+Chiral’s Ustream live broadcast on 28 October 2011. He is kinda cute ne! :D

Telling viewers who haven’t played the game to play it lol~

This is a MUST-GET! No more hair-pulling and stress from the words “SOLD OUT!”.

Title: Nendoroid Kaito Cheerful ver. ねんどろいど KAITO  応援ver.
Price: 3000 Yen (w/tax)
Preorder period: 11th October 2011 at 11:00(JST) until the 27th October 2011 at 20:00(JST).
Available: Late March 2012
Purchase Limit: 5 per person.
Order exclusively from Goodsmile’s online store
1) International – http://cheerful-japan-global.ecq.sc/ and
2) Japan – http://cheerful-japan.ecq.sc/

This Kaito version comes with the same smiling face and ice cream as the original Nendoroid Kaito, but also comes with a new body, a folding fan and pompons.

A red paper-craft headband is included for him to wear. I think this Kaito is by far the best out of all the other released Cheerful Japan series of figures.

For each figure sold, Good Smile Company will donate 1000 Yen to aid relief efforts in Japan.

As Kaito will be made-to-order, everyone who ordered him will be able to own him this time! Remember to order him during this period if you’ve missed out on the previous reissues!

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What is ‘Cheerful Japan!’?
Cheerful Japan! is a collaboration project between Good Smile Company and other figure makers to help support the relief efforts in Northern Japan. Every month for the next year we will be announcing a new charity project on the 11th of each month. We hope the money donated will help Japan get back on it’s feet even if it’s just a little bit faster!

Squeezed once… and squeezed again.

Signature beard and tinted glasses! Tiger & Bunny タイガー＆バニー Plushies of Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (鏑木・T・虎徹 Kaburagi T. Kotetsu) / Wild Tiger (ワイルドタイガー) and Barnaby Brooks Jr. (バーナビー・ブルックスJr.) will be available in 2012! Revealed during Animate Girls Festival 2011.

The anime series ended recently on a high note and fans are eagerly waiting to snap up all the merchandise that are going to be available.

Title: Kaburagi T. Kotetsu Plushie ぬいぐるみ 鏑木・T・虎徹
Title: Barnaby Brooks Jr. ぬいぐるみ バーナビー・ブルックスJr.
Price: 3,360 Yen
Available: January 2012
Manufacturer: Alter/Atlair (and Goodsmile)

Kotetsu looks perfect~ Barnaby doesn’t look as good from this angle but he is still cute :D

So so adorable :D

Source: http://topics.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/blog/report/2011/09/20110923_itk502011.php

Ugajin Ken shows his cute side to JJ

Ugajin Ken 宇賀神 剣 is the tsundere (nearly forgot +kichiku) megane glasses character from BL game, Omerta ~Chinmoku no Okite~

This is the special one day only short story about Ugajin and JJ spending a night star gazing in Taiwan. Ugajin’s birthday is on 20 September.

The boys on Twitter

The sweet short story of JJ and kichiku-turned-dere Ugajin.

Download the wallpapers here

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JJ and Toono Azusa 遠野 梓 are so incredibly sweet together

Update September 2011: Short story added! :D Thanks Tachibana for sharing!

Toono Azusa’s birthday is 12 July.

In case you’re unaware, Toono Azusa is a character from BL game, Omerta ~Chinmoku no Okite~ Super cute! Enjoy! (^-^)/

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Update 2011 September 2011: Thanks Tachibana for sharing Azusa’s birthday short story that was only up for a day. I missed it although I managed to save the wallpapers. :D

Update September 2011: Official photos of the plushie straps

Similar size as Sweet Pool’s Youji plushie strap, Gift will be selling new straps of Akira (Normal) and Konoe (Lamento Beyond the void) during Animate Girls’ Festival 2011 held from 23 – 24 September 2011. Akira slut version is currently being considered for mechandising as Plushie strap.

Buying these pre-sale items at events will usually nab you some freebies like postcards, etc. But these items will usually be sold later on at Gift’s online store. Each plushie is about 15cm tall seated pose. Event price is 2,000 yen (w/tax) each.

