[ cosplay ] himeno shirayuki : "sleeping beauty"

layer : Himeno Shirayuki
character : "Bara no Tou de Nemuru Himegimi" / "The Princess That Sleeps In The Tower of Rose"
series : track no. 06 of Sound Horizon's Story CD - Märchen
score : *****

another exquisitely outstanding + absolutely mesmerizing sound horizon-related cosplay by himeno-san, further cementing her reputation as one of the best fantasy cosplayer both in japan and worldwide - from our perspective that is of course. and it is due to her fantastic ability to capture in the elegance and surrealistic quality of these fantasy characters that led us to believe so until now - as if she was born solely to portray these characters in full excellence.

that said, we have nothing much to write here as himeno-san did a really great job at everything concerning this cosplay of her - leaving no room for us to criticize nor comment about in detail, as highly apparent from these images indeed.

by the way, for those who are still unaware of sound horizon; it is a musical group [ formerly a dojin music group and a favorite comiket staple ] led by main composer revo with heavy emphasis on fantasy theme that is usually set on story discs format. our team at +ophanium greatly recommend / encourage / endorse their music to those who are interested in lavishly grandiose epic fantasy stuff such as in video games soundtracks and / or symphonic metal bands such as rhapsody of fire, nightwish and within temptation [ just to name a few ].

[ all images are property of himeno shirayuki ]

[ cosplay ] uriu : homura akemi

layer : Uriu
character : Homura Akemi
series : Puella Magi Madoka Magica
score : ****1/2

HOMUHOMU

an adorably cute homura-get by uriu-san, and we simply favor this homura-get of hers best compared to the one she had done previously [ here ].

to be frank, she seemed a bit off with the character at times, noticeably lacking on the cold and stoic feel and expression that is well associated with the character in subject. still, a fine and lovely cosplay it is, and she really did her job well by choosing to play about with the early / softer-side of homuhomu [ prior to her disillusionment towards destiny and the whole puella magi stuff ].

[ cosplay ] yuri inami : ruri 'kuroneko' gokou vol. 4

layer : Yuri Inami
character : Ruri 'Kuroneko' Gokou
series : Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
score : *****

so while we recuperate from our current state of [ mild ] creativity burnout, this blog could use a bit more of yuri-san's adorably excellent kuroneko [ another nekomimi maid ver. ahoy ! ] cosplay in the mean time. that said. please enjoy another brief visual feast of this hyper-moe 3d kuroneko while our chief writer procrastinate for a while longer :3

[ cosplay ] miyuko : inori yuzuriha

layer : Miyuko [ aka K_Miyuko ]
character : Inori Yuzuriha
series : Guilty Crown
score : *****

we interrupt your usual japanese cosplay feature to bring in a lovely yuzuriha inori-get by the prolific south korean cosplay sensation, miyuko-san [ aka dat kuroneko layer ] from the spiral cats team. although it has always been our policy since to focus only on japanese cosplay, still this one is just too good for us to let it slip away without giving it a due mention here. and thus, we decided to grant ourselves an exception this time around :3

as visually obvious from these images, miyuko-san's inori-get is almost perfect in the sense that she excellently shares the highly adorable cute look and build of the character in subject, augmented further by her finely crafted expressions reflecting / mirroring those of inori's [ a slight note : it would be absolutely perfect if she could soften up her expression ], albeit a little more variation[s] from her usual poses would help in adding more character to her execution.

her costume is apparently well made and nicely matched with those of inori's, although we can see a couple of improvisations made here and there [ the skirt most noticeably ] which mildly alters the design from those of the original. and despite of our ongoing lack of interest in glossy fabrics, they seem to work out nicely well for her top [ but not on her skirt and arm pieces however ] especially when paired up with the leathery finish of her thigh highs.

[ all images are property of spiral cats team ]

[ figure of interest ] nendoroid haruka lovely morishima

character : Haruka Lovely Morishima
series : Amagami / Amagami SS
producer : Good Smile Company
official page : [ click ]

heads up folks; everyone's favorite genki girl-next-door senpai is here, immortalized in her highly adorable nendoroid form by the ever-productive good smile company in close reminiscent to the sweet haruka-senpai we've all known in amagami ss.

by default, haruka-senpai comes with a set of three differing face plates conveying forth three differing expressions, as well as a schoolbag and additional body parts to help you recreate some of her gestures - most especially that particular scene where she get a kiss from a certain perverted kouhai on the back of her knees *so jelly*

slated for release on march 2012, nendo haruka-senpai is currently open for pre-orders at the price of yen 3500 - inclusive of tax.

intermission : obligatory filler post, pt. 2

SO LAZY, FOREVER PROCRASTINATING~

o hi there, it truly has been a while since our last editorial piece here, yea ? anyway, contrary to popular belief, no, we're not dying out yet - despite the increasing lack of posts being churned out lately. well it's just that i, rayneholde has been really busy with matters relating to my band these past months - especially in the weeks that has passed us by as my band finally made its [ long overdue ] debut; and thus, a lot of promotional work needs to be done especially since i am being tasked with spreading our stuff around. +not to mention the piling amount of work i had to go through live with at my day job as a designer [ being a graphic designer is truly suffering, definitely ]

moving on with our usual randomness; 2011 has been an interesting year for us here, especially in regard to anime series that has been aired so far, as there has been A LOT of awesome series [ of varying genres ] released within the span of this year much to our greatest delight. and despite the constant nagging by western / international anifandom [ most of which are still being blinded by the elitist philosophy of 'the oldies are far greatly superior' ] that the quality of animes are declining [ of recently ] by each coming year, we however greatly disagree over such hasty assumption / notion indeed - as apparent from outstanding performances by the likes of puella magi madoka magica, ano hi mita hana no namae o bokutachi wa mada shiranai and more recently, guilty crown, just to name a few.

cosplay-wise, 2011 is a rather slow year for us here as many of our favorites of those we've been keeping close tab on went visibly low on radar while a number of notable ones has decided to fully quit the hobby for good; such in the case of crowd favorite midori-san [ she's still active as a regular photoshoot model, however ] the latter of whom essentially dealt a great shock to us all here. aside from that however, we've also made a couple of delightful new discoveries for our side as well, most particularly our most newest standing favorites inami yuri-san, rushi-san and mineo kana-san - as well as our [ regretfully ] late discovery of the highly established prolific pro-layer enako-san.



it is of my greatest interest and intention to keep this blog alive and well for as long as i could possibly manage it, and from how i'm seeing it at this point of time, this very blog still has far many years [ or months, in proper ] to go before i could stamp a definite end to its run - so for those who has been sticking with us since their initial discovery of +ophanium - fear not, you'll be seeing more from us especially right after this post - given that my hands are not set on the controller of my gaming console of course |3

[ cosplay ] miiko : sena kashiwazaki

layer : Miiko
character : Sena Kashiwazaki
series : Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
score : *****

MEAT, GLORIOUS MEAAAT !

to be frank, we didn't really expect for her to be extending her presence here [ following her lovely mithra-get ] at +ophanium; not because of our dislike of her whatever [ hell no, she's one of our favorite of course ] but instead due to the fact that she mostly ventures into characters we weren't really in interest [ or have any knowledge ] of.

anyway, so recently miiko-san manages to impress us greatly with another meat sena-get of her, again [ to note, she's really good at cosplaying the character ]. and this time, she mostly hit the mark by going for the sexy-niku route - with much emphasis given to the character's overflowing sexual appeal, and the additional care taken to heighten / level that factor up with her own :3

p/s : she obviously overdid the length of her wig there |3

[ all images are property of kirinon ]