Nendoroid Linkin Park @ WF2012

Recently at Tokyo's Wonder Fest 2012 we finally get a glimpse of the Linkin Park Nendoroid's. This will probably be final update to my 2 previous blog posts here and here, since I was just really interested how will these guys look in the final product.  Pretty cute if I say so my self.

In other news on Linkin Park toys. If you are a gundam fan you'll love the next Linkin Park toy. Since they did the soundtrack on Gundam VS Gundam Extreme they are having their own Linkin Park Gunpla.

 

Source:

http://wf.kaiyodo.net/ 

mikeshinodaclan.com

http://www.tomopop.com/nendoroid-petit-linkin-park-designs-spotted-20998.phtml

Ichiro Heian! Manga Scanlations

Ichiro Heian!  Manga Scanlations finally here! Thanks and all credits go to these awesome scanlators.

The Super Robot Wars Fan Club aka 4L Fansub and McDonald translations.

 

"I have no passport!" -Miao

Other Chapters can be downloaded here

http://srwfc-4l.ani.vn/search/label/IchiHei

http://srwfc-4l.ani.vn/

Queen's Blade Visual Books Anime Promo Streamed

Queens Blade Rebellion OVA teaser streamed on youtube.

The official blog of the Queen's Blade franchise began streaming a 108-second promotional video on Friday for the two original anime DVDs bundled with the Queen's Blade Premium Visual Books. The first Queen's Blade Premium Visual Book will ship on October 29, and Queen's Blade Rebellion Premium Visual Book will ship on January 28, 2012.

Source:

ANN

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-02/queen-blade-visual-books-anime-promo-streamed

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-05/queen-blade-visual-books-to-bundle-original-anime-dvds

Ichiro Heian! Manga chapter.1

 

Have a Safe Trip! Ch.1

Since it's RAWS and I cannot read Japanese and there are no groups yet that is scanlating or translating this manga I'll just give a brief short summary on this manga chapter in my point of view.

Intro we seem to have another nerdy loser Otaku guy. Who went out to get some food curiously there was a black cat similar to Iori from School Rumble without the scar on it's head, the guy frightened the cat which in where in it was almost ran over by a girl biking, she slipped and hits our male protagonist.

 lesson learned here is not to frighten cats

 Ouch that gotta hurt!

 Ohhh the typical boy meets girl! Is it love at first sight?

Well with that kind of reaction I don't think so....

She's speaking in Chinese she's probably a foreigner and our helpless hero is at a loss.

Later on the girl leaves and he went on with his business, but it seems their meeting was fate?

Seems the landlady of the apartment or a relative knows this girl and seemed  to asked our hero to accompany her.

 Ohhh looky eye balls popping out of his glasses. lol

He seems to be using words from various anime and game media to talk to the girl, it seems it's working the girl is flattered and blushed, seems he's won her trust. In the end of the chapter both where biking together side by side.

Well that's how I see it, will update when translations and scanlations are out.

Another Jin Kobayashi manga I'll be reading and watching out for.

Ichiro Heian!

Ichiro Heian! 

(Have a Nice Trip)

By Jin Kobayashi

Well there were rumors that Jin Kobayashi's next Manga was going to be Honkawa Action! as seen in this teaser image below.

But it seems it's not the case. 

From ANN

The May issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine is announcing on Saturday that manga creator Jin Kobayashi (School Rumble, Natsu no Arashi!) is launching a new series called Ichiro Heian! (Have a Safe Trip!) in the next issue on May 9. According to the advertising, the story will have "black-haired girl x bicycle = long distance romantic comedy!"

Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine had indicated in February of 2010 that Kobayashi was planning a new series in that magazine. Kobayashi ended his Natsu no Arashi! science-fiction romance manga in Square Enix's Monthly Gangan Joker magazine last September. He ended the School Rumble Z spinoff manga Kodansha's Magazine Special in May of 2009, after finishing the original School Rumble manga in August of 2008.

 So it's another romantic comedy, this time it's about a long distance romance and girl that is biking. Seems interesting, though knowing Jin Kobayashi his style of artwork is his trademark will look similar to School Rumble characters.

