The Get List: Toreba: Two More Plush Pokemon Wins (Mew, Growlithe)

In which my already-retro Pokemon craze becomes a little more retro. My obsession with winning plush Pokemon on Toreba is never-ending, especially when I’m stressed. Lately, I’m feeling a bit better (well, at least I have times when I do), and it’s nice to have shipments come when the stress isn’t ultra bad — like […]

The Get List: Toreba: Three Yadon/Slowpoke Plush Wins in (About) One Week!

In which that kind of Pokemon luck will never happen again, so I’m celebrating it to the point of making a commemorative video. I can’t remember the names of my students or deadlines I write down or the most basic tenets of the language I speak a good chunk of the time, but for some […]

The Get List: Toreba: Pokemon Hokkori Iyasare Plush (Gengar, Wooper)

In which two of my favorite Pokemon are won in about a forty-eight hour period, and turn out especially snuggly and adorable. I’m not sure who my two favorite Pokemon are, but I know my top three are Gengar, Wooper, and Nyaasu (I really don’t like the American dub’s Meowth voice, and for some reason […]

Magazine: Pucchigumi September 2020

In which I get a little bit of childhood bliss with my friends the Sumikko asking for the ride. Does anyone else feel like time goes both really slowly and quickly with all the stupid stuff associated with 2020? I’m constantly behind on everything professionally and personally, but at the same time I just noticed […]

Magazine: Animedia July 2020 + Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Clear File Furoku

In which I just sort of pick and choose things I like, some things never change, and — ooh, a really nice clear file! I was going through The Mooon (that’s the new official name I’m using for the craft-and-cool-collection-stuff room, because its previous informal name of The Crap Room doesn’t sound great, and it […]

Anime Goods: Re:Zero: Q Posket Figures Rem & Ram

In which I just end up a bit creeped out despite my high hopes. My experiences with Q Posket figures have been on the negative side. On the one hand, they’re a much cheaper choice for a character figure than, say, Nendoroid, running easily under $10 for recent releases on used good sites like Mandarake […]

Anime Goods: Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san Nendoroid

In which I get philosophical and then get my heart just melted. I hate dumb fanservice—like when it’s done at the expense of a character’s dignity or when it’s so clearly the only reason for a series to exist you just want to remind its audience there are straight-out hentai series out there. But I […]

The Get List: Toreba: Healin Good PreCure Latte Plush

In which I eat my words, but they’re delicious. A couple of entries ago, I said that licensed prize plush are often of lower quality than those not based on popular licenses, and I gave examples of Pokemon and Healin Good PreCure. I don’t know why I said the latter, actually, since this is the […]

Anime Goods: Re:Zero: FuRyu SSS Milky Way Rem

In which another figure in this series simply thrills me.

Anime Goods: Hypnosis Mic: Suwarasetai Figures Vols I and III

In which the frenzy that will continue with the Nendoroid releases begins with these figures.