怪 〜ayakashi〜 & FREYR CAT
怪 〜ayakashi〜
I finally watched 怪 〜ayakashi〜after downloading the anime for so many years.
怪 〜ayakashi〜is a really old anime that was published in 2006, 11 years ago. I probably heard of this anime around 2008 or 2009 from Ros when we were singingly Karaoke together, and she strongly recommended it. But I never really got myself to watch it, until the past Sunday when I was so tired from working at the JAS event and wanted to just nua at home to watch anime.
Anyway, I've always known that Ayakashi is about Mononoke and monsters, but I was surprised to find that that Ayakashi is actually separated into 3 completely different stories that has no relationships at all.
The 3 stories are:
1. Yotsuya Ghost Story (四谷怪談), an adaptation of the classic Japanese ghost story 東海道四谷怪談. This story really made me feel like watching Kabuki at least once in my life (Tackey's Takizawa Kabuki was great too but something traditional would be good). Maybe I will try to plan this in my next trip to Japan or check out Esplanade for possible upcoming Kabuki shows.
2. Goddess of the Dark Tower (天守物語), based on the play by Kyōka Izumi about the Forgotten gods and humans. I really liked this story although the ending was a little unsatisfactory. And the seiyuu for the guy character was surprisingly Midorikawa Hikaru!
3. Goblin Cat (化け猫), an original story by Kenji Nakamura and Michiko Yokote, which I found really interesting because of the main character. And not surprisingly, they actually have a spin-off of this story called 'Mononoke' (モノノ怪) following the story of the main character in Bakeneko. I will most likely be trying to download Mononoke soon to watch it if I can find the downloads.
FREYR CAT
Some time ago, Nafaid showed me some photos of her friend's Cat BJD Yuuta kun and I have been mesmierized with these Cat BJDs since then.
Recently, Nafaid FB-introed my to her friend Char directly and Char gave me a few advises on how to get my own neko from the Junky Spot. And now I can't stop thinking of getting a Freyr Cat for myself, dressing him up and bringing him around for photos.
Only 2 things are holding me back now.
One being the idea that I would really prefer the white Freyr cat (boy) instead of the grey that is currently offered on Junky Spot. And another being the fact that I have completely no idea how to do a Faceup. Youtube makes it seems so easy but painting is not really my cup of tea... at least not recently.
Shall research a bit more on it before I make the crazy decision of purchasing and thinking later.
Summer Festival 2017
I managed to get my colleague Jona-san to get me entrance tickets and game tickets from JAS for this year's Summer Festival! I've been attending the summer festival at Changi for quite several consecutive years, except for the last year when I was on Okinawa. This year, Ros and MX will be joining me and maybe, miyabi_kkgwill be flying back from Japan during Obon period to join us for this as well.
Only problem I have is just whether I would be able to wear my yukata and tie my obi myself withou help from miya, who has been helping me to wear my yukata for all these years. (*/▽＼*)
Click to viewI finally watched 怪 〜ayakashi〜after downloading the anime for so many years.
怪 〜ayakashi〜is a really old anime that was published in 2006, 11 years ago. I probably heard of this anime around 2008 or 2009 from Ros when we were singingly Karaoke together, and she strongly recommended it. But I never really got myself to watch it, until the past Sunday when I was so tired from working at the JAS event and wanted to just nua at home to watch anime.
Anyway, I've always known that Ayakashi is about Mononoke and monsters, but I was surprised to find that that Ayakashi is actually separated into 3 completely different stories that has no relationships at all.
The 3 stories are:
1. Yotsuya Ghost Story (四谷怪談), an adaptation of the classic Japanese ghost story 東海道四谷怪談. This story really made me feel like watching Kabuki at least once in my life (Tackey's Takizawa Kabuki was great too but something traditional would be good). Maybe I will try to plan this in my next trip to Japan or check out Esplanade for possible upcoming Kabuki shows.
2. Goddess of the Dark Tower (天守物語), based on the play by Kyōka Izumi about the Forgotten gods and humans. I really liked this story although the ending was a little unsatisfactory. And the seiyuu for the guy character was surprisingly Midorikawa Hikaru!
3. Goblin Cat (化け猫), an original story by Kenji Nakamura and Michiko Yokote, which I found really interesting because of the main character. And not surprisingly, they actually have a spin-off of this story called 'Mononoke' (モノノ怪) following the story of the main character in Bakeneko. I will most likely be trying to download Mononoke soon to watch it if I can find the downloads.
FREYR CAT
Some time ago, Nafaid showed me some photos of her friend's Cat BJD Yuuta kun and I have been mesmierized with these Cat BJDs since then.
Recently, Nafaid FB-introed my to her friend Char directly and Char gave me a few advises on how to get my own neko from the Junky Spot. And now I can't stop thinking of getting a Freyr Cat for myself, dressing him up and bringing him around for photos.
Only 2 things are holding me back now.
One being the idea that I would really prefer the white Freyr cat (boy) instead of the grey that is currently offered on Junky Spot. And another being the fact that I have completely no idea how to do a Faceup. Youtube makes it seems so easy but painting is not really my cup of tea... at least not recently.
Shall research a bit more on it before I make the crazy decision of purchasing and thinking later.
Summer Festival 2017
I managed to get my colleague Jona-san to get me entrance tickets and game tickets from JAS for this year's Summer Festival! I've been attending the summer festival at Changi for quite several consecutive years, except for the last year when I was on Okinawa. This year, Ros and MX will be joining me and maybe, miyabi_kkgwill be flying back from Japan during Obon period to join us for this as well.
Only problem I have is just whether I would be able to wear my yukata and tie my obi myself withou help from miya, who has been helping me to wear my yukata for all these years. (*/▽＼*)