Morrigan Aensland Garage Kit from Reflect

1/7th scale Garage Kit from Reflect. Morrigan Aensland is a character from Capcom's Darkstalkers fighting game series. Appearing as a beautiful woman with long green hair and bat like wings on her back and the sides of her head. Morrigan lives for the excitement of battle Morrigan reshaping her wings into spikes and blades to attack here enemies, as well as using them to shield herself from enemy attacks. She uses a variety of magical attacks as well, for example her wings can separate and form into a cloud of bats. As a character she has made quite a number of game appearances, full list from Wikipedia.

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Saya Otonashi Blood+ Wallpaper

Character from the anime Series Blood+ . The series revolves around Saya Otonashi, a seemingly ordinary high school student who lives with her adopted family. Saya has been living the life of an anemic and amnesiac, but otherwise ordinary schoolgirl. Saya’s happy life is shattered when she is attacked by a chiroptera, hideous creatures that feed off of fresh human blood and possess extraordinary speed, strength, and supernatural healing abilities.

Following the attack Saya learns that she is the only one who can defeat the Chiroptera. Armed with her sword, Saya embarks on a journey with her family, allies and faithful servant, Haji, to rid the world of Chiroptera and rediscover her identity.

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Chun Li Vs. Vega clip from Streetfighter II Anime

A character created for Capcom’s Street Fighter series. Born in China on March 1st 1968 Chun-Li (beautiful spring) has been training since she was five years old. Generally considered to be the first female fighting character in videogames, she first got interested in the martial arts when she became a fan of Bruce Lee. Chun-Li's style was originally listed as Wushu style Kung Fu, but recently Capcom decided to call it Tai Chi instead.

Following the death of her father she discovers that he has been killed by a crime lord called Bison (head of Shadoloo an international crime syndicate). She joins ICPO (Interpol) to get the resources to find and bring him to justice. She challenges Bison, but the villain makes quick work of her.

Though deeply shocked by her defeat, she later joins Charlie in SFA3 to destroy Bison. She was invited to the second tournament and entered to destroy Bison for good. She may have been the one who actually won it’s not clear. Her actions following this contest appear to show that she indeed had made peace with her vendetta.

She continued her work as a police officer, and retired from mainstream street fighting to teach young children martial arts after taking down Shadoloo for good, she later adopted a young girl.

In the live-action Street Fighter Movie Chun-Li was given the last name Zang/Xiang, but Capcom hasn't officially recognized it.

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Witchblade Anime Opening subbed

In 2004 Japanese animation studio GONZO announced an anime version of Witchblade, with a subsequent manga adaptation. The anime version is considered controversial by some due to the fact that GONZO has announced that the main character of the anime is of Japanese ethnicity but is not Itagaki, one of the previous bearers of the Witchblade. Instead it is a new character named Masane. In fact this series sets up an entire new story, with all new characters, and probably won't be considered as canon.

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Witchblade Official Website (Gonzo, Japanese)

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The Cain Saga Vol 1 Shojo Manga

Billed as a "wonderful introduction to shojo manga for the uninitiated" (IGN)

Cain C. Hargreaves is a cursed count with a unique interst, he collects poisons, as his family has done for many generations before him. However his strange obsession has led him to solve crimes a series of crimes in 19th century England, crimes which appears follow him wherever he goes.

The crimes he solves all seem to point to one organization as the culprit, Delilah. As Cain runs into Jezebel Disraeli, Delilah's representative, he comes to learn that the organization was founded by none other than his own father, who until now was beleived to be quite dead. Fueled by a reawakened hatred for his father, Cain tries to do everything in his power to help the victims of Delilah's evil-doings.

Five gripping stories of love, friendship and betrayal - "Forgotten Juliet," "Branded Bibi," "The Youths Who Stopped Time," "Double," and "The Death of Cleo" - comprise this poignant first installment of Kaori Yuki's atmospheric epic.

Age 18+ 192 pages, Black and White, 5" X 7.5"
Shojo Manga: Shojo manga tends to have female protagonists of an age close to the target audience. The stories can be composed of any genre, romance, fantasy, sci-fi, action, drama, comedy. The focus is comparatively greater on emotions or interpersonal relationships when compared to shonen manga. In fact, shojo titles are often character rather than plot driven. Also Known as Shoujo and Shôjo.

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Kasumi Black figure from Kaiyodo and Monsieur Bome

Limited edition prepainted pvc figure from the artistry of Monsieur Bome, Kasumi a character from the Dead or Alive Game series by Tecmo, also known as "the Kunoichi of Destiny".

Kasumi is a female ninja skilled in the Mugen Tenshin Style of Ninjutsu. She was to become the 18th Master of the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan, but ran away in order to enter the "Dead or Alive" tournament. There, she hoped to defeat the one responsible for crippling her brother. But, by leaving the secretive ninja clan, she became a nukenin (runaway shinobi), so every day she must live on the run from her former comrades. This figure depicts the fiery Kasumi in her signature stance, complete with her wakizashi blade on her back.

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Igunis PVC figure from Kaiyodo Monsieur Bome vol.13

Igunis pre-painted PVC figure standing 24cm tall, a character from Nitro+ eroge game called Jingai Makyo: Chaos Gate. Igunis is a Japanese elf intent on ridding the world of tentacled monsters.

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Speed Grapher Wallpaper

More than 10 years have passed since the bubble economy ended. The world has become polarized into rich and poor, and Japan is no exception. Wealth pursues pleasure, and Tokyo has become a city of pleasure.

Saiga is a photo journalist, who has had his passport confiscated and is force to stay in Japan. He is asked to cover a story involving a secret nightclub.

The "Roppongi Club" is a club where only the select few can join. It is said that it's ultra-rich members experience the ultimate pleasure. Their, he meets a girl, Kagura, who asks him for help. Saiga rescues her, and soon discovers the has gained a special ability though his encounter with Kagura.

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The original Japanese theme was "Girls on Film" by Duran Duran, however Funimation unable to get rights for American distribution, have use "Shutter Speed" by Shinkichi Mitsumune instead.

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Trinity Blood Vol 1 Limited Edition

Armageddon has hit and the world is in shambles. Vampires and humans are at war with each other and an international agency known as the Chancery (Vatican) tries to intercede to protect the humans by using allies such as AX, a special operations force run by Cardinal Catherina. AX's agents are called executors.

Meet Abel Nightroad, an executor who is actually a vampire with the ability to suck the blood of other vampires. He soon meets a young girl named Esther. The outcome of this meeting will determine the fate of both the human race and the vampires!

Trinity Blood is based on a series of novels by Japanese author Yoshida Sunao. Sunao’s works were originally published in the magazine “The Sneaker”. “The Sneaker” targets young adult males and has serialized many popular Japanese novels, including the well-liked Haruhi Suzumiya novels. From the novels came anime and manga adaptations. The manga is drawn by manga-ka Kiyo Kuujou and is serialized in Asuka magazine. The anime is produced by Studio Gonzo and is 24 episodes long. All three works are significantly different.
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