Cosplay

Hey! KandiRaver here, giving my nerd thoughts on the world of anime!

So, there's this thing called cosplay, where you dress up like characters from an anime, video game, movie, etc. That's about all there is to it.
So i figured I'd mention who I cosplay =D

The first person I cosplay is Sai from Naruto Shippuden!

Sai is my FAVORITE character from the show. He's really cool but socially awkward. Reaaaally socially awkward. He's often seen reading a book on how to make friends. Sai is also an artist, and uses that talent in battle to make his drawings come to life and attack. He also wears a belly shirt. XD

The second person I cosplay is Temari, also from Naruto.

Temari is my favorite girl from the show. She's one of the three Sand Siblings, sister to Gaara and Kankuro. She uses that giant fan right there as a weapon, and she's pretty kick-a**! She's my favorite person to cosplay because I get to carry around a giant paper fan XD

I'm going to be cosplaying both of these characters at an upcoming anime convention (I'll explain what that is later). With Sai, I'm being a girl version of him called 'Sexy No Jutsu'.
But anyway, that's all for now. See ya next week~!

Shonen Jump

Hey! KandiRaver here giving my nerd thoughts on the world of anime!

So, I've recently discovered a magazine for guys that is all about anime, manga, etc. It's fantastic! I figured I'd blog about it this week.

That's basically what the cover looks like. This specific one ^ is from January 2008. Shonen Jump likes to include Naruto alot, seeing that it's one of the most popular anime's/manga's in the world. It also includes lots of other popular shows, like Death Note.
I like the magazine because I can geek out and not feel weird about it, because most of the stuff in it is all fan feedback, and there's ALOT.
Like I said before, the magazine is mostly geared towards guys. There's a magazine almost exactly like it called "Shojo Beat", but it's geared towards female readers and is more about girlier animes, like Vampire Knight and Ouran High School Host Club.
But anyway..that's about all I have to say about Shonen Jump. I'm a fan. Buy it. Read it. Good stuff.

See ya next week!

Anime Of The Week

Hey! KandiRaver here, giving my nerd thoughts on anime!

This week I've been geeking out ALOT about the anime 'Naruto'. I've gotta say, it's probably my favorite show out of all of them.
So, of course, the anime of the week is...Naruto!

Epic picture right there.

Okay, so basically the show is based around that dude in orange up there. That's Naruto. He has a dream: to become the greatest hokage! The hokage is the strongest ninja of the village and leads them.
Naruto is on a team with two other kids. Sakura Haruno, the schizophrenic annoying one, and Sasuke Uchiha, the hottie emo kid with a big ego. The are led by their sensei (teacher), Kakashi, a laid-back porn loving mysterious kick-a** lazy guy. They are team 7, or Team Kakashi.

The other four other teams that are mostly focused on is Team Guy, which includes Tenten, a weapon loving chick, Neji, a complete a-hole, and Rock Lee, an adorable enthusiatic guy with a bowl cut. They are led by Gai-sensei. Team Guy is below.

The next team is Team 8. Team 8 includes Kiba, an arrogant dog lover and his puppy Akamaru, Hinata, an extremely shy girl, and Shino, the quiet guy who uses bugs as his weapon. They are led by Kurenai, a mysterious woman who can do cool stuff with illusions.

Team Asuma is the next team. In it is Shikamaru, a lazy but brilliant minded ninja, Ino, an annoying girl who has no powers whatsoever except mind control, and Choji, the fat guy. They are led by Asuma, a chain smoking gangster who has cool brass knuckle knives.

The last team is the Sand Siblings. They come from the village called Suna. The team consists of Temari, a crude but cool girl who uses a giant fan as her weapon, Kankuro, a guy who is constantly smiling and uses puppets to murder people, and Gaara, a psycho kid who uses sand to uh..destroy things.

There are many other characters to Naruto, but it would take FOREVER to name and describe them all.

But, that's basically the main plot to Naruto. There's also a part 2 type of thing to Naruto, called Naruto: Shippuden. The characters are all 2 years older in Shippuden, and the series is still ongoing.

But, that's all for now! See you next week!
                                                                                                                                                             

Manga

Hey! KandiRaver here giving my nerd thoughts on the world of anime!

It's been a while since my last post, 'Character of the Week'.
This week I'm going to be talking about manga, and what it is.

Manga-  a Japanese comic book or graphic novel
So, basically manga is like an American comic book, but so much more cooler.

This first interesting point to manga is how it's read.
Instead of reading the book front to back, you actually start from the back and read to the front. It seems confusing to alot of people, but once you've read it a few times it's actually very easy.
The second interesting point to manga is the art.

The art is very detailed and always in black and white.
As seen in the picture above, you also read the manga from left to right.

Manga is important because all anime's are based off of the manga, though the show will usually be a little diffferent than the manga.
There's also another thing about manga..fan service! (Sounds awkward, but I love it!)
Basically it's where the author of the manga draws pictures that fangirls will go crazy over, like the one below.

*screams*

Okay, but that's all for now! See ya next week!