What goes with Halloween?

Image stolen shamelessly from Actar's blog ^^;

It's Halloween again. Hope you all had a nice night! I did nothing special as I simply want a break for the weekend.

In terms of anime, comics, or games (ACG), what goes well with Halloween? I don't know, so let's look into some examples then.


A nice classic to associate Halloween would be Dracula from the long-running Castlevania series, who appears with his magnificent haunted castle every time (pretty much) only to be bashed back to oblivion by a protagonist of each game ^^;

Playing a Castlevania for the night is a fitting idea. If you ask the fans which one to play they will probably recommend you Symphony of the Night.


Perhaps a figure like the one above? This one is GSC's 1/8 Melissa Seraphy. Others such as Chuchu Astram or Pixie Hiyori can go well too (links slightly NSFW).


Maybe even figma Billy Herrigton in his Halloween costume?


Speaking of figmas, you can make your own paper hats and capes for your figmas. This was mentioned one year ago (wow time flies), and you can still find the download link of the cutout from the official figma blog.


How about this brilliant Moka photoshop by Radiant Dreamer? Radiant's photoshop artworks never disappoint me ^^

Original post + making of this picture available here~


Gundam Deathscythe Hell Custom also comes to my mind. It sure looks badass in front of the moon~


Well I can't think of more right now, but I'm sure you have more ideas than I do, especially anime/manga as I don't watch/read much in that horror related theme (I know a friend of mine was watching Pet Shop of Horrors recently and he said the original manga was good). Nevertheless I hope you all had a good Halloween night though, whether you've done anything related to Halloween or not!

On the other hand, I think I will be getting busier this November and possibly December too, so I will take longer than usual on replying to comments as well as catching on my blogroll. Should I ever disappear, you'd know that I have been taken by vampires real life / workload... orz
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The Complete Guide to Fake Toys

いんちきおもちゃ大図鑑 (inchiki omocha daizukan), or "The Complete Guide to Fake Toys", features over 300 fake toys from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Korea. It will be released in November at a price of 1900 Yen (1995 Yen with tax).

Moeyo has a preview of it, so let's sit tight and have a look what will come ahead of us...


First off: the "Happy Drummer Cat Adventurer". Those who are into older anime will probably recognise this to be originated from Doraemon. In fact Moeyo has reported about this particular toy a while ago. I was a bit traumatised when I first saw it opening its face revealing an elephant's face and a trunk coming out on YouTube lol...


This looks like an enlarged version of Be@rbrick of some kind. The characters on the right are actually supposed to be Dorami and Nobita


Doraemon Siamese twins?!


Doraemon crocodile dentist o_O


What do you call Pikachu when it is hybridised with Bomberman? Bomber Pikachu??


Some pseudo-Ranma figures


Pseudo-Dragonball figures with some manly faces and dark hair


Some kind of bishoujo (?) figure with removable armours I think



Thomas the Engine... And... o_o;;;


This one appears to be based off the Travelion from Ozu family. Credits to annonymous on this information!


GaoGaiGar Something copied from Ohranger Robo. Credits to Weeabo for pointing it out. I think Snark will have to wage another war on another front upon seeing these things


A mobile phone transformer with part swapping Kamen Rider's face on the phone's body?
According to annonymous the phone is based on the G-Phone from Gaoranger


Ultraman on a bicycle! XD


Be@rbrick X Gundam??


Notice the name "モビルスーシ" (Mobile Sushi), while the actual thing should be "モビルスーツ" (Mobile Suit)! Would you like a Mobile Sushi of Nu Gundam? ^^;


Wooden Gundam models!


Apparently this is based off Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV. According to the captions, the two figures' heads are based of some mobile suits in Gundam o_o


Gundam's head on a Mazinger.


A transformable Kung Fu panda. It even saids "Kung Fu" on the torso too!




Something that resembles Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV's head and arms.