Title: Nitro+Chiral Plushie Strap 2 – Akira ニトロプラス キラル　ぬいぐるみストラップ2　アキラ
Price: 2,100 Yen (w/tax)
Available: 23 – 24 September 2011 (Animate Girls Festival 2011) Booth
Preorder: 27 September 2011 (Gift Online Store)
Exclusively at GIft Online Store: http://giftshop.jz.shopserve.jp/SHOP/n154.html

Title: Nitro+Chiral Plushie Strap 3 – Konoe ニトロプラス キラル　ぬいぐるみストラップ3　コノエ
Price: 2,100 Yen (w/tax)
Available: 23 – 24 September 2011 (Animate Girls Festival 2011)
Preorder: 27 September 2011 (Gift Online Store)
Exclusively at GIft Online Store: http://giftshop.jz.shopserve.jp/SHOP/n155.html

2nd Preorder start 17 January 2012 http://giftshop.jz.shopserve.jp/SHOP/n155_2.html

Design comparison. Size not to scale. Left is new Akira plushie. Right is Akira plushie strap.

Also, coasters of Togainu no Chi chibis featuring new illustrations by Yupon! OMG! Check out Keisuke’s HUGE + mini screwdrivers! LOL… There’s no rest for the wallet OTL;; gotta work real hard for more $$$ for these cuties.

Title: Togainu no Chi Rubber Coaster 咎狗の血　ラバーコースター
a) Trump ver. トランプver.
b) Gakuen (Campus) ver. がくえんver.
Each coaster costs 525 yen (w/tax). Event price: 500 Yen (w/tax)
Available: 23 – 24 September 2011 (Animate Girls Festival 2011)
Preorder: 27 September 2011 (Gift Online Store)
Size: 88mm each. They should be available for general release. No mention of being Gift Online Store exclusives.

2011 August sneak peak.

Title: Animate Girls Festival 2011 Event Exclusive Togainu no Chi Mug Cup
Price: 1,000 yen (w/tax)
Available: 23 – 24 September 2011 (Animate Girls Festival 2011)
Gift mentioned in their tweet that they’ve increased the stock for this exclusive item so people who attend the event should have a higher chance of owning one.

Title: Togainu no Chi Clear Bookmarks Trump ver. 咎狗の血　クリアしおり トランプver.
Price: 525 yen (w/tax) per set of 4
Event Price: 500 yen (w/tax) per set of 4
Available: 23 – 24 September 2011 (Animate Girls Festival 2011)
Preorder: 27 September 2011 (Gift Online Store)
They should have a general release since they’re not tagged as exclusives.
Gift Online Store: http://giftshop.jz.shopserve.jp/SHOP/e039.html

Gift event page: http://www.gift-gift.jp/event/index2.html
Animate Girls Festival 2011 link: http://www.animate.co.jp/special/agf2011/index.html
Report on Animate Girls’ Festival 2010

Togainu no Chi sweetie pie stalker Keisuke spots Akira on the way to school!

Title:Keisuke & Akira After school set (ケイスケ&アキラ~放課後せっと~)
Price: 2,000 Yen (w/o tax)
Available: August 2011 (Comiket 80 コミックマーケット80)

Preorders opened at playasia.com (Ships internationally) at a reasonable price (Doesn’t include the handkerchief)
Available in December 2011

Description: ワンコイングランデフィギュアコレクシヨン One coin Grande Figure Collection. The set comes with a lunch mat (left) size 30 x 30cm.

I managed to get a set from Comiket 80. It’ll be available for sale again at Animate Girls’ Festival on 23-24 September 2011. Kotobukiya will be there like last year. I’m considering if I should try getting another set from Animate Girls’ Festival or wait till Kotobukiya start selling them at Animate Japan store :-\

More information here: http://www.animate.co.jp/special/agf2011/
There are lots of other goodies for sale during the event too, so you might want to check it out as well :)

Back to the review! Front view of the boys in the original packaging.

Back view of box. Cute chalkboard design and graffiti of Akira and Keisuke sharing an umbrella XD The board reads Chiral Gakuen, one coin grande figure collection and Keisuke & Akira After School set.

Bottom view.

Unboxed. Akira had extra plastic to protect his head from possible paint smudges from the headphones.

Headphones removed.

Nice paint job and detail. The electric blue looks fab!

Love the silver paint too and the logo looks clear and crisp. The headband is flexible and can be widened to fit heads slightly bigger than Akira’s.

Akira’s hair is flatter in order to fit the headphones better.

