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Photos of Sakura-Con 2013

by radiantdreamer April 17, 2013 in Things I Find Interesting 3 comments tags: 2013, advent children, anime, aoi, artists, autograph, cloud, convention, cosplay, crab pot, dealers, eir, fans, figures, final fantasy, haruna, kawahara, luna, maids, pass, persona 3, psycho, public market, reki, sakura-con, sao, seattle, sephiroth, shops, sword art online, tifa
This year's Sakura-Con was a blast, just like it was last year, with a strong focus on Sword Art Online. Check out all the awesome pictures!

Otaku Pride Fashion – Looking Cool & Nerdy

by radiantdreamer January 28, 2011 in Anime & Video Games 98 comments tags: accessories, alpha protocol, anime, battlestar galactica, bsg, cammy, capcom, dj max, dress to impress, dress your best, evangelion 2.0, fashion, final fantasy, geek, ghost in the shell, hadoken, how to style, illustrious, judge a book, keep it real, metroid, mickey mouse, nerd, nintendo, one piece, otaku, our lady peace, pac man, pikachu, pokemon, pride, retro, section 9, sephora, street fighter, syriana, t shirts, tips, uniqlo, vintage, what not to wear
You live in a society that judges by appearance, and as such, you NEED to dress for the occasion, for your own personal gains than for anyone else. But you love your otaku pride. What to do? Find out with this blog post!

No Resolutions – 2011 Looking Forward

by radiantdreamer January 02, 2011 in Things I Find Interesting 38 comments tags: 2011, 999, ace attorney, achievements, alan wake, assassin's creed, backlog, bayonetta, final fantasy, flower, fragile dreams, gaming trend, goals, heavy rain, inspirational, motivational, muramasa, new years, nintendo ds, ps3, resolution, resonance of fate, sakura wars, self-aware, shin megami tensei, silent hill, touch detective, tracking, valkyria chronicles, wii, Xbox 360, zelda
Every year, people make ambitious resolutions, only to see them shattered come February when they realize they just can't change themselves to do it. Today, we look at 6 steps you can take to make it work.

Dental Time! Another Megapost!

by radiantdreamer May 14, 2010 in Things I Find Interesting 43 comments tags: blazblue, book-off, dental, dentist, fillings, final fantasy, halfmoon, konata, miku, miles edgeworth, nintendo ds, patio furniture, phoenix wright, root canal, shinkai, smart car, supercell, swag, teeth
Drill drill drill! Your teeth are gonna get pwned! Well, my busy schedule has slowed down a tad bit, but not enough to make me breathe a sigh of relief yet.  There are some loose ends to tie up for certain, but it looks like I might be able to give myself a breather soon. So in the meantime, I thought I’d talk about some things that have been happening in my life.

Commission Art Gone Wrong

by radiantdreamer March 26, 2010 in How To Draw Anime & Photoshop, Things I Find Interesting 55 comments tags: blazblue, busy, commission, email, final fantasy, iphone, resonance of fate, rss, valkyria chronicles, youtube
A lot of stuff has happened in these past couple of weeks that I’d like to post about, but really lack the time. I fixed a couple of broken figures, cleaned figures, got new figures, I actually attended an Olympic event, and did some commission work. In addition, I’ve been working like a fiend on my new iPhone game. I’ve also been playing a lot of Resonance of Fate (yes, it won me over Final Fantasy XIII) and thoroughly enjoying it. It reminds me a lot of Valkyria Chronicles for some reason, which was also epic.

Finally Finished Final Fantasy XII

by radiantdreamer March 11, 2010 in Anime & Video Games 61 comments tags: ashe, balthier, basch, final fantasy, fran, game, penelo, playstation, square enix, vaan, xii, xiii
One of my reasons for laying off the blogging for a bit was to finish Final Fantasy XII. Now, at 10:40pm, I’ve got a little bit of breathing room before I tackle my next game, Final Fantasy XIII. (my order has been delayed). So what of this 3-year old Playstation 2 game? To sum it up, I think Final Fantasy XII is “Final Fantasy Done Right”. I’m not going to go into a review or anything, but more like pick out the concepts that made XII one of the better games in the series.

