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#final print for sakura con!!
pemprika · 2 years
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beanghostprincess · 22 days
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Thinking about the “Usopp loves Darkwing Duck and Sanji loves Card Captor Sakura” thing from ages ago and now I’m imagining them going trough the hardest challenge a weeabo and a western animation geek can go trough: moving in together.
All the merchandise, the prints, the commissions they gave years ago and the buttons from various cons, it’s an actual nightmare for both of them to somehow try and find space for everything. Sanji hates Funko Pops with a passion, Usopp loves them. Sanji has a giant body pillow of some random anime girl and Usopp feels inadequate. The biggest issue however arrives when they try and decide where Sanjis collection of ero figurines is supposed to go. Sorry not sorry but you KNOW he has some of them. It’s actually not as bad as Usopp expected at first but it’s still a challenge to find a place for them because Usopp does NOT want them in the bedroom like Sanji used to have in his bachelor pad
They actually get into a heated argument at one point while they are running on coffee and lack of sleep. “OH YES IT WAS SOOOOO IMPORTANT TO YOU TO HAVE A SPACE FOR YOUR CRAFTS BUT NOOOO DONT LET YOUR BOYFRIEND HAVE SPACE FOR HIS STUFF AT ALL!” “FUNNY YOU SAY THAT, BECAUSE IM NOT THE ONE FLIPPING OUT BECAUSE I JUST NEED MY BIG TITTED CATGIRL FIGURINE TO LUST OVER IN THE HALLWAY FOR EVERYONE TO SEE!” “*GASP* DONT TALK ABOUT HIBIKI-CHAN LIKE THAT!!”
They don’t talk to each other for what feels like ages (Twi hours maximum) and they finally make up when the guilt gets too much. They both compromise on each selling a few of the things they aren’t as invested in, Sanji agrees to move a few of his more risqué figures to a space where he gets to see them but they can easily be hidden if visitors come over, some of the more decent ones like the pinup one of a lady in the bathtub actually are tame enough to be put in a more open spot even Usopp has to admit (plus her sitting on the bathroom shelf surrounded by both of their soaps and haircare products looks quite cute actually). Usopp keeps most of the Funkos on his work desk at Sanjis request. It’s the nerdiest home ever with some clashing aesthetics but they make it work trough the power of love and because both of them are creative people who can incorporate that into their home space.
… also Usopp has started a game where he will just randomly replace his boyfriends figurines and wait for his boyfriend to notice. Like elf on the shelf but more elaborate and with anime or cartoon figurines. Currently Sakura is being carried away by a bunch of Pikmins in the shoe closet. Sanji has noticed she’s gone but hasn’t said anything because that’s not how the game works. He’s supposed to find her and then yell “GODDAMNIT SAKURA!” Before carrying her back to her spot…. He’s already planning his move though and has decided he’s gonna try and put Grunkle Stan in a glass of water in the freezer with a single lone ice Pikmin guarding him.
This is the realest, most accurate thing in the whole world. They'd move in together but they'd be a mess. They have... Very different tastes when it comes to games/shows and they obviously can't decide what to do with the space they have.
But! They also have things in common. The thing is... They like the content in different ways.
Usopp has a huge Alphonse figure. Beautiful. Next to his Gurren Lagann figurines and so, so many robots. So many mechas. He has the three Gravity Falls diaries. All the Ducktales comics. Darkwing Duck was just the start because he's also a huge DC fan and has so much Batman merch. He's got this extremely awesome replica of Junpei's sword from P3. Everything is high quality and he's very, very careful with his merch. He has his own fanarts in a sketchbook and nobody is allowed to touch his games and his consoles. From Play Station to all types of Nintendos. He has so many damn Funko Pops of everything. Typical "For the last time, Sanji, I keep them inside the box because the box is also part of the merch what aren't you understanding-". Not to mention that he's a huge Lord of The Rings fan and he definitely plays D&D and he's also a botanist so you can only imagine how their house looks like-- So many plants-- Forest aesthetic. Except their front door that looks exactly like the Tardis because Usopp was dying to do that ever since he was a kid, and when he showed Sanji the show he fell in love with it and let him do it.
Sanji likes the same stuff but he has a very explicit Lust figure. Next to his adorable Nia and Yoko figurines and so so so so so many cute simple merch. Like keychains and stickers. I am 100% sure Sanji has Gravity Falls pajamas and Ducktales too that nobody but Usopp knows about. I think one of the only man figurines he has is a Starlord one and maybe Shazam merch, but he's more of a Superman type of guy. He saw Lois Lane and fell in love with her instantly. He has a Mitsuru figurine riding her bike and one of Chidori and Junpei he doesn't let anybody touch. That's precious to him. He asks Usopp to draw him stuff and that's why Usopp is always late to his commissions because his boyfriend suddenly wants to be drawn next to Senshi cooking. Sanji doesn't like Funkos but he does like Nendoroids and Usopp hates it because they're so fucking expensive and Sanji is always crying in the background ("But- But-" / "Sanji, we've talked about this-" / "But this little Miku is so cute!"). Sanji also plays videogames but he's more of an Animal Crossing/Cooking Mama/Stardew Valley type of guy. So many Dating Sims, too. Also the Sims, he loves that.
Their bookshelf is a mix between shoujos and so so many shonens but mostly cooking books and artbooks. So many DC comics too. I feel like both of them prefer DC tbh, Usopp is just Batman and Sanji likes Superman and instead of fighting about it they just admit they're really gay for each other. They do watch Marvel movies, though. Sanji really, really, really likes Spider-man and it's funny because he has arachnophobia and he cannot watch the damn movies without shaking when a spider shows up-- Usopp has Miles' jacket and Nikes I am so so sure. While Sanji probably has a Gwen poster in his room.