Small details are beautifully painted.

Side views show more clearly how they made more allowances on Akira’s head and pushed his ahoge back so that the headphone fits better.

Very nice details.

Hair tucked behind his ears to accommodate the headband of the phones.

Side view. His school bag details look good!

And his dog tag is nicely painted and defined too.

Next up! Keisuke :) Such a cutie. His skin tone is slightly darker than Akira’s.

Love that chibi cheek! *pinches* Well-painted bento.

Side view. Despite being such small sleeve buttons, no smudges!

Due to Keisuke’s hair design, he can’t wear the headphones properly.

Akira’s base. 1 year student.

Keisuke’s base. Also 1st year student. Check out those cute white school shoes :D

The paper packing can be used as a background for the two.

Yep, removable head! :D

The headphones can’t cover Keisuke’s ears due to his sideburns. It doesn’t fit well on all chibis.

Another shot of the sweetheart.

And Y-shirt Akira attempts headphones-moe.

The lunch mat. 30 x 30 cm. Plain green with an illustration of the couple.

Washing instructions. 100% cotton material and was made in Japan.

The figure set can be purchased separately without the lunch mat but if you’re like me, I don’t think you can resist collecting this lunch mat too.

Keisuke is so cute here.

Ah~ Keisuke caught up with Akira to give him the lunch bento :D

Omake :)

I’ll definitely buy it if he looks this good…

This is a custom nendoroid a Japanese fan made during the Summer holidays lol~ Time well spent! Origami Cyclone in casual wear looks fantastic!

Origami Cyclone is the name of a hero character in anime, Tiger & Bunny. His real name is Ivan Karelin and he is voiced by seiyuu Okamoto Nobuhiko 岡本信彦 (Okumura Rin in Aoi no Exorcist, Kisa Shouta in Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi etc). More information about the anime in this post.

Official character designs. Casual and hero suit.

OMG!!! (O_O) I just noticed for the first time after watching 22 episodes, that Origami Cyclone’s hero suit actually shows him using a stylised nipple sticker OTL;;;

Love that face. Origami Cyclone’s weapons include the shuriken used by ninjas.

The fan did awesome work with the paint job.

I think these faces are from Konata (Lucky star) and Miku nendoroids.

Blu Ray DVD cover design of Origami Cyclone’s episode.

Source: http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-3688.html

Lol~ Tachibana looks so pleased but JJ seems upset XD

Sexy Kansai-ben character, Tachibana Youji 橘 陽司 is from BL game, Omerta ~Chinmoku no Okite~ Tachibana’s birthday is on 27 May.

I missed this special when it was first published in May. Didn’t even know it was up until months later OTL;; Thanks to LalaParadise blog reader Tachibana who shared the links to two sizes of the wallpapers and Tachibana x JJ’s short story! I found the other two wallpaper sizes too :D Finally completed this set! Now we’re left with Touno Azusa‘s missing short story.

Here’s the cute short story about JJ trying to give a birthday gift to Tachibana.

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Luka Belini and JJ being lovey dovey

Luka Belini is a character from BL game, Omerta ~Chinmoku no Okite~ There’s a cute story about what JJ was trying to do for Luka for his birthday on 23 August.

Wallpapers are up for a limited period at the official site. Grab them today!

http://omega.karin-e.jp/BD_sp/01_wall/wall_paper.htm

These chibi wallpapers are too cute to miss!

I think they’re not limited period releases but you may have missed them if you didn’t browse the official site for Tennenouji/Yura’s game, Gian Carlo’s Lucky Happy Life.

Visit the site here: http://www.tennenouji.net/LUCKYHAPPYLIFE/

Click on the gift box on the top right corner and download them :)

Enjoy the irresistible chibis!

Alcoholic sheep lol *hic* I want them all! *squeezes*

Released to commemorate the launch of the game in August 2011. XD Love these boys! Cheers! (^///^)

Special wallpapers for download

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There’s a special daily countdown voice for 1 week till the date of launch. Don’t miss them!

