koi to senkyou to chocolate : tv anime in production

we're kind of slowpoke here, nevertheless we're extremely at joy with our belated knowledge of the following news. so anyway, sprite's debut visual novel 'koi to senkyou to chocolate' [ superior VN is superior - editor ] has been green lighted for an anime adaptation of which is to be aired somewhere in 2012. the anime is currently in development and will be produced by aniplex, with much of the details remain unknown at this point.

click here for the official web of the game > [ click ]

sora no otoshimono : third anime season confirmed !

it's time to rejoice folks; third season for sora no otoshimono tv anime was announced on the cover of the march issue of monthly shonen ace magazine. MOAR NYMPH AND BWAAAKAAAH ? HELL YEAH !

le sauce via yaraon [ click ]

happy birthday enako-san !

HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY, ENAKO-SAN ! and many thanks from us to you for being one of the excellently wonderful cosplayer we've ever seen on the planet; your existence has given us the greatest joy for being alive, and how we're so overly grateful to be able to witness your majestic excellence while we're still around in this life ^w^ )/ *pops confettis*

best of wishes from us, the +ophanium team

p/s : never realized she's that young. we initially thought she's 20+ something :P

[ figure of interest ] charlotte dunois ~swim wear ver.~

character : Charlotte Dunois
series : Infinite Stratos
producer : Alphamax
official page : [ click ]

from alphamax comes this gloriously sexy swim wear version of char, as how she was previously seen in that certain hnnn-tastic beach episode of infinite stratos aired last year. a truly splendid 1/7 scaled pvc figure if i must write it here, good enough to be included on my pre-order list [ yes, i am pre-ordering her for my personal pvc harem ], regardless of her price-tag - and despite me being on a really tight budget as of lately. [ no regrets there, ha ! ]

anyway, alphamax's char-kun comes with two inter-changeable hairdos; braided and loose-haired [ or whatever the latter is called ]; the former which i believe is the best of the two since it simply heightened the moe in her. also, in accordance to her relatively expensive price-tag, char is very beautifully sculpted, with her sexual appeal standing out extremely well enough for me to experience anemia due to great loss of blood so as we speak.

planned for an august release, swimsuit char-kun is currently open for pre-orders at the price of 7200 yen, excluding tax.

+ophanium's winter 2012 watchlist : prelude to first impressions

pardon our belated watchlist post this winter; it seems that we're still lacking enthusiasm for this season v.v . so anyway, as always, before we went on with our usual first impression commentaries we would first like to post in a quick compendium list of the winter 2012 series of which we'll be keeping close track on - based on summaries / those that we have seen so far. as usual, these lists are subjected to future changes.

also, our chief editor zange is currently away, and thus we couldn't retrieve her watchlist this winter |3

HIGHEST PRIORITY
description : these are the series of which we'll be following very dearly week after week without fail; a slight miss on one episode will possibly result in multiple head-desks on our behalf.
- kill me baby ♪
- black★rock shooter ♪
- ano natsu de matteru ♪
- nisemonogatari ♪
- amagami ss+ plus ♪
- papa no iu koto o kikinasai ! ♪
- zero no tsukaima f ♪
- another ♪
- kyousogiga ♪

MEDIUM PRIORITY

description : these are the series of which we'll be following week after week without fail just like the priority set above, however we won't be giving ourselves multiple head-desks should we forgot to get ourselves updated on the new episodes of those listed here; in fact we'd rather marathon a number of episodes in a go- :3
- senhime zesshou symphogear ♪
- high school dxd ♪

LOWEST PRIORITY
description : being the lowest priority set, these series risks themselves of being deported to the on hold / dropped list based on their respective performance[s]. however, we'll still be giving them minor justice by forcing ourselves to keep on watching them just to fill in the void left in-between the release of new episodes of the two priority set above.
- N/A yet

OVA / OAD / ONA / THEATRICAL RELEASE
description : this list mostly encompasses those retail / simulcast-exclusive series of our highest priority.
- yuri seijin naoko-san [ loved the short anime from then, certainly looking forward to the ova ! ] ♪

WAITLIST / WISHLIST
description : those listed here were either sequels which we have yet to watch over the previous season they were continued from or just those poor underdog titles which has yet to be picked and subbed upon.
- N/A

+ LEGEND +
♪ = hime's watchlist
♥ = zange's watchlist [ currently N/A ]

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FAQ

Q : do you really watch all those listed on your watchlist above ? A : yes. well usually i would break down my aniwatch session into two; the weekly episodic watch and the complete full season marathon by the end of a series' run. at the start of a season block, i would often took my time and give each of these series' first / pilot episodes a try before i decide whether to put them on my weekly watch or the full marathon watch session, depending on their performance as well as the state of balance between the genres offered within a season.

[ cosplay ] enako : kirino kousaka

layer : Enako
character : Kirino Kousaka
series : Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
score : *****

and so before we shift into our anime-blog mode [ with the usual handful of first impression posts that is to come ], here's one more set of goodies from C81 then, featuring enako-san in her extremely moe maid kiririn-get - which we has come to regard as one of the best maid kiririn cosplay we have ever seen so far. period.

albeit enako-san being a bit chubby for the otherwise finely shaped kirino, we have to write here that this is an exceptionally well done cosplay of maid kiririn, with much of kirino's deredere cuteness intact; from our perspective that is. +not to mention enako-san's air of professionalism [ yes, she's a pro-cosplayer ] blows through on each and every images taken of her kirino-get [ behold those classy / elegant expressions on her face ]; a quality of which we held in the utmost, highest regard.

having a perfect execution to go with a perfect character performance definitely is the most essential aspect of a pro-layer, and enako-san has done extremely well for hers; there is more than enough justice given especially to her costume and most awesome of all; her excellent wigwork.

[ cosplay ] uriu : maria takayama

layer : Uriu
character : Maria Takayama
series : Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
score : *****

okay, we're back from another short hiatus we had last week. and to compensate for all the time that has been wasted, here's another set of wonderful goodies from C81; an excellent chibi-nun maria-get by uriu-san, from the third and final day of fuyucomi [ C81 ] that was held last december.

long story short, another outstanding cosplay by uriu-san, thanks to her wonderful ability to meld and shape herself into any characters of her choice; in this case the subject at hand being the ever-naive, ever-mischievous chibi nun maria - for we can absolutely see and feel the vibe and personality of the character excellently through this amazing cosplay of hers.

character performance aside, uriu-san's maria-get was exceptionally well done and finely executed in terms of her look, her costume and its [ costume ] accompanying accessories. everything was done in such a neat and highly accurate fashion - not to mention her choice of fabrics has simply heightened the sexiness of her maria cosplay even more :D

[ images 01-04 are property of c station | images 05-19 are property of sakura ]