Her tail twists up the air as she crawl her way to the pillows. She grabs a Saito looking doll in her mouth and drags her puppy all over the bed. Spinning she blushes as she stumbles upon the cam. A bit of embarrassed, but despite, determined to continue to tempt Saito off guard. She already doesn’t care much of the other nobles as her heart continues to grow for this ‘outlaw’.

Nekomimi model of Louise has almost no relation to the anime. The only connection would be Louise dress up as a kitty to impress Saito, which I suppose was enough reason to have a figure of it. Neko, cat in Japanese, version of Louise of the anime “Familiar of Zero” is a very cute figure. Her drooling eyes, nice pose, a little of blush and a very cute Saito Hiraga doll in her mouth makes it a such a lovely figure and I couldn’t resist to buy. Photo’s and pictures within the review (underneath or click the read on link on the frontpage).

Well there isn’t that much to tell so let’s start from her butt to top. Though the most people might love her tail, I think her face is the cutest part of the figure.

At any case from her back we can see her wiggling tail flipping from right and left. Her cute tiny butt scores an overall score of 8. But that can just be me …

At any case, did you already notice the ribbons wrapped around her ankles? I think that was such a good such. Having them is cuter than having nothing at all. I know she’s still kinda euh, less wearing, but the ribbons does the trick.

Nice hair, good details and excellent paintjob. I can’t say it’s flawless, but at any case nothing to jump in the eye. Of course the kitty ears expresses the cuteness, even without dropping a single spot of her face.

She has just so tiny belly, I hope she does eat well enough.

Let’s turn her over.

On her face is a little of blush. The suit should be a bit embarrassed, but she seems very happy though.

Her hands close together holding a puppy Saito doll in her mouth is just way too cute.

Did I mention the hairy pillow she crawls on?
- No
I forgot the tell you get the hairy pinky pillow with the figure which is great as it truly a part of the figure. I wouldn’t say it’s a base, but you might think of one.

Here are other pictures.
The best pictures of the shoot would definitely be (for me) the very first photo at top of this review.

Photo uploaded for Shino, the way you optimize space. ^^

Louise de la Valiel is a student at the magic school who is barely able to cast the most simplest spells. When she is to summon her life time guardian familiar, probably a Lizard, Dragon or Salamander in the magic world she lives ine. She instead summons a Japanese boy from earth. Being laughed at her summoning can’t be redo, so she drags the boy to his ‘cage’. The boy still is her familiar and though it doesn’t seems so, it is a gift send from the heavens (for her). Obviously the boy, Hiraga Saito, is kinda confused and doesn’t obey his master commands very well.

Soon after being summoned Hirage clears his mind. Though confused he doesn’t allow anyone to laugh at him and makes a big fuss. It doesn’t even take a day until he discovers his master, Louise reputation. Louise is mostly addressed as Zero at the campus, referring the zero to her spell casting skills. Though she’s incompetent in casting she still tries her best all the time. Even the family spots her and her father is mostly disappointed. A  la Valiel, a noble blood, must be able to cast at least those simple spells at the acedemy.  This might be the cause why Louise has a low tempter. Can Hiraga find the real Louise behind Zero? Is Zero really the first la Valiel without grand casting spells, or does she behold a more severe spell?

Zero no Tsukaima, The familiar of Zero, is a humorous anime series. Stuffed with ecchi and magic it appears to be quite a charming series over 3 seasons.

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Price: €49.99 (~ $71 American Dollars)
Publisher: Kotobukiya
Sculpted: Masaki Sanada
Scale: 1/8
Store: archonia

Let us first slim the figure down and undress the skirt and cape. IF you watched the series, you won’t find the panties all to surprising. The last OVA at top was really overdoing the ecchi content. Well let’s continue the review. The first pantie/figure shots are placed below.