My Current Collection – January

by radiantdreamer January 29, 2010 in Anime Figures, Things I Find Interesting 62 comments tags: aerith, ah my goddess, alice, Alter, Alvis Hamilton, aria, asuka, ballistics, belldandy, black lagoon, black rock shooter, burst angel, cloud, evangelion, fate stay night, final fantasy, gemini sunrise, good smile company, gothic devil girl, hardy daytona, human mage, K-ON!, Kannagi, Kotobukiya, Last Exile, lineage II, masamune shirow, miku hatsune, motorcycle, my collection, needa, nendoroid, pia carrot, queen's gate, raquel gothic, revy, rize, saber, sakura, shall, shana, shuraki, tifa, tony aka, vocaloid, yuffie, yuna
I’m sure most of you have come up against the problem of owning too many anime figures, that you’re running out of room. My own personal solution is to rotate them, and keep some of them in storage. This keeps things fresh. You may recall a previous post on my collection, so let’s see how things have changed since then.

Outings in October

by radiantdreamer October 09, 2009 in Things I Find Interesting 27 comments tags: 2010, Arnie Roth, celes, concert, distant worlds, final fantasy, Kotobukiya, Maria, mascot, motorcycle, Nobuo Uematsu, olympics, opera, orchestra, orpheum, Polystone, Resin, store, symphony, tifa, toy drive, Vancouver, yuffie
Sort of a conglomerated post of several outings, starting with my most recent one: Final Fantasy Distant Worlds concert, a motorcycle toy drive, and a tour of our new 2010 Olympics store! It’s very rare that I go out these days, being the shut-in that I am. So it’s a bit refreshing to actually step out of the house to go somewhere. Thanks to my wife, I actually get to breathe some outside air, and get some sunlight. More photos after the jump!

My Current Collection

by radiantdreamer March 18, 2009 in Anime Figures, Things I Find Interesting 22 comments tags: aerith, ah my goddess, Alter, Alvis Hamilton, aria, asuka, auron, ayane, ballistics, belldandy, black lagoon, cloud, evangelion, fate stay night, final fantasy, gemini sunrise, good smile company, gothic devil girl, gwendolyn, hardy daytona, human mage, ignis, jingai makyou, Kotobukiya, Last Exile, lineage II, masamune shirow, mei feng, melissa, mikuru, mishiro, motorcycle, my collection, needa, nendoroid, ninja gaiden, odin sphere, pia carrot, revy, rize, saber, sakura, seifer, shall, shana, shuraki, tifa, yuna
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted any of the recent figures I’ve purchased. Yet, I’ve been constantly complaining about my lack of space, and the figures I have been selling, I’m not actually getting rid of my entire collection – space or not. Many of my figures are packed and stored in my closet. Well, less than 30%, if I would have to make a guess… There are quite a few figures that I just can’t part with, even if they’re put away in the closet. I’m sure many of you have the same problem. My own personal solution? Cycle them ocassionally. I’ve done it once or twice already, and it’s always fun, and your shelves never look boring. I like re-arranging my figures so they have a theme, or some sort of cool looking composition, or maybe I feel like “featuring” one particular figure, and place her under the spotlight. As such, I’ve decided to document how my collection changes over time. This would be the second time I’ve taken photos of my own collection. More photos after the jump!

Miku Hatsune in SC4?! Well, sort of…

by radiantdreamer August 07, 2008 in Anime & Video Games 20 comments tags: alice in wonderland, auron, bandai, bruce lee, cammy, character creator, dead or alive, final fantasy, flame haze, hamburglar, kasumi, little red riding hood, miku hatsune, nakoruru, namco, no more heroes, phoenix wright, ronald mcdonald, sailor moon, sakura, samurai shodown, shana, sienna, Soul Calibur, street fighter, the last blade, travis touchdown, video games, vocaloid, yuki
The Create a Soul feature of Soul Calibur IV is pretty fully featured this time around. They’ve added a lot of detail to it in order to make clothes fit better, have more colored parts, and overall good revamp of the color tinting system so things don’t go completely out of whack when tweaking colors. Several people on NeoGAF have already made some great recreations. I’ve posted my own recreations here, as well as a few of my favorites that I’ve seen on GAF, with minor modifications. Note that all details are color calibrated as accurately as possible, and with Japanese voices instead of English.
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