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Mesonoxian Eve
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@The King of Harts - I figured you had to have a custom shelf unit, considering you take pride in displaying the box art of your collection. It's finally nice to see what you've been bragging about these years.
Looks like you'll have a very nice anime room, once it's done. @Bamboo - I can't blame you for judging a book by its cover, considering it's what distribs do to move their product. Thanks for the reviews, because I also put off Maid Sama for the very same reasons you did. It's pretty shameful, really, this method of selling is still being used today, rather than seeing honest accounts of what's in the box. It's the primary reason I will now stream before I buy, so I don't find myself spending $100 for a series that's a total failure because the box lied. I actually feel sorry for those who thought they were buying an ecchi series only to find a romance one. Suckers. By the way: still appreciating your review of Heaven's Memo Pad. Definitely a good series that's under the radar (and its box art will also detract buyers who don't read Shelf Life). I've watched it 4 times since purchasing it. I love a series with a high re-watch factor. Makes my purchases investments, rather than shelf-filling collectibles. |
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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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I have Zac to thank for watching Maid-sama!. I never would have picked it up if it wasn't for his excellent rating and preview he gave for the Spring 2010 Preview Guide. I liked the show a lot and ended up rating it as 'Good', though it could have been higher if there was more resolution. It could have done with being faster-paced (and cutting out the awful arc with the snobby boys), but it was still an enjoyable show that I felt was worth watching.
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thenix
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none of the series seem my thing. I'm busy watching Magi and Pokemon B&W lol. (and gaming of course)
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Keichitsu0305
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(^O^) Thanks for the link. Oh and great carpentry skills~ |
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RoverTX
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http://zero.mods.jp/ I am pretty sure the creator is female unless that is one giant marketing ploy. What I am surprised about is how they marketed Maid Sama considering how much Yaio female oriented pandering there is in it. Not to mention she basically ends up with a reverse harem... |
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littlegreenwolf
Posts: 4796 Location: Seattle, WA |
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Tokyopop handled the manga packaging for Maid-Sama horribly as well. If I hadn't previously read it through scanlations, I wouldn't have gone near it based on their description. It's still oh so very hard to get some of my friends to try reading it.
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Moonsaber
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Hilarious, is that in the sub or the dub? I don't really recall that in the fansub version I originally watched it in, and I have been holding out hope for a Blu Ray instead of DVD box. As for the shelves: Nice! Great collection for so little time in it. Mine have been retreaded and retooled so many times that my time in is not as helpful as you might think. You display things very well, I am envious! |
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kameoosama
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I'm glad that Shangri-La was well received! I watched the show a year or two ago when I think it was just on Crunchyroll and It's nice to see something that weaves such an alien-seeming world out of things that aren't even really sci-fi anymore! (carbon trading is something that many countries are working toward setting up right now [The united states is one of the few hold-outs of course,] Arcologies are in the planning stages in a couple of places, and well Anthropogenic Global Climate Change is pretty much accepted fact by like 99% of pretty much anyone who's done any research relating to it and/or can interpret the studies. No word yet on much of the other weirdness.) however, I think I have pretty much the opposite reactions on Range Murata's designs. I'm familiar with him from art books and Power Instinct and so I just start getting into the way the costumes are designed which isn't warm at all (I love them so much though!) I think the reason why it takes so long for the connections between these seemingly disparate groups to make itself clear is because spoiler[they're putting off revealing the secret behind Atlas that they keep alluding to until as close to the climax as possible.]
My favorite bit of "Don't judge things by their covers" was Welcome to the NHK personally. Not because the covers didn't reflect the content of the show, but because the covers were actually designed to make you as uncomfortable as possible if you actually went into a store to buy them instead of ordering them online (probably anyway) and to make the covers something you wouldn't show to non-otaku friends. Basically, they were designed to put you in the same mindset as the Satou. Which is terrible and genius at the same time. |
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crosswithyou
Posts: 2892 Location: California |
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Yes, Fujiwara Hiro is a woman. It's been a while since I've watched the series but I don't understand what "Yaio[sic] female oriented pandering" you are referring to. |
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CrowLia
Posts: 5500 Location: Mexico |
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Well, it's a recurring joke that Yukimura [vicepresident? not sure on the name] is very girly and is often forced to dress as a girl. Usui molests him frequently -there's even a spoiler[kiss scene-] and there's also some hints of him being very close with [guy that was scared of girls and tried to spoiler[hypnotize] Misaki]
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The King of Harts
Posts: 6712 Location: Mount Crawford, Virginia |
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That's actually very precious to me. It used to belong to my oldest brother and I always wanted it (especially since I had the original Megazord), and so when he went off to college he gave it to me. That was 14 years ago and it's been on display somewhere in my room ever since.
Man, if I was financially privileged that thing would be triple the size. It basically comes down to the fact that anime is my only hobby. I mean, when I'm done paying bills and doing other boring grown up stuff, all that's really left is buying anime. When that's the case it just grows and grows and grows. I also didn't go to college, and so I don't have any of those types of bills to pay.
Nah, I only bought one set. The wall tack I used doesn't leave a stain or sticks, so hanging them up isn't a problem. I'm a "collector extraordinaire", not "insane keep-it-mint guy".
Best $20 I'll probably ever spend. Since it's a Type Moon figure SEGA probably gave it the extra special treatment, and it shows. I mean, that Minami bunny girl next to it is also from SEGA, but they're just from different worlds. If you can get it, get it.
Fret not, that's an art box designed to hold blu-ray copies of K-ON!.
Wait, you've never seen my shelves or collection? In the Community section I talked about the process of deciding how to build it, what it looked like after I built it, and have a Spotlight dedicated to it where I droned on and on and on about it for almost 9000 words. I even updated it recently. I know you don't hang on to every word I say, but there's been ample opportunities to see it. |
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Mesonoxian Eve
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I'm at a loss for words. I never saw those posts or simply just don't remember them. Getting old sucks. |
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crosswithyou
Posts: 2892 Location: California |
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Personally I thought nothing of those scenes and I'm a bl fan. I only took them as jokes used for comedic effect, and not as yaoi material. Slashing Maid Sama! never even crossed my mind, but that's just me. |
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gorilla491
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Lesson of the week! LOL! Don't judge a book by it's cover!
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Bargain Hunter
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Those are gorgeous shelves, TKoH. Every time I see how neatly everything is placed, and then I look at my own crowded shelves; the anime I have in boxes and the anime that's stacked on my floor in various spots and I weep. One day...one day...
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