Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Anime Animals!

Everybody loves animals, right?

Well this week I'm going to talk about a few of those cute, absolutely adorable animals that appear in mostly every anime! Here's a list of a few:
-Cowboy Bebop
-Naruto
-Fruit's Basket
-Hetalia
-Kuroshitsuji
-Soul Eater
-Popotan

The most popular animals to appear are cats, dogs, and rabbits.
Alot of times, the animals can talk, have special powers, or are actually part human! (meaning they can turn into a human). But in other cases, they are just there to look stinking adorable! <3

But, that's all I have for this week!

Monday, May 16, 2011

NatsuCon 2011

Ahh! I have a convention coming up in August that I'm so excited about!

It's NatsuCon 2011, and it's in Collinsville, Illinois. I CANNOT wait!
I get to see all the friends I made last year and I'm looking forward to all the new friends I will be making! I'm also excited to get the costumes I'm making done.

So far some of the main events I'm looking forward to are the date auction, the masked ball, DEFINITELY the rave, the swimsuit contest, and lots and lots of panels. It's going to be so much fun!

But kind of expensive..oh well.
Oh! And they already have a few guests: The Nerdfit Network and Samurai Dan. The Nerdfit Network is made up of these two hilarious guys that were at NatsuCon last year, so I'm definitely looking forward to them this year. Samurai Dan was a Kawa Kon and he was pretty awesome, so I'm looking forward to him as well =D

As far as cosplays go, here's the lineup:
Friday-
Temari, fourth outfit
Lady Gaga, masked ball

Saturday-
Ukraine from Hetalia
Rave Girl, for, well, the rave

Sunday-
Temari, fourth outfit

My best friend Frances, who goes to all the conventions with me, is also coming, so it's going to be alot of fun!

But that's all for now. I'm done geeking out. Haha.

Anime Stereotypes

I gave up on the challenge. No more.

So, this week, I've decided to talk about the stereotypical characters often seen in anime.
In every anime, there's always characters that share.. specific characteristics with characters from other animes. For example, there's always the:
Pervert and the accidental pervert (meaning, he's the one who accidentally walks into the girls locker room)
The random people who are actually Asian but never get mentioned in the show
The bit**y princess-like girl
The arrogant, tall, quiet guys
The spazzy fan girls
The klutzy guys
The twins
The yaoi fan girls
The angsty guy
The girl who is secretly crazy
The weird girl who has supernatural powers
The crossdresser
The spazzy girl everybody hates
The girl who is part cat
Oh, and every anime has a cat. Heh, I guess Japan just really loves cats =)

The list is endless! But I know for a fact there's almost all of these stereotypes in every anime I watch, and it leads to an interesting show. Kuroshitsuji has the pervert, the crossdresser, the weird girl who has supernatural powers, the spazzy girl everyone hates, the angsty guy, the girl who is secretly crazy, the twins, and the arrogant, tall, dark guy, cats. Oh! And the foreigners too.
It's also fun to go through anime's and find all these stereotypes. They also help people decide what their favorite characters are (like myself, haha).
Now I feel the need to post a picture of Grell =O
But I'm not going to.
That's all for now!