10th Birthday

Hey yo @ll ... (^_^)/ ...

wow ... a whole decade has passed since I started collecting ...
never thought it could turn into this when I bought my very first Cel on October the 9th in 2004 ... (^_~) ...

the last year had not much for my Zetsuai collection, but nevertheless some nice items ... (^_^) ... so here we go with my annual thank-list ... m( _ _ )m ...
1st big thank you goes to France and someone selling me something ... (*_*) ... you know, who you are ... merci infiniment!!!
2nd thank you to some Yahoo auction with 5 Zetsuai Douga of these 4 does match Zetsuai Cels I already had in my collection ... (*_*) ... so some more very happy reunions ...

I went again to some conventions this year ... (^_^) ... the AniNite in Vienna/Austria where I was able to meet Nao Yazawa and Akira Himekawa again ... this was so much fun and I got some awesome drawings ... from Nao even 2 of her gorgeous watercoler drawings (1 a present and 1 in return for donating to the ALS Charity (and no I did not get wet I simply gave money without spectacle)) and 2 awesome Shikishi from Akira Himekawa 1 from Honda-san and 1 from Nagano-san which I promised not to show in the internet ... (^_^) ... everything else can be found in my gallery ... and the Connichi in Kassel/Germany where I could meet You Higuri (won a place in her drawing workshop - that was very interesting) and met Hiroyuki Yamaga, Kazuhiko Shimamoto, Takafumi Hori, Sushio, Shigeto Koyama and Toshio Maeda ... from everyone of them I got at least one drawing ... (*_*) ... thank you so much!!! ... after the one Q&A from Trigger there was a jan ken pon lottery of several beautiful Shikishi from Takafumi Hori and Sushio they did during the Q&A and my mum was so lucky to win one of the Shikishi from Takafumi Hori ... so breathtaking ... my mum gave it to me for my collection ... (*_*) ... thank you thank you thank you!!!

Zetsu

P.S.: Today there is a signing session of Minami Ozaki in Tokyo ... if someone on-site wants to make my gallery a birthday present: Thanks a bunch!!! ... (^_~) ... LOL