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Interview: SEBASTIAN MASUDA Creator of 6%DOKIDOKI “As I have always planned my life on my own terms and cut my path through sheer willpower, like some sort of wild grass, I want to cut a new start for myself as I turn towards this new step in 2014.”
Showcase:
Summer Anime
2014 Latest anime Top charts and more...
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Japan in London: 20th Century J Prints Henry Sotheran Ltd April 10 – May 1, 2014
Complete Studio Ghibli feature season announced As Hayao Miyazaki presents his final film The Wind Rises, BFI Southbank launches a complete Studio Ghibli feature film retrospective from April-May 2014. bfi.org.uk
The Look Book
When in Japn
Otaku Corner
Make Your Own Dress!
Laforet Harajuku
Anime for Summer ‘14
In this edition we will show you how to make your very own dress and the how to make the pattern for the dress, in 6 very simple steps.
We will take you to one of the very popular shopping destinations in Harajuku. This one stop shop will have to wanting to go there, again and again!
Summer is nearly here and what better to do when you are bored and don’t want to being burning under the hot sun... watch anime of course.
Fashion Look Book
Meiji Shrine
Top 10 Game Chart
We have collaborated with one of the best The History and the importance of this online harajuku fashion on the scene to shrine will waken your temptation to go bring you the best looks it harajuku now and visit this nearly one hundred year old temple, founded in 1920.
Mario is still number one in the games charts, lets see if any other nintendo rivals can beat this retro game, or will they still be in the dust.
Artist Showcase
Japan in London
Food
Artist Showcase
Henry Southern
Kawaii Onigiri
Our artist showcase gives a young and very talented artist a chance to show what they’ve got to the world. You would want to be just like them.
Our very own Olivia Whittaker goes to the Henry Southern book shop to review the exhibition and gives you an insight to the experience you could have too.
We made these super kawaii ornigiri and now we will show you hot make these and impress people with this very easy recipe which is also great for bento.
About the Team
Zain Malik: Photographer, graphic designer, fashion designer, illustrator, researcher. Zain Malik is a final year student at the The London College of Communication, studying (BA) Design for Graphic Communication, living in London. He is a passionate illustrator and is interested in Japanese culture, food, fashion and anime/manga, regulary attending Japanese expos in London.
Olivia Whittaker / Nakajima: Writer, Editor, model, researcher, designer, fashion and beauty editor. Olivia is a final year student at The London College of Communication, studying (BA) Design for Graphic Communication, living in Hertfordshire. Olivia is passionate about Lolita fashion, Anime/ Manga, Japanese Culture and gaming. She loves to illustrate, write and publish photos on Instagram.
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The Look Book
COLLECTION OF STYLES Harajuku-ko presents its look book for summer 2014. We will also be looking back, on the winter and spring collections.
1. Bodyline
Classic lolita dress Delicate corduroy fabric, printed with flowers an motifs of Victorian dolls.
jacket is included with the dress
£45.00
2. Bodyline
3. Tricolour
4. Claire’s
velvet with ruffle comes with the dress
with embroided collar
Alice band
Victorian lolita dress jacket £45.00
Short sleeve blouse £7.00
Black large bow head band £5.50
5. Angelic pretty
Sweet schoolgirl lolita platform shoes With bows
£39.99
Madoka
20 yrs, 159 cm
Violinist
Dress • Baby The Stars Shine Bright Jacket • BTSSB Head piece • BTSSB Violin Bag • Alice and the Pirates Hair • Lockshop Accessories • Dreamy Shoes • Minky shop
Midori (pink bag) Poppo (blue bag)
Carousel
Dress • Head gear • Tights • Cosmates JP Bags • Angelic pretty Hair • Dreamy bows Accessories • Dreamy Shoes • Minky shop
Kera
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Strawbe
bow Dreamy dress Dress • with the • r a e g bow Head Dreamy • s e ri o s Acces op Minky sh Shoes • pretty Angelic Blouse •
Midori (pink bag) Poppo (blue bag)
Sweet
Dress , Head gear , Tights , Hand bags , Shoes and Jackets • Angelic pretty Hair • Dreamy bows Accessories • Dreamy Shoes • Minky shop Phone cases • 6% DOKIDOKI Hair clips • Milky Way
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Angelic pretty
Lace Blouse cream/ off white With frill collar and cuffs
£39.99
Angelic pretty
Alice in the wonderland Alice band £9.99 Skirt £29.99 Tights £14.99
Claire’s
Cat ears band £5.99
Tokyo Toys
Maid lolita Outfit £75.99
Angelic pretty Knee High socks £8.99
Angelic pretty
Sweet schoolgirl lolita platform shoes With bows
£39.99
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Haruna
26 yrs, 156 cm
Alice and the Pirates Dress , Head gear , Tights , Capelet and Faux fur cowl • Alice and the pirates Tote bag • Q-Pot Accessories • Alice Shoes • Baby the star shine bright
Alumi
22 yrs, 162 cm
Gothic
Dress • HANGRY & ANGRY capelet • Naoto Seven high heeled platform brogues • Yosuke arm cover • HN + nois
Mepura
Otaku
Bomber jacket • Miklim Top • Miklim Tulle Skirt • 6% DOKIDOKI Boots • Patent Acseddories • 6% DOKIDOKI and Niel Perch Hand bag • G2
Mia Mia
Rainbow Shirt • Jams world Skirt • Pirameki Panda Accessories • hand made Bag • Sponge Bob
Mana
Vivid Punk Kitty cat print silk jacket, polka dot hoodie, graphic top • Listen Flavor Unicorn tights • high street shop
Michiyu
Sweet
Dress, Cardigan • Baby the start shine bright Bag • Sugar Bunnies Shoes • High street Accessories • BTSSB Dreamy Bows
Minato
Sweet Dress • BTSSB Hair clips and bows • Dreamy Bows Pink satchel bag • MokoOrz Accessories • Dreamy Shoes • Baby the star shine bright
Hotou
Sweet Dress • Angelic Pretty Accessories • Dreamy Bag • Melody Plush Shoes • Minky shop Hail and other Accessories • Angelic pretty Shoes • Angelic Pretty
TO HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN DRESS Every issue harajuku-ko will try to give to some DIY instructions. This is a step by step guide to how to make your dress. how to make yourw own dress Making your own dress is very, very simple. This one cheat trick will show you how to make your own dress. We are going to take an existing dress and use it as a pattern and copy it to make our new original dress. I will be using a dress and going to make a similar fitting one in a pink and white candy stripes. I’ve got my fabric which, measures a meter in width and I’ve got three meters in length. I’ve folded my fabric in half, along the long side so the width measures half a meter. I’ve then folded it in half on the length.
