Lala 4 AnS Freebie

Lala 4 includes a sweet "Akagami no Shirayukihime" alternative book cover.  It's so cute.  Do I sense wallpaper material??? (Hint, hint all you creative people out there!)

 

There are also "Ookami Heika no Hanayome" and "Gakuen Kindergarten",  book cover included.  Both are these are also very nice :).

Treasure....

 Treasure...get your own...

Sweet Freebie in Hana to Yume 11

Do you want a sweet "Gakuen Alice" stationary set?  Then you better get Hana to Yume Issue 11!  I bought my copy from Sanseido Books (they will mail it to you if live too far away to pick it up.).  It should also be available from Akadot in about 2 - 4-weeks. (continue to see pictures of the freebie)

Sweet Freebies in Asuka 3 2011

This is Asuka Issue 3 for 2011!  It comes with sweet freebies:

This two-sided plastic thing (table place mat maybe ???)  I don't know what you do with it, but it's nice. And there a FABULOUS color illustration book:

Here's a peek inside.  This is the last pages that shows a small sample of what's inside!

 

Do you want these sweet freebies? Here are some ordering links:

• Amazon Japan
• Akadot (link will be live when it comes in stock)

Lala 2 2011

I have Lala 2!  Yuki from "Vampire Knight" is on the cover this time.  The freebie is a Nyanko-sensei pouch.

It's very cute.  I kinda wish it was an oven mitt.

Here's what we'll be translating from Lala 2:

• "Kimi ni XOXO" chapter 5 -- it's the final chapter so we will go ahead and release it back-to-back with chapter 4 so we can complete that series now.
• Special four-panel comic shorts
• Ouran one-shot previews!
• One-Shot:  "Nejimaki Mano-san" (will be translated later in the year)
• One-Shot:  "Kashikomi Mousu!" (will be translated later in the year)

You MUST Buy Betsuhana 12!

If you love "Shitsuji-sama no Okiniiri" then you MUST buy Betsuhana 12 for this premium freebie!

It is 7 x 10-in, 16-pages, and printed on thick semi-gloss (nicely calendered) paper.  Also, a lot of the book is in English.  Hmmm...  Why couldn't Hatori-sensei give us something like this for Ouran!? 

Link to purchase Betsuna Hana from Amazon Japan.  I'll put up another link to Akadot once the magazine is in stock.

I will make some wallpaper from this book for the winter holidays :).

Ooh, ooh! And on top of this is the debut of the new series by Chika Shiomi ("Resetsu" and "Yurara no Tsuki").  It's called "Yakari Zumu" (please forgive the really awful iPhone picture -- two pages together is too big for my scanner):

So, You Want to Order Lala Magazine from Amazon Japan...

Are you excited about the last chapters of "Ouran?"  Do you want to get some of that Ouran loot?  Well, here's some helpful hints on how to get some!

Direct links to Lala 8 and Lala 9 (pre-order):

Lala 8: http://tinyurl.com/23lpg6j
Lala 9:  http://tinyurl.com/2cqk68z

Here’s a link to the “English” version of their website.

Link:  http://www.amazon.co.jp/In-English/b?ie=UTF8&node=1094656

There’s still A LOT of Japanese, but it's manageable (the links and buttons are the same configuration as the Amazon US website, so if needed, just refer to the Amazon site in your country to figure out what the buttons and links are.).

Hints:
The little shopping cart icon is, indeed, your shopping cart.

Freebie: Hana to Yume Issue 09 (4/20/2010)

List of Manga Magazine Freebies

Because some of you requested it, I started a list of the freebies that are included in the manga magazine I get from Japan.  This way, even if you don't speak Japanese you can get yourself a magazine for the collectible you want.  If you do get the magazine, but don't want it, please either recycle it or put it up for sale on the Internet so some other folks can enjoy it.

Here's a link to the webpage: Link

Or you can access the page through the link on the first right sidebar column :).

For those of you wondering how to purchase these magazines, if you live a big city with a Japanese district, just visit a bookstore like Kinokuniya or Sanseido Books (inside of a Mitsuwa marketplace).  You can also order magazines through the Internet via Amazon Japan, Akadot, and Books Sanseido to name a few.  Books Sanseido actually will host a subscription for you, if you want to get the magazine regularly an avoid the pricey International postage.

Playing Card Freebies and Update

Get you manga magazines now! Lala 4/2009 has a lovely deck of Ouran Host Club playing cards (hahaha!!! I accidently bought 2 extra magazines this month. I may try to sell them -- playing cards included) and Hana to Yume 6/2009 has a really nice deck of Skip Beat playing cards. They are high quality thick and glossy playing cards, which was quite shocking to me, considering that they are freebies.

Other stuff: I read chp 69 of Ouran and it's very cute. Now that Tamaki has figured out his feelings for Haruhi he can't speak properly around her and Tamaki and Hikaru decide to have a challenge around who can give Haruhi the best birthday present. The chapter ends with Kyoya starting some mischief --- hmmm ;p. I also finished reading/translating Zettai Heiwa Diasakusen Chp 7. I'll get around to posting summaries of chp 6 and chp 7, hopefully, this week. I won't be able to get to that though for a week at the soonest (Dreamweaver project and a Java programming final this week).

Job Search: As you all know the world economy is in the toilet. Things are particularly tight where I live and all the local tech companies have hiring freezes. Military contractors are hiring but there are lots of folks companies like Boeing to compete with (10K+ recently laid off from Boeing competing for ~100 jobs in the area) ... sigh. Nevertheless, I haven't given up and I literally apply to 20 - 50 jobs a week. Thank goodness for unemployment insurance! Speaking of unemployment insurance: I you are from a state with a silly/idiotic/stupid/boneheaded/insensitive/a$$hole Republican Governor who has decided to deny his or her constituents extended unemployment benefits, please write to him or her and demand sanity under the threat of a lost vote. (Thank goodness my Governor is Arnold Swarzenegger -- I really like him.)