Thursday, 15 November 2007

Final Fantasy (ファイナルファンタジー Fainaru Fantajī) - Trading Arts (Mini)

Hello...it has been a long time since the last upload, well no thanks to my back injury. This time round, we have the long awaited Final Fantasy Mini Trading Arts which includes a mixture of characters from FF VII, FF VIII, FF X-2 and FF XII. Who are they, you ask...Well you'll just have to scroll down and find out for yourself.


Final Fantasy

ファイナルファンタジ






Cloud Strife (クラウド・ストライフ, Kuraudo Sutoraifu)


Cloud is the protagonist Final Fantasy VII and several of its sequels and spin-offs. The game's character designer is Tetsuya Nomura. His appearance is marked by spiky blonde hair, vivid greenish-blue eyes. This is a distinguishing feature of a SOLDIER and a sign of having been exposed to mako energy (魔晄エネルギー, Makō Enerugī). His other distinct outlook is his dark purple or blue clothing, a spikey, dark grey pauldron on his left shoulder, and his Buster Sword, which previously belonged to his friend Zack.

Rinoa Heartilly (リノア・ハーティリー, Rinoa Hātirī)




Rinoa is the female lead of Final Fantasy VIII. She is the seventeen year old daughter of General Caraway, a high-ranking officer in the Galbadian army, and Julia Heartilly, a famous singer. Throughout the game, she falls in love with the protagonist, Squall Leonhart. She has black hair with brown highlights and dark eyes. As for characterwise, she is outspoken, spirited, emotional, and honest with her feelings, she speaks her mind without reservation.


Yuna (ユウナ, Yūna)



Yuna is the female protagonist in both Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2. The above image is Yuna after a makeover for her appearance in Final Fantasy X-2. From Final Fantasy X-2, she sets out as a sphere hunter. Yuna displays some changes in personality in Final Fantasy X-2: while still very kind-hearted and serious about her duties and putting others first, Her relationships from Final Fantasy X have given her a new look at life and — freed from the responsibilities and restrictions of her former role as summoner — she is presented as a much more free-spirited person.

Vaan (ヴァン, Van)

Vaan (ヴァン, Van) is the protagonist of Final Fantasy XII. He is a seventeen year-old orphaned Hume street urchin who lost his parents in a plague when he was 12 years old and his only brother Reks dies two years before the start of the game, during the Archadian Invasion of Dalmasca. He makes a living as Migelo's assistant, running various errands for him, while at the same time pickpocketing from Archadian soldiers, claiming to take back what is Dalmasca's. Vaan always dreams of someday becoming a sky pirate in command of his own airship. He often trains to meet this goal by killing dire rats in the sewers of Rabanastre on a daily basis, for which Dalan earns the nickname "Vaan Ratsbane".


Penelo (パンネロ, Pannero)

Penelo (パンネロ, Pannero) is also from Final Fantasy XII. She is a seventeen year old Hume orphan who works as a dancer in a Rabanastre bazaar. She learned martial arts from her now-deceased older brother, a soldier, and though small in stature, she is perfectly capable of handling herself in sticky situations. She has known Vaan since childhood, and is a sister to him, as her parents adopted him. Her parents, having taken Vaan in to care for him after his own parents died. They had also encouraged Penelo to like Vaan. Having being placed the two together since young, Vaan and Penelo care for each other a lot.


Well...I do hope I have got you interested in this set of 5. This is really a worthwhile collection. So what are you waiting for...go get it...It's only $25 (Singapore dollars).

Friday, 14 September 2007

Fate/stay night (フェイト/ステイナイト) - Dark Saber



Fate/stay night (フェイト/ステイナイト)

Saber (セイバー, Seibā)

Dark Saber



Only one Servant can be summoned in each Holy Grail War from one of seven classes: Saber, Archer, Lancer, Berserker, Rider, Assassin, and Caster. Saber is the Servant of Shirō Emiya (衛宮 士郎, Emiya Shirō) , an amateur mechanic who attends school called Homurabara Gakuen in Fuyuki City. Saber is an agile but powerful warrior. Loyal, independent, and reserved, Saber acts coldly but is actually suppressing her emotions to focus on her goals. Her class is considered the "Most Outstanding", with excellent ratings in all categories. Since her Master cannot effectively provide her with Mana, she minimizes her activity to preserve what she has. Saber is frustrated by Shirō's "protective" tendencies, believing his erratic and reckless behavior will jeopardize her chances of winning the Holy Grail War.

This piece of artwork is created according to a scene in Heaven's Feel where Saber is consumed by darkeness and becomes the Black Saber. The Black Saber is later defeated and killed by Shirō.