so now it measures 1 and half meters in length. I then laid my fabric and laid my dress on top. The middle of the dress in height, lines up with the long fold and the top of the dress lines up with the fold in the width. You then draw around the dress and cut it out. Make you to cut around carefully and leave extra room for stitching, finishing and mistakes. You should end up with an apron, which goes over your shoulders. The only stitching you should have are the sides. I then stitched the dress in both sides and hemmed the neckline.
For ease of use I’ve added a zip to one side of the dress. For the embellishments I’ve attached a border of ice creams and cakes to go along with my candy stripe theme. To make it look more professional I’ve added a few buttons on the chest area. The buttons are simple fabric covered buttons, which you can get from your local haberdashery. To finish the look we’ve paired it with a pair of fluffy cat ears, detailing pink ribbons and jingle bells, a white short sleeve blouse, knee high socks and a pair of black platform club heel shoes.
TO HOW DO KAWAII MAKE-UP This is a step by step guide to do a lolita look make-up.
1. Wash your hands first, this is
2. After cleansing and toning your
5. Apply a thick layer of concealer
5. You may also apply the
important when applying creams and foundation on your face.
under your eyes to cover up any dark circles or on any spots you have, pat it onto your face gently.
face gently apply moisteriser with upward strokes and let it sink into your skin.
3. Apply a primer to your face to
4. Use a very pale, white toned
10. Apply some powder lightly
11. Apply a bright light pink blush
14. Apply glue generously to
15. Allow the glue to dry for a
soften your complexion, makeup sits easier on your skin and lasts longer when you use a primer.
foundation with SPF. Spread and gently blend the foundation onto your skin using your fingertips.
concealer on your eye lids to cover up any uneven colour on and around your eyes.
9. Use a dark brown
7. Apply a pink eye
shadow to the whole length of your eyelid. 8. Next apply a white or cream eye shadow above where your put the pink shadow.
12. Apply gold eye shadow to your under eyes. Apply gold glitter on your under eye as well.
eye shadow to make a shadow around your eyes so that they look droopy and doll like, apply to the corner of your eyes, and make a triangle shape going downwards. Apply brown eye shadow close to the top lash line, use a highlighter, light shade of eye shadow underneath your eye or eye bags.
13. Apply brown gel or liquid
eyeliner to your top eyelid drawing a line from corner to corner at the end draw a line 5mm downwards.
with a powder brush to your face to mattify your complexion slightly.
the eyelashes. Eyelash glue is usually included with eyelashes.
to your cheeks and underneath the pupil and right underneath the eye to give a cute appearance.
moment before applying them on your eyelids.
16. Apply just a bit of mascara to
17. Apply a litle bit to your lower
20. Apply a lipgloss, try to match it
21. You may use more than one
22. Apply a high gloss and high
23. You may go and re-apply your
your top eyelashes this helps your natural eyelashes to blend in.
with the outfit you are wearing. I will be using pink.
shine lip gloss to mae your lips more plump.
18. Using a lipliner brush apply a
reddish pinkish lipstick to your lips, line then first then fill in your lips.
eyelashes to make them more visible. Try not to over do them.
lip liner to define your lips even more. This step is not necessary.
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1. Neutrogena deep moisture comfort balm 2. W7 Prime Magic Camera Ready 3. 4. Bourjois Je’Taime Blush in 48 Ashes of Roses 5. Rimmel Kate Lasting 6. Revlon colorstay 16 hour eyeshadow palette 7. Dior Addict Ultra gloss 8. Barry M Glossy 9. Revlon Colourstay foundation 10. Natural collection solo 11. Stay Matte, Rimmel London 12. Maybelline New York 24 hours Super stay concealer 13. MAC eyelashes 14. Candy Lip balm 15. lip liner brush 16. False eyelash glue 17. Barry M glitter dust 18. Powder brush 19. Benefit Passport 20. Barry M Glossy 21. W7 mascara Lashtastic
Sebastian Masuda’s “Colorful Rebellion”
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Sebastian’s next act will be the debut of his fine art career with an exhibition in New York City.
These past few years, I have always challenged myself to step out of Harajuku, in which I have worked for almost 20 years, and strived to make my creations hold up to world standards, and in other genres. Whatever my output, the context for my productions remains the “Harajuku kawaii culture.” Although recently, what people have focused on has been the easily understandable originality and flamboyance of its exterior, the first peculiarity of the town of Harajuku has always been the fact that it is a place in which people can express themselves freely without any interference from others. There is also a certain individual earnestness that everybody has in the background. I think that this is the reason why it was able to birth such an original culture, not found anywhere else in the world.
Sebastian Masuda is one of Japan’s top evangelists of kawaii culture. In addition to launching 6%DOKIDOKI – his iconic “Sensational Kawaii” shop and brand – in Harajuku almost 20 years ago, Sebastian has hosted countless kawaii-centric events and talk shows around Tokyo, created campaigns and kawaii visuals for some of Japan’s top brands, designed sets for film and theater, and even helped to launch the career of kawaii superstar Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Sebastian’s “Colorful Rebellion – Seventh Nightmare” exhibition runs from February 27, 2014 through March 29, 2014 at KiangaEllis Projects in Chelsea. The theme of the show is “The Seven Deadly Sins of Sebastian Masuda”. Sebastian will be attending the opening of the show, as well as presenting daily special performances at the gallery from 3/6 (Thurs.) to 3/9 (Sun.). If you’re going to be anywhere near New York in late February or early March, this will be a chance to not only meet Sebastian Masuda, but also to be a part of his New York art debut.
