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Non-bento #33: Okamiden gomoku-sushi

March 7, 2011 bento

I’ve always wanted to make Okami themed food, and since Okamiden’s release is only a week away, I thought it’s the best time for it. Okamiden is a DS game which is a sequel to the PS2 game Okami. It’s an action adventure game with a unique art style. The main character Amaterasu fights with yokai to bring peace back to the world.

Bento #79: Costume Quest

October 25, 2010 bento

A few days ago, my boyfriend downloaded a new XBLA (also available for PS3 network) game called Costume Quest. I watched him play a little bit, then I decided not to watch any further, because the game looked so darn cute and fun that I wanted to play it later by myself. He loved the game, and wrote a review on his blog. When he [...]

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Bento #77: the Moomins

July 21, 2010 anime

I almost forgot to blog about the Moomins! This was another bento I made for the Dream Bento Contest! Bento #77: the Moomins Created and eaten on: 7/6/2010

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Bento #76: The Lorax

July 10, 2010 american

Have you checked out the results for the Dream Bento Contest at EpiCute and My Food Looks Funny yet? It wasn’t easy by any means, but it was a lot of fun. I initially picked the Lorax by Dr. Seuss but after I got an extension for the deadline, I decided do the Moomins as well. I’m usually against taking requests for bento, but that’s [...]

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Bento #74: Oruchuban Ebichu

February 23, 2010 anime

I actually wanted to make this bento on Valentine’s day, but Valentine’s day being on Sunday, and we because had to go to IKEA, I couldn’t make bento on the 14th. It didn’t feel like it was appropriate to make this one after Valentine’s day, but oh what the heck. No man would mind a bento filled with heart shapes, right? Bento #74: Oruchuban Ebichu [...]

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Bento #73: BattleBlock Theater

February 12, 2010 bento

If you’ve seen this bento, this bento or this bento, you may already know that my boyfriend and I are huge fans of the Behemoth. I was so excited when I saw the teaser trailer for “Game #3″ (working title) last year. They’ve been working on this new game for a while. I even made something like this and this for the birthday of Dan [...]

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Bento #72: Setsubun Totoro

February 3, 2010 bento

Today, February 3rd, is the day of Setsubun in Japan. It’s the day to drive away evil spirits, which means to throw roasted soybeans at Oni (evil creature/ogres from Japanese myths). In almost all kindergartens and schools, students make an Oni mask for Setsubun, so that kids can take the mask home, have someone wear it, and throw soybeans at them. “Roasted soybeans are thrown [...]

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Bento #71: Monkey Magic from Ouendan

January 29, 2010 bento

My boyfriend owns many DS games, and usually once he plays, he moves onto a new game. But there’s one game he still plays once in a while, and that’s “Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!” (They made an American version called “Elite Beat Agents” in the U.S.) Bento #71: Monkey Magic from Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! Created and eaten on: 1/25/2010

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Bento #70: Babar

January 27, 2010 american

I usually sleep in on Saturday morning. When I get up, I watch “qubo.” Qubo is programming for kids. We don’t have cable TV, so there’s not much choice, but I do like a couple of shows that are on qubo on Saturday morning. This one is a favorite of ours. Bento #70: Babar Created and eaten on: 1/23/2010

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Bento #69: Nekobus #3

January 19, 2010 bento

Hooray! I finally made the first kyaraben of this year! I wanted to make it a lot sooner, but I just couldn’t come up with an idea. I thought of making a different/easier bento but I really wanted the first kyaraben to be “new year themed.” I was worried about not finishing it on time since I was so out of touch, so I made [...]

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Bento #68: MGS4

December 6, 2009 bento

I can’t believe it’s already December! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I’d post what I did for Thanksgiving later, but I think I’ll post a kyaraben I made the other day first since I blogged recently. Bento #68: MGS4 Created and eaten on: 12/4/2009

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bento #64: Gardening Mama

October 7, 2009 bento

As a big fan of Cooking Mama, I couldn’t resist making this bento after getting Mama’s new game. Bento #63: Gardening Mama Created and eaten on: 10/3/2009

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bento #63: Little Big Planet

October 1, 2009 bento

The price of the PS3 went down about a month ago, and Dell.com was having a sale so my boyfriend finally caved and bought a PS3 slim! There aren’t that many PS3 games we wanted to play but we were going to buy it eventually. Besides, in the mean time we can use it as a blu-ray player. (My latop also plays blu-ray and has [...]

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bento #62: Ponyo

September 16, 2009 bento

We finally watched “Ponyo on the Cliff.” I’m not going to review the movie, but I didn’t feel the same excitement as when I watched Totoro or Laputa or Nausicaa. Since I make a lot of Studio Ghibli themed bento, I actually received a couple of emails requesting me to make Ponyo bento. But I can’t make something that I haven’t watched. So after watching [...]

