RE: Will You Still Watch and Enjoy Anime as You Grow Older?

Caught you off guard, didn't I.

This is a response to an article written by Marow @Anime Viking

  Will you still watch and enjoy anime as you grow older? Tough question. But before I answer it, I think its necesarily to make something clear. This question is not built on the idea that anime is childish and one is bound to outgrow it as they become more mature. With anime like Gantz and Ghost in the Shell , that notion is simply laughable. What were talking about here is whether you will still find anime interesting in the future. Being the fickle person that I am, I can honestly say that one day I probably won't. In fact, it's happened a couple times before. There's been periods of my life where after coming across a consecutive stream of really bads titles, I just gave up on anime  entirely. But the thing is, I've always been one to jump around from hobby to hobby; the random items lying all around my house are proof of that. And when I look at my old tennis racket, or water color paints, or collection of polka music, its almost weird to think that these things were at one time my favorite things in the world. Sometimes, reminscing can renite the spark I used to feel motivating me to pick back up where I left of. This has been the case for all my previous breaks from the anime world.

Pokemon: The first anime show I ever watched

    But I can't help but believe that one day I'll just be completely over it (after to all I'm not playing at the Wimbledon, I'm not creating master pieces for galleries around the world, and...well that polka music thing was a joke). One day, reminscing will do nothing more but allow me to appreciate fond memories. And even though it's sad to think about now, its stands to reason that, eventually, I won't care. It will just become another period of my life. But what really matters is that anime is something that makes me happy now. And that's enough to bring me peace of mind and let the future unfold as it will.



Believe IT! (omg I'm so lameXD)

Cosplay Shoot: Captain America

~Inspiring~



 

So shortly after Otakon 2012, I was on a cosplay high, and decided to attempt my first at home cosplay photo shoot. So with Loelle behind the camera, I threw on my Captain America cosplay and hit my local park to take some pictures! Now, as soon as I walked outside, I knew I had made a bit of a mistake. It was at least 90 degrees and my face was literally melting off! But I had already did my makeup and put on my costume and I didn't want to call it a day after all that. So in the sweltering heat, we trudged to the park. Once again, we hit a road block. There was a birthday party going on at the park's pavilion. So, we quietly walked to a set of rocks in the back of the park and tried taking some ~inspiring~ photos there while we waited.

                  BUT OH THE LOOKS! Now, as a con-goer, I'm not new to confused looks for non con-goers when, say, you go downtown to local McDonald's for a quick bite before returning to the con. But even then, there's usually a handful of others cosplayers there with you, or down the street that you can find confidence in. In this case, I was all by myself...just being stared at. I wish I had a cool story about how some little kid who was a big Cap fan came up to me and asked for my picture...but no:/  However, I was able to over it...eventually. When the party finally calmed down, we finally  utilized the whole park!

 

Tips for next time I do a photo shoot:

 

1) Check the weather (it was SOOO HOOOTTT)

 

2) Make sure my camera's fully charged with back-up batteries (waitng for your camera to charge in the middle of the shoot is no fun.)

 

3) Practice posing/ poses (I had a brain fart like half way through, and kept doing the same ones)

 

4) Choose a good location. (I got some good shots at the park but I probably could have found a place that fit Captain America a little better.)

 

5) BRING WATER/ non messy snacks (I was so hungry/thirsy afterwards!)

 

Overall, it was a fun expirence and I can't wait to try it again!

 

-RCUJay



 

Vacation All I Ever Wanted!

   Hey guys! Time for a personal post! Now, I mentioned this in another post but just in case you didn't see, I'll just talk about it here. From August 3 to August 10 I'll be on vacation!! Yay! But, this means my reaction videos for Free! Episode 6 and Attack on Titan Episode 17 [And possibly 18] will be a little late ^^'. But don't worry, I'm planning some secret videos to have up in their place and when I come back I'll return to schedule as usual [I might end up combining Attack on Titan episodes 17 & 18 though]. Just wanted to give you a heads up so you don't think I'm dead! XD

-RCUJay