iGeass : Picture contest #1 on Tsuki-board.

At the moment, there is a picture contest on Tsuki-board: its theme is “music” (rather broad) and it ends at June 20th. It is the 1st contest on the website.
As moderator, I couldn’t take part in this contest (I will have to evaluate the competitors)… but I was finally allowed by boss to show a pic (see the picture above)… but I can’t win anyway =/ I would like to explain some stuff about this picture…

Il y a actuellement un concours d’image/photo sur le Tsuki-board : c’est le premier. Il a pour thème la musique et prend fin le 20 juin.
En tant que modérateur, je ne pouvais pas participer (j’aurais le rôle de juge pour définir les gagnants)… mais j’ai finalement été autorisé par le boss de réaliser une image pour l’occasion sans toutefois vraiment participer (voir image ci-dessus) Je voulais faire une sorte de making of…

Keitais (phones) from Higashi no Eden & Evangelion !

I must admit hate cellphones: people who know me account it when trying to talk to me xD of course it has lots of advantages… but sometimes I find this tool changed our habits in a negative way: as example, there are some people who think that it is ok to be late at an appointment just by warning 10 minutes before the H hour… well let’s go back to the real topic : tie-ins, tie-ins, tie-ins… they’re gonna crush my bank account >_<

Cellphones from Higashi no Eden and Evangelion 2.0 will be released in Japan o.O

Higashi no Eden’s one is manufactured by NEC.

You will be able to call Juiz to ask a better job, to buy a figure shop, to watch the movie you want in the cinema, etc…

Evangelion 2.0 : there will be 30 000 units (limited item of course). It’s
manufactured by Sharp for NTT Docomo (the 1st mobile operator in Japan). Its price is 90,000 yen o.O

I hope Rei and Shinji are not calling each other on the following picture.

This “SH-06A Nerv” is based on the “SH-06A” with a NERV customized appearance (the shell, the menu, the ringtones, etc…)

According to some websites, the compatibility of Japanese phones in other countries is rather poor :
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2223.html
http://euc.jp/misc/cellphones.en.html

Nonetheless I found out that there were some “Hyper SIM” cards that should be able to unlock them… maybe it could be a solution. If I am fully sure this will work I should buy Evangelion’s one =3 (yeah, I feel you’re thinking that I’m crazy >_<).

Mes animes du moment ~the animes I’m currently watchin’

The last anime that I finished to watch is Toradora! By finishing it I was a bit sad to leave a universe that I liked… but I started watching 2 other animes that are currently broadcasted in Japan and my interest in animes completely revived with them: Higashi no Eden (Eden of the East) and the 2nd season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Le dernier anime que j’ai terminé est Toradora! A la fin de l’anime, j’étais un peu mélancolique car c’est un anime que j’ai bien aimé (toute bonne chose a une fin). Cette mélancolie a disparu en entamant 2 autres séries actuellement en diffusion au Japon (2 gros futurs succès d’après moi) : la saison 2 de la mélancolie de Haruhi Suzumiya et Eden of the East (Higashi no Eden).

J’espère que mes premières impressions vous donneront envie de vous jeter à l’eau
~I hope my first feelings will make you want to watch them.

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Review EN: Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion) by New Line.

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a franchise that has been used until… oh, it’s still used to sell various tie-ins (one of my friends owns the NERV tie o.O). The anime that I watched on VHS tapes at the end of the 90’s was one of the first “modern” animes that I saw and became a kind of cultural reference for me.
Regarding figures, Rei’s ones and Asuka’s ones are countless (according to some stats on Tsuki-Board, both are the characters that have most figures). I was surprised that figures were still manufactured while the broadcast of the anime was ended for a while. And since 2007 the movies “Rebuild of Evangelion” are produced: this will not slow down this trend xD

This is how a figure of Misato Katsuragi of Evangelion 1.0 was produced by Kotobukiya in 2008:
Misato Katsuragi on Kotobukiya’s Japanese website
Misato Katsuragi on Kotobukiya US
Misato has less figures than Rei or Asuka but I guess she is my favorite character of the anime. By seeing the pictures of Kotobukiya’s figure it reminded me that I wanted the figure of New Line when I was a student. So I just added it in my wishlist and was waiting for a chance to get it. I finally bought it on eBay and received it in April 2009 The review is about this fig.

Review FR : Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion) par New Line.

Neon Genesis Evangelion est une franchise qui aura été bien exploitée pour la vente de proders divers et variés (un de mes amis a la cravate NERV o.O). L’anime que j’ai découvert à la fin des années 1990 en VHS est l’un des permiers animes “modernes” que j’ai vus et était devenu pour moi une référence culturelle.
Au niveau des figurines, on ne compte plus les différentes versions de Rei ou d’Asuka destinées au fan service (d’après les statistiques du Tsuki-Board, elles sont les 2 personnages les plus “figurinisés”). Je m’étonnais toujours du fait que des figurines étaient toujours conçues et produites alors que la diffusion l’anime était terminée depuis belle lurettes. Et désormais, la sortie des films Rebuild of Evangelion depuis 2007 relance la machine ^.^

C’est ainsi que sortit en 2008 une figurine de Misato Katsuragi de Rebuild of Evangelion par Kotobukiya :
Misato Katsuragi sur le site de Kotobukiya Japon
Misato Katsuragi sur le site de Kotobukiya US
Misato est un personnage moins figurinisée que Rei ou Asuka. C’est malgré cela un de mes personnages préférés de la série. Voir cette figurine de Kotobukiya m’a rappelé qu’à l’époque où mon budget loisirs ne me le permettait pas, j’avais participé au Concours n°3 du site DYBEX de 2006 en espérant gagner la figurine de Misato de New Line. En patientant, une occasion se présenta sur eBay et elle est à la maison depuis avril 2009 Cette figurine est l’objet de la review suivante.

(Yamato) Macross Helmet 1/1 Casque Macross [Yamato]

Did you notice the symetry in the titel?… once again I’m not directly focusing on the main point I wanted to make a kind of “the price to…” but I already did it while announcing the Lancelot Startup USB key.
To tell you the truth I am not used to write news about releases because some other websites and blogs already do it BUT there are sometimes limited items and it really sucks to discover them later because they become unfindable or very expensive. If you’re a Macross fan, just shout the happyness.
Tiens, je viens de remarquer la symétrie de mon titre xD
Je n’ai donc pas vraiment l’habitude de newser puisque beaucoup d’autres sites et de blogs le font en temps et en heure et mieux que moi Quand je le fais, il s’agit de produits limités que je n’ai pas beaucoup vu newsés… et quand la date de préco sera dépassée, ça sera plus difficile de se les procurer. Si vous êtes un fan inconditionnel de Macross, laissez votre joie s’exprimer !

My first anime harem !

Here is a blog article that required neither figure nor digital camera or video game console ^^

During a time making a harem with our favorite anime characters was widespread on the French blogosphere. I guess that this trend has been initiated by kyouray who provided a blank template.

I searched the exact definition for “harem” to be sure: “women around a guy”. I immediately thought about the 4 babes of the PV of The Weekend by Michael Gray !!! (L) but let’s get back to the point : a harem with characters from animes.

I had to publish my article before Chrono-Kun but he was faster: his is available right there. It was a kind of “competition”. There are some other articles we would like to do, so I should have the opportunity to get other points.

And the winners are :

Did you recognize all of them ?