Pumpkin's Palette: Water Goddess

Who is the Goddess of your life? - The one whom you love, adore and cherish.

I'm really happy about this work given my  3 week art-block.
I like the water effects. The rocks and the plants could be improved.

"Nii-san"

Get the joke?

A dose of "cute"

From Pixiv

Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Okashiinda ga. - Episode 1 [v.P]

Do you have a little sister fetish? Then "Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Okashiinda ga." is for you.
Or if you prefer the English title: Lately, my little sister's been a little weird.

A RomCom anime. A boy suddenly gains a step-little sister and said sister gets possessed by some ghost/spirit that needs to fall in love with the brother in order to "move on" to the next stage.

The art isn't too brilliant.

Apparently step-brother-sister isn't taboo in Japan.

This is not my cup of tea so I'm dropping it. But if hearing a young girl calling you "onii-chan" tickles your fancy then by all means follow this series.

Witch Craft Works - Episode 1 [v.P]

First episode and I'm loving it already!
There's not too much into the story except a boy suddenly find himself surrounded by witches that want to kill/kidnap him, and one very popular girl calls him "her princess" and vows to protect him forever.

 The wolf-girl and the megane-girl are totally my type!

Kuroko no Basuke: Episode 38 [v.P]

I'll do it tomorrow

Every night

Every night it happens.

Seiyuu appreciation post: Nana Mizuki + T.M.Revolution

Photoshop level: 99999

Are you pro enough to have Asuna sitting on your shoulders?

Heatwave in Brisbane

Today was a scorcher, tomorrow will be even worse according to the weather predictor.

 Shimono Hiro sweating it out from the Punishment Game video from the UtaPri DVD/BD #7.
Make sure you stay out of the sun and drink plenty of water to cool down during the heatwave!

Vanquish Brothers

Lovely wallpaper of the boys from the Drama CD series, Vanquish Brothers.
Website: http://rejetweb.jp/vb/

Autumn Anime Season 2013 Review [v.P]

Having trouble deciding what animes from the Autumn (2013) season that you should watch?

I have split (the majority of) the animes into 7 categories. So follow through this post and ask yourself 7 questions to decide which ones you want to watch.
I've included a simple summary/description for each anime (some comments may include mild sarcasm); You can Google the titles for more details.
Note, the numbers in square brackets are my rating of the anime out of 10. I won't rate anything that I've dropped.

• Do you like sports animes?

If yes then I recommend:

• Ace of Diamond [6] - An anime based on baseball.
• Kuroko no Basket 2 [7] - A continuation of an anime based on basketball.
• Yowamushi Pedal [7] - An anime based on cycling.

• Do you like fanservice (for males)?

If yes then I recommend:

• Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova/Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova [8] - Battle ships turn into cute girls and they start firing torpedoes at each other.

• Coppelion [6.5] - A part of Japan suffered a radioactive disaster. A group of genetically modified teens/robots/dolls gets sent to the disaster zone to rescue all remaining humans. They encounter bad people who want to steal the radioactive waste and rebellion. Firearms/shooting involved.

• Kill la Kill (Dropped) - Something about clothes with personalities and can talk, and girls wearing these clothes.

• Walkure Romanze (Dropped) - Girls and Horses.

• Strike the Blood (Dropped) - Girls. Vampires. Super natural powers.

• White Album 2 (Dropped) - Girls. More girls.

• Outbreak Company [7] - An anime that parodies other animes. MC is an otaku and hikikomori that gets sent to alternate universe to promote Japanese culture. Highly recommended for hilarity and fan service reasons.

• Miss Monochrome [7] - A robot that desires to be an idol. This is a short 3 minute anime. Recommended for hilarity reasons.

• Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai/Unbreakable Machine-Doll [8] - Yaya. Need I say more? Set in a universe where there are machines called "dolls" that can come alive, act like humans and fight under the command of their masters called "puppeteers". A teen boy joins an academy aiming to be the best "puppeteer" so he can avenge his dead family. Highly recommended for pure Yaya love.

• Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Come wo Zenryoku de Jyama Shiteiru (NouCome) [7] - Many times in life you are forced to choose, what if those options really suck and will make you look like a jerk? On the bright side because of your choices you get to hang around a group of girls ranging from flat to busty. Highly recommended for hilarity and fan service reasons.

• Nagi no Asukara [7.5] - A love pentagon relating people that live under water and people that live above water. The art is really pretty.

• Log Horizon [7] - Players of a MMORPG game suddenly get trapped in-game and their consciousness gets transferred into their playable characters. The set-up is similar to that of Sword Art Online. However, the plot development is different, LH focuses more on team play and building up the community, whereas SAO focused more on a single player (Kirito). The plus side of LH is you get to hang around this cute chibi ninja girl.

• Do you like fanservice (for females)?

If yes then I recommend:

• Diabolik Lovers [8 - rated high because I'm a sucker for reverse harems]- Main character is "forced" to live with six vampire brothers and their cunning vampire uncle. "Drama" (a lot of blood sucking) ensues. 

• Do you like flashy/colourful series with minimal/difficult to understand plot?

• Meganebu! [8] - A quirky anime about glasses and people obsessed with glasses. If you're a glasses wearer, you'll find yourself nodding in agreement with the issues they raise regarding glasses.