In this exhibition, I will be showcasing works that will show the still-expanding Harajuku kawaii culture not from the “outside,” as other works have done until now, but rather from the “inside…” I will create a “Colorful Rebellion,” as a kind of “self-portrait” that draws the minimum amount of attention to me. Its theme is the self, conscious of being at the crossroads of the present, past, and future. From the period of 3/6 (Thurs.) to 3/9 (Sun.), which is the Armory Show, my alter ego will appear in the exhibition space and complete the “Seven Deadly Sins.” (I will not reveal what the concept or classification of these seven is before the exhibition.) Now, having in no small way become able to express the world that I want to show, I will try to convey an essential part of the Harajuku kawaii culture to a greater number of people and, what is more, do so in the “major leagues” of art that is New York, a place where I am completely unknown. As I have always planned my life on my own terms and cut my path through sheer willpower, like some sort of wild grass, I want to cut a new start for myself as I turn towards this new step in 2014.
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Classic Lolita
The Devil Inspired
White Blouse
The Devil Inspired
Musee De Chocolat Dress Set
Minky Shop
Floral Pins Claire’s
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MEIJI SHRINE ONE OF THE MUST GOs Well let know, all about where we’ve been this time in Japan. So when your there, you’ll know where to go. Meji Jingu (shrine) is a Shinto shrine. Shinto is a Japanese ancient oriental religion, and is a deep tradition in the lives of the Japanese. The shrine is dedicated to the divine souls of Emperor Meji and his consort Empress Shoken. Emperor Meji passed away in 1912 and Empress Shoken in 1914.
After their passing, people wished to commemorate their virtues and venerate them forever. So they donated 100,000 trees from all over Japan and from overseas and they worked voluntarily to create this forest. This shrine was established on November 1st 1920.
Address: 1-1 Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya, Tokyo 151-8557
Meiji Shrine is located in a forest that covers an area of 700,000 square-meters (about 175 acres). This area is covered by an evergreen forest that consists of 120,000 trees of 365 different species, which were donated by people from all parts of Japan when the shrine was established. The forest is visited by many as a recreation and relaxation area in the center of Tokyo. The shrine itself is composed of two major areas: The Naien is the inner precinct, which is centered on the shrine buildings and includes a treasure museum that houses articles of the Emperor and Empress. The treasure museum is built in the Azekurazukuri style.
The Gaien is the outer precinct, which includes the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery that houses a collection of 80 large murals illustrative of the events in the lives of the Emperor and his consort. It also includes a variety of sports facilities, including the National Stadium (Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium and later, since 1956, on the same site Tokyo Olympic Stadium), the Meiji Memorial Hall, which was originally used for governmental meetings, including discussions surrounding the drafting of the Meiji Constitution in the late 19th century. Today it is used for Shinto weddings.
Laforet is a five minute walk from Omotesando Exit of Harajuku Station on the JR Yamanote Line and a one minute walk from Exit 5 of Meji-Jingumae station on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin and Chiyoda lines. Laforet is a huge department store with thirteen floors of fashion, Beauty and gifts. There is a whole floor dedicated to Lolita on floor B1.5 F, featuring Lolita brands: ‘Alice and the Pirates’, ‘Angelic Pretty’, Metamorphose temps de fille, Maiso De Julietta, Swimmer, Putumayo, Atelier-Pierrot and h.Naoto. I recommend going to this department store it is the best part of shopping in Harajuku. There is everything you need to complete your lolita look; clothes, acessories, makeup, etc and the staff are super kind and chatty in Angelic Pretty area. I brought a cute brown Angelic pretty top, matching skirt, high heeled wedge shoes and white frilly socks from here. Tax free shopping: One day’s purchases from a single shop totaling 10,001 yen (excluding tax) or more are tax-exempt. You are required to show your passport. No other forms of ID are acceptable.Please refer to our “FLOOR GUIDE” in laforet to see the shops where tax exemptions are available.
Address: 1-11-6 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001 Opening hours: Open all round from 11:00am-9:00pm 1F Cafe Crepe: 11:00am-9:30pm http://www.laforet.ne.jp/en/
Otaku Corner
NEW ANIME RELEASED FOR SUMMER 2014 Harajuku-ko will be featuring new anime releases every season, to keep you up to date with the latest anime.
Pokemon XY: Hakai no Mayu to Diancie
The story is set in Diamond Ore Country, of which Diancie is the princess.This is a country located deep underground, where the Pokémon Carbink live together in peace. The energy source of this country is a giant diamond called the Sacred Diamond, which can only be created by princess Diancie. However, the current princess doesn't yet possess the power to create such a diamond, and the current Sacred Diamond's power is soon going to run out, which would result in the end of the country. Diancie meets up with Ash and Pikachu, and set off together with them to search for the legendary Pokemon Xerneas, which possesses sacred power, but on the way, they find the cocoon where the Destruction Pokémon, Yveltal, who was said to have once destroyed life in Kalos, lies in wait. (Source: serebii.net)
Start: Jul 19, 2014 - Main Work: TV Tokyo - Producers: TV Tokyo - Japanese: ポケットモンスターXY 破壊の繭とディアンシー
Psycho-Pass
In a futuristic world where criminal intent is analyzed by the Sybil System, a new top of the class recruit, Akane Tsunemori, joins the police force; however, she always puts her own sense of justice above the judgment of Sybil. Police are helped by Enforcers (latent criminals disposed to high criminal intent), one of which is a former inspector who supports Akane's method of action. Written by Abhishek Ashish
Episodes: 11 - Status: not yet aired - Japanese: PSYCHOPASS サイコパス 新編集版
Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus
Kuroshitsuji or black butler as we know it, returns to our screens with Yana Toboso’s demonic servant manga transformed into the latest TV anime series, subtitled ‘book of circus’. It was announce in January that a new Kuroshitsuji anime project is in works and will be released later on in the year, well we are delighted to announce that It will air at the beginning of July 2014 in the Animeism block, followed by the OVA subtitled ‘book of murder’ which will pre screen in the Japanese cinema in autumn 2014. It will adapt the Noah's Ark Circus Arc, picking the manga story back up from the point at which they diverged. This arc immediately follows the Curry Contest Arc in the manga, which ended at episode 15 in the first season of the anime. (Source: MAL News)
The manga debuted in Square Enix’s Monthly G Fantasy magazine in 2006, and its 17 volumes thus far have nearly 18 million copies in print, including those published in 42 countries and territories. The manga already inspired a television anime series in 2008 and a stage play in 2009. A second television series followed in 2010 with a new butler and master. The manga won the top prize in the shōnen manga category of France’s Japan Expo Awards in 2010 and the Best International Manga Award in Germany’s Animagic in 2011. Written by Rachel S. (Source: NicoTubeAnime)
Main Work: A-1 Pictures - Producers: A-1 Pictures - Genres: Comedy, Demons, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural Japanese: 黒執事 Book of Circus - Rating: R - 17+ (contains violence and profanity).