They argue a lot when it comes to how to use the space they have but!! Sometimes Sanji walks out of their room to make breakfast with Usopp's Batman t-shirt. And sometimes Usopp uses Sanji's Kero themed hair ties to tie his hair. And... They wouldn't change that for anything in the world.
They're also the type to watch/play anything together and go "Hey they're just like us fr" so now they have their house full of ship merch because those ships remind them of them,,, Those are the true romantic gestures.
Edit: Forgot to say Sanji has all of Taylor Swift's CDs and Vinyls and he's a very intense swiftie that makes Usopp wake up at ungodly hours to hear the new albums, while Usopp is like "I guess she's okay??? She's alright idk" because he literally only listens to movie/game soundtracks, indie shit and Cavetown. They both listen to Vocaloid though that is true. I was there. Project Sekai players that's what they are (Sanji does it for the cute girls but ends up staying because the characters are a bit too relatable and Usopp just really likes rhythm games)
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mlkinis · 2 years
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Ready to exorcise!!! 
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doodledstars · 2 years
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Super Smash Bros Ultimate: Samus & Marth!
These are the final Smash prints! They’ll be available over at Sakura-Con in April! :)
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piku-chan · 4 years
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Slowly but surely working on my double-sided keychains for Sakura-Con. I’m looking at @acornpress to print. They’ve got good reviews and a lot of their Tumblr customers have posted pictures of the final products. 
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dark-sarya · 4 years
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✨ STORE CLEARANCE SALE  ✨
Hi guys! I’m holding a clearance sale for over 19 products of my store so I’m able to welcome new merch for upcoming cons! this sale includes fandoms such as:
Overwatch
The Witcher 3
Devil May Cry 5
Card Captor Sakura
Kingdom Hearts 3
Fantastic Beasts
Castlevania
Slayers
Final Fantasy XV
NieR Automata
Original Illustrations
Once they’re sold out they will be gone forever, and there’s already low stock of some items, so be quick if you want to grab something!
I have also added my Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure prints as well as the Tote Bags as new arrivals!
https://saryaart.storenvy.com/
Any kind of help sharing this post is more than welcomed! ♥
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marshmallowgoop · 5 years
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Kill la Kill at Sakura-Con 2019
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It’s been a few days since Sakura-Con 2019 ended, but I’m back home now—and well rested enough to finally write in detail about my experience there!
The con featured a playable demo of Kill la Kill the Game: IF, and David Vincent (Senketsu) was present as well. I was able to spend quite a bit of time with the game over the weekend, and I also attended one of Vincent’s panels, “BlazBlue/Kill la Kill Voices with David Vincent,” which he hosted on Saturday, April 20th. While the panel revealed very little about the upcoming video game, there were quite a few fun tidbits shared about the Kill la Kill anime and voice acting industry.
Since I played the game first, let me start there!
Kill la Kill the Game: IF
The Kill la Kill the Game: IF demo was available to all attendees of Sakura-Con from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on Friday and Saturday and from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on Sunday, but unfortunately, there was very little publicity regarding its appearance at the convention. Sakura-Con itself never advertised the demo; shockingly, Arc System Works is even absent from the Exhibitors list in the official Sakura-Con paper guidebook.
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Even someone like me—who has heavily followed any and all news on the game since its announcement and devoted dozens of hours to reporting on it—only discovered a few mere days before the con that I would be able to play!
So, maybe it’s no surprise that I heard, many times over the weekend, some variation of, “I didn’t know there was a Kill la Kill fighting game!” And maybe it’s even less of a surprise that there was practically no line to try the game out while it was available at the Sakura-Con Exhibitors Hall—heck, sometimes, there wasn’t a line at all.
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While the small crowd allowed me to easily play numerous matches—the only characters I have yet to try are Houka Inumuta and Ragyo Kiryuin, and I played Ryuko Matoi and Satsuki Kiryuin several times each—I was also sad to see the game not receive the attention it deserves.
As for the game itself, do note that this account is coming from someone who is not a gamer and who’s legitimately struggling to think of any other fighting games besides the Super Smash Bros. and Tekken series that she’s played. (But, y’know, actually, Tekken was my jam back in the day. Anyone else remember playing Devil or Angel in Tekken 2 and just holding down like circle, triangle, and square to shoot lasers outta your eyes and take out practically all of the opponent’s HP bar? Just me?)
So, needless to say, anime fighters are totally new ground for me. I don’t have the background to discuss how Kill la Kill the Game: IF stacks up to similar titles, nor do I have the expertise to talk any technical details, and I won’t pretend that I do. But I will say this: as someone who was already planning on buying the game 2-3 times purely for the story and who had extremely minimal interest in the actual gameplay, I enjoyed playing way more than I thought I would. The combos were flashy and fun, I loved the supers and special attacks, and the whole experience honestly brought me back to the good times I had playing Tekken as a kid. Sitting at the Arc System Works booth, I thought, “Wow, this is fun!”
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Regarding the particular demo available at the booth, a few elements stand out to me:
✄ First, the build was not titled in the same way that other builds have been. Whereas the Evolution Championship Series (EVO) 2018 build was titled “EVO2018 Demo Version,” the Anime NYC build was titled “AnimeNYC 2018 Demo Version,” and the EVO Japan 2019 build was titled “EVO Japan 2019,” for example, the Sakura-Con build was simply titled “Demo Version.”
