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Small Magazine Loot
I went to a Job Interview today and since I was in Düsseldorf I thought that I might aswell pick up some Magazines.The Megami Magazine freebies arent anything out of the usual but the Dengeki Daioh had quite a cool freebie this time.Check it out after the Jump!
It seems that I picked up the 200th Volume of the Dengeki Daioh and as a goodie they added a BiriBiri X Koroko T-Shirt for free.Its the first time Ive seen a Magazine coming with a T-shirt and its a pretty sweet goodie in my opinion.You cant expect Cospa Quality from a freebie and therefore the fabric is a bit thin.I dont plan to wear Anime T-shirts regulary anyway 
So yeah this is officially my very first Manga/Anime T-shirt!Im not too hot on spending money on expensive shirts .In my opinion T-shirts with a more decent artwork that probably only people that are into the matter will recognize are a better way to show your love instead of a huge print of your favorite girl in an embarassing pose.This Black Lagoon Shirt for example is pretty rad in my opinion and I could imagine wearing it while this Queens Blade T-shirt will make you look like a total idiot.Youre actually promoting the bad image we are facing with this and many other T-Shirts.I know that my view on this is kinda harsh but I am so seldom critical that I might as well be so today.
The BiriBiri Shirt came in a very interesting size: free. I can only guess whats that supposed to mean but id say that this means One Size fits all.Then theres this long list with Attention in big bold letters ontop but I guess those are the washing instructions.Id be grateful if someone could translate it for me though.Itd be kinda bad if it means when youre wearing this shirt youll get bald
I bet you wonder if I fit into this shirt right?And guess what?My Body qualifies for a Shirt of the free class! I would show you a picture of me wearing that shirt but taking a picture of yourself is quite hard.Luckily a friendly ninja who owes me one (for saving his life,the usual stuff you know) jumped by and he miraculously has the same body build as me and agreed to model for me.Why model for me?Well,hes an oldschool ninja and cant do anything beside jumping around and beeing awesome.Do you really expect him to be able to operate my camera?
Thank you mysterious Ninja!
Oh yeah and before I forget it…This stuff came with the Megami Magazines: a pencilboard depicting Saber and Rin on one side and some stupid loli meido on the other.One of the two B2 Posters features the same Fate/Stay Night Artwork as the pencil board and some other series while the other one features BiriBiri & co at the beach and a Nanoha Artwork on the other side. If youre interested in the latter one check Optics Review
Now excuse me I need to get rid of that Ninja….
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Free size t-shirt! One size fits all I suppose? ^^;
Nice magazine loots there! So Optic has promptly got you to buy them effectively~ I’ve never seen what’s inside the Dengeki Daioh one before, so I’m curious to know what’s in there!
Q´s last blog ..Drawing Strike Gundam in MS Execl
Posted on October 28th, 2009 at 05:50
Man, I love loot posts, especially if there’s a mysterious ninja involved. Should’ve let him keep the shirt as thanks! (Okay maybe not) So jealous that you were able to get that issue of Moeoh wao. That Gunslinger Girl cover is so nice..!!
Also, here are the washing instruction translations. Don’t want to ruin that (Size:) FREE shirt!
- Avoid soaking in water for a long period of time.
- After washing, quickly straighten out the shirt to dry.
- Avoid using the dryer for uh, drying.
- Avoid ironing the printed part of the shirt (Or else Mikoto’s face will…)
Lastly, the shirt is 100% cotton.
polymetrica´s last blog ..【Manga】放浪息子 / Hourou Musuko
Posted on October 28th, 2009 at 08:16
Crap, I meant Daioh, not Moeoh. I guess you know what’s on my mind now.
Posted on October 28th, 2009 at 08:17
I got one anime t-shirt, from one of the Noir DVDs. It actually looks pretty cool, it’s got Kirika slinging her gat. I’ve also got a Soul Calibur t-shirt with Ivy on the front. That one I’d feel real weird wearing outside my home. Or even inside.
Hope the interview went well!
Tier´s last blog ..Kyou Fujibayashi from Clannad After Story
Posted on October 28th, 2009 at 16:18
Hehe, having a shop where you can get those is nice.