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bento #61: Summer Totoro

September 11, 2009 bento

I made kyaraben the day I left for PAX. It had been awhile since the last time I made one… but the weather was getting no so summery, and I wanted to make something before the summer was over. Bento #61: Summer Totoro Created and eaten on: 9/3/2009

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bento #59: Meta Knight

July 30, 2009 bento

I finally decided to make this after making two Kirbys in a row. Bento #59: Meta Knight Created and eaten on 7/29/2009

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bento #58: Sitting Totoro

July 14, 2009 bento

Since my previous bento was a big failure, I needed to make something I’m more comfortable with. And nothing makes me feel better than this guy. Bento #58: Totoro sitting on a tree Created and eaten on : 7/14/2009

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bento #57: Metroid Prime 3

July 11, 2009 bento

My boyfriend has been playing old games he had, and he recently beat this game. Bento #57: Metroid Prime 3 Created and eaten on: 7/10/2009

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bento #56: Moving day Totoro

July 2, 2009 bento

Like I mentioned in my previous blog post, my company has been in the process of moving for the past week, and because of this we had July 1st off. I knew I wouldn’t be able to make bento until next week, so I decided to try making a “stay-home” bento. When I decided to make a bento to eat at home, I realized something. [...]

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bento #55: LocoRoco

June 18, 2009 bento

I woke up a bit too late for a kyaraben, but a bit too early for a regular bento this morning. I sat down, started up my laptop, checking my email, and just stared at my sketchbook. I had drawn the sketch for a bento, but I hadn’t figured out how I’d put meat in it. I went to the kitchen to get orange juice, [...]

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bento #54: Super Mario Galaxy bento

June 13, 2009 bento

We beat this game long time ago, but we still haven’t found all stars yet, so we’ve been playing it recently. Bento #54: Super Mario Galaxy bento Created and eaten on: 6/10/2009

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renkon

June 7, 2009 Blog

Still working on my friend’s birthday gift, so again, no bento blog… (I’ll post a picture when it’s done!) Instead, I’m going to write a little bit about renkon. I use renkon (lotus root) in my bento almost all the time, so I decided to take a couple of pictures for those who have never seen renkon. Lotus root comes in various size and length. [...]

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bento #52: Rainy day Totoro

June 4, 2009 bento

I wasn’t planning on making a bento this morning. I didn’t do any drawing the night before and I woke up late. (the time I usually wake up when I don’t make bento) I looked outside and it was raining. Again. So I decided to make a bento to cheer my boyfriend (and me) up. Bento #52: Rainy Day Totoro Created and eaten on: 6/4/2009

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bento #51: PenPen and Lilith from Evangelion

June 2, 2009 anime

While I was making Prinny bento, very naturally, as an otaku, I thought of this. Bento #51: Evangelion PenPen & Lilith Created and eaten on: 6/2/2009

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bento #49: Patapon

May 19, 2009 bento

I’ve been pretty busy with work for past couple of weeks. I work for an online card game, which my company brought to the U.S. from Japan 2 years ago. We just released a new set of cards, so I’ve been translating, checking for bugs, writing emails to Japanese staff for days and nights, working at work and from home until past midnight most nights. [...]

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bento #48: Laputa robot with cherry blossoms

May 5, 2009 bento

I still had a couple of Inari-zushi skin left over from Totoro with cherry blossoms and Ano-Niku bento, so I decided to make one more spring themed bento with Inari-zushi skin. I already knew what I was going to make, because I was originally going to put it in Totoro with cherry blossom bento, but he didn’t fit. Besides, he deserves a bento of his [...]

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bento #47: Ano niku (manga meat)

May 2, 2009 anime

While I was making my Totoro with cherry blossoms bento, I was trying to figure out how to use all of the Inari-zushi skins. I usually buy canned Inari-zushi skins, and a can contains about 15 skins. I wanted to use them in a bento again, but I’ve already made Totoro and Nekobus… In the meantime, I’ve been working on a new bento idea, but [...]

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bento #44: Animal Orbs bento

April 23, 2009 bento

After I made the Castle Crashers bento, I was pleasantly surprised by an email from Dan Paladin, the developer at the Behemoth (the studio that created Castle Crashers). He liked my bento, and told me that he was posting the picture of it on the Behomoth’s dev blog. (See here) I wrote in my reply to him that I wasn’t completely satisfied with the bento [...]

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bento #43: Castle Crashers

April 11, 2009 bento

I worked on the sketch for this bento for about 2 weeks, but I just couldn’t draw it. I thought about not doing this and moving on, but I just hate giving up, and my boyfriend and I love this game so much. After failing to make it about twice, I made Totoro Parade bento to keep me motivated, and finally I made it. Bento [...]

