Scott Pilgrim - Game Review

Alright so I was with my friends this weekend and we played the Scott Pilgrim video game on the story mode for four players and it was freaking awesome. I usually have a lot of trouble with X-Box controls because I have always been a Play Station girl, but this was surprisingly easy to get he hang of. I really enjoyed the game and all of my friends and I were into it! Seriously we played for maybe four straight hours (well two in the morning and two at night)(and its not easy to keep their attention!!!) and when the game finally froze on one of the last battles we all groaned and noticed how long it had taken us. We turned the game off after that. XD Well let me start by saying the characters were SO CUTE! All of the characters were much more attractive in the game than they were on the commercials for the movie. (Haven't seen the movie yet) Ramona actually seemed pretty sweet and adorable, I am definitely going to read the mange after this. So obviously I was intrigued by the character design and the story, it takes A LOT for a video game to make me read the actual book it is based off of. I am especially wondering about Ramona's ex's. I would like to know WHY Scott has to fight them. Like so they want Ramona back? Is it a pride thing? What's going on there?! My friends refused to tell me anything about it. :/ (that really annoyed me especially since one took all of the manga for it and shoved it in my face. I almost slapped him. ) Well Scott Pilgrim is every nerd's fantasy apparently XD I have to admit it sounds pretty appealing to me to, but I'm a romantic so I guess that's why. Well not only were the character designs cute and the plot interesting (enough for me to want to know more) but it was a great game. the game play was simple and easy and I picked it up in a snap so this game it totally noob friendly! :D Which is good for me because I'm a gamer noob. I was also surprised at the multi-player mode. Sometimes they are really crappy and one person will be having a great time while the other is having a horrible time. But in Scott Pilgrim everyone HAS to work together, not only that but there are other aspects that unite the players as a team. For instance if you're character dies, another person can bring you back to life while someone else guards the one who is bringing you back. Once you're down you can borrow lives from others, and finally, in the stores you can loan money to your friends. (I LOVED Ramona's special abilities by the way. I played as her and she was BAD ASS! Seriously, one of her regular moves she pulled a freaking Thor hammer from her purse! XD One of her special moves is swinging her bag in a circle which is GREAT for pushing back a lot of enemies, she has this cute little kick that really packs a punch where she will kick someone behind her, and FINALLY she has an amazing special ability where she calls up about a gallon of coffee and gives all of the players in your party this boost. From what I could tell the boost helped you defense, made you faster, and made your attacks a lot stronger as well. -its an awesome boost!-) So here's the conclusion, if you are like me and you play video games for the story, not the actual action and excitement, and to boot you aren't that natural of a gamer, then Scott Pilgrim for the X-Box is perfect for you and your friends to play because the multi-player mode is easy for EVERYONE to get into it and really unite you guys as a team.

Update: Playlist and Dilemmas

Soooo the old playlist wouldn't play automatically anymore and that was totally lame that you had to like click on it and make a pop out player just to experience the blog, so I switched it. I'm still working out some kinks, trying to get it to play automatically and stuff but for the most part this one seems okay. The only thing I dislike about it is one, the player doesn't fit on the page right, its too big, and the music is from youtube videos......which get deleted.....alot....if you have seen the Anime Lovers Delight youtube play list you will notice that it went from 8 awesome videos....to 3..... :/ so yeah. That is kind of a hassle. Also, I loved the song White from the movie White....but I'm too afraid to listen to iiiiitttttt! DX

Horror Movies - White and The Coffin

Omg guys it is 1:17 am and I am not sleeping tonight at all because I just finished the freakist movie ever called "White"(made in 2011) and it scared the crap outta me. Its a Korean horror movie and it is sooo good, scary, but good. (Japanese and Korean horror movies are always soo crazy and like just very....they are just so much more intense than american ones that are just pathetic in comparison...I mean c'mon...a shark in a lake? why not just leave the lake? And what about the one with the piranhas? =.= uh yeah...if you wanna get freaked out? Go modern Korean/Japanese horror. -old ones are kind of not so great but no old horror movies are very scary- ) My problem with horror movies is when it is a ghost movie that doesn't end, like the haunting doesn't get resolved and you still don't know how to resolve it at the end. :/ I need to know how to get rid of the ghost that is haunting me XD so yeah. So "White" is about a singing group called the Pink Dolls who is always over shadowed by a band called Pure. Not to mention the main character, Eun-Joo, a singer in the Pink dolls is always being bullied by her peers. (I find that viscous bullying is a major issue/common theme most characters deal with in Korean and Japanese dramas and movies. Not to mention there are several manga and anime that feature bullying that can often lead to death either because the aggressive ones went too far and killed the character or because the character committed suicide. Its always pretty serious as opposed to American dramas and what not where bullying is usually just talking about people behind their back.) In the beginning of the movie the group the Pink Dolls move into a new studio that had previously burned down and killed a bunch of people and Eun-Joo finds a music video on tape called "White". The Pink Dolls cover the song and they are an instant hit. They argue over who will sing lead and gain most of the spot light, all except Eun-Joo, however soon gruesome 'accidents' begin to happen to the girls who sing the lead. Before each accident the girl tells Eun-Joo they are sorry and mention to her how hot it is in the room... Eun-Joo soon begins to investigate and finds out there is a horrific past to the song and that it is actually cursed and that if she doesn't stop the curse soon...she will be the victim of the next accident. The movie kept me and my friend on our toes and it was absolutely great, so if you have the stomach for horror films, watch this one. I also watched a movie called "The Coffin"(made in 2008), its actually a super natural thriller, not a horror movie but it's pretty good. :) "Inspired by a true Thai ritual of lying in coffins to get rid of bad luck and prolong life, The Coffin is a supernatural thriller about a young man and a young woman who decide to go through the ritual in Thailand." (Synopsis from http://horrornews.net/12857/film-review-the-coffin-2008/) The movie follows a man named Chris and a woman named Sue who go through the ritual. At the beginning its very confusing and its kind of choppy as they constantly switch back and forth between the two ever few seconds. Its weird and the beginning moves really fast but it all comes together in the end and you understand it ALL. Both Chris and Sue undergo the ritual however, Chris suffers from a seizure in the coffin and Sue experiences a terrible nightmare. You soon find out that Chris did the ritual to save his girl friend Mariko who is in a coma and Sue was trying to get rid of her lung cancer. Afterwards though both Chris and Sue begin to experience a haunting and they search for an answer to ending it. Its pretty fascinating but its also kind of sad in a sweet way. It definitely kept me wondering what was going on, you know how paranormal thrillers are all about discovering answers and histories so it did what it is supposed to do, it kept me guessing. However this movie had a good resolution. I now know how to stop a haunting caused by the coffin ritual. :) So if you're like me and you NEED a resolution, 'The Coffin' had a good one. :) So yeah I watched White and The Coffin tonight and they were really good. :) If you're feeling up to a scary movie, these two are good. :D

