Shoujo Beat

Hey~! KandiRaver here, giving my nerd thoughts on the world of anime!

This week I'm going to tell you about another magazine I read that has to do with anime. The last one, Shonen Jump, was geared towards..manlier audiences. But this one is especially for the girls! Yay!
It's called Shojo Beat.

Okay, so there's the cover...and yes, I picked it just because I'm a fangirl of Zero from Vampire Knight.
(Pst, that's who's on the cover!)

Shoujo showcases girly, romantic anime's like Vampire Knight, Ouran High School Host Club, Fruit's Basket, and Sailor Moon (I have seen all of those and they are fantastic~!)
But that's basically all it is. Usually the magazine has random manga in it from all these different shows that are very entertaining to read.
Sometimes, the magazine will be all about one anime, like Vampire Knight, and that's all the magazine will be about! I love it!

But anyway, that's all I really have for today. See you next week!~♥

Character Of The Week

Hey! KandiRaver here yet again, giving my nerd thoughts on the world of anime!

It's once again time for character of the week, so this week it's America from Axis
Powers: Hetalia!

And yes, I purposely picked America because the sterotype he plays is sooo
funny!

Here's some facts about America:
Name- Arthur
Date Of Birth- July 4th, 1776
　
In Hetalia, America is usually seen taking control of the allie meetings and always
appointing himself as the hero..because that's really what America does in
real life. XD He is usually seen with a hamburger and milkshake in his hand, but
somehow he stays in remarkable shape for all the artery clogging burgers he eats.
He has a hate/love relationship with England ever since the revolutionary war.

America is descended from England's family.

See ya next week!

Anime Of The Week

Hey! KandiRaver here, giving my nerd thoughts on the world of anime!

It's once again time for anime of the week again, so this week I'll be talking about..

Axis Powers: Hetalia!

Hetalia is set in the time period of WWII, and includes all the countries involved..only one thing though. The countries are all made into stereotypical people. I'm not going to list all the countries, but here are a few of the main ones:

Italy

Germany

Japan

America

England

France

China

Russia

These are the main characters throughout the series, although they are many many more countries I did not mention. There's no main point to the series, because it's basically just telling history in a funny, sarcastic, smart-a** way. Oh! There's another important character I left out..

Chibitalia!! Chibitalia is like, a mini series inside Hetalia, about Italy growing up and turning into a big..boy..country..thing. For example, it goes through the Renaissance, and how Austria use to own Italy. Soo..that's about all to Hetalia. Oh! And I forgot to mention the country I'm going to be cosplaying from this show..

Ukraine!

Okay, that's all for now though. See ya next week!

Something Different

Hey, KandiRaver here giving my nerds thoughts on the world of anime!

So, lately I've had an obsession with a movie called Repo! The Genetic Opera.
It's not anime, but there's comics in it, soo it's close enough. Haha.

Anyway, here's the movie cover.

Basically, it's a rock opera musical gorey thing, and it's fantastic!
By the end you'll be saying "Bravi!"

The movie is focused around a company called GeneCo, ran by Rotti Largo. GeneCo is an organ company, where you can buy any parts you want and make payments on them. But if you miss a payment, they send out the Repo Man. Dun dun dun! He will reposess the parts you haven't payed for. Believe me, you don't wanna be caught by the Repo man.
Since it is a musical, there's songs involved too. The only dialouge in the movie is singing. I think there's literally only two phrases said that isn't in song. You can find every song in the musical on youtube. Here's the list of songs:
 SYNOPSIS
• Depraved Heart Murder at Sanitarium Square
• Genetic Repo Man
• Crucifixus
• Things You See in a Graveyard
• 21st Century Cure
• Shilo Wakes
• Infected
• Bravi!
• Legal Assassin
• Lungs And Livers
• Mark It Up
• Tao of Mag
• Things You See in a Graveyard (Part 2)
• Limo Ride
• Thankless Job
• Genterns
• Largo's Little Helpers
• Luigi, Pavi, Amber Harass Mag
• Seeing You Stirs Memories
• Opening - The Genetic Opera
• Inopportune Telephone Call
• GraveRobber and Shilo Escape
• Zydrate Support Network
• Worthy Heirs
• Zydrate Anatomy
• Who Ordered Pizza?
• Night Surgeon
• Chase the Morning
• Everyone's A Composer
• Come Back
• What Chance Has A 17 Year Old Girl
• Seventeen
• Happiness Is Not A Warm Scalpel
• Gold
• Nathan Discovers Rotti's Plan
• Tonight We Are Betrayed
• At the Opera Tonight
• Bloodbath
• We Started This Op'ra Shit!
• Interrogation Room Challenge
• Blame Not My Cheeks
• Chromaggia
• Mag's Fall
• Piece De Resistance
• Let the Monster Rise
• Sawman's Lament
• The Man Who Made You Sick
• Cut the Ties
• Shilo Turns Against Rotti
• I Didn't Know I'd Love You So Much
• Genetic Emancipation
• Epitaph
• Needle Through a Bug
• OTHER SONGS:
• Can't Get It Up If the Girl's Breathing?
• Rotti's Chapel Sermon
• Come Up And Try My New Parts