This appears to be Golion's head and crest hybridised with Galaxy Shuttle's body.

My brain is malfunctioning; I have lost the will to find out what they are already. You're welcome to help me on this though. Thanks to Weeabo again for pointing two of them out for me there!


Korean's well known Robot Taekwon V, which originally is copied from Mazinger Z. Korea was actually way ahead of China for making their own versions of Japanese anime. I may talk about this on another day.




And last but definitely not least,





A basketball transformer, revealing Yao Ming as the head of the robot inside. Now talk about creativity...

I will need to take a break from these crazy counterfeits and fake toys after posting this ^^;


All images are from Moeyo
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Drawing Strike Gundam in MS Execl

"You thought you saw everything... Think again"



Most of us would have come across some amazing drawings made from various graphic editors, or even MS Paint. But have you seen something drawn with MS Excel before?

Made by Shukei, this Excel drawing features Aile Strike Gundam from the anime series Gundam SEED (and Gundam SEED Destiny). The drawing is purely made up with autoshapes to do the job. It appears that the artist has used Excel over MS Word or Powerpoint for the unrestricted drawing space as well as having the grids as guidelines.

"This is the first drawing on Youtube done with Microsoft Excel exclusively (Autoshape can be used to do lineart, colors, shadows, lighting effects and layers, like some drawing softwares). Just for fun.

Real length: 12 hours 56 minutes"

12 hours 56 minutes!! o_O


Actual video below, if it doesn't work click on the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YG_WWZYqUs



The finished picture. Too bad I cannot find the original version in the artist's deviantART page. But it's still breathtaking nonetheless!
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Gundam OYW Gallery 2

It's been 5 months since my first Gundam gallery post. Continuing on the One Year War of the Universal Century, this time I'll focus purely on Zeon and all its mighty glory. Sieg Zeon! Sieg Zeon! Sieg Zeon!!!

Anyway, click on the images to view them in full size~

Note: All images belong to their respectful artists.














And last but not least, another classic scene:

"This is no Zaku, boy! No Zaku!"

Hope you enjoy the Zeon gallery this time!



Previous Gallery:

Gundam OYW Gallery

Gundam OYW Gallery 2
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New action figure series: Figutto

It appears that Griffon Enterprises is making a new action figure series caled Figutto (フィぎゅっと)


Up to 21 titles are already under planning for Figutto. Some of them include Ikki Tousen, Queen's Blade, ToHeart2, Zero no Tsukaima, Sekirei, Shining Wind, and The King of Fighters (KOF).

Wow didn't know KOF will be in it too!


Figutto joints shown for shoulder, knee, pelvis, and knee.


A complete and coloured Kousaka Tamaki from ToHeart2 is in display, which will very likely be Figutto's debut figure. She will be released in Feburary 2010. Price TBA




Tamaki from several angles. She will come with two faces, 4 pairs of hands, and a float ring.


Kuzugawa Sasara maid version in sample display




More girls are under planning and have design drawings out already. Here are ToHeart2 girls in school uniforms, namely Yuzuhara Konomi, Kousaka Tamaki, and Kusugawa Sasara


Ikki Tousen's Kanu Uncho Nekomimi version


Reina and Airi's design drawings. Will they be better than the Revoltech ones?


In addition, Figutto site has shown a new Touhou Project line to be available in Spring 2010, here showing Reimu Hakurei (I think). She will be up for preorder soon apparently.




How interesting. Another new action figure line to consider. While it's non-scale just like figma and Revoltech, I cannot determine the exact size, but it appears that the Figutto figures may be a bit bigger than the other lines. I may be wrong though. EDITED: They will stand at 16cm, which is about the same height as Fräulein (i.e. taller than Revoltechs and figmas. (Thanks SC for the info!) We shall see when more info are out in the near future~ So, anyone interested so far?

Official website:
http://www.figutto.com/

Images from Moeyo via ToysDaily forum
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