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Figma recreation of K-On! song.
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Episode 24 of K-On!! aired just a few weeks ago and it contained one of the most touching songs from the Houkago Tea Time girls called “Tenshi ni Fureta yo!” They four seniors wrote and preformed the song for Azunyan who is a year behind them and would not be graduating with them. It’s a very good song and a wonderful touching statement to their kohai (underclassman) who was feeling sad about being left behind after her friends graduate.
Someone recently recreated the scene using Figma figures and stop animation and it’s really pretty amazing. It’s no where near professional level but considering the amount of work involved to do something like this it’s really amazing and shows the love that Otaku can have for anime. I’m sure their passion for K-On! kept them working for many many hours to complete it.
First up is the original anime scene for those who have not seen it.
(Be sure to switch to 720p quality when watching)
Here you can see the Figma video that someone created.
I hope it doesn’t get taken down.
Sure, there are a number of problems in the video and sometimes background furniture moves on it’s own (hehe) but it’s still rather amazing.
**James.
New Range Murata designed anime coming.
Posted by: | CommentsRange Murata is a very popular and talented illustrator who may best be known for his design work for the anime Last Exile has been confirmed as a character designer for a new 2011 anime by Gonzo.
Anime News Network’s update on this information also include an image of a bookcover given to stockholders that was illustrated by Range Murata featuring one of the new characters designed for this upcoming series.
Range’s art style features a heavy art deco style that really separates his work from other illustrators. He has released over a dozen art books, contributed to design work for a number of video games, as well as having had figures made of his designs. Some of his work can be seen below. Click on the images for full sized goodness.
Photoshoot – Mio Akiyama from K-On!
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A few weeks ago I got a new figure and finally got around to taking some pictures of it so I wanted to post them. It’s FREEing’s 1/8 scale Mio Akiyama in her “Moe Moe Kyun” maid’s outfit. I pre-ordered this figure back in February and have been eager to get it in. Thankfully it’s just as nice as I thought it would be.
FREEing did a really great job in capturing the feel of Mio from the anime where she does her “Moe Moe Kyun” pose.
If you haven’t seen this before you really should be watching K-On! But so you know what I’m referring to, here is a You Tube clip of that scene:
We have products!
Posted by: | CommentsI’m happy to announce that Otaku Depot now has products in it’s inventory, unfortunately I’m still not 100% ready to go live with the store yet. I have a few other things to complete and hope to get those done this weekend. (Yea for Holiday weekend and more time off work.)
I’ve really slowed down working on the site over the last few weeks and I can’t believe I haven’t yet posted here the reason why. I got my first daughter a few weeks ago:
My first daughter - Sakura Matou
If you read the Otaku blog DannyChoo.com I’m sure you are aware of Dollfie Dream dolls. He’s been showing pictures of his daughters for a long time now and people are used to seeing his desk surrounded by his beautiful daughters:
First order coming in soon!
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It was a busy week but an exciting one. I’ve placed my first order for products and I’m getting things ready to have the store go live!!!
I ran into some issues about how to handle the shipping to my warehouse, getting the orders to process the deliveries once they come in… Thankfully I think I have that sorted out and in a few days I should be able to do a complete test order, including product delivery, to make sure every step of the process from website to opening the package is working 100%.
I kept my first order small so it would be easier to work out any problems in the process if they show up. Another reason is that since I’m not the owner of a huge anime empire with endless resources available I really couldn’t afford to buy thousands of products. I’ll be adding more in a few weeks if everything goes fine and then, little by little, increasing the inventory every few weeks.
