Rilakkuma

Hello everyone! Welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan! I just thought I should post something that is a little random but super KAWAII that I love so much but then again don't know much about. Most of us who are interested in Japanese pop culture and those of us who are obsessed with everything and anything kawaii and fellow otakus as well should all know Rilakkuma!!

Name: Rilakkuma

Favorite Foods:

• Dango
• Pancakes
• Omurice
• Custard Pudding
• Grapes

Hobbies:

• Relaxing 
• Sleeping
• Lying around
• Watching television
• Listening to music
• Soaking in hot springs

(Me and Rilakkuma are like twins! XD)


There is a little story behind this cute adorable kawaii bear and I shall tell!! ^_^

The story for Rilakkuma's being is that he mysteriously appears in the female office lady Kaoru's apartment one day. He is a soft toy bear who has apparently decided to take up residence there. On his back is a zipper which when opened reveals a light blue polka dot pattern material. The reason for the zipper on his back is unknown. 

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You can find lots of materials, clothing, toys, accessories, etc with Rilakkuma on it!

                                                                         (bento box)

                                                                             (toys)
                                                                         

                                                                          (clothing)

Well thank you guys!! This was just a random but cute little post I wanted to do because I don't want to be inactive on Liv N' Luv Japan. I will be back soon with more exciting articles!! ^_^

Otaku USA

Hello everyone! Welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan! Today, I want to talk about this popular magazine that is sold in the USA called "Otaku USA".

                          (This is the magazine issue I have that I have bought in April of 2014)


Otaku USA is a bi-monthly magazine that otaku people would really love! It features everything from anime, manga, J-pop, J-Nerd lifestyle, convention dates, cosplay, video games, reviews,  etc!! Honestly in my opinion, I love this magazine and I wish I could purchase every upcoming magazine! And I have started to get some of my ideas from Otaku USA. It also help me keep up what is new and trending in the otaku world! ^_^

It's a pretty new magazine if you heard that this magazine started in August in the year of 2007. They also have there own official website for you guys are interested in checking it out: www.otakuusamagazine.com
or you can just CLICK HERE.

But, there is not much I can really talk about about this magazine except for the fact that it is totally awesome and I highly recommend for you otakus to start purchasing these magazines!! I'm not sure if they sell it in other countries but, in the USA, they sell it for about $5-$6 dollars! ^_^ Pretty cheap for such an amazing magazine with so much content!!

Well that is all I have to say about Otaku USA Magazine! Please let me know you guys opinion on it by commenting below or tweeting @LivNLuvJP !! ^_^

ANIME:進撃の巨人 (Attack On Titan)

Hello everyone and welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan! Today, I really feel like talking about my most favorite and maybe might be my #1 anime...Attack On Titan!!

I really never enjoyed many anime like this like, ton of violence and fighting type anime as much unless it was Naruto but this anime really surprised me. I never heard of Attack On Titan until I saw it on the cover of Otaku USA magazine and read the article on it. And it looked interesting and I was planning to see if I could watch it on Crunchyroll or YouTube but I never gotten the chance to search it up. But, I usually watch most of my anime on Toonami and turns out Attack On Titan was premiered!

At first, I was going to not watch it but then I was like, "Hey, why not just give it a chance?". So I did, and it was the best anime I have ever watched in a looooooooooong time!!! I was able to watch 2 episodes of it one night. (It only comes on Sunday mornings around 12AM.) I was scared to fall asleep feeling stupid to actually think that I will start to hallucinate and start seeing and hearing things thinking it would probably be the titans. XD

THIS IS ME WHEN I AM TERRIFIED TO GO TO SLEEP AFTER WATCHING THE MOST CREEPIEST, WIERDEST, DISGUSTING, AND DISTRUBING ANIME OF ATTACK ON TITAN.........

But yeah, Attack On Titan is an amazing anime and in my opinion, I highly recommend it. It is also a manga and I have actually seen them in book stores such as Books-A-Million and Barnes & Nobles. I don't own any of the manga or have read one so I can't rate it but, I am pretty sure that it is amazing as well since it is based on the anime. It is also a video game for Nintendo 3DS which I want to try since I own a 3DS! ^_^

And one of my favorite things about any anime, is the opening and ending themes...Attack on Titan opening is one of the best in my opinion so, for those who have and/or haven't heard it here is the opening of Attack On Titan:

                                                     ATTACK ON TITAN OPENING

MUSIC: KyaryPamyuPamyu- Kira Kira Killer

This MV will now be from one of my most favorite J-POP singers and dancers, KyaryPamyuPamyu. This video is so cute and adorable and I love her hair and outfit in this video and the special effects ^_^ ENJOY!

