A picture of Tenso.com's English home page.
I love buying items from Japan. A lot of it is deeply rooted to my otaku heart, as there are many anime & manga products the United States doesn’t get, as well as the love for the quality and interesting items I would otherwise never get. There are a lot of Japanese websites I would love to buy from, however, most of them don’t ship overseas.
Tofugu.com brought up a mention of a package forwarding service called Tenso. Unfortunately, the article on the website doesn’t give much of a review, but rather the basic run down of how the service functions. I was feeling a bit uneasy about using the service, but I still wanted to try so that I could start buying items directly from Japan, rather than going through a shop that imports them or skipping over items because they don’t ship to the states.
Tenso is a package forwarding service. When you sign up for an account (which is free), you obtain a Japanese address. You use this address on Japanese online shopping websites. When you order an item and use that address, it ships to Tenso, who for a small fee, will forward your package to you. This is extremely useful for obtaining items on websites that don’t ship outside Japan. Continue Reading »
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Posted 21 May 2011
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Package Forwarding § Services § Websites
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Tagged: amazon, amazon.co.jp, internet, online shopping, package forwarding, recommend, review, service, service review, shopping, tenso, tenso dot come, tenso.com
English Title: My Girlfriend’s a Geek
Original Title: Fujoshi Kanojo
Author: Pentabu
Publisher: Yen Press
Age Rating: Older Teen
Price: $10.99
ISBN: 978-0-7595-3171-0
Summary: A collection of blog entries by Pentabu, documenting his ongoing one-sided battle against his fujoshi girlfriend, Y-ko.
Review: When I saw My Girlfriend’s a Geek novel listed on Yen Press’s series page, I just KNEW I had to pick it up. The summary of the book really caught my interest for one particular reason – it sounded like something I could connect to. The summary didn’t really indicate what writing style this book was going to be presented in, but it did give me a bit of an insight of what to expect – a geeky girlfriend and a boyfriend who slowly gets sucked into her geeky ways. Continue Reading »
English Title: Maid Machinegun – A Novel
Original Title: Maid Machinegun
Author: Aaliyah
Artist: Suzuhito Yasuda
Publisher: Del Rey
Age Rating: N/A
Price: $9.95
Summary: Aaliyah is an over-enthusiastic girl who works at a maid café. She works hard trying to do her best and be the best maid ever! When the café hires a waiter, things end up becoming strange.
Review: Back when I was an otaku (which ended about a year ago), I had read the summary of this book and was quickly intrigued by the idea of a hardwork waitress at a maid café. I always had wanted to visit a maid café and had a bit of an obsession with them, so when I saw this book, I wanted to read it. The exceprt on Amazon.com helped me a great deal when deciding to get this book, as I could easily connect with Aaliyah’s enthusiam. And right before I go deeper into this review, I must say my summary of the story sucks. And this contains a bit dab of spoilers.
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Posted 06 October 2010
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Light Novels § Novels § Prose
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Tagged: blog style, del rey, english translation, internet novel, japanese, light novel, maid café, maid machinegun, maids, novel, review
(I originally posted this on Crunchyroll. If you would like to watch this anime, go here!)
First off, if you’re looking for something more than a children’s anime, then you should look somewhere else. Fairy Musketeers is a children’s anime all the way to the end, using elements and a storyline that typically would not be appealing to those who strive for something more mature. However, if you’re looking for a children’s anime, like children’s anime, or do not mind children’s anime, this series is well worth a try. This series could be described as a major fairy tale crossover, combined with mahou shoujo (magical girl) and RPG elements, with a tiny bit of Digimon thrown into the mix. Continue Reading »
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Posted 06 October 2010
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Animated § Anime § Shows § Streaming
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Tagged: anime, children, children's, children's anime, cross post, crunchyroll, fairy musketeers, fantasy, review, streaming, streaming anime
English Title: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Original Title: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu
Author: Nagaru Tanigawa
Artist: ???
Publisher: Yen Press/Little Brown
Age Rating: 15 & Up
Price: $8.99
Summary: (From the back of the book) “Meet Haruhi – a cute, determined girl, starting high school in a city where nothing exciting happens and absolutely no one understands her.
Meet Kyon – a sarcastic guy who sits behind Haruhi in homeroom and the only boy Haruhi has ever opened up to. His fate is now tied to hers.
Meet the S.O.S. Brigade – an after-school club organized by Haruhi and Kyon with a mission to seek out the extraordinary. Oh, and their second mission? Keeping Haruhi happy…because even though she doesn’t know it, Haruhi has the power to destroy the universe.”
Review: I’m pretty sure every anime fan out there or anyone who hangs out with anime fans has heard of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. It became quite popular among anime fans about two or three years ago. Not quite sure how it happened, but it did. It also spread around the “Hare Hare Yukai” ending dance as well, which got anime fans all over the world to get together and dance the ending theme…that wasn’t really originally intended for people to dance.
Personally, with my slight obsession with light novels and my strong dislike for the MoHS (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) anime (despite I bought all the limited edition sets), I was pretty psyched about the fact the original Haruhi Suzumiya light novels, the books that basically started its popularity, were being licensed and had to pick up a copy. And I must say, I was quite pleased. Continue Reading »
EDIT: This information is out dated. The Global Link has been redesigned!
—–Introduction—–
Wow. I love the fact that the first thing I’m posting on my lovely WordPress-ran blog on my own website on my own server (…well, more of my mother’s but whatever) is about the Pokémon Global Link.
Unlike the rest of my reviews, this one actually has two parts – the first one being more of a guide (this one) and the second half being an actual review of how great or bad the PGL is. Of course, the second half won’t come until later.
I’m mainly writing this guide for my friends who own the physical copies of Pokémon Black & White in Japanese and want to access the GL. That way, I don’t have to explain the same thing ten million times. Do you know how annoying that gets?
Anyway, the first bit of this guide is going to be without images and mostly without Japanese, so bare with me. This guide may not make much sense without the visual aid, so read this while joining the Global Link.
If you don’t know what the Global Link is, several Pokémon fansites have explained it. So go there if you want more information.
Anyway, ONTO THE GLOBAL LINK GUIDE! Continue Reading »