Figma cape support solution, from Fate Testarossa Figma version

Yup, the mini pantie is there, but I actually wanted to show how firm this figure stands. The base is a plain base and the figure stands using the small pins in the base and gaps in the feet. Additionally a seamless/ transparent stick is required to hold up the cape, we’ll see in the following shots. A stick might be a good supporter, but I prefer the Figma solution. Figma’s “cape-supporter” is hidden underneath the cape. On the other side, Alter’s Fate Testarossa Burst Version does not need any support since it’s firm enough. So, thinking about those two options, I think the stick support shouldn’t have been this simplistic. :/

Well, after we have bothered about the cape support, let’s checkout those crossed legs. She has beautiful legs and a nice tiny euh.. butt. I love her stance, even without the wand you can tell she’s casting a spell. Though having the wand in place, it truely completes the casting impression. I wouldn’t leave out the wand if I were you. Be careful though, the wand should be tend with care as it breaks easily. The wand can’t bent, so don’t try!

Instead only looking and judging her panties (what’s wrong with that?) let’s move on and watch her curly pink hair. The painting job must be hard around the area and isn’t flawless. Though the overall painting isn’t very bad and the hair is quite impressive. The quality is just what we are used of Kotobukiya, not too shabby, not flawless. I even think this figure is good quality Kotobukiya figure.

So how does the full figure represent itself?

Well what’s closely as I shot a view pictures below.

The cape and wand supports Louise casting session. I love the way the cape wappers behind Louise’s back, but I can’t help it to think the angle of blows differs from the hair.

Though Louise’s face is quite plain I truely like this figure. The stance is great and the huge cave wappers as she draws her wand to cast, upholding her book of spells. Certainly not a must have for Zero no Tsukaima fans, but on the other side a fine part of your collection.

Saito Hiraga blinks as he watches the contents of a secret box. The professor had ask Saito for confirmation about the box contents. Saito confirms, ‘these contents’ are indeed from earth, but he never found so many. As they secretly make plans his master Louise (Zero) has no idea what’s going on. She waves her skirt up and down to get some fresh air. It’s summer and it’s hot. While Kirche Zerbst waves her breasts she asks vacation, but no one seems to be interested. Then Reinard arrives and invites them for the beach but Montmorency scolds him away, something about ‘the Order of Perverts’.

Kirche, who always is the most energetic and life enjoying, questions why they don’t forgive and get along. She is ignored which causes Kirche to take measures and throws herself upon Louise who’s forced on the floor. Kirche questions again, but a glitch of memory surpasses Louise mind. In a blink of an eye she sees Saito, who was on top of her like Kirche at the moment. Kirche doesn’t notice Louise state of mind and tells on the academy has a summer vacation. Then Louise notices she starts to blush because of her thoughts and so she yells to Kirche to get off.

Louise ensures she will never let Saito kiss her like that. However, she thinks, a stroll in the moonlight would do. A smile appears as she lifts her mind in the clouds. Summer vacation on a beach, it could all work out.
Please read Zero no Tsukaima summary if you aren’t familiar with the series.
WARNING: Do only read on if you really like obscure ‘fanserving’ (high ecchi level) a lot.

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TORRENT:  Zero no Tsukaima Seductive Beach (episode 6.5) (h264, xvid)

That summer vacation we find the academy students on the beach. They enjoy theirselves as Tifanny (Tifa) tastes the salty water and watches the shores and waves of the sea. She has never left the forest and the blue sea looks enormous. She’s happy and Louise is questioning why Siesta came along. As the girls discusses and amuses theirselves the boys watches them. Saito isn’t amused when he discovers the clothes the girls wear are in fact a swimsuit! Frustrated he tells Reinard those aren’t swimsuits!

A moment later the professor announces the queen who pushes the students to amuse theirselves with no regards different statuses. When she finish her speech a loud applause is given. Finally the professor Ottoman ends the entire speech to show the girls a mystery box. He tells the girls should change in whatever the box content posses. Amazed the girls grabs the swimsuits, these are swimsuits from Earth which we all know, does not have any sleeves or trouserlegs. Again the professor pushes the girls to wear the swimsuits to praise the water spirit. To push the students he invites the queen to take part of the mission and wear the swimsuits.