Sanzoku no Musume Ronja
The story is about a girl named Ronja who is the daughter of a chief of a tribe of bandits and lives in a huge castle in the forest with the bandits. The story follows Ronja as she encounters mystical creatures, makes friends with another young child like herself, and experiences life in the forest. Start: Aug 31, 2014 - Main Work: POLYGON PICTURES Producers: POLYGON PICTURES - Studio Ghibli and NHK - Genres: Adventure - Japanese: 山賊の娘ローニャ
Toukyou kushu
The suspense horror/dark fantasy story is set in Tokyo, which is haunted by mysterious "ghouls" who are devouring humans. People are gripped by the fear of these ghouls whose identities are masked in mystery. An ordinary college student named Kaneki encounters Rize, a girl who is an avid reader like him, at the café he frequents. Little does he realize that his fate will change overnight. (Source: ANN)
Main Work: Studio Pierrot - Producers: Studio Pierrot Genres: Mystery, Horror, Supernatural, Seinen - Japanese: 東 京喰種 トーキョーグール
Shirogane no Ishi Argevollen
The series brings us some mecha action for the season with some good production credits behind it. Coming from Zebec, it’s to be directed by Atsushi Ootsuki, recent of Kanokon, with scripts by Tatsuo Sato, a man who has some very good science fiction credits behind him with our favorite Shingu as well as Bodacious Space Pirates. The show is setting Yuichi Ouka to work on character designs and Hirame Kikuchi with Kenji Teraoka to handle the mecha design. Main Work: Xebec - Producers: Xebec - Genres: Mecha , Action - Japanese: 白銀の意思 アルジェヴォルン
Dramatical Murder
The story takes place many years in the future where the game “Rhyme,” a virtual fighting game, is incredibly popular and people possess “AllMates,” convenient AI computers. Aoba leads an ordinary life, working at a junk shop and living with his grandmother on the island of Midorijima. Unlike his friends, he doesn’t participate in Rhyme, nor does he belong in a gang. However, when rumors of people disappearing spread, Aoba finds himself needing to unravel the mysteries behind the island in order to protect his everyday life. (Source: MU) Main Work: NAZ - Producers: NAZ Nitroplus - Genres: Action , Sci-fi , Psychological - Japanese: ドラマティカル マーダー
Space Dandy 2
So you might have seen this poster explode all over then internet and would have wondered what this was al about well we’re here to tell you what you need to know. Space Dandy is a space hunter, someone who is paid to search for new, undiscovered alien species. It’s an industry where the prize goes to the person who finds aliens the fastest. Dandy searches unknown planets for strange beings with his companions, QT the worn-out robot and Meow from Betelgeuse. Meanwhile, they’re being chased by minions of the Gogol Empire, for reasons that are still a mystery. Main Work: Bones - Producers: Bones Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi , Space - Japanese: スペース ☆ダンディ 2
WELL ... this is it for the Shonen anime, PTO for some Shoujo Goodness.
Ao Haru Ride
Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to “reset” her image & life as a new high school student. Because she’s cute, she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a misunderstanding, she couldn’t get her feeling across to the only boy she has ever liked, Tanaka-kun.
again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but now that is the thing of the past. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?
Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won’t be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun
Main Work: Production I.G - Producers: Production I.G Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , School , Shoujo , Slice of Life - Japanese: アオハライド
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal
Tsukino Usagi is a clumsy crybaby, but otherwise very cheerful 8th grade student. One day she meets a cat named Luna with a crescent moon on her head, and is transformed into the sailor-suited guardian, Sailor Moon! As a chosen guardian of justice, Usagi has a mission, to find her comrades; to find the Phantom Silver Crystal; and protect the Princess. However, Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom also seeks the terrible power of the Silver Crystal, and sends her agents into the city where Usagi lives ... find out what happens. Main Work: Toei Animation - Producers: Toei Animation Genres: Demons , Magic , Romance , Shoujo , Japanese: 美 少女戦士セーラームーン クリスタル
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Glasslip
The romantic comedy story begins when high school student Sakura Chiyo confesses her feelings to her classmate Nozaki. Due to a misunderstanding, Nozaki thinks Sakura is just a fan of his shōjo manga work. Sakura has to convey her true feelings while her relationship with Nozaki develops. (Source: ANN)
The story follows six high school students who meet during the summer. The protagonist is Touko Fukami, a 17-year-old born in Fukui Prefecture. Her dream is to become a glass artisan. Main Work: P.A. Works - Producers: P.A. Works Lantis Genres: Slice of Life - Japanese: グラスリップ
Main Work: Dogakobo - Producers: Dogakobo Genres: Comedy , Romance , School , Shounen - Japanese: 月 刊少女野崎くん
Himegoto
The story follows Hime Arikawa, a boy who is being chased down by scary people. However, he is rescued from danger by the girls in his school's student council — 18-Kin-san, President Unko, and Beru-sempai. The student council will assume Arikawa's debt under one condition: "As the student council's dog, you will spend your high school life in women's clothes." Main Work: Asahi Production - Producers: Asahi Production - Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Gender Bender , Slice of Life Japanese: ひめゴト
This isn’t IT yet.. theres more
RAIL WARS!
