New Stuff from AX 2011

When I wanna be vague when someone asks me what I buy, I say, "stuff". And that's what I bought. Really! So much stuff, lol. I was trying to hold back. I didn't buy any figures either and some of them are freebies and signed stuff. The one up top is one of my favourite things that got signed ^o^

Arakawa Under the Bridge BD/DVD, Katanagatari Vol. 1 BD/DVD, Hidamari Sketch 3rd Season DVD, Gurren Lagann movie 2 DVD (not available in Canada), Haruhi-chan Vol. 2 DVD and K-ON! Vol. 2 Blu-Ray.

The biggest blow to my budget were DVDs and Blu-Rays. NIS America, Bandai and Sentai Filmworks got a chunk of my money! I bought Katanagatari on sale on the last day thankfully, but I paid full price for Arakawa Under the Bridge. That's because if you buy it, you get a priority ticket to get stuff signed from Sawashiro Miyuki ^^

MEIKO shirt! Anime Expo 2011 shirts X 2... One for my brother. And the freebie NicoNico shirt that doesn't fit me... Also goes to my brother ^^;

Shirts, shirts, shirts and more shirts! I think I'm a shirt otaku. I buy so many things with anime things on a shirt and I'd wear'em all XD

2 Mirai shirts

I was glad to see J-List got their big selection of shirts on hand. Wanted to get some of these but didn't want to pay for shipping :P

Would you like to make a contract?

And the picture below is a bit NSFW ^^; Got my hands on a few eroge from JAST USA/J-List... Something I've been wanting to get a hard copy of and not a download copy... Kinda wary about bringing it back, but got in safely :)

Deus Machina Demonbane, Escalation Yukkuri Panic, Tokimeki Check in!, Blazing Souls Accelate

Yah, I got mostly eroge, but one PSP game from Aksys for $10 was irresistible. And it was good dropping by Aksys' booth because I didn't go to their panel, but I found out that they are translating Fate/Extra! It was nice talking to the guy who was doing the translations too :) Will look forward to it in December! The 2 on the top is what I was planning to get when I got to AX. Tokimeki was given for free when I bought both games ^^

I only bought one CD, Kalafina's Magia, and that's mostly because of the DVD packed in. The other 2 CDs were freebies when I bought from NIS America booth.

It was fun talking to the folks at Obitsu. I bought 2 of the Obitsu 11cm bodies so I can use them for Nendoroids :P They also gave me the catalogue and flyers at purchase.

This Itazura Bank with the cat is something I got from J-List. It was just too adorable not to get. But I didn't get it for myself ^^

This Eva Tokyo-3 Base set is from Yakuri! She posted this a while ago, and I was eyeing it, but mostly just for Rei ^^;

Little do I know that she was going to give it to me XD It was like Christmas in July!

I've yet to open it to build it, but soon. It just looks really cool!

I also encountered Kurot while I was there :D I instantly recognized the artwork when I passed by. I had a brief chat with her, but she seemed really quiet, so I didn't disturb her much ^^; All her prints were a bit large for me to bring back home in my luggage, so I just bought this one of Homura. :D

And and and! I also got around to meeting Lene and getting some of her stuff for sale! Kinda random stuff, lol. She was teasing on Twitter about having a MEIKO sticker, so I tried to look for her booth asap! Got Lily (Yuri, teehee!), MEIKO (of course), TakoLuka, Homura (popular item according to Lene... Good thing I got one!), Madoka, Haruka, Mirai and Kanata... And looks like my Tomoe Mami is missing... Darnit Charlotte! Oh wait, no, I gave it to someone who claims her as a waifu :P

Someone from Artist Alley were selling this Tabloid size poster for $1. I couldn't bring it home unfortunately, so I took a photo instead :P I gave it to Tsubasa before I left.

Mostly cuz of MEIKO. The other posters didn't have MEIKO on'em.

These are the concerts I went to... They were a bit short unfortunately... Overpriced tickets at AX, imo. Other cons would have these for free...

And here are the signed loots! Different circumstances for each item, lol.

The first one is a signed AFA09 card. I actually got it with Danny's signature already. This came from Singapore last year, probably Kodomut sent it to Chun and then to me ^^ Then I just needed Takanori Aki's autograph ^^

This one was a fun one to get. Sawashiro Miyuki was signing at the NIS America booth and when my turn came up, I showed up with Puchiko's hat in my hand and she was a little bit shy seeing it. "Bikkurishita", she says as she covers up her face. ^o^ Then she asks 3 or 4 other people to stretch out the fabric and then she signed on it. I asked her to write "nyu" as well, hehehe. I had this hat for a while too... I wore it back in the first Anime Boston I attended in 2007.

Next is Momoi Haruko's autograph! Ah, well... She wasn't really there, lol. Yakuri attended Fanime in May and got this for me! Oh you're so kind Yaku-chan ^o^ Thank you very much! I've been a big fan of Halko for a long time now, ever since Nakahara Komugi. I hope I get to meet her one day ^_^

Lastly is my Demonbane copy signed by Kosaka Taiki-san. I kinda wished I brought my copy of Phantom of Inferno instead ^^; Oh well... Time to play this game soon :3

Errr... Well this is from 2009 when Kalafina attended AB, lol. So this isn't recent, but I can still show it off, right? :P I didn't get their autograph this year unfortunately...

