Julie : Samurai Girl

Rabu, 20110216, dini hari setelah pulang dari Jakarta sesampainya di kamar saya mendapati sebuah buku berjudul Samurai Girl tergeletak di atas tumpukan box figma. Dan reaksi saya, “Sudah kuduga ternyata bukunya Amano Ai.” Buku ini diberikan oleh masku saat akan balik ke Bandung pada Minggu, 20110216, tapi karena saya sedang di Jakarta jadinya buku ini dibiarkan tergeletak di kamar.

Senin, 20110214, pagi pas saya sedang menunggu waktu tes beasiswa Monbukagakusho di Pusat Studi Jepang UI, saya dikabari ibu bahwa saya ditinggali buku berjudul Samurai Girl di kamar. Awalnya saya tidak tahu buku apa itu tapi tiba-tiba teringat akan Amano Ai dan menduga bahwa ini adalah photobook Amano Ai. Dugaan saya sempat goyah sih pas bertanya pada Mbah Google via HP karena menurut jawaban Mbah Google, buku Samurai Girl adalah judul novel. Wah, kalau novel saya kurang tertarik. Tapi dugaan saya akhirnya terbukti benar bahwa ini adalah bukunya Amano Ai.

Seperti yang sudah saya sebut di atas, Samurai Girl ini merupakan buku terbitan Drago hasil karya Amano Ai a.k.a Julie, seorang gravure idol/cosplayer/photographer/otaku/etc favorit saya. Berisi beberapa foto hasil jepretan dan editan tracing-an Amano Ai. Dan juga memuat beberapa gambar goresan Amano Ai. Awalnya saya kira ini buku semuanya berisi foto-foto Amano Ai ternyata bukan, lebih banyak foto orang lain dan foto Amano Ai sendiri hanya sedikit. Beberapa isinya agak NSFW juga sih.

Daripada kebanyakan ngomong gak jelas, let’s take a look inside. [sorry for my cellphone camera’s bad quality].

Spirituality & Technology for the MOE Consciousness

My mind is full of Amano Ai

Amano Ai strikes my mind!! My mind is full of Amano Ai. Who is Amano Ai a.k.a Julie?

She is an up and coming female artist, who us a young beautiful cosplayer. She shoots herself in the underground cultural electric towns of Akihabara and Nipponbashi, and turns them into CG. These were collected into a photobook called "SAMURAI GIRL" and was published from DRAGO, an Italian publisher. Her unique CG has been accepted well around the world, and her photobook has been published in Europe, US, and in China. She has also succeedeed as a gravure idol under the name "Ai Amano". [taken from OTACOOL] I knew her from dccom. At first I thought she's not too atractive, but then slowly but sure, her face turned me on, and I thought she is very beautiful. I became curious and wanted to know more about her. Then I browsed the internet to find her photos. Last Saturday [20091226] my friend asked me, "If Amano Ai become AV idol, do you still like her?" And I answered, "Mochiron [of course]! " Ahaha~ what a ridiculous question and answer. But, because of that question, I became more curious about her. From that day until now I have tried to find more of her photos. And I always think about Amano Ai, want to always see her photos. So, her photos are everywhere, in my desktop, handphone wallpaper, screen saver , etc. I hope someday I can meet with Amano Ai. Amano Ai’s photos in this blog are taken from different sources, such as : http://ameblo.jp/amanoai etc