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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Random Thoughts

I'll be leaving for Malaysia tomorrow morning 12.55am but I have to arrive at the airport at around 10pm tonight. I do have internet connection back in Malaysia but since Suzuka has finished, it's not going to make much difference. There's a Suzuka aftermath post which I'm still compiling and also an ARIA Arietta summary post coming up.

I'm sure glad that Romeo & Juliet, Zero no Tsukaima and Moetan finished on the same week.


Mood: Happy


Manga:
Air Gear 179: Kururu's activating her regalia and we see what had happened between Hako and Kururu. Hako's on Sora side and she wanted to hurt Kururu but the Tool Toul To intercepted.
Cross Game 98: Still 1-1... next chapter should be interesting.
Prince of Tennis 360: Fuji vs Masaharu Niou and was winning until the King of Swindlers created an illusion of Tezuka.
Tsubasa 167: The gang arrived in Nihon where Princess Tomoyo attended them. Kurogane got a punch from Yui. Syaoran met Watanuki in the dream.
Hatsukoi Limited 1: Mizuki Kawashita new work. Not too interesting... Arihara Ayumi received a love letter from a a huge guy Zaitsu Misao and she ended up in a fight between Zaitsu and his enemies.

Anime:
Romeo x Juliet 24: Finale, Romeo & Juliet died, one for the sake of love and one for the sake of Neo Verona.
Zero no Tsukaima II 12: Saito was on the verge of death but saved by an elf. Season ended with Louise giving Saito an explosion again.
Moetan 12: Nao and Ink both made it to the university

There will be a new series 初恋限定 (Hatsukoi Gentei) "Limited First Love" by Mizuki Kawashita, mangaka for Ichigo 100% next week

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

ARIA Tie

Want to know what you can get for ¥5250?



Apart from apparels that were "order stop" on the day it was available for pre-order at HLJ, ARIA is now moving towards more alternatives in apparel.

For US $46, ARIA fans can get one of the above tie and be proud of being AIA fan even in formal wear. The price seem reasonably fair since the tie is 100% silk. The width is 85cm and the length is 143cm.

A few peek at the upcoming ARIA desktop and wall calendar:


Desktop calendar


Wall calendar

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Random Thoughts

Mood: Normal


Manga:
Suzuka 166: Final episodes of Suzuka! Yamato and Suzuka's daugther, Fuuka is so cute.
Air Gear 178: Kururu's back unharmed.
Cross Game 97: Koh reached his limits although he didn't show it.
Prince of Tennis 359: Inui and kaidou lost. Akaya entered demon stance and aimed at Inui. Inui collapsed. Looks like Seishun lost the 2nd match as well.

Anime:
Romeo x Juliet 23: Juliet taken away by Ophelia.
Zero no Tsukaima II 11: Siesta exposed, Louise cat cosplay and the rebellion of army because of the enemy magic spell/potion.
Moetan 11: Without magic, Ink cannot change to Pastel Ink but she cosplayed and continued with the tutoring.

. Just been informed by my friend that there's a new series 初恋限定 (Hatsukoi Gentei) "Limited First Love" by Mizuki Kawashita, mangaka for Ichigo 100%.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Suzuka 166 Suzuka

Suzuka 166 涼風 すずか







Finale!!!

Cover page: Suzuka in her wedding gown with caption "I may be hopeless, but I love you with all my heart. I love you now and forever. "

It was Yamato and Suzuka's wedding day. Mrs Akitsuki told Yamato to tighten his tie. Yasonobu remarked that he couldn't believe that Yamato and Suzuka have been registered for a year. He commented that Yamato must have work very hard in saving the money for the wedding. Yamato replied that they couldn't afford a wedding reception but he wanted Suzuka to experience the wedding at least. Suzuka came into the waiting room in her wedding gown and Yamato was stunned. Everybody commented that Suzuka looked beautiful. Suzuka thanked them. Miki remarked that Yamato could have fallen in love with her again. Yamato agreed. Yasonobu teased Yamato that he had matured since he was able to express such embarassing word without hesitation.

