Festivals In Japan

Ne, Ne, we're gonna talk about festival in Japan this time.

Do you mind if we change the subject? Hehehe,,,

Well, this is several festivals I wanna share to you all.

Seijin Shiki is a festival which is held by a young man to welcome their twenty-year-old age. In the age of twenty is an adult stage of growth for them, because they already have citizenship right and right to give opinion. The girls usually wear kimono and take a picture together on that day.

Koinobori is a special festival for a family which have a son. It is held on every May 5th. A family which have a son waver a flag which have a form like a carp fish in the outside house. They decorate a samurai doll with its armor clothes and sword in the inside house as a symbol of strength.

Haru no Higan. Higan in spring time is happened around March 21th every year. Many people visit their family’s grave to pray for them who have been passed away.

Hanami is a party to watch sakura. It is held in the end of March or in the beginning of April. The time of sakura to blossom is different in one and another place, start from south territory. So, the time of  party to watch sakura is different too. They usually have a picnic below the tree.

Hinamatsuri is known as a doll festival. It is held on March 3rd. A family which have a daughter decorate a castle family doll and held a party. All the girls wear kimono and gather in front of hina doll shelf while eating a special cake like hoshimochi, arare’, etc.

Oshogatsu. Ganjitsu (on January 1st, the first day in one year) is held in Japan as a new year day. Commonly, during three days day after day Japanese people do not work. The beginning of this new year is called oshogatsu. All that day, Japanese people visit Shinto shrine and visit their family. The women wear a colorful kimono and drink sake together with their family, eating a special new year food that is called osechi ryoori. In front of houses are decorated a piece of pine on the pot with a pointed bamboo stem. This decoration is called kadomatsu.

Setsubun is a ceremony that is held on February 3rd or 4th. On twilight almost getting dark, the door is opened and people spread grain of  roast soybean peanut to every where in the house. It is done to chase away an evil spirit.

