This episode of Darker Then Black: Gemini of the Meteor, starts off with the submarine arriving in the harbor, while Hei attacks a decoy which carries Shizume Genma, while Misaki and Norio’s mother are the real convoy. I thought that fight between Hei and armored Genma was interesting, as this episode showcases Hei experience as a contractor. At the harbor, I Suou and July end up escaping just from Hazuki Mina.

I thought it was interesting that Mao brought up the subject of Yin, as Yin plays an interesting role in this episode, when Norio attacks Suou in this episode. I thought that scene of Hei ringing up his employer Madame Oreille, was to provide some fan-service in this episode. I thought it was interesting in this episode that Hei’s and Suou’s relationship has developed interestingly, as Hei is starting to eat more in this series, and after telling Suou not to shoot anymore because she isn’t suited to it. I thought that Suou’s verbal comeback of a possible deal if Hei doesn’t drink anymore was interesting as it could provide an interesting possible conclusion to this series as the deal involved Suou not to shoot anymore. I thought that last scene of this series was interesting with Suou seeing Yin’s observer spirit, though Hei/Li not seeming to notice Yin’s observer spirit.

Overall, I thought that this episode was actually quite interesting, though I thought that Norio’s death wasn’t as emotional as I would have liked, though it did some emotional impact after Norio’s father comfort’s his son.

During the Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Final 2009, I passed the Manifest stall, and they were giving out promotional material for an Cosplay New Years Eve party. The event is going to be held at the Victorian Traders Hall with a live DJ’s that will be mixing tunes all night, while drinks and entertainment will take the form as burlesque shows. The event is 18+, and more details of this events can be found at the
Solstone website end of the news message. Below is a picture of the promotional material that was given out at the Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Final 2009.

Today marked an important day in Melbourne’s and Australia’s anime community, with Madman hosting the Grand Final of their cosplay Championship. The Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Final 2009 was hosted at the Sebel hotel near Albert Park, and the events started at 10am - 6pm. The Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Final 2009 had a fair few actvicities going on thoughout the day like the Madman Theatre which enabled attendees to watch anime and go to various panels, also there was an Artists’s Alley to see what’s happening in the manga community and there was an Madman Anime Area to watch various anime that was playing throughout the day. There where two cosplay competitions occuring today, the regular cosplay competition that occurs for people attending the event, and the Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Final.

Overall, despite the heat the day was funny and a Australia finally now has a national cosplay champion. Below is a BlackRockShooter cosplayer that attend the Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Final 2009.

When I got into anime many years again, I wasn’t really into anime figures, but this year I have got a few anime figures, and my collection of anime figures has grown. Below are anime figures I have acquired this year. Out of interest I have a few anime figures on order, so one can say the anime figure bug has bitten me and I haven’t looked back.

I thought that this episode of Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood was rather bland in that this episode was again a stereotypical plot building episode with Roy Mustang enlisting the help of Madam Christmas to help do his dirty work. I though that Kimble was released in this episode was rather cool, as I thought that Kimble looked like the person/hitman that Elliot Ness through off the roof in the movie the Untouchables.

I thought the little joke that Kimble played on the security guard was interesting, as Kimble kind of reminds me of the character Greed, in that they are characters I like from the series. I thought it was interesting that Scar made Dr. Marcoh’s face unrecognizable to other people in this episode.

Overall, I thought that this episode of Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood is slowly building up steam for the next major plot development in the series, and look forward to see how it will play out.