Mrs. Akitsuki came in holding Fuuka and told them that it's almost the time for the ceremony. The baby Fuuka was crying and Yamato went to carry her. Yamato apologized saying that Fuuka must be heavy and his mother had to carry her. Mrs. Akitsuki replied that Fuuka was just scared because there were so many people whom she was not familiar with. Yasonobu saw the baby and asked what her name. They replied that it's Fuuka 風夏(ふうか), made up of the kanji summer and breeze. Miki teased that it was good that she looked like Suzuka instead of Yamato. Yamato rebuked by saying that Fuuka eyes lokked like his. Suzuka commented that Yamato had hoped for a boy initially but he was always by her side ever since she was born. Miki called it loving idiot. Yamato replied that he had to protect Fuuka and make sure that she felt safe. Miki commented that Fuuka was really cute and she also wanted to have a baby. Yasonobu teased asking Miki if he can be of any help. Miki remarked that Yasonobu has not changed at all unlike Yamato.

Mr. Asahina came in and asked them hurry up. He saw Fuuka and asked Yamato to follow him as he has something to talk to Yamato. Yamato told Suzuka to go first and he'd follow soon. They went outside and Yamato asked Mr. Asahina what he wanted to talk about. Mr. Asahina complimented him by saying that he had done well. Mr. Asahina continued that Yamato had been working very hard. He had excepted Yamato to come to him pleading for help but Yamato didn't. Yamato apologized. Mr. Asahina asked why Yamato apologized. Yamato replied that he thought he understood Mr. Asahina's feeling as a father a year ago. But after having a baby of his own, he realized that Fuuka was so precious to him and he fully understood Mr. Asahina's hopes for Suzuka and how hard it must have been because of him. Mr. Asahina replied that he was looking forward to Suzuka's future and expected a lot from her. He then added that he really wanted to punch the 18 year old kid who stole his daugther and the hopes that accompanied her. Yamato was bit stunned. Mr. Asahina continued that it might be because of his ego as a parent. He said that it was something Suzuka has decided and accepted. He did not want to interfere and he wished her to be happy whatever she had chosen. Mr. Asahina then told Yamato that Yamato had fulfilled Suzuka's wish. He added that he can see that from Suzuka's expression and he wanted to thank Yamato for it. Mr. Asahina smiled and told Yamato that he could entrust Suzuka to him. Yamato nodded as a token of gratitude. Mr. Asahina patted on him and told him to be confident as Suzuka will be watching him. He told Yamato to take care of Suzuka and Fuuka. Yamato replied that he will do his best.

Outside the church, accompanied by her dad, Suzuka asked Mr. Asahina about his conversation with Yamato. She commented that Yamato looked tense. Mr. Asahina replied that it was just a talk between two man and asked her not to be concerned. Suzuka wondered what they have been talking about. The church door opened and Suzuka was led into the church by her father. The wedding took place and Yamato placed the ring onto Suzuka's finger. Yamato and Suzuka kissed. Later, they came out of the church and Suzuka threw the bouquet. Honoka caught the bouquet. Yasonobu remarked that Honoka's would be next and told her to invite him. Yui said she's jealous and asked Honoka to invite her too. Miho heard it and said that she wanted as well.

Standing beside Yamato, Suzuka thanked Yamato. Yamato was puzzled. Suzuka said that she was still her oldself and had been selfish as well as causing so many problems for Yamato. Yet Yamato had never gave up on her and courted her. Thus, she was very happy. Yamato smiled and asked why she's saying that. Suzuka told Yamato that it's her turn to chase after him. Yamato was clueless. Suzuka explained that she couldn't live without him. Yamato was stunned and asked why she said that out of sudden. Suzuka replied that she just thought and felt that way at the time. They were interrupted and asked to take photographs. Ayano san took a picture of Yamato and Suzuka with their friends; Kinugasa, Miyamoto, Saki, Honoka, Yui, Yasonobu, Miki, Tsuyoshi, Miho and Kobayakawa.

The following day, back at home, Suzuka told Yamato to stop watching the television and leave for work. Yamato apologized and told her about Arima and Kobayakawa who appeared on the news as representatives of Japan in the 100m and 200m events. Suzuka adjusted Yamato's tie and told him that he need to focus more on his work. She asked Kinugasa sempai would scold him again if he lost his focus. Kinugasa sempai has also conveyed that he's waiting for Yamato to participate in the next competition. Yamato took his bag and bid farewell by saying Suzu..suzuka. Suzuka held Fuuka and teased him for being shy when calling her Suzuka (Yamato has always called her Asahina). She used Fuuka to tease Yamato and called him a strange papa.

Yamato was silent for a moment and Suzuka asked about it. Yamato asked Suzuka if she wont give her a goodbye kiss. Suzuka pinched Yamato's face. Yamato remarked on what she had said yesterday but Suzuka acted as she couldn't recall it. Yamato then said nevermind and remarked that he'll have a goodbye kiss from Fuuka. He drew his face near Fuuka and Fuuka grabbed and pulled Yamato's lips. Suzuka told Fuuka to stop as she was hurting her papa. Miho called from outside. Suzuka commented to Fuuka that her auntie was calling. Yamato commented that Miho might be angry if she was being called an auntie.