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✄ It was previously revealed in ArcLive episode 46 that there will be an online demo of Kill la Kill the Game: IF. It’s likely that the Sakura-Con demo, literally titled “Demo Version,” will be this online demo.
✄ The Sakura-Con demo did not include all of the stages that have been seen in other builds. For instance, the Fiber Castle that was first playable in the Game Developers Conference (GDC) build last month was not present in the Sakura-Con demo.
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✄ The Sakura-Con demo did include all of the characters that have been seen in other builds. Ryuko Matoi, Satsuki Kiryuin, Uzu Sanageyama, Ira Gamagoori, Houka Inumuta, Nonon Jakuzure, Ragyo Kiryuin, Nui Harime, and the dual-wielding variations of Ryuko and Satsuki were all available to play (though, printed-out character guides only seemed to be available for Ryuko and Satsuki). This is perhaps interesting because the PQubeGames stream from last week did not have Ragyo, Nui, or the dual-wielding variations of Ryuko and Satsuki available to play.
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✄ But speaking of the PQubeGames stream, the build there did offer alternate color options from the character select menu. The colors were “Basic Color,” “ARC Collab Color,” and “Alternate Color.” The Sakura-Con demo, in contrast, did not offer alternate color options from the character select menu. 
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✄ At Sakura-Con, the only way to see alternate colors was for both players to choose the same fighter. All alternate colors in the Sakura-Con demo were presumably based off of the evil clone colors from the Kill la Kill episode 25 OVA: characters are grayed out with green eyes and blonde hair. The PQubeGames stream includes a match that features the evil clone colors for Ira, and Alpharad’s GDC video includes a match that features the evil clone colors for Satsuki. 
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✄ And, though I do not have any screenshots, I purposely played double-character matches against the computer when there was no line at Sakura-Con just to see the alternate colors. I was able to try Ryuko against Ryuko and Nui against Nui, and they too had the evil clone coloration for their alternate colors. Ryuko is grayed out with blonde hair and green eyes (which Senketsu shares as well), though her red streaks remain intact. Nui is also grayed out with a green eye and a dark pink eyepatch. 
✄ Interestingly, the evil clone colors were not the alternate colors that were originally shown for Ryuko and Satsuki. At EVO 2018 last year, the alternate color for Satsuki was not grayed out and did not have green eyes. The alternate color for Ryuko featured orange hair and a white Senketsu. It was stated in ArcLive episode 46 that there will be more than two color options per character, so perhaps these colors for Ryuko and Satsuki will make a return in the final version of the game.
Additionally, it’s worth noting that Seven Net Shopping is offering Junketsu-colored costumes for the cast as a pre-order bonus, and these costumes could possibly be purchasable later.
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✄ There were minor changes to the translation in the Sakura-Con demo. For one example, Senketsu’s “Don’t make me dizzy,” which was the localization as of the GDC build last month, became “You’re making me dizzy.” I also might have been too overwhelmed to pay the most attention to this detail, but I can’t say I recall any mention of “Snippity-Snips.”
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✄ It might be another case of being too overwhelmed to pay the most attention to this detail, but I also can’t recall any of the big red “Counter Hit”s and “Guard Break”s that have been in every build thus far in the Sakura-Con demo.
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✄ After completing a match, the game simply said, “Thank you!” In the past, such as at Anime NYC last year, there would be a request to complete a survey and share your thoughts. The game may be too far in production now to really incorporate feedback.
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For some other general notes on the game and my experience playing it:
✄ Every character has an Instant Kill attack that’s accompanied by an elaborate cutscene (and you can see all Instant Kills that have been featured in gameplay videos in this extensive document). I never managed to score an Instant Kill myself (because I failed at the rock-paper-scissors-styled Bloody Valor like literally every time and definitely got Insta-Killed for it!), but while watching others play, I caught glimpses of the Instant Kills for Uzu and Nui, neither of which I’ve seen in any released gameplay footage thus far. 
Uzu’s Instant Kill involves a lot of “Men! Dou! Kote!”-ing, and Nui’s Instant Kill is rather haunting. The pupil of her one eye shrinks, and she slashes her opponent in a way that’s reminiscent of how she murders Isshin Matoi. When she’s finished, she sticks out her tongue.
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✄ I enjoyed playing Ryuko and Satsuki (both versions) the most, and this is probably only partly because they’re my favorite characters on the roster. Both Ryuko and Satsuki are speedy fighters with some really fun, flashy combos and specials. I tend to value speed over power when it comes to gaming, so these two fit my preferences nicely.
✄ Ira was by far my least favorite character to play (sorry, Gama! I still love you!) He’s simply far too slow for my liking. But surprisingly, I enjoyed playing as Nonon more than I thought I would. I like my battles up close and personal, but zoning as Nonon wasn’t really that unappealing at all.
✄ I played against the computer for the double matches, and it was set very easy. I won without breaking a sweat, and I lost to plenty of folks at the con.
✄ And, of course, I love the dialogue. The banter really makes this game 100 times more enjoyable. 
Well, for me, at least. 
I can’t tell anyone else how to play the game, but it definitely hurt a little when folks I played with skipped the cutscenes.
✄ I saw so many lines I hadn’t seen translated before, and I wish I had the memory to recall all of them. But perhaps some of the most amusing lines came from the double-character matches. 
Nui notes that it’s annoying that her copy looks like her, but she haaaates even more that her copy sounds like her. Ryuko, meanwhile, gets very caught up in calling out her copy as a fake, but Senketsu tries to be all analytical about it. He wonders if it’s the Life Fibers that created the clone and tells Ryuko, “Stay calm... there may be more of them.” Ryuko answers, “Fight now, think later!” When you win, Senketsu will say, “We won, but I have so many questions” or wonder about where “she” came from. It was way too loud in the Exhibitors Hall to make out the Japanese here, but I wonder if Senketsu does in fact specify that he’s referring just to the copied Ryuko and is less concerned about the copy of himself, pfff.
