An ad campaign for LOUIS VUITTON by Mamoru Hosoda (of Digimon fame). an updated alice in wonderland, in which a girl, searching for her lost cell phone, floats in a dizzying world of the company’s logos. While waiting to meet her friends outside of a Louis Vuitton store, Aya’s cell phone is eaten by the LV Panda, who then promptly swallows Aya - but the inside of his stomach is gateway to a psychadelic wonderland. Based on characters created by famed superflat artist Takashi Murakami.
Louis Vuitton “Superflat Monogram” Japanese Cartoon
The song featured in this movie: Fantastic Plastic Machine - “Different Colors”. Takashi Murakami has featured his artwork along with Louis Vuitton’s collaborated products at MOCA, Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art. The limited Murakami edition of Louis Vuitton’s Neverfull bag is one of the most sought after items for Fall 2007. The newest character added on the Louis Vuitton monogram pattern is the Chibi Kinoko on the Agenda PM.
Not sure if you guys have actually seen this, the Odex parody video:
XEDO Holocaust
And just in case you don’t know what is Odex:
In Singapore, the piracy of Japanese animation has gotten quite a bit of press coverage. I know many people downloading anime. One of the local anime distributers, Odex, decided to start demanding payment from people who download from sources such as BitTorrent. While they’re generally and lawful to pursue this matter, their approach is not favorable among the local anime community.
They demanded a monetary settlement from the downloaders of about $3000 which they claim is the fees that were spent on issuing the lawsuit. Such bullying tactics has caused several to boycott Odex products. I looked at Odex products at HMV feeling disgusted by their ways. To worsen matters, ISP Singnet and Starhub revealed their subscriber details.
But as the Odex saga is coming to an end, it’s interesting to watch the supposedly good guys turn bad and hated all around town. Odex didn’t do anything wrong when they start whining people are downloading their anime. It’s the all suing thing that just sucks. I think there’s plenty to learn from this. Don’t be overly righteous. And be more sensitive to what you say in forums.
This is something for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya fans. SOS!
Watch Hirano Aya (Suzumiya Haruhi), Chihara Minori (Nagato Yuki), Goto Yuki (Asahina Mikuru) lip syncs to Hare Hare Yukai. They dance quite true to the one in the anime. I think it’s very well done! Hare Hare Yukai become one of Japan’s hottest dance songs after the debut in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisou - Hare Hare Yukai (plus encore)
And Hirano Aya wants to ask you, “did you cum twice?” So she wore a shirt to say that. It’s funny watching her sing with that shirt. I’m sure the audience cum twice.
Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisou - Bouken Desho Desho? (Live)
It’s not easy to sing live but it seems that the recorded version is a lot better. God Knows sounds a little off-sync somehow. I dislike the way she vibrates her voice.
Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisou - God knows… (Live)
Lost my music is not any better. Well, it’s live I guess.
In secondary schools, joining a CCA is a must. You have to choose one, you have to represent the school in this and that and bring back some silly honors for the school. I mean you’re great at marching? What the fuck? Is it going to help you in life at all? How is this co-curriculum? Have you just stop and think who is it that you’re benefiting? Is it really yourself or just the school?
And if you think you’re indeed benefiting yourself, couldn’t you choose to do what you want to actually benefit yourself? For example, I love Japanese anime, why can’t I just start a Japanese anime appreciation club where a bunch of people just sit in a room and watch television all day?
My secondary school just had to persuade us to join some crazy uniform groups to nurture teamwork and, erm, country building. I recall my principal urging people to join uniform groups. The CCA talk he gave is absolutely bias and dedicated a whole fifty minutes to uniform groups and ten seconds to comment the existance of clubs and societies. I was so annoying by his speech that I joined a club. Seriously if you joined a uniform group in secondary school, and spend all the time doing drills, perhaps you can find something better to do - like watching anime or play tennis or even running.
Some guys would join the NCC and wear those army uniform. Seriously, you guys are just cosplaying soldiers! If you’re a guy, you have 2 years in national service to slowly cosplay being a soldier, a police or a civil defence guy. And NPCC? Haa! You’re just cosplaying being a policeman. Why don’t you go join the cosplaying club instead. You get to be air-stewardess, Haruhi, maid, bunny girls, esper, ninja, shinigami (death gods), military personel and more. You can change your costumes every week if you want.
Yeah, I just finish watching Ouran High School Host Club (æ¡?è?é«?æ ¡ã??ã?¹ã??é?¨ Å?ran KÅkÅ Hosuto Kurabu) anime, it has manga origins. Artist Bisco Hatori (è??é³¥ã??ã?¹ã?³) has her first hit in this. It’s not a bad anime. Quite funny but the ending is somewhat expected I guess. I shan’t spoil it for you guys though.
Ouran High School Host Club is about the gathering of a bunch of super rich kids studying in Ouran High School which is an exclusive school for wealthy families. The main characters are from prestigious families, think along the lines of F4 just that they don’t really hang out, act cool and be gay enough to all like one same girl. In Ouran High School Host Club (hereafter refered to just ‘Ouran’), the super rich kids are hosts for women. They entertain their fantasies of perfect romance. There is no ero-ero in it. The host club was doing great until someone came in and knock over their 1 million yen vase.
No, Ouran is not about the vase; Ouran is about the person who broke the vase - Fujioka Haruhi. The vase smashed onto the ground and Haruhi has to work to pay of the debt. Haruhi, a commoner, begins serving women.
The twist? Haruhi is not a guy. She just has short hair. Her petite looks and beautiful skin is an attraction to many school girls. She dresses up as a man and the Host Club gang taught her how to be a host. And Haruhi, who enjoys instant coffee and street shopping, help the Host Club guys learn more about themselves.
Ouran has 26 episodes, not awfully long. The pace is just right and it’s quite enjoyable to watch. Ouran gets 4 stars out of 5 for having a dynamic set of characters, good story and pace. Minus half for the fact that the girl-mistook-as-guy thing - well, it’s done over and over again. Minus another half for the Host Club guys being too rich.