Monday, 3 September 2007

Kingdom Hearts II (キングダムハーツII) - Sora




Kingdom Hearts II (キングダムハーツ II)
Kingudamu Hātsu Tsū




Sora (ソラ)








Sora is the protagonist of Kingdom Hearts series. He is a cheerful and upbeat fourteen year old teenager whose hometown is the Destiny Islands. His best friend Riku and himself have always wanted to go to the other worlds. Therefore, they made a raft and wait for the day to start their journey. However, a strange storm appeared at night causing him to be swept away from his hometown and separation from his friends. Sora met Donald and Goofy who told him that he must be the one who will defeat the darkness as he wields a ‘keyblade’. Therefore, they begin their journey in finding Kairi and Riku.


One Piece (ワンピース) III

....Thanks for sailing with us on this voyage of One Piece. It has come to an end...but it is definitely not the last of it...peel your eyes for more of its adventure...

One Piece (ワンピース)



Nami (ナミ)


Nami (means "Wave" in Japanese) is the navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates (麦わら海賊団:, Mugiwara Kaizoku-dan). She is practically in-charge of the their ship, "Going Merry" (ゴーイングメリー号,, Gōingu Merī-gō) when the crew go sailing and somewhat fulfilling the roles of treasurer and quartermaster as well. She is an excellent navigator and has the ability to recognize and analyze even the slightest changes in the weather through sheer intuition, thus saving the ship and the crew from the very unstable Grand Line weather on multiple occasions.

She holds great respect and deep trust for Luffy's leadership qualities as a captain of the crew but she too, often gets angry with his irrational thinking and his execptionally short angry with his irrational tst always the one who call the shots on the ship (much to Zoro's resentment) due to Luffy's usual lack of common sense and impulsiveness. At times required, she will comically beats up her crewmates for their nonsensic2C she will comically beats ch is a norm on board of the Going Merry. Acting as the "Big Sister" of the crew, Nami doesn't understand or approve of the boys' often macho attitudes and principles. These are the only situations where Nami doesn'td prino have the final word, as seen when she tried to talk sense into Luffy and Usopp's great fallout. The only person whom Nami can confide to on the ship is Nico Robin, th person whom Nami can confidible person currently on the Straw Hat crew. She is also the only person Nami doesn't try to boss, and Nami has stated that Robin is the only person who understands her. Currently, Nami has been given a Dial (貝:nds her. Currently, Nami 4ル, Daiyaru) enhanced Clima-Tact, the "Perfect Clima-Tact", by Usopp. The new weapon was powerful enough to wipe out an entire group of soldiers; with the Perfect Clima-tact, she also managed to defeat CP; with the Perfect Clima-t place as one of the crew's most valuable members.

Nico Robin (ニコ・ロビン)


As an archaeologist, Robin values ancient artifacts and buildings and will risk her life to protect them. She also gets incredibly angry with those who try to destroy these ancient relics. Her dream, formally shared by her mother, is to find and decipher the Rio Poneglyph, which contains the True History of the Blank Century and the One Piece world. The Devil Fruit (悪魔の実, Akuma no Mi) which Robin consumed is known as the 'Hana Hana no Mi' (ハナハナの実, Hana Hana no Mi). The fruit's power enables her to conjure up multiple replicas of her body parts (most often her arms) upon any surface she is able to see. Thus she is very powerful and dexterous as a result.The World Government (世界政府, Sekai Seifu) wants Robin captured because she is the last surviving person to be able to decipher poneglyphs. They claim that her ability to read poneglyphs would lead to the revival of the ancient weapon Pluton. While some of the more well-informed civilians believe this, and want her dead because of it, it has been implied that the World Government truly wants Robin captured so she would not discover the secrets of the Blank Century; a lost piece of history that contains information which the World Government wants to keep hidden. The only surviving written accounts of the events of the Blank Century are on the Rio Poneglyph. The World Government also want Robin to resurrect Pluton for their own use. Robin has stated that she doesn't care about Pluton at all

Robin at first tried to distance herself from other people, even her friends, as she believed that her past and enemies would eventually tear her away from them. For that reason, she rarely calls her comrades by name and instead uses titles, such as Miss Navigator (Kōkaishi-san, i.e. Nami), Mr. Swordsman (Kenshi-san, i.e. Zoro), Long Nose (Nagahana-kun, i.e. Usopp), Mr. Cook (Kokku-san, i.e. Sanji), Mr. Doctor (Isha-san, i.e. Chopper) and Captain (Senchō, i.e. Luffy). However, she tends to call Luffy by his name at times.
To be con't.....