If

By. Kana Nishino

Romaji Lyric

Moshi ano hi no ame,

ga yande ita nara

Kitto surechigatte ita dake kamo

Itsumo toori no jikan ni

Basu ga kiteta nara

Kimi towa deau koto ga nakattanda ne

Moshimo sukoshi demo

Ano shunkan ga zurete tara

Futari wa chigatta unmei wo tadotte shimatteta

Kimi to onaji mirai wo

Zutto issho ni mite itai

Onaji hoshi wo onaji basho de

Mitsumete iyou yo

Kimi no egaku mirai ni

Watashi wa iru no kana

Onaji sora wo onaji omoi de

Miagete itai yo

Kuchiguse ya shigusa mo

Yoku nite kita futari

Marude zutto mukashi kara shitteru mitai da ne

Douji ni ME-RU shitari

Onaji koto omottari

Akai ito de hikiyoserareteru no kamo

Guuzen wa saisho kara

Mou kimatteta mitai ni

Kasanatta futari wa unmei tte shinjite iru yo

Kimi no egaku mirai ni

Watashi wa iru no kana

Onaji sora wo onaji omoi de

Miagete itai yo

Kimi to onaji mirai wo

Zutto issho ni mite itai

Onaji hoshi wo onaji basho de

Mitsumete iyou yo

Kimi no egaku mirai ni

Watashi wa iru no kana

Onaji sora wo onaji omoi de

Miagete itai yo

Tatoeba namida no hi mo

Hare no hi mo futari de

Onaji michi wo itsumademo

Te wo tsunaide arukemasu youni

Kimi to onaji mirai wo

Zutto issho ni mite itai

Onaji hoshi wo onaji basho de

Mitsumete iyou yo

Kimi no egaku mirai ni

Watashi wa iru no kana

Onaji sora wo onaji omoi de

Miagete itai yo

English Translation

If the rain had stopped

That day

I might surely have just walked past you

If the bus had arrived

At its usual time

I wouldn’t have met you

If that instant

Had been slightly different

We would have walked on separate paths of fate

I always want to watch

The same future together with you

Let’s look at the same stars

At the same spot

I wonder if I am present

In the future you imagine for yourself

I want to look up to

The same sky with the same feelings

Our ways of talking and acting

Are really similar

It’s like if we have always known each other

Mailing each other at the same time

Thinking about the same things

We might have been bound together by a red thread

We fit so well together, like if

It was decided by chance right from the start

I believe we are fated to be together

I wonder if I am present

In the future you imagine for yourself

I want to look up to

The same sky with the same feelings

I always want to watch

The same future together with you

Let’s look at the same stars

At the same spot

I wonder if I am present

In the future you imagine for yourself

I want to look up to

The same sky with the same feelings

So we may always walk

On the same path, hand in hand

Even on days filled with tears

And on sunny days

I always want to watch

The same future together with you

Let’s look at the same stars

At the same spot

I wonder if I am present

In the future you imagine for yourself

I want to look up to

The same sky with the same feelings

Naruto Shippuden Movie 4-The Lost Tower

Hikari ni Wa
By. Saori Hayami

No takaku noboru hikari,
wakitachi taru omo hi,
mamoru beki ryuu no michi yo,
shi na hasha su sora wo aori

Suna, kaze, hana koto mo,
saki hokoru ko wo no hi yo hana ni ma ichira

Naze ni tsutau hikari,
Ryuu no te mo tatsu ni wa re,
Hagishi hi no omo kage yo,
towaa no uta wo kokoro tsunaii

Ten, nan, ma to uto mo,
Moe sakaru mae no hi yo yami wugirisa ka

No takaku noboru hikari,
nakaruru toki kioku,
ayumu beki ikiru michi wo,
yue ni ikiru sora wo aori

Shitte Iruka?

This is a song which was sung by Queen Sara in Naruto Shippuden Movie 4-The Lost Tower. This song had been passed down from generation to generation of the queen of Ryuumyaku in Rouran.

In this anime, Naruto, Sakura, Sai, and Captain Yamato have a mission to renew the seal which was made by Fourth Hokage in Rouran twenty years ago. But, someone named Mukade try to break the seal. He absorbed the seal and made a great explosion in Rouran. Naruto and Captain Yamato were thrown to the Rouran two years ago, but they separated in different place. When Naruto opened his eyes, he heard someone singing near him. He saw a girl with a long red hair sang that song in tears. Naruto called her, but she ran to the door. Suddenly, two puppets army tried to attack Naruto and then the door closed in front of him. He tried to find another way out. When he managed to go out from that place, he saw many tall  towers around him. But, the puppets army come out again and attacked him. He ran and once in a while he used chakra blade to break the strings which was used to make the puppets move by its user. They were strong and they made Naruto hurt in his leg. Suddenly three masked ninjas came and helped him. One of them healed Naruto’s wound and asked Naruto to go from Rouran.
Naruto was confused because a ruin Rouran became a big city like that. Then, he looked to the city hall where thousand people in parade welcomed their Queen, namely Sara. When the queen came out, Naruto realized that the queen is the same girl he met who sang in tears. Naruto decided to ask her about Rouran. But, suddenly the queen was pushed by someone behind her. She fell in front of him and then Naruto saved her. After that, he met again with three ninjas who helped him before. They pulled out their mask and decided to tell Naruto something. One of them with yellow hair told him that may be Naruto is a person in the future who was thrown to the past time using space time jutsu. He told that there was someone else who was a future person came to the Rouran six years ago. His name is Mukade too and he tried to grab Rouran from the Queen Sara after her mother’s death. If  Naruto could defeat him, he could come back to the future. But, Queen Sara wasn’t believed that and she wanted to ask Anrokuzan (Mukade) by herself.

    That yellow haired ninja asked Naruto to protect Queen Sara. He gave Naruto a kunai with the seal on it. He said he could get to Naruto wherever he was. Naruto realized that a yellow haired ninja in front of him is Fourth Hokage in the future, but he shouldn’t talk about something happen in the future because it can change it. And then, Queen Sara met with her people and they asked her to return their family which was taken way from them. It was a rumor that there was a big weapon created in Rouran. Queen Sara found out that people who welcomed her in parade were just a puppets made by Anrokuzan. Queen Sara really socked because of that, but Naruto helped her and she finally decided to found out the truth of Rouran. They went to the source of the pipes in Rouran which was used to feeding the puppets with chakra, so they can move.

In the ground of Rouran, there was a factory. Many people were forced to work in order to create puppets army just like the rumor. Queen Sara couldn’t stand with it and stopped it with her power. But, Anrokuzan appeared and hold out Naruto with his puppets. He said that he was a person who killed Queen Sara’s mother. Queen Sara became so sad and Anrokuzan tried to kill her too, but Naruto stopped him. Naruto told Queen Sara to help the people out from that place. Namikaze Minato (Fourth Hokage), Akimichi Choza, and Aburame Shibi suddenly came to save them. With their help, people who were forced to work could go back to their family. Together with Queen Sara, they went to the central tower while Naruto and the others tried to stop the puppets monster which was Anrokuzan itself. But, Anrokuzan chased her and put strings on her just like his puppets. Naruto suddenly came and broke the strings. He gave his chakra blade to her and fought again with the monster. Queen Sara realized what she can do to stop Anrokuzan. She guided the people to go to the source of the Ryuumyaku below the central tower.

