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Learning Japanese with Moekana can’t be this cute~

avalonexa — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:17:04 +0000

As our love of Japanese Culture grows stronger day by day, the urge to learn Japanese (Nihongo) is inevitable. It’s every comrade’s dream to go to Land of Sunrise and become one with the culture itself.

But Learning another language is sometimes boring and takes a lot of time, if you do it wrong. But with this new invention of a learning system, you can’t be wrong. I introduce you, Moekana~

Moekana is a set of 50 illustrated cards to help you learn the basic Japanese syllabary called hiragana.

The cards feature the cute characters of Dannychoo.com and TV show mascots in many themes, which will make you never bored of learning with their cuteness. Below are photos of my copies which arrived yesterday.

Cute illustrations spotted at the side of the box. Love Angel & Demon Mirai XD.

If you open the box from the top, you will find a “> <” symbols which will make an excited emoticon with a smile. Even the box know my feelings right now. Very cute box.

A “fresh from the oven” set of cards.

I bought 3 sets just in case of damages then thought to make it giveaways but my friends knew and placed dips at the 2 other copies.

After the cards arrived, many people asked me why I didn’t tell them that I bought some. I never thought that the cards are so popular in my neck of wood. I should have bought more that day!

Kanata is my favorite Dannychoo.com character, I wonder why. Megane and Tsundere? Yeah, sure…

I know that creating someone’s name is not allowed when playing Moekana but this one is a special case XD. My first created words are Hikari Chiya, one of our site’s mascot, with her illustration drawn by me (not a good one though orz).

There are also character’s profile at the back of the extra cards. These extra cards represent the first word of character’s name which are Mi, Ha, and Ka. I’m so happy that Kanata’s Birthday is on the same month with me lol.

More photos at the Gallery below!

For the product details,

Product Name: Moekana (もえかな)
Series: Culture Japan
Category: Goods
Price: 1,500 yen
Release: Date 2012/04
Specifications: 50 Japanese study cards each 88mm x 63mm. Made in Japan.
Released by: Culture Japan
Distributed by: Good Smile Company
Ages: 6 and up.

Well, I think that’s all for the short review. The first run of Moekana is sold out. From the post in Dannychoo.com, they’re currently in the process of printing a second run. So, if you haven’t got one, mind to check these site before it’s too late XD.

Where to buy

Thanks for reading this post, have fun learning Japanese!

For more information of Moekana series, do mind check the source site below here.

Source: Dannychoo

P.S: Just for info, I also run my own Facebook page at Avalonexa which will cover my photos and portfolio. Do mind check it out if you like. Thanks~

Happy Valentine’s Day~

avalonexa — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:56:49 +0000

Happy Valentine’s day everyone! Congrats to people who celebrate it and for single people like me who alone right now, don’t lose hope. I made myself a present, well just for photoshot actually and I will share it with you~

Anyone wonder what’s inside the box? Let’s open it.

it’s a flower! No, no, this isn’t the present

Do you see what I see? a hand?

On behalf of Ani-Culture.net’s crews,

Happy Valentine’s Day!

WonderFestival 2012 part 2

Xenoedge — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:55:25 +0000

This is a continuation from the previous post. Featured here will be Figmas and Figurines. Now enjoy.

Quite a bit of pics in here since this is a combined gallery of figmas and figurines.

This is all i have managed to dig up so far but do keep a lookout on other websites and blogs as they will also be showing more of it. Thats all from me today. See you soon.

WonderFestival 2012 part 1

Xenoedge — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:52:47 +0000

Figurine lovers rejoice! Today is the day of Wonder Festival 2012[Winter] where everything and anything figurine related is showcased.

Wonder Festival or Wonfes is an event where figurine making companies come together to showcase their upcoming products and projects for the year. I will be splitting up into 2 post. Pretty image intensive if I did it all in 1 post. So it would be 1 for nendroids or nendo itself and 1 for figmas and figurine. I am sorry if i am unable to cover all the figurines shown for the event.
For this post i will be showing the Nendo that is upcoming for the year. Enjoy.