Anime Blues Con

Hey guys! So this is super late, like a week or two late and I'm sorry about that. So I went to Anime Blues Con in Memphis TN and I had my own Anime Lovers Delight Booth! :D Yay! I passed out a lot of cards and tried to build readership (ironic because I was late on my post.... 0.0 hmmm I should work on that) and what not. So at my booth a lot of people came by and spoke to me about a thousand different animes and that was by far the best part of the convention for me! I loved speaking to so many people about our common interest. I recommended Wolf's Rain, Chrono Crusade, Ga Rei Zero, and Rin Daughters of Mnemosyne mostly however one fellow came up to me saying he loved romantic comedies and I recommended B Gata H Kei: Yamada's First Time and My Bride is a Mermaid. Congratulations Memphis! Your people really know their stuff! The second biggest highlight was the Sleeping Samurai panel that was open 24 hours a day. :D It was amazing. You went in, paid two dollars and used a foam katana to beat up your friends! XD It was so fun and exciting. I got a few real tips from my friend Aaron who also hosted a self defense panel where you learned easy ways to defend yourself in real life, you know, simple moves that anyone could do. I wish I could have attended the panel, however I couldn't...I was at my booth XD Well after that I didn't get to go to many panels, however they did have a maid cafe, I miss it so much. Every convention I go to I miss the maid cafe! It was horrible! I wanted to go but I never got the chance. I closed up my panel and went to the rave with some friends, however I have to say I was really disappointed in the Blues Con rave. It was a huge disappointment. First of all they played radio dub-step music.....not what you play at a rave for people how go AGAINST the radio most of the time. :/ Sooo bad music first of all. There was a small turn out really and almost EVERYONE (95% of the rave goers) were all crowded around the stage listening to this one guy talk and cheer....I definitely go to a rave to dance, not adore one person on the stage. :/ No offence to him, I'm sure he's very nice, but I don't go there to worship. So yeah, not to mention he got people up on the stage, cool right? Well most of them were very attractive girls who were grinding and licking faces...it was sick. I don't wanna see them having sex on stage either. So lets see: Bad music, poor turn out, sex on stage, and idol worship. OH! And, get this, no bags. In the past it's been no big bags and they searched your bag before you entered, that's fine, that perfect. But Most rave clothing don't have pockets...HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO CARRY YOUR CELL PHONE?! What if there is an emergency? "Sorry doctor, I couldn't come and tell you that she was allergic to that medication because I was in a rave and didn't have my phone on me because I didn't have pockets." That's going to play out well. :/ I love you Victor, you are my big black man and I love ya for enforcing the rules, but that one kind of bugged me. :/ Side Note: Also....freaking M-TAC this year. Their rave seemed cool, but five minuets into it I found some dude's phone and the staff WOULDN'T TAKE IT! Definitely my most angry moment at any convention in my whole life. the man told me they didn't do that....he wouldn't even hold the phone! He wouldn't go turn it into hotel security for me or anything. Its not like he is going to have to wait in line to get back in the rave...he works there. I was so close to throwing the phone at his head and kicking him in a bunch of horrible places. I ended up having to leave the rave to give the guy back his phone and I ended up yelling at him. :/ I never got back in the rave that I waited all year for. Feel horrible M-TAC staff, you hired a douche. yup I said it. Now that that is over though....*ahem* -calms down- Blues Con had some really big speakers, for instance, Lord Zed from Power Rangers. Heard he was really good. They had a ton of great artists there and the dealer room (while small) had some great deals. :) My conclusion of Blues Con: A little disappointing in some area, but over all a good weekend. :) Glad I did it.

Sword Fighting

So I'm at Anime Blues Con in Memphis, TN and I just got out of the sword fighting panel. If you lost a leg you went down on one leg, if you got hit on the arm you put that arm behind the back, if you loose two limbs you die and a hit to the torso is an instant kill, one kill equals a point and the first one to five points wins. I lost... =.= didn't get one kill.....yup so I suck at sword fighting apparently. XD but it was fun and if you ever get the chance you should try it. :) Oh and the swords were fake and padded XD

Online Chats for Customer Service - Best Thing Ever - Smith Micro

So I am now installing manga Studio Debut on my new laptop so I can work on my art work with it from now on and well, I put the disc in and everything but when I tried to install it it would run a second, then just stop. I had no idea what to do. So I did what all tech savvy youngsters do and I googled the problem. I found someone who had the same problem as me and the only answer listed was to go to the website and talk to someone. Well....lets face it. Calling people for assistance is sometimes really hard because if you do manage to have enough patience to stay on the line long enough it's just complicated having to understand people and what not, and e-mailing for complaints?! HA! Thats a laugh, you have to wait a week for a reply, but....I saw the site had one of those Instant Chat things to handle problems. Well I used it, got someone on the line in under a minuet, and my problem was solved in under five minuets. Turns out if you have window 7 or window vista you might have to change your security settings because it won't let things install even if you say it's alright. Well I didn't want to change my security settings and look, here I am five minuets later with the program fully installed on my computer. Also while we are here I would like to say I LOVE Smith Micro's Manga Studio Debut 4. You pretty much need a pen tablet to use it, but it was super easy to make thousands of awesome manga effects for my drawings! Its just nice for beginners and to me it seems that Smith Micro's products are affordable and easy to use for beginners. I don't think they are professional grade or maybe they are, I don't know but it gets the job done and its easy to make manga pages that look professional. :) If you can get this program you can make your own professional looking manga. That's all there is too it. So yeah, I love Manga Studio, Smith Micro is affordable, and I love the instant message help! :D Have a great day guys!

When You Miss Something....

So, sometimes I'll read a manga or watch an anime and suddenly something occurs to me.....I'm missing something. There is something in this plot line that is missing, and it is glaringly obvious like some kind of big, empty vortex or a hole that actually sucks up the story line into some alternate universe where it makes sense and you just can't get there...meanwhile you are left on the other side of the vortex missing that information. Alright....whatever right? Maybes its a mixed plot line where its scattered and you'll find out later? Oh no....then you see a small annotation that tells you 'refer to the video game for the PS2' and you're entire world shatters right then and there because you realize that's why you're missing the information. No it can't be like Marvel comics where the have annotations that tells you to refer to a different issue for more back story on that detail.....no it's refer to that video game. However we are anime lovers and manga readers...we are not video gamers! D: If we were would we be reading this stupid manga? No! We'd be fighting monsters on the PS2...... so now it you like the manga enough and you want to understand the story you have to go out and spend the money on the game and mow your friend's lawn in order to borrow their PS2 or mow your lawn to earn the money to buy your own PS2 and then figure out some way to earn three years worth of gaming skills in order to actually finish the game and finish the story line......or you have to look up walk throughs and trust wikipedia and gather small bits of information from around the web until you feel confident enough that you have the whole story. the sequel to the latter however is that three months later someone mentions that secret love interest or that final hidden boss that changed the plot line entirely and you are like 'What?! No! I finished that manga a week ago--......oh.....you uh......you meant from the video....the video game....ARGH!' You scream and pull out your hair and for the next three months you rely on your cosplay wigs. =.= You see? You see the horrible result from splitting story lines from video games and manga?! Balding. That is the result. Here are things that okay: -Having different story lines for the manga, the anime, the video game, and the visual novel. -Adding extra details and twists to each different version of the story. Here is what is not okay: -Intertwining them all so that if you read or watch one of the mediums you MUST partake in all the mediums in order to understand ANYTHING that is going on. A good example of this was Disgaea.....I read the manga 'Disgaea 2' you know, with Rozalin and all? Ooooh such a yummy story line for the comic romantics! However it had that annotation to refer to the video game and when I finished that volume I never picked it up again because the next part was on a video game. 0.0 this is possibly one of the most annoying things ever done to me. following in a close second is when a manga author refuses to put out more than one volume of multiple mangas and when the anime makes no sense by the end because they cut out too much and you are FORCED to read through the manga for hidded clues and details that were lost in the animation process. Thats it for today. XD The X factor, the void in so many mangas today was the topic. The conclusion? It annoys me. Very deeply. hahaha. If I wanted to play the video game I would, if I was GOOD at video games I would play them...but I'm not so I read manga and watch anime.... Have a good day guys!

Speed Grapher - Episode 1 - Outlook

So the other day I watched the first episode of Speed Grapher. I have to say....my heart stopped at a scene or two. The main character is a gritty, grungy photographer who is in love with his profession and is pretty much scraping by in a hard-time city setting where only the rich are well off and the rest of the people just have to scrape by however they can. (This reminded me of the setting for Wolf's Rain too, I guess I should review that soon. lol Anyways in Wolf's Rain its pretty much the government, the nobles, and everybody else. For the nobles the world is pretty sweet, they are rich and freaky, the government cater to the nobles, and everybody else just scrapes by as best they can in a world that is on the brink of ending it seems. ) Anyways its an exciting setting because its kind of like the opening to a private investigator show, you know with the down on his luck private investigator taking whatever jobs he can just to 'make a living in some kind of dirty city where the streets are littered with trash and the air is just like smoke unless you can afford to live he high life.' *mimics an unshaven private investigator with a drinking problem who smokes cigarettes and dips tobacco* Haha now that that's over with.

