Concerned Bystander

Banned for assuming they were eaten and aren't just floating around in 1233 jars of formaldehyde in some warehouse in a largely abandoned industrial estate.

The first season of Strike Witches. Decent enough story, nothing particularly complicated but done well enough, with lots of fan service. Some really great characters and whole bunch of fan service and plenty of really well executed action scenes all topped off with a heavy dose of fan service. Did I mention the fan service? There's rather a lot of that. The war on pants never ends. If you liked Girls Und Panzer then you'd probably like Strike Witches. The two are basically spiritual siblings with a similar tone and visual style, and that same slightly bizarre feel that manages to keep the whole thing fairly light, humorous and above all, fun. I'm led to believe the characters for both series were designed by the same person, which given the stylistic similarities would certainly fit. For this series though, the cuteness factor has been turned up to eleven by the girls propensity to sprout animal ears and tails when they're getting their magic on. Unlike Girls Und Panzer though, this one is perhaps not quite suitable to be watching with your parents or younger siblings as there is a reasonable amount of partial nudity, a few fairly suggestive scenes and a just insane amount of vertical panning shots of the main characters just in case you somehow forgot that none of them are wearing trousers. Ultimately, a pleasant way to pass a bit of time, and I'll definitely be starting season two soon.

This rather lovely figure of Jibril the Flugel from 'No Game No Life', or more specifically, the film 'No Game No Life Zero'. 

Perhaps not technically a recent purchase, I preordered it quite some time ago, but it just arrived in the post today and it looks amazing. Now she's parked on top of my display cabinets (won't fit inside) next to Cheetara.

Waterworld. This is a film that I've always though was unfairly maligned. I have heard previously that much of the trend of crapping on this film came from Hollywood not appreciating the fact that Kevin Costner apparently didn't play by the rules (whatever that means) when producing some of his films, like this one, Dances With Wolves and others. Whatever industry politics may have been going on the background, the film itself is a perfectly serviceable post apocalyptic action flick that can probably be described as Mad Max with a boat.

Banned for not having enough concerns.

Banned for singing instead of monologuing.

Banned for being neither metal nor zebra.

Banned for not watching Reign Of Fire, in which there is altogether too much dragon.

Banned for not justifying it anyway.

The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! This series was a lot of fun to watch. The titular character was completely over the top, but in the most endearing way and I thoroughly enjoyed her consistent failure to restore the Dark Realm.

Why do I have a sudden urge to watch Dexter again?

This is Dark Angel Olivia, one of those rare occasions when I bought a figure without any prior attachment to, or even knowledge of, the property itself. She's from a game called Rage Of Bahamut, which I have never played, but I fell in love with figure when I saw it up for preorder. She is absolutely beautiful and now resides in a place of great prominence on the bookshelf in my living room.

I'm currently reading book 2 of 'No Game No Life'. Since it looks like we may never get a second season of the anime I've turned to the books to find out how the story continues.

Cult of Chucky. The seventh film in the Child's Play franchise and the last one before the remake of the original film. This one follows on from 'Curse of Chucky' and like that film this one was less focused on the comedy that was prevalent in both 'Bride of Chucky' and 'Seed of Chucky' and returned back to the straight slasher/horror of the first three films. Brad Dourif, of course, voices Chucky, as he has done in every film except the remake, and his daughter Fiona Dourif once again plays the primary protagonist Nica from the previous film, and Alex Vincent reprises the role of Andy that he first played in the 1988 original. Despite it's more serious tone this film still has plenty of humour, although it is more situational. An example is the fact that the film is set in a psychiatric institution and Chucky, a doll possessed by a psychopathic serial killer, realising that for once he is not the craziest person in the room. It was a pretty decent film on the whole, and to anyone not familiar with the Child's Play franchise I would strongly recommend all seven films.

Currently reading 'Mythago Wood' by Robert Holdstock. It's pretty good so far and the premise is quite different from anything else I've read. Basically this guy lives near a very strange patch of woodland which seems to defy normal time and space, and anyone that spends long enough in proximity to this woodland gradually produces entities called Mythagos, first as little more than a presence in their peripheral vision but eventually fully formed physical beings often taken from human folklore and mythology. I wasn't familiar with the author or any of his other work, the book was given to me by a colleague at work who thought I might enjoy it, and so far he was totally correct in his assumption.

Kai Play Arts Aerith to go with the Tifa and Barrett I already have, just waiting on Cloud being released now.