Japan trip 5 - day 1 backtrack 1

i usually prefer to fly in and out of haneda airport these days but as we were trying to get discount tickets from ANA and they sold out pretty fast, we had to fly into Narita on tues trip.

we had a pretty full day planned so we decided to buy express tickets to save some time.


It was a pretty pleasant ride on the keisei liner to nippori. Although, the blue skies did go away sometime later in the day, it remained a hot and somewhat humid day.

Our first stop was our hotel in Ikebukuro where I was suppose to pick up my b-mobile SIM card but it had not arrived yet. :( So i was unable to mobile blog and go online all day... i was kind of bummed about that.

After we sorted out our luggage and everything, we headed to Shinjuku to buy Odakyu Romance Car tickets and the Hakone free pass for Sunday as well as tickets to Fujisawa for Saturday.

Japan trip 5 - day 2

we are on our way to kamakura now. i wanted to blog more on this trip bit mis-timed the arrival of my data sim card from b-mobile and was unable to go online all of yesterday. :(

but now i have the sim card in and am online again and able to blog again. :)

lots to write about and will hopefully get to it later today if we get quiet moments. yesterday was a very eventful day and it would be nice to keep a record of it.

the above is a photo of the first Onigiri i had on this trip. i have always eaten an onigiri on the first day of my previous trips to Japan... so this was a little unsual. :)

Japan - trip 5 - changi airport

at t2 changi airport now... waiting for my flight to Japan. :)

can't wait!!!! hope to mobile blog from Japan.

later. :) .

long long day

Wow!!!! What a long, long, long day at work.... I am exhausted and have not yet packed for my coming trip to Japan.... gee.... I am not even home yet.... just left work.

I always seem to have worse luck each time I am about to travel... if I am not ill... then I would be incredibly busy at work.

I finally did get a prep shot... marker removals... I am really happy that I finally do have an opportunity to try more prep especially after so much roto and seeing most of my peers getting prep opportunities too.... but dang it.... the timing... sigh... not great.... now i am really stressed.

no dinner yet.... v tired.... and still need to pack my bag.... good god.... i hope tomorrow is better.... i submitted a work in progress... am hoping the feedback isnt horrible.

I am really looking forward to the trip though.... we leave from the office tomorrow after work.... so i will need to make sure i pack everything by tonight... yikes!!!

K.... on the train now... i feel less stressed about work now that I have written about it... time to just empty my brain and rest on the way home and to dinner. :)

Kara no Kyoukai Mirai Fukuin anime - announced

I just read on SGCafe that Type-Moon has announced that there will be an animated version of Kara no Kyoukai ~ Mirai Fukuin (空の境界 未来福音).  Apparently, it has not been officially announced yet as SGCafe got most of this information from tweets but I'm thinking it's most likely to be true.

I'm excited.  I really liked the Kara no Kyoukai movies and I'm hoping that Type-Moon will call back the same studio, cast and music composer for KnK ~ Mirai Fukuin.  Kalafina was formed to sing the theme songs for the 7 KnK movies and I still consider the KnK soundtrack to contain some of Kajiura Yuki's best work.  I really liked the artwork and animation style of the KnK movies and really liked the characters Ryougi Shiki and Touko Aozaki.

Fingers crossed for ufotable, Kajiura Yuki, Kalafina and the cast of seiyuus to return for Mirai Fukuin.

Good Smile has also re-released a Ryougi Shiki figure.  YAY!!!!  I really wanted this figure previously but by the time I tried to buy it, it was either no where to be found or way too expensive. :)


The Ryougi Shiki Garannodou figure was originally released in 2008 and will be re-released in Nov this year as part of Good Smile's10 year anniversary celebration. I couldn't resist and have pre-ordered it. :D  For those who want to get it from my usual happy hunting ground, here is the link. :)

Here's hoping the release the Nendoroid Ryougi Shiki figure too. :)

Also, Sword Art Online has started airing on TV in Japan.  I haven't watched it yet but will probably get to it soon just because Kajiura Yuki scores this anime and I would like to listen to the soundtrack. :)

Okay... I am going to sleep now... it's been tiring lately.  The show I was working on didn't wrap as expected and I had to do a lot of emergency, energy sapping roto on it.  Really tired and need sleep.  I'm also going to travel to Japan soon and we'll be on a pretty tight schedule in the beginning, so I really don't want to be sick or too tired... hence, oyasumi. :)

Mahou Shoujo Madoka movies - Kalafina

Woah... more Kalafina and Kajiura Yuki goodness for us fans.

I got this off sgcafe.  Click me to link for source post.

I really can't talk much... rushing a shot at work... waiting for render.

Anyway... Kalafina will sing one of the theme songs for one of the Mahou Shoujo Madoka movies that will be screened later this year.

Yay. :)

FictionJunction - distance (Available for Pre-order)

I have to make this quick... at work now but for those of you who are waiting to pre-order this single, the CDJapan page just came up today.

Here is the link to the product page.

I'm going to pre-order this when I get home tonight. :) I may still pick up 2 copies when I go to Japan because I'm thinking of getting it as a gift for two good friends. We'll see. :)

Here is the youtube video again. :)