Much have changed in Blogger's Interface and design after a 9 month hiatus from updating this website. Been contemplating whether to update this website or not ever since I've started working. Still it drives me still having to see the counter increasing even after a long halt. Anyway, am back! However I do need to do some reviews and such first because of the many changes Blogger has in placed which does make updating a bit more different now. Thus am also thinking of revamping this site once again once we have all the things sorted out. Until then, here's a nice little video to keep start this new beginning once again.
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Seems like preps for the coming Anime Festival Asia 2011 is well under way and ads have started appearing in all shapes and sizes... Yep, even to our transportation vehicles. Seems like they Ita buses to advert this event. Hopefully this is gonna be good too because this is also the very first AFA event in which I've bought tickets to watch the concert. A pretty hefty price I must say but it well worth it with all the famous idols coming to Singapore for the concert.
AFA will be held in Singapore on the 11 November 2011, an auspicious day indeed for many people around the world to get married too... Well that's what they believe... In any case, 111111 also marks the launch of a much awaited game by Illusion soft too which may excite lots of fans around the world too... Not gonna spoil it so soon so wait for more updates later on...
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The Anime Festival Asia is back once again and am so looking forward to it. Reason being that I've also bought the tickets for the concert. Though it cost a bomb, I guess it's worth it once in a while since this event only happens once a year. AFA 2011 will commence from 11 Nov to 13 Nov 2011 and am hoping it be the best out of the other 3 years previously. And of course, that includes purchasing of more models and anime in that coming event...
Am also looking forward to Hatsune Miku's concert which will happen on the 11 Nov 2011. Heard it be the same as the 3D projection performance that took place back in Sapporo Japan recently too. Still, there's about a month away from all the excitement so trying to contain myself for the time being and update more of AFA when it's closer. For more information about AFA, you can view their website at http://www.animefestival.asia/ Free Template Bloggercollection templateHot DealsSEO
After much consideration, I had decided to carry on with blogging here instead because of the website's flexibility. Facebook does have its limitations so it really is not a viable option to startup a discussion there. Anyhow J's Chimes will soon be able to receive new postings soon... Catch more updates later this week.
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It's been 5 months since J's Chimes had stopped posting and entered a long hiatus all thanks to the new change of lifestyle am in now. Yep, university is finally over and getting ready to step out to the real world... I believe many would had thought that J's Chimes is long gone, but somehow it's the beginning of a new platform that I would be creating. After much consideration, I had decided to start a new group named 'Japanimation Themes' in Facebook. This new group will focus on all the Japanese anime opening and ending themes from the past till now. It may take a while to fully make this operational but it is under way. Nevertheless, J's Chimes will not be shutdown and would probably be link to the new group depending on circumstances. We do hope that you could join us when the time comes... Watch out for new updates...
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With all that's happening right now in Japan, it is truly a tough decision for people like us not to go to Japan. Have always dream of going there since my childhood days but it seems like it's not possible now. The question now is would you still go to Japan even after this incident? Yup, I would probably be going there in a few years time and hopefully the situation gets better soon... Let's pray that Japan will be able to stand up again after this incident.
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Anime Fractale ended abruptly with only 11 episodes and a cliffhanging finale that keeps you wondering whether everything's all for naught. Even at the beginning, there were criticism being that Nessa and Phyrne's hair color are supposedly to be purple instead of brown as depict in the manga...
And why are things all for naught? It's be told that the world as we know it is controlled by the fractale system as constructed by 'The Gods' and is crumpling away without rebooting the system. The temple guardians are supposed to reboot the system every thousand years and thus created the key and that's where Phyrne and Nessa comes in.
However some rebels who wanted freedom from the Fractale's control are fighting and preventing such from happening... However in the end, the system is rebooted and many died for naught with nothing being done except to help in getting back Clain's lover... Strange enough but that's what's happening... Well the fact that an end with both main characters back together again is good but somehow or rather the story is blurry...
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There are plenty of nice animes last year which captures our hearts and attentions last year. Having said that, there are a couple of animes in which you'd also would recommend to a friend because of its interesting plot or artwork. Thus here are some of the popular animes that are most talked that would be recommended to all:
1.) K-On! 2.) Seitokai Yakuindomo 3.) Gundam UC 4.) Bakemonotagari 5.) To Aru Kagaku No Railgun 6.) Sore Demo Machi Wa Mawatteiru 7.) Highschool Of The Dead 8.) Ful Metal Alchemist 9.) Panty And Stocking With Garterbelt 10.) Shinryaku! Ika Musume
Yup... J's Chimes is on vacation for this weekend and thus the late postings for the blog. Am at some beach chalet without any computers to update my blog. Will most probably be back tomorrow for more updates so please stay tune...