Yes, there is violence, yes, there is alot of cussing, yes, there is sexual innuendos.
But you'll love it! My favorite songs are Zydrate Anatomy and Chromaggia.
Oh! And I almost forgot the most important part..the characters!
Here are the main characters:

Shilo Wallace

Rotti Largo

Nathan Wallace

Blind Mag

Amber Sweet

Luigi Largo

Pavi Largo

Graverobber! <3

Those are the main characters. But that's basically all there is to Repo! I love it!
Oh, and if you watch the movie "Repo Men", they stole their movie idea from this movie, cause they suck.

But anyway, that's all for now. See ya next week!

Kawa Kon 2011: Awesome!!

Hey! KandiRaver here, giving my nerd thoughts on the world of anime!
So, I, along with Frances Hebrona and Amanda Dobbs, recently attended an anime convention in St. Louis, Missouri. The theme of the convention this year was 'Taking It To The Streets'. My opinion on it?
Soo much fun!

The picture to the left is of a random person cosplaying Sasuke, a girl cosplaying Naruto, me as Sai, Frances as Konan, and Amanda in the back cosplaying Kakashi. All characters from Naruto. The picture to the right is of me in my Sai costume.

Friday night we go to the hotel around 7 o'clock. The only event we went to that night was the Victorian Kuroshitsuji Ball.

That's us before the ball.

Saturday we roamed around and took LOTS of pictures of other cosplayers, some that were absolutely fantastic. Here's some of my favorite ones:



Grell Sutcliffe



Russia and France from Hetalia

We didn't really get to go to any panels, because they were all PACKED. Saturday night though, we attended the rave and sang kareoke. Both were pretty fun =D
The weekend got over waaaay too fast though!
But it was fun =D

Kawa Kon 2011

Hey! KandiRaver here, giving my nerd thoughts on the world of anime!

Well, today is Kawa Kon!! I’m soo excited. Like, you have no idea.
I’m currently sitting in school and the day is going soo slow >_<
But anyway, here’s my costume line up for the weekend:

Friday-Sexy No Jutsu Sai from Naruto Shippuden
Saturday- Sai from Naruto Shippuden
Sunday- Temari from Naruto (if we stay)

I will also have my two friends Amanda and Frances with me. They’re cosplaying Konan and Snj Kakashi, both from Naruto XD
I’m hoping there will be a Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and a man Kakashi there so I can take awkward and funny pictures with them XD

We won’t be there until after five tonight, so some of the events we will be attending tonight are the Kuroshitsuji Victorian Ball (I love Kuro! ^_^) and the Repo! The Genetic Opera showing, cause Repo is fantastic XD
Saturday we’ll be going to a lot of the panels and definitely the rave!
And Sunday I’m not sure how long we’ll be there.

So yeah, it’s gonna be friggin awesome XD

Showing a little love from Sai <3
See ya next week!

Anime Conventions

Hey! KandiRaver here, giving my nerd thoughts on the world of anime!

This week, I will be telling you about anime conventions.
What is an anime convention you ask?
"An anime convention is an event or gathering with a primary focus on anime, manga, and Japanese culture."
In an anime convention, one of the most popular things is cosplaying. You'll almost never find an anime convention where people aren't in cosplay.
There are many things to do at anime conventions too, such as panels, workshops, social events, and many others.
An anime convention coming up that I will be attending is Kawa Kon 2011, in St. Louis, Missouri.

I attened Kawa Kon 2010 last year, and it was soo much fun! Hopefully this year will be even better.
Some of the main events I'm looking forward to is the Victorian ball friday night, the rave saturday night, and multiple panels and a masquerade!
Oh! Most conventions take place in a hotel too, and this year's is the Crowne Plaza hotel. It is suuuuuper nice. Plus I love hotel rooms =3
But yeah, basically that's all there is to anime conventions. It's a big social gathering for nerds XD

..see ya next week!