Japan Loot

I’ve been back from Japan for nearly a month now so thought it was about time I did a few blog posts on it. Overall I had an amazing time in Japan, it far exceeded my expectations and I am definitely planning to go back next summer.

I have a whole load of photos which I will post at some point (next year if I go by my current pace) – but I figured it would be best to start with my loot. I ended up spending way more than I was planning on but  I had underestimated how much I would be spending on food and trains so thats part of the reason. That said I definitely wasn’t planning on buying this many cds, but I just kept seeing ones I had wanted for ages, and it is much cheaper buying in Japan without having to pay for proxies to get certain cds.

These are all the Vocaloid albums I bought. The moment I walked into the third floor of Tora no Ana and immediately spotted three or four cds I had been desperately wanting, all my plans for trying to keep my spending low shattered. I bought around eight of these at Comiket – the Vocaloid area was like heaven for me.

And these are the non Vocaloid cds. I’m really pleased with the Cowboy Bebop original sound tracks – I got them in recomints in Nakano Broadway for a fraction of the original price (they’re pre-owned but still in perfect condition).

I ended up using an old dvd case and the cover from megami magazine for the Black Rock Shooter dvd. The ARiA DVD was released by Headphone Tokyo at Comiket and contains the video for the song, a few remixed versions with various singers aswell as some wallpapers, ringtones and mp3 files. Try! was also released at Comiket it has 4 disks and songs from a whole range of producers. on-sawmen was a cd released last Comiket and one I really wanted but I had seen it for around 8000yen in various shops in Akihabara but fortunately a re-release was announced for this Comiket so I was able to get it for 1500yen.

Howring is a cd/dvd with various songs sung by Rin – I had never really been into Rin that much but then I heard this song and my opinion changed so when I found out it was on this dvd I knew I had to get. It just so happened to be the first thing I saw when I went to my favourite part of Tora no Ana for the first time. It also came with a couple of plastic files with the same picture as the cover on which is pretty cool. The final dvd is ＊ハロー、終末シネカメラ。 A realease by sasakure.UK which contains the PVs for several of his songs.

This Angel beats T-shirt I got in Akihabara the day before Comiket. Apparently it’s was some event that always happens before Comiket where various companies come out and sell things, but I don’t know the specifics. Anyway, there were lot’s of long queues around the area and I had to wait an hour or so for this T-shirt but it was only 2000yen so not bad.

These are the rest of the things I got at Comiket – from the commercial booths. First is the pixiv Touhou artbook. Next, the geestore Azusa goods set (only the bag pictured) and last the Sega project diva 2 Miku wallscroll.

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