Also, do look out for my part 2 later on.

Figurine Update: Before the year ends~

avalonexa — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:49:40 +0000

It’s been a while everyone XD. New year is just around the corner, yet many things have to be done. Currently, even thou I’m on vacation but with lots of works, I can’t even rest or play at all.

Recent loot of mine XD a little sneak peak of the next post I'm going to write.

Btw, it’s been a while since we talked about figure, so let’s talk some figure news! XD Before the new year comes and many other figurines got release, then I’ll never ever finish this post XD.

One of the most exciting figure for this month is,

Photo by GSCMikatan

Saber and Saber Motored Cuirassier! XD

It’s an awesome figure of Saber with her bike from Fate/Zero which aired this fall. The show is famous! And season 1 just ended and with season 2 planned for spring. Well let’s talk more about the figure itself XD.

In Fate/Zero, Saber is known for wearing a black tight suit which is pretty cool yet have it’s own charm. This figure portraited her charm pretty damn well! So sexy! XD.

The bike is based on Yamaha’s V-MAX which is huge compared with the small posture of saber, giving you a contrasting feel when seeing them in action. The bike’s design is created by Namaniku Attakai, character designer from Nitroplus!.

Saber and Saber Motored Cuirassier’s pre-order is already opened since 22 December and to be released in May 2012 with a price of 13,800円 (including tax) so grab it fast, before it’s too late!

P.S. do check the GSC site at below for more info and photo.

Let’s see if I have any other news~

Nendoroid Petit Puella Magi Madoka Magica set was announced many moons ago and scheduled to be released next month.

Like always, there is a secret petit included and I’m wondering who will become the secret. It could be a side character, or another form of the characters, or even a villain? For anyone who’s wondering, I’ll give you the answer XD.

Photo from Oda-P's Twitter

It’s Madoka’s Goddess version which appeared at the last episode of the series!

Madoka’s Goddess version is a matured version of Madoka after making a contract with QB and defeated Witches. She is rendered wearing a long dress with a long hair, so ladylike XD.

So if you are a real fan of the Madoka Magica series, this set is a must get! The Kawaii Mahou Shoujo-tachi will help make your day even better XD.

Looking at cute girls is always refreshing~ XD so I still have 2 more to go!

Photo by GSCMikatan

Nendoroid Sana Inui is also announced recently!

She is a very active girl from the Mashiroiro Symphony series. A very cute nendoroid with lovely smile and cute hands creating a heart shape, making your heart beats faster! Mashiroiro’s mascot, Pannya is also included.

She’s scheduled to be released in May 2012 like Saber with a price tag of 3500 yen. For me, I’ll be ordering her asap when my regular shop start her pre-order.

And the last one for today is….

Left to Right: Ohana, Minko, Nako, Yuina - Photo from Nekomagic

Ohana and friends from Hanasaku Iroha Beach Queens Ver. series by Wave!

Hanasaku Iroha is one of my favorite anime this year and I think it’s pretty well known too.

But I never thought that Wave would throw all the heroines at us in one short. These figures are from Beach Queens series and is scheduled to be released in July 2012 with a price tag of 3800 yen.

By looking at the prototype, I think Nako is the one that interested me the most, having the best body sculpture (I think I have a similar taste with Neko Magic’s GGT).

I do love Nako in the series so might be kinda biased actually but these girls have their own charm! So pick your own type or just snatch all of them! Afterall they are lovely girls in their ‘battle’ suit (Trust me, the Beach is a battlefield).

I think that’s all I can write today, do want to write much more. Do you find figure news interesting? Do you want us to provide figurine news regularly?

Do mind telling us so we can improve it next year! Thanks for reading.

