Amaterasu, "the sunshine god"

Amaterasu, Amaterasu-õmikami or Õhirume-no-muchi-no-kami is a part of the Japanese myth cycle and also a major deity of the Shinto religion. She is the goddess of the sun, but also of the universe. The name Amaterasu derived from Amateru meaning "shining in heaven". The meaning of her whole name, Amaterasu-õmikami is "the great august kami (god) who shines in the heaven. The Emperor of Japan is said to be a direct descendant of Amaterasu.
    

Raiju, "the thunder beast"

Raiju is a legendary creature from Japanese mythology. Its body is composed of lightning and may be in shape of a cat, fox, weasel or wolf. The form of a white and blue wolf (or even a walf wrapped in lightning) is also common. It may also fly about a ball of lightning (in fact, the creature may be an attempt to explain the phenomenon of lightning). Its cry sounds like thunder.
 Raiju is the companion of Raijin, the Shinto god of lightning. While the beast is generally calm and harmless, during thunderstorms it becomes agitated and leaps about in trees, fields, and even buildings ( trees that have been struck by lightning are said to have beeen scratched by Raiju's claws).
Another of Raiju's peculiar behaviors is sleepipng in human navels. This prompts Raiden to shoot lightning arrows at Raiju to wake the creature up, and thus harms the person in whose belly the demon is resting. Superstitious people therefore often sleep on their stomachs during bad weather, but other legends say tht Raiju will only hide in the navels of people who sleep outdoors.

Sgt. Keroro

Sgt. Frog, known in Japan as Keroro Gunso, is a manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was later serialized into an anime TV series derected by Junichi Sato. Both the anime and manga are comedies that follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to conquer Earth. Sergeant Keroro, the titular character, is the leader of the pletoon, but is at the mercy of a human family of three after he is captured while trying to hide in one of the family member's bedrooms. In both the manga and anime, Keroro is forced to do meaningless chores and errands for the family after fis army abandons his platoon on Earth. The platoon has many failed attempts at taking over Earth.
The series takes its comedy from a combination of wordplay, physical humor, situational irony, breaking of the fourth wall, and numerous pop culture references. Various anime, games, manga and other aspects of pop culture are parodied/referenced throughout the series as a bonus to older viewers. Both the manga and the anime are laden with pop-culture references, and even in the same story the references often vary wildly.

Hachikõ, the faithful dog...

 

Hachiko, known in Japanese as chuken Hachicõ (faithful dog Hachikõ) was an Akita dog born on a farm near the city of Õdate, rememberes for his remarkable loyalty to his owner,even many years after his owner's death.
In April 1934, a bronze statue in his likeness was erected at Shibuya Station and Hachikõ himself was present at its unveiling. After the war a new statue was replaced and a dedication ceremony occurred (April 8).

 

Lady Palutena

Palutena (パルテナ, Parutena) is a fictional goddess from Nintendo's Kid Icarus series of video games. She first appeared as a non-playable character in 1986's Kid Icarus. Palutena was also included in the game's sequel, Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters, published in 1991 on the Game Boy and now appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl in Pit's Final Smash, "Palutena's Army". Her name is a shortened version of name of the Greek goddess Pallas Athena. The English voice over in Kid Icarus: Uprising is done by Ali Hillis.

"Kid Icarus Uprising", A Great Game to 3DS

"Kid Icarus Uprising" is a great game to nintendo 3DS.

Medusa, Queen of Darkness, once wreaked havoc on the land—only to be defeated 25 years ago. Now she has returned with her Underworld Army to mount an invasion.

All that stands in her way are Palutena, the pure and benevolent Goddess of Light, and her servant Pit, the commander of the guard.

Pit is our hero, a strong-willed angel who receives the gift of flight from Palutena to descend from the heavens and eradicate the dark hordes. Will he emerge victorious from the great challenges ahead?

 

 

 

Who Love "One Piece"? I LOVE!!!!!!!

I everyone, today I will show you the best manga/video game/tv show worldwide...."One Piece"!!!!!

One Piece is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 67th volume released as of August 2012. One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young man whose body gains the properties of rubber after inadvertently eating a devil's fruit, and his diverse crew of pirates, named the Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy explores the ocean in search of the world's ultimate treasure known as the One Piece and to become the next Pirate King. Along his journey, Luffy makes several friends and battles a wide variety of villains, many of whom try to kill the Straw Hats.
The chapters have been adapted into an original video animation (OVA) produced by Production I.G in 1998, and an anime series produced by Toei Animation, which began broadcasting in Japan in 1999. Since then, the still ongoing series has aired over 550 episodes. Additionally, Toei has developed eleven animated feature films, an OVA, and five television specials. Several companies have developed various types of merchandising such as a trading card game, and a large number of
video games.

The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America by Viz Media, in the United Kingdom by Gollancz Manga, and in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. The anime series has been licensed by Funimation Entertainment for an English-language release in North America, although the series was originally licensed and distributed by 4Kids Entertainment.
In 2008, One Piece became the highest-circulating manga series. In 2010, Shueisha announced that they sold over 260 million volumes of One Piece manga so far; volume 61 set a new record for the highest initial print run of any book in Japan in history with 3.8 million copies (the previous record belonging to volume 60 with 3.4 million copies). Volume 60 was the first book to sell over two million copies in its opening week on Japan's Oricon book rankings. One Piece is currently ranked as the best-selling series of all time in manga history. It enjoys a very high readership, with more than 260 million volumes of the series sold by 2011 in Japan. One Piece has received wide critical acclaim from reviewers, primarily for its art, characterization, humor and story.

Who's he? He's Chao

In case that you don't know this little guy here is Chao.



A Chao is a lifeform from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. Their role in the games are to be raised by the player in mini-games, similar to many virtual pets. Chao are somewhat complex: they respond to stimuli, have moods, require food, and can be loving or fearful. The word Chao is a pun on Chaos, a word commonly used in the Sonic series and which is why the word remains unchanged when plural. The chao are the good friends of Cream the Rabbit and Tikal the Echidna.

Crazy Pokemon Store

This publication is especially for Pokemon fans.
At the following picture you can see a crazy Pokemon store in Japan, Tokyo.



Its a HUGE store with a lot of stuff about...Pokemon like pens,dolls,beds, and a lot of more and more.

Welcome to my special new blog:"Kitsune"

Here you can find a lot of stuff about Japan,art,animals,photographs and all the things that I love.
In my first publication I will show you this thing:















As you kwon this is a cherry blossom flower, knowed in Japan as "Sakura".
Sakura flowers are very appreciated in Japan and associated to lots of festivals,they are in all the temples,streets and parks.
These are one of my favorite flowers and, in my opinion, they are one of the most beautiful flowers worldwide.
I hope you enjoyed ^_^