Other dialogue things:
✄ Uzu calls Nui “a beast.”
✄ Ryuko essentially pulls a, “You killed my father, prepare to die!” right before fighting Nui, and it is amazing.
✄ Ryuko tells Ragyo, “You’re just like your kid.”
✄ Ryuko’s “ass wipe” comment is included in the PQubeGames stream, but, okay. It’s great. It definitely got some reactions at the con! 
Especially because she was directing it at herself in that case....
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tl;dr?
✄ Me, a non-gamer just about 100% interested in this thing for the story, really enjoyed playing the game!
✄ Which sadly did not receive much attention from Sakura-Con.
✄ But it’s a fun game with fun dialogue, and while the Sakura-Con demo didn’t have everything I’ve seen in other builds (such as some stages and the option to use alternate colors), all currently released characters were playable. It seems likely that Sakura-Con’s demo’ll end up being the online demo of the game, and I’d be thrilled to play this build again!
BlazBlue/Kill la Kill Voices with David Vincent
Saturday’s panel was largely an open Q&A session with David Vincent with some voice acting from the crowd in the latter half. Some Kill la Kill-related questions and answers are as follows:
✄ Someone (not me, I swear!) noted that Ryuko and Senketsu have a very close bond in the series and asked if David Vincent (Senketsu) ever recorded with Erica Mendez (Ryuko) in the booth. The answer was no. It’s too difficult to match lip flaps with more than one person in the booth, so in anime dubbing, everyone records alone.
✄ One question asked about the auditioning process for Senketsu. Vincent noted that he wasn’t sure how to voice a jacket, but he understood more as he watched the series. He described the typical auditioning process for voice acting roles, saying that an actor is called in to read for the character and, if they do well, they’ll receive a callback to read for the character again. With every callback, the pool of actors becomes smaller and smaller until one actor finally wins the role. Interestingly, Vincent said that he had to record the first episode of Kill la Kill again because he was told to change the voice he was using. Later in the panel, he further revealed that he had to say the “Sen-i-Soshitsu!” line at the end of the first episode about 25 times because producer Hiroe Tsukamoto was very strict about the pronunciation; for example, she told him the correct way to pronounce “Osaka.”
✄ When asked if Vincent tries to base his performance on the Japanese VAs, he said no. Vincent likes to bring his own take on a character.
✄ In regards to ad-libbing, Vincent said that he often isn’t allowed to. For instance, at the end of Senketsu’s speedy recap for episode 16, he ad-libbed Senketsu taking a deep breath... but this was cut.
✄ Someone spoiled the ending for Kill la Kill and asked how Vincent felt about Senketsu getting “dusted.” Vincent answered that Kill la Kill is a wild, ludicrous show, but Senketsu’s death is quite poignant. The final episode was shown at Sakura-Con 2014, at another panel that Vincent was present for, and he said many people came up to him afterwards and expressed how saddened they were by Senketsu’s passing.
✄ Regarding Senketsu’s death, there was a question asking if Senketsu is “really” dead in the episode 25 OVA. Vincent said that Senketsu is “comic book dead” and coming back.
Can I foolishly hope this means that there’s a “Senketsu Lives” ending in the upcoming video game?
✄ Concerning the game, Vincent said that he had signed contracts and couldn’t say a thing about it... except that he just finished recording, and it’s good.
Given that Kill la Kill the Game: IF releases in North America and Europe on July 26th, it’s likely that we’ll hear a bit more of the English dub—and Vincent reprising his role as Senketsu again—before too long.
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sakatasm · 5 years
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“Ride me to the moon” - illustration for #PrincessMononoke ! Which one do you like better? Swipe for lighter version that I adjusted for printing and dark screen…. Swipe more for other of my Ghibli Illustrations! See you there this Friday - sunday at Booth 206 Artist Alley at Sakura con 2019! My process of this image coming soon! Finally I finished this on time right before #sakuracon! . . . . . . . . . . #moon #artistalley #anime #illustration #kiki #conference #romance #sakuracon2019 #sunset #howl #comicon#kikisdeliveryservice#artistoninstagram #colorful#anime#brilliant_illustration #fanart#beautifulscenery #flymetothemoon #love#girlsinanimation #illustration #ghibli  #cat #totoro#ghiblifanart#best_of_illustrations @adobedrawing @childrenswritersguild  @children_illustrations@studio_ghibli_lovers (at Seattle, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwY09pKFxQF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7uu0efaik2og
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manabingu · 5 years
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Getting to meet Jason Liebrecht has really motivated my sis and I QuQo I know she has been wanting to try cosplay for years now but she didn't go for it till they announced his upcoming appearance for this con in June. Jason has voiced so many of out fave characters & we just constantly hella hype!She is gonna have her first official cosplay ^_^!
Since her ultimate fave anime boy is Syaoran, she wants to go as Sakura! If we were gonna attend the con 2 days I would DEFINITELY go as Syaoran for 1 day and Hei for the other day. But since I only have 1 shot, I am going as Best Boy Hei. I helped her with figuring out her cosplay budget and stuff and she bought the Clear Card Arc wand plus the outfit Sakura wears in the 2nd OP ^_^! It's gonna be so much fun getting to go to a con while we both cosplay. I wish we could go multiple days ;w; but Metrocon is around the corner sooo yeh gotta budget. But even getting to go a day is gonna be great! And I finally bought Season 1 of Darker Than Black! So sis and I will be binging both seasons as soon as the DVD gets here by the 13th! Honestly we just wanna talk with him and thank him for bringing us together with all his roles QuQo!