Source: GSCMikatan’s english blog, Neko Magic and Nendonesia

GSC: Asuka Langley Shikinami by Max Factory~

tueac — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:59:32 +0000

Today Mikantan review the upcoming figure of Asuka Langley Shikinami by Max Factory which I missed… On closer inspection, of the pictures taken on the site, it looks good~ It just look so tight~

It’s too bad for me that I have neither the space nor resources to afford her at the moment…

She will be shipped out to stores next week so do look out for her if you didn’t pre-order like me or prepare yourself if you did. It just seems like such a happening looking figure.

Product Name	Asuka Langley Shikinami (しきなみ・あすか・らんぐれー)
Series	Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Manufacturer	Max Factory
Category	PVC
Price	7800円 (including tax)
Release Date	2011/12
Specifications:	Painted PVC 1/6th scale figure with stand included, approximately 275mm in height.
Sculptor: Chieri (Max Factory)
Released by: Max Factory
Distributed by: Good Smile Company

Source: Mikan-tan | GSC

GSC: Saber Extra by Gift.

tueac — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:54:21 +0000

Have you seen the new Saber Extra by GSC? The red Saber is… … bloody beautiful!

Even thou I don’t really post on scaled figures, but this version of Saber really caught my eyes. I’ll let the pictures talk.

Name:	Saber Extra
Series:	Fate/Extra
Maker:	GIFT
Scale:	“1/8″
Price:	9800 Yen
Expected release date:	May, 2012
Sculptor: Akira Toda (Principality of Kaguisuchino)
Coloring: Sara (Blue Moon Girl)

Website: GSC

Nendoroid: Menma

tueac — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:03:18 +0000

I haven’t been buying Nendoroids in for some time, due to the fact that I don’t have a dimensional blender… And my place is running out of space for the box and a display area.

In fact I have still have 4 unboxed at home…

But I might really go ahead to preorder the Menma Nendoroid recently previewed on the Mikatan’s site.

She is just too cute~ Not to mention, the anime, Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai, which Menma is from is like the only anime that made me cry this year.

The story is just really good! I’m so glad I’ll be able to see some of it here in Singapore, later in AFA11.

But for the Nendoroid, looking at the preview alone is making my hands itch… Since it comes will so many accessories like the flowers and etc.

The preorder starts today at most online stores, while I will most likely get mine from KKnM, and ready to be shipped in Feb 2012.

Source: Mika-tan
Website: Good Smile Company | KKnM

P.S.: Like wise… did you see the Sena and Ohana Nendos? Ah… …. =_=||| I’m in trouble…

Anime Café to Open in Akiba, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore.

tueac — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:09:53 +0000

Puella Magi Madoka Magica themed café Good Smile Company

Goodsmile Company and Tetsujinka Keikaku(Tetsujin) a Japanese Karaoke and Internet Cafe chain operator will be working together to open a series of 10 café, in the next 3 years.

Starting from Japan’s Akihabara on the 28th of October, followed by Taiwan in November, and then Thailand and Singapore in the near future.

The Cafe in Akihabara is Madoka themed for the opening, 500 Square Meter big, and has a Karaoke room. A new theme is expected to be used every three months or roughly a season.

Source: Comtrya Sugoi | ANN via SGCafe
Images: Danny Choo’s CultureJapan.jp

AFA11: Akiba Town(Updated!)

tueac — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:33:42 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K89ZaTY_7W0

Also announced today at AFA11 conference. Akiba Town will be having some exclusive brand names coming down to setup their booths and there will be event exclusive items on sale.

The brands mentioned are:
Bushiroad
Bandai
Cospa
Nitro+
Kotobukiya
Good Smile Company and many more

Along with exclusive merchandise from a number of Animes like,

Angel Beats!
Hana-Saku Iroha
Fairy Tail
My Sister Cannot be that cute
And more.

There will also be exclusive items on sale, for example, Bandai will have exclusive One Piece figurines for sale and they will be bringing down some new smartphone and iphone technology to showcase at AFA11.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uugdgXBvoms

With this much brand names and titles announced with many more to come, are you gonna start saving up for AFA11?

P.S: About the video… If you wanna know, I’m sorry my position is very bad… … But atleast you get to see something…