• Kyousou Giga [7] - A family lives in/meddles with 13 parallel universes. It's confusing. Don't try to understand what's going on. Just immerse yourself into the story and accept everything that's thrown at you.

• Galilei Donna [5] - Set in an alternate era where the most common transport is flying airships, the famous inventor Galileo Galilei left behind clues regarding an important invention. His descendants fight evil organization and authorities to discover such object. 

• Do you like (soppy) Shoujo love stories?

If yes then I recommend:

• Golden Time (Dropped at ep 11 after seeing that it's 24 eps in total) - Something about how a love-struck Girl A (with Boy A) eventually falls in love with Boy B, who is friends with Boy A, that turns out to be a ghost, that used to love Girl B who is now senpai and friend to Girl A.

• Gingitsune (Dropped) - Something about a girl who serves at a shrine that meets a Fox deity and some feelings develop. Consider it as the boring and not-so-pretty-art version of Kamisama Hajimemashita.

• Do you like action/battle-type/Shounen genre stories?

If yes then I recommend:

• BlazBlue: Alter Memory [6] - Set in an alternate universe where time looping is possible, good guys fight bad guys using super powers and fancy weapons.

• Kakumeiki Valvrave 2 [8] - Second installation of the tear-jerking and suspense filled story with fighting mecha machines.

• Pokemon: XY (On hold) - A young boy journeys across the land aiming to be the best pokemon trainer by fighting various opponents and kicking Team Rocket's buttocks.

• Samurai Flamenco [5] - An amateur male model/actor aims to become a super hero and fight crime by donning a costume and teaming up with a cop. It starts off very funny and realistic but then the anime turns sour when they start introducing aliens/sinister super natural beings into the plot.

• Tokyo Ravens [6] - A group of teenagers training at a school to fight demons using supernatural powers.

• Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta [7] - A group of teenagers running a city and try to fight demons using supernatural powers.

• Magi: The Kingdom of Magic 2 [6.5] - Second installation of action/fantasy story. Personally, I loved the manga, but I was sad that they turned the anime all "kiddy". I only watch for the sake of the seiyuus.

• Kyoukai no Kanata [4] - A group of teenagers fight demons and make friends using supernatural powers. If you like typical KyoAni art work (eg. Free!, Hyouka, K-On, Tamako Market) then this is the one to go for. The storyline and character development were typical and 'by-the-book'. On the bright side there's not much thinking involved to understand what's happening because the explanation hits you in one single episode (episode 10) and then all the puzzle pieces click into place. Ending was terrible.

• Do you like slice-of-life humour?

If yes then I recommend:

• Super Seisyun Brothers [7] - Two pairs of brothers and sisters talk about and making fun of their daily lives.

[Life] Building my Valvrave - Progress report: Night 1+2

Not so long ago, I bought Haruto's Valvrave kit. Two nights ago, I decided it was about time I started building it.
I'll log my VVV building progress.
Night 1: This took me one.whole.hour. Wow. There's so much detail to take care of.

Day 2: Why you can't breath when building a Valvrave. This (the green piece) is one of the numerous minuscule parts that you have to cut out from the mould (with scissors), then polish off (with sandpaper or a stanley knife - I use the latter) the plastic tubings so that it will fit nice and snug in the designated place (see picture 2).

Night 2: I completed the central body part and the right forearm. 

The instructions manual has a total of 7 pages, and as of tonight I have completed the first page. Building models takes a lot of concentration.

I'm going to call it a night and go play some Otome game on my PSP.

Gintama: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya

I love Gintama. This was a very beautiful, sad and hilarious movie. My rating: 9/10!
There were many moments where I was crying and laughing at the same time.

 5 years later Okita becomes a full fledged bishie samurai!

 Another laugh and cry moment.

 The moment when you got trolled by the storyline.

 Gintoki had to pull a stupid face at the end of the movie.

Just throwing this picture of Tomozaku (voices Gintoki) that I saw on twitter right after watching the movie (I'm crying from laughter right now). He's a ridiculous yet talented man.

When mathematicians try to cook.

Today was too hot. I want to sleep.

Seiyuu appreciation post - Ta_2, OnoKenshou+Kishow

I was watching the KuroBasu Cup 2013.

Piyo Piyo Piyo Piyo Piyo Chan~

I found this yesterday and it is too funny. Gotta love Mamoru Miyano, along with the other Uta-Puri seiyuus.

Valvrave - Episode 24 [v.P]

Tissues. I need a whole box of them.
All my favourite characters dies. Everyone dies. Why do you do this to my poor weak heart Sunrise?

 First off, it was X-eins. He died in vain.

 I love this pair.

 Then Q-vier dies in his friend's hand.

 Sometimes you just need to face the truth.

 While Cain was a baddie, I still liked him.

 This scene totally broke my heart when Haruto used up all his runes and cannot remember anything at all.

 Well, good bye Haruto. Goodbye to all the Valvrave pilots.

 Marry me you two!

 Last bit of confusion: Who does this love-child belong to then?

Unbreakable Machine Dolls - Episode 12 [v.P]

One of the best harem animes I've watched. There needs to be a second season! There needs to be more Yaya!!!