Blazblue artbook giveaway

I’m pretty sure most videogaming communities out there have their own form of giveaways. Shirts, mugs, stickers, but I’m sure people hardly find artbooks being used as giveaways XD

This is a thank you gift to the Blazblue community for their continued support and for being able to go to the rannbats which were held last saturday, July 30, 2011. Two of the community members and I planned to make this giveaway many moons ago (like since November or December) and after being delayed for a couple of times, it was finally released. We never announced to anyone about this effort so it really was a surprise to all those who came during the event.

Atelier Series Official Chronicle Review

I’m not really a fan of the Atelier Series simply because I haven’t played the game, but I was sucker punched by Mel Kishida’s cover art which led me into buy it XD.

Udon Entertainment has just published an english version of the “Atelier Series Official Chronicle” from Gust (yep, that’s the same people responsible for Ar Tonelico). You might be wondering why I’m making a big deal out of this, but being able to read the interview sections from the Planning department, Sound department, Voice talents, and Mel Kishida was the biggest treat for non-jap speaking, kanji illiterate, me. Spanning for 272 pages, this artbook is a treat for both those familiar and new to the Atelier series.

Blazblue Phase Shift 1

Work has been piling up and we’re almost approaching June, which happens to be the middle of the year (along with July). During these times, companies tend to perform harder in order to have excellent year-end reports for their brands. So we’re kind of really busy =P

Being the Blazblue nut that I am, I asked my comrade Michi if I can take pictures of her Phase Shift 1 copy for everyone to check out. Blazblue Phase Shift vol.1  is a story about how the Blazblue universe was before the Black Beast ran amok. You guys can check it out here at Amazon  for prices and whatnot =P

Blazblue Continuum Shift Material Collection

Been waiting for this mook to arrive since April came and after being delayed twice, my copy (along with two others) has finally arrived!

For those who have been reading this blog, you already probably have an idea that I’m a huge fan of Arksys games. Thus it comes to no surprise that I’ll be buying the material collection sooner or later. I didn’t buy Arcadia’s Blazblue CS2 book due to lack of fundage and that fact that most of the stuff that’s really important, specifically the frame data, will be translated by members of Dustloop.

Singapore Item GET

Its been a while since I’ve last posted in my own blog, two and a half months long to be exact. A lot of things came up between the time I’ve posted and today, and its been a week since I came back from Singapore. Had to work hard to get there and obtain the goods you see in the picture below.

Originally, I went to Singapore for the sole purpose of going to AFA, but what happened was I spent loads of time experiencing shopping in Singapore instead of staying at AFA.I think the total time I’ve spent in AFA was just 4 hours or less, and thats on both Saturday and Sunday. But I did buy a few things in AFA since I really didn’t want to leave empty handed after spending 23sgd for tickets on both days. You can learn more about AFA at http://www.animefestival.asia/index.html

How to Draw Manga: Sketching Manga Volume 1

I was able to finally track down this book after months of searching through bookstores and the internet. Its no joke how fast these books run out since they’re actually one of the better “how to draw manga” books around.

The book was written by Hikaru Hayashi, Takehiko Matsumoto, and Kazuaki Morita who are very well known in their respective industries. This copy was republished by Page One publication (god bless their soul). Graphic-sha has seemingly stopped producing copies of the book.