So you have oldschool Ninjas living around you? Interesting^^
>>>”stupid loli meido” I’ll pretend I didn’t read that…
hikky´s last blog ..It’s all about Windows 7
Posted on October 28th, 2009 at 17:01
Nice loot! ^^
That Biribiri shirt is pretty neat. But not sure I get what you mean by not liking those anime shirts with girls on them. I don’t see anything wrong with that Airi shirt, looks ok to me.
Have quite a bit of anime shirts that I even wear at work. If that makes people there think I’m an idiot then so be it,n I couldn’t give a damn what they think anyway. XD
Also very nice of that ninja to pose with it. So he’s like your friendly neighborhood ninja? Nin nin! XD
Smithy´s last blog ..Shin Koihime†Musou 4
Posted on October 28th, 2009 at 19:51
After seeing Optic’s review I ordered Megumi 114. There was something else I wanted, but it was OoS at HLJ. Maybe Nyantype? Probably Megumi Creators’ Deluxe.
Saber and Rin pencilboard for the win! Though I’d like me a nice free dakimakura cover
Seriously, I want one of the blogs I cover to tell me what freebies each magazine will have, at least 2-3 weeks before the magazine is released, so I could order before it comes out. You know?
That Black Lagoon shirt is hot, though Airi is pretty good too. I should take photos of my couple dozen comic T-Shirts… very few anime/manga. Most look good regardless of whether you know the origin or not.
Guy´s last blog ..[TIL] RahXephon; the Oppression of Sound.
Posted on October 28th, 2009 at 21:49
@Q
Thats the only logical explanation I could think of aswell ^^;
Yeah,Optic got me there….:P
Oh the Dengeki Daioh is a Monthly manga zasshi that houses Mangas like Gunslinger Girl,Shakugan no Shana,GL,ToraDora,Tsukihime,Blood Alone and whatnot.I could of course snatch some pictures of it iof you wanna.It isnt anything spectacular though
@polymetrica
First off thank you for translating the washing directions!
If youre interested to look for that specific issue its the September 09 issue of the Daioh.Easily spotted by the Gunslinger Girl Congratulations Cover
@Tier
Rrrrrrr Ivy….
Like I said Im not a big fan of those Anime Tshirts.I can imagine that Ivy is presenting her assest quite openly right? ^^
Cant tell how it went but im fairly positive.I had another one today and tomorrow will be my third job interview.I hope one of those turns out great.
@Hikky
Düsseldorf is pretty rad for those kind of things but we dont really have that much Otaku Shops either.Its basically two shops: OCS and Takagi books
Yeah, I didnt know either that he lives in the neighbourhood
@Smithy
Hmmm…how could I explain my problem with anime shirts…I do think that they very often lack style and try to overcome this with a big fat print of a sexy anime babe on the front or the back.I dislike all those Metal Band shirts for exactly the same reason.They dont look very good imho and are clustered with all kinda funky prints.
This is just one of my quirks though.nevermind that
@Guy
Ah I basically order only the Dengeki Festival Issues via HLJ because shipping is quite expenisve due to the magazines weight.This adds up quite alot and in the end it doesnt make much of a difference if I pick the issue up overe here or order it.
The advantage of buying it in a shop here is that you can browse through it beforehand and youll know what kinda posters youll get.
HLJ runs pretty fast out of stock with these magazines aswell.You basically have to preorder them without knowing what youll end up with.Thats why I have 2 freebie Dakimakuras and no oppimousepad
Yeah,I would prefer a Blog to cover that too.I sadly dont have the connections to do that so someone else has to do that.If youre looking for a dakimakura you should definately preorder some Dengeki Festival issues.They come most of the time with dakimakuras and the quality is actually pretty good for a freebie.
Got a link to those shirts?In my opinion most shirts of this kind lack in the style department ^^
Posted on October 28th, 2009 at 23:58
I need to go to the local Mitsuwa this weekend and check for the Fate/stay night Megami, need unlimited blade work goodies~
Mysterious ninja huh, how convenient!
