2013 anime calendar time!

Which calendars are my brother and I looking at this year?

Smile Precure Calendar (1500 yen)

Symphogear Calendar (1600 yen)

Kantoku Calendar (1429 yen)

Tony Calendar (1429 yen)

Bodacious Space Pirates / Moretsu Uchuu Kaizoku (1600 yen)

Browse through what's available on CD Japan

I considered an All That's Ultraman calendar for next year, but after last years's "Yotsuba to" calendar featuring Yotsuba drawn into photos, I felt like having an anime calendar instead of a live action one.

It's also important to consider the number of pages listed for each calendar to get an idea of what you're getting; for example, there is a P To Love-Ru Darkness calendar listed, but it's a poster calendar as it has only one page - which might be fun, but doesn't sound good value for money.

Also, consider the weight of each calendar - for example, the Tony one is 950g so shipping is going to cost a lot more than the calendar!

2012 anime calendar time!

It's mid-September, so it's time to think about the new year. Time flies you know.

As always, I'm shopping at CD Japan. There's a special offer there at the moment: spend 5000 yen (paying by PayPal) and get 1000yen's worth of loyalty points back, which works out as kind of 20% off, so that's good. There is a catch that the points are only valid for 90 days though, so it's not as good an offer as it could have been. Still, it's fairly good. It's valid until the 8th of October 8 2011 (Japan Standard Time GMT+9).

Anime calendars my brother is interested in:

ONE PIECE Release date: 2011/09/17, Price: 1500yen
SUITE PRECURE Release date: 2011/09/17, Price: 1500yen
Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu 2 Release date: 2011/10/01, Price: 1600yen
Shinryaku! Ika Musume Release date: 2011/10/22, Price: 1600yen

Some fun (and some funny) series ^_^

I want either the "Yotsuba to" one, or the "Chi's Sweet Home" one, but... I can't tell whether the Yotsuba one is another one that's full artwork or photos with Yotsuba being cute in them like it was the other year, and I can't tell what the Chi's Sweet Home one is like either, aside form being a wall calendar and slightly more expensive than the other calendars.
Yotsuba to (aka Yotsuba&) Release date: 2011/11 (sometime), Price: 1500yen
Chi's Sweet Home Wall Calendar 2012 from Kodansha Release date: 2011/11 (sometime), Price: 2200yen

I normally get myself an "All That's Ultraman" calendar as well, but I am not sure about that this year. I think I just want a super cute calendar. Decisions decisions!

One thing I have decided is that I want a copy of MIO (MIQ) The Perfect Best with the rebate points I get. :)