Source:

Manga News

ANN

Toriko Anime

From Wiki

In a world where the taste and texture of food is extremely important there exist individuals known as Gourmet Hunters (bishoku-ya) who specialize in the acquisition of rare ingredients and animals. Toriko is one of these hunters and it is his dream to find the most precious foods in the world and create the ultimate dinner course. As one of the most skilled hunters in the world he is regularly hired by restaurants and the rich to seek out new ingredients and rare animals. A man with inhuman ability, he utilizes his incredible strength and knowledge of the animal kingdom to capture ferocious, evasive, and rare beasts to further his ultimate goal. He is accompanied by a weak and timid chef who, inspired by Toriko's ambition, travels with him to improve his culinary skills and to find rare ingredients. An organization that seeks to take control of the world's entire food supply increases the struggle.

 If you like cooking animes like cooking master boy or Yakitate!! Japan you'd definitely love this over the top anime food. 100% this anime will make you hungry.

Preview

Shueisha Jump Square support for Earthquake and Tsunami victims

Moka Akashiya 赤夜 萌香

An illustration for Japanese Earthquake Survivors from Rosario + Vampire author Akihisa Ikeda.

To see more of your favorite manga characters click the link is below:

http://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/contents/message/index.html

Limited Edition Aldra Revoltech

Meet My Wife!

I’ll do my best for you!

Limited Edition Aldra. She's a special mail order poseable toy figure that comes with a game book. I ordered her when she was already out, but if you pre-ordered her on some sites there is a special gift of an autographed artwork from the artist that drew her. So I didn't got the picture which makes me sad and even more bad news it's already sold out! The Book is when Aldra is now a wife while the figure is when she was queen of Gainos.

Limited Edition Release(Sold out)
http://www.amiami.jp/shop/?set=english&vgForm=ProductInfo&sku=BOK-2793&template=default/product/e_display.html

Regular release
http://www.amiami.jp/shop/?set=english&vgForm=ProductInfo&sku=BOK-3223&template=default/product/e_display.html

Here's mine out of the box, sorry for the low quality image it's from my cel cam.

Other Blog sites that has reviews on this figure with the limited edition image.

http://www.flyingpussyfoot.com/2010/10/10/qb-rebellion-aldra-visual-combat-book/
http://animaticfigmation.com/?p=2770

Aldra's story as Wife.

The half-demon that once won two successive Queen’s Blade championships and ruled as the “Bewitched Queen”.
In the last tournament, the Demon Delmore, the source of her super-extraordinary powers was torn-off from her and she was defeated. By losing most of her powers, her body that had stopped growing reverted to its true form.
After that, she embarked on a journey to find her lost sister but she suffered memory loss.
What saved the physically and mentally exhausted Aldra was the “love” from a certain man. They married and Aldra’s heart was healed.
A short-lived happy live began before the war between the Queen’s Army and the Rebel Army spread through the whole Continent. To protect her loved husband, she was determined to throw herself in the fight. She will use her innate summoning skills again. She summoned and made a contract with the Underworld dwellers Belphe and Dogor. However, those two are a dangerous threat that plots to eat their contractor Aldra when they get the opportunity!!

Height: 163cm
Bust : 87
Waist: 57
Hip: 85
Occupation : Gondolier
Arms: War paddle (oar)
Protection : None
Likes: Her husband (for some reason, no one has ever seen him)
Dislikes: Carrots
Hobby : Going out with her husband

Super Street Fighter IV Sakura Ganbanru Ending

WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!

In the ending of the Sakura Ganbanru manga, we see an older Sakura, a track and field gym teacher and sees Ryu again and both of them spar. Masahiko Nakihara created this ending in the manga to conclude Sakura's high school life to her now present career.

Now going to the Street Fighter IV series. Before Street Fighter Characters are requested to return a Capcom Unity member named Akiba created a thread called Sakura Grown up Please. Sakura fans, players and yours truly flock that thread and many ideas came for an older Sakura. Still many of people there including myself always refer to the Sakura Ganbanru Manga where she's older. When Capcom released the game SFIV arcades many where disappointed that Sakura didn't make it. Then the console release she was there! But still a school girl, there where hints that she got held back due to all the fighting she did with Dan and Blanka to promote Dan's Saikyo Dojo not to mention she beat Zangief in her SFIV Aftermath trailer and became popular.

