APRON CHRONICLES

Presenting the MALE CAST of the anime BLEACH created and owned by TITE KUBO and worshiped by fan artists like us. BEHOLD...the APRON CHRONICLES!

One day, Yamamoto-Taicho realized that someone stole the funds for the GOTEI 13. Because they need funds immediately, the old man proposed the only FAST-EARNING thing to do...with his resources. XD

STUDIO 1 : MR. MAKE-UP

PHOTOGRAPHER: "Gomen, Schiffer-san...can you please smile?"

ULQUIE: "I don't think so..."

PHOTOGRAPHER: "Oh-kay.... Any expression will do."

ULQUIE: "I don't think you understand when I said NO..."

PHOTOGRAPHER: *takes out contract* "But the contract says you should follow my direction. After all, I'm the photographer..."

ULQUIE: *stares at papers* "I just died in the series... This is voluntary. Cut me some slack. I have to look for another job. I heard they're hiring a lead in a band called, KISS. So, hurry up and take the damn picture."

PHOTOGRAPHER: *twitch...twitch*

STUDIO 2 : MR. ICICLE

TOUSHIRO: "This isn't right! Why am I in a bedroom? The apron belongs to the kitchen! I demand an explanation! Ulquiorra posed in the kitchen!"

PHOTOGRAPHER: "But...I was ordered, Toushiro-kun... Besides, it's sexy."

TOUSHIRO: "Do I look like I'm old enough for this!? And what's with the torn apron!? I did not agree to this!!!"

PHOTOGRAPHER: "Uh...Gomen, Toushiro-kun...but...but...a pretty woman told us you did..."

TOUSHIRO: "MATSUMOTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

STUDIO 3 : RANDOM SHOUNEN

JINTA: "I still feel weird..."

PHOTOGRAPHER: "Relax, Jinta-kun. Don't strain yourself."

JINTA: "What's this for again?"

PHOTOGRAPHER: "To raise money..."

JINTA: "WHAT!? But Urahara-taicho told me it's to promote the store!"

PHOTOGRAPHER: "Uh...well, in a way...it is..." *fiddles* "You know...more people see this picture...more customers."

JINTA: *relaxes* "Oh! Okay."

 

 STUDIO 4 : MR SEXY

PHOTOGRAPHER: "Uh...uhmm....Gin-kun...I didn't know if they told 'ya but...you're supposed to WEAR the apron."

GIN: "WHAAAa? Awh, come on neh? I cooked these cakes like what you ordered. I am now posing to present them... What's so interesting about an apron?"

PHOTOGRAPHER: *gulp* "Ehehe...nothing, Gin-kun. But you're supposed to wear it for this shoot... The project is called, The APRON Chronicles."

GIN: "Are you saying the APRON is hotter than my body?"

PHOTOGRAPHER: *takes out several tissues with blood* "Not at all, Gin-kun. I've already used up all my tissues just this morning... By tomorrow, I might not be able to wake up anymore..."

After 1 minute...

PHOTOGRAPHER: "So...are we going on with the shoot?"

GIN: "Fine. I don't get why you want me to wear anything at all..."

PHOTOGRAPHER: *wipes nose* "Uhm...can you lengthen the apron, Gin-kun?"

GIN: "WHAAA? But how about my legs?" *shows legs*

PHOTOGRAPHER: *FAINTS*

STUDIO 5 : MR. DENSE

PHOTOGRAPHER: *surprised* "Uh...wow...Renji-kun...you're so good at this... You look so natural." *smiling*

RENJI: "Oh...thanks. Anything for Byakuya-taicho."

PHOTOGRAPHER: *blink, blink* "Uh...that didn't come out right..."

RENJI: "What didn't come out right? Look at these cute buns I'm making!" *squishes cute siopao*

PHOTOGRAPHER: *sheepish* Uhh...right."

RENJI: *smiles at photographer* "Do you wanna squeeze my buns?"

PHOTOGRAPHER: *faints*

 

STUDIO 6 : MR. METROSEXUAL

PHOTOGRAPHER: "Uh...Szayel-kun..."

SZAYEL: *glares* "IT'S CHAN! NOT KUN!"

PHOTOGRAPHER: *shock* "Uh...Szayel ----chan, Uhm...I hope you know that you should wear the apron..."

SZAYEL: *raises a brow* "That rag? I don't think so. Hurry up and take a picture of my divine body, slave!"

