望み – What is that you desire? – Suzumiya Haruhi Cosplay Shoot Part 2

Suzumiya Haruhi Cosplay Shoot Part 2

windbell on April 14, 2008 in Anime,Cosplay,Japan,Photoshoot

Continuing with part 2 of the Suzumiya Haruhi Cosplay Shoot I was tasked to do which I really enjoyed. Here’s for those who missed out Part 1.

This part of the series will include a couple of parodies from Phoenix Wright ^^

The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
(Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Parody)｜
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱（逆転裁判蘇る逆転のパロディ）

Haruhi: Objection!
ハルヒ：異議あり！

Koizumi: Ara Ara~!
古泉: あらあら～！

Koizumi: Tsk Tsk Tsk. You’re so wrong Defense Attorney!
古泉：全然間違ったよ！

Koizumi: But I’ll let you continue.
古泉：続けってください。

For those who have played the Phoenix Wright series would recognize Edgeworth’s trademark pose.

Haruhi: The evidence clearly states…
ハルヒ：この罪跡は…

I couldn’t find an image with the words 「異議あり！」 that was large enough, so I had to stick with “Objection!” ^^;

Back to the other pictures

The ending of Hare Hare Yukai.

Kyon: Why must I be in this dance… ORZ

We managed to get a photo with Haruhi and Kyon as well! Lucky!

There’s still a Part 3 of this cosplay shoot, which Nagato Yuki will make a appearance! Watch this blog till then!

Post Processing

For those wondering how I did the interlace effect for Haruhi’s and Koizumi’s picture. I created a 1 by 4 pattern in photoshop, filled the top 2 pixels with black and saved it as a pattern.

Fired up the image I want to apply the pattern into, create a new layer, fill the pattern in, do some adjustments and viola! Done!

Or you could read the tutorial which I used ^^;

Extras

A comparison between the cosplay shoot and the anime version. Surprisingly accurate and scary at the same time ^^; Found the anime images while searching google for the 「異議あり！」 picture.

Other posts that might interest you

Itasha Show Illustrations

Danny Choo of dannychoo.com has recently did a post of the Itasha car show that was held at the last comiket. Itasha basically means plastering your vehicle with anime stickers and other forms of decrorations.

I have managed to find 2 of the illustrations used on the bonnet of the PINK CHU CHU fan’s car.

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melody. – Be as one

皆さん、こんにちわ！
今週とらいしゅうはいろいろ仕事から、最近ブログはアップデートしませんでした。
本とにごめなさいでした！　＾＾

Hello there everyone!
Due to lots of work/assignments that has to be completed, I haven’t had much time to update this blog.
Really sorry about that!

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I have been listening to melody.’s for a few days now, with it looping in my player’s playlist and also in the MD.

Who is this melody. then? A short quote from wikipedia reveals more

melody. is a Japanese American born in Hawaii. Her full name is Melody Miyuki Ishikawa. She has three younger sisters, one of whom, Christine, is also involved with the music industry in Japan. She became most popular in Japan when her song “Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz was used in a commercial for Mitsubishi. Melody is currently a vegan. She is not to be confused with “MELODY”, who sang the theme song for the CBC drama “Kids War” in Japan.

Mostly recently, melody.’s latest single “Lovin’ U” debuted on the Oricon Weekly Charts at #16. The single includes the B-side “Our Journey.” Which, was the theme song for the 2006 movie Gen Yu Den starring Rena Tanaka, who also co-wrote the lyrics to the song.

Participation in Need for Speed Carbon game.

Does it ring a bell? I have heard one of her songs (‘realize’) once, back when it was in the 2005 Weekly Best 30 Oricon chart.

This album ‘Be as one’ has a very balanced mix of tunes. Sad, happy, and yet an upbeat and catchy album I would say. It is probably not too pop-ish as well.

Tracklisting

1. Be as one
2. see you. . .
3. De ja Vu
4. realize
5. Close Your Eyes – English Version
6. Promises
7. Dear Love
8. Take a chance
9. Nest to You
10. Stay with Me
11. Gift of Love
12. miss you (nagareboshi REMIX)

I particularly like ‘realize’ , ‘Close your eyes’ , ‘Take a chance’ and ‘Next to you’. I could probably describe them as very powerful songs, one to motivate you :) ‘Take a chance’ would be at top if I had to choose from these 4 selected.

You can find this album on the internets, though I urge you to support this artist by buying this album. You might also have realized that Yumi, one of your crew member for NFS:Carbon is actually casted by melody. as well.