Akimichi Choza and Aburame Shibi tried to stop Anrokuzan from surface, but they failed and the monster chased Queen Sara to the ground. In that moment, Naruto used his Rasengan and made Minato socked. Naruto failed and Minato told him to go on ahead. Minato tried to find Anrokuzan’s weakness and he found it. Queen Sara and the others already arrived on the ground, but unfortunately the door didn’t want to open. It was only a safe place to protect the people from the power of Ryuumyaku. To buy some time, Naruto fought again with the monster. Queen Sara began to desperate. But, when she saw Naruto refused to give up on fighting the monster, she tried again to open the door. Then, Naruto’s chakra blade was shining and guided the way to open the door. Queen Sara and her people pushed the door and then it finally open. Queen Sara commanded the people to come in the room, the place where her mother’s grave and the place where she and Naruto first met. But, Queen Sara wasn’t come along with them. She said, there was something that she must do.

She went to Naruto and said that she would stop the power of Ryuumyaku. She went to the Ryuumyaku’s source, while Naruto fought the monster. But, the monster managed to the room where the source was. Naruto began to feel exhausted and couldn’t bring his power up. When Anrokuzan tried to kill Naruto, Minato came and saved him again. He said, he would lend his strength to Naruto. He created Rasengan for Naruto and he made his own. They combined it and created the Legendary Super Rasengan. Minato showed Anrokuzan’s weakness and with the Super Rasengan they could defeat the monster half to death, at the same time when Queen Sara stopped the source of Ryuumyaku. But, the monster still moved and tried to kill himself, Naruto, Minato, and Queen Sara together with the eruption of Ryuumyaku. The bridge in that room collapsed when Queen Sara passed it. Naruto and Minato tried to help her, but they almost fell too until Captain Yamato came and saved them. In order to save Rouran, Minato sealed its power and failed the eruption.

Suddenly, Naruto and Captain Yamato’s body were shining. Minato said that it was the time when they must go back to the future because Mukade had been defeated. Queen Sara didn’t want to forget Naruto, but she must do it in order not to change the future. Minato used his power to erase their memory. In the end he said to Naruto that he wish to have a son like him someday. He said that someday he would surely know something that he wanted to say. Queen Sara promised to protect her people just like what Naruto had taught to her. Then, they disappeared and come back to the future. Naruto said that he and Captain Yamato couldn’t remember anything. When they went to the surface, they met with a girl who had a red hair. She said that her mother is the queen who role Rouran. Although it vanished now, but her mother managed to save her people. She showed her mother’s treasure. That was a Konoha’s chakra blade. She said that it was given to her mother by a hero in her dream. When the girl left them, Naruto felt like she ever met with her somewhere, but he couldn’t remember anything.

In fact, that girl was Queen Sara’s daughter and Namikaze Minato was Naruto’s father. But, it still more time when Naruto found out that he was a Fourth Hokage’s son.

The Soundtrack of Your Life

“I’m just someone who wanted to be as good as someone else. I’m afraid to face reality. I always nervous and both of my hand would trembling if I become the center of attention. I can feel my body become cold and I couldn’t say anything that I wanted to say. I’m such a coward and I hate being someone like that. I don’t even give thanks to Allah who give this life for me. But, I couldn’t find myself yet in the deepest of my heart. Find who really I am ...”

Untaian kata-kata itu selalu saja memenuhi hati dan pikiranku. Memberi kebimbangan dan kebutaan dalam hatiku. Aku takut untuk menunjukkan diriku. Aku takut untuk memandang dunia. Aku selalu berada dalam keraguan ketika menentukan jalan hidupku. Akan selalu timbul rasa takut untuk tersakiti. Semua orang pasti pernah merasakan masa-masa pencarian jati diri. Orang selalu berkata, “Temukan jati dirimu!”. Akan tetapi, tak semudah kata terucap untuk melakukannya. Aku tersesat dalam gelapnya keputusasaan.