PHOTOGRAPHER: *shiver* SNAP, SNAP, SNAP!

 

STUDIO 7 : MR. S & M

MAYURI: "And so, kiddies...let's add eyeballs and tongues next...we stir it like so..." *stirs with finger*

PHOTOGRAPHER: "Uhm...Mayuri-kun...this is not a cooking show?"

MAYURI: *stops* "Uh...Yes, it is."

PHOTOGRAPHER: "No, it's not."

MAYURI: "Then why am I in the kitchen wearing an apron? Hmm...let me see... I have several hypothesis' as to why I am wearing an apron with nothing else. One, I am being photographed for the benefit of the female audience to arouse them...in this weird fetishes that they love... Two, I am here because I am being used as a sex symbol... Three...

PHOTOGRAPHER: *turns towards the crew* "Anyone...please brief Mayuri-kun about certain words not allowed here in the studio..."

 STUDIO 8 : MR. ADORABLE

 

STARK: *yawn* "You've woken me up...I was sleeping so wonderfully..."

PHOTOGRAPHER: "Gomen, Stark-kun...but we're behind schedule... Ehehe..."

STARK: *sighs* "FINE. Take a picture and leave me in peace..." *looks about* "Hmmm...i can't seem to find my pillow though... Can I borrow your lap then?"

PHOTOGRAPHER: *faints*

STUDIO 9 : MR. FREAK & CO.

NEL: "Neh,neh... Why am I the one in an apron???"

NOITORA: "Shut up, Nel."

NEL: *pout* "But you're supposed to be the one in an Apron! Mou~"

NOITORA: SHUT YOUR TRAP! I already cut myself here! I don't F#$%ing want to wear that polka-dot halter style apron designed by -"

NEL: *blink* "What's a halter top? Why does Noi-noi know so much about fashion???"

NOITORA: *silence*

PHOTOGRAPHER: "Can we go on with the shoot now?"

NEL: "HAI HAI!!!!"

 

STUDIO 10 : MR. SEXY (PART 2)

PHOTOGRAPHER: "Gin-kun...I'm afraid you're already finished..."

GIN: "Oya...But this is my master pose!"

PHOTOGRAPHER: 0,0'

KON: *leaps into action* "NNNNOOOoooooooooo!!!!"

GIN: "Fufufufuuuu...." *laughs* "Oya....Ms. Photographer??? Are you okay?"

KON: *walks to photographer's body* "I think you killed her."

NOTE: THESE ARE COMPILED DRAWINGS OF TINTA|PRODUCTIONS' LUNACY.  IT HAPPENS ONCE IT A WHILE...BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS....  

IT HAPPENS... XD

HOPE I MADE YOU DAY...JA MATTA!

katz :3

Of Good Music & Animation

I started my day nice.  I was deciding on taking an absence because the weather is cool...or was it just my AC??? Pfft~ Anyway, work today is taxing.  Problems just rolled in like the waves and it's not that I'm the one that's being barked at.  Nawh...  It was someone else...but you get the feeling when the office is tensed and all worked up???   Yeah, it's heavy.  It makes you want to just storm out of the room and tear your hair off.  HAHAHAH!

NOW! Enough about today...let's talk about Last Night.

Yup, I've been watching anime since high school and I'm a fanatic.  But because of my love for the traditional art, I only get hooked to anime series with stories that touches the human soul and art that exceeds 'cuteness.'  More than anything, I love a story that is believable, if not in the 'practical reality', in the emotion at least.  There are three...ONLY three creators that touches me very much to the point that I will cry, hover over their work for days, sulk because of the ending, and wonder in amazement.  Those three people are, SATOSHI KON, HAYAO MIYAZAKI and SHINICHIRO WATANABE.

Hayao Miyazaki's creations are astounding due to that fact that most of them are still 2D animation.  MOST!  "How's Moving Castle" was taken from a book written by Diana Wynn Jones <---one of my favorite authors.  When I heard about this, I was so...overjoyed.  Well...the story is a bit different than what it was in the book.  Miyazaki sure did give it a unique touch of his own.  Like all the others that he made..."Spirited Away" and "Mononoke Hime"...they're all magnificent.  It's rare nowadays to see a 2D animation what with all the technologies, right?  But HELL! His creations are...WOOOOOOooooOOOOWWWW!  Take the scenery for example...