The anime seems to be for adults, in the first episode there is already extreme violence and uh...adult romantic scenes that aren't very romantic, so don't watch this if you are young and impressionable or not mature enough to handle mature content. :/ sorry.

The first episode though was really random, but not in a bad way. Sort of like it gave you a small taste of everything the anime will offer. There is a gritty photographer trying to uncover truths of the city and what not, there is a police woman who is VERY corrupt and wants to have adult, romantic scenes with the photographer, there is some kind of dancer who is also an assassin who can curl up into a ball and slingshot across the street, and finally there is a huge, underground cult especially for the rich who can pay for any kind of pleasure they want who all worship some kind of goddess who can either kill them or bestow them some kind of gift upon introduction to the 'Pleasure Seekers' society! *breathes really hard* phew that's a mouth full. Also, this anime is on Netflix, which I thought was cool. I'll admit not many great animes are on Netflix, but some are. Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne is on Netflix!

Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

Alright guys, this is pretty great. I remember the first time I heard about Epic Mickey from Game Informer. Immediately I went to the game stop and reserved a copy...a year and a few months later it came out, I got the phone call and picked it up! It was amazing! The game is so much fun! It is easy to learn the controls so its user friendly but it also has a fun story line that is awesome! You play as Mickey and you can either help re-built the cartoon world and save it and become the golden Mickey, or destroy the world and turn into an evil rat. Its cool because not only is it a Mickey Mouse game (I love Disney) but its the original Mickey. The mischievous, little trouble maker who was always stirring up something new. The Mickey we know and love now is really a subtracted Mickey. The other characters are characteristics they took away from Mickey, Donald has his old temper and Goofy has is only silly side, leaving Mickey as a stand up, hero character. Anyways, the game is fun and easy to learn, its also for the wii...however...its only one player... ENTER EPIC MICKEY 2: THE POWER OF TWO! ITS EPIC MICKEY WITH TWO PLAYER ACTION! YEAAAAH! So I'm pretty pumped. :) Have a great day everyone.

Disappointment: X-Men

So I know X-Men isn't an anime, but I love Marvel. I've roleplayed several times within the Marvel Universe, both in an X-Men roleplay and a Next Avengers roleplay. Well point being, its not anime, but whatever. I watched the movies and found some pictures of a fiery red-head who was just awesome....yes, Jean Grey. I think she is just awesome. That being said I have scoured the comic book sellers at anime conventions and any where else I could find and if I EVER see Jean Grey or The Phoenix: I get the comic. always. I've yet to read them.... @.@ afraid to mess them up, but still! I love her.

So I was at Barnes and Noble the other day and she wasn't ANYWHERE! I was then informed by my company at the time that Phoenix wasn't a 'main' character because she was too powerful. Whatever that means. I looked through the encyclopedia of Marvel characters though and was extremely disappointed to only find TWO PAGES on Jean Grey, then a few small excerpts....I was not happy at all. I mean she is my favorite character and several times I have bought comics thinking she would be in them: Btw WTF (what the fudge) is up with this chick Hope or whatever. :/ ? I mean seriously? She just came from nowhere and is all havin' Jean's hair color, making me think the comic had Jean or Phoenix in it....making me buy the darn comic...

So yeah that's today's post....Think about your favorite super hero and then think about how awesome Phoenix/jean Grey is and feel shamed because she is cooler. Come on, a fierce red head with nearly infinite power....yeah, she could kick your super heroes but...especially if you thought of Super Man. :P (We don't like Super Man here, we are Batman kind of people. )

So to sum things up:
~Jean Grey/ Phoenix is awesome
~She should be a main character
~I'm disappointed she isn't
~I'm annoyed with Hope Summers for making me buy comics without Jean in them
~Shame for you. :P

Haha have a great day every body.

AH! Broken Zipper On My Make-Up Bag!

AH! Broken Zipper On My Make-Up Bag!

So I'm packing and packing up all of my make up and stuff right? Well you'll never guess...well its the title so maybe you will. The part that pulls the zipped popped off, well genius me, got a key chain, took off the decoration and put the circle on the zipper to pull it with instead. Quick fix that is awesome!

Three things to keep with you for ALL emergencies at an anime convention:
1. Bobby pins (hair)
2. Safety Pins (clothes)
3. Keychains (misc. lol )

Conventions Coming up! Baking Soda V.S. Charcoal, and Instant Results (tanning)

Alright so M-TAC is coming up and I am super excited! I've gotten two big cosplays picked out and they are totally awesome. But for now I'll keep you guessing (hint hint: one of then has green hair, the other has blue)That being said make sure you start packing early and don't leave shopping until the last minuet because you may only think you need eyelashes and fake nails, but it turns out you also need another pair of yoga pants, shaving cream,more hair clips and hair bands, and a truck load of other things. My mother and I got my shopping done this weekend and my mom was amazing and she truly is spectacular when it comes to helping me out. Her first, most important rules for shopping in a hurry?
1. Get everything you possibly can at one store.
2. Make a list before going and don't get flustered or frustrated. :)

So yeah but more on that on a Convention Skills post.


Baking Soda V.S. Charcoal!
So Japan has charcoal in like EVERYTHING! They have it in odder absorbers, face wash, and even toothpaste! (AH! right?)(If you check out J-List you can see the face wash and the toothpaste lol I think they even have it in shampoo) Apparently charcoal is great for your skin because it absorbed oil and apparently it whitened and cleans your teeth like amazingly and its just great stuff. Well here in America we have Baking Soda in like EVERYTHING! We have it in tooth paste now, we use it for cooking, we use it to freshen rooms and absorb smells, and you can even make a face scrub out of it at home! (its SUPER easy, just mix some baking soda with a little bit of water to make a thick, rough paste and scrub your face off with it. Baking soda is used to extract poison from bee stings, well it does the same thing for you face. it absorbs oil and gets out all of the 'poisons' in your face and pore and stuff. I just used it, scrubbed my face with it and it was AWESOME!) So my question is....which has more uses? Charcoal or Baking Soda? ...something to think about for later.. hmmm. (haha coming soon)

Get your bathing suits on, we're staying inside!
Most of us who watch anime and play video games and what not don't make a lot of time for like, sunlight, and we don't really notice how light our skin gets....until you have to wear short shorts for a cosplay at a convention. 0.0 Then you're like 'HOLY CRAP I GOTTA GET SOME SUN!' or 'HOLY GUACAMOLE I GOTTA GET TO THE TANNING BED BATMAN!' of course getting a natural suntan can take weeks, and doesn't work for some people if their skin is just naturally too light and they don't tan well, and come on...a tanning bed? They are sooo expensive and even then it takes a couple of visits. If you've only got a week left, neither of those will work. So what do you do? Read Anime Lovers Delight because I have the answer! Last year I only had two weeks and my mom gave me some Jergens lotion that gradually got your skin darker, I could tell a difference, but it took a lot longer than two weeks and I had to do it EVERY NIGHT before I went to bed and some of use aren't great with remembering to do that. So here's what I did this year, I got this 'spray tan' from Neutrogena. (MicroMist Sunless Tanning) Now I know that when someone says spray tan everyone freaks out because no one wants to be orange, well I am NOT orange and I just did it. :)

So my legs are SUPER pale and the sunless tanning actually made them look, normal. lol It was great. I took a shower and dried off then sprayed on the MicroMist -following the directions on the bottle- and two hours later (it darkens over a period of two hours)well I did another coat two hours later, but now they are looking great! I'm probably going to do ONE more layer but just so that I'm all like goddessy like with my tan at the convention. haha!

