Satsuriku no Jango: Franco Il Nero. At first I wasn’t overly sure whether to get this figure or not, as when I was originally looking at the Satsuriku no Jango Figures it didn’t take too much of a thought before I had ordered both the Donne Anonime & Lily Salvatana, but the Franco il Nero Figure didn’t immediately inspire me to buy, mainly because the pictures I saw didn’t really do it justice.
The figures backward-diving pose with revolver drawn, cocked and ready to fire looks great, it’s only supported by a small piece of plastic that goes from her back to a hole in the piece of wall (as seen on one of the pictures). The wall by the way, is very high quality, not sure what it is made from but it appears to be made up on individually sculpted bricks, the bullit holes and general detailing of it just adds to the overall look of the figure.
She has a very pretty face which is another reason why I am realy pleased with this figure, she’s giving a wink and got a very happy expression on her face, obviously enjoying her gun battle. Must say with the happy/cheeky smile on her face and her leg stuck up in the air with her panties plainy the highlight, well I say highlight, but plainly you can’t help but notice her brilliantly white panties.
The overall detail on this figure is great, from her flowing hair to the tassels and zip on her coat, and of course her pretty face!

Well despite the delay my Franco Il Nero figure arrived today. So glad I decided to get this figure in the end, as I almost didn’t bother, because the pictures I originally saw didn’t really do it any justice at all.
I have taken plenty of photos, but now need to sort through them all and get rid of any duplicates and bad quality photos. I will have them all sorted out and a review wrote later on tonight, but I will post it up tomorrow so it gives me a little more time to look over the figure and make sure I don’t miss anything in the review. I also as I may just take a few more photos with both my Satsuriku no Jango figures, Donne Anonime & Franco Il Nero together.
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As previously mentioned briefly by Tibul, in his post mainly regarding the ninja Scrolls live action movie.
There has been an update on the Dragonball (live-action) Movie, the main actors have been announced, and who will play which roll in the upcoming movie. It may be an entertaining movie when it’s finally released, but right now I don’t think I will be going to the cinema to see it. There’s just something about live-action anime adaptations that just don’t really spark much interest from me, maybe because they usually just butcher the original show? Or maybe the fact that some or even most of the stuff that makes anime’s so great is impossible for a human being to do without using any kind of CG, and once you start with CG well just watch a CG anime, there are enough good CG anime shows out there.

[Source: DBMovie.com & ANN]

Just a quick update on my latest pre-ordered figure which is Getsumen To Heiki Mina, I just find this figure so kawaii and just looks really good quality was an instant pre-order for me.
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My review of the new Ghibli film Tales From Earthsea has been put on hold for the time being as the DVD was rented from lovefilm and turned out to be a really bad quality disk was lucky if we had sound for more then 15 mins, so will do the review once I have purchased the DVD from what I did see of it I thought it was another example of how great Ghibli films can be.

After ordering the Queen’s Gate Alice figure the other day, i’ve been looking around to see what other new Queen’s Gate/Blade figures have come out lately. There are two that certainly cought my eye, they are cold cast 1/6 scale (both in the region of 30cm tall) Griffon Enterprises Versions. They both look great but I prefer the Ekidna figure more, mainly because I missed out on the other two versions of the figure.
Althought it’s very doubtfull I will be getting either, as unfortunately the price is just too high in my opinion for a single figure, even if they are works of art. It is a shame, as I did want an Ekidna figure, but I will just have to hold out and chance my luck on them doing another re-run of the previous Ekidna figure.

Veteran Mercenary Ekidna

Manufacturer: Griffon
Scale: 1/6 (30cm/12inch)
Producer: Gotaro Takeuchi
Release Date: Late May

Wandering Soldier Reina

Manufacturer: Griffon
Scale: 1/6 (28.5cm/11.25inch)
Producer: Ryoichi Ikeda
Release Date: April

Only came across this show by accident, from what I have seen it looks to be a great new show, great animation as to be expected, filling the genres “ supernatural-action-comedy-drama“, should have a little something in there for most. But untill I have watched an episode or two i’m going to be a little scepticle towards it, as to be honest i’ve seen too many shows that look great from promotional trailers etc, then turn out to be just another average show trying too hard to be something else.
But as always i’ll hold off my judgements untill I have seen more of the show and what it’s about, aswell to see which way the story goes. First impressions from what I have seen are good though, this AMV I found also does it great justice! enjoy!
More Info on the show.

Well I just couldn’t resist ordering this figure as soon as I saw it. It was one of those order first, think about it later, kind of buys. Except that is, there’s nothing to think about or regret :). As I am sure I won’t be dissapointed when it arrives, but waiting for it to arrive will be the hard part as it’s not out while August!
Unlike most of the other Queen’s Blade/Gate Figure series, I don’t believe this figure is cast off. But it doesn’t need to be cast off to be appealing? Alice looks sexy as hell, bent over with legs spread apart and both Dagger-Guns drawn, looking at you with a decievingly innocent expresion on her cute face and her tail wrapped around her leg.
This is one nice looking figure that I can’t wait to get a hold of, and photograph to my hearts content ;).

