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And there is more!
Cybernoids have also just released a free app called Shizuku Talk which is also free from the app store - this is a more complete version where you can hear Shizuku-chan talk.
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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Decided to change my chopstick rest to make dindins even more appetizing. If you want to do the same then all you need is to get your hands on a Collet.
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Mirai in her Solar Marine Uniform.
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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This photo was also taken at KFC. Finger Lickin Good?
I just realized that this guy handed over cash to the lady who then served me and handed my change back to me. No wonder my chicken had corn in it.
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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Asuna's serious face part is most coolsome.
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Will let you know what this illustration is all about soon ^^;
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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And this is what Asuna would look like on yer desk.
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Apart from building the Yuzusoft website, I also developed this free iPhone app called DRACLOCK. It features all 4 heroines from the game DRACU-RIOT and I developed it to help you learn how to tell the time in Japanese! There is no easier way to learn Japanese than being taught by cute 2D girlies!
You can set the clock to automatically read out the time every 30, 15, 10, 5 or 1 minute in the voice of your fave character - or just tap the clock.
You can display the characters in a selection of costumes with the background of your choice. You can even tweet the current time - the app will take a screenshot and upload it for you like this.
On the day of release, it climbed up to the top 10 free utility charts in the App Store. The app originally had a bikini option but Apple rejected it because they decided that stabbing people was OK but bikinis were not - I'm still confused as to why there are so many games in the App Store where you can go around shooting or stabbing people and yet such peaceful bikinis are not allowed.
Anyway - this app is free and hopefully after using it for a while, you should be able to tell the time in Japanese too! This app was developed together with iOS Meister Ken Lee. Am working on MiraiClock3 for the Android and if I got spare cycles then will do DRACLOCK for the Android too.
Get DRACLOCK for free from the App Store
Review of DRACLOCK below.
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And this is how it all started - with my discovery of Japan while I was back in the UK...
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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The line of Mirai Suenaga products continues to grow ^o^
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Still working on Itamado. Currently got some quality issues after trimming which I'm working on now.
More from the Desk Diary series below.
Desk Diary 2011/02/04
Desk Diary 2010/12/29
Desk Diary 2010/09/10
Desk Diary 2010/08/22
Desk Diary 2010/06/22
Desk Diary 2010/05/27
Desk Diary 2010/03/06
Desk Diary 2010/02/20
Desk Diary 2010/01/25
Desk Diary 2010/01/08
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You know, people often ask me:-
Danny, danny, danny. You are a grown man for christ sake - why on earth do you play with dolls?! Not only are you too old to play with dolls - you are a man!I laugh at this comment with passion - its pretty obvious why I do it...
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Gorgeous photos of DD (Dollfie Dream) Mio posted by Yui over at Figure.fm which I just had to share. I don't think I've asked before but who is your fave DD?
There is a poll embedded in this article.
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The folks who run the Japanese version of Dollism Plus are Dolk who will also be joining us at Culture Japan Night Summer 2012!
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And here are the reference images for those of you who want to draw or cosplay Mirai-chan! This one is Mirai in her Summer School Uniform.
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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More about my backgroundWas born and raised in the East end of London - this photo taken in Victoria Park Hackney while I was still living with both parents. Parents are both Malaysian Chinese.
Later on in life during my early years, times were tough for my parents who both worked hard day n night. As they were both busy trying to make ends meet, they decided to put me in various foster homes which I lived in for most of my childhood. In some of the homes, I wasn't treated incredibly well but didn't say anything to my parents as I knew they were having their own financial and other problems. I ended up living with a white, black and then with an Indian family for what seemed like an eternity.
As luck would have it, one of the foster homes had guardians who would take my clothes and consider it theirs while their kids would constantly bully me - was easy to pick on the boy who had no parents. I was made to feel as unwelcome as possible in their house.
I remember a particular evening where we came back to the house to discover the front door open. We walked in to discover that the place was a mess - burglars had got in. I was scared and started to cry. The eldest child of my foster family shouted at me:-
"What are you crying for?! This isn't even your house!"