Yamato then started leaving and Suzuka said that she'll walk him downstairs.Miho told Yamato to hurry as it was 8am already. Saotome shouted goodbye darling to tease Yamato. Ayano san told them to take care. Suzuka shouted to Yamato telling him to give his best. Yamato replied her telling her to leave everything to him.


Message from Kouji: If you stand still, nothing would change. But if you take a step foward now, even a little step, the atmosphere might change and something good will happen.

Caption: We don't know if Yamato and Suzuka are planning for a second child but Kouji sensei next work will be revealed in Spring.

P/S: I was right in the first place, even though I retracted the statement before, there's a wedding. Fuuka is so cute! Just like Suzuka. Anyway, Suzuka has ended. I'll write an aftermath post for Suzuka manga soon. Finally, my blogging on Suzuka has ended, 71 posts since chapter 96.

Note: Support Kouji Seo and Suzuka by purchasing the manga. CH available at Yesasia and JP available at Yesasia and Amazon JP. EN is available at Amazon

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Random Thoughts

Mood: Happy


Manga:
Suzuka 165: Dialogue between Suzuka and Yamato. Suzuka and Yamato lived as a couple. Yamato proposed to Suzuka with his lame style. Yamato brought her to their school gym and reminisced their past. Chapter ended with Suzuka and Yamato determined to be a happy couple with their child. Next week Suzuka finale!! There'll be colour pages!
Air Gear 177: Battle against Sirius continued. Ikki got the first point. Come on, move on!
Cross Game 96: That's it Adachi, we want action. And we got it. Koh against Mishima. Two good ones and a bad one. Mishima hit the fourth one and Koh captured it instantly. Cool!
Prince of Tennis 358: Akaya entered demon stance and aimed at Inui. Inui collapsed. Looks like Seishun lost the 2nd match as well.
Tsubasa 166: Shaoran lost his freedom, Sakura lost her memory, Yuu lost his eyes and now Kurogane lost his arm (whole arm!) in order to save Yuu. Curse you, Fei Wong Reed.

Anime:
Romeo x Juliet 22: Montague is dead. Yeah.
Zero no Tsukaima II 10 : Not really interesting. Encouter with an army of Albion and clash in Louise & Saito's idealogy.
Moetan 10: Ah kun, ka kun, Na kun, Sumi and Ink went to save Alice. Alice restored to her adult form and was held captive. The enemy was evil Alice. The reason why Alice hated Ah Kun was because Ah kun loved loli and he got carried away during their date and said that she has over-sized breast. Dandy turned out to be the King of magical kingdom. Ah Kun returned to his ownself and attacked the evil Alice but she turned into a huge beast. Ink and Sumi combined their powers and turned Ah Kun into a giant duck. Super size Ah Kun defeated the enemy. A sentimental moment for Alice embracing Ah kun. However, Ah Kun saw Na Kun true self and got carried away. It looks like the final episode but it's not.

Purchase:
Placed a pre-order for 3 clear action base. I'm not pleased with the MG Strike Freedom stand and have wanted to get a white action base but it was on backordered. I like the clear base and have pre-ordered for my 3 MGs. I spent a big purchase this week. AUD$599 can buy you around 10 figures (1/8) or 10 MG Gundams or 15 OSTs or 25 DVDs or 120 mangas. And I spent it on a set of suit(with two trousers). My sister's wedding coming up, that's why.

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Suzuka 165 Propose

Suzuka 165 求婚 きゅうこん

Suzuka moved back to Ayano-san residence. Yamato was helping Suzuka with the moving but Suzuka wasn't happy the placement of her belongings. Yamato remarked that she should lend him a hand instead of complaining so much. In addition, it was all her belongings. Suzuka replied that she was pregnant so it's not safe for her. She then ordered Yamato to rearrange her belongings. Yamato had to oblige.