We all like instant results, but sometimes you have to wonder if they are really worth it? Well yes, this instant result was great. :) I'm not orange and I don't have any like drip marks or anything. I am extremely pleased and I hope you will be too if you try it out.

Absent: Convention Stuff! (Where to Buy Cosplays and Wigs)

Hey guys, so I bet you've noticed I've been a little absent lately, what with the AMV of the week not being posted up for two weeks in a row. I'm sorry about that, by the way, but you should all know that M-TAC is coming up soon! Yay! So What with last week being my spring break and all I took advantage of every little second I could to prepare for the convention. I'm going up with a group this year and we are doing a group cosplay of Kingdom Hearts. (I'm playing Aqua, yay!) I also went ahead and got together my costume for Rin from Rin: D.o.N. So this is all pretty exciting. We are leaving for the convention Thursday morning. (Early Thursday morning...really early Thursday morning =.=) But that's great because usually I go up Friday morning and get there Friday afternoon and I miss like, a few whole HOURS of convention time so this year is absolutely amazing! Sure I have to miss a day or school (or two) but it is sooo worth it!

So that's my excuse for the lack of posting lately and again I am very sorry for that.

But! Never fear I have some useful information here! (haha rhyming) Now if you didn't have time to get your cosplay together you can rush order one at the last minuet. Yes, buying cosplays are expensive, but you can wear it for all the other conventions you go too and for halloween! :D Sooo maybe you can rationalize it like that. Either way, no matter where you get your cosplay the price will be a little expensive, most tend to run from about 100$ to 150$, but you may as well get a high quality one since you're going to be paying so much anyways. :P

Cosplay House
I've ordered a few costumes from Cosplay House and they were really high quality, I have to say that I loved all of them! For instance, Yuki from Vampire Knight, if you've examined her costume on the show or in the manga, you'd notice that there are a lot of little details on it. A LOT of teeny tiny details and on my costume they were perfect. Also, the buttons on my costume were made of plastic, but they looked like real metal, and the small spike things WERE real metal. So you can go to www.cosplayhouse.com and order a costume there! However you should contact them first before payment and make sure your costume is in stock and that it will reach you in time. Because sometimes they have to make it if you order it custom made or something and well, that takes time :/

Cosplay Magic:
I also ordered my most recent costume, Aqua from Kingdom Hearts, from Cosplay Magic and I LOVED IT! If I was more patient I would have ordered it in a custom size because my his are wide but my bust..uh..isn't. So, since cosplays run a little small most of the time, I ordered a size up, which was great because the pants fit me perfect, but my mom has to take the top in a little...(a lot. She has to take it in a lot alright?! DX ) (haha) But the costume is super high quality and I am absolutely in love with it! The detail is amazing and I think it is really exquisite. Again, contact them and make sure you're costume is in stock and can reach you with a rush order. The website is www.cosplaymagic.com so yeah, go check it out.

Warnings:

So there are a few things to keep in mind when you order a costume online:
1. You want to make sure you can see a REAL picture of the costume instead of just a picture of the character. Otherwise you don't exactly know how the costume is going to look.
2. Once you've seen the costume just do a little bit of examination and make sure that its what you want. You can scope around the internet and see if there is a better costume and compare and contrast pros and cons about each one. I recently tried to find the Beatrice 'Golden Witch Party Dress' and I hated most of them and I wasn't going to order a costume I hated :P but some of them were good. It just goes to show you that some costumes are high quality and some aren't.
3. I know I am vouching for these websites, but still make sure you check out the costume before you buy it. I can't promise that all their costumes are high quality, just most from my experience.
4. SIZING! Sizing is one of the most frustrating things to deal with, luckily there are usually some kind of sizing chart. This chart will help you measure yourself and show you were to measure specifically, and from there you an see which size you should order. Like I said, cosplays tend to run a little small, so while you may wear a size 12 jeans you could wear a size 14 pair of leather short shorts for the cosplay. =.=

Remember- Don't be discouraged if you are a little too big or a little too small, the point of cosplaying is to have fun. I'm not exactly small myself, but we are all shaped differently and are ALL beautiful! :) So yeah, order your costume and have a great time.


Other Sites:
Now then, if neither of these sites really have what you want, go online and look at Ebay or Amazon, you might get lucky. :) (www.ebay.com or www.amazon.com) Make sure you read the description of the item and see some details pictures though, you'd hate to buy a cosplay on ebay then it turn out to be torn or something. And finally you can always try google. :/ I hate using google for cosplay searches though....millions of sites to sift through =.= but yeah, happy hunting. :)



Wigs:
Usually I go ahead and order an official cosplay wig but they can get pretty pricey, especially if they are very long or styled. You can usually find wigs from reliable sellers by searching google or going to a cosplay site, but if you only plan to wear the wig once stock up when halloween comes around. Sure Halloween wigs are really low quality, but they are cheap and if you have to dye it or straighten it or something, then you don't have to worry about wasting money. However I like to get high quality thigns that I can use more than a few times, so I went out to a wig and beauty store near me and bought my Rin and Aqua wig there. The Aqua wig isn't the PERFECT color and its a little long, but I can easily get it styled by my hair stylist. My Rin wig is also a little short, but it is absolutely gorgeous. Again, let me remind you, buying a wig can be a little expensive, but if its high quality, its worth it.

And that's about it for now.

AMV of the Week

Black Rock Shooter! Yay! The Anime Music Video of the Week is a video for Black Rock Shooter, a short anime film that is just plain great, to the song Unbreakable. Not much to say other than that, great anime and the song is fitting to the movie. Hopefully I can do a review of it soon so you can really know what I'm talking about, or, even better, check it out your self! :D

(Honestly I really liked this song, I'll admit the guitar in some parts aren't exactly easy on the ears, but for the most part I really like this song and I kind of think it sounds epic. :) )



Song: Unbreakable
Artist: Fireflight
Anime: Black Rock Shooter
Lyrics:

Where are the people that accused me?
The ones who beat me down and bruised me
They hide just out of sight
Can't face me in the light
They'll return but I'll be stronger

God, I want to dream again
Take me where I've never been
I want to go there
This time I'm not scared
Now I am unbreakable, it's unmistakable
No one can touch me
Nothing can stop me

Sometimes it's hard to just keep going
But faith is moving without knowing
Can I trust what I can't see?
To reach my destiny
I want to take control but I know better

God, I want to dream again
Take me where I've never been
I want to go there
This time I'm not scared
Now I am unbreakable, it's unmistakable
No one can touch me
Nothing can stop me


Forget the fear it's just a crutch
That tries to hold you back
And turn your dreams to dust
All you need to do is just trust


God, I want to dream again
Take me where I've never been
I want to go there
This time I'm not scared
Now I am unbreakable, it's unmistakable
No one can touch me
Nothing can stop me


God, I want to dream again
Take me where I've never been
I want to go there
This time I'm not scared
Now I am unbreakable, it's unmistakable
No one can touch me
Nothing can stop me

Rin Daughters of Mnemosyne - Anime Review

Hey guys, so while choose the AMV of the Week I spotted a few videos for Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne and started listening to some of the music from the sound track and I realized what it reminded me of! Wolf's Rain! So here we go.

If you've seen Wolf's Rain and liked it, go you, you'd LOVE Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne, and if you didn't like it....well there might be something wrong with you, go to a doctor.
If you haven't seen Wolf's Rain then read below for farther confirmation that this anime rocks!