The “dream railway paradise entertainment” story is set in a parallel world where Japan did not privatize its national railways. Naohito Takayama is an ordinary high school boy who dreams of a comfortable future working for the top-rated Japanese National Railways. He is assigned as a trainee in the Railways Security Force full of odd characters such as Sakurai, a troublemaker who hates men. On top of that, an extremist group called “RJ” plots to privatize the Japanese National Railways. (Source: ANN) Studios and Networks are to be confirmed, the anime will air in 2014 - Genres: Action , Romance , Shounen Japanese : れる 戦
Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance
Only a pure maiden can have the privilege to contract with a spirit. In here, Areishia Spirit Academy, trained maidens of noble families are gathered and given an elite’s education to become spirit contractors. A boy, Kamito, peeped by accident at a girl, Clair, while she was taking a bath and he ended up making a contract with the spirit she wanted. Yes, Kamito is an irregular boy spirit contractor whose existence was thought impossible until now. “You stole...my spirit...you have to take responsibility for it!” “Huh?” “You have to become my contracted spirit!” What will Kamito’s destiny lead to? (Source: Baka-Tsuki) Genres: Seinen , Supernatural , Harem , School , Comedy , Fantasy , Ecchi , Japanese: 精霊使いの 剣舞【ブレイドダンス】
Sabagebu!
Middle school girl Momoka is dragged into joins, the Survival Game Club. Its members participate in various forms of paramilitary training under the watchful eye of charming and alarming president, Miou. How on Earth will the inexperienced Momoka survive her training? Genres: Comedy , Shoujo , Military - Japanese: さばげぶっ!
Kantai Collection
TV adaptation of the online browser card battle game with the voice cast from the game. The anime will have Fubuki as the main character, with the storyline based on her point of view. Main Work: Diomedea - Producers: Diomedea - Japanese: 艦 隊これくしょん -艦これ-
Jinsei
The story centers around Yūki Akamatsu, a boy who joins the staff of his school’s second newspaper. The editor-in-chief Ayaka Nikaidō immediately assigns him to the life (jinsei) advice column. Three girls, the science representative Rino Endō, the liberal arts representative Fumi Kujō, and the physical education representative Ikumi Suzuki, answer requests from students about whatever is troubling them. (Source: ANN) Main Work: Feel - Producers: Feel - Genres: Slice of Life - Japanese: 人生
Rokujouma no Shinryakusha Now that he enters his high school career, Satomi Koutaro begins his life living alone in an apartment that only costs him 5000 yen per month, an extremely cheap deal even for this small apartment. There’s a catch: the apartment is apparently haunted by a cute ghost that has driven its prior occupants away. Next thing he knows, not only is there a ghost trying to drive him out of his new home, but magical girls and other unique female characters turn this small apartment into a battleground of sorts. Main Work: Silver Link - Producers: Silver Link - Genres: Comedy , Romance , School , Supernatural Japanese: 六畳間の侵略者！？
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Zankyou no Terror
On a summer day … A massive terrorist bombing suddenly struck Tokyo. The culprits behind the act that woke up this complacent nation from its slumber, were just two boys. Now, the culprits known as "Sphinx" begin a grandiose game that encompasses all of Japan. Main Work: MAPPA - Producers: MAPPA Genres: Psychological , Thriller - Japanese: 残響のテ ロル - Synonym: Terror in Tokyo
Tokyo ESP
Urushiba Rinka was a fairly normal high school girl, though she was a bit poor and her only family was her father. Then one day, she saw a penguin and some glowing fish swimming through the sky. Rinka might have thought it was a hallucination if there hadn’t been another witness with her, a boy from her school with a strangely scratched-up face. Contact with a fish caused her to pass out, and when she awoke, she had developed the power to move through inanimate objects... such as the floor of her apartment! Later, a call from her father showed her that she was not the only one the flying fish bestowed with hard-to-control superpowers! What exactly is going on here? And does Rinka’s classmate know more about this situation than he’s letting on? (Source: MangaHelpers) Genres: Action , Fantasy , Supernatural , Seinen Japanese: 東京ESP
Blood C Movie: The Last Dark ( DVD/Blue-ray)
24/03
Tiger & Bunny The Beginning Collector’s Edition
24/03
Outlaw Star Complete
24/03
Durarara!!!! Ltd Ed
24/03
Sword Art Online Part 4 (DVD/Blueray)
31/03
Hakuoki Collection 2
07/04
Bleach 13:1 (DVD)
07/04
Naruto Shippuden 17 (DVD)
07/04
Girls Und Panzer Collection
10/04
K Complete (Combi)
14/04
Chrome Shelled Regios 1
21/04
Nerima Daikon Brothers Complete
23/04
Fate Zero 1 (Collectors/ Blue-ray)
28/04
Guilty Crown 1:2 (DVD/Blue-ray)
28/04
Fairy Tail 7 (DVD/Blue-ray)
28/04
Sankarea Collection
05/05
FILMS Shady
24/03
The Raid 2
11/04
The Story Of Yonosuke
14/04
Seven Samurai
21/04
Like Father Like Son ( Soshite Chichi ni Naru)
28/04
47 Ronin
12/05
An Autumn Afternoon [Re-issue]
16/05
Edge of Tomorrow
30/05
Sake-Bomb
TBC
TOP OF THE ANIME CHARTS Harajuku-ko will be featuring whats on the charts this season, to keep you up to date with the anime, music and gaming news. JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders
Wasimo
In this story, Hiyori’s grandma passed away. Hiyori’s papa builds a grandmother model robot called Wasimo for his daughter who is sad. The story follows the life of the robot Wasima, who meets lots of people and has all sorts of experiences.
