ReVamp 001: Vivienne Westwood Pin into Custom Accessory

26 Nov

I love anime and I love fashion. This is a fact. So which anime perfectly blends together both worlds, then throws J-Rock bands and romance in the mix? Nana!!!

I LOVE Nana! It’s an amazing manga and the anime is super good too! The creator of Nana (Ai Yazawa) has a passion for fashion (just like me ^_^) and draws all of her characters in ultra fashionable clothes. Yazawa-san’s favorite designer is Vivienne Westwood and has her characters dress in actual Vivienne clothes.

[How lucky... the characters in Nana get to wear beautiful Vivienne clothes everyday... *dream sequence*]

Anyways, back to reality. This post is inspired from a pin that my friend bought me in a Vivienne Westwood store when she went to England. I love it so much and it’s too cute so I want to wear it as much as possible. That’s when I thought of buying some kilt pins and rework my Vivienne pin so I can wear it at least once a week. (^_^)V So, here are my ideas and notes! Enjoy ♥

Vivienne Westwood Tie Accessory

Vivienne Westwood Custom Accessory

Vivienne Westwood Custom Choker

Vivienne Westwood Accessory & Scarf

Vivienne Westwood Accessory w/ Button-Up & Wrap

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Akamatsu’s Site Is LIVE!! (and He Wants to Put Dōjinshi on It)

25 Nov

In a Livedoor interview, Akamatsu states that he wants his new free-to-download manga site to feature dōjinshi! Pretty sweet huh? I really liked this quote from the article I read. Akamatsu seems to really be an advocate for manga lovers out there and helping share and spread beautiful Japanese comic gospel. ^^

Akamatsu suggests putting advertising in dōjinshi and splitting the advertising revenues between the original creators and the dōjinshi creators. Akamatsu added that he believes that “Japanese dōjinshi are an part of our cultural heritage.

via Negima’s Akamatsu Wants to Put Dōjinshi on Manga Site – Anime News Network.

REVIEW: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ (5 hearts!)

That’s right, J-Comi.jp gets 5 hearts! Why? Well the download was fast and easy, no advertisements, no sign-ups, no illegal downloading, no shenanigans, no hullabaloo! What can be better!?

Now… what does this all really mean? Well, now we can download manga to make more personal signatures, avatars, wallpapers... sugoi! I see some creative potential here!

Thanks so much Akamatsu-san! He really made my day! If you guys don’t already know, I absolutley LOVE Kaolla Su from Love Hina Again. She’s my first cosplay ever and she will truly hold a special place in my heart…

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Ken Akamatsu Lauches New Manga Website

18 Nov

Early next year (2011) Ken Akamatsu will be launching a brand new website for out of print manga! It is rumored that this will be a free service that will support itself solely from Ads. The site is also rumored to provide the manga in PDF form.

Super exciting!!

The first manga available on Akamatsu’s site will be one of his works (and one of of my FAVORITE anime) Love Hina! <3 The Beta version should be available 12/26.

For more info check out: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-17/negima-akamatsu-plans-free-site-for-out-of-print-manga

Akamatsu's New Site Home Page

 

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Purikura Photo Booth In Your Pocket!

15 Nov

Do you like Purikura ??? I certainly do!

When I went to Japan, my friend and I went to Akihabara and took lots of pictures in the photo booths in Japan. These pictures are called “Purikura” (プリクラ, sticker pictures that you can edit on the spot!). What’s really cool is that in Akihabara, there are cosplay outfits available to wear in the photo booths so we took extra pictures as well! I dressed up in Evangelion!

So, Purikura in your pocket? Well, there are a few iPhone apps available now that enable users to take pictures and then edit them Purikura style! They turn out super cute! I’ve already used two apps to edit pictures for profiles, Halloween and friends! If you love taking super kawaii pictures, these apps are right for you!

Puri 2.5 app

STiCKi PICi

Purikura (プリクラ Purikura) is either a photo sticker booth or the product of such a photo booth. The name is a shortened form of the a registered trademark purinto kurabu (プリント倶楽部 Purinto Kurabu). The term derives from the English print club. - Wikipedia

 

 

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On Sunday, I Met the Korean Brad Pitt

15 Nov

What a title!

So my friend and I went to PMX (Pacific Media Expo) for the first time on Sunday and we had a blast! There was cosplay and fashion and anime and… the Korean Brad Pitt!

So in actuality, I had no idea who Jang Dong-gun was before the convention but he does indeed have a very strong following and has won tons awards. My friend’s mom very much enjoys Korean drama and movies and asked us to get his autograph. While waiting in line for said autograph, a girl asked me what I was in line for. I got all panicky because I couldn’t remember his name at all so I blurted out “some famous Korean actor guy” and she replied with a smile “Oh, you mean the Korean Brad Pitt?” I laughed at that clever description because that basically sums up his importance in the Asian media industry.

We also met a few producers, the director and the screenplay writer. They were all super nice and warm to all the fans!

Check out Jang Dong-gun in his debut US movie, “The Warrior’s Way” on Dec. 3rd. It should be epic!

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“K-On”: Japan’s Top Ten Tweeted Words

15 Nov

That’s right folks, according to Twipple Trend (BIGLOBE‘s information site for Twitter users) the word “K-On” was one of Japan’s top 10 tweeted words of April this year! Amazing huh? Anime is taking over the world!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!

Click here for the full story.

K-On! Girls

K-On! Girls

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