Surprising the queen approves the plan and changes into the swimsuit. As expected the students follow as they remain complaining about their exposed parts. Coughing the professor explains the purification ritual for the Spirit of Water demands a clean body. He quickly sweeps some water at Louise which wets her swimsuit. Giving the signal the girls splashes each other as the boys astonished witness the scene. Saito informs the professor girls on earth plays in the water just alike. In response Reinard says Earth is a wonderful place. Saito smiles, they have more for the girls to wear…

So it the girls ends up to even expose more body to wear bra’s and slips. Ofcourse all for the sake of the water spirit. Later on they ‘force’ the girls to play melon squash and other beach games. Lucky the girls amuses theirselves and Louise thinks it’s a great opportunity to invites Saito for a stroll in the moonlight. Like always Louise is just to shy to look Saito straight in the eye and so she doesn’t knew Saito wasn’t aware of his confirmation to take a stroll. (But who cares, Louise is pretty right? So it’s no problem to take a stroll with her)

Later on they teases the girls to give false judgments during volleyball. Again to pray the water spirit. When Louise and Montmorency wins the boys aren’t really content. They rather find Tifanny-Siesta-team vs Kirch-????-team in the finals. Obvious boobs is the keyword, if you didn’t understand them… But shame on you if you are a boy and couldn’t tell.

When the dawn sets in the students leave the beach to get some sleep. Louise paws at the floor as Saito ignores her request to take the stroll in moonlight and leaves. Furious but curious she sneaks up to Saito. He takes a corner left and right and ends up in a meeting.

The boys have made a circle around the swimsuits and questions theirselves how to push to girls to wear even more exposed swimsuits. Saito’s utters as is loli meter reaches it’s peak as he holds up a bra with cords and shells.

Unfortunately the alarm bell rings and everyone leaves the room to answer the call. Quickly Louise takes a few steps back and takes some cover as the boys passes. Then she enters the room and discovers the perverse plans. The next day all finalists reports they have injuries of the previous day.

Unlucky the boys cancels the game. Later the day each boy is independently invited to meet a girl. Obvious the girl invitations are baits as we know Louise discovered the plans of the boys. Their plan succeeds, all the boys took the bait and were lurked into a trap.

Trapped the chain the boys and forces them to wear the ’swimsuits’ they had to wear that day. Then they go off having a great time while the boys screams the tide is raising. Unfortunately an giant octopus appears which grabs the girls using the tentacles (obvious at some xxx parts). Tahibita attempts are in vain.

Her cyclones are to weak to damage the octopus, but making it stronger will risk the girls. A moment of disconcentration and in a blink of an eye the giant octopus grabs Tahibita and Kirche. All girls are now pinned up. They scream for help but the boys are tided up and can’t get enough watching the tentacles rubbing the girls. (I warned you, a lot of fanserving!).

Lucky Saito is able to untie his rope and slashes the octopus tentacles down. Slice and slash and chopping on he earns back his face. On the end he catches Louise in the air, and boy she’s happy. Guileless Saito prepares the sliced tentacles as diner. It takes a while but he find the girls and services them the octopus. BUT?! The girls were curious and secretly put on the shells euh, I mean swimsuits. Behind the rocks we discover the boys peeking the girls as usual.

Shocked Louise turns to Saito who offers her a first bite of his delicious meal. Louise blushes and because of her sudden turn about her bra drops down … (No worries, Zero no Tsukaima is no h-nt-i, but more this is the limit).

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Season 1 ‘Zero no Tsukaima’ aniDB
English “Zero’s Familiar”
Season 2 ‘Zero no Tsukaima Futatsuki no Kishi’
English “Zero`s Familiar – Knight of the Twin Moons”
Season 3 ‘Zero no Tsukaima Princess no Rondo’
English “Zero`s Familiar – Rondo’s Princess”
Resources*: aniDB, animenewsnetwork, animeNFO
*The site also contains information about later seasons, search yourselves …
Genre: Romance, Magic, Fantasy, Ecchi, Humor
Episodes: Season 1 to 3 are 13, 12 and 13
Blogs: Random Curiosity(se3), Tenka Seiha (se3)

Plot summary

Zero no Tsukaima starts when our failing magician Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière ‘failed’ to summon a familiar. Louise houses in the Tristein Magical Academy to become a fully fledge ‘noble’. People at this planet are noble if they are able to perform spells. People without the privelege are the rabble.