Sequel to the JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken TV series, the story follows Joutarou Kuujou the grandson of Joseph Joestar. Joutarou is a trouble making student who gets into fights at school. He is put in prison for beating three armed men and a trained boxer, but he refuses to leave claiming that he has been possessed by an evil spirit.
Pretty Rhythm All Star Selection Pretty Rhythm All Star Selection will feature three heroins from the past series. Aira from Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream (first series), Mia from Pretty Rhythm My future ( second series) and Naru from Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live (third series), they will teach the new unamed heroine how to become an idol.
Dragon Ball Kai : Majin Buu-hen
The new series will cover the Majin Buu-hen Saga. This series features digital high definiton remastering, reanimated footage and a re-recorded soundtrack.
Tenkai Knights Gokukoku no Brynhildr
Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou The story is about a boy who lives alone thanks to his parents transfer job, called Usa Kazunari. His new Kawai Sou appartment is filled with odd perverts and yet Ritsu Kawai a sempai who he adores happens to live there.
Joseph Jostar soon arrives with his friend Muhammed Avdol. Joseph explains that Joutarou’s evil spirit is actually a Stand, a manestification of psychic power.
Guren, Ceylan, Toxsa and Chooki accidently fall through an inter-dimensional portal. When they find themselves on the other side, the group are in another world and have assumed the mantles of Bravenwolf, Tributon, Valorn and Lydendor otherwise known as the legendary Tenkai Knights
This story is about a high school boy Ryota Murakami, who cannot forget his female chidhood friend whom he let die in an accident. Feeling he must fulfill their promise of proving that aliens exist, he has looked at the sky as a member of the astronomy club. One day a girl named Neko Kuroha who looks exactly like his childhood friend appears as a transfer student. It turns out that she is a magic-user who has run away from a research lab.
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Black Bullet
Akuma no Riddle The story is set at Myoujou Academy, a private girls boarding school. All the students in the 10th years Kurogumi class are assasins with one target, Haru Ichinose. Tokaku Azuma is a recent transfer student who is also targeting Ichinos, but she gradually develops feelings for him.
Fairy Tail New Series
Lucy is a 17 year old girl who wants to be a full-fledged mage. One day visiting Harujion Town, she meets Natsu, a young man who gets sick easily by any type of transportation but Natsu isn’t just an ordinary boy, he is a member of one of the world’s most infamous Magic guilds called Fairy Tail.
In the year 2021, mankind was defeated by Gastrea, a parasitical virus and is forced to live within a wall made of Baranium monoliths, a metal that is able to subdue Gastrea. Soon, the “Cursed Children” female children born infected with the Gastrea virus who are able to control them and gives them supernatural powers was discovered.
Civil Securities are formed to specialize fighting against Gastrea, operating with the pair of an Initiator, who are cursed children and a Promoter, serving to lead the cursed children. Ten years later after the war, Rentarou Satomi, a high school student who is also a promoter in his childhood friend Kisara Tendo’s Tendo Civil Security, along with his Initator Enju Aihara, recieves a secret mission to prevent The Tokyo Area’s destruction.
Geshinken 2:4
20/03
My Little Monster 1
20/03
Sherlock Bones 4
20/03
XXXHOLiC Ominibus 1
20/03
From The New World 3
20/03
Gunji
20/03
His Dream of the Skyland
20/03
Fairy Tail 36
20/03
Genshiken Season 2:4
20/03
UQ Holder 1
20/03
Cardfight! Vanguard 1
25/03
Black Bird 18
27/03
FMA-3-n-1 Edition 7
27/03
Blue Exocist 11
27/03
D.Gray-Man 3-n-1 Edition 3
27/03
Dragonball 3-n-1 Editon 4
27/03
Midnight secretary 4
27/03
Nisekoi 02
27/03
One Piece 70
27/03
Psyren 15
27/03
Tegami Bachi 16
27/03
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin 5
27/03
Toriko 20
27/03
Knights of Sidonia 8
10/04
07-Ghost-09
10/04
Arata 17
10/04
Oresama Teacher 16
10/04
Phantom Thief Jeanne 1
10/04
Pokemon Adventures 21
10/04
Ranma ½ 2 in 1 Edition 1
10/04
Rin-ne 14
10/04
Skip Beat 3-in-1
10/04
Strobe Edge 09
10/04
Toriko 21
10/04
Embracing Love 2- in- 1 Edition 02
10/04
Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden 12
10/04
WHAT WE’VE BEEN WATCHING THIS SEASON Every issue we’ll let you guys know what we’ve been up to on our scrrens and give you a review of the animes, music and drama.
Beyond the Boundary ( anime ) The series starts of with Mirai tricking Akihito but trying to pretend to kill herself and when Akihito come over to save her life she she quickly draws her blood out of her hand and solidifies it to make a sword and stabs Akihito. At this moment she finds out he’s immortal, he a half ‘youm’ which are these bad spirits and only people blessed with power to kill them can see just like Mirai. She then joins the book club which also happens to be Akihito’ club, so she try to kill him. Her trying to kill him every day, makes them become friends.
In this universe the spirit hunters have special abilities and when they kill a Youm it turns into a rock the rock then gets sold in exchange for money. Mirai is still young and was never trained so she can only kill low level youms and because of the she doesn’t get much money. She often relays on Akihito to lend her money for food, and through this their friendship starts to evolve into something else. Go and watch this and see what happens … spoiler alert! there is a major plot twist towards the end.
Samurai Flamenco (anime)
Samurai Flamenco is a typical shonen anime. Its Funny, its got action, some thrill and sometimes it gets a bit serious. We follow the story of Masayoshi Hazama who is a model and want to become a super hero. As a young boy he became inspired by his favourite superhero and wanted to become just like him. The series begin with him trying to be a vigilante superhero, telling people about not throwing garbage everywhere and towards the end it leads to a much bigger job. Along the way he finds out at he’s not the only one. If you enjoyed watching tiger and bunny you would certainly like watching this.
