After much google talk discussions (and threats, lulz etc.) DS, JP and I are officially signed up to host a panel for NYAF on that Saturday (I think 9/27) afternoon. So those of you who are in the surrounding areas (and you know who you are) better show up For those coming, I have a buttload of my artwork prints to give out for free! As suggested earlier, I’m also gonna try to hook up a mic to my laptop that I’ll be bringing and try to record the entire thing in mp3 format to upload later so everyone can listen.

For no apparent reason, here comes episode 3 of Itazura na Kiss This week’s episode dealt with the sports festival. Before I go into the summary a few points of interest are Kotoko’s hair and the lack of eyes on all the side characters. She wears her hair in 2 tiny braids that stick out and make her look like Pippi Long Stocking. During the festival, even if the side characters/other classmates are in a closeup they still have no face. I mean is it that hard to draw something like (○・v・◎)? Also it seemed like Kotoko’s dad had the camera glued to his face 80% of this episode, even when they were eating lunch lol. Continue Reading »

In the DVD version, this scene will be brightly lit.

Well what did you expect? It’s a yaoi/BL anime based on a yaoi BL manga. It reminds me of Gravitation a lot because at first the protagonist is like “I DON’T LOVE MEN” then he suddenly realizes he wants some in his butt and so we get a BL anime. Continue Reading »

Sorry not many pictures today. Photos are now up in the usual location (Click on Anime Boston in the left menu). Anyway…while today was a little better due to most people now having gotten their con membership, it still didn’t change the fact that people were willing to only buy specifically what they want no matter how cheap or expensive it is. I am however thankful for all of you guys who did stop by and purchase a print and/or doujinshi. Not a long entry today but I will basically conclude my thoughts on the con. Continue Reading »

So the latest craze that seems to hit the anime fanart world is Tegaki. It’s been popular in Japan before but recently someone had opened up an English version for English speakers to post their doodles. Tegaki is basically a Java/Flash version of MS Paint. Your tools are just pencils and colors. The rest is up to you. This makes it interesting to see who will post random doodles and who spends countless of hours making their art looks just as good as someone in an art program.

I decided to jump on the bandwagon because this is a good chance for me to practice my drawing since I got the coloring thing down but my proportions look like crap as always.

It’s also a good way to get yourself to practice the basics, because in a tegaki, if you don’t have that down, the rest looks like crap and won’t make your picture look any better. Give it a shot if you want to improve your drawing or at least give yourself an excuse to draw more often.

Wow I feel like I haven’t blogged anything in ages (even though it’s only been like 2 days.) Anyway speaking of shockers this week’s episode definitely blew me into a WTF mode. I’m glad the story got back on track with the total random violence and emoness because it was definitely lacking that the last few episodes. But you know how you can tell when the emoness is back? The horrible animation returns with it. Because god forbid they show the actual story related parts with GOOD animation, rather than like filler parts and anything that involves boobs. Continue Reading »

Well now that most of the horrible fillers have passed, it looks like the anime is somewhat back on track. They’re finally up to the arc where Nikaido steals Amu’s eggs. Althogh it was silly because Amu ran out during dinner saying she “had to go to the bathroom” but she never came back. That’s a long crap lol! Then they pan to a scene of her at school the next morning. I mean did her parents just say “oh Amu is so cool taking a 10 hour toilet break ” Also why’s Ikuto always transforming these days ^^; (The Japanese on NicoNico think he looks really bad lol.) The first part of the episode was really dumb filler though, you basically just gotta skip to where Nikaido is at the bookstore and watch from there.

Upcoming Attractions: Amu tries to get her eggs back and runs into Utau as well. This is also in the manga so I’m hoping for another good episode.