This one is from SPIRITED AWAY.  The Town of Spirits.  Look at all the details in this pic.  It looks like a normal town like what we have here in Bacolod...  A bit tacky...totally screwed up colors. Pffft~  But the way he conveys it through is what matters.  It's as if he's saying, "Yes, I know this world exists in yours..."  And YES!  I can totally understand that.  But in another light, he gives it a mysterious air...  And not only to children...BUT to adults as well. 

I mean, you were once a kid, right???  And anybody must have wished their parents can turn to pigs for all they care.  HAHAHHAHA! Yeah.

Not only does he understand the very nature of what a kid see through their eyes, he can also get adults to understand the kids more.  Get my Aunt for example...she's a doctor and she is NOT interested in cartoons.  I was watching Spirited Away for the nth time in her house because unfortunately, our TV is not as COOL as theirs... T_T  And when she saw it, it amazed her.  Before I know it, she's already watching with me and eating up my movie grub. HUhuhuuu...  And also...my most feared...and probably the only animation of his that I DID NOT WATCH again since I cried a BUCKET O TEARS!  "Grave of the Fireflies" *CRIES* 

Oops! Now, my entry is all about GOOD MUSIC and GOOD ANIMATION.  YEAH!  Sorry, was sidetracked by how I adore these animators....

Now the real MACOY here is SHINICHIRO WATANABE.  I was watching Cowboy Bebop last night...for the NTH time again...  It was released 1998...and we're 2011 now...yet I still prefer to watch it than what they're offering me now.  THE STORY IS JUST TOO DAMN GOOD!  And don't get me started with the OST!

Yup.  Been watching this series last night.  And again, this is the only anime series that I DO NOT fast-forward the opening and ending song!  Yes, people...I love jazz and the blues.  But it's not only that...  If you go and listen to this series' soundtrack, you're sure to be hooked.  The compositions and the varieties of tunes are so addicting!  Most of them are in English, by the way...  If you watched this already...remember the scene where Vicious and Spike fought in the broken down Cathedral???  That episode was named, "Ballad of the Fallen Angel"  And the OST there is just to die for!!! The scoring is just... *faints*

One of the most idolized composers...YOKO KANNO... T_T  I love her....  Sigh~

So, from bountry hunter Cowboys to sexy voluptuous fugitives to rapping samurais...  Shinichiro Watanabe has awed me to MAX level.  And it's not only because the art , story and the music is good...  BUT BECAUSE IT ALL TELLS A STORY TOGETHER AND INDIVIDUALLY! I don't know how I can explain that...  But you get what I mean right?  Right?  I hope you do...

SAMURAI CHAMPLOO <---  A story of Fuu, a girl who wants to find the "Samurai who smells like Sunflowers" saved the lives of two warriors.  One is a lecherous pirate named Mugen and the other is a Ronin, Jin.  Because they owe the girl a lot, they decided to help her in her journey filled with weird...surreal...experiences that's gonna blow your heads off.  The realities that they encounter will definitely tweak your mind as you watch the series...and though the rapping (in English) really sounds baaaahhhddd...It's a FUNNY kind of bad.  So, you wouldn't mind it coz you'll be cracking yourself off.

MICHIKO TO HATCHIN <----  is basically a story about love and friendship.  From how the criminal Michiko gets her heart broken by playboys to how Hatchin begins to understand how life works...  The setting is an alternate world of Mexico and I just love the scenes here...reminds me much of the Philippines. LOL! Squatters everywhere!

All in all...  DAMN YOU SHINICHIRO WATANABE for being so GOOOOOHHHHDDDD! I thank God for giving you such brilliance to enlighten us and touch us in a way that we appreciate the world as it is and accept life's difficulties.

Me?  I'm just being emotional today...  I'm such an otaku!   I love delving deeper into the story and understanding what the animator/ creator really want to convey...  I hope the younger generations will come to appreciate these little pleasures.   Most young people tend to idolize animations because the characters are powerful etc, etc...  But ya know...the reality of THE REALITY that no one's perfect?  If an animator can pass it on to you, he's not just trying to coax you into worshiping his work...  That animator has a deeper cause...and message, a story for you to understand. It's not all FACE VALUE...it's the whole package.  Hmmm...  Pretty faces never hurts though...so a lil dab of it might do us good too.  HAHHAHHAAHA!  Makes you wonder why OUR ASWANG never grew as popular as the Japanese' Demons, huh?  Take for example...Sesshoumaru?  HAHAHHAHAH!  

