This was once a blog. Now it is... largely an abandoned blog. I don't want it to disappear but I don't want the hassle of running and keeping updated a whole wordpress setup so I've imported things in here.

Do You Remember Vinyl: Macross songs on LP

Those of you who know me IRL may be aware that I recently got myself a record player. Naturally, one needs records to play on such a device (unless one wishes to be like the bizzaro world reverse version of a hipster who buys albums on vinyl but sticks them in a frame and never plays them). But what sort of music should I get? Should I buy Daft Punk albums and "audiophile" remasters of the mono versions of Beatles albums, like the bland middle-of-the-road person I am?

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Not Scarlett Johannson: The Major, in action figure form

Perfectly timed with recent casting announcements for Hollywood adaptations that may or may not happen, my figma of Major Motoko Kusanagi has arrived (specifically, it's The Major as she appears in the TV series Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex). This has resulted in two blog posts in one day! Aren't you lucky. Continue reading...

The magic of Christmas and Crowdfunding: Santa Company

And so we come to the other kickstarted anime Blu-ray to arrive around Christmas... Santa Company, from Kenji Studio. Which actually arrived a few days after Christmas but luckily thanks to digital downloads I was able to watch it on Christmas. And I'm doing the write-up even later, because January is totally the best time for write-ups of Christmas themed stuff.

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An 80s throwback, revived: Bubblegum Crisis on Blu-ray

I've kinda neglected this site. Is this due to laziness? No, because I don't owe you anything, this is a hobby. But anyway, here's some content, because over the holidays a certain long-awaited item has arrived: Animeigo's release of the original 1980s Bubblegum Crisis on blu-ray. Immortalised in slightly better photographic quality than my usual posts, due to my ability to borrow an actual camera for a change. Continue reading...