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Chiharu Harukaze Has All the Answers

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And the winner of the Win Nagi Sanzenin’s Money contest is John Kim who got them all right. I will send off their prize on Monday! The contest had 4 entries all together. There were 2 fully correct answer sheets but 1 was out of the US and was graciously entering just for fun. One entry got them all right except for number 10 that was a real stumper. With that one it helps to know Kenjiro Hata is a huge Nobuyuki Fukumoto fan. And the last entry could not identify Saber Lion. I shed a tear for that poor soul. I was amazed that everyone easily got number 4 but I guess everyone who entered was bringing their A game. Still It was very cool that we even 4 entries on such a hard contest and that our readers were high level otaku enough to do so well. I am curious. Would anyone want another contest this hard again?

For everyone else here is the answer sheet for the contest with links to the figures in question:

1. Madoka Kaname from Puella Magi Madoka Magica http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10146761

2. Mayuri Shiina from Steins;Gate http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10146015

3. Cirno from the Touhou Project http://ani-culture.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Last-Loot-6.jpg

4. Suruga Kanbaru from Bakemonogatari http://www.goodsmile.info/product/en/3074/Suruga+Kanbaru.html

5. Tsubasa Hanekawa from Bakemonogatari http://www.amazon.com/Bakemonogatari-Tsubasa-Hanekawa-Scale-Figure/dp/B004VCXLMM

6. Sayaka Miki from Puella Magi Madoka Magica http://www.figure-anime.com/images/stories/gallery/toys/figma-miki-sayaka-maxfactory-01.jpg

7. Saber Lion from Fate/Tiger Colosseum Upper http://www.papatoy.com/117-large/good-smile-nendoroid-saber-lion-figure-no50.jpg

8. Shinobu Oshino from Bakemonogatari http://otakufuel.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/large_20296_shinobu_oshino.jpg

9. Ruri Goko aka Kuroneko from My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute http://www.gundammodelkits.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Oreno-Imouto-18-Kuroneko-Figure-01.jpg

10. Kaiji Ito from Ultimate Survivor Kaiji http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10145596

Win Nagi Sanzenin’s Money

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In honor of the 7th anniversary of Hayate the Combat Butler we have decided to run a little contest. On the cover of Hayate chapter 343 there are ten anime figures. Can you name the ten anime characters represented on the picture? We circled and numbered the figures you have to identify. If you can name them all you have a chance to win the prize package below. In case no one gets all ten the prize will go to person who has the most correct answers. In case of a tie there will be a random drawing between the tied contestants. Just email us at reversethieves [at] gmail [dot] com with your name, address, and the ten characters in order with the subject “Win Nagi Sanzenin’s Money” before November, 11 2011. The winner will be announced on November, 12 2011. Have fun, good luck, and let us all wish Kenjiro Hata continued success!

*U.S. residents only please. Sorry our abroad buddies we just can’t afford it.

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Call of Kris Kringle: The 3rd Annual Secret Santa Project

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This cross-blogging game was even more successful last year, so it is back again!

Here: Just in case someone does not know what traditional Secret Santa is.

The idea of this project is for everyone who participates to be reviewing a show that they might not normally watch or might have overlooked. Everyone will get someone else in the project to review a series of their choice and in return review something picked by one of their fellow bloggers. The goal is threefold for everyone involved:

  1. Mixing up what you watch and review on your blog.
  2. Getting other people to watch things you feel deserve more attention.
  3. A way to interact with other bloggers thus creating possibilities for cross blog readership, also it fosters an environment to try other cross blog experiments.

Here is how this little experiment will work: If you want to participate send us your Name, Blog, and My Anime List (or some other equivalent listing) page via e-mail (secretsanta.rt [at] gmail [dot] com) with subject: Secret Santa Participant. Due by Wednesday, October 12th. Make sure that your MAL (or whatever!) is updated as much as possible before you submit it. Also, if you will not watch fan-subs mention that in the e-mail, too.

We will then make a circular list of everyone involved in the project that only we will know the order of. The order of the list will be made completely at random. Everyone will then receive the name, blog, and list of the person they are the Secret Santa for. You will then suggest three shows for the person all of which must be 26 episodes or less (yes, you can suggest movies, too). The shows must be subtitled in some fashion. Remember that you are picking shows that you hope the other person will like and give an honest chance. Look over their list and whether they watch fan-subs then try to pick out something good but unexpected.

Once we get everyone’s picks we will then pass on the shows to the recipients. No one except us will know the names of the person who gave you your choices. You then pick the show your are going to watch. Everyone is responsible for getting their own material for the review. If for some reason you absolutely cannot abide any of the shows you are given, we will allow 1 and only 1 mulligan.

You then have until late December to watch the show you were assigned and write a review. On the week of Christmas everyone will post their reviews for the Secret Santa Project. We would prefer you to post your review on Christmas Eve but you can alter it as to the schedule of your blog. On Christmas Day we will reveal the name of who had who as a Secret Santa along with a small post about the project.

Again: If you want to participate send us your Name, Blog, and My Anime List (or some other equivalent listing) page via e-mail (secretsanta.rt [at] gmail [dot] com) with subject: Secret Santa Participant. Due by Wednesday, October 12th.