Anime Unagi Anime News Info: 2015

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Japanese Lanterns at Festivals Matsuri

Inspired by modern Japanese design, this street food festival used a Panda lantern / balloon and a giant maneki-neko aka the hand waving cat that can bring great fortune. See pictures below.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Incorporating Anime and Manga into Traditional Japanese RIMPA Art Paintings

Japanese artists turn Fate Stay Night into traditional
Japanese gold leaf screen art at recent anime fair.

Traditional Japanese RIMPA aka RINPA 琳派 artists showcased a special exhibition of RIMP-ANIMATION art collection of anime arts done in RIMPA style. Iconic series such as Hello Kitty, Fate Stay Night, Hatsune Miku have been turned into stunning national treasure style gold leaf paintings. These artistic pieces were showcased in the September Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2015 (京都国際マンガ・アニメフェア2015) .

Hatsune Miku anime character was turned into an art piece in traditional Japanese national treasure art style.

Japanese national treasure RIMPA art screen
with gold leaf paintings of orchids, symbol of boys, and male,
empirical power
国宝「尾形光琳燕子花図屏風」をモチーフとした琳派の現代絵師の筆による「初音ミク」屏風

Modern day rimpa painting artists painted Hatsune Miku into
the traditional orchids scene to celebrate 400 years of rimpa
painting and 2015 September Kyoto International Anime Manga Fair

Visit the official Rimpa art at Kyoto Interational Anime Manga Fair website for more information

Check out the video below to see how artists incorporate anime style art (Fire Bird 火の鳥蓬莱山図) into the traditional rimpa style screen painting.

Rimpa artist turned this anime manga style bird into a traditional Japanese scroll art with golden background.

「火の鳥蓬莱山図」メイキング映像

Here's a full list of anime and manga arts turned into Rimpa style painting exhibited at the fair

・グリザイアの果実

・劇場版魔法少女まどか☆マギカ [新編]叛逆の物語　

・実は私は NEW!

・Charlotte NEW!

・ジャングル大帝　

・スシポリス NEW!

・青春×機関銃 NEW!

・太陽の牙ダグラム

・鉄腕アトム NEW!

・東映ロボットガールズ　

・ドリフターズ NEW!

・ニンジャスレイヤー　

・初音ミク Hatsune Miku

・果つることなき未来ヨリ

・ハローキティ　

・火の鳥

・Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]　

・ユニコ　

・らき☆すた

・リラックマ NEW!

・レーカン！　

Specially designed merchandise for this Rimp-Animation Exhibition

Rimpa school artists at this exhibition

Source: http://webnewtype.com/news/article/64996/4/

Sunday, September 20, 2015

New Nintendo 3DS “Pokemon” Game - Monster Hunter Stories Trailer

All New Monster Hunter Game Series is Kid Friendly and "Pokemon"-like

This all new Monster Hunter pocket game series is geared towards younger audience with its kawaii / cute chibi character design and colorful RPG world with reduced fidelity. It depicts a new world of Monster Riders, who capture dragons and other monsters, make special bonds, and tame these wild creatures into incredible steeds. There will be dragons, eggs, missions, worlds, storyline and RPG elements. The character has a name and identity.

This series is like Pokemon and the movie How to Train Your Dragon. The main character can capture and raise dragons and other monsters as steeds and helpers to complete important tasks.

Watch the Monster Hunter Story trailer below

Nurse and Care for Your Monsters as in How to Train Your Dragon

Much like How to Train Your Dragon, there will be nursing and care taking of those little creatures and raise them into your personalized steeds.

Official Monster Hunter Stories Characters

The main character is a little boy, he has a female companion / friend. There is a Senpai Rider (senior rider), two “Osanajimi” friends - a boy and a girl - who grew up together with the main character, the village chief, one chubby cat and two skinny cats.

More Information

Game Play Video below straight from Japan Tokyo Game Show

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma Merchandise Official Branded Products

Do you know Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma (食戟のソーマ)? It's a rising star on +Crunchyroll . Our little studio sent out a team to research the newest official branded products for this anime series. Can you guess what each item is without reading the captions? Caution: the products range from hentai mouse pad to sad-expression chibi phone straps, yeah, weird and uniquely Japanese.

Food Wars! Shokugei no Souma Manga original poster / manga cover.

Food Wars! Shokugei no Souma new anime poster.

Hentai boobs 3D mouse pads of female characters

Kojiro Shinomiya's stylish clip-on earring.
Anime character fashion, cosplay prop.

Super cute kawaii chef's apron, uniform and Kumabear Putit House pink apron
phone case covers.

Main character Soma Yukihira large-size super detailed figurine.

Main character Soma Yukihira reading / eye glasses wipe. O_O Wat?

Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma Chibi
sad expression clip-on decor, cell phone strap.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

The Ultimate Junjo Romantica Character Relationship Guide Chart Infographics

This is the ultimate character guide to Junjo Romantica. Junjo Romantica aka Pure Romance (純情ロマンチカ/ピュアロマンス) is a sweet, mild, heart-warming Yaoi / Boy's Love (BL) anime. Its character design can be quite confusing - everyone seems to look alike. Here are some helpful character charts / visual guides and infographics to help you identify and understand Junjo Romantica characters.

Junjo Romantica character chart in English

The ultimate character guide infographics relationship chart of Junjo Romantica / Pure Romance. Source: Facebook.com/SiH.JR and admin-sushi.tumblr.com

Junjo Romantica characters all look the same!

Tumblr visual evidence that Junjo Romantica characters all look alike. Source: thestylishscholar.tumblr.com

Junjo Romantica Wikipedia page provides helpful character summary

Visit the English Wikipedia page for helpful summary on each character.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junjo_Romantica:_Pure_Romance

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Here's a short list of Junjo Romantica characters and their English and Japanese names and official character design info

Misaki Takahashi 高橋美咲

Akihiko Usami 宇佐見秋彦

Akihiko Usami and Misaki Takahashi Official Character Design Chart

Haruhiko Usami 宇佐見春彦

Takahiro Takahashi 高橋孝浩

Keiichi Sumi 角圭一

Eri Aikawa 相川絵理

Fuyuhiko Usami 宇佐見冬彦

Kaoruko Usami 宇佐見薫子

Mizuki Shiiba 椎葉水樹

Haruhiko Usami 宇佐見春彦 Takahiro Takahashi 高橋孝浩

Eri Aikawa 相川絵理 Kaoruko Usami 宇佐見薫子 Mizuki Shiiba 椎葉水樹 official character design chart of Junjo Romantica Source: fandompost.com

Shinnosuke Tōdō 藤堂進之介

Kyō Ijuuin 伊集院響

Tanaka 田中

Hiroki Kamijou 上條弘樹

Nowaki Kusama 草間野分

Hiroki Kamijou 上條弘樹 and

Nowaki Kusama 草間野分 official character design chart of Junjo Romantica

Tsumori 津森

Shinoda 篠田

Yō Miyagi 宮城庸

Shinobu Takatsuki 高槻忍