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One of the exciting things about anime, is that it shows cultural aspects of Japan and other places in a interesting way, and one of the most beautiful examples of it, is the Kimono.  From the multi-layered Kimono of the Heian period, to the Furisode Kimono with its gorgeous long sleeves. This beautiful garment catches our attention and imagination, and has become a worldwide symbol of Japanese classy sexiness and femininity, and in the case of the men, cool and manly style.  So we are going to share with you the top 10 anime that features characters wearing kimono in all its splendor. Let’s enjoy this beautiful clothing as an essential part of the storylines in Japanese animation. 10. Kamisama Hajimemashita (Kamisama Kiss) Based from a very popular manga, Kamisama Kiss is a romantic anime series that tells the story of Nanami, a high school girl that after being abandoned by her father, ends up in the streets without a place to go. 

Short features Northern White-faced Owl, Eurasian Eagle-Owl cleaning up Saitama Super Arena The official YouTube channel of the Animelo Summer Live concerts began streaming a Kemono Friends anime short video on Wednesday. The video features Northern White-faced Owl (Shiori Mikami) and Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Akari Uehara) gathering a team of friends together to clean up the dilapidated Saitama Super Arena, the real-life venue of the Animelo Summer Live event. While there, the friends find cards that teach proper behavior while enjoying the concert, such as not using electronic devices. ("What's a 'mobile'?" "Doesn't look very tasty.") Later, the friends see how many people are entering the venue (far above their estimate of 100), and beat a hasty retreat. The Kemono Friends anime's staff returned to work on the short. This year's Animelo Summer Live took place on August 25-27. Dwango and Nippon Cultural Broadcasting have been holding the anime song event annually since

With lyrically flowing writing and visually dominating illustrations, “Monocyte” #4 is a truly inventive and highly imaginative horror comic book. So much originality has been packed into each panel and every page that by the end, your eyes will not believe what they are actually seeing. Menton3’s endless attention to detail is awe-inspiring. In the opening splash page, the artist provides so many realistic features to the muscular pose. There is a definitively hyper-surrealistic look to Monocyte’s demonic and apocalyptic world. Menton3 has developed a never-ending sinister world full of weird-looking demons and terrifyingly freakish creatures. For instance, the immortal demonic races, the Olignostics and the Antedeluvians, are given highly fashionable character designs and distinguishable features. At times, the artwork is so brilliantly experimental, using minimalist approaches, such as symbols, to illustrate the background. Some of these shadowy and distinct images in these pages

Based off of a series of light novels by Nisio Isin, the series collectively known as Monogatari has risen to stunning popularity among the anime community. The fanbase, particularly in the West, grew into a much more fervent army when SHAFT received the rights to adapt the light novels into anime series. However, like so many other series that bear similarities in name and run on a vast, or at least complex, timeline, it can be difficult for new fans to get into. So if you are looking to start into the Monogatari series, but want to know how to watch it, look no further. In the Monogatari light novels and anime, the story is made up of either one central story or a number of short stories about different characters in the same universe. This can make watching in chronological order particularly difficult, but while you totally can watch in chronological order, it is actually not the recommended way to watch the series for the first time. Typically chronological is be

Game launched in N. America, Europe on Tuesday Atlus USA began streaming the launch trailer for the Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth (Utawarerumono: Futari no Hakuoro) PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game. The game launched in North America and Europe on Tuesday. Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth is the last game in the Utawarerumono trilogy. Atlus describes the story: Chaos has taken hold of the land in Mask of Truth as a conniving general has unlawfully seized the throne of the mighty Yamato Empire. The only ones that stand in his way are a couple of familiar faces who must rally different kingdoms together and fight against the powerful Imperial army. An 80+ hours long visual novel/SRPG experience awaits as you'll get close with a new cast of colorful characters, fight in numerous exciting engagements with an enhanced battle system, explore intriguing new lands, and more. The American release has physical and digital versions for both the PS4 and PS Vita editions. The