Personality counts

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This Louis Vuitton “Superflat Monogram” ad is absolutely one of the cutest and most charming thing I’ve seen in a long time. I’m not sure if LV is actually selling products for young girls, but based on this ad, it would make sense if they did. Although the visual style of the animation is fairly simple, there’s actually quite a bit of complex 3D animation behind it.

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For those of you that enjoy gawking at playful nubile lasses, these Reon Kadena videos will put a smile on your face. If you ever doubt that God is the most talented artist of us all, then just watch those videos.

There are tons of glamour idols in Japan making photo books and videos, but many have the personality of a plank of wood and the allure of stale bread. Sexiness and charm requires far more than just impressive measurements–at least on video they do. I’ve seen some of the glamour videos of the charmless girls, and they carry themselves with about as much elegance as a twelve-year old girl learning to walk in highheels for the first time–the resulting footages are more comedic than sensual most of the time. I almost feel sorry for the photographers and directors of their products, because directing charmless girls with awkward postures and trying to make them appear either cute, sexy, or elegant, is a frustrating task. I’ve shot sessions with really wooden and boring girls before, so I know how impossible it is–some girls are just not meant to be in front of the camera, no matter how attractive they are. But then again, most consumers of such products don’t care–they are only concerned with what alphabet the girls’ cup sizes are. What’s unique about Reon is that she’s very confident, playful, and bubbly. No wonder she’s so popular–maybe the consumers do care about personality?

Although that link contains just glamour videos showing off Reon’s assets with no nudity (only implied), they’re still not quite work-safe, so watch them at home instead. And if your girlfriend or wife is the jealous type, you should probably watch them alone. I’m lucky that I never have to worry about offending Elena–she drools just as heavily as I do for hot chicks 😀

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I was surprised to find that Sakamoto Ryuichi has been writing in his blog on and off again. He stopped doing it for a long time–years in fact. It’s interesting that although he’s a world-renowned composer, he writes mostly about human rights, animal rights, environmental issues, politics..etc. He’s always been heavily involved in activism though–that’s going to remain a part of his legacy as a humanitarian genius composer.