Rin: D.O.M. is a good anime because it catches you right in the very beginning! Fro the first episode you are hooked and you're wondering what is going on and what is going to happen! The series is only six episodes long so every second of it is absolutely amazing! Its like since its a little crammed on time, there isn't a moment wasted on it being dull or anything. There is no filler, simply because there can't be. It is rather adult due to violence and well...uh...adult parts but as long as your mature/old enough then you're all good.

Rin is a small-time detective and takes on cases at her leisure and she works with Mimi, her computer savvy friend who holds down the fort at the office and handles paper work and what not while Rin goes out and does the leg work. It sounds pretty laid back...until you see the leg work in the first five minuets of the anime... OH and, did I forget to mention....they live forever?
Rin and Mimi are carriers of something called a 'Time Fruit' little fruits from an ancient, magical tree and when these fruits enter women's bodies, the woman becomes immortal, however when the fruits enter a man's body he turns into a super power demon thing called an angel to to the fact that they can fly thanks to wing like growths on their back. Things just got complicated.
The entire series takes you with Rin and Mimi as they do their best to survive against a mysterious, and constant, pursuer, Apos. Not to mention some mysterious hit-woman who is taking every chance she can get to try and kill Rin! And while she succeeds many times, much to her dismay, Rin always comes back.
Through the anime Rin and Mimi take a case or two and do their best to do some good along the way as the anime moves well over fifty years in the future!

If the summary didn't catch your attention this should:
The characters are just to die for!
Every single one has a past and is well rounded. Rin is hard core and takes the missions and the severe physical damage while she's also beautiful and smart, not to mention kind....uh...unless you get on her bad side.
While Mimi is a little nerdy and super sweet, and she avoids physical fights mostly. These are the two main characters you see the most of and as the anime continues on you learn more about both of them and how they met and their pasts. Watch the anime and meet the rest of the characters. :D

And finally, if that didn't catch your attention here's the trailer!





Finally, Rin reminds me of Wolf's Rain in more than one way. Both have deep, involved plots with laid back, calming music. Kind of like something you'd hear in a coffee shop.... Now Wolf's Rain isn't quite as bloody as Rin, but they do both have some blood. However the biggest similarity between them is that after its over....it will leave you scratching your head saying,"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?" Then you'll have to watch the anime again to make sure you got everything! XD So if you got Inception easily, give Rin: D.O.M. a try and just see if it doesn't make you think a little harder.

So that's about it. The anime is deep, filled with action and blood, and smart amazing women. There's even a little bit of romance ;) All in all I LOVED this anime....even if I did have to watch it again just to understand it. haha

AMV Of The Week! - The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti)

Hey guys, first of all I saw 'The Secret World of Arrietty' tonight with my friend. I love Hayao Miyazaki but dear god I am sick of movies about FRIENDSHIP!

The movie is 1hr 34min‎‎, rated G‎‎, and its genres are animation,action,adventure,sci-fi, and fantasy‎. I know its animated and its rated G, but I wouldn't recommend it for kids. Its a great movie and the animation is amazing, but its also very calm. (Not surprising for a Miyazaki or Studio Ghibli.) Most younger children seem to need something kind of fast paces and flashy with lots of jokes or action. -Also the kids in the movie with me WOULD NOT FREAKING SIT STILL! I seriously almost yelled at their parents or caretakers or whatever because it was just terrible, they kept running around, squealing and screaming, and one kicked my seat a bunch!- -I'm starting to hate movie theaters...and I'm going to suggest a law for all children under the age of 8 to be kept on leashes, dogs are more well behaved than them!- *ahem* Anyways. This movie also has some very deep topics that children won't really understand. One of the main characters, Shawn, is sickly and he has fully prepared for his death and is actually kind of morbid at one point...yeah, right? not something a child would understand since he was so calm and serene about it. None of the kids in the movie seemed to REALLY get what was going on.

The movie is based off of the book, The Borrowers, and it was really great, for people who understood it. The movie starts off with Arrietty, freshly 14, who is fully ready to go out on her first borrowing mission! As the movie goes on she goes on a huge adventure.....around the floorboards and in the backyard of the house! XD It certainly was interesting, but like I said it isn't very action oriented. A lot of the movie is mostly inner turmoil and subtle outside factors, its kind of complicated to explain how it made me hold my breath, yet at the same time kept me relaxed and feeling rather serene.

So to finish up, the movie was really good, I'd recommend it to anyone who can sit still a little longer than an hour or who could appreciate the quality of the movie and the storyline.


Comparison Movie:
I'd compare this movie to spirited away in many way. For one, both of them have plots that go way deeper that just what you SEE in the movie and you have to read between the lines to really understand what the characters are going through and how they change throughout the movie because its just fascinating, and really, half the plot is there! Also, the soundtracks, Spirited Away had a really peaceful soundtrack, and so does Arrietty, I loved the music for it! :) And finally, the friendship. Arrietty meets Shawn, a human, and the two become close friends and learn different things from each other that improve them over all, not unlike Chihiro and Haku. If you liked Spirited Away, you'd really like The Secret World of Arrietty. :)


(SPOILERS ---- ?????)
For all you romance lovers out there who hated Spirited Away, maybe you don't go see this movie. I love romance movies, and I love Spirited Away.....but I hated the ending. I mentioned before that the two movies are similar but I felt the same way about both of them. Loved the movies itself, hated the ending. I feel like both of them are unfinished and left me wanting a LITTLE more because in BOTH of them what I thought would be romance turned out to be friendship. This is a common theme in Miyazaki and Ghibli movies, friendship and nature are their big things, if you area romance seeker then maybe they just aren't for you. :/


And that's about it, the movie was good and calming. :) You have to appreciate inner subtle plots to really enjoy it though I think.






Now, the AMV of the Week.

This week I choose one simply because it was fun and it just really FITS the anime with it! XD I didn't choose it for the song though, so just be ready to laugh! XD

I think this song really fits with Tamaki.... XD hahaha, he's so flamboyant and just is...he's just rich, pretty, and proud!


The song this week is by Toybox, I don't think they are Japanese, in fact I'm very sure they aren't. XD But there are a lot of people who use their music for AMVs and usually is you mention them at an anime convention everyone knows who you're talking about. Sooooo yeah, that's why they make the cut. XD Enjoy the video!



Song: SuperStar
Artist: Toybox
Anime: Ouran High School Host Club.
Lyrics:


I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are

(Superstar!)

Got Many money Honey, Im a superstar
My life is funny honey, Have you seen my car?
I know alot of people, Im a superstar
Everybody know me, right from near to far


I got a plane (got a plane)
I love the fame (love the fame)
You know my name (know my name)
And i just want you to know


I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are

(Superstar!)

Ive got a red Ferrari, Im a superstar
I really like to party, Am i cool or what?
I love alot of women, Im a superstar
Stars got a freaky living, thats the way we are


I got a plane (got a plane)
I love the fame (Love the fame)
You know my name (know my name)
And i just want you to know


I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are

(Superstar!)

I got fortune i got fame
Love it when you say my name
Love to party I am naughty
Prettier than everybody!

I got muscles Im a stud
Jealous people kiss my butt
Im so fly ill make you cry
Cross my heart and hope to die


I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are
I am a superstar with a big big house and a big big car
I am a superstar and i dont care who you are

AMV Of The Week! :D Yay! -A little Joke-

Hey guys! This week's AMV is absolutely awesome! This song fits the anime so perfectly and it is for one of my favorite animes: Ga Rei Zero!



Song: Black Black Heart
Artist: David Usher
Anime: Ga Rei Zero

Lyrics:


Something ugly this way comes
Through my fingers sliding inside
All these blessings all these burns
I'm godless underneath your cover
Search for pleasure search for pain
In this world now I am undying
I unfurl my flag my nation helpless

Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds

As I begin to lose my grip
On these realities your sending
Taste your mind and taste your sex
I'm naked underneath your cover
Covers lie and we will bend and borrow
With the coming sign
The tide will take the sea will rise and time will rape

Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds

Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds




Comments: (SPOILER ALERT - IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN GA REI ZERO THEN DONT READ BELOW!)
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nope I caught you! go watch the anime!