After finishing with the moving, Yamato commented that his room has less space. Suzuka said that it couldn't be helped since they were going to live together. Yamato asked if they could put some of the stuffs in her room. Suzuka replied that she wanted her room to be used as their bedroom so she didn't want to have much stuff in there. She added that it would be dangerous to have a lot of things around when their child started walking and papa was away working during the day. Yamato was stunned with Suzuka calling him "papa". Yamato smiled and commented that they felt like newlywed couple. Suzuka remarked that they won't be newlywed until they submit the marriage registration form. Suzuka told Yamato that she had their parents and guardians filled in their details. Yamato and Suzuka only have to fill in their names to complete the form. Suzuka said that they could submit it anytime but suggested that they should complete the form at that moment. Yamato agreed but he stopped when he was about to write his name. Suzuka asked about it. Yamato asked her if it was fine for him to write her name on the bride space. Suzuka told him that they won't be able to complete the form if he didn't write it. Yamato was about to fill in the form but something came to his mind. Suzuka asked what's with him today. Yamato replied that the last few months have been exhausting and he realized that he has forgotten something. He told her that he has not yet proposed to her.

Yamato then proposed to her by saying "Please marry me". Suzuka was stunned. She then scolded Yamato that it's already late even though he had plenty of chances before. She asked why Yamato proposed there and treated it as an aside when he was filling the form. Suzuka scolded Yamato for being an idiot and unromantic. Yamato apologized and explained that he had only realized it. Suzuka then sighed and said why did she fall in love with someone like him. Yamato asked what she just said. He was trying to confirm something. Suzuka replied that she fell in love with him. Yamato told her that it was her first time saying she loved him face-to-face. Suzuka was surprised as well. Yamato explained that she had said something similar before but she has never said love directly to him so he was happy to hear it. Suzuka was embarassed and apologized out of courtesy.

Yamato then suggested of submitting the registration on the day. Suzuka was surprised. Yamato explained that it's the first day she said she loved him and he had also proposed. He added that it'd be a precious moment for them. Suzuka asked if he was serious and Yamato replied yes. Yamato and Suzuka went out. Suzuka noticed that it wasn't the direction to the city hall. She asked Yamato about it. Yamato replied that he wanted to visit a place and had a last look. They arrived at the gym. Suzuka asked Yamato why he wanted to have a last look at the gym. Yamato replied that Suzuka didn't know about it but 3 years ago, a week before school opened, he saw a girl practising hig jump by herself. He said that he fell in love with her instantly. He added that he found out the girl was her neighbour and thought that it must be fate. Reminiscence of Yamato and Suzuka's moments appeared. Yamato continued that they quarreled almost all the time but he loved her more and more. He confessed to the girl and was rejected. He didn't gave up and kept trying. He succeeded and thought that they could be together at last. However, they broke up and the girl left abroad. Yamato then faced Suzuka, with a big smile, told her that despite everything, he had the chance to marry the girl at the end. Yamato told Suzuka that the gym was the place where everything started so he wanted to have a last look at it.

Suzuka held Yamato's hand and said that it's not the end. She smiled and said that it's a new beginning with the three of them. Yamato, holding Suzuka's hand, commented that they had made wishes at a shrine three years ago. Yamato told Suzuka that the wish had came true. Suzuka asked what he had wished for. Yamato replied that he had wished for something good to happen.

Note: There will be a Suzuka guidebook scheduled for 17th October release. The guidebook will potray graduation scene as well as the night before Suzuka's marriage.


P/S: Not what I expected but that's Yamato lame style. I also realized that when Suzuka left Yamato and he went to the shrine, he gave his earnings as offering and wished for something good. While it can be argued, I personally feel that he had always stick to his wish, wishing for a chance with Suzuka, even though he wished for something good to happen. I'm convinced that it'll end with the birth of their child. By the way, I'll be getting the Suzuka guidebook.

Note: Support Kouji Seo and Suzuka by purchasing the manga. CH available at Yesasia and JP available at Yesasia and Amazon JP. EN is available at Amazon

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Random Thoughts

Mood: Happy


Rather happy this week in personal life as well as in anime & manga, not mentioning work load of course. Haven't been writing random thoughts for several weeks.


