Pokemon XY - Episode 1+2 [v.P]

The new Pokemon anime series, Pokemon XY, was aired last night.
I'm extremely grateful for subbing-translation teams working hard to get this anime out! (There's no English subs out yet, I watched Chinese subs.)
There was a special double episode airing.
I really miss watching Pokemon. It was one of my main childhood memories - eating breakfast while watching Pokemon.

Hnnnnn you adorable little thing.
The animation/art has improved!!

New UtaPri event: Shining Theatrical Troupe!

Shining Office has announced yet another UtaPri event this morning!
This time our princes will star in a theatrical troupe! The troupe consists of three groups: Masquerade, Shinobi and Joker.

Things to look out for in this event:
1) Twitter: Between 18/10/2013 to 28/02/2014, the twitter accounts of Shining Office, including the idols and sensei's, will come alive again, and they will be sharing their daily routines with their fans.
2) New music/songs
3) New drama CDs
I'm sure there's more to come, so be sure to keep an eye out on the official website.
[Update: 2013.10.18.12:17]
The "Ninjas" are: Otoya, Masato, Syo and Cecil.
Their song title is "The invincible way of the Shinobi (ninja)" (天下無敵の忍び道).
The "Jokers" are: Ranran, Camus, Ichinose and Ren.
Their song title is "Joker Trap".
And the "Masquerade" are: Reiji, Ai and Natsuki.
Their song title is "Masquerade Mirage".

(Ps. I'll update this post a little later when more info is released.)

Cosplayer appreciation post: Reika

Reika is an amazing Japanese cosplayer. She did all of these UtaPri cosplays herself! (You really can't tell that these are all the same person!)

She makes all of her own costumes and props. 

She's been invited to numerous overseas events, and hopefully one day she can make her way to Australia! Last weekend, she was at Taiwan.

Her singing is pretty good as well.

You should check out her SnK cosplays too!

Seiyuu appreciation post: Eguchi Takuya

[Download] Shingeki no Kyojin OST 2

Woke up to this sweet baby this morning!
Amazing music as always by Sawano.
Download here.

[Life] Time to throw my creativity into the new anime season

Friends, I have decided. The fandom/anime I will throw myself into this season (ie. create fanart and what not) will be MEGANEBU! So keep an eye out for my future works. :)

Meganebu! is one of those animes that you will either love or hate. 

The story is so ridiculously stupid (It's about 5 highschool boys who wears glasses and their interactions with each other; the story summary sounds boring, but they include jokes and emotional backstories), the art is so blinding (in terms of the colours used and drawing style), and everything seems so random.

Nevertheless, I fell in love with this series at first sight, and I think this anime deserves more love.

It's the faceless and nameless people that the producers were too lazy to draw.

Seiyuu appreciation post: Yusa Kouji

Love the blue streaks in his hair.

Supplementary bishie post - Uroko-sama (Nagi no Asukara)

Oh look, just as I pressed the post button, Blogger's picture uploading function decides to work again. 

So you get double posts from me tonight.

Here's a screenshot of Uroko-sama (voiced by Tori-chan) from the anime Nagi no Asukara. 

[Life] This is a blog post

While I was afk at dinner tonight Megabubbletea messaged me, asking me if I could make a post on our blog today because he won't get home until much later. Of course I was happy to post. Unfortunately, Blogger is being stubborn tonight and won't let me upload pictures (I'm too lazy to learn html codes). So tonight you get to read this block of boring text instead of seeing pictures of bishies.

Let's see, what to talk about... Ah yes, I was chatting with Serah today and asked how her cosplay costume making was coming along since the event is about a month away, at which point she exclaimed: "Oh bugger(?), I forgot to ask <insert name> for her sewing machine. I should go do that soon."

Ack, I'm out of topics. Oh, hmm, well I'm currently seeking Namiwaka Daisuke's latest single "Jump Out Loud" and my searches haven't been successful, so I would be really happy if someone can find a source for the CD and let me know about it.

Ah yes, did anyone watch the Makai Ouji Niku Nama on Friday night (just passed)? It was really funny watching 5 men (Kakki, Terashi, Egu, Matsuoka and JunJun) spend under 1.5 hours eating yakiniku and drinking beer. Kakki downed 4 cups of beer within the first 45 minutes. Terashi ended up feeding Kakki his first piece of meat. Matsuouka was really quiet as usual and mostly focused on cooking meat for JunJun. Egu didn't eat much, despite him yelling out that he was really hungry. 

