Kara no Kyoukai/Garden of Sinners/DIE Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream #6: Oblivion Recorder

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IS COMPLETELY

The sixth Kara no Kyoukai film, based on the novels by Kinoko Nasu of Type Moon fame, finally made its way into my hands.

Previous adaptations of his works have not fared so well – Studio DEEN’s handling of Tsukihime was disappointing, and though Fate/Stay Night was passable, it certainly didn’t live up to the high expectations everybody had (hopefully the recently announced Unlimited Blade Works will make up for it and even if it doesn’t, it’s got Rin Toesucka so I’ll be happy no matter what).  This time around, ufotable would be handling the reins to the anime adaptation, and after a shaky start with the first film (which was more of a “what the fuck is going on” feeling), they’ve done fairly well since. The third film, Remaining Sense of Pain and the fifth one, Paradox Spiral, really impressed me all around, and the music has been nothing short of impressive.  Combine that with the well done animation, interesting plot and my hard-on for Type Moon, and that equals high expectations for Oblivion Recorder.

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DO YOU WANT ME TO TRASH YOUR BANK ACCOUNT?

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I have an obscene amount of homolust for Batman.  This is especially true when it comes to Christopher Nolan’s take on the franchise, with both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight ranking as two of my favorite films ever (no short order, let me assure you).  When it comes to the toys though, a lot of the figures have been lacking.  Even the Movie Masters figures that came out for The Dark Knight, praised as they were for what they were offering in the 6″ scale, didn’t do much for me and so I held off on buying them.  In fact, the last Batman action figure I bought was from when Tim Burton’s film came out in 1989.  Well, technically it was my mom who bought it for me, and she bought it around March of 1990, but we’re just splitting hairs now!

So, it’s been nearly 20 years since I’ve owned a Batman figure.  Recently, I was made aware of this:

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