Hatsune Miku Gets Her Own Very Special Traditional Japanese Doll

hatsune miku edoVocaloid (ボーカロイド) may just be a singing synthesizer program but it has touched the world in more ways done one. Vocaloid users and fans alike experience a creativity overflow which results in dance tributes, original songs and mountains upon mountains of cosplay. Now, what do you get when Vocaloid’s reach extends to ancient Japanese culture? Vocaloid’s leading lady, Hatsune Miku (初音ミク), now has her own Edo Marionette version!

Japanese puppeteer and representative of the Edo Marionette Group, Mitsuru Kamijo, has come up with a promotional video with an Edo Marionette patterned after Hatsune Miku. Keep Reading

By SchoolGirlBlogger, ago

Know Your Youtube Idol (Oishii!Ichigo and REMOTE GIRL☆’s Lolichiidesu)

“I can’t believe I’m actually talking to Remote Girl

Just that basically sums up how this writer felt during the whole interview with the beautiful and talented brunette from the United States.

Most people are probably asking, “Who is this girl?”, “Who is Lolichiidesu?” and “Why all the excitement over a girl in the internet?”

She is 1/8 of the girls in Oishii!Ichigo and ½ of REMOTE GIRL☆ Her solo channel in Youtube (Lolichiidesu) has almost reached a half a million views and her works with REMOTE GIRL☆ almost reaching a hundred thousand views. Keep Reading

By Aidolizings, ago

Non Non Biyori TV Animation Visuals

001The Non Non Biyori official site has posted key visual arts in spring and autumn atmosphere, as a preparation for the launch of the television anime on October. Non Non Biyori TV Anime is an adaptation of Atto’s slice of life comedy manga about a group of school girls and their rural life. Alongside the visuals release comes the announcement of the OP and ED songs for the series.

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By カリス, ago

Pacific Rim Fan Art Sketched By Famed Manga Artist

shirow pacific rimPacific Rim took the world by storm with its gripping story of mechas versus monsters. Miwa Shirow (三輪士郎), a manga artist widely known for his manga entitled Dogs (狗-DOGS-), has posted not one but two manga sketches of Pacific Rim. Together with a slew of chibi versions of the Pacific Rim Jaegers (JÄGER) and Kaiju (怪獣), Shirow shared his sketches on his personal Twitter account for the whole world to see. Keep Reading

By SchoolGirlBlogger, ago

For the Love of Kawaii (Lolita and Gyaru Fashion with Sunny)

What is Lolita?

For those who are exposed to the world of anime, they would probably connect it to popular characters like: Misa Amane (Death Note), Maria Ushiromiya (Umineko Naku Koro ni), Stocking (Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt ), Anna Kushina (K Anime) and Chii from (Chobits). While those who are more familiar with literature would connect it to Vladimir Nabokov’s novel, Lolita.

However, unlike the infamous work of fiction there is nothing sexual about Japan’s Lolita fashion. Keep Reading

By Aidolizings, ago