Alright but getting more serious now. Forgive me its almost 11:45 and my mind is turning to mush.

Thins song is perfect for Ga Rei Zero because in the end its like, Yomi doesn't WANT to turn evil, but it seems like she's given very little choice in the matter and she only truly turns evil, if you can even say truly ever, is after she's LOST HER GRIP on her life after her father dies and her fiancee doesn't visit her and then her sister thinks she actually killed someone. So so yeah she turns evil still, but doesn't want too and just can't go against it and she faces severe inner turmoil during her injury and after she is taken over by the bane stone.

Anime Music Video Of The Week

Hey guys! I'm coming to you a little late at night, but its still Saturday so you know what that means! The Anime Music Video Of The Week! Yay! Without further adieu here we go! This week the anime music video is one I recently added to the Anime Lovers Delight Playlist on the side. Its called "Again" and its by Yui. It was a huge anime opening that swept across youtube and got many 'likes' from anime lovers. So this week we are giving the opening for Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood a thumbs up, get ready to click your thumbs up like buttons guys!




Song: Again
Artist: Yui
Lyrics:
(these might be for the full song I think btw. hope you enjoy it!)

I thought I was running after something carried over from my dreams,
Yet I'm stumbling into people on this narrow, winding road.

It's not like I want to go back to the way things were back then,
I'm just searching for the sky I've lost.
I hope you understand.
Stop making that sad face as though you were a victim.

Sins don't end with tears,
You have to carry the pain forever.
who am I waiting for in this maze with no exit in sight?
a blank notebook.
make me want to release my feelings more and more
What do I want to escape from?
... is it reality?

makes me want to scream that we live on do u hear me? i cant play it safe no more ... I've got nowhere to go home to.
There's still so much in life to remove this feeling.
(I'm on the way)
I even welcome this pain
for the things I miss

I have to apologize for this. Ah, I'm sorry.
I can't say it well. I'm just causing worry.

Everything that I embraced that day. Everything that I will embrace tomorrow
I will not arrange them in any order.
I hope you understand. I closed my eyes
but I could still see things I do not want to see.

From the useless rumors, which one was it that i heard first?
"Face it and you will be friends"
Don't tell lies like these.
My heart being agitated from deep inside,
a burning sensation runs through my body.
Actually I'm expecting something
from this thing called "reality".

It makes me want to scream that we're alive
For things to come true. Can you hear me?
I can't put up with playing it safe.
... I've got nowhere to go home to.
I'm always grateful for kindness
That's why I want to grow stronger,
(I'm on the way)
...to march on.
I welcome friends and foes.

How do I open the next door? I'm thinking.
I can't take back this story that has begun.
Open your eyes.
Open your eyes.

I still have too long a life ahead
to get rid of these feelings, right?
I want to try doing over
the things I've left undone
Shall we go AGAIN?

It makes me want to scream that we're alive
For things to come true. Can you hear me?
I can't put up with playing it safe.
... I've got nowhere to go home to.
I'm always grateful for kindness
That's why I want to grow stronger,
(I'm on the way)
I even welcome this pain
for the things I miss

CaramelDancin' Update!

Tomorrow is the big film day of the dance tutorial for Caramel Dancin'! :D Yay! I have to choose a hair style though! D: If you follow ALD on facebook you can go vote on there or you can submit a comment below.

How should I wear my hair?
-Pigtails with curls
-Sexy Maid hairstyle
- or straight pigtails?

Right or Wrong? Redemption for the AMV of the Week?

Recently I spoke with my most frequent reader and my strongest supporter, my dad. :) He voiced his opinion about the Anime Music Video of the week and said he hated it. XD I hate to say it, but I can see his point. He is very focused on how the song sounds and the lyrics and well, yeah, the lyrics don't make a lot of sense.... and I can understand him not liking the song. XD

But here is why I love it so much:
1. Its catchy and I looooove the song, it gets stuck in my head and I felt epic all day with it, like I should be in my own anime opening. :3
2. I was blinded by the gorgeous animation and character design. :/ Sorry, in the future I will judge it more on the song and less on the animation of it I suppose, but this week, that's what got it to the Music Video of the week: The animation and the uniqueness of it. I don't see a lot of anime endings like that and it was really interesting. :3 Sooo yeah, sorry if you didn't like the song but just watch the video then tell me what you think of it. :3 Still disagree with me, then let me know and I'll work to make the next week's song better :)

Cosplay Ideas?

So MTAC is coming up and I'm going with a huge group of friends. Time to start stalking up on fake eyelashes and what not right? lol Well one of my favorite things about anime conventions is getting a chance to cosplay! Yeah! We decided we would do a huge group cosplay as kingdom hearts together and it will be totally awesome, I called dibs on Aqua (cause she is awesome)and now I have to find two more cosplays.

Well one more really, I want to go as Rin from Daughters of Mnemosyne sunday because sundays we are like packing up and its hectic and crazy and just like whoa! lol And Rin's costume is pretty simple, she wears a green suit and glasses XD so yeah. And I like doing laid back costumes the last day of the con., partly because of what I just said, and partly because the night before I usually stayed til' three in the morning raving! XD haha I'm a dancin' animal! XD *Ahem* anyways, so yeah. You don't want to save your best cosplay for last. :/



For my first cosplay I thought that I would go as Beatrice from Umineko cause her golden witch party dress is just stunning, but I found that it was really hard to find in good quality. Cosplaying is just so expensive that if I don't LOVE the costume, then I just can't afford to buy it. :/ sad right? Well anyways, if its isn't good quality, I'm not paying over 100 dollars for it. I just wont. So now I'm left find another awesome cosplay. :/ And the search goes on. I've considered a few different ones but none of them really works, you know?
I tried:
Beatrice - Umineko
Victorique - Gosick
Zelda - Twilight Princess
Yomi - Ga Rei Zero (

Well who knows, maybe I can come up with something better after I compile a list of all the anime I've seen and all the anime I need to see and my favorite girls from animes. :)

Anime Music Video Of The Week!

Alrighty guys, I"m going to do my best and post up an anime music video for the week every Saturday starting today! :D

This week I've chosen the K-ON first ending. :) I love the characters design and outfits. The song is great, and the animation is clean and beautiful. Not only that, but its a very unique ending, very...involved? I guess I'd say. A lot of times endings are really dull or just pictures or the character walking through scenes or something, nothing wrong with that, but I LOVE interesting endings. So yeah, this week its the first K-ON ending. :) Check it out.



Anime: K-ON
Song: Don't Say Lazy
Artist: Yoko Hikasa with Aki Toyosaki , Satomi Sato and Minako Kotobuki

English Lyrics:


(Lyrics Provided By: http://atashi.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/k-on-ending-theme-dont-say-lazy/ )


Vocals: Sakura High K-ON Club (Toyosaki Aki, Hikasa Yoko, Sato Satomi, Kotobuki Minako as Hirasawa Yui, Akiyama Mio, Tainaka Ritsu, Kotobuki Tsumugi)
Lyrics: Omori Shoko
Composition: Maezawa Hiroyuki
Arrangement: Komori Shigeo

Please don’t say “You are lazy”
But the truth is, I’m crazy
The swans, I’m sure
Give flutter kicks at a place that you can’t see
I’m instinctively obedient and loyal; I’m well aware of that I get trifled with
Plus my future’s looking bright…
So sometimes, I take a break

Firmly ascertaining it with my eyes
Marking my destination on the map
If there’s a shortcut, then it’s the easy way out
If I’ve got wings that can let me skip things, too, then that’s the best

Oh no, I broke a nail; so I repaired it with glue
With just that, I feel kind of accomplished
What’s important is loving yourself
If you don’t love yourself, then no one else can love you