Becoming a mage is quite a task but Louise makes it an horrible experience. All spells she chants fails in a dramatic way. Her reputation is well known and she’s called Louise Zero, ’cause she can do zero spells. Now, epsiode 1 season 1, the day to proof her gift is set. The day of summons were a noble must summon a familiar to guide the mage in his entire life.

Finding her friends having dragons, fire lizards, golems and all cool sets of familiars, Louise should do things right. She closes her eyes in full concentration and spreads her wand to the sky. One moment to triumph, determined she chants the summon spell. In the next moment a big bang, followed by a thorn ball of smoke appears. Frighten all students concern about their well being, later on they questions. Did the spell backfired?

No, it didn’t. The summoning have dropped a Japanese boy from the sky, Saito Hiraga. Confused he finds himself being a ‘pet’ of a cute girl in front whose scolding him about everything. Later on he finds himself stuck at another planet. Being stuck his only concern is being the best familiar there is. Louise , being ashamed to call forth a commoner as familiar, she unfolding all her frustration to Saito.

Living together and finding Saito being a good familiar is changes her perspectives. However, she still have a face to save. Worse, a war breaks out. Surprised Saito finds Louise as a girlfriend of the princess. To fight for the princess, to fight for her girlfriend, Louise will NOT fail. She will do anything she can, given up her life if she have to, since no one would regret … would it?

My reasons to watch

Zero no Tsukaima is a fun series. It contains a lot of magic and places themselves in a difficult situation of being deceived by seeming allies. I think I like the concept of being a noble and being a ‘regular’ civilian great.

Whenever Louise gets to know Saito more and more she gets closer and closer. Finding the ‘common’ people not as helpless as they looks like. She wants to get closer, but on the other side she have a name to save. As a loser, a zero, it would be the ultimate joke to love a commoner.

Saito on the other hand has no objections being zero’s familiar. However he can’t except the fact of nobles and commoners. At top he finds the barbarian mind of thinking horrible. The raids, wars and sacrifice-honor horrible. Whenever Saito notes why Louise acts so differently to him in cases he’s alone or in public field, he tries to open Louise’s mind. He should be able to let her see what’s life about.

The way how those entire two different people, Louise and Saito, lifes together is so interested to watch. You both understand their movements, their thoughts and acts in despite their are contradicted. The same goes for the princess and several other characters. The characters makes this anime a supreme and romantic series.

Quality

The quality is really outstanding, though there are less details then I used to set for good quality. Eg. you won’t find little details in clothing nor grass. However I find the softness of the skins and blending of lights perfectly done. Animations are really smooth and if you take a look at frame to frame it’s really a big deal.
Eg. the picture we find her besides is Saito chained up like a dog. You inmediately see he doesn’t really care about, since as outsider he has no where to go. It’s evening and you see he’s thinking about is his mistress, Louise. A bit surprised and mostly confused he’s holding the underpants of his mistress.

Ecchi

Yes, you will see some naked skins. Mind the ‘forbidden’ parts of the body are never revealed (ecchi). Though Zero will change clothes in front of Saito, whose again gets in quite circumstances where he finds himself naked together with … Oops, almost spoiled.

Opening Theme (se3)

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Ending Theme (se3)

I did not found ‘yet’ an video.
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Watch online

Watch the channels list at Veoh, for example I have Zero no Tsukaima (by Jetkie).

Watch offline

If I would advies a fansub group, it would be definetely Kuroneko, who have fansubbed seasons 1 and 2. They released both in xvid as in h264 codec. Both being outstanding quality. Leaving the h264 with 1280×800 it’s truely a remarkable fansub service.

Download torrent/irc: @Kuroneko (se1, se2) @Eclipse (se3) (recommond, since these fansub services are ultimate)
Download DDL: Season 1, Season 2, Season 3 (ongoing)

Buy

At the moment the entiry season 1, box set is in sales for just $18.95 at discountanimedvd. The same goes for Season 2, and Season 3, well it’s still being aired. For $18.95 13/12 episodes, well that’s a really reasonable price.

updated at 8 August, 2008;
ED Single DDL’s added