I have this habit which grew onto me ever since I learned that Gainax updates their website’s main page every Saturday with a new image. In the past, it used to be stuff like Evangelion, FLCL and some other Gainax productions, but recently, it’s been a whole string of Gurren Lagann images for weeks.
The images are original unpublished art, so I figured that starting a collection of them would be a good idea. After all, majority of the art is quite interesting and pleasing to the eyes, such as the image above. Gurren sure can rock!
Once again, it’s Saturday and I paid my usual visit. This time, I got quite a shock of my life.
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This happened to be my first Amazon Japan order using my own money, and also the biggest package I received from Amazon Japan too.
Before this, I had to approach my parents each time I wanted something from an online store. It was really inconvenient, especially since there was the possibility of them rejecting, saying “Didn’t you just order something recently?”
A peek at the loot right after the break.
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Look who’s gracing the DVD cover of the regular version of Evangelion 1.0.
Due to the limited edition being sold out almost everywhere, fanboys and girls who missed out on the limited edition but want a copy of Evangelion 1.0 have no choice but to purchase the regular edition, no matter what the cover is. Hence, there’s no doubt that preorder sales has been excellent for the regular version, with it holding 9th position on Amazon’s DVD sales ranking. Still, much more can be improved.
Here’s how:
Continue reading ‘3 Ways Gainax Can Boost Sales Of The Evangelion 1.0 Normal Edition DVD’
I was browsing through LifeHacker and I came across this rather interesting article regarding a 100 dollar-a-day rule to prevent impulse purchasing.
For every $100 that I want to spend on the purchase of a new product, I must wait one day before I make the purchase. This creates a self-imposed ‘cooling-off’ period.
It sounded quite useful, so I decided to put some further thought, thinking through how I can utilise this strategy to curb my purchasing habits. After much thought,I realised I couldn’t do so for my otaku purchases.
Not even Geass works in preventing otakus from making impulse buys
Here’s why:
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Retaining the name of ドラゴンクエストＶ 天空の花嫁 (Dragon Quest V Hand of the Heavenly Bride), the platform of this release on 17th July 2008 will be the ever-popular Nintendo DS.
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Somehow, I stumbled upon High School Of The Dead, and I was glad that I did. I’ve always been looking for manga or anime that has a storyline flowing along the lines of the zombie outbreak ever since I became a fan of zombie flicks a couple of years ago, but I never seemed to be able to find any. Somehow, High School Of The Dead slipped under my radar until a couple of days ago, when I read it by sheer random luck.
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Published on May 4, 2008
in Anime.
That’s right, 4 May’s the high school detective’s birthday.
Usually, I only remember birthdays of (female) characters whom I like a lot, but in this case, it’s admiration instead.
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Look at the filmstrip that I received in my copy of Evangelion 1.01.
Bah, this is so gay! At least give me Kaworu if I was destined to get a male character >_>
Now I need to rob some poor otaku who is unlucky enough to possess a Rei filmstrip.
As some of you might know, I purchased my very first pair of earphones during my Japan trip last month. Before that, I was using a pair of unhygienic, filthy in-ear earphones, so an upgrade to headphones was definitely a purchase that was most welcomed.
So why the ATH-SQ5?
I’m no audiophile, and neither do I have extremely sensitive ears. The thing that first caught my attention was the design. Audio Technica’s a Japanese brand, and we all know that the Japanese often come up with awesome designers. The SQ5’s no exception.
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Published on May 2, 2008
in Rant.
The situation above actually happened in real life, but that classmate of mine will probably never see this anyway. A word of advice for people who decide to do such stuff. QUIT PLAYING MMORPGs!!!
But seriously, how can people suck at levelling up in MMORPGs? It’s one of the easiest type of games that one cannot suck at, even if you try to.
And in case you think I’m try to start my own web comic strip series, I’m not. This is merely a one time effort as I couldn’t find a better way than this to express my thoughts. Forgive my pathetic artistic talent, for I can only draw but stickmen.