In the meantime, I have been hard at work getting my other Metrocon cosplays done. I finally found the brand of spray paint I need for Poppy's shoes (I needed a special floral paint called Design Master Colortool Spray. IT WAS HARD TO TRACK DOWN FOR SOME REASON???)) and as soon as I'm done with making her speaker skirt plates, I will paint them as well ^_^! I have to print out her music notes too oof...I have mostly been focusing on the hat ;w; I had to start over due to an accident but I AM progressing on this. Sorry if I have been quite here lately but I have been prepping for these things and on top of that I still gotta schedule a call with my Utapri cosplay group so we can figure out everything we need for our photoshoot at Metrocon (props,poses,locations &stuff)
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scarlet-riot · 6 years
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my otakuthon 2018 haul!
i’d originally bought an uravity hoodie at comic-con earlier this summer, but turns out i’d gotten a size too big, so the vendor and i arranged to meet this con and do an exchange for a better fitting size and yay i can wear it now!! in fact sunday i was too tired to cosplay so i just wore this with my anniversary!ochako boots and called it a day haha
super pretty fe7 prints ;-; and a cute bonus bookmark
SON. SWEET SON. INSTANT BUY.
PRECIOUS cardcaptor sakura print of all the cards, and thankfully i got that one when i did bc they were out when i went by that stand later (i wasn’t so lucky with the other CCS print that i wanted though ;_;)
little witch academia prints. have i mentioned i’m in love with chariot because.
a tiny deku print bc my pals and i split on a 5-print package deal :P
some more bnha prints, i actually specifically went back to this vendor bc their deku trio art was the cutest of the like, three that i saw (seriously, only three, and meanwhile i could never see a deku+todoroki+bakugo a artwork again and it would be too soon), and somehow i’d missed until shoop pointed it out that they also had one of MY DRESS??? so obvs i HAD to get that one. and it was buy-2-get-1-free and that krbk was cute so :’)
keychains! i knew i had to get that mimi in a palmon hoodie, that’s so friggin precious and definitely in the running for favourite purchase :’) aaand an aoyama with a staryu, a bride!cordelia for a friend of mine, a cutie kirishima, and an adorable ashido.
a little fe:h new year’s azura standee (and shoop got bunny!chrom for the 2-item-discount haha)
and finally some stickers! knight!iida was another one i knew i had to get and ofc gotta get a mage!ochako with him, and sakura and tsuyu make fine froggy friends 💚
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Not An April Fools Gag; That’s A Game Boy Advance With A GameCube Stick Affixed For Reals
What you're seeing is a modded GBA that I spotted on eBay. It's a real thing! Though it doesn't magically grant analogue control to all the digital input only games on the system, which is all of them for the record (sorry). Then again, it could be argued that the controls in WarioWare Twisted is technically analogue...
That aside aside, welcome to yet another recap of stuff posted over at the Attract Mode Twitter! Though this time it's gonna be a bit on the short side, relatively speaking; even I know covering two entire whole weeks has led to hard to handle Tumblr posts, so I'm going to try concentrating on just one week at a time/attempt weekly updates.
Let's see how well that goes...
Hey, it's SF2 IRL thanks to ARKit (via prostheticknowledge)...
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At the time, when I first tweeted about it, there were only three left of Amanda Visell’s Player One Mario; no idea how many there are now...
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When you can make a decision regarding lunch (via @Mechazawa)....
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If you appreciate both the ease of slip-on sneakers and the taste of ghosts, then Games Glorious has something for you (via miki800.com)...
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As a connoisseur of video games on the printed page, it is my goal to one day own a copy of Namco's newsletter that was distributed in game centers during the 80s & 90s, NG (via miki800)...
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Remember that time Namco got someone from Yellow Magic Orchestra to hawk their wares (via namcomuseum)...
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Both in print and on TV…
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The YMO member in question, Haruomi Hosono, also did a Xevious remix album, which longtime readers of the blog will hopefully recall.
Sticking with Namco CMs, there’s a pair of longtime faves that I could have sworn I’ve already posted as well, yet cannot find. Though as noted, many times already, the search functionality here is broken.
So here’s a boy playing with his Famicom in the middle of the woods...
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And here’s a girl playing with his Famicom in the middle of the woods...
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Back to the subject of print, can’t seem to find any info on the Futabasha Fantasy Novel Series, which (I think) was a line of video game novelizations; this one appears to be written by the creator of Xevious himself (via shmups)...
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The focus here is supposed to be the Lawson’s reward card with Kirby on it, but I am all about that Space Invaders whatever the heck it is (via miki800)...
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Spent MANY hours at Japanese bookstores during my college years, flipping through Sega Saturn Magazine; seeing these VF Kids ads again makes me feel all warm & fuzzy (via thesegasource)...
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This (what I believe to be a) farewell image of the face of the Saturn from the very first issue of Dreamcast Magazine, also gives me the feels (via oldgamemags)...
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BTW, everyone knows the identity of Saturn's pitchman (Segata Sanshiro), but what about the Mega Drive's? (via yokosuka87)...
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Back to the Saturn; I love how Sega want from Segata Sanshiro to Hidekazu Yukawa for the Dreamcast. This launch edition of the console, btw, was spotted at VideoGamesNewYork...
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It's also where they Kira Kira Star Night DX for twice the asking price, as @gamespite)...
