Wouldnt it be convinient to summon cute girls from a sodacan?Youre mothers calling and nagging you to finally find a girlfriend and settle down with her and make many wonderful babies? Simply pop a can of Soda and convince your mother that theres no need to worry about her worthless son.Tired of your old girl? Recycle that old wrench and buy an exotic new can from the vending machine!We need Girls in Cans right NOW!
Until the scientists managed to turn a refreshing and sparkling beverage into a hot chick well have to live with today figure review: Melon from Akikan
Check out the sizzling action after the Jump!
Akikan was one of those shows I really enjoyed while the rest of the world seemed to be disgusted by it QUALITY Animation.Animation always plays a small part in my personal enjoyment when it comes to an Anime.There are other things that have a much bigger impact on me but I guess People actually care alot about it in Visual Media like Anime.
Anyways a show that shows a dude butt-naked for the most part of the first episode cant be a bad one,no?
A harem anime with manservice instead of fanservice in its very first episode? Yes and thats not the only thing where Akikan breaks the conventions of the regular Harem Anime.The Male Lead isnt the typical Loser that has to serve as proxy for the audience but a horny guy with some unique jokes up his sleeve.Not to forget that gay dude that wants to be in the male leads pants and the classmate who calls himself Gigolo-kun!
Besides that you have several girls that also want to be in the guys pants but thats nothing new for the seasoned animeviewer.
One of my favorite lines from one of the girls:
You cannot drink any other juice! You can only drink my juice!
You could sum Akikan up as guilty pleasure.It has many shortcomings but has some unique quirks that make it stand out from the crowd.If thats positive or negative is up to you ^^
Melon is the Akikan of the male lead (whose name Ive forgotten but we dont care about him anyways) and is actually a Melon Soda Can (suprise,suprise).Her appearance and attacks are themed around melons but the most obvious thing I think about when hearing the word Melon wasnt melonified: her boobs.
I am happy with them as they as they are but isnt it a bit weird to give a Melon Girl normal boobs? ^^;;;;
Megahouse had the guts to release a figure of a show that got little to no positive feedback from the otaku crowd and as expected she landed in the bargain bin a few months later.Thats where I picked her up since I eyed her for a long time anyways.
One of the first things that pops into your eyes is the fact that shes a “floating” figure thats merely secured by a metal rod that goes into one of her legs and the Akikan Title the other leg is resting on.It is definately a risky pose for a PVC figure and I cant tell if shell lean in the future or not.As of now shes floating without any signs of leaning though.
The next thing youll notice is that this figure renders Melon as a natural boke and this is my biggest beef with this figure.Her facial expression and especially the eyes make her look as stoned as a Bob Marley.I never had that impression of her in the anime and I seriously wonder if Megahouse tried to imitate QUALITY Animation or if this was just an accident.If youre digging the boke look be sure to pose her from her left side,she looks especially stoned that way.
Id like to see her face as an hommage to the anime since the rest of the figure is the expected Megahouse quality.Her outfit is dominated by different shades of green wich is counterbalanced by some white elements.Sounds relatively boring on paper but looks very vibrant and interesting in real life.This is also thanks to the good paint application and I especially like how the outer lines of her outfit are rendered with glossy green paint.
Her hair is made of slightly translucent material and while I normally hate translucent hair its done just right with Melon.I usually think that translucent hair looks cheap but Melons hair has just the right shade of blonde to hint at its translucency without looking bad.Melons two green translucent hairbeads are nicely incorporated into her hair and cover up the connection between two hair pieces.
Its a shame that Melon bombed since Megahouse has put some effort into her,besides the face, as its appearant with all the little details like the can-tab-earring or the green shimapan.Yet,I can understand why she didnt sell since the show itself bombed and her design isnt unique enough to draw in outsiders like eroge figures do so often.
I am personally a bit let down by her face and therefore Id rate her as an average to good figure if youre a fan of the franchise.I am glad that I found her for a nice price in the garbage bin since shes a nice addition to my figure collection that isnt castoff.I wouldnt mind more figures from Akikan either especially Yell ^^
Lets begin the Picture Flood!
Kinda overexposed these ones ^^;
I like that can tab 
Nice Details on the hand there.Painted Fingernails and Tendons!
The Steelrod thats keeping her up
Nice wrinkles on her stockings
You can see her right leg resting on the title here aswell as the small soda can she comes with
Melon must have the best secured pantsu in my collection.You actually have to pick her up and turn her upside down to get a glimpse at it.Low Anglers have no chance!
Once again painted fingernails
Ecchi Omake
I think you already noticed but yes I did upgrade to an DSLR at the end of march.Thats also the reason for my 2 week long hiatus because I had to play around with my new baby.So how did I get my hands on a shiny new DSLR? To answer that question is actually have to travel back about one year ago.
Last spring one of the german multimedia retailers called Saturn had an awesome offering for the Nikon D40.German blog buddies like JimmPantsu took their chance and by the time I knew about it the camera was gone.I secretly hoped that theyd do the same with the Nikon D60 this spring and saved up some money on the side.I have no idea how I did it but I somehow didnt spend all of my cash on stupid stuff.
My time came at the end of march when I saw a spotfrom said retailer on TV advertising the Nikon D3000 Double Zoom kit for 399€ .I didnt have to think long since this was more than I hoped for and bought the camera on the following monday.
My loot (Cat not included)
What I did in the following days was trying to master this completley different experience.After a few hours with the camera I wouldnt switch back to a point and shoot even if id be threatened with death by moe.The whole experience is much smoother and gives you alot more control over your pictures.I must admit all the options are quite intimidating in the beginning but once you get used to it its fantastic.
In the first two days I bugged quite a few people on MSN because I was so scared to break something on my camera that its not funny.Thanks alot guys for having all that patience with me! ;D
I own the camera for about 2 weeks now and still have alot to learn.I took some pictures outside and will post them in a different post.I dont wanna mess up this review with shitty pictures XD
These pictures are already up on Flickr so you can already snoop around in those if you feel like it.
I hope to catch up on all the blogs I didnt visit in this time soon.Please be patient ^^
