Vitamin D deficient nocturnal creature

Today, it's sunny and I had a little time for myself. So I decided to take pictures of my latest acquisitions.

2 bento boxes from Kazé/Asuka.
Last year, the publisher offered BL bento boxes. This year, we have shojo boxes bearing images of Happy Marriage by Enjoji Maki and Dengeki Daisy by Motomi Kyousuke.
I also purchased Kazé's limited editions of Happy Marriage #6 and Dengeki Daisy #9. Each limited edition consists of an exclusive cover, the book that is the same as the regular edition, 3 cards and a bookmark.



( What are they like inside? )


2 mugs from Kurokawa publishing.
This year's promotion is a frosted glass cup, bearing an image of either Les vacances de Jésus & Bouddha/Saint Oniisan (Nakamura Hikaru) or Saint Seiya ~The Lost Canvas~ (Kurumada Masami and Teshirogi Shiori).



1 Übel Blatt (Shiono Etorouji) poster from Ki-oon.
It's huge! Dimensions: 59,4 x 84,1cm.




2 sets of magnetic bookmarks from Pika.
Each set comprises 4 magnetic bookmarks bearing pictures from either Maid Sama/Kaichou wa Maid-sama! (Fujiwara Hiro) or Black Bird (Sakurakouji Kanoko).




1 Naruto (Kishimoto Masashi) bowl with chopticks, from Kana.




And 2 Japanese artbooks I told some friends I had intended to purchase: Guin Saga Illustration Book by Tanno Shinobu and Santa Lilio Sangre by Kojima Ayami.



( Snippets )

My goodies collection is slowly building. I'm updating here with my recent acquisitions.

Kurokawa's 2010 thermos cups and 2011 DS cases featuring the series Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas and Blazer Drive.

( 2 cups and 2 cases )

Kazé's Toriko/Beelzebub fan.

( 1 fan )

Kana's Kuroshisutji straps.

( 2 straps )


And though I still wonder why I got them, I also received these goodies: 1 Marge Simpson plush toy keychain and a lithography of the Petit Prince comic.



Here's the screencap of this Petit Prince illustration taken from the official site.

I'm enthralled by Nostalgia, Nao Tsukiji's artbook. Received it a few days ago. It was my first time ordering at cdjapan and I'm pretty glad I did. A pity they don't sell the BL magazines. You can special order them but that would put a great dent in my budget as the only shipping method is EMS so I'll continue using yesasia for them.

Ah, those illustrations in Nostalgia are so goddamn beautiful!

Everyday, I open the book randomly at a page, just to look at some gorgeous piece of art, then close it relishing that the following day, I'll open it again at another page to some other shining masterpiece.

I love the texture of the paper. It's like there's a glaze over the illustrations, making the vivid colours so very soft. It gives me a comforting feeling, wanting to sit before a fireplace with tea and biscuits on my table while I browse this artbook lazily. *sighs*

( previews )

This summer, I was able to get some nice goodies from the French publishers' promotions.



I couldn't go to Japan Expo 2011, though I won in a contest the third volume of Silent Love and a lithography signed by honor-guest Takanaga Hinako. And though I'm no Clamp fan, I found the illustration of Gate 7 lithography rather pretty so I did buy the book #1 to get it. That's really a problem when you can't resist an illustration just because you find it pretty even though you don't even like the artist or aren't a fan. LOL

2 other nice goodies I got from Pika publishing house are this year's bags: X-Blade (Shiki Satoshi) and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (Clamp)


( what does it look like? )
And finally, Asuka/Kazé have announced they are going to release a limited edition of Viewfinder #6 on November 17. They say they will print 2000 copies of the collector edition which will include Libre booklet — the one with the 3some. *cough* — at the usual price of 7.50€. They will sell the regular edition after the limited edition is sold out.
I've asked them if they intent on printing the Animate exclusive booklet too, but Asuka/Kazé replied they won't. T_T
Ah well, I should be happy nonetheless that they release a booklet without any increase in the book price.