Other memorable moments in one of the homes was when I was strangled until I had red patches around my eyes. When asked the next day at school, all I could think of was saying that I put cups on my eyes ^^;
Another unforgettable time was when I was beaten with car racing tracks - a bit like these ones but were made of rubber with an orange strip down the middle. Was left with lovely bright red marks all over. Remember looking in the mirror after the beating session and still remember exactly what I looked like back then down to the green jumper that I was wearing.
The only thing I had in life back then were the occasional weekends with my parents. Dad would come to pick me up for the weekend and I would either stay with him or he would drop me off at mums. But at times he was just swamped with work and couldn't make it. The phone would ring and my foster parents would pick up and hand me the phone.
After hanging up I would sit crying on the stairs looking out at the small window above the door. I couldn't even go out to cry because I wasn't allowed out on my own apart from going to school. All I could do was go back to my room which was a small stock room with a bed. I would have dreams of my only friend Buck Rogers coming to visit me with his trusty robot Twiggy.
Mum and dad were paying my foster parents to house and feed me and not to particularly care about how well or bad I done at school. My childhood was school > go home > eat > occasionally watch TV > go to room > repeat.
The TV was my first encounter with Japanese anime where I watched Gatchaman (called G-Force in the UK). I didn't particularly know it was Japanese - not that it was important at the time anyway.
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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I think thats about it! Keep an eye on my Facebook and Twitter. I'll be retweeting some entries not it may not necessarily mean that you have won. I'll choose a winner and announce on Facebook/Twitter then on this site.
Arms Installation is Complete - Good Luck!
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I don't think doll bodies get more articulate than this - the S.F.B.T (Special Fullaction Body Type) also called "Safbit."
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Next up is Nyan Type - available from J-List at 14 USD for each edition. The kanji on the magazine is "娘" - the Chinese pronunciation is "Nyan" (or close enough). The kanji means "young female" and there are plenty of them to keep you entertained for hours when the parents are out or when your bedroom door is locked.
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I'm useless at keeping secrets for too long so might as well talk about it now. I'm working with anime production studio JC Staff to breathe 2D life into our Mirai Suenaga. This work will be for the opening and ending of Mirai Millennium which I will initially use as the OP to Season 2 of Culture Japan.
JC Staff will be working on the animation and I will be working on the backgrounds, editing and sound mastering. You can see some of the backgrounds in the headers of the new design of the site that I hope you like - but its not finished yet and we are rolling out the changes in stages.
What I would like to ask is what are your fave anime OPs? Just want to get an idea of what you like and hopefully get some inspiration as I do the editing. There will be a scene where Mirai is walking as the background scrolls - Mirai with wavy hair and all. A few cuts of her in Summer uniform and some in her Solar Marine uniform too.
I'm currently getting a load of inspiration from the OP of Diebuster - one of my most fave anime OPs.
Do share your fave OP and ED with a link from YouTube pasted in the comments like www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFQ5WGHpo48
If there are any particular inspirations that I use then I promise to stick your name in the credits ^^
There is a poll embedded in this article.
BTW, photo taken at the JC Staff studios the other day - tis of Mirai-chan in Twin Angel. Will show you how they make anime and got more nitty gritty than our last visit to Production IG.
Ah, and before I leave you - the following video is quite a laugh and a half which no doubt my anime opening will end up looking like too ^^;
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Ranked in at 18th is "Contributed to the video game culture" - I love games and have been trying to find more time of late to get back into gaming.
This photo taken at Tokyo's leading retro game store Super Potato - photos here.
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The story is set in the year 2199. The Earth has been reduced to a wasteland by aliens known as the Gamilas, forcing mankind to live in underground cities. Many fear that the human race will not be able to survive much longer. But just when all hope seems lost, Kodai Susumu and Shima Daisuke retrieve a capsule sent to them by friendly aliens known as the Iscandar.
The capsule tells them that mankind's last hope lies on the planet Iscandar, and also provides blueprints to construct the Space Battleship Yamato - a ship that will be able to make the trip to planet Iscandar and return with a new hope for the human race.
