Comments on: Sumika Kagami from Muv-Luv Alternative

By: Safehold

Safehold — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:25:12 +0000

The heart in her hands signifies Sumika’s heart but it also signifies an abstract: eternal love.

You’ll get it if you read the visual novels of Muv Luv trilogy.

What does Muv Luv even mean? Judging from all 3 stories in the trilogy, it means a love that transcends time and space. And I’ll leave it at that.

By: Safehold

Safehold — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:22:49 +0000

I think mainstream anime is actually more risk averse than eroge or visual novels or manga. That’s because I often see “censoring” things going on, like making sure the fireworks lady of Bleach has two arms, when in the manga she has one arm and the other one is cut off at the shoulder.

One would think that with the amount of “fan service” that the Japanese would be able to present more “gruesome” violence, but not in mainstream anime. Only Seinen anime such as Gantz, but seinen doesn’t MAKE AS MUCH MONEY demographically as shounen or shoujo manga/anime. So the market tends to push people into taking guru or mature original material, and converting it into shounen action/harem/comedy. Much is lost in transition.

So while they can convert MLA’s characters and aesthetics to the mainstream tv, they can’t do the same with the plot .And if they can’t do it with the plot, it’s not MLA. It’s just some Chronicle fan story of the “Extended Universe”.

By: Fabienne

Fabienne — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:24:33 +0000

ah thx a lot

By: Tier

Tier — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:49:17 +0000

If you don't mind preowned, Mandarake appears to have her for 3500 yen.

By: Fabienne

Fabienne — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:51:55 +0000

I would like to buy her for cheap.but unfortunately I’ve only found her for around 108$

By: Tier

Tier — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:40:58 +0000

Yeah, January 2009, actually, according to Tsuki-board. She’s a pretty old figure, and I don’t think any of GSC’s Muv-Luv figures sold all that well since I hardly ever see pictures of any of them. If you want Sumika, you might be able to find her for cheap, since I keep seeing her in the bargain bin.

By: Fabienne

Fabienne — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:53:48 +0000

was her release date really in spring 2009?
I’d not saw her anywhere until reading your Kasumi review.
she looks very pretty with this plugsuit and the cute accessories like the big yellow ribbon and the red heart.
The happy expression is my liking and she seems to look nice from every side.
Picture sumika-kagami-09.jpg, sumika-kagami-12.jpg ,sumika-kagami-04.jpg and sumika-kagami-05.jpg are my favs

I have to check my budget now XD

By: Tier

Tier — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:30:11 +0000

It is! Still can’t believe this hasn’t been made into an anime yet; cute girls in tight suits and combat mecha, how can they not see the potential in this? Not just potential, the inevitable, preordained success! It boggles the brain.

By: Blowfish

Blowfish — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:09:57 +0000

Such a tight uniform

By: Tier

Tier — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:49:02 +0000

Thanks! I wanted to do something a bit more elaborate with multiple mirrors, kind of like a dressing room. Unfortunately, I found out that I really don’t know how to cut glass very well, and that sometimes you can see the reflections of things you don’t want people to see in the mirror. I’m not quite sure why I didn’t think of that when I was planning the photo shoot, but I’m glad the final photos came out okay.