I’m now well rested and ready to work on improving COSMODE Online! I learned something very important over the weekend: don’t go to any beaches near Tokyo. I went a beach 2 hours from Tokyo; I thought that was far enough to find a decent beach to body board. Guess not. The waves were nice and big, and I had a great time - but the sand was black (it wasn’t a black sand beach) and the water felt slimy on my skin.

OK, back on topic. I got the sample issues of COSMODE Online #003 ready for you guys so enjoy! You guys (more…)

I’m really busy with translations right now, so I didn’t have time to write a proper article; but here is the making of the commercial below. I thought it was all done with CG like in Beowulf, but each character was done using special fx makeup. I was really surprised that each character is done in full costume - not just the upper body. In an interview, Shun Oguri said that the actress cosplay took the longest taking 6 hours.
Which one do you like best?

Here are some pictures that we took of cosplayers that came to our booth at the anime expo.

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