Second XXXHolic Rou OAD in the works!

Kodansha announced that a second XXXHolic Rou OAD is currently in production and is currently scheduled to be released next year.

The first OAD was launched in April with limited edition copies of this great Clamp novel by Nisio Isin.

xxxHolic has been continually published since 2003 in Kodansha's Young Magazine, but its serialization moved to Bessatsu Shonen Magazine in June of this year.

The anime began airing its first season in April 2006 with 24 episodes, and the second season aired in 2008.The current OADs form part of a third anime adaptation of this manga.

Two Segements of Renae's Arm

I spotted a whole lot going on with Renae's left forearm, while browsing at the Chelsea Salvation Army store, so I just had to ask.

Let's deconstruct:

The first part of this tattoo is the dark heart on the inner part of the forearm. Renae attributes this to Rob at the Orlando branch of Hart and Huntington. In over three years of inkspotting, this is the first piece on Tattoosday that has been credited to one of their shops.

Renae, who has "no idea" how many tattoos she has (which is synonymous for "too many to count"), wanted to add to her arm, so she headed to Brooklyn Ink in Bay Ridge.

Alex Franklin was given free reign, according to Renae. Her exact quote was "use your imagination and run," which must be music to many a tattooists ears.

Alex did the flourishes around the original tattoo, along with the phrase "gutta cavat lapidem," a Latin phrase by Ovid which translates to "dripping water hollows out a stone," which is a shortened version of the line "Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence." This quote is known to many New Yorkers who have seen it inscribed underground here (with a broader description here).




And he tattooed the piece on the other side of the arm:

Work from Brooklyn Ink (and a lot by Alex) has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.

Thanks to Renae for sharing her tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Naruto Shippuden anime September schedule!

The Pain saga ended with an interesting twist and it was awesome as we finally saw Naruto being recognized by his village.

Looks like we are going to deal with fillers and one week delay without our favorite series due to a Pokemon Black and White special airing in the same slot.

But they're pre-time skip fillers related to what just happened in the last episodes, developing Iruka-sensei's character, so they will be great this time, bringing back the nostalgia of the good ol' Naruto days!

September 2 - Iruka the Novice Teacher

September 9 - Iruka's trials

September 16 - Iruka's determination

September 23 - no episode

September 30 - Jounin in charge Hatake Kakashi

Thanks to Niko^ from Narutofan forums ^_^

John's Root People

At the end of July, I coincidentally exited the A train at 14th Street at the same time as John, who was visiting from Nevada.

I had been admiring his sleeve on the train, but didn't have the opportunity to speak to him about it until after he got off the subway.

He referred to these creatures as "Root People":

It's an abstract collaboration with the artist, Rickett, at The Ruby Lantern in Carson City, Nevada.

They started working together in January of this year, and they're not yet finished with the whole sleeve. As you can tell, it's very unusual and has a very unique approach.

These designs are all on John's right arm, and I am particular to the female tree person above on his inner forearm.

Thanks to John for sharing his Root People here with us on Tattoosday!

Milky Holmes: when too much moe is....well, too much!

Even a source such as AnimeNation didn't refrain to make such a comment regarding the trailer of this upcoming Tantei Opera anime that will premiere on October 7. "Haters gonna hate", the site says.



See it for yourself!

Director: Makoto Moriwaki
Series Composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Music: Satoru Kousaki
Character Design: Seiya Numata
Animation Production: J.C. Staff

Tantei Opera Milky Holmes originally started as a PSP game created by Bushiroad that mixes mecha with detective mistery, and yes, it's about four Lucky Star loli detectives looking to solve diverse cases in an imaginary world based on the Era of Detectives, divided between ghost thieves and private detectives.

O_O

Gina's Phoenix

In late June, I ran into Gina in Penn Station and complimented her on a tattoo she had on her back. At the time, she was wearing something with straps that covered part of the design. I gave her a flier and she remarked that she had just recently discovered the site through this post on the tattoo of Julie Powell.