Manga:
Suzuka 164: I like chapter 164 very much. As I have mentioned in the post, I think the way to conclude Suzuka with current scenario is acceptable and pleasing to the fans. Since Yamato and Suzuka cannot afford a wedding so maybe we'll see a chapter of Yamato working and the birth of the baby as finale. 2 more chapters till finale!
Air Gear 176: Don't know what's going to happen to Kururu after meeting the cunning Hako. Kogarasumaru having a duel with the "kamen rider" gang, with Kogarasumaru losing 0-10. Kanon's helping the opposition team.
Cross Game 94: The opposition team got a home run and now tie with Seishu High School.
Prince of Tennis 357: I must really commend Takeshi for making such a twist on Kaidou. After being beaten 0-4, Kaidou returned with an invincible move. And he shot a ball straight onto Akaya's face. What a great feeling!
Tsubasa 165: Finally, Ashura's finished. Last 2 chapters were great as Yui and Kurogane fought Ashura. Fai disintegrated after giving the feather back to Sakura body. The second curse will not be activated if Yui killed Ashura but it was Kurogane who killed Ashura. Syaoran told everyone to leave Celes quickly. After so many chapters (11) we're still clueless on the second curse. Gee....
AMG 228: Previously, everyone (Keiichi, Belldandy, Skuld, Urd and Megumi) lost their memory due to the overload of Skuld device. Welsper was wondering what happended to the house and inactive banpei kun. He/it realized that the rest of the people had amnesia and decided to have fun. He/it tricked that Urd and Keiichi are lovers. Skuld is his/its maid and Belldandy is his fiance. Welsper then want Belldandy to addres him a beloved one. However, Belldandy replied that she can't.
ARIA 56:Akira talked with a puppetmaster who has two puppet. One was white with a cheerful smile while the other one's black with sorrow. I hope next week we'll see the story after Alice became a Prima and how does that affect Aika and Akari.

Anime:
Romeo x Juliet 21: I haven't been watching RxJ since EP 18. Will catch up to it. RxJ has been switched to Tuesdays air slot. Cornelia and Benvolio married. Romeo was determined to act against his father. Juliet has the seed of Escalus has been planted inside her and she hasn't told Romeo about it.
Zero no Tsukaima II 9 : Colbert was the Flame Serpent as expected. I didn't expect him to die though. Menville was killed by Agnes and she tried to avenge on Colbert but he died before she could act. Saito received a letter from Colbert and he cried. Louise hugged him and cried as well. Finally, one episode that ended with Loiuse and Saito without an explosion.
ARIA OVA~Arietta: It's nice to see that ARIA OVA was aired before the DVD release. The background setting and the animation are both excellent and impressive. However, as I pointed out to Adun, they changed the eyes slightly and in some far-away shot, the character face was slightly of concern. Nevertheless, close-up shots are still near perfect. I like the story plot since it focuses a lot of Alicia (my favourite).

Purchase:
Placed an order for ARIA Desktop calendar at HLJ. But I do have another plan in mind. I'm thinking of an order at AJ with 2 CDs, ARIA desktop and Suzuka guidebook (coming soon). ARIA Solid Collection has been shipped. Received my brother's SD Stargazer this morning, very nice.

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Suzuka 164 Graduation

Suzuka 164 卒業 そつぎょう

Yamato and his classmates attended the graduation ceremony. At the school compound, Suzuka, Yamato, Yasonobu and Miki were strolling. Yasonobu remarked that Miki got emotional and he saw her in tears. He then boasted that his sleeve buttons were all taken by his junior female students. Yamato replied that he had all his button taken as well but Yasonobu teased by saying that they were all taken by male students. (In Japan, they have a tradition of taking someone's button to cherish a memory with a person) Miki commented to Suzuka that her stomach is growing. Suzuka replied that it already 6 months. Miki then asked her the feeling of being pregnant. Yasonobu told Miki that if she was interested he would be happy to get her pregnant. Miki then hit him with her school bag as Yasonobu told her it was just a joke. Kobayakawa confirmed with Yamato that he had been employed by Sasaoka company. Yamato replied yes. Kobayakawa told Yamato that Arima sent him a message challenging him to the Olympic selection. Yamato was stunned and asked what's Arima thinking. Kobayakawa replied that he was just the messenger. Kobayakawa also told Yamato that by then Yamato may not even beat him, let alone Arima.

Honoka caught up from behind and asked them to wait. Yasonobu commented that he thought she had left for work. Honoka replied that she was given a day leave to attend her graduation. Miki approached her and told Honoka that she saw her on TV the other day. Honoka thanked her for watching the show. Honoka looked at Suzuka with Suzuka feeling a bit awkward. She said that she heard about Yamato and Suzuka's matter. Honoka then smiled and congratulated them on their marriage. Suzuka thanked her but Yamato replied that they have not registered yet. Kobayakawa tried to greet Honoka (Obviously he still like her) but Yasonobu asked about Honoka and her boyfriend. Kobayakawa was stunned. Honoka replied that she had been busy and they could only exchange mail and talk on the phone.