Manufacturer: MegaHouse
Scale: 1/8 (Approx 145mm)
Producer: Akatsuki (Alter)
Release Date: Late August
Although most places seem to have already sold out on there pre-orders, you can still view the item for more info HERE.

Only just announced the greenlight given for the Lucky Star OVA production the other day, and now the Lucky Star OVA has been given a general release date of this summer. A little vauge, yes, but at least now we have some idea on when to expect it being released.
Although it’s all well and good waiting for it to be released, but we don’t know if Bandai is even thinking of licencing it, so I suppose it will all go on how popular it turns out to be when it’s finaly released.

[Source: ANN]

Thought i’d do a round up of a few recent figures releases that have cought my eye.
Orchid Seed’s Comic Unreal cover girl: Onna Kenshi Feane Figure.
Looks to be a quality figure with a couple of rather nice assets! Comes with interchangeable top which is semi-transparrent. She stands approximately 25cm tall, was illustrated by Mogutan and Sculpted by Ishiyama Satoshi.
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Food Girls: Strawberry Fragrance Figure.
Very nice looking figure, laid on her back with her clothes all ripped and her panties pulled down ;), this one I may just have to pick up!
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To Heart 2: Kousaka Tamaki Fishnet Tights (Private Version) Figure.
Sexy Tamaki in lingerie and fishnets! does it get any better? Standing about 26cm tall and with “Removable Clothes” for a bonus.
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With last years Luky Star TV series only just being release in the US on the 6th May 2008. It has been announced that an OVA adaptation of Kagami Yoshimizu’s Lucky Star, school slice-of-life manga has been greenlit for production in Japan.
The TV series followed the lives of several school girls attending a Japanese high school, with a very loose humor tone they start their first year in high school moving on through to their second and third year. We can only assume that the OVA will follow a similar story path to the TV series.

[Source: ANN]

Reports over at ICv2 say that there is a movie by the name of Ninja Assassin they say the names of the characters bear a striking resemblance to characters from Ninja Scrolls which the Wachowskis who made speed racer another recent anime based movie are the ones making Ninja Assassin, so from the sounds of it it seems likely especially with other anime to movie’s being made recently i.e. Akira and Dragon Ball Z.

Lets just hope they can pull this one off as i really do think it would transfer well to a live action movie unlike some others i.e. Dragon Ball Z

Following up to my previous post, announcing the movie. The Japanese website has been launched and there is a promotional video on there aswell.
Really looking forward to this movie, if it promises to be half as good as the TV series then I am just hoping it gets licenced quickly after it’s Japanese theatrical release on 6th September 2008.

Well it seems there are alot of nice figures coming out lately, here is another that ill hopefully be adding to my want list found over at dannychoo, its the figure of Kotone Kusuhara by Art Storm which will be out in September more pics and info at Play-Asia

This weekend will also be putting up some pictures and a quick review of the Ghibli film Tales From Earthsea which was made by the son of Miyazaki, Goro Miyazaki.

Around the internet today, I came across some interesting things and a suprising one too. (you may already know about them or have seen them?).

RightStuf have licensed Aria. A futuristic “slice of life” show focusing on Akari Mizunashi, who is a gondolier in training and also an employee of Aria Company in the watery city of Neo Venezia. Not seen any of this show myself, but it seems to have a solid following.
RightStuf’s official site for Aria can be found here.

Three letters should sum it up for most people, “DBZ“. If you had given up hoping for more Dragon Ball Z action, then you may be pleasantly surprised by this. It mentions all “new anime specials for Dragon Ball” which means well, we’ll have some new all new Dragon Ball to watch this autumn.

On the Figures front, I found myself stumbling upon quite an unusual “item” while checking out release dates on my pre-ordered Queens Blade Figures.
I had seen a picture of it before but never actually saw it for sale, untill now that is. Probably Not work friendly? (Haha) Feast your eyes on this, normal? version!
Strangely there are three versions, Ver. two & three… I find the fact they call one version normal, brilliant.

With the release of Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone on DVD, it was bound to be a good seller but I was surprised just how many units it sold so fast, it has reported sales of 219,000 DVD’s in less than a week! impressive stuff!
Being a little bit of an Evangelion nut myself, I have of course got one of these Limited Editions on order, but with only Japanese Audio tracks on the DVD’s it’ll be a tad hard to understand exactly what the hell is going on untill the English Audio versions are out when they come out in the US/UK.
I am hoping they bring out one of these Limited Editions for the next movie too, infact it would be even better if there is one out for the other three movies.

Expect some pictures and a review (of sorts) when I recieve it. Here’s hoping I receive it pretty soon, although it’s more likely to be a good two weeks before I get it.

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[Source: ANN]