Please don’t say “You are lazy”
But the truth is, I’m crazy
A capable hawk, I’m sure
Hides its picks at a place that you can’t see
I do my hardest to daydream; the reality drives me desperate
Plus I’m still in mid-development…
So unexpectedly, I go off-pitch

Even if you just don’t see me
My motivation blows the meter
Dreaming with all my might
Sleeping enough for you with all my might

I did it, I got a little thinner; I got so proud that I ate stuff
With just that, why do I feel like it defeated the point?
I promptly adjusted my goal downwards
Adapting with flexibility to the occasion and changing inside-out will let me win

Please don’t say “You are lazy”
But the truth is, I’m crazy
The peacocks, I’m sure
Can charm you here and now
I push on with my entire body and insides; my wish is to be slim and pretty
Plus temptations come up a lot…
So my will gets completely shattered

Oh no, it can’t be the Red Point?! No way, I barely cleared it!
With just that, I feel like I can do everything
What’s important is acknowledging yourself
If you don’t forgive yourself, then no one else can forgive you

Please don’t say “You are lazy”
But the truth is, I’m crazy
The swans, I’m sure
Give flutter kicks at a place that you can’t see
I’m instinctively obedient and loyal; I’m well aware of that I get trifled with
Plus my future’s looking bright…
So sometimes, I take a break

Kyoko - Updated! (Reminders!) Apology

Alright everyone, first of all I would like to say Yay! And thank you to everyone who helped me out with creating the new headers! Yeah, I drew Kyoko and everything and designed the header and her outfit, but my dad(my awesome amazing father) scanned the picture into the computer and I got like fifty opinions from friends of mine and I used class time to design it a bit soo yeah. I got some help with it and thank you to everyone who helped me out with that along the way. Thanks to everyone who helped me out we have this awesome new header that looks sooo great, especially compared the the previous headers. :) As I'm sure you can tell, Kyoko looks a ton better, which she is relieved about because she is a little vain lol. But hey, if I looked like her I would be too! XD

So yeah Hooray for the updated header! :D

Also! Reminding everyone that if you want to submit your favorite anime girl or anime for the lists I am currently making you can submit those to me on Facebook, a Comment below, or on Twitter. (if you can figure out how XD) -the forms are below :) -


Favorite Anime Girl Form:

Anime Girl Name:
Title of the Anime She's From:
Your Name:


Animes I Should Watch:

Anime Title:
Your Name:



Finally, the Apology...

I realize that some of you may like a mainstream or a gateway anime or something that I have mentioned in a few posts and 'bashed' a bit. All in good fun of course, however I do realize that you could get offended. my friend was reading over a post or two and as he was reading it, he stumbled upon a comment about One Piece and how i was mocking it...a bit... >.< Alright I was mocking it a lot, but come on! Its One Piece! D:< Anyways *composes self* he got a little offended and tried to defend it, I wouldn't listen obviously because I have little patience for those kinds of things, however I realized that I can be a tad bit harsh. So if you liked an anime that I make fun or or poke fun at, remember its just my opinion, not yours. So if you get offended, I am really, very sorry, but it is honestly just for fun. :/ Soo yeah I guess that's my apology, I don't know if that quite counts as an apology but that's the best your going to pull from me because I won't apologize completely for my opinions. >.< (Also, just note that I'm NOT apologizing for my opinion, just for making fun of the anime you like very, very harshly...)

And that concludes the post! Everyone have a great day and thanks for reading!

Anime Lovers Delight Lists Announcement! - Submissions!

Hey guys! I am about to embark on a post that will include three lists!
1. My Favorite Anime Girls (and why)
2. Every Single Anime I Have Seen (just a list and possibly a small opinion of each)
3. My Whole List of To-Do Animes To Watch! :D

I'd love to get some input on this so please, if you have any favorite anime girls then send me their name, the anime they appear in, and your name so I can say they are your favorite anime girl too! :D Also if you'd like to submit an anime for my to-do list then go ahead! :D
You can reach me on my blog with a comment, on the facebook, or on the twitter (if you can figure out how on twitter o.0 cause I can't)


Favorite Anime Girl Form:

Anime Girl Name:
Title of the Anime She's From:
Your Name:


Animes I Should Watch:

Anime Title:
Your Name:


You can send me one or both of those forms through a comment below, on the facebook page, or on the twitter page. :) I will make sure to check them! Yay! :D


Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anime-Lovers-Delight/217029671707165

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/AnimeLvrsDlight

Pretty Amazing...whoa.

Alright so I stumbled around youtube for a few more minuets today and I found this video. Its an anime music video that someone made and, check it out, over 100,000 views in one month! Whoa! Congratulations! The music video is below and I am about to go watch this anime right now! Yay!

A few Exciting Things :)

So I was scoping out youtube and I saw a couple things that were simply way cool. :) I'm going to do a little more research on them but for now check out what I saw and tell me if these videos/trailers aren't just awesome?! :D (I warn you I don't know the date of these trailers so I know some of them are old and some of them are new but yeah..... lol just enjoy! :D )




(I don't know how much this trailer really excites me but it seems....interesting at the very least.)






This video isn't a trailer, but I absolutely loved it! I thought it was very well put together and had a lot of detail! :D



This video wasn't a trailer either, but I thought it was a way cool short! :D





(Warning this trailer is not suitable for children. It shows...stuff..... 0.0 oh and there is A LOT of violence....also there might be some curse words..-maybe no cursing in the trailer but I think there is probably cursing in the real thing.- )

Convention Skills: Makeshift-Male-Cosplays

Convention Skills: Makeshift-Male-Cosplays :)

So, previously I did a post about easy, makeshift cosplays for women, well they are super easy to do, but right now I'm going to give a few good ideas for guy costumes. First of all you can always put to use old Halloween costumes, you might want to drag them out and see what you can do with them. The biggest thing about making your own cosplays is getting creative.

1. Ninja - Its not hard to fins some black pants, black shirt, and to cut up a black ski-mask, iota classic. Everyone knows that, but if you want to make it look a little more like a ninja and a little less like a home invasion you can cut up some red(or any color you want) fabric and tie it around your waist like a belt and your wrists and ankles, ninjas always have those touches for some reason. :)

2. Pirate - Find an over-sized white shirt, cut out the collar and make a vertical cut about an inch or two down the front, get a white shoe lace or something and cut a few small holes to lace up the cut you just made. :) After that find a tight pair of black pants and some black/brown boots would be nice to add to the effect. To make it look a little more complete get a pirate hat and a thick belt.

3. Fighter-Guy - Clean up your chest and go shirtless or find some white fabric and cut it into strips and wrap your self up like they are bandages. After that put on some loose white pants, use a black piece of fabric for a belt and tie it at the front. Finally get some more fabric and cut it into long strips, use that to wrap up your hands like boxers do and your all set, wear whatever shoes you want/think looks best. :)

4. Romantic Guy - Put on a suit and make your hair look nice, there are tones of guys in anime who wear suits/tuxedos and if you walk around the convention in that you will probably get girls running up to you asking if you are "this" character from "this" anime...just shake your head yes and smile.

5. Steam-Punk - This isn't really a cosplay but if you have some steam punk accessories wear those with some funky hair! :D You'll get a lot of compliments!

6. School Guy - Find an old school uniform or find a few things that look like one, some khaki pants, a blazer, and a white button up shirt. :) Lots of animes are just school uniforms!

That's about all I can think of right now but don't forget that a little hair gel goes a long way :) and that you don't have to dress up like any particular character or even a character from an anime. (I guess you don't have to dress up at all really, but its so much more fun to dress up! :D )

B Gata H Kei: Yamada's First Time (anime review)

Sooo I started watching this hilarious anime tonight. Its called B Gata H Kei: Yamada's first time. I just finished the first episode and it was absolutely, without a doubt, one of the funniest animes I've ever seen in my whole, entire life.

