Mikatan updated her Blog with some behind-the-scene images of the making of “Black Rock Shooter Stop Motion” video, which was taken at Hollywood ^^

The production took several months to complete with 1 week needed just to take the pictures (1 sec = 24 frames for 30 secs). The video will also features a Remix version Supercell’s Black Rock Shooter theme done by Joe Hahn of Linkin Park.

Via Mikatan’s Blog.

Mikatan updated her Blog with preview images of the upcoming set of “Nendoroid Puchi Black Rock Shooter” by Good Smile Company ^^

The set will be bundled together with the Limited Edition of the upcoming “First Printing” retail version of Blu-Ray/DVD set of the anime.

The limited Edition will consist of:

- Nendoroid Puchi Black Rock Shooter Set
- 36-Page Character Illustration Booklet by Huke & Matsuo Yuusuke
- Storyboard collection
- A custom Double Jacket for the DVD/Blu-Ray
- Black Rock Shooter Stop Motion video (30 seconds)
- The Making of Black Rock Shooter Stop Motion video (13 minutes)

Reservations for the Blu-Ray/DVD will open tomorrow.

Via Mikatan’s Blog.

Ahhh…the flow of new figurines to order, ready to burn your wallet away and this is one pre-order you should not miss. Hatsune Miku Tony ver! The wait is pretty long as it will launch in Jan 2011 but hey! it’s a Miku and I know some fans around me will prolly wanna gonna order this so bad. *looks around*

the back of her..I am loving the hair detail

flyin necktie, the hair seems glossy

I am loving the eye detail !

This is gonna be a rather big figurine as it stands at 1/7 scale, you will need to save up quite a lot as it is at 8,381 yen at normal price. Hobby Search will be sellling it at 7,123 yen (not incl. shipping), so do check them out here

Rejoice, Hinagiku fans! Some online shops have already started taking pre-order for Nendoroid Katsura Hinagiku. Aside from usual body parts, she will also come with plenty of accessories, including a nekomimi + tail, her wooden sword “Masamune”, and her Kendo training sword.

This first Nendoroid from Hayate no Gotoku series will be released on this November, with a suggested retail price of 3800 Yen – a little higher than previous non-limited Nendoroids. For more information, you can visit her official product page. Go Hinagiku-ism! ^^;

Twelve years of wait may be painful for some but for StarCraft fans, it was worth the wait. StarCraft  II: Wings Of Liberty was launched on July 27th in all its glory worldwide, promising an epic sequel to the original classic but is it really worth the wait or did fans actually get disappointed. I am gonna bring you in with a review of this game that might get you buying the game.

I like being straightforward and I put my own review scoreboard first before going in deeper for the review. Here’s my score for Wings of Liberty.

Story: 9/10
Single-player Campaign Gameplay: 9/10
Battle Gameplay (Skirmish, Multiplayer maps): 9/10
Characters: 9/10
Music: 9.5/10
Battle Gameplay Visuals: 9/10
Cinematic,3D Visuals : 9/10
Voice Acting: 9.5/10
Re -playability: 9/10

Page 1 – Un-boxing, Installation and Start-up
Page 2 – Single-Player Campaign, Story and Battle Gameplay Experience
Page 3 – Characters, Visuals and Audio
Page 4 – Re-playability and Conclusion

Un-boxing

We got hold of the Southeast Asia edition during the launch event, everyone who bought the game will get a dog tag (a limited metallic brush edition for the early birds), an average looking t-shirt and of course the game. For some of the folks who were picked by lucky draw, they got some free Razer or Steelseries goodies.

the back of the game

flipping the box cover open

and all its horror….

what’s inside the box

Unboxing is very straightforward, no gimmicky stuff. It’s basically the game disc in the cover, the quick-start manual and 4 guest passes. The guest passes are basically trial version of the game with cdkeys that you can pass to your friends to try out the game. For this they are including two for StarCraft II and World of WarCraft.