Main Characters
Okita Juzo [沖田十三] played by Sugo Takayuki [菅生隆之]
Kodai Susumu [古代進] played by Ono Daisuke [小野大輔]
Mori Yuki [森雪] played by Kuwashima Houko [桑島法子]
Shima Daisuke [島大介] played by Suzumura Kenichi [鈴村健一]
Starsha Iscandar [スターシャ イスカンダル] played by Inoue Kikuko [井上喜久子]
See their full details on the official character page.
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The composer for Space Battleship Yamato 2199 is Miyagawa Akira [宮川彬良], the son of Miyagawa Hiroshi [宮川泰] who composed the music for the original Space Battleship Yamato. The opening theme for Space Battleship Yamato 2199 is Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 [宇宙戦艦ヤマト2199] performed by Sasaki Isao [ささきいさお]. Each of the movies has had a different ending theme, so why not have a listen?
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這篇文章裏的所有圖片都是關鍵幀。稍后還會加入更多幀來使得整體畫面流暢。我會將我想要的鏡頭告訴JC並提供例子，也會將所有未來的相關參考交給他們。之後就等待他們向我彙報進展。
岩倉和憲是Mirai Millennium人設負責人，以下是他曾參與的作品 —— 取自ANN。
Ai Yori Aoshi (TV) : Character Design, Animation Director (OP, ED)
Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ (TV) : Character Design, Animation Director (OP, ED), Key Animation (OP; ep 1)
Alien Nine (special) : Storyboard (OP), Unit Director (OP), Animation Director (eps 1-3), Creature Design, Key Animation
Angel of Darkness (OAV) : Character Design (ep 1)
Aoi Kioku - Manmō Kaitaku to Shōnen-tachi (movie) : Key Animation
Aria the Scarlet Ammo (TV) : Character Design, Animation Director (OP/ED; ep 12)
Art of Fighting (OAV) : Character Design, Chief Animation Director
Big Wars (movie) : Animation, Assistant Mechanical Designer
Burn Up Excess (TV) : Mechanical design
Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (TV) : Character Design
Digimon Adventure: Bokura no War Game (movie) : Key Animation
Digimon: The Movie (U.S.) : Key Animation
Eiken (OAV) : Animation
Genesis Survivor Gaiarth (OAV) : Key Animation (MAGIC BUS; ep 3)
Gunparade March (TV) : Mechanical design
Hayou no Ken: Shikkoku no Mashou (OAV) : Key Animation (ep 2)
Juu Senshi Garukiba (TV) : Animation Director
Kimikiss pure rouge (TV) : Character Design, Animation Director (eps 1, 3), Key Animation (ep 6)
Living for the Day After Tomorrow (TV) : Animation Director (eps 2, 11)
Loveless (TV) : Character Design
Master of Mosquiton (OAV) : Key Animation
Nabari no Ō (TV) : Character Design
Nekketsu Saikyo Gozaurer (TV) : Animation Director
Ojamajo Doremi # (movie) : Key Animation
Okusama wa Maho Shojo (TV) : Animation Director (ep 10)
Orphen: The Revenge (TV) : Storyboard (OP), Ending Animation (ED 2)
Otome Yōkai Zakuro (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
Revolutionary Girl Utena (TV) : Key Animation (ep 1)
Rune Soldier (TV) : Character Design, Chief Animation Director
Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture (special) : Character Design, Animation Director
Seikimatsu Darling (OAV) : Character Design, Animation Director
Sky Girls (OAV) : Character Design, Animation Director
Sky Girls (TV) : Character Design
Slayers Great (movie) : Animation Director, Golem Design, Key Animation
Slayers Return (movie) : Key Animation
Sweet Blue Flowers (TV) : Chief Animation Director (assistant; ep 9), Animation Director (eps 3, 8)
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (TV) : Animation Director (ep 9)
Toradora! (TV) : Chief Animation Director (eps 20, 22), Animation Director (eps 13, 17, 25)
Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru (TV) : Animation Director (eps 8, 13), Key Animation (ep 23)
Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer (OAV) : Chief animator
Winter Garden (special) : Key Animation
By Danny Choo - www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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The plot below copy pasted from Wikipedia.
