Creator duo Takeshi Obata & Tsugumi Ohba Are back with a manga series!
Platinum End
It has been reveled that the duo behind Death Note & Bakuman will launch a new manga titled Platinum End in the December issue of Shueisha‘s Jump SQ. This will be the duo’s 3rd manga creation and has since debuted in Japan on Nov. 4th.
According to the Anime News Network, the story’s about “a human and an angel, which will center around Mirai Kakehashi, a boy who ‘does not seek out hope in order to live.'”
The duo has had much success with their work, with the most popular being Death Note. Death Note, first released in December 2003, has been adapted into an anime series, 2 Anime movies, 2 novels, 3 live action movies and most recently, Musical that ran at Tokyo’s Nissay Theatre from April 6-29. Warner Bros is currently working on a screenplay for a live action version of Death Note.
Held in Arcadia, Ca, League Los Angeles 2015 was event created by League of Legends fans, for League of Legends fans. Created to celebrate the championship finals, the event was filled with LoL fans and cosplayers. Though the event was abit disorganized, it was very fun. Unfortunately, due to lack of cosplayers, our League Los Angeles cosplay was short, but here it is! Enjoy!
Gudetama is a Sanrio character introduced in 2013 based on an egg lacking in “spunk”. His name is a play on “gude gude”; used to describe someone with no energy or strength and possibly tama from tamago (egg). He is sometimes seen with a man in an orange/yellow costume that fully covers the body. Apart from being a popular character, Gudetama also has a short anime series on YouTube.
I found the character very adorable though I never paid much attention to the actual character, at least not until now. During Stan Lee’s Comikaze 2015, I encountered Gudetama again & it was at the booth that I found out about the delicious Gudetama-inspired Menu at Plan Check Kitchen + Bar.
The GUDETAMA Menu – Meal Set
The Gudetama Menu was created by Chef Ernestor Urchimura, Founding Chef and Partner of Plan Check.
I decided to go and check out this menu for myself, and with the help of my assistant, I set out to find this
restaurant.
Watch my journey along with the Gudetama Menu overview here:
The Gudetama Menu is only served at Plan Check. There are 3 different Plan Check locations In Los Angeles:
-1800 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025
-351 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
-1111 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90017
This menu will only be available from Oct 30 ~ Nov 29, Check it out while you still can!
GIVEAWAY!
In honor of Gudetama & the Gudetama menu, we’ll be giving out 10 small Gudetama buttons!
Check out the video for instructions on how to get one
LADYBABY a famous band that recently came into light with, currently 9,765,665 views on their music video, Nippon Manju. The video went viral ever since it’s release earlier this year. Since then, the band has played numerous shows in japan and most recently at New York City Comic Con and Los Angeles. LADYBABY is the second KawaiiCore band to have spawn out of Japan, along side BABYMETAL (formed in 2013). Created by ClearStone to promote their costumes, LADYBABY consists of LADYBEARD, Rie Kaneko and Rei Kuromiya. Their music genre? KAWAIICORE! Which is a mixture of Heavy Metal and Japanese pop music.
Ladybeard is an Australian Professional wrestler, heavy metal vocalist and party rocker. Labled as Japan’s Andrew W.K, Ladybeard first appeared in the rings of Hong Kong’s pro-wrestling in 2009. After gaining popularity as a wrestler, he expanded into the music industry. In 2010, he made his debut in a heavy metal band & while touring, he finally fulfilled his dream by going to japan for the first time. After returning to his homeland, Australia, he returned to Japan in September 2013 and It wasn’t until March 2015 when he was asked to form, LADYBABY.
Rei Kuromiya, the youngest of the group and winner of Miss iD2015 Grand Prix, She is the vocalist & guitarist of her own rock band called, BRATS and is currently training to be the lead role in a crowd funded movie along side her sister, Aya Kuromiya who is also in BRATS.
Rie Kaneko former Miss iD2015 Grand Prix winner and actress. Aside from working with LADYBABY, she also worked with HAJIMETAL as the lead vocals in the song GIRI GAL.
LADYBABY preforming at Anime Jungle
On Oct 12 2015, LADYBABY made an appearance in Little Tokyo’s Anime Jungle, where they performed a mini-concert & played their hit single, Nippon Manju, Along with, upcoming singles which are set to be released December 2015. A new music video has been confirmed to be released, which was filmed in Japan, New York City and Los Angeles.
Cherry Jelly Productions, the host of the event, made it possible for all LADYBABY fans to buy the rare merch including, Shirts, towels and the Nippon Manju CD+DVD along side the ClearStone’s costumes
Fans stood in line since 11am just to see LADYBABY, with one fan following LADYBABY tour dates traveling from Japan to New York and finally to Los Angeles! Now that’s dedication!
People going inside Anime Jungle to watch LADYBABY
About 200+ fans filled up ANIME JUNGLE to watch LADYBABY.
And of course, just like most events, we got all got our chance to take a photo with LADYBABY!
