• Animu,  Life

    Anime Expo 2014: Day 2

    Our second rodeo at AX this year, something I looked forward to gladly because we didn’t have a soul-crushing line to wait through today. Given that we’ll be attending all four days this year, it’s refreshing to think that we still have two more days, no need to rush things.

  • Animu,  Life

    Anime Expo 2014: Day 1

    The big day finally came, and through all the cosplay preparations, I didn’t get as much sleep as I would have liked before a big convention like this. Either way, another year at AX means another series of jaw-dropping cosplay and seas of anime to gawk at.

  • Animu,  Code Geass,  Life

    Operation: Zero 2.0

    Tomorrow’s the big day, and now that my comrade’s armor is all but finished, I figured I would shed some light on my own endeavors for this year’s Expo. Needless to say I’m cosplaying as Zero again. It’s partially because I like the character a lot and partially because I felt like last year’s costume was so lackluster I’m obligated…

  • Animu,  Code Geass

    S.H. Figuarts Lelouch Lamprouge

    I’ve always catered exclusively to the Figma line-up instead of the S.H. Figuarts, so this is my first taste in what the latter can do. Given that Figma Lelouch is long out of production, this little palm-sized figurine is the last of its kind still available on the market. I’ve been eyeing this figure for quite some time, since I…

  • Animu,  Code Geass

    Robot Damashii Gawain

    I’ll say it now – the Gawain is hands-down my favorite Knightmare Frame from Code Geass. Aside from being 3x the size of a normal Knightmare (this is debatable; the anime, figures, and official reference material all clash on Gawain’s official size, but point is that it’s bigger and badder than your standard Knigtmare), sporting the awesome black and gold,…