Alas, like so many folks to whom I give fliers, I didn't receive any emails or photos. But a month passed and one day I was pleasantly surprised to see an email from Gina, with the following photos of her phoenix tattoo:

I'll let her explain the rest:

"... I had completely forgotten [about sending in the photo] until I found the picture I took for you on my camera... This was done by Junii at the Diamond Club in San Francisco. [Bill Salmon, Junii's husband, is the studio owner]. She does amazing line work.  She's also incredibly conscientious about design and her clients.  For both my tattoos, she spend a lot of time talking with me, looking at the 20 pictures I had brought in of bits or aspects of what I wanted, then went off and did her own research, always coming back with exactly the right drawing.

This one - I got it after a really, really difficult year. So, obviously, not the deepest symbolism - just wanted to remind myself of the possibility of renewal."

Thanks to Gina for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Artists passing away

This has been quite a mourning week for the industry as animator Shojuro Yamauchi, animator and director Satoshi Kon and the acclaimed puppeteer Kihachiro Kawamoto passed away.

Yamauchi was best known for his work in the Movie 'Spirited Away', which won an Oscar.

Director Satoshi Kon, known for his participation in series that featured alternative realities and altered states of the conscience, was working in a project for Madhouse titled Yume-Miru Kikai (The Dreaming Machine) when he passed away on August 24th, at 6:20 am, due to pancreatic cancer at 46 years of age. Madhouse will still continue the project.

And acclaimed puppermaster Kihachiro Kawamoto passed away at 85 due to pneumonia. He was known to fans worldwide as the director of the movie Shisha no Sho (The Book of the Dead), which was a puppet animated feature that striked for its originality.

R.I.P

Alex Shares a Floral Tattoo, Roots and All

Sometimes I see tattoos before I see people.

Back in July, for example, I approached a guy on the West 4th Street subway platform to ask him about this tattoo on his right forearm:

It was only after I said hello to him that I realized he was someone named Alex who lives in my neighborhood in Brooklyn.

In fact, Alex had a tattoo featured here back in 2009, after I stopped  him in the laundromat.

This floral tattoo is a representation of how a flower overcomes obstacles and pain to lay down roots, rises up, and blooms.

He draws the comparison to life, as nothing comes without hard work and bypassing obstacles.

The tattoo was created by Shon Lindauer at Thicker Than Water in Manhattan. Shon is the same artist that did the tiger on my calf. Other work from Thicker Than Water has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.

Thanks to Alex for once again sharing his work with us here on Tattoosday!

Baka to Test OVA teaser trailer!

Following the previous announcement of an OVA for fall/ next year, Enterbrain publisher has released a new teaser trailer on their website that you can see here!

Great way to throw us a bone so we don't have to wait that much!

Kevin's Gravitational Tattoo

I love word tattoos so I couldn't help but stop Kevin at Barnes & Noble earlier this month. He had this tattoo inked on his inner right forearm:

He explained that he enrolled in school not knowing for sure what he wanted to do. He was on a path for a career in finance, but also has a keen interest in art and graphic design.

He says that the tattoo is a reminder that, although gravity is all around us, and pulling us toward the status quo, he should stay true to himself and never give up his interest in art.

He had this done by Betty Rose at Red Rocket Tattoo in Manhattan. Work from Red Rocket has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.

Thanks to Kevin for sharing his Gravity with us here on Tattoosday!

New Baka to Test OVA in the works

Shonen Ace magazine has announced that an OVA of this awesome series, adapted from the light novels by Kenji Inoue, is currently in production titled as 'Baka to Test to Shokanjyu' and it will come out next year along with the second season.

This is an amusing high school tale about a boy named Akihisa Yoshii, the 'idiot' (baka) of Fumizuki Academy, a rigid institution that separates and classifies their students by their rankings and qualifications. All students have the ability to summon a being called Shokanju, or Avatar, in order to battle to get the facilities of other classrooms.