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It's already been a week since the horrible disaster that took place in Japan. Much of the stuffs in Japan are still on a standstill which includes our animes, products and such that we so loved... Guess we really took things for granted already and now without them, something really feels amiss with much of the animes still canceled and products being postponed to a later launch date. Not only that, my dreams of going to Japan may be shattered because of what's happening now... Seriously do not know how long Japan would take to recover from this but I do hope that things will be better soon so that I may visit this country that we loved so much thanks to none other than our hobbies...
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The other Nendoroid in which I so adore would be the Orchestra Version of Hatsune Miku. My friend bought it for me and I would really like to take this opportunity to thank him for that. In any case, this Nendoroid has gone up for grabs for as high as SGD$99 so it's pretty popular among fans and such...
And for some reason or another, her sleeves are made bigger to cover her chibi hands. Looks cute nonetheless and what's even more amazing that it has more joints than other Nendoroids on her arms, elbow, legs, etc so you could actually twist and turn to make more poses for her in anyway ya want.
the drums are the first thing I would wanna pose Miku with... So I got her to wear her sunglasses and stick her leet on both her chibi hands. Looks pretty cool with her playing the drums with vegetables.
Got her to play the keyboard just like Mugi from K-On! and gave her a new face-lit. Oops... forgot to roll up her sleeves though... But what the heck, this looks good still...
Somehow, 2 keyboards are provided for this Nendoroid and comes with black and grey. Guess Miku is spoiled for choice as to what to play on...
A loudhailer is even provided too... Just gonna change her looks and now it looks... strange...
Finally got to roll up her sleeves. Miku now plays with her recorder (English Flute) which is also provided in this Nendoroid series... It's kinda small though but manage to have her grab onto it...
My favorite would be this USB, VGA, 'whatever you might call it' attachment onto Miku's headphones. Reminds me of animes like Hand Maid May and the likes...
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Finally had the chance to open up my Nendoroids that Ive bought last week. And I must say am pretty happy with the Kirino Nendoroid. Darn... not only the anime's good, the model isn't bad either. I just had to get this because of a certain pose that she has that I fell in love with...
Even when she goes all Tsundere, Kirino still looks pretty cute nonetheless... The theme song of Ore No Imouto kept playing on my head while taking photos of her. It's just too hard to resist her cuteness...
Love this shot a lot... Shows her cute angry face which often appears with her arms folded when talking to her brother... Must be tough for Kyosuke though...
Yup... This face of extreme happiness caught my attention as to purchasing hr immediately without much consideration. Too darn cute to resist and too tempted to take as much photos of it as possible before finding her a new place to display...
Love this shot the most... The feeling of extreme happiness is just too err... indescribable. Just too good and makes my day...
Go figures... Kirino's always happy when she purchased her new Imouto eroge... Didn't paste the eroge cover stickers onto that piece of plastic she's holding though. Original is still best so as to avoid wear and tear of it...
Kirino's happiness just gets to you... Perhaps am going to interchange her smiley face onto other Nendoroids and see what I can get out of the other characters...could be fun to watch...
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2 new Nendoroids found their way to my house this week and can't wait to take pictures of it soon... However I've totally ran out of display areas for them. The 2 new Nendoroids I've got this week were Kirino Kousaka and Hatsune Miku yet again with her musical instruments. Probably one of the best Nendoroids I've got this year...
Kirino is a definite must get for the popular anime series Ore No Imouto. Well, every otaku out there loves a girlfriend who loves anime too ya? Its just so cute and irresistible that I just had to grab her...
Once again I've got Hatsune Mikuand and this time, she has her own set of musical instruments to pose around with. Am really eager to open this up but I guess I should put this on hold first due to the fact that I do not have any space left for display yet... Guess I gonna make room for more new Nendoroids pretty soon now...
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Learning to drive due to the fact that the license may come in handy when I out to work. Then somehow or rather had come across these signs that gave a whole lot of another meaning to it. Kinda creative to a certain extend. Perhaps I may attempt to Itasha my car if I will to buy one in future too. Provided there would be a day till then... In any case, click on the picture to view a larger version of it...
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An ordinary day indeed last Saturday for me until I received a mail that had won a prize for a draw and any ordinary kid would just go 'wahhh' in such circumstances. Known as Hobby Frontier, this online shop specializes in selling merchandises like scale models, figurines to anime goodies, etc. It comes as a surprise for me to won something on the net because I never did before in my entire life. Anyway, a special thanks to the people of Hobby Frontier for this amazing prize.
