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Jul 4 2011

Comic anthology announced (updated July 14th)

Monthly Comic ZERO-SUM magazine announced today on their Twitter that there will be a Tiger & Bunny manga anthology. The manga anthology will have cover art drawn by Touya Mikanagi whose manga Karneval is currently being serialized in Comic ZERO-SUM. The expected street date for the anthology is August 25th.

It will be published by Ichijinsha which is also publishing the Tiger & Bunny Official Hero Book set to be released on July 25th. (Ichijinsha is also the publisher of Monthly Comic ZERO-SUM magazine.)

Update: I checked Ichijinsha’s main site and ZERO-SUM site, but I couldn’t find any further information on the anthology yet. I’m hoping the artist list will be announced soon so we’ll know what to expect.

Update 2: The anthology is now listed at least at CDJapan and Amazon Japan and available for preorder.

Jul 3 2011

Episode 14 or “Who are you and what have you done to our Barnaby?”

Tiger & Bunny returns to being a fun show with a bang. This episode didn’t have as clear a focus as the previous ones, but it’s probably because this was really just a set up for the rest of the story. At least, that was the feeling we got, as if it was kind of a second pilot.

14. Love is blind
「恋は盲目」

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Jul 3 2011

What happens in Sternbild, stays in Sternbild

Hello! This is derpchan, the member of This is Sternbild who thinks saturdays are the best days ever! Episode 14 post coming tomorrow, after I’m done with work and stuff. In the mean time, I’ll let you in on what normally goes on with us bloggers on saturdays (aka. Tiger&Bunny days).

We’re both European, so Tiger&Bunny airs in the evening for us. I often make a long blog post to pass time (but not today, I had other things to keep me busy). We discuss what went on in the previous episodes and toss around theories to pass the time if we both happen to be around. We usually watch the episode as soon as possible after the first airing ends, once it’s available at one of our usual haunts. And then we talk some more. Tonight we spent some 4-5 hours dissecting the episode. Yes we are that passionate.

By the way, the new OP and ED songs are very nice! I’m happy to find that I like both of them again, just like with the first set. It’s pretty rare that I like both OP and ED of a series at the same time.

Tomorrow, on This is Sternbild: episode 14 post. See ya!

Jul 2 2011

You may still get lucky with the figures

So who managed to snag a preorder? I sure didn’t, but it’s more due to not having the finances right now, since I’ve ordered the official books and stuff. (Also, I’m not a figure collector, I only buy figures occasionally.)

Deformeister set is still available at HLJ as a blind box set of 10. I’ve been checking other stores and seems that Toys Logic is still taking preorders not only for Deformeisters but also Wild Tiger and Barnaby. (I’ve never ordered from Toys Logic but HLJ in my experience has good service.) It’s possible there are more stores where they’re still available.

If you missed your chance on Wild Tiger and Barnaby Brooks Jr. figures this time, don’t despair. There’s still hope. Be ready to stalk the stores when the release dates near, because it’s possible that people cancel their preorders.

Jul 1 2011

Figure preorders now open (updated)

The preorders for both Barnaby Brooks Jr. by S.H. Figuarts and the Deformeister SD figure set have opened at 16:00 Japan time (which was about an hour ago as I’m writing this post). It took me 40 minutes to get through to Animate site because it was under such a heavy load that they even had to put up a notice for it.

Coincidence? I think not.

If these figures sell on preorders like the Wild Tiger figure, they’ll probably skyrocket in value once they’re finally released. Like the Limited Edition of the first BD of Tiger & Bunny – it’s now out of print everywhere I’ve checked, and I’ve seen it resold for 22,000 JPY. People have reported even higher prices, up to four times the original retail price of ~7,000 JPY. I was checking some stores yesterday and I noticed that the stocks on the LE of 2nd BD are running low in them, too.

It seems that it’s best to act fast if you want to own the LE BDs or figures, they’re flying off the shelves.

Update: Preorders have been open for 2 hours at Animate, site finally loads for me again, and both Deformeisters and Barnaby figure are marked sold out.

Update 2: Turns out Deformeisters aren’t Animate exclusives, you can find them on preorder also in other stores. For example, HLJ still has Deformeisters and Barnaby Brooks Jr. available. Amiami and Hobby Search have had them, too. (Thanks to Weslea J M for info!) I still recommend to act fast if you want to preorder, chances are that many stores will quickly run out of preorder stock.