While with Dan and Blanka, Sakura is using Dan to get around the world in search for Ryu again for another sparing fight. In game cut scenes in SFIV Sakura meets up Ryu and spars with him and quotes she's grown up a little which she's become better at fighting and a possible a tribute to the thread in Capcom Unity. Ryu's ending intertwines with Sakura's and Sakura's with Dan's.

Now in the ending of Super Street Fighter IV, Sakura, Dan and Blanka are still on a journey to promote Dan's dojo. While Sakura still hopes she can see "HIM"(Ryu) again and become a better fighter.



Ryu and Sakura both leave there separate ways in her ending....but there is a huge surprise in the ending! We see an older Sakura not to mention hotter in a gym jacket uniform walking her dog, where in which she sees Ryu again. This ending denotes that Capcom followed the Sakura Ganbanru manga route with the gym teacher Sakura and listened to the fans Sakura has grown up, though here Sakura by chance Sakura sees Ryu walking and runs towards him, while in the manga Ryu goes to Sakura to spar with her.





The English translated version of Sakura Ganbanru manga is translated by Udon Entertainment.

Veritas manhwa

Veritas is a Korean manhwa(comic) written by Yoon Joon-sik and illustrated by Kim Dong-hoon that has been in production since 2005. A middle-schooler named Gangryong Ma is saved one day by a man whose strength is beyond belief. This man is called Lightning Tiger. He teaches Gangryong a martial art known as the Enlightenment Of Thunder and Lightning, thereby introducing him to a world of power that will change his life forever.


Manhwa means comic in Korean.

Meaning of the word Veritas - means the truth. She's the goddess of truth, a daughter of Saturn and the mother of Virtue.

Needless Anime/Manga

The year is 2130 after the third world war, large contaminated areas known as "Blackspots" formed all over Japan. Large Walls were used to quarantine off these "Blackspots". In time, signs of inhabitance appeared within these wastelands. Among the survivors who had been abandoned inside the Blackspots, labeled as "those who were unneeded", came forth possessors of uncanny abilities -- Fire, wind, brute strength...they were defined by their supernatural abilities. Others, fearful of their powers, expelled them and named them - - - Needless!

Mangaka: Imai Kami

Genre: Seinen, Action, Sci-fi

Anime Opening


Anime Ending



At first glance you will think it's ripping off Tenggen Toppan Gurren Laggan, but it's not actually. The manga was way back 2004 before TTGL was a manga or anime. The artwork is a combination of MANLY MEN and LOLI girls in design which makes it an awesome manga and anime series. The anime has toned down the gory and too violent parts in the manga. Currently the manga is ongoing.

Shin Mazinger Zer0

Shin Mazinger Zero




Released: 2009
Authors: Go Nagai, Tabata Yoshiaki
Artist: Yugo Yuuki

The NEW Shin Mazinger Zer0 manga it's plot is not light hearted it's VERY dark and almost H at some points. If you thought Kouji Kabuto couldn't get a darker character like Ryoma did in Shin Getter in this Mazinger Manga he has gotten that character change. Also the mazinger in the manga at times looks like the "FEWTURE" Robot design figure. Also be advice it's a VERY dark plot.

Preview:

Change123 Manga

Change 123/Change Hi-Fu-Mi

See the picture above you? You see 4 naked girls with censor bars on the CERTAIN areas that are not needed to be scene because of obscenity, so you think I am "THE MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS"...Well tough luck boys and girls, that girl is only one person!