Wolfheinrich´s last blog ..Dollfie Dream Airi ~ Infernal Tempter ~ Photo Shoot
Posted on October 29th, 2009 at 00:14
You saved that ninja’s life?? yeah, usual stuff, Lol.
phossil´s last blog ..TCG-Con Cosplay – part1
Posted on October 29th, 2009 at 01:21
Not the greatest shirt ever, but its not too shabby. I wouldn’t mind having to wear that in public, but then again, I’m also the guy who wears a shirt with a giant Gurren-Dan logo in public…
Snark´s last blog ..I Endorse Meimi132
Posted on October 29th, 2009 at 02:31
I hope that the inter-view for the job went well?
Buy and wear t-shirts manga is not too much for me. I’m of the same opinion as you.
But free it’s good. It’ss nice that ninja you used mannequin.
lylibellule´s last blog ..Bienvenue sur mon nouveau site!
Posted on October 29th, 2009 at 09:36
Be sure not to wear that shirt to any interview. Ur giving an instant bad impression to begin with. lol
Are u serious that ninja is not u or is he ur clone?
Ur the 2nd person I was able to convince in getting Vol. 114. Looks like I’m ending my Megami Impression reviews on a high which is great and sad at the same time as it was my last review.
Optic´s last blog ..Blasting off with Yukari Morita
Posted on October 29th, 2009 at 15:20
Maybe I’ll take shots of some of my T-Shirts… most are too old to easily find a link online, I guess.
I also have threadless.com T-shirts and such.
I think HLJ somewhat overcharges for the magazines, partially because the box is big enough to house 4, even when you only buy one.
And no shop locally to browse by… or I’d do that.
Guy´s last blog ..[TIL] RahXephon; the Oppression of Sound.
Posted on October 29th, 2009 at 19:29
Damn ninjas stealing your glory xD
I don’t own any anime shirts myself. I also prefer to spend [waste] my money on miniaturized girls in skimpy clothing (figures) and books of pretty 2D girls ^^;
anonymous_object´s last blog ..Art Watch Week 4
Posted on October 30th, 2009 at 04:51
I agree with what you said about the choice of T-shirt people wear. Most of the typical stereotypes doesn’t come without merit if you know what I mean. I think a anime T is more fit for wearing if it is more of a graphic (like that Revy T you showed) because it has more “artistic value” than a plain straight out of the box anime babe T-shirt.
Tommy´s last blog ..October Dust Down
Posted on October 31st, 2009 at 22:29
@Wolfheinrich
Lets hope youll be able to garb a copy
Yeah that Ninja is very convenient
@phossil
That happens to me about twice a week so yeah I would call that the usual stuff ^^
@Snark
Hey,actually the Gurren Dan Shirt has my total approval.Its pretty cool,even stylish and signals your love for the anime.Thats what Im talking about
@lyli
I cant tell so far if it went well.Ill hear from them the next monday/tuesday.Yeah,it was pretty nice of that ninja ^^
@optic
I dont plan on doing that :p
Come on lets stay real im a average white Dude theres no way I could be a Ninja XD
I just realized that youre cutting your costs.Its a shame since I always knew if a Volume was worth the cash or not
@Guy
Yeah,the price for shipping is quite steep thats why im usually buyng locally when its the Megami.Ifd you feel like doing that please share ^^
@Anon_object
Welcome Brother in Arms!
Im cool with that ninja becoming popular.Its basically 98% guy reading this blog so its not like im keen on beeing idolized by them ;-P
@Tommy
You summed up my words pretty good
Posted on November 1st, 2009 at 02:48
ooo nice! i could use some anime swag at the moment
if i understood you correctly i think i have the same opinions on anime clothing… i prefer the more subtle designs that just look cool regardless of whether or not you’re familiar with the show. ones with your waifu in some sexay pose aren’t something i’d wear in public so then… what’s the point? ^^; rather have a poster ^^
meronpan´s last blog ..Wet Figure Pics
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 at 10:45
I don’t spending a bit more for an anime shirt since the shirts here have no print, and cost just as much as the anime shirts >_>
Not picking up megami anymore since I am very very very broke haha
Posted on November 9th, 2009 at 19:25
@meronpan
Yup,you got my point totally right
I actually think that you already have more than enough Otaku Swag.Im always in awe when Im seeing youre room.
@zenical
What is it that bad in S`pore??? Holey Moley!
Posted on November 17th, 2009 at 13:05
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