Kuroko no Basuke ( anime ) I’ve recently starting watching Kuroko no Basuke. Kuroko no Basuke (anime) was originally a Japanese sport manga written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. A highschool basketball team is trying to it to the Nationals and the beat the basketball prodigies who rose to the top when they were in Junior High, known as The Generation of Miracles. After Junior High School ended they all went to separate High schools with top basketball teams. However not many people know that there was another player alongside The Generation of Miracles, a Phantom Sixth Man known as Tetsuya Kuroko.
Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo ( Japanese Drama )
I have been following Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo. The series is a Japanese drama based on a Japanese manga/ anime called Itazura Na Kiss written by Tada Kaoru. Aihara Kotoko is not that bright and struggles with her school work. She is in class F, the bottom class in her grade. However Kotoko has been in love with the smartest and most handsome guy in the school Irie Naoki ever since she saw him give a speech at the high school entrance ceremony. Kotoko decides to write a love letter to him but is rejected in front of the whole school, Irie does not even read her letter. On the same day Kotoko’s house collapses and she coincidently lives in the same house as Irie Naoki and his family. What will happen when fate takes over? Will Kotoko win his heart? I think that this is a really great live adaption of the original anime series. It is extremely funny, sweet and I am always longing to know what will happen next and if they will get any closer, there are also rivals and other people who try to get in the way of their relationship, this is a must for shojo and Itazura na Kiss fans.
Kuroko is now a freshman at Seirin High school. Alongside Taiga Kagami, a naturally talented player who spent most of Junior high in America they aim for Seirin High school basketball to be the top team in Japan, battling against The Generation of Miracles one by one. I would definitely recommend this anime it is comedic, has lovable characters, a great plot which keeps you on the edge of your seat and a brilliant soundtrack.
THE TOP TEN JAPANESE GAMES CHART We’ll try to keep you up to date with the top 10 charts and fill your gaming needs.
These ten games have been the top sellers in Japan this season. There is a huge array of games and it coves all gamming platforms. Surprise, surprise the top two are on own beloved Nintendo 3DS. Ever since the release of the new upgraded version of the personal gamming device, we have seen a huge increase in the number of games sold on this platform.
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This really dies prove that personal gaming devise are very much ‘in’ this season. PlayStation Vita isn’t far behind, ranking on third on our most games sold chart. This only proves that no one can beat the company that made the Game Boy. Without further ado lets look at what has been selling.
Mario Party Island Tour : Nintendo 3DS
2. Youkai Watch: 3DS
3. Sengoku Musou 4: PS3
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Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes: PS3
5. Just Dance Wii U : Wii U
7. J-Stars Victory Vs : PS3 8. J-Stars Victory Vs : PSV
6. Project Diva F 2nd : PSV
9. Project Diva F 2nd : PS3 10. Pro Yakyuu Spirits: PS3
When in Japn
WHERE TO GO WHEN IN AKIHABARA Akihabara (秋葉原), is a district in central Tokyo which is famous for its electronic shops and because of that its also known as the electric town, maid cafes and many stores devoted to anime and manga.
Gundam Cafe Maidreamin AKB48 Cafe The Gundam Cafe is a Mobile maid cafe and shop Suit Gundam series themed restaurant. The cafe serves Gundam themed dishes and is decorated with art from the series. There is also a gift shop where you can buy character goods and souveniers.
Address: 11 Kanda Hanaokacho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan Opening hours: 10:00 to 23:00 on weekdays, Food Drink 22:00 22:30 8:30 to 23:00 weekends g-cafe.jp
Maidreamin is a maid cafe, where Japanese girls dress up as maids and serve customers cute food, they also play video games with customers and give them innocent massages. Address: 6 floor Sumiyoshi building, 3-16-17, Sotokanda, Chiyoda ku, Tokyo, 101-0021 Opening hours: Monday and Wed 11:30-22:00, Tue,Thu and Fri 11:30-23:00 Sat 10:30-23:00 Sun and public holidays 10:30-22:00 maidreamin.com/en
The AKB48 restaurant is next to the Gundam cafe and is a themed restaurant based on the pop idol group AKB48. The cafe serves food inspired by the idols and character goods are sold in the attached shop. The cafe has a theatre where a rotating cast of AKB48 members perform daily during scheduled performance times. Address: 1-1 Kanda Hanaokacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Opening hours: Café area and shop:Monday- Thursday 11am-11pm Friday & days before public holidays 11am-11pm Weekends and public holidays: 10am-11pm akb48cafeshops.com
Tokyo anime Super Potato Don Quixote center The Tokyo anime center is located on the fourth floor of the UDX Building of Akihabara Crossfield. It stages anime related exhibitions, hosts anime related events and contains a shop selling toys, stationary and other souvenirs. Address: 4F Akihabara UDX, 4-141 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-002 Opening hours: 11:00 a.m.7:00 p.m. *Closed on Monday (closed the following day if Monday is a holiday) www.animecenter.jp
Super potato sells all types of video games and video game consoles, and specializes in retro systems and games. Here there is a great selection of retro games and consoles for a fair price. I had my eye on the n64 and games. However, I did not buy it, there was no way I could take it back to England. Address: 5F,4F,3F,Kitabayashi Bldg, 1-11-2, Sotokanda, Chiyodaku, Tokyo Opening hours: Weekdays: 11:00-20:00/ Sat, Sun, Holidays: 10:00-20:00 www.superpotato.com
Don Quijote is a huge discount store chain that has almost everything in one building; toys, electronics, beauty, wigs and cosplay items. On the fifth floor of the store there is maid cafe @Home Cafe and on the eighth floor of the store the pop group AKB48 perform daily shows. I brought some cute false nails from here and a cute cosplay outfit. Address: 101-0021 4-3-3 Sotokanda Chiyoda-ku Tokyo Opening hours: 10 am – 5:00 pm Daily www.donki.com
Artist Showcase
THE BEST IN WESTERN TALENT Every issue, Harajuku-ko will be featuring our favourite work from artists inspired by anime, manga and games.