I present Change 123. Hi-Fu-Mi which means Change Hibiki-Fujiko-Mikiri. The shounen manga which follows Motoko Gettou, a female high school student trained by her 3 fathers(actually martial arts masters who are foster fathers). The result of their rigorous training, Motoko developed 3 personalities representing each martial arts of her who each are individually skilled in the combat skills she's learned. She was orphaned at an early age which her mother left her with her 3 foster fathers. There is another personality within Motoko Gettou who's named Zero or 0, who is the strongest. She is ruthless, emotionless, inhumanly strong to point of being able to tear off limbs, and will attack and try to kill anyone she sees. She has all the skills of the other personalities, but has no mercy for anyone. She is Motoko's anger,hatered and rage are within Zero. It's 3-2-1-0/Hibiki-Fujiko-Mikiri-Zero. She is the last resort when all the other personalities are defeated. She can also fuse with the other personalities giving them the level of power she has. She's said to be the natural "BORN KILLER" among all the personalities and said if Motoko doesn't go to theraphy she might develop another personality. The fathers and Motoko's friend Kyosukegawa are trying to find a way to cure her so she may live a normal life.

Change 123 has currently has manga 8 volumes.

Queen's Blade - Hide & Seek Manga

A manga adaption of the widely popular erotic illustrations of the visual combat books published by Hobby Japan. Image above not related.

Story:

In the tradition, it is only the strongest women that can rule this kingdom. The battle that decides the strongest woman done once every four years. This battle is called Queen's Blade.
Scanlations can be found below.

MangaFox

Jin Koabayashi Sexiest Mangaka?

Do you believe that Jin Kobayashi creator of School Rumble and Natsu no Arashi is the sexiest mangaka? Well he has a great build, probably because he plays basketball at his spare time. I suggest you go to the blog below for more info. ^_^;;


Taken from Teskogawa's blog

Rosario+Vampire Manga mistranslation

Mizore's youkai(monster) race is mistranslated.



They've mistranslated Yuki Onna for ABOMINABLE SNOW GIRL. Which is just Snow Girl.
Yuki - Snow, Onna - Girl. No need to add that other adjectives. But in any case it's still a great buy manga available now in stores and AMAZON.

Jin Kobayashi and Harima Kenji

Jin Kobayashi/Kobayashi Jin /小林尽 or KJ for short in some forums. Is the well known author and artist of the manga called School Rumble. His distinct likeness to the main male protagonist Harima Kenji made people interested in him. Many rumors sprung that he has a half American wife which is blond, who looks similar to Eri the half Japanese/American girl in School Rumble which is the most popular pairing for Harima. But as he said he want's to lay low and have a low profile, but it was too late after his public appearance looking EXACTLY like the main guy in School Rumble, though he said that Harima is only partly percent modeled after him and other characteristics are modeled after his friends. Harima is great at basket ball and on a side note KJ plays basketball whenever he's not doing manga and speaking of basketball and friends did you knew that Takeshi Kusao the voice of Hanamichi Sakuragi from Slam Dunk is his friend?

Though when School Rumble ended many trolled, flamed, bashed and basterdized the poor guy, including yours truly. lol. Since many fans where not satisfied with the ending KJ gave the fans. Thus for a saving grace for his masterpiece he created a new School Rumble Manga entitled School Rumble Z. Which has more gags and has no plot. It's funny non the less, but the fans wanted the story and answers to the pairings and plot. Ironically on SRZ chapter.3 Jin Kobayashi kinda, indirectly explains his well being. As chapter 3 of SRZ starts with a poor depressed mangaka Harima(similar to KJ after the end of SR for not satisfiying the fans), which he turned into a professional baseball player due to "some lucky Fish Bone Pen" then losing everything because Tenma called him and he dropped his cigar and burn all his life, putting him in the same spot as the start. All that was left was his fish bone pen and Harima said to himself that. "I may have lost everything, but still I still can be a mangaka...". Which is ironically similar to his old interview that he was asked a question that if was not doing manga what would he'd be. He replied that he'd be an illustrator or anything related to manga and drawing since he loves to draw. KJ's main inspiration is Dragonball, one reason also for Harima to turn into a saiyajin monkey ape in one of the chapters of SR, also the anime and manga featured Harima turning Super Saiyan.

And so what else I can conclude about Harima and KJ? Well I guess hints and bits of his personal life is in the SR and SRZ manga which is secretly puts indirectly. SRZ manga is now at chapter.4 which features a young Harima, Tenma and Yakumo. Which is a flashback to the School Rumble manga. Seems KJ has been listening to fans and created a chapter which is within the School Rumble universe and not a spin off.

More on KJ's work and personal life on Wiki.