Alright, this should be a long enough post. And since the latest Magi episode finished downloading, I'm off to watch Magi!

Tata~~

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What The Fox ACTUALLY Says!

Remember this post by Megabubbletea about a week ago? The "random" music video that sings about the noises that a fox makes. Well Animalist News tells us what the fox really says.

Miyano Mamoru teaches fans how to dance to Supernova

Last week Mamo held a live concert at Budokan. Many many fans and fellow seiyuus went to attend. In this video Mamo teaches the dance for Supernova so that fans could dance along with him at his live.

How many anime references can you spot in this week's Outbreak Company?

Too many titles!!

Note that at the back the magazines are called "Step", a rip off the shounen manga magazine "Jump".
Clearly, a rip off Miku.

Hataruku Maou sama, Railgun and Yondemasu yo azazel-san.

Clear a rip off Shingeki no Kyojin.

Suzumura Kenichi's upcoming single PV preview released!

SuzuKen is releasing a new single at the end of October and Lantis uploaded the short PV for the upbeat song 「All right」 on Youtube. Check it out!

DECO*27 celebrates 5 years anniversary with Ai Kotoba II

Famous Vocaloid composer Deco*27 thanked his fans for their continual 5 years support by releasing a new song on his Youtube channel, Ai Kotoba II.

Part of the accompaniment and melody plays upon the nostalgic tune of Ai Kotoba.

Seiyuu appreciation post: Taniyama Kishow

Here's Kishow striking the SnK pose in front of a titan face.

Picture taken from Kishow's twitter.

Kishow voiced Jean in Shingeki no Kyojin. 

Seiyuu appreciation post: Shimono Hiro

Have you watched the new Autumn anime: Unbreakable Machine-Doll? Shimono does a really good job voicing the main male character.

[Download] Free! - Iwatobi Channel Vol. 2 (イワトビちゃんねるVol.2)

Someone asked me to upload this CD. So here it is. The second Free! Radio CD, with booklet.
Download link: here.
Feel free to ask for other materials you want, and I'll try my best to share them with you.
Just give me a shout in our blog's comment box, or my twitter.

The difference between Cosplay makeup fails and wins: Contouring

Cosplay update: I've been AWOL for awhile, collecting stuff, making stuff and trialing stuff for my second cosplay (hopefully a win). I've taken quite a lot of photos of the costume creation process, makeup trials process etc etc. But not wanting to spoil mah super surprise post, I've just decided to gather all this and last months stuff into one super big post on the whole process. Hopefully I'll be able to help some people out...

Anyhoow I'm here to discuss the findings of my most recent makeup trial. Contouring. 

I know, I know, I've talked about it before, but hopefully this photo will convince you of the necessity of contouring your face up for a photoshoot or a cosplay.

Crud. It's a little blurry, but if you note my make up-ed side of my face, you'll see much more shadows and it looks more three dimensional. (Plus my eye seems to have grown a size. BTW Great eye makeup tutorial here: http://wenqiann.deviantart.com/art/Cosplay-eye-makeup-tutorial-351629070)

Anyway, point is. No matter how awesome your costume is, the finishing touch is the makeup.

Stuff to contour with:

-Bronzer

-Eyeshadow

-Actual contour-highlight palettes

Contour/Highlight Tick-off list: 

-Nose bridge: (Contour both sides and highlight the middle)

- Just under the cheekbones for a slimmer looking face.

-Highlight your chin

-Highlight under your eyes.

-Highlight the middle of your forehead.

-Highlight Brow bone

Cosplay update: Sneaky peek +Wig

Megane bishies. Who's your type?

The five main characters from the new anime, Meganebu!

Kimata Hayato

Kamatani Mitsuki 

Hachimine Takuma

Minabe Yukiya

Souma, Akira

We are megane-bu~u~

Pumpkin's [WIP] palette: Teiko Airlines part I.

Another 4 hours until KuroBasu season 2!!
I'll eventually draw the whole "Teiko Airlines"... maybe...

(Clearly, this is a spoof off the UtaPri Shining Airlines project.)