My fave anime character! Shinobu from Love Hina!

Since my early anime loving days I have had a special connection to few great characters. But Shinobu Maehara from Love Hina is my all time fave anime character. I have a special connection to her, somehow we have the same personality and love to cook!

About her:
Age -13
B-day -November 15th
Occupation -junior high school student
Hair color - purple/blue
Eye color - blue/purple
Blood type - O
height - 4' 10'' (I'm 4' 11'' Lol)
Traits - really shy, loves to cook and have everything tidy, she's a bit clumsy but has a great heart
What she hates - embarassing situations!
Her secret - has a crush on Keitaro!

What's a Bento Box?

A bento box (or O-bento in Japanese) literally means packed meal. Ususally used for lunch, these boxes have dividers and layers so you can organize your food each in an individual compartment!

With that said, what can you pack in a bento? Well, really almost anything just make sure it looks ultra kawaii. Add some special garments, napkins and kawaii chopsticks for decoration. Now if you want a traditional bento meal well here are a few ideas!

Bento Box Recipe!

• cold white rice and/or noodles
• okazu! - (side dishes) like bite sized pieces of fish, meat, eggs, veggies and fruit
• chopsticks!

When can I use a Bento?

• to school or work!
• plan a picnic with friends
• to give to that special someone to show you care - just likeTamaki form Ouran High School Host Club dreamt that haruhi would prepare for him.

Now go off and make a bento!! Have fun!

How To Cosplay!

Sorry for being away for so long, I've been really busy with real life, working and trying to get my shop up. But I'm back and with a few neat posts on what keeps us breathing, Anime Culture!

This blog is going to give you the best tips out there to do a perfect Cosplay! I'll explain step by step how to pick your character etc. Hope you all love it!

Steps to a Perfect Cosplay:
1) Pick out an event! You can cosplay for a convention, have a cosplay party, hang around town with your friends or to school on a special event (just make sure you are not breaking any codes).

2)With that done, you must now pick a character: Who will you cosplay? Well you can dress up as your fave character, J-pop/J-rock band, a cute chibi, anything Anime you can come up with!

3) Making/Buying your costume. This is the most important step. Are you making this yourself, (if so there are a few tutorials I'm linking that you can check out) or are you buying it done. Sites like Ebay can be great to find your perfect costume and sites like Etsy are great for custom made accessories/props ( I have a cute shop with lots of lolita goth and Japan inspired stuff so I know ^-^). Just work out a budget that's right for you.

4) Learn your character, what's the point in cosplaying someone you don't like/know about! Remember you are acting and playing a role!

5) If your character has a sidekick or a bunch of friends, get all your people involved! the more the merrier! Have you and your friends dress up together!

6) Lastly, have fun! What's the point in Coplaying if you're not going to enjoy it! Remember, take lots of pics!

Neat Cosplay Tutorial Links:
Cosplay.com
JR Rose& Concolor's site
Sporkie's Cosplay Tutorial

Places to get your accessories/props or custom made stuff:
Etsy.com
FunnyPeopleCo
Ebay.com
If you need some more tutorials - just google it, there are a bunch out there!!

Have you coplayed before? Was it fun? Or, are you cosplaying soon? Share your thoughts and pics with me!! Take care!

Cosplay Gallery!!

Anime Review of the Week

Hey everyone!! This is the first anime review in the history of this blog!!

MariaHolic
Kanako Miyamae, a high school girl that's afraid/allergic to men (she gets skin rashes), enrolls in an all girl school to seek her one true love, however that one special girl turns out to be a crossdressing, sadistic boy who's grandfather is the school's ex-chairman.

The anime started airing on Jan. 5th, 2009 in Japan after being posted in the Monthly Comic Alive manga magazine in 2006. It's writer and illustrator is Minari Endo.Definitely gonna check this one out!
MariaHolic's Official Page -it's in Japanese

Well my fellow otakus hope you wanna see this new series as much as I do! Take care!!

J-pop Artist of the Week!

Hey everyone! Just as I promised, the blog is getting up and being filled with lots of cool features.
Today's blog: J-pop Artist of the Week - Aya Hirano.

Aya Hirano:

Who is she??
Birthdate: 1987-10-08 (she's 21)
Blood Type: O
Fave Artist: Avril Lavigne
She is a: Singer/Voice Actress
Loves to: Play guitar and read
She's good at: Calligraphy & playing the piano
Something quirky: She has precognition abilities
Pets: a dog named Chibi-chan

Where can you find her??
Her Music Album: Riot Girl
Anime roles: Haruhi Suzumiya -The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Reira - Nana
Misa - Death Note
Konata Izumi - Lucky Star
Yoko Sasakura - School Rumble (2nd season)
Lumiere - Kiddie Grade


















Well guys, that's all for now!! Take care!
Dewa mata!!

Konban wa, minna-san!

Hey everyone!! Okatu Corner: An Anime Blog is being born!! I'm posting some new articles tomorrow, since It's already midnight and I' m really sleepy. This blog will be fun, I'm planning on having lots of cool anime & manga reviews, givaways, Japanese lessons and more. So stick around, okay?
Oyasuminasai!