Suatu hari aku mendengar sebuah lagu mengalun indah di telingaku. Lagu berjudul “Stay The Same” yang dinyanyikan oleh Joey Mclntyre. Lagu itu seakan menumbuhkan setetes keberanian yang berarti untukku. Baris demi baris kata terurai indah penuh saran dan inspirasi bagiku. Lagu itu berkata bahwa semua orang memiliki mimpi dalam dirinya dan tak perlu menjadi orang lain tuk bisa mewujudkannya. Kita akan menjadi lebih berarti bila menjadi diri kita apa adanya. Karena dengan begitu, akan kita temukan jati diri kita dan bila kita telah melewati kebimbangan itu, maka kita akan mulai menyukai diri kita dan lebih menghargai kehidupan yang telah Tuhan berikan pada kita.

Aku selalu menyukai kesunyian dan lebih senang bergumul dalam kesedihan seorang diri tanpa mengijinkan orang lain masuk ke dalam duniaku waktu itu. Aku selalu berpikir bahwa aku tak sesempurna orang lain. Banyak kekurangan yang kumiliki. Akan tetapi, tak ada gunanya menjadi orang lain, bila jati diri hanya akan tertutupi oleh kepalsuan yang akan menyesatkanku dalam kebimbangan lebih jauh lagi. Bila hal itu terjadi, mungkin aku akan membenci kekurangan yang sebenarnya juga Tuhan berikan padaku sebagai anugerah agar aku tak menjadi orang yang sombong atas nikmat kelebihan yang Allah rahmatkan kepadaku. Aku akan buang jauh ketakutanku dan berusaha menjadikan hidupku lebih berarti sebagai rasa terimakasihku pada Allah yang telah mengajarkanku banyak hal dalam kehidupan ini.

All About Anime

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Hajimemashite, watashi wa Ame desu.

Doozo yoroshiku.

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Welcome to my blog. In this blog i just want to share all the things that i know about anime to you all. I think many people already know about anime, right?

But, let me share it. Please forgive me if i make a mistake and i want you all to give me comment as well. I’ll really appreciate it.

Of course, i’ll share another things too. Everything in the whole world. Would you mind to read it in my blog? Please, join with me. Hehehe ...

Okay, the introduction for today is the meaning of anime. Let’s check it out! J

Anime is Japanese animation.

Let’s see its history.

Anime began at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented with the animation techniques also pioneered in France, Germany, the United States, and Russia. The oldest known anime in existence first screened in 1917 – a two-minute clip of a samurai trying to test a new sword on his target, only to suffer defeat. Early pioneers included Shimokawa Oten, Jun'ichi Kouchi, and Seitarō Kitayama.

By the 1930s animation became an alternative format of storytelling to the live-action industry in Japan. But it suffered competition from foreign producers and many animators, such as Noburō Ōfuji and Yasuji Murata still worked in cheaper cutout not cel animation, although with masterful results. Other creators, such as Kenzō Masaoka and Mitsuyo Seo, nonetheless made great strides in animation technique, especially with increasing help from a government using animation in education and propaganda. The first talkie anime was Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka, produced by Masaoka in 1933. The first feature length animated film was Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors directed by Seo in 1945 with sponsorship by the Imperial Japanese Navy.

The success of The Walt Disney Company's 1937 feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs influenced Japanese animators. In the 1960s, manga artist and animator Osamu Tezuka adapted and simplified many Disney animation-techniques to reduce costs and to limit the number of frames in productions. He intended this as a temporary measure to allow him to produce material on a tight schedule with inexperienced animation-staff.

The 1970s saw a surge of growth in the popularity of manga – many of them later animated. The work of Osamu Tezuka drew particular attention: he has been called a "legend" and the "god of manga". His work – and that of other pioneers in the field – inspired characteristics and genres that remain fundamental elements of anime today. The giant robot genre (known as "Mecha" outside Japan), for instance, took shape under Tezuka, developed into the Super Robot genre under Go Nagai and others, and was revolutionized at the end of the decade by Yoshiyuki Tomino who developed the Real Robot genre. Robot anime like the Gundam and The Super Dimension Fortress Macross series became instant classics in the 1980s, and the robot genre of anime is still one of the most common in Japan and worldwide today. In the 1980s, anime became more accepted in the mainstream in Japan (although less than manga), and experienced a boom in production. Following a few successful adaptations of anime in overseas markets in the 1980s, anime gained increased acceptance in those markets in the 1990s and even more at the turn of the 21st century.

