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After waiting for 5 years, I finally received this yesterday:

No, not Tako Luka (though I had to wait quite a while for her too), but what she’s holding, my Iron Ring. Those of you that follow me on twitter may recall me mentioning wearing a suit and attending some events, well it was all to get this ring.

If you haven’t heard of the Iron Ring before, to put it in a nutshell, it’s a ring that Canadian engineers wear to remind them of their obligation to only perform work they are capable of doing, uphold the reputation and respect of their profession, and place public safety above all else. There’s a bunch of other things that it also signifies, but I’m not going to go into them in detail, you can google them if you’re interested. Some people say the idea of the ring came about when a bridge under construction in Quebec collapsed and killed nearly everyone working on it, but idea for the ring actually came up before that. Every engineering student in the country is told of this tragedy as a reminder of what could happen if they neglect their responsibilities.

Getting the ring wasn’t all too exciting, some lady mumbled something which I couldn’t hear and put the ring on my finger, then shook my hand and that was it. Most of the day was spent standing/sitting around waiting for stuff to happen or listening to people talk. So basically I spent an entire Saturday getting this ring and am currently short on time. I have a lot of projects and other deadlines coming up so that means I won’t be able to blog much in the next few weeks (maybe 1 or 2 posts a week). It looks like reviews of my new nendoroids, magazines, and anime reviews will have to wait until I get a break from all this work. You guys can expect things here to pick up again around mid-April and thank you for continuing to read my blog ^.^

Alrighty, for everyone that’ve been waiting patiently I’ve finally gotten around to another Megami Magazine post.  This is Volume 117 of Megami Magazine, for February 2010, only 1 month later than usual (or 2 if you consider that Megami releases 1 month before the printed month). With all the hype over the Nanoha movie, it’s only natural that Nanoha would once again find her way onto the cover of Megami Magazine. By my count, this is the 10th time that Nanoha has been featured on the cover, more than any other character. She has appeared in volumes 68, 77, 82, 84, 88, 90, 91, 100, 112, and 117. When you do the math, that works out to be 8.5% of all the Megami covers. I think it’s pretty obvious that someone at Megami has a soft spot for Nanoha, especially when you consider that other characters like Haruhi have only made it on to the cover twice.

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Ein is the main female character from the anime Phantom -Requiem for the Phantom- which was based on the game Phantom of Inferno. She’s generally quiet and has a reserved personality due to being trained to be an assassin from a young age. If you’ve watched the anime, you’ll also notice that she shows absolutely no emotion at all; I guess that’s just something you need to do to be the best assassin in the world.

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It’s been a week since I went missing, but I’m back. I had a ton of work to get done so I didn’t have any time to post anything on my blog and only managed a few tweets here and there. Now that everything is done though, it’s time to get back to going through my backlog of magazines. First up is volume 4 of Nyantype Magazine which came out before Christmas. On the cover is the cute angel Icarus from Sora no Otoshimono. You’d think that angels would have more clothing, but I guess they don’t have a dress code where Icarus is from.

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With only one month left before the start of the spring 2010 anime season, I’m disappointed at the anime that have been announced. The only series that I’ve been looking forward to for a while is Angel Beats, mainly because Key worked on the story, but also because of how good the trailer looked. Key’s stories have always brought a tear to my eye, but so far they’ve mostly been focused on the relationships between characters (ie: Kanon, AIR, Clannad, Planetarian). The trailer for Angel Beats looks like it contains a lot of action though, so I’m curious to see how Key integrates that into their usual formula.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DryAxOFNWEM

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Well, its been a week since the figure giveaway contest ended, and like I promised, I have finally decided on a winner. Before I announce who won the contest though, I’d like to say that everyone that participated did a wonderful job. Back before the contest ended I could tell I was going to need a few days to decide on a winner, and I was glad that I gave myself a week to judge the entries since I needed the time to pick the best entry. You don’t have to take my word for it though, I’ve put all of the contest entries below.

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Volume 18 of Megami Magazine Creators came out a while ago back in December. On the cover is an illustration of Kurisu Makise by the artist huke. Kurisu is one of the characters in the visual novel Steins;Gate, a spinoff series of Chaos;Head, and is only available on the XBOX 360. I’m hoping that they’ll translate the game into English in the future since I want to play it.

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I don’t remember the last time I took a look at Nyantype Magazine. Since they don’t release on a regular schedule, I kinda forgot to review them after volume 2. Anyways, better late than never, so here’s a look at the 3rd volume of Nyantype Magazine.

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