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bento #42: Totoro parade

April 4, 2009 bento

I had been working on a sketch of a kyaraben for a week, but it just didn’t look like it’d work out, and I was feeling pretty bummed. (I can’t tell you what it is yet! I hope I can make it next week.) You know what always makes me feel better? Totoro! Bento#41: Totoro parade bento Created and eaten on: 4/4/2009

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bento #41: Ryuk from Death Note

March 14, 2009 anime

When I made the Braid bento, I had some extra quail eggs left over from the bunny, so I put them in my bento. Later on, the pinkish color of the egg has turned to blue-ish purple. As I was eating the egg, I remembered something… Bento #41: Ryuk from Death Note Created and eaten on: 3/13/2009

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bento #39: Mechazawa of Cromartie High School

February 26, 2009 anime

My gods! My blog has finally caught up with my current bento!! I was wondering when it’d happen when I started the blog about 3 months ago. It’s sooner than I thought.. probably due to lack of bento-ing the past month or two. I’d like to keep my bento blog 3 times a week with a how-to on Sunday, but I’m only human. So if [...]

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bento #37: Headcrabs from Half-Life

February 21, 2009 bento

My boyfriend has been playing a lot of older games lately. He was telling me that there were some games he never actually finished, and wants to finish them before he bought any new games. One of the games happened to have cute fleshy bug looking creatures a.k.a headcrabs. Bento #37: Headcrabs from Half-Life Created and eaten on:2/3/2009

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bento #36: Penny Arcade robot

February 19, 2009 bento

If you’re a gamer, you must’ve heard of a site called Penny Arcade. This webcomic focuses on video games and gaming culture, written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik. Gamers love them because hey’re known to be very honest and blunt about video games and other game reviews. They got so big that every year they have their own convention, called Penny Arcade Expo, [...]

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bento #32: Where the Wild Things Are – left side

February 3, 2009 american

And I moved on the left side… Bento#32: Where The Wild Things Are – left side Created and eaten on: 12/27/2008

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bento #32: Where the Wild Things Are – right side

January 31, 2009 american

After Christmas, I wanted to make one more bento before the year was over, but my boyfriend and I were already on holiday vacation. I was thinking of making a bento to eat at home, but my boyfriend had to go see his family for a couple of days, so I decided to make a bento for him to eat on the bus. Since I [...]

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bento #26: Nekobus part 2

January 13, 2009 bento

Remember my very first attempt to make a Nekobus bento? It was embarrassing and horrifying. It was an utter failure. So I decided to make it again. Bento#26: Nekobus part2 Created and eaten on: 11/21/2008

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bento #25: Flying Totoro

January 10, 2009 bento

After getting my game bento rush out of my system I decided to go back to my all time favorite theme. Totoro! I wrote in my blog before, but I think I’m best at copying things. I like figuring out how to make food into a character or how to recreate a certain scene, but I’m not good at coming up with something original. So [...]

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bento #21: BioShock Big Daddy & Little Sister

December 25, 2008 bento

After my Portal bento, I wanted to get the game hype out of my system! While I was looking at my boyfriend’s and my game collection, I remembered that when I made my Jiji bento, I realized how bendy and strong gobo (burdock root) was. So I decided to try something very different for this bento. Bento#21: BioShock Big Daddy & Little Sister Created and [...]

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bento #12: Spirited Away

December 2, 2008 bento

My boyfriend has the “Ootori-sama” (Duck God?) plush keychain from Spirited Away on his bag, so I always wanted to make a bento with Ootori-sama. I looked around my boyfriend’s room, trying to find anything that would go with Ootori-sama, and I noticed that hippo looking thing (Bou-nezumi) and the black bird (Hae-dori) from Spirited Away on his desk… that was enough for me to [...]

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bento #8: Ohmu

November 25, 2008 bento

I’ve been wanting to use renkon for a background, but Bento#6 Kaonashi bento didn’t work out too well. One day, after eating lots of renkon, I finally realized what it reminded me of… the trees in the Sea of Decay from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind! Since I’m not really into making human characters for bento, I picked Ohmu – the gigantic, armored, [...]

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bento #6: Kaonashi

November 20, 2008 bento

After my sad attempt at making a Nekobus bento, I was looking for something very easy & foolproof to make. I was going through images of characters from Ghibli films, and came across the picture of a tall black figure with black eyes and mouth on a white mask called Kaonashi (“No Face” in English version) from Spirited Away. Bento# 6: Kaonashi, Kodama and Makkurokurosuke bento [...]

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