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Speaking of music, to fully enjoy this animated gif of Eggman running…
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… you need to have this song playing (via lunaticobscurity).
And to fully enjoy this image of Eggman on the sax…
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... you need to have this song playing (via very-territorial-oak).
@ondoruragitan sez: "whoever designed that clown lady in ace attorney is probably the most horny artist to ever exist" (it's funny cuz it's true)...
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So the big news these past few weeks, especially among video game folk my age, has been the end of the Toys R Us. Many have been sharing artifacts from the glory days, with my fave example being these old flyers, with the obvious highlight seeing all the original MSRP prices (via retrogamerblog)...
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Oh, and don’t forget the gifs (via nintendroid)...
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The following are more appropriate for my way, way overdue batch of game culture snapshots, but since we're on the subject of retail anyway; I recently stumbled across Nintendo's collab with Bloomingdale's that I had no idea even existed...
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Took a bunch of pics, but unfortunately, due to the harsh lighting at the SoHo store, it was impossible to capture the women’s section, hence the abundance of men’s wear...
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These women's sweatshirts are the best example of the line's overall design sensibilities, or lack thereof; it’s just a bunch of random Nintendo sprites on attire that is available at Bloomingdale's, period. That's all it aspires to be, nothing more...
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... And that's a real shame, cuz aside from the quality of the clothing itself being high, some of the ho-hum looking designs could be really engaging with a few minor tweaks, like this b&w women's jacket with a very random assortment of b&w Super Mario World sprites...
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In addition to clothing, you had accessories, like iPhone cases...
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Plus sunglasses, which revealed Super Mario World playing on what appears to the naked eye to be a blank, white screen....
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Speaking of Super Mario World, here's a hamster enjoying the game (via @kousuke_teppei)...
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The lil guy also owns an original Famicom, and here we is playing Solomon's Key (thanks to @Topherocious for helping me to identify the game)...
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Being that friend who is REALLY into video games means I'm asked a wide variety of questions from folks who are not, like why @beesmygod  is "freaking out" over a Sonic & Garfield two pack for the PC...
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... I'll be honest, I don't really understand why either.
Here we have a mockup for an ad blocker that replaces banners with GBA screenshots, which I really want to see happen (via @tinycartridge)...
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I also really want to see this happen too (via @truongasm)...
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Back to Tiny Cart; that's where I found out that you no longer have to play emulated Tiger handheld games sans backgrounds...
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Nothing beats a pic of a dimly lit arcade, especially when it's shot on ACTUAL film (via mendelpalace)...
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As for this particular arcade show, @kappuru theorizes "it looks like cinestill film, or a filter designed to mimic it." (via parkerwoods)...
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"WHO IS THIS NUN?! WHY DOES SHE LOOK SO SINISTER?" is a great KOF related question (via vice-s-assistant)...
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And "BOWL BEFORE ME" is a great KOF related gag (via brondeef)...
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"this is the best cosplay i’ve ever seen" is a a great costume play related observation made by lunaticobscurity...
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"how to get away with playing super mario odyssey in class" is the caption given by retrogamerblog...
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"Stardew Valley gave me 500 characters to use as my farm name, so I put down an entire 1-star amazon review for an Independence Day DVD" is the explanation given by @NoahHafford...
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Hey, you never know, maybe one day a homebrew dev might make “Shinjuku-Nichome Gay District Serial Murders” a reality? (via mendelpalace)
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When you’ve got one copy of Melee with two boxes, and one copy of Air Ride with zero boxes… just gotta improvise (via stellatuna)...
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When you’ve got a killer Game Genie code but no paper to write it down on... and then you discover the code does something totally different (via theassortment)...
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And when I asked what this 4koma featuring a Dreamcast VMU was all about, @JonahD was kind enough to explain: "VMUs are playing hide and seek, Black is seeking. One VMU thinks hiding in the controller would be good but it makes a bunch of noise and they’re found immediately" (via posthumanwanderings)...
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Whereas I have yet to find out what all these Sonics are doing at a German airport (via sonicthehedgeblog)...
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I normally don’t let the weather get to me, yet the constant cold weather in NYC over the past few weeks began taking its toll, to the point that I’m starting to resemble an upside down Super Famicom/European SNES (via sixteen-bit)...
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I also really wish I could have checked out Sakura-Con, and not just cuz the weather is so much nicer in Seattle, but to pick up @alexisparade's Monster Factory zine...
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I stared at gif illustrating the wacky perspective-related behavior of Super Mario 64’s trees for an entire day, no joke (via suppermariobroth)...
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Here we have the rarely seen alternate angle of the internet famous "LAN party gamer duct-taped to the ceiling" photo (via reddit.com)...
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Turning the clock back even further, here's yet another kind of party, one that doesn’t involve first person shooters but shoot ‘em ups; it’s the 1986 Hudson Caravan (via videogamesdensetsu)...
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Recently, a modded NES Max controller showed up on Kotaku, in which the cycloid nub has been replaced with an analogue stick...
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... Which actually appeared the day after I spotted that modded GBA at the very top of this page. I am also willing to admit the disappointment over my tweet not catching on as expected/hoped it would, hence why I'm sharing another pic...
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At any rate, I was also reminded of my buddy Nick Santaniello's modded Jaguar controller, which allows for arcade perfect Tempest 2000 controls...
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... Which in turned led to me republishing the post from which it hails from originally, my recap of Nick's Shmup Appreciation Night, for Medium (and also sharing additional pics on Twitter)...
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BTW, for those wondering, based upon the last round of tweets; the kitchen isn’t just for playing old Mega Drive & PC Engine shmups… you can also play old Naomi fighting games (via internetflexin)...
