Anzu

*nods solemnly*

Six tile image showing the progress of the lunar eclipse. Top two images are partial but last four are closer to full eclipse and so are red.

Here come my #LunarEclipse pics from earlier tonight. Imaged with the DSLR attached to the telescope (as my lens).

These six are my best ones from the event.

The clouds were ultra-annoying but I managed a few snaps when there were empty patches.

The last total lunar eclipse until 2028!

🔭🌕

The new covers for Blind Target and Episode Zero have been unveiled.

Congrats! It's such a beautiful card! (I'm scared for March now 😂)

Being a Vanguard player in 2026 sure feels like being a Tales fan ever since TomiP took over - endless collabs, the guy at the top only cares about the easy money, and there’s no real love for the history of the franchise or what came before the current releases 🙃

Actually there is 1 funny thing from the stream, and that was them revealing Sugita is Shiki’s seiyuu for Dear Days 2, so I guess I got to get that so I can do Jude vs Alvin: Children’s Card Game edition for giggles

There’s a Yakuza collab that also got announced just minutes before that on the stream.

(No word if either is coming to English, of course)

I hate to say it, but it just feels more rewarding to be a Seed fan than a Vanguard fan at the moment ... 🥲

I also think it feels *extra* underwhelming because in the meantime Bamco just knocked it out the park with GCG between Seed Destiny Premium deck set in March, a G-Eternal start deck/extra booster set in June, a Seed centric set in July for 1st anni with Strike Freedom as one of the big box units...

Premium product (because hey, 15th anni so why wouldn't you announce a set for legacy format) or a Stride deck set to tap into nostalgia (and not ... nostalgia bait start decks) but I guess I was expecting too much. 🙃

Hooray to the people who like the series Vanguard is collabing with? I guess?

Saw the big "Vanguard 15th" anni Bushi stream, felt more like a regular seasonal stream from Bushi, you got the sneak preview of the new ep, a couple of set announcements (that you knew about), a few random collabs from left field, and a smattering of nostalgia bait. I was not-so-lowkey hoping for

There's probably more I'm forgetting, I've been watching anime for so long 😅

Also not counting anime movies, because otherwise the entirety of Studio Ghibli's works would be included too. 😂

Also worth mentioning: Magic Knight Rayearth, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, Spy x Family, Cells at Work, Love Stage, Yu-Gi-Oh, Gundam Wing, My Roommate is a Cat, Sailor Moon, Full Moon wo Sagashite, GaoGaiGar, Full Metal Panic, Code Geass, Flame of Recca, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Slayers

What's your top 5 anime

(in no particular order, because don't ask me to rank these)

1. Gundam Seed (all of it)
2. IDOLiSH7
3. Yu Yu Hakusho
4. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
5. Cardfight!!! Vanguard (the original 2011 series)

Beyond the universe’s curtain #gundam #art

more of a slow “wear them down” kind of deck now, but at least I get to play her without feeling too guilty of just rolling over my opponent with a back row full of Vairlords to give +30k to front row.

zone back again, so as long as you use Trickstar and Suendi’s skill to defend and pay for Bavs’ Shield skill by Soul Blasting out Cindi, you’re good.

4) Ars Vairina makes for a really funny match up into Sacrifice Glass. “Call to open RC from drop? What drop?” 😂

Anyway she’s super fun, definitely

identical to having Ezerwur on the board in Vyrgilla, which is insane considering Bavs also has her 10k/20k (with SB1) Shield.

3) Ars Vairina might never retire by its own skill (unless you run Red OT), but you can definitely overcall with either a Trickstar and Suendi or a Cindi to get your drop

Things I have discovered while playing updated Bavs at the shop this weekend:

1) I swear I’m not timer scamming, I’m just playing out a deck that runs 2 separate resource loops almost at the same time (Arms/Trickmoon and Trickstar).

2) Trickstar and Suendi + any G2 XoD outerdress is defensively

Bushi, seemingly with no plans to release another Stride deck set in the future: “This card only gets its skills if you have 0 cards in your G Zone”

😫😫😫

EXPO7️⃣さん

If you’ve got me on Discord, don’t mind the pfp change, just switching to something more on theme now that I’m Gundam mod for my local card shop

(Not that I expect anyone to be surprised at what I changed to 🤣)

The Salvation Army is not a charity. They are an evangelical church that uses donated money to actively oppress gay rights. They've been especially cruel to trans people.

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

✌️✌️

Less than a week to go to BCS Pasadena. Deck has been streamlined, tested, tweaked, and otherwise cooked with as much feedback as I could get from homies at the shop. All that’s left now is to go and play and hope I don’t brick the day of 🙏

Tales of Destiny 2 (not Eternia) was out 23 years ago (2002) in Japan! We've never seen it overseas, and though attempts to fan-translate the PS2 sequel exist, some players HAVE experienced the threats of a madman yelling: NO ITEMS EVER! 🪓

Tales Primer: www.rpgfan.com/feature/so-y...

At least with Tales they’re starting to remaster the games for modern consoles … even if it’s just PS3/PS4 era games. (Given recent announcements I’m not holding my breath for anything from PSP/DS/PS2 era or earlier)

LRP> Wouldn’t be the first time Bamco’s completely clueless on how to expand interest in an IP, it’s literally the same problem they have with Tales.

The easiest solution is just everything on one streaming service (or even multiple services) but they won’t do it for whatever reason.

Producer Ogata on a Nov 19th podcast:
"Gundam, up to now, has had a strong fanbase in Asia, and it’s quite popular there, but in North America and Europe we still have a lot of room to grow."

We're officially at a DECADE of him saying that crap. I'm 100% convinced Bandai is simply clueless.