Day 1: Iku and Hoshizuki-sensei are talking to each other while Naoshi is sleeping and talking in his sleep in the background lol
Link here: http://www.honeybee-cd.com/fan-autumn/cont/spe.html

Guess who I caught snooping around my room today? XD

Title: Comic Sylph August Volume (コミックシルフ8月号)
Furoku Freebies:
1) DGS Hibiki HiroC Strap Again「ＤＧＳ響」またもや立体化ストラップ ヒロＣ
2) Brothers’ Conflic Bath Poster 「ブラコン」お風呂ポスター　with 椿＆梓
Each issue costs 680Yen (w/tax)
More info: http://sylph.dengeki.com/archives/1496

About a year ago Comic Sylph made the first mascot straps of DGS (Dear Girl Stories duo) HiroC and OnoD (Kamiya Hiroshi 神谷浩史 and Ono Daisuke 小野大輔). You can read more about them at my post here. This year, they’re back with two newly designed mascot straps of the boys!

And after I learnt the hard way with the expensive EMS shipping because the comics were so thick and heavy (See review post) I’ve made sure I find a book store that ships by SAL small packet this time ^^;;

The package arrived safely although they took longer to ship due to the shipping method. In this issue, there’s HiroC mascot strap and a Brother’s Conflict mini bath poster.

Here’s a look at the box. No frills packaging similar to the previous year’s freebie.

Quite a big box (12cmx9cm) for something so small. HiroC is about 3 cm tall.

Front view details. Very very cute and good quality <3

Another side view. Love the chibi design :D

Here’s his back view

A shot of the other freebie. Mini bath poster. You can stick it on the wall in your bathroom. It’s slightly smaller than A4… B5 size?

Quite a cute looking pair, aren’t they? Kinda remind me of Kaname and Zero from Vampire Knight. Anyway, they’re actually twins from an otome girls’ game/manga, Brother’s Conflict ブロザーズ・コンフリックト by mangaka Kanase Atsuko 叶瀬あつこ. The story centres around the heroine who now has a number of brothers (5~6 of them with varying ages? I can’t remember) after their parents married each other… if I’m not wrong. So they live together under one roof and they’re not blood related siblings. With this premise, all her “brothers” are her possible romantic interests ^^;; The manga is serialising in Comic Sylph magazine.

I don’t usually buy the magazine and so far have bought them only for the sake of getting the mascot straps ^^;;

And TADAAAAHH. Next issue will feature OnoD’s new mascot strap XD Must get! <3

Remember the grey-coloured prototype of shy, open-eyed Keisuke chibi?

Just when we thought Kotobukiya changed their minds and decided to release him as the closed-eyed version in Chiral Gakuen First Limit, the opened-eye version of sweetie pie with a dark-side in Togainu no Chi 咎狗の血 will be part of a limited edition set to be released during Comiket 80 in August 2011!

And just to make us feel better, they gave Akira blue headphones instead of the planned pink and silver OTL;;

Title:Keisuke & Akira After school set (ケイスケ&アキラ~放課後せっと~)
Price: 2,000 Yen (w/o tax)
Available: August 2011 (Comiket 80 コミックマーケット80)
Kotobukiya’s booth no: 145

Update 17 Nov 2011: Preorders opened at playasia.com (Ships internationally) at a reasonable price (Doesn’t include the handkerchief)
Available in December 2011

Description: ワンコイングランデフィギュアコレクシヨン One coin Grande Figure Collection. The set will come with a lunch mat (left) size 30 x 30cm.

Must get! (>_<) I’ll update this post when I have more time to write about Comiket 80.

Let your favourite Lucky Dog 1 boys tell your fortune!

Title: Lucky Dog 1 Fortune Cookie 「ラッキークッキー１ フォーチュンクッキー」
Price 850Yen (w/tax)

Available from:
Super comic city event: 3-5 May 2011

Online shop: 5 May 2011 onwards
(But if sold out during event, will no longer be on sale *_*)

Online shop pre-order:
Orders received before 30 April will receive special bromide of the package illustration.
Estimated shipment date 10 June 2011

Product page: http://www.messe.gr.jp/girls/view_item.php?item_id=u4MANANAANu
(You’ll need a proxy to get them)

Box size: 21 x 14 x 6cm

Description: 1 box contains 6 cookies, inside each plain flavoured fortune cookies will contain a fortune written in each Lucky Dog 1 character’s distinct speaking style. Package illustration by Yura 由良.

Total 28 fortunes to collect, including 12 special variations and 14 famous lines spoken by the characters during the game.