Kuridoki
In her free time she loves to play on PSP, watch anime and read. Although you can’t tell from her work, but she is a massive Kuridoki also known as Vic Moey is a digital artist from Singapore gamer and loves games such as, MONSTER HUNTER! Final and she loves all types of media arts. She specialize in Manga- Fantasy Tactics and Tales of the Abyss. style illustration and sometimes dabbles herself in caricature. She is a trained in graphic designer mainly working with web She regularly does commissions and publishes work online & print based media. Her work is inspired by Shonen manga and keeps her facebook up to date. To find out more check such as Naruto and music illustrations & graphics of Vocaloid her out on facebook and deviantart. and Miku Hatsune. She also likes Classic Lolita and draws her ideas from them, their clothing, there scene and fashion such https://www.facebook.com/vicmoeyillustration http://kuridoki.deviantart.com as Victorique de Blois from GOSICK.
Japan in London
20th Century Japanese Prints Exhibition Our reporter Olivia went to the Henry Sotheran Ltd, to check out their latest exhibition
“It was a relaxing and enjoyable experience looking around the Sotheran.” The appearance of Henry Sotheran Ltd was a lot different then anticipated. Expecting a small quiet gallery space, we did not realise that Henry Sotheran Ltd was a booksellers specializing in ‘Fine books and prints’. The building itself is ‘Victorian Esque’ with an old fashioned clock hanging outside and is on Sackville Street, a five to ten minute walk from Piccidilly Circus tube station. It is not the most noticeable of buildings as we walked straight past it and had to walk back again. Sacksville street itself is a quiet and pleasant street for central London. When we entered the building it was like entering an emporium of wonders, a room full of hundreds of old books. Straight in front of us there were some narrow wooden stairs leading downstairs to where the fine prints are held. Above the stairs there were Japanese prints hanging, which indicated that there were more Japanese prints downstairs. When we came down the stairs we were greeted by the friendly members of staff. The room was very quiet and reminded me of a library or miniature museum. It was quite an odd place in comparison to upstairs which was busier and noisier, it’s almost as if the downstairs of Sotheran was in a world of its own. Sotheran was a pleasant place to look at artwork, there were no crowds of people pushing and shoving. There were books everywhere and quirky cabinets full of prints. Japanese woodblock prints, vintage prints, manga artworks and lithograph prints for sale alongside western artworks and prints. Woodblock range from £30.00-£810.00, while Manga prints range from £80.00- £110.00. As well as prints Sotheran also sold postcards and greetings cards and a catalog of the art featured downstairs for £3.00.
Tucked away in a tight corner there were storyboards from Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbour Totoro. These are not noticeable as you look round. You would have to look for them or know about them being at Sotheran to find them. There was a rack full of beautiful vintage Japanese advertisement posters for beer, alongside other articles. The space was too small, cluttered and the lighting was very dim. A lot more effort could have been put into displaying the prints so that they were noticeable to the audience. It was a relaxing and enjoyable experience looking around the Sotheran, opposed to looking around the bigger London art galleries. However it can be said that Sotheran is a lot more suitable for somebody who wants to buy fine prints, rather than someone who just wants to look at art.
Food
Few Places and Recipes for you to try We’ve got a few recipes lined up for you today Give them a go and see what you can make
Misato 11 Whitcomb Street London W1D 6PG United Kingdom Misato is great for people with a low budget and who want to fill up. Its cheep and cheerful food right in the middle of London that is good for when you are there and you need a quick affordable fix. It’s not always quick as during the lunch and dinner service its very buys and there’s always a queue. The portion sizes are very generous so, no matter how hungry you are you are bound to fill up. Its not a traditional Japanese restaurant but its close enough and sure serves up some good grub.
Eat Tokyo (Holborn) 50 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PF You know a place is good when there is a queue outside the restaurant. All of its restaurants have a busy lunch service. They’ve got a few other branches apart from Holburn, please look at the directory below to see which one is the closest one to you. The food is reasonably priced, and they do more than your usual bento and rice bowl. They’ve got a good selection of sushi, so for all you sushi lovers out there this is a good spot. They’ve also got a large variety of vegetarian dishes since most of the Japanese restaurant food, tends to be fish or pork based. If you’re in London and are looking for an authentic Japanese restaurant then you should go to one of these.
Hammersmith
Notting Hill Gate
169 King Street London W6 9JT, United Kingdom
18 Hillgate Street London W8 7SR United Kingdom
Golders Green
Trafalgar SQ
14 North End Road London NW11 7PH United Kingdom
15 Whitcomb Street London WC2H 7HA United Kingdom
PIKACHU ONIGIRI
First, shape your rice. You can use a rice mold if you have one.
If you do not have a rice mold, you can use a cling wrap to shape the rice.
Cut out a slice of seaweed so you can wrap it round the rice.
Use the seaweed as a guide to cut out a slice of cheese, to the same size.
Wrap them around your onigiris.
Punch out 2 circles for Pikachu’s cheeks. You can also use a straw to do this.
Then, cut out 2 circles with a round cutter, this is for the pokemon ball.
Cut off around 1/3 of the circle.
Rub on some red coloring. Then leave them in the fridge.
I’m using the yellow puncher to get pikachu’s mouth, and the green puncher to get his eyes.
Punch out the nori and add them on the cheese.
Assemble back the pokemon ball.
Cut out a strip of nori and add on the ball.
You have to punch out a small circle from the cheese and add on the nori strip.
Cut out pikachu’s ears using a toothpick.
If you are using egg sheets, you can use a pair of scissors to cut it out instead.
Add on the ears. AND YOU’RE DONE!
Complete Studio Ghibli feature season announced As Hayao Miyazaki presents his final film The Wind Rises, BFI Southbank launches a complete Studio Ghibli feature film retrospective from April-May 2014. bfi.org.uk
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