The next few batch of new stuff I got will be presented by my imouto, Helen. Here she is with a new nekomimi hat that she got from the Artist Alley... Oh I wish I took a card or remembered whose booth it was ^^;

She also got a new usamimi hat, since it's the year of the rabbit after all. They came in different sizes, but Helen's head is the size of a MSD, so I got those with a cheaper price too than a DD or SD size. :P

Errr... I got this for free when I bought Katanagatari... I thought it was some kind of pouch, but when I opened it...

Helen: "Oniichan ecchi..." Ah! I didn't know it was a pair of pantsu! Maybe I can wear it as a new hat...

This is Jonathan from Kaleido Star. A friend told me to pick something for free when he got something from buying over $50 at the Sentai Filmworks booth. I've been wanting a Jonathan plushie for a while too.

And here's the last new stuff... Another plushie with a cute baby blue ribbon! Helen seems to like it...

Ah shoot... I forgot to take the label off! Helen don't read that! Helen: "Silly oniichan, what's the harm of reading the label?"

"Baka ecchi oniichan..."

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Dolls of AX 2011

This year's Anime Expo had quite a significant difference... It's the first time I have two imouto attending with me ^^ This year I brought Helen and Mugi to Anime Expo. Because of this I seemed to have gotten more photos of dolls and Dollfie Dreams during AX ^^;

Here is Helen trying out an oversized dress XD Can you guess whose dress that is?

If you guess this girl below, Sasara, then you are correct! This is Tsubasa's Sasara. I borrowed her dress for Helen to try out, but the chest area definitely had room to spare ^^;;;

Sasara seem to be always having her arms crossed below her chest, lol!

Here's a view from our room. You can clearly see Nokia Theater and Staples Center from our room.

Here's a view at night. It was really tricky because you get all sorts of reflection on the window. This photo was the only one that turned out well.

There were a few Dollfie Dreams on display at the AAA booth in the Exhibit Hall. Danny requested a few DD to volunteer to wear the Mirai uniforms. This one is Wolfheinrich's Airi... And no, he did not attend this year's AX. Apparently this is an import ^^;

This one is Simply_Aroused's Ryomou. The Millenium outfit looks really awesome!

And the next one is also his... Saber Lily in the Mirai meido outfit.

Before AX started, Danny mentioned that Obitsu will have a booth at the Exhibit Hall... What I didn't realize was that it was a very small booth... I was expecting something bigger.

There were many Obitsu dolls in display though. These ones are the new Lilia models. Unlike the first one, these ones do not have twin tails.

This is the Mizuki model. She looks really cute! Kinda like Nagato Yuki ^^

And beside her is the Mikazuki model... I wonder how much those guitars cost.

The first Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi Azone 1/3 doll, Asahina Mikuru. I was tempted to get this a long time ago, but thought she wasn't for me...

And beside her is Azone's 1/3 Fate Testarossa. Unfortunately most of my photos turned out kinda bad...

I hung out at the Obitsu booth only briefly, but for some reason it's one of the most memorable moments at this year AX. Maybe because I got Helen who has an Obitsu body. I also took a lot of photos of the booth because Chun requested some ^^

I bought the Obitsu 11 body because someone linked that you can use a Nendoroid head on it. I had quite a chat with the employees there. Finding out about the Obitsu 11 body, the 27cm body and talked about my own Obitsu-bodied Helen. I didn't bring her on the first day, but I came back the next day to show her off. They had quite a laugh when I explained her name... Ellen is the original, but Ecchi (H) + Ellen = Helen. They also gave me a catalogue and a few flyers. I asked for another catalogue the next day, but I didn't want to spend the $10 for a second copy ^^;

Here is Ms. Obitsu, Maki Yuriko-san. She mostly speaks Japanese, but she caught some of my English and the employees that spoke English translated for her ^^ They also took a picture of me with Helen... I wonder what happened to that photo ^^;; I also gave them my blog address... I wonder if they got a chance to visit :)

This one is a cute Neris! Her eyes are quite unique.

Since Danny Choo is also at AX, there were many, many Dollfie Dreams present! Unfortunately I was busy talking to a few people I just met that I couldn't take photos of all of them.

This is Cosplayshots' Beato. He got a very cute wig and outfit on her.

DancingQueen's Yoko with a dakimakura and Danny's Yuki dressed as Mirai.

DAT ASS!

SouthernBelle's Sasara (?) wearing a new outfit made by Chun that I delivered from Vancouver to L.A. They call it Lightning Saber Courier (LOL)... I think "LSC" sounds better than "LOL" :P

This one is Yoko? That top really works well for her... Must be cold in the Meet & Greet room ^^

Helen snuggles up with Mugi and Mirai. And yes, she got that new hat from the Artist Alley :D Will post more about that soon.

BerserkFuryZero's Kiriha looks very cute! She might be one of the ones I'll try to get if I ever get around to getting a DD. But then again there are just too many choices...

At one point there were 4 Dollfie Dreams in our hotel room since Tsubasa had his own courier services XD Here's Helen getting close to a semi-naked Airi ^^

And one last group shot... Tsubasa's Sasara is the only one dressed in this panty party, lol.

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