Yasonobu then remarked that it's bit sad that they would probably not meet each other like then after graduating. Suzuka agreed and said that everyone would be doing different thing and have different schedules. Miki told everyone that she had a camera and suggested that they tool a picture of their batch of track team. Yamato agreed and said that Honoka was the manager for the team before. They then took the photo.

On the way back, Yasonobu asked Suzuka and Yamato if they had any plans. They replied no and Yasonobu told Yamato to follow him and Miki. Yasonobu also invited Honoka. Yamato and Suzuka were puzzled but they followed Yasonobu. They reached the destination and were surprised to see their friends inside the Karaoke room. There were Saotome, Megumi, Kinugasa, Miyamoto, Tsuyoshi and Miho. Yasonobu said that Yamato had told him that they couldn't affort a wedding so he thought that they should at least have a celebration for them. Megumi commented that it was not easy since Saotome was bad at keeping secret. Yui appeared from behind and congratulated Yamato and Suzuka. Yamato was stunned. Suzuka was delighted to see her and Yui invited Suzuka to sit down as she was pregnant. Yasonobu told Yamato that he invited her and she wanted to celebrate as well. Yasonobu told Yamato not to worry and said that Yui was not the kind of girl who dwell in the past. Everyone sat down and Tsuyoshi asked Suzuka about her scheduled delivery date. Suzuka told them it would be around middle of July. Megumi got drunk and remarked that she wanted to get married as well. Yasonobu winked at Miki and asked if it was the time. Miki replied yes and yasonobu took the mike calling for a marriage kiss from Yamato and Suzuka. Kinugasa who was drunk remarked that he wanted to see Yamato taking things seriously for once as well. Yasonobu told them to hurry up. Both Yamato and Suzuka were embarassed. Suzuka asked if they should. Saotome got her phone camera ready and Miki got her camera ready. Yamato turned to Suzuka but he was so embarassed. Honoka pushed him and told him to get to it. Out of balance, Yamato fell and kissed Suzuka on the mouth.

Yasonobu and Saotome were both stunned. They couldn't believe that Yamato and Suzuka kissed. Yamato replied that they were the one who kept pestering them. Miki told Suzuka that she would give one to her after she make copies of the photo. Miho said that she wanted one as well. Yasonobu asked why Yamato's feeling embarassed since he had done something more embarassing. Miki told Yasonobu that he's even worse to have said that. Suzuka looked at Yamato shyly while Yamato felt speechless. The gang then asked Yamato to sing a song.


P/S: 2 more chapters to go. After reading 164, I sort of feel that it's time to end the series. Unless he wants to take it to university which obviously he can't with Suzuka pregnancy plot. Thus, it actually make more sense to conclude the series given the current scenario. I predict that maybe next week, we'll see Yamato working followed by the birth of the child as the finale. (I retracted the prediction on wedding since Yamato can't afford a wedding currently) It may not be sastifying but after some thought I believe the way to conclude the series is acceptable.


Note: Support Kouji Seo and Suzuka by purchasing the manga. CH available at Yesasia and JP available at Yesasia and Amazon JP. EN is available at Amazon

ARIA Excellence 3



I was reading ARIA Navigation 56 and it didn't seem interesting to me as it's about Akari and a puppetmaster. Guess Kozue don't want to rush things. I'm very interested to see the development now that Alice is a Prima undine. Page 17 surprised me and I quickly search HLJ and pre-ordered the Desktop calendar.

ARIA Publication Bonanza!!!

CHECK 1:
ARIA 2008 CALENDAR
Release Date: 30th November 2007
A. Wall Calendar
Price: Wall (left): 2000Yen
Available at Amazon JP
B. Desktop Calendar
Price: Desktop (Right): 1400 Yen
Estimated cost:
Available at Amazon JP or HLJ

CHECK 2:
ARIA PREMIUM POSTER BOOK 3
Release Date: 22nd December 2007
Price: 3000 Yen or ~US$25.6
Note: The premium poster book 1 & 2 has been a hit. The poster book features several different A2 size illustrations, about 420 x 594 mm.


CHECK 3:
ARIA Novel 2
Release Date: 10th January 2008

CHECK 4:
ARIA Undine Magazine scheduled for Spring release.

P/S: I pre-ordered the ARIA 2008 desktop calendar. It's going to run out very fast so act now if you want it. Though HLJ only has the desktop for the time being. If you want both calendar, Amazon advertises it for 3400 Yen. As usual the poster and the wall calendar are both very tempting but both items are large in size and shipping will be expensive. The 2006 publications can be viewed here.

Note to Adun: I hope you're getting both calendars and the posters! Hope there's more new illustration this time. :)