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Guess that's it for now? Sorry, but it finally feels like spring in NYC, and I feel the need to step away from the computer & enjoy weather! Just like Mega Man (via arcadequartermaster)...
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Here’s my haul from the last two days at Sakura-Con. Got two great t-shirts, finally bought Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt and FLCL, got freaking Contra and a Game Boy with a few games, and a glorious Pop Team Epic print done by @olivinearc.
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Manga the Week of 11/18/20
SEAN: The weekend of Anime NYC, and I am… not in a hotel room in New York City. Boo. Still, there will be virtual con, I’m sure.
No debuts for J-Novel Club, but we do see The Combat Baker and Automaton Waitress 9, Holmes of Kyoto 2, Mapping 2, The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar 13, Seirei Gensouki 12, and Sorcerous Stabber Orphen 9.
Kaiten Books has a 3rd volume of Loner Life in Another World.
Kodansha also has no print debuts, but we do have a fair amount of print, assuming no last-minute delays. There’s Cardcaptor Sakura Collector’s Edition 6 and also Clear Card 8. We also get Granblue Fantasy 7, Living-Room Matsunaga-san 5, Saiyuki 3, and The Seven Deadly Sins 40.
MICHELLE: I need to catch up on Living-Room Matsunaga-san.
ASH: I still need to start reading Living-Room Matsunaga-san!
SEAN: Digitally there is a debut. Dr. Ramune -Mysterious Disease Specialist- (Kai Byoui Ramune) is about a sort of modern-day, more casual Black Jack and his bizarre supernatural-tinged patients. It sounds like a gag manga, but is apparently deeper than it looks. It runs in Shonen Sirius.
ASH: I’m curious about this one, though I don’t read much digitally.
SEAN: Also digitally: Dolly Kill Kill 8, GE: Good Ending 11, Heroine for Hire 3, Hop Step Sing! 2, Kakushigoto 9, Shaman King: Red Crimson 3, The Writer and His Housekeeper 2, and Yozakura Quartet 26.
Seven Seas has an early digital light novel debut: Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs. This time it’s a male office worker who dies and gets reincarnated in an otome game… as a schlub NPC. But he does recall the game’s events. Can he make his life better?
In print, there are two debuts. The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter has a manga, and this is the first volume of that. It’s pleasantly dumb.
What the Font?! – A Manga Guide to Western Typeface has, aside from a terrific title, an “educational” feel to it. Expect anthropomorphic personifications.
ASH: I’m actually really excited for this one.
ANNA: Oh, me too!
SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: Cosmo Familia 3 (the final volume), Mushoku Tensei: Roxy Gets Serious 4, New Game! 10, Precarious Woman Executive Miss Black General 5, Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho 11, and Sarazanmai 2.
ASH: Whoops, still need to get around to Sarazanmai 1!
Square Enix has, not a manga or novel, but Final Fantasy VII Poster Collection. It’s Tifa-tastic and Aerith-riffic.
Vertical gives us the 8th and final volume of Arakawa Under the Bridge. There’s also Blood on the Tracks 3 and Go with the Clouds, North-by-Northwest 4.
MICHELLE: The first volume of Blood on the Tracks was enjoyably ominous.That’s another one I need to catch up on.
SEAN: It’s a very Rumiko Takahashi week at Viz. Not only do we get Urusei Yatsura’s 8th omnibus (introducing Ryuunosuke, the precursor to Ranma Saotome), but also debut Mermaid Saga in omnibus form! This is decidedly NOT a comedy, and shows off how good Takahashi was at horror and suspense.
MICHELLE: I have the single volumes of this, but have never read it!
ASH: I love Mermaid Saga so much that I’m double-dipping for the new edition.
ANNA: I think I read a tiny bit of it back in the day but I’m excited for the new edition too.
MELINDA: I probably need to finally read this.
SEAN: There’s also Beastars 9, Hell’s Paradise Jigokuraku 5, and Tokyo Ghoul:re Illustrations: zakki, an artbook.
MICHELLE: I’m so far behind on Beastars and Hell’s Paradise already!
ASH: I’m a few volumes behind myself, but have been liking both series so far.
SEAN: And then there’s Yen, and they have a lot, even with the normal “date shifts”. First we get the novels.
There are three debuts, though one doesn’t count. A Certain Magical Index SS 1 is hardly unknown to readers, but it is nice to see, especially as I whined at Yen when it did not come out (as it did in Japan) between Books 13 and 14. It’s a short-story collection, and introduces the reader to Hamazura… assuming they haven’t read Index 15-22 already.
The Place Promised in Our Early Days is another Makoto Shinkai adaptation… in fact, it’s of his first major film.
MELINDA: I usually like these adaptations, though I haven’t watched this movie in a long while. Might be nice to revisit.
SEAN: The big debut is Unnamed Memory, an extremely popular light novel series. A Crown Prince with a curse has to visit the strongest witch in the world to break it. Destiny ensues.
ASH: It does look as though it may have some potential.
SEAN: Yen On also has a LOT of ongoing series. 86 ~Eighty-Six~ 6, The Dirty Way to Destroy the Goddess’s Heroes 5, Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? 7, The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious 5, I’m a Behemoth, an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl’s Pet 2, Last Round Arthurs 3, Magical Girl Raising Project 10, Rascal Does Not Dream 3, So I’m a Spider, So What? 10, and World’s Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker 4.
And that’s just novels. For manga, there are five debuts. Mieruko-chan is a comedy from Monthly Comic Alive about a girl who can see terrifying ghosts and monsters… and does her level best to ignore them.
