Last post from Odaiba. This time it's some scenes from anime Bakemonogatari, specifically episode 14 and 15. It's easy to take the photos once you get there. You just have to make sure that you get on the bridge, because I failed to get there from the west side (the side where the Ferris wheel is), so I had to cross the river via a different bridge and walk back to the right one from the east side. It may be easier to go from the east side to begin with.Directions, right? You need to get to Odaiba. Either go to Yuurakuchou Station, transfer to Yuurakuchou Line for Shin-Kiba and get on Rinkai Line there. Get off at Tokyo Teleport or Kokusaitenjijou. Another way is to go to Shinbashi Station and get on Yurikamome there. In that case, you would get off at Aomi or Kokusaitenjijouseimon (in front of Tokyo Big Sight). View Bakemonogatari in a larger map
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You can consider this as a "What I'd like from Nisemonogatari" or a "Oh no, please don't do that!" post. As much as I find both Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari entertaining, I feel "meh..." once I'm done with them. The visuals are SHAFTastic, but just the art can't register the impact that this series is capable of achieving. So I thought I'd discuss some things that irk me about this series and how Nise can potentially be a 10/10 series. ~Read more...
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Bakemonogatari is one of those shows you either love or hate. Watching the pilot episode, I was put off by the striking colour scheme and confusing flashing text introduction. The frequent slow motion and 3-D close up shots of characters didn’t give a pleasant first impression either. Its definitely not for those who are new to anime [...]
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Kotobukiya is going to release the Black Hanekawa ( ブラック羽川 ) 1/8 PVC figure figure from the light novel/anime “Bakemonogatari” ( 化物語 ). Will be released in May 2012. Around 170mm tall and 250mm long (with base), 9,800 yen. Another lovely Black Hanekawa figure!!! I like Black Hanekawa a lot but I had to cancel [...]
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Title: Bakemonogatari Genre/Themes: Supernatural, drama Number Of Episodes: 15 Original Creator: Nisio Ishin (light novel) Animation Studio: Shaft Director: Akiyuki Shinbo Plot Outline Koyomi Araragi is a third year high school student. Although he is human, some of the powers he … Continue reading →
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Title: Bakemonogatari Genre/Themes: Supernatural, drama Number Of Episodes: 15 Original Creator: Nisio Ishin (light novel) Animation Studio: Shaft Director: Akiyuki Shinbo Plot Outline Koyomi Araragi is a third year high school student. Although he is human, some of the powers he … Continue reading →
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Bakemonogatari has quite a bit of meta-fictional humour but it’s disappointing that it rarely goes beyond finger-pointing. Most of the time it just makes obvious references to other animes or acknowledges its anime-stereotypes. Since the next winter-season will have Nisemonogatari airing I’ve thought that I should rewatch Bakemonogatari. The first time I watched it was [...]
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SEGA is going to release the Vignetteum Cute ( ヴィネッティアムキュート) Senjougahara Hitagi ( 戦場ヶ原ひたぎ), Kanbaru Suruga ( 神原駿河 ), Araragi Karen ( 阿良々木火憐), and Araragi Tsukihi ( 阿良々木月火 ) PVC prize figure from the light novel/anime “Bakemonogatari” ( 化物語 ). Will be released in the third week of January 2012, *1,000 yen each. *Due to [...]
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Good Smile Company is going to release the Oshino Shinobu ( 忍野　忍 ) 1/8 PVC figure figure from the light novel/anime “Bakemonogatari” ( 化物語 ). Will be released in March 2012. Around 200mm tall, 7,429 yen. You can order her here Need to skip my BS tonight because of the Treasure Festa report. Shinobu is [...]
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Shinobu is sooo cute! Plus she’s out for pre-order! Shinobu is ADORABLE! Sadly my pre-order list has dwindled since I’m saving up for Saber Extra and selling cute plushies! SO as much as I adore this figure sadly I have to pass Shinobu is out for pre-order at around 5,700 yen and she’ll be out [...]
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Toranoana recently hosted Taiwan Gallery 2011, an exhibit of fantastic original illustrations by renowned Taiwanese artists - the end result was a display of different stimuli and fresh technique.
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Gift is going to release the Bakemonogatari Plush Series 10 Hanekawa Tsubasa ( 羽川 翼 ) plush from the light novel/anime “Bakemonogatari” ( 化物語 ). Will be released in December 2011. Around 200mm tall, 2,858 yen. Araragi Koyomi, Senjougahara Hitagi, Hachikuji Mayoi, Kanbaru Suruga, Araragi Karen Araragi Tsukihi, Oshino Shinobu, Oshino Meme, Sengoku Nadeko, Hanekawa [...]
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Gift is going to release the Bakemonogatari Plush Series 09 Sengoku Nadeko ( 千石撫子 ) plush from the light novel/anime “Bakemonogatari” ( 化物語 ). Will be released in December 2011. Around 200mm tall, 2,858 yen. Araragi Koyomi, Senjougahara Hitagi, Hachikuji Mayoi, Kanbaru Suruga, Araragi Karen Araragi Tsukihi, Oshino Shinobu, Oshino Meme, Sengoku Nadeko, Hanekawa Tsubasa [...]
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Max Factory is set to release the figma Sengoku Nadeko action figure from the light novel, anime Bakemonogatari. Sengoku will be released in December 2012 priced at 3,048JPY, $39.78USD. Sengoku is available for pre-orders at Hobby Search. The shy girl with a snake wrapped around her. From the popular anime, ‘Bakemonogatari’, comes a figure of [...]
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Max Factory is going to release the figma 119 Sengoku Nadeko ( 千石撫子 ) action figure from the light novel/anime “Bakemonogatari” ( 化物語 ). Will be released in December 2012. Around 130mm tall, 3,048 yen. After reading the Otorimonogatari light novel, I really don’t like Nadeko. She is such a brat. Now I’m so regret [...]
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  Recently, a friend of mine told me that he was going to watch Kamisama no Memo-Chou, and I, having watched 5 episodes and dropped it, decided to tell him that it really wasn’t very good. I told him about how I thought the first episode was pretty great, with solid writing and an impressive [...]
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via ANN (NisiOisin Anime Project announcement event): The event also announced that a Song & Soundtrack Collection and a Blu-ray Disc Box for Bakemonogatari will ship in Japan on December 21.
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Busty heroine of Bakemonogatari Hanekawa Tsubasa shows off the best of both her personalities with this predominantly human Hanekawa equipped with nekomimi relaxing in the classroom.
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Gift is going to release the Bakemonogatari Plush Series 08 Oshino Meme ( 忍野　メメ ) plush from the light novel/anime “Bakemonogatari” ( 化物語 ). Will be released in November 2011. Around 200mm tall, 2,858 yen. Oshino Meme, Oshino Shinobu, Araragi Koyomi (left to right) We have so many Bakemonogatari plushies today! Actually they had been [...]
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