Installation and Starting Up

Popping in the disc into your PC or MAC, you will be greeted with the familiar way of installation style that Blizzard does, yes, that startup sound and a lovely user interface for installation. In StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the installation gives you a little twist while you wait patiently for the game to finish installing – a background music and a commentator that recaps the story during StarCraft I. Yes, a good reminder just in case you have pretty much forgotten the story.

With StarCraft II comes with the newly revised Battle.net feature fully integrating with the game. You will need to create a Battle.net account, followed by creating a character for our account. It was a breeze to setup your character, the first few things you wanna check it out before kick starting your campaign is to check out the options.

All the graphics, audio and gameplay tweaks can be found in the Options page itself and trust me, you are gonna love Blizzard that they are giving lots of options and room to match your liking, while taking your graphic card into consideration.

Running an average rig with Intel Core 2 Duo e6600 (yes a rather old CPU), a 975x Intel chipset board, 4GB of DDR2-800 RAM, a Radeon 4870 on Windows 7 x64, I was able to ramp up the settings to ultra and snap in some 5.1 surround sound, set with 128 channels of audio.

Download the wallpapers set: Google Docs.
If you have any problems downloading it, just put a comment.

Preview below (not the wallpaper just a thumb):

It looks like the upcoming Black★Rock Shooter Blu-ray + DVD boxset will include Nendoroid Petit Black★Rock Shooter and Dead Master as limited benefits. Woot! Aside from the Petits, this limited boxset will also feature some videos of B★RS stop-motion animation and an illustration book. More information will be revealed tomorrow. Ah … hopefully I can pre-order this one … ^^;

Via Mikatan’s blog

Hehehe. I got addicted to P3P and so I bought my own set of earphones from Audio Technica. ATH-EQ300G

Sound quality is good, and it’s light on the ears. I wear glasses, but this doesn’t hurt.

Well if you guys cannot get your hands on ATH-EM700 SV, try this one instead. At least you got a quality item. XD

Fans of Kud Wafter, looking for some merchandise to show your support, devotion or love for Kud? Here is a good chance!

And for those with no idea who is Kud or what is Kud Wafter ? I shall explain a little here.

Remember KEY, who did Air, Kanon, Clannad and recently, involved in the making of the anime, Angel Beats!? Kud Wafter is a spinoff of the main Little Busters series done also by KEY. The PC based Graphic Novel game, released on the 25th of June this year, have been well received by both the fans and enthusiasts.

As the title suggests, this game focuses primarily on Kudrayvka Noumi, one of the protagonists in the original Little Busters game, known also as Kudo among the fans. She has such a loyal core of supporters, that it’s enough to warrant a game of her own.

Along with the game’s release, Cospa has created various merchandise for Kud Wafter and some of them is available for pre-order now.

Ok, I shall not inflict additional wall of text +9999999 damage on you readers, get down to the items and the pictures.

Let’s start with the shirts.

Hoshizora no Kudryavka T-shirt/Black Sizes Available: M, L, XL.

Kud Wafter Pixelated T-shirt/Black Sizes Available: M, L, XL

Close up of the design.

Jumping Kudryavka T-shirt/Mixed Gray Sizes available: M, L, XL

Close up.

Jumping Kudryavka T-shirt/White Sizes available: M, L, XL

Kud!

The tote bag,

Kudryavka Shoulder Tote

Example of how you can use the tote bag.

And a plate,

Opps, anyway, here's Kudomori Dish.

For the shirts and tote bag, please make your order by the 2nd August to avoid missing out on the item(s) you want. For the dish, the closing date is on the 9th August.

The items will be released around late September to early October.

Pre-orders are available at Cospa SEA or the official retailers in the Southeast Asia region. For Singapore, you can head down to KKnM to place your order.

BTW the shopping spree doesn’t stops here, so do look forward to the upcoming Kud Wafter item releases available officially in Southeast Asia!

Credit: COSPA South East Asia(COSPA SEA) |　Visual Art’s/KEY