Sadako at the End of the World (Shuumatsu no Sadako-san) is a one-shot manga from Comic Gene about the girl from Ring ending up in a post-apocalyptic world where her presence is far more welcome.
ASH: Okay, both of these sound like something I should check out.
MELINDA: Same here.
SEAN: Star Wars: Rebels is the manga adaptation of the popular series, and comes from LINE Corporation.
The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King’s Lap is the manga adaptation of a light novel we’ve seen from J-Novel Heart. A girl with the worst luck ends up reincarnated in another world… sadly, the source of that bad luck is here as well. Can she escape and live freely? This runs in Kadokawa’s FLOS Comic.
Lastly, A Witch’s Love at the End of the World (Sekai no Owari to Majo no Koi) (no relation to Sadako’s title) is a yuri series from ASCII Mediaworks’ Comic IT. It… honestly reads sort of like a Japanese version of The Owl House. Which I’m fine with.
There’s also Eclair Orange, the latest in that yuri anthology, IM: Great Priest Imhotep 5, Keito Koume Illustrations Spice & Wolf (an artbook), Shibuya Goldfish 8, and Yoshi no Zuikara 2.
MICHELLE: I had no idea there was yet another Eclair on the way!
SEAN: I’m exhausted, how about you?
By: Sean Gaffney
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Understanding The Background Of Sakura Tree Painting | Sakura Tree Painting
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7.15 p.m. There are 64,922 accepted and presumptive cases in Canada, including 4,408 deaths, and 29,260 cases resolved, according to The Canadian Press.
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LNA Creator Spotlight: Kata Kane
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Happy Wednesday! 
To kick off the creation of Ladies Night Anthology vol 5: Sisters, we’re taking a look back at some of our alumni from our previous volumes. We asked them a few questions designed to inspire, enlighten and commiserate. We’re checking in on what they’re doing now and getting advice for people just starting out!
Without further ado, please enjoy our spotlight of Kata Kane
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Social Media Info
Twitter @kata_kane
Instagram @robokiss
Tumblr/Facebook altar-girl.tumblr.com / facebook.com/altargirl
Portfolio/website kata-kane.com
Credits
Where might we know you from? I'm best known for my ongoing manga series Altar Girl! I do the story & art, and publish as a webcomic. The first 2 books have been printed as well.
Which volume of Ladies' Night did you work on? V4 Eat it Up! The story was written by Kaia Danielle and it's about a Muslim girl at a low country boil who can't eat pork and instead falls in love with a very traditional and basic American meal. I had never been to a seafood boil myself when I drew the comic, but just recently when we had a freakishly warm day in February a neighbor invited us over for one and I was telling everyone who would listen how I drew a comic about it! It made the meal that much tastier.
What’s next for you? I'm currently working as artist (pencils/inks) on two OGNs with Papercutz debuting this year: Ana and the Cosmic Race hits shelves in May (order code MAR171967 and MAR171968) and GFFs: Ghost Friends Forever will be here later this Fall. I'm also planning an upcoming Kickstarter campaign for Altar Girl Book 3!
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Who are your biggest writing/art influences? Everything Rumiko Takahashi, but especially Ranma 1/2. Takahashi's characters are delightful and fun, and she just has this amazing ability to blend action, drama, romance and comedy perfectly in her comics. I appreciated a lot of CLAMP's work too like Card Captor Sakura, Magic Knight Rayearth and X/1999. I idolize Sailor Moon of course, but I was never able to draw as delicate and pretty as Naoko Takeuchi. Chynna Clugston's Blue Monday and Scooter Girl were huge for me as a teenager too.
What work are you most proud of? My original comic Altar Girl! It's something I've been working on since I was 16 years old, so it has had a special place in my heart for a long time. It's grown with me over the years. I'm still proud of it, even for all the missteps along the way. It helped me learn to be a better artist and storyteller on my own terms.
Why do you want to work in comics? I love telling stories, and I love drawing and creating characters. When I was little, I wanted to be an "Author/Illustrator" until I found comics. Then I was like, oh yeah, that's what I was trying to do all this time!
Advice
What advice would you give to creators just starting out? Don't hold back. Don't get caught up in your own head thinking you're not good enough. Everyone has to start somewhere by taking that first step on the path of your own magical journey! Put your comic art or story out there into the world; learn as you go, and don't be afraid to ask your peers for advice.
How do you handle rejection? Let it fuel you to keep going and try again, improving yourself along the way. I honestly try my hardest not to dwell on any rejection. I take it in, feel the initial pangs of disappointment, but I don't let it consume me or convince me that I'm not good enough. I remind myself that I just have to keep trying; it's not the end of anything! I've had it happen enough times that things always end up working out in ways I couldn't even foresee, and other opportunities were there on the horizon.
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How long have you been working in comics? Professionally, I'd say about 6-7 years now. But I was putting my webcomics and art online like, 15 years ago! Wow. Now I feel old. But I think that experience helped a lot too when I finally made the leap to comics as a full-time gig.
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Do you have a day job? Does being a mom count? I think it should count. I had my son during the time we were all working on V4 together. As my editor Lauren once put it I "had a baby like 2 minutes ago" but I was really grateful for a fun, exciting comics project to work on during those first few months. I used to have a graphic design 9-5 but I quit that life about 2 years ago to do full-time comics, illustration, and graphic design. I'm for hire!
Favorite convention? Baltimore Comic Con! It's my hometown con, so I get to see lots of friends from all over, but also sleep in my own bed at the end of the day. It's one of those shows that really balances creators and industry. It's not all about the celebs and dealer booths, it's really about the publishers and the creators too.
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