Well, I'm just wrapping this up because I just wanna watch more pioneer animes... HHAHAHAHA!  I'm OUTTA HERE!

signing out,

katz :3

Hidden Vibes of 2010

Just before the AniMotion 2010, the team was asking for a photoshoot.  I remembered I was against it solely because I was too busy with work and I  don't want to be pushed into something mediocre.  Yeah...I'm that's dramatic.  I break that principle most of the times though I stick to it as much as I can.  

What happened then was that the team just wanted a "Bonding Time."  I totally understand that!  But well, being ME once more I wanted to make sure they really...REALLY want it this time around to muster up all their strength and help me take care of themselves in the photoshoot.

We love making anime characters into MODERN, ALIVE ones...and so we opted for a mix character since Ric...can't pull off Ichimaru...although I was slightly idiotic for not thinking that he can! -,- Argh.  Gomen, neh?  The main reason was to let Karl (my cousin) use the wig...therefore we did not cut off the wig.  Oh well, what's done is done.  So here are the pictures of the times we went bonkers...

THE LOCATION

This is the location and NO, I can't tell where it is because the owner doesn't want to share the details.

Thank you so much, you....

THE PRODUCTION

 

Tin, Sakura and the gang...thanks so much for being there! I'm so happy to work with you guys all the time!

We heart you all!  Of course, THANK YOU to all

the professional photographers who attended!

THE MODELS

JAY 

A.K.A "Driver/Model"

Jay ended up doing Ulquie again because of the short notice and...I hate to say it but I'm so tired of thinking at that time that I just told her to DO so...BE Ulquie.  Jay was like, "AGAIN!?"

RIC 

A.K.A. "Mr. IDON'TKNOWWHOYOUARE"

 

Because HONESTLY...I was so shocked to see him look like this!

Tin, you're the gal! Thanks so much. :3  Sanada Yukimura's

ROCK NIGHT.

BIAN

A.K.A. "MR. KUCHIKI"

Where the hell are you pics??? Gashhhh~  I can't find them!  But yeah, I gotta give it to this chick...

For someone who looks friggin cute, she's one hell of a man! >,<

PKOL

A.K.A. "MR. STEEL BUCKET"

 

 I can't seem to find your pic with the bucket. -,-"  Well...  AND WHAT THE HELL

are you doing here?! XD  Kumamura, sit!

SAI

A.K.A. "MR. BANDAGED NOSE"

 

 This was taken by Sir Ang.  Domo!  XD I dunno...he's cosplaying Rockstar Sasuke.

JO-CHAN

A.K.A. "MS. ROSE AMONG THE THORNS"

 

 And she's busy fixing her hair... ^_^  Hinamori Momo rock version.

AND SO WE DID THIS...

 

 

 One of the pics I took of RIC just before San ran outta batteries... T_T

I wasn't here because I stayed on the set...these guys are enjoying the AC.

 

 

Fu prepared the food.  Orangy-goodness!!!

 

What? Tired already??? XD

AGAIN! Enjoying the AC while we TOIL OUTSIDE! XD

The models were taken away by each photographer.  This is where I was able to breath...for a while. XD

 Jay discussing something with Sai.  I really don't know what they're talking about...  They aren't talking about GIRLS, are they??? 0,0

WHO TOOK THIS PIC!? Syet!  What the hell is wrong with you guys?!  Hahaha..Kidding...  Ric was helping...HELPING Pkol with his belt... *cough*

Ric was feeling the energy too much, he didn't realize that his brief is showing. XD HAHAHAHAHAH!

Jo-chan and Jay...  It looked like Jay is crying and Jo-chan did something with the camera... XD Blackmail?



 

 

They want a group shot.

 

HULI KA! XD  The photographer was talked them into doing something.

Looking fine, guys...

 No matter how hard I try...this still looks like a TELESERYE cover! XD

With the production team.  Thanks so much.  Elie, Abing, Queen, Tin, Sakura, Manaples...  EVERYBODY! Thank you!

There were so many pictures but these were just some I got hold of.  I dunno where the others went and I'm too tired to look for them. hehehe...  The thing is, it was a great experience...  I just got off from an event the night before the photoshoot , they took me out of the event to check on the props and we set-up the location the next day 8 AM.  Pewwwh!  You guys are gonna be the DEATH of ME!

Loving you always,

katz :3

 

WHAT IF. . . (part one)

 

 

This is a series of stupidity that Fufu, Jul and I.   Hope you guys like this...  Ja Matta!