I have to admit it is a little...adult. It is only for mature audiences, I'd say probably 7th or 8th grade up. (You know middle schoolers know these things! If not they NEED to! XD lol ) Anyways....

The series is about a young, amazingly pretty girl, Yamada, in her first year of high school...and her mission to sleep with 100 guys in high school! XD However, I know most of you might be thinking hentai, but she can't even get her first kiss (not for lack of trying or her super hot body or her adorable personality I'd like to say). She has set her sights on plain-jane, very-virgin, Kosuda for his sure lack of experience with women. However her lack of experience is obvious when she teases him, bullies him, flashes him, ignores him, and runs away from him. How much can one guy put up with?!

Either way I barely stopped laughing the whole time and the occasional, sweet romance is nice and refreshing. :3 It brought me much joy. If you are in the 8th grade+, don't mind the occasional panty shot/bra, and love to laugh I suggest you watch this romantic comedy because it is hilarious!

(Also, I'd like to point out now that I also like My Bride Is A Mermaid. Its hilarious too :) so if you like this one, check out that anime too. I'll do a review of My Bride Is A Mermaid soon.)

Got the Booth! :D (Accepting Requests)

Hey guys! I got the booth at Anime Blues Con! Yay! I am currently searching for the woman who will be Kyoko at my booth! :D If you know anyone let me know! :D I can use all the help I can get when picking out a Con Kitty!

Also I realized lately that I haven't posted about an anime in a while, soooo if any of you have an anime you want me to watch and review I'd be more than happy to watch it and review it! :D

If you want to make a request just leave me a comment or you can reach me on FB as well under Anime Lovers Delight. Also! Don't forget we have the twitter. If you love the blog then you should subscribe to the twitter or FB or both! :D haha yay! have a great day guys!

Kyoko: Wide Variety - Blues Con Booth! - Order? HA! I Think Not!

I'm starting to think up a few more themes for Kyoko. When summer comes around, of course, I'm going to be featuring a few special summer stories and Kyoko will change into a bathing suit. 2011, because she was so new, I didn't really have any special pictures of her for Christmas or New Years or anything but don't worry, that will change soon. So wish me luck on costume designs for our Cosplay Kitty Mascot - Kyoko! :D

Now, onto other business. Tomorrow I will be submitting a form to get a booth at Anime Blues Con. (ABC) in Memphis TN. I really hope I will be able to get a booth and pick up more readers there. I'm sure we all want more readers for Anime Lovers Delight. So, on that topic, I'm looking for someone to play Kyoko at my booth if I get it! If any of you have some ideas as to who could help me out I would love some suggestions. :) But remember, don't tell me anyone you don't want to see revealed a bit because she will be in Kyoko's signature Maid Cafe outfit unless I decide it should be different at the last minuet, unlikely because I LOVE her maid outfit! :D It's so sexy and adorable!

Now in the past i've tried to post weekly or monthly or semi monthly or whatever....I am ashamed to say that I have upheld no expectations for myself in that area. Honestly, I can try as hard as I like to post on a regular basis, but the moral of the story is....I am just not an orderly person and when I get an idea for an article I'll do it right then so I won't forget it and if I don't have an idea for a few weeks, sure I'll try to think of something because I want to post AT LEAST once a month! But yeah...the bottom line is I'm sorry. I know its so much better to post on specific increments of time but look at the bright side! It's always a surprise when you open up the blog! you could check it one week, and sure you might be a little disappointed that there isn't a new post, but then you open it up the next day and BAM! There is it prettier than a perfectly wrapped gift on Christmas! A new post! Then you will be able to thank the gods I finally posted and do whatever ritual you do in my honor before or after you read my post, whenever you choose! XD Sorry I couldn't help but joke a little!

So thats about it. I'm trying to come up with more costumes for our cosplay kitty because she loves to dress up, I'm applying for a booth at ABC, and I can never hope to post in any kind of specific incremental order.

Latest Books -Forgiven- Mysteries

Hey guys, so I just finished one of the best books I've ever read. I read the first one last year, its called "Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side" and it is so thrilling that I honestly can't keep quiet about it. I recently discovered that the wedding chapters are online and that the sequel, "Jessica Rules the Dark Side" had come out as well so I read the first one again, I soon grew addicted to the thrilling, romantic book and as soon as I snapped the first one shut I got on the computer, reading the wedding chapters, then rushed to the book store and bought the second one. From the time I got home until about an hour ago, except for sleep, I didn't put the book down. Despite my headache from my tense shoulders I continued reading, unable to rest decently without knowing how it ended. Bath Fataskey is one of the best authors I've ever read due to the way she writes. The book is told from Jessica's point of view and as you read through it she pulled you into the book, making you feel just like Jessica would and as if every character were real live people. This book touches me in a way that it is impossible for any sort of movie, anime, or manga...and they make me shiver and cry at some points. I can't stop raving about the book, but that isn't the only reason I can't keep quiet. As I read through the vivid book I laughed, cried, screamed, and swooned and felt every emotion to the max, I gritted my teeth at tense moment, blushed at romantic ones, and couldn't tear my eyes from the book as it drove me mad and I drank in the words that were like heaven as they pulled me into the book.

I know there are a lot of teenagers right now who are like 'vampires suck since twilight and I'm not jumping on the band wagon' I warn you, I have NOT jumped on the band wagon, although I have read, AND THOROUGHLY ENJOYED vampire books. Lets face it though, vampires are something all human kind has been obsessed with ever since they entered into our imaginations and lurked in the dark corners of our mind. What fascinates us about them is the fact that they rule the darkness and are obscure to us. What makes them romantic to girls is the same reason bad boys excite us. We love the idea of a man being tormented and slowly dragged into a world of craving for us...for our blood, and us having to tame them and keep them from the brink of insanity as they battle their true dark nature to not hurt us! Yeah....there is no shame in wanting a guy to crave you, or even have a huge battle inside himself or with someone else over you. So while I hate twilight and most generic vampire books, you are all forgiven if you like something like that...but only if you read Jassica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side because that book is by far one of the most romantic, most exciting books I've ever read....*lost in thought as I drool over the love between Jessica and Lucius that I wish I had with him* Anyways, my favorite quality about the romance of this book is the vampire outlook on it. Techniquely they don't believe vampires can love, they can feel passion, but so far the only exception has been Lucius and Jessica because their love excells all bounds...but I'm losing the point.

In this book, after a couple share blood and get married, they are fiercely loyal to one another..it is an eternal bond that can never be broken and it is just so romantic to think about it...eternity with someone you love and never fearing or distrusting them ever again because you two have shared one of the most sacred moments any two beings could ever share. *I shiver at the very thought of it and I know I must go re-read every book one more time before I can actually get over this series.*

Now here we go to the mysteries. The second book in the series revolved mostly around how Jessica grows into a true vampire ruler and over comes her weakness inside her in order to save Lucius who has been framed for a murder and if his name is not cleared...he will disappear or will be 'destroyed'. That being said, its a bit of a mystery that one tries to solve as they read through it. Well...I am boasting to say that in the first quarter of the book, if not sooner,I already know who the killer is. *ha. ha. ha. suck on that I rule.* I also noticed something though. I noticed what it takes to hide the murderer from the readers and keep the mystery alive. So far here is what I've learned it takes.

1. Introduce many new characters together.
2. Only have them appear in groups of two or more for the most part.
3. Make them seem innocent.
4. Don't give them much face time and make them seem like a random character who is just an after thought.
5. Slowly reveal a little more about them as they get a little more face time in the book.

These are all things I've noticed in books when people are looking for a killer. You don't see them very much and you rarely see them alone by themselves or one on one with the main character. AND THEY ALWAYS SEEM INSIGNIFICANT!

Sooo thats the post for the day. :) hope you guys liked it.