Thursday, September 22, 2005

How's About A Gothic Lolita?


Toon Zone - Your Source for Toon News!: "You know, what with Gothic Lolita tea parties at various anime cons, Gwen Stefani openly chilling with Harajuku-district Gothic Lolitas in her music videos and manga like Godchild, Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase, and Doll all getting picked up for distribution in the States, it seems like it's a safe bet that what started as a little fashion trend in the hip districts of Tokyo is making its way over here. Not sure what that has to say about the people who are into it (I mean, the word lolita is right up in the name of the genre, so I'm not even going to try to parse what it has to say about the people who are into it, both as observers and as participants), but I've got to say it does make for some cool-looking clothes, manga and anime. One such cool-looking and genuinely entertaining 'GothLoli' anime is La Portrait de Petit Cossette, an Aniplex/Geneon project directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, whose background includes other GothLoli works like Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase."

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