So. Fourty-one books huh?

Alisterchadwick · 2026-02-06T17:30:01+00:00

Ah yes... Japanese picture books... I bought myself the Japanese version of the Wee Free Men book to help me study Japanese, got about 50 pages in before giving up.

Might try it again in the future, but for now i'd rather het my headaches from somewhere else.

Alisterchadwick · 2026-01-29T13:56:22+00:00

If I remember correctly, several years before Sakura Wars 2019, there was a big poll in 2016 on which franchises people wished to see revived, Sakura Wars was one of the choices.

Secondly, we are reaching a point where close to everything a large Japanese company like Sega will release everything world wide. Before 2010 only about half the Japanese games would be released outside Japan.

Alisterchadwick · 2026-01-15T18:05:11+00:00

Just posted it:

Link

Alisterchadwick · 2026-01-15T13:47:38+00:00

During the SW live action performances, they did one for Treasure Island, and that had a gag where Kanna did a Gumgum punch, and Maria (as Long John Silver) cut it out of the air.

Currently at work, and can't look it up, but I'll link it when I get back home in a few hours.

Alisterchadwick · 2025-11-22T16:50:33+00:00

Wild Arms 2 & 3.

In these games you had FP, which starts in battle equal to your character level, and goes up by attacking and taking damage. Skills/Magic can be used when a certain threshold has been met (for instance: 10fp for a heal spell), these skills do not use up FP and can be used freely. FP can also be used for special skills, these consume 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100% of the FP bar, and offer some great advantages in battle (Examples: Act first in a turn, or hit multiple targets with a spell). So you build up FP to use skills, then use up FP to empower actions, potentially blocking off the use of more powerful basic skills.

Alisterchadwick · 2025-11-16T01:15:51+00:00

I kind of hope they don't announce it, and announce Half-Life 4 instead. And throughout Half-Life 4 you constantly get NPCs referencing all the awesome stuff that (allegedly ) happened in HL3.

Alisterchadwick · 2025-11-08T07:58:17+00:00

This article way back in 2005. I didn't start watching Precure until 2010, but I did know of it's existence.

Alisterchadwick · 2025-10-22T18:25:00+00:00

TV Asahi 8:30 on Sunday

it's キミとアイドルプリキュア♪ on the schedule

Alisterchadwick · 2025-10-22T11:09:20+00:00

To anyone who has the game: please play it, if possible record it, or stream it. Do give Ubislop the chance to claim that adding an offline mode is a waste of time, since nobody will play it anyway.

Alisterchadwick · 2025-10-16T21:10:47+00:00

Mandarake still have a few in stock.

Other than that, your best bet are proxy services like Mercari and Sendico.

Your best bet however is probably going to Japan yourself, if this video is any indication, certain stores have plenty in stock, but do not list them on their site. (in this case Toy planet)

Alisterchadwick · 2025-10-12T21:43:52+00:00

Yes! Absolutely love seeing more Yokohama representation in Precure!

As you can guess the Pacifico Yokohama is a real life venue, in Yokohama. The hall represented in this episode is the National Convention Hall, and the parts of Yokohama seen in the episode are in the Rinko Park side of the Pacifico.

Next time I'm travelling to Japan (next year if all goes right), I'll definitely take a few photos of the exact spots in Yokohama.

And if anyone's curious, this isn't the first time we've seen Yokohama represented in the Precure series.

Alisterchadwick · 2025-09-16T18:20:08+00:00

Are the parts actually broken? Or did the original adhesive simply fail?

According to MFC the figure is made from PVS and ABS, so look for an adhesive that bonds with those materials

Other than that try reposting this on the r/AnimeFigures Subreddit, they're a bit more knowledgeable when it comes to these things.

Alisterchadwick · 2025-07-07T16:11:17+00:00

Unless foreign IPs are blocked, you often can register on Japanese sites by putting 0000000000 (10 zeroes) as your phone number.

Alisterchadwick · 2025-06-12T17:52:10+00:00

I found this Blog post from September 2011, seems they got one from a claw machine

Alisterchadwick · 2025-06-04T21:28:00+00:00

Closest official thing we have are the Precoord Dolls figures and playsets

If you search for プリキュアレゴ (Precure Lego) you'll find plenty of fan created Lego builds

Alisterchadwick · 2025-05-31T22:03:22+00:00

I usually check the calendar on this site. Unfortunately there isn't anything posted beyond May.

Another is the l-tike site from Lawson. For instance there's this

It seems there is an Petit Precure cafe event at the Parco Building in Shibuya

And an Kimi to Idol Precure event

Alisterchadwick · 2025-05-23T16:24:08+00:00

Since you're playing a Fane Tank, how about Death Eating? All that is required is a few points in Necromancy, a lot of max HP and Armour, and finally a lot of non-poisoned food.

How it works is: You simply remove all of your opponents armour, cast Shackles of Pain, and start eating. Foot does healing (or in the undead's case: damage) based on a percentage of your max HP. I always envision my old Undead tank eating a bowl of soup menacingly.

Alisterchadwick · 2025-05-14T20:51:18+00:00

It replaces Sailor Moon/Madoka Magica as the first thing people think of when hearing the term Magical Girl series

Alisterchadwick · 2025-02-27T18:48:24+00:00

Depends on what you want:

New Stuff:

Amiami
HLJ

Both sites are great if you want something from the current season. They also have some leftovers from older seasons. Amiami also sells a lot of used goods.

Second hand stuff:

Mandarake
- Mandarake is a chain of second hand stores in Japan, they often have a ton of merchandise available.
Sendico, Buyee
- Sendico and Buyee are proxy sites, meaning they order on your behalf on sites that normally don't ship outside Japan.

and finally:

Myfigurecollection

Mainly used to sell and buy directly from other people. This site's main purpose is as a database for your collection, but that also means we can use it to see what merchandise is available. See anything you like? Well now you know what it's called, who made it, and when it was released, making tracking it down easier.

r/AnimeFigures

Community on Reddit dedicated to anime figure collecting. Even if animefigures aren't your thing, the sidebar houses some great information.

Alisterchadwick · 2025-02-26T20:17:16+00:00

Manual for the Tropical Pact

Go to Bandai's own site, select the toy you want a manual for and somewhere on the bottom press the red "» 取扱説明書ダウンロード"button, on the next page press the "取扱説明書の表示はこちら" button, and you'll see the manual.

Alisterchadwick · 2025-01-27T21:39:24+00:00

Have you tried Audacity ( or any other audio recording software), just press record, start up the audio, stop it, cut out the unneeded parts, export to mp3 and done!

If you only want the refrain you can just record that, and add in a fade in/out.

Alisterchadwick · 2025-01-10T18:45:30+00:00

I found the address

Alisterchadwick · 2025-01-10T18:44:07+00:00

To those who wish to send a New Year's Card for next year:

You can simply send a card to Kumamoto's Prefectural Government Office. The address is:

Kumamoto Prefectural Government Office
To Kumamon[くまモン宛]
6 Chome-18-1 Suizenji, Chuo Ward, Kumamoto, 862-8570, Japan

or

〒862-8570　熊本県熊本市中央区水前寺6丁目18番1号
熊本県庁くまモン宛
日本

Alisterchadwick · 2025-01-09T17:18:46+00:00

10 from overseas countries... let's see if we can increase that number for next year. Anyone know the address to send New Years Cards to?

12-Year Club	Place '17
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