Next is about its character design

Proportions

Body proportions emulated in anime come from proportions of the human body. The height of the head is considered by the artist as the base unit of proportion. Head heights can vary as long as the remainder of the body remains proportional. Most anime characters are about seven to eight heads tall, and extreme heights are set around nine heads tall.

Variations to proportion can be modded by the artist. Super-deformed characters feature a non-proportionally small body compared to the head. Sometimes specific body parts, like legs, are shortened or elongated for added emphasis. Most super deformed characters are two to four heads tall. Some anime works like Crayon Shin-chan completely disregard these proportions, such that they resemble Western cartoons. For exaggeration, certain body features are increased in proportion.

Eye styles

Many anime and manga characters feature large eyes. Osamu Tezuka, who is believed to have been the first to use this technique, was inspired by the exaggerated features of American cartoon characters such as Betty Boop, Mickey Mouse, and Disney's Bambi. Tezuka found that large eyes style allowed his characters to show emotions distinctly. When Tezuka began drawing Ribbon no Kishi, the first manga specifically targeted at young girls, Tezuka further exaggerated the size of the characters' eyes. Indeed, through Ribbon no Kishi, Tezuka set a stylistic template that later shōjo artists tended to follow.

Coloring is added to give eyes, particularly to the cornea, some depth. The depth is accomplished by applying variable color shading. Generally, a mixture of a light shade, the tone color, and a dark shade is used. Cultural anthropologist Matt Thorn argues that Japanese animators and audiences do not perceive such stylized eyes as inherently more or less foreign.

However, not all anime have large eyes. For example, some of the work of Hayao Miyazaki and Toshiro Kawamoto are known for having realistically proportioned eyes, as well as realistic hair colors on their characters. In addition many other productions also have been known to use smaller eyes. This design tends to have more resemblance to traditional Japanese art. Some characters have even smaller eyes, where simple black dots are used. However, many western audiences associate anime with large detailed eyes.

Facial expressions

Anime characters may employ a variety of predetermined facial expressions to denote moods and thoughts. These techniques are often different in form than their counterparts in western animation, and they include a fixed iconography that's used as shorthand for certain emotions and moods.

There are a number of other stylistic elements that are common to conventional anime as well but more often used in comedies. Characters that are shocked or surprised will perform a "face fault", in which they display an extremely exaggerated expression. Angry characters may exhibit a "vein" or "stress mark" effect, where lines representing bulging veins will appear on their forehead. Angry women will sometimes summon a mallet from nowhere and strike another character with it, mainly for the sake of slapstick comedy. Male characters will develop a bloody nose around their female love interests (typically to indicate arousal, which is a play on an old wives' tale). Embarrassed or stressed characters either produce a massive sweat-drop (which has become one of the most widely recognized motifs of conventional anime) or produce a visibly red blush or set of parallel (sometimes squiggly) lines beneath the eyes, especially as a manifestation of repressed romantic feelings. Characters who want to childishly taunt someone may pull an akanbe face (by pulling an eyelid down with a finger to expose the red underside). Characters may also have large "X" eyes to show a knockout, or in some cases, even illness. This is typically used for comedic purposes.

Animation technique

Like all animation, the production processes of storyboarding, voice acting, character design, cel production and so on still apply. With improvements in computer technology, computer animation increased the efficiency of the whole production process.

Anime is often considered a form of limited animation. That means that stylistically, even in bigger productions the conventions of limited animation are used to fool the eye into thinking there is more movement than there is. Many of the techniques used are comprised with cost-cutting measures while working under a set budget.

Anime scenes place emphasis on achieving three-dimensional views. Backgrounds depict the scenes' atmosphere. For example, anime often puts emphasis on changing seasons, as can be seen in numerous anime, such as Tenchi Muyo!. Sometimes actual settings have been duplicated into an anime. The backgrounds for the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya are based on various locations within the suburb of Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan.

Camera angles, camera movement, and lighting play an important role in scenes. Directors often have the discretion of determining viewing angles for scenes, particularly regarding backgrounds. In addition, camera angles show perspective. Directors can also choose camera effects within cinematography, such as panning, zooming, facial closeup, and panoramic.

The large majority of anime uses traditional animation, which better allows for division of labor, pose to pose approach and checking of drawings before they are shot – practices favored by the anime industry. Other mediums are mostly limited to independently made short films, examples of which are the silhouette and other cutout animation of Noburō Ōfuji, the stop motion puppet animation of Tadahito Mochinaga, Kihachirō Kawamoto and Tomoyasu Murata and the computer animation of Satoshi Tomioka (most famously Usavich).