KYARYPAMYUPAMYU!!!

Personal Schedule: Anime Club!

Hello everyone! Welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan! This is going to be kinda of a very short article because it's just something random I will be doing today being my second time going to the Anime Club.

There is this town across from where I live that host an Anime Club at their public library. I never heard of it until my mother had mention it. At first, I didn't think that she was being real and just joking but turns out it was true. I was kinda late the first day I went because I was sleep and really didn't feel like going but, I changed my mind because of the fact that I needed to stop being lazy and do something hahaha~ (^_^)

As soon as I got there we had to sit in this large spacious room and there were a handful of people there and I was kinda surprise because where I live, I don't know many people who actually like anime except for a couple of my close friends.

After that we watched the 1st and 2nd episode of an anime called, "The Civilization Blaster" on Crunchyroll. I've never heard of that anime before speaking of the fact that most of the time I watch anime, I watch it on Toonami which comes on really early in the morning around 12 a.m. showing more popular and well known anime like Bleach, Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, One Piece, Fullmetal Alchemist, and etc. (my personal favorite anime on Toonami: Space Dandy!)

One of the anime that I really don't like as much would be Fullmetal Alchemist because of the fact I really don't understand that anime as much and it's more of a military and war anime and I really don't enjoy that type of anime as much. And the second one I really don't like would be One Piece. One Piece is funny and fun to watch but then you would just get tired of it quickly...it never ends!!! So many episodes, even Bleach is going to show it's last and final episode soon on Toonami and One Piece is still to be continued.  -__-

Today, when I go to Anime Club, that depends if I do plan on going today, we will be watching another anime I have never heard of but it seems like a girl anime which I rarely watch but its called, "Princess Mononoke". Even though I really don't watch girl anime, there are many things I really like about it. I like there artworks and graphics because it's really colorful and simple like and it's really cute and adorable and I like it when the characters overreact in such an adorable way! ^_^ Waaaaaaah~!

This is one of my favorite girl anime...K-ON!

Well....I'm going to end this article. It became way longer than I have expected O.O;;;

I will be posting more articles soon today when more ideas get into my head ^_^ Ja mata ne!

Yaya Han

Konnichiwa everyone! Welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan! Today, I want to talk about a famous Chinese (who at first I thought was Japanese) cosplayer and I think that's the number one cosplayer of all time....Yaya Han!!! ^_^

She is an American cosplayer, model, and costume designer based in the US. She is also a regular judge at cosplay competitions. I first discovered Yaya Han when I was watching the reality TV series "The Of The Nerds" and saw her re-appear again on the Syfy TV series "Heroes Of Cosplay".


                                                           KING OF THE NERDS

                                                                HEROES OF COSPLAY

Just watching Yaya Han cosplay makes me really want to cosplay and make my own costumes and designs and perform but, that seems to much for me but seems like a very exciting experience!

Here is a video of Yaya Han in "Heroes Of Cosplay":

Watching this on "Heroes of Cosplay" really excited me! I can just watch this over and over again! I recommend watching the TV series as well and watching all the other amazing cosplayers as well! Thank you so much guys for reading this article and checking out my blog today! I will be posting even more later on today and also tomorrow when possible! Arigatou gozaimasu! ^_^

Doraemon

Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog Liv N' Luv Japan! Today, I really had no idea what I wanted to post today or basically any day because of the fact that making this article my 60th post I'm starting to run out of ideas! >.<;;;

But, a few days ago I have learnt about this adorable and cute anime called "Doraemon" and I watched an official English version of this anime on Disney XD. It is a cute anime that was made for children and for a 15 year old teenager like me, I actually enjoy watching this anime in the mornings to start off my day. So now, I am recommending this Japanese anime for you guys! ^_^

Doraemon is both a manga and an anime. The anime first started in the year of 1973 and continued till 2005 and so on. It is about a robotic cat which is named Doraemon (same as title of anime). The origin of the name Doraemon can roughly be translated to "stray" and its written using both Hiragana and Katakana.

Here is a little sneak peek of Doraemon so you can get a clearer idea of how this show goes!