Received it yesterday evening and I must say, it's a little bgger than I would expected it to be. I saw this model being displayed in the Anime Festival Asia X convention held last year and was pretty much drawn by it... But because of its hefty prize tag, there's really nothing I could do unless I decided to crack more of my piggy banks.
Retails at around SGD$150 and above, this cannon version of Black Rock Shooter is probably one of the nicest scale models I'd ever seen. However it makes me ponder whether to get Gold Saw and Dead Master. Like any excited kid, first things first is to open up the box and play with the model...
This 1/8 scale model comes in 5 different parts namely the Rock Cannon, BRS herself, a unique base of a broken chunk of flooring, a chain and an interchangeable hair for her blue flame that runs in her eye. Sometimes its weird that the cannon is even larger than her body size... So how the heck is she able to use it as a weapon?
Had to use a bit of lighting to brighten up the figure for a photoshoot. In this case a warm light from a table lamp I found in storage for a long time... It sure brightens up certain areas alright...
Looks pretty impressive nonetheless and made me photo trigger happy. It's been awhile since there isn't really much anime conventions at this time of year.
For more details on Black Rock Shooter, you could visit their main website here or perhaps in Wiki to find out what it actually is here. There's also a free a 50min anime DVD of BRS if you do purchase GoodSmile's BRS Nendoroid or Figma so you could find out more about it.
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Once again the much dreaded Valentine's Day has come once again to haunt all singles out there and making people like us emo for the next 14hrs (Time may differ from different countries...) So what the heck could you do to make this a pleasant day without worrying over something like this? Perhaps this 10 tips may help you...
1. Stay Home, Stay Home And Stay Home Perhaps the most effective way of not getting all emo is to stay at home... Valentine's Day is definitely not a day for singles to be walking around crowded streets filled with loving, hugging couples. There is no temptation at home, only your own stuff to keep you from having crazy thoughts.
2. Play A Game, Surf The Internet, Watch Some Videos Things like playing a game or just surfing the internet for your favourite stuff might keep you from thinking about Valentine's Day. Time flies when you do just that and you'd realize that there are some things better than V. Day... Spoil yourself and play for longer hours to keep yourself occupied...
3. Avoid The News Or Any Other Forms Of Media On This Day... I for so am 100% sure that something in regards to Valentine's Day would be aired on tv or any other forms of media, whether it is the news or some advertisements. So do stay away from such for just a day and your thoughts will not go wild then.... Rent a video, or just watch YouTube for some other forms of entertainment.
4. Get Busy With Your Hobby Whether it's watching an anime, fixing up your Gundam model or taking photographs of your anime models, do something you like and continue to indulge in your hobby so that your spirits are lightened. It's never a dull moment playing with your passion...
5. Pamper Yourself, Order Pizza And Do Some Self Maintenance Pamper yourself for today. Order some expensive food to eat, go to a spa, enjoy yourself as much as you can so that you know you are worth it. Make yourself happy instead of sulking on this ordinary day.
6. Buying Something Expensive For Yourself Been saving your money for a rainy season? This is the one so it's ok to spurge now and buy something expensive for yourself so that you'd be happy. Get that item you'd always dream of... Pre-order your favourite toys or accessories. So now you'd have something to think of instead of some day like today...
7. If You Have A Pet, Play With It... Your pets will bring you bundles of joy on this very day because when you show affection to it, it loves you more in return. Perhaps one of the best substitute for the crave of love for the time being. What other living things could give you joy now that you are alone on this very day being single?
8. Clean Up Your Room, Learn A New Skill, Do Something New A good day to do something new for a change. Learn to cook, clean the house or even do some DIY for your own home. Learning to do something new is fun and obtaining a new skill could help you in your future endeavors through life... You may never know when you gonna need them and could come in handy...
9.Count Sheeps, Take A Nap Or A Good Sleep... The best way to get through this dreaded day? Sleep! Yup... Time flies real fast when ya sleep. Forget about this ordinary day. Dream something nice. Rest your body well to prepare yourself for the next day....
10. Tell Yourself It Only Lasts For 24 Hours And Nothing More... What the heck... Let's get this over and done with... Valentine's Day only last for a day and nothing more. It's just an ordinary day, a day that only happens once a year. Ya still got another 364 more days to be happy so why not just ignore this day for once? Perhaps this might straighten you up and look forward to the coming days ahead instead of just this...
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