Yōto Yokodera is a second year High School student who is arguably the biggest pervert at school. His problem is that he is not good at showing his real emotions. One day, his equally perverted best friend completely transforms and gets rid of his “impure thoughts”; a feat he attributes to the power of the statue of "warawanai neko" (the cat that won’t laugh).
As the rumors suggest, wishing upon the statue and giving an offering(eg. stuffed animal, etc.) you can wish to remove a personality trait from yourself that you do not wish to have anymore. What they do not realize at the time is that it will remove the unwanted trait and give it upon to someone who does need it. As he’s making his offering to the statue, a girl (Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi) arrives at the same place. Tsukiko also hearing of the rumors of the warawanai neko, was there to make her wish. She wishes to be able to be more like an adult and not show her emotions so easily.
Both of them wish upon the warawanai neko and to their surprise the next day at school, Yōto is unable to tell a single lie, and Tsukiko is unable to show any sign of emotion whatsoever (aka kūdere). After realizing that they do not like the change that happened, they work together to try and find out who has received their trait that was taken away in order to get it back, bringing in another character into the mix, Azusa Azuki.
An ojōsama type girl who is the most beautiful first year that has just transferred. She is always being confessed to by many boys in school, the odd thing is that she has no friends and is always alone. Yōto finds out that Azusa is the one that received his unwanted trait and that is where the love triangle and plethora of problems begins.
Main Charcter
Yokodera Yota [横寺陽人] played by Kaji Yuuki [梶裕貴]]
Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko [筒隠月子] played by Ogura Yui [小倉唯]
Koutetsu no Ou (The Steel King)[鋼鉄の王] played by Tamura Yukari [田村ゆかり]
Azuki Azusa [小豆梓] played by Ishihara Kaori [石原夏織]
See their full details on the official character page.
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The opening song will be Fantastic Future by Tamura Yukari [田村ゆかり] and ending song will be Baby Sweet Berry Love by Ogura Yui [小倉唯].
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Find out more about the Culture Japan girls >>>
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Just kidnapped an anime seiyuu - can you guess who she is? ^^;
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More figure reviews listed up below.
Cu-poche Madoka
Iron Man Nendoroid
Mikoto Misaka Beach Side
Ayase Aragaki Thanatos Cosplay
Cu-poche Haruka Amami
How To Mass Produce Your Own Products
Kuro Usagi Mondaiji
Figure Giveaway Time
Tokyo Doll Store DOLK
Haruno Shiozaki
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Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko [変態王子と笑わない猫] is an upcoming light novel adaptation directed by Suzuki Youhei [鈴木洋平] (Toradora!, Little Busters!) with animation production by J.C. Staff (Little Busters!, Bakuman).
Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko will begin air on Tokyo MX, April 2013.
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You can also get the Japanese learning product Moekana at the AFA shop!
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The story is set in a slightly different modern day Japan where there are 7 Kings, each with their own feuds and alliances. A young high-school student, Isana Yashiro, somehow finds himself involved in a battle between people with unbelievable powers.
Main CharactersIsana Yashiro [伊佐那社] voiced by Namikawa Daisuke [浪川大輔]
Yatogami Kuroh [夜刀神狗朗] voiced by Ono Daisuke [小野大輔]
Neko [ネコ] voiced by Komatsu Mikako [小松未可子]
Suoh Mikoto [周防尊] voiced by Tsuda Kenjiro [津田健次郎]
Munakata Reisi [宗像礼司] voiced by Sugita Tomokazu [杉田智和]Take a look at the official character page to see the full cast which has lots of good looking boys and girls. The CM below has a sample of the main characters' voices for the curious.There is a poll embedded in this article.
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The OP is KINGS by angela which will be available 2012/10/24. You can have a listen in the video below. The ED is Tsumetai Heya, Hitori [冷たい部屋、一人] by Komatsu Mikako [小松未可子]
There is also loads of K goodies to check out on the official website.
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Otaku girl Frances has taken some new photos of her room which has a few new additions including a lovely Dollfie Yoko.
Frances has been a figure collector for many moons and has been doing her bit to promote her passion for Japanese Pop Culture by being involved in some planning at Anime Expo, and shes also got her on show that talks about figures called ToyBox which runs on AX Live.
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