The classes are divided from A to F, and while Class A is filled with the best students and their classroom has air conditioners, fancy seats, and such privileges, etc, the state of Class F is the complete opposite of that, leaving much to be desired.

Yoshii meets a girl named Mizuki Himeji, who suffered from a fever before an important test, which got her a zero and demoted inmediately to class F. They elaborate a plan together to take over the high ranks.

Travis and Another Perspective of Ganesh

People who are familiar with being featured here on Tattoosday know that there is a process, in which I generally go chronologically, and it often can be several weeks before I post their work.

But there are always exceptions.

Take, for example, Travis, who I met on Monday near the corner of 32nd and 8th Avenue waiting for a bus.

Under normal circumstances, you'd have seen Travis's tattoo in September but, the next day, I got the following mysterious tweet: "@Tattoosday post pictures of that guys tattoos- you were talking to him yesterday outside MSG plzz! *stalker*".

What?

Well, a little bit of digging, and I discovered that the source of the message was Hannah, who appeared last month on Tattoosday here. And since I'm a sucker for my fans, I'll gladly oblige and share Travis's tattoo with us here today. Here it is:

Travis's tattoo depicts the Hindu deity Ganesh. However, unlike this Ganesh tattoo, this one has a twist.

Travis explained that one of the common beliefs is that Ganesh was born with a human head, but that he was beheaded as a boy, and his head was replaced with that of an elephant. He obtained a third eye so that he could make sure he was never betrayed again.

Travis says that he often feels "too aware" of others, to the point that it detracts from his enjoyment of life. Thus, his tattoo of Ganesh has him literally slicing off the third eye, wielding a sword with his trunk, which metaphorically translates to Travis "cooling out" and being less aware so that he can enjoy life more.

The "F.I.A." on the banner stand for "Fuck It All".

Travis has eight tattoos, which includes a full sleeve, all by artist Brad Stevens at Dare Devil Tattoo in New York City.

Thanks to Travis for sharing this interesting interpretation of Ganesh with us here on Tattoosday!

This week's featured AMV! (9)

I can't believe that I forgot to put the best amv of the week on Sunday, as I always do. Oh well, I definitely think that the content of this blog should be more versatile ;-)

This outstanding Kuroshitsuji AMV in HD quality surpasses by far everything I have seen in efforts of making a good video that conveys the right emotion, excitement and feelings of your favorite series.



It was done by ShionSuou of Youtube.

Small World, Tattoosday-Style

I have a few days off and was buying some milk at the grocery store when an older gentleman in line behind me complimented me on the tiger tattoo on my calf, which has been well-documented here, in this initial post, and subsequent ones.

The gentleman asked who the artist was and mentioned his son was an artist as well. "Who?" I asked, and he told me, Mike Perfetto, aka Designs by Michael Angelo in Brooklyn. I gave him a flier and he introduced himself as Ralph Perfetto, our Democratic District Leader here in Bay Ridge.

I know you're likely thinking, "Nice story, Bill, but is it really that much of a small world coincidence?" Actually, yes, because my backlog had brought me to posting a couple of tattoos on Peter, who I had last seen at the Matty No Times benefit back on July 17. One of those tattoos, you guessed it, is by Mike Perfetto.

Let's take a look:

Pete also shared a tattoo on his leg by legendary Brooklyn artist Tony Polito. As you can see, Pete has quite a collection of ink, and he takes pride in the work he has from "old school" New York artists tattooing in the American Traditional style.

Pete explained that "Old Calcutta" was a nickname for Tony's shop from the early '80s to the mid '90s because of the high intensity atmosphere of the shop and the people who were there.

Thanks to Peter for sharing his tattoos with us here on Tattoosday (again and again). Peter has been working hard at New York Hardcore Tattoo on Stanton Street. They have recently remodeled the shop and are working hard on producing quality art on the denizens of New York City. Be sure to stop in and meet their crew.

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