Mortar Headds

Some time ago, tungtam Zwilling has opened a spot in Kodama no Ki!

tungtam specializes in mecha, currently cosplay reproductions of mortar headds from Five Star Monogatari. Head here to see all the models!

Iza!

This is something Rencho Oh has been working on for some time, and here it is finally! Second Life's first iaidō game: "Iai Kiri Game Iza!!!Slash!!!" Available here.

Up to six players sit in circle, and when the !! mark shows up, hit W or the up arrow. The one who cuts the fastest is the winner. You can use any prop sword with it. (Even a banana if you like, but it is cooler with a sword, anyway.)

It's fun and trains your reflexes! :o)

Rencho provided a demo version, which will be in the north-west corner of the mall for some time.

Successor of The Welsh Onion

Where Hatsune Miku was given Orihime's welsh onion that kind to fit her colors, her friend Rin was given a road roller. MAO Amaterasu has released such an item. It is, of course, rideable, but also adjustable. Available here.

A Certain Robot

She's also released the cleaning robot used by Maika Tsuchimikado in
To Aru Majutsu no Index. Also rideable.

Lycanthropy

Some time ago Ashura Artful released a cosplay reproduction of Liru from Renkin San-kyū Magical? Pokān. It's a full-featured and cute avatar, complete with face HUD and tail HUD, and the face also reacts to chat. Head to Ashura's spot in Kodama no Ki for more info!

Lions And Flowers

Here's a new kimono set from CHATNOIR Catnap!
The design combines an artistic portrait of a lion (those found in shrines) and tree peonies. As she says: "A taste that exhibits the glamour of men to the maximum".

Cam Zoom

Some time ago Anahi Suisei released a cosplay version of Cam Castin from the adult manga/game series Newmanoid CAM. This complete avatar is available here.

Vamp Your Look

Toya Watanabe has released three items, for those of you who want to change your look.

A comic-like man manga skin, available in three tones. Each pack containts two shapes and two skins (with eyebrows and without eyebrows);

A fox kabuki face tattoo for the above skin (compatible with viewer 2 and up);

and to complete the look, shiny anime/manga eyes (six colors, each pack contains non-prim and moddable prim eyes).

Click here for TP!

Number Five

AIKA Zadark has released a new anime avatar base! Available right here.

Butsudan

Toya Watanabe has put a buddhist altar (butusdan) for sale in her shop; such altar that you will find in large Japanese houses, and over which people will put, for example, the picture of a deceased one. Click here for TP.

Un-pause

I have to apologize for the lack of updates to this blog in July; in real life I moved across the Pacific Ocean. However, since things have started to settle, you can expect a few posts :o)

Your Own Dojo

MAO Amaterasu has put for sale a kyūdō dōjō, the large Kyūdōjō DX. It is basically Kodama no Ki's 2011 summer dōjō, that we launched some time ago. The only thing you'll need to make it the same is to add the targets (tokuten mato), available at the same shop. Click here for TP.

Headband

Koenees Karas has released a cosplay accessory that all of you Naruto RP fans must be wearing at some time: the hachimaki (headband). Available here.

You can change its color, emblem, you can scratch (and unscratch) it, and there are even predefined sizes in the pack for your to wear it on your neck, hip or arm if you like.

Accessories

Two releases from seigi Wisent. Click here for TP!

Flandre Scarlet's crystal wings (Tōhō Project)...

and a holdable doll of Charlotté (Mahō Shōjō Madoka Magika) (When touched it'll protrude towards the people who touched it.)

For Tanabata

As Tanabata, the Japanese star festival, is coming closer (July 7th), SALA Loon has put for sale a set of origami paper cranes and sasakazari (small bamboo on which you attach wishes and origami paper cranes), the latter being for display in her shop. Click here to go there!

Ready? Fight!

Hinamori Burleigh has released an AO for, for example, those of you who want to show off before a CSI match: the Fist Fighter AO. Its standing animations feel like "ready to fight", the walking animation is powerful, the run, ninja-esque, and the rest is just as good! Click here for TP.

Disgaea

If you wish to cosplay Makai Senki Disgaea in Second Life, head to this new spot in Kodama no Ki. Ashura Artful's Etna and Raspberyl avatars available there are well done and feature-rich with their anime head HUD. Oh, and there is a freebie too!

Rare Flower of Moe

Moeka Kohime has brought Edelweiss to Kodama no Ki! It's right here.

She is currently selling a wide range of Japanese school uniform and accessories for both genders, including swimsuits, school bags, shoes, etc, and also maid dresses. Everything is of top-notch quality; a lot of must-have's in Second Life!

Sweet Avatars

Justyn Blackburn has opened in Kodama no Ki! Click here for TP.

At his spot you will find cosplay avataras of Zelda, Mario and Kirby series, and more. You might specially be interested by his "Ride N'Fly Dino" (Yoshi, actually) attachment!

Cosplay Update

Some time ago Fuyuko Nishi has put up a DemiDevimon cosplay avatar at her spot, right here. Shown below is the said creature caught on a picture with a Halloween souvenir (although featured in Digimon as well), Pumpkinmon.

Pull Out Your Yugake

The SL Kyūdō Federation and Kodama no Ki present Kodama no Ki's Kyūdō-jō, where, for the summer, you can train yourself at the Japanese way of the bow (archery) in the middle of a peaceful mountain forest. The dōjō works with haruki Yifu's kyūdō system, of which you can get a demo version or the full version here.

Head to the south-west end of KnK and climb up the slope to get there!

Gestures

rencho Oh has opened her store in Kodama no Ki, and she has selected for you nice sets of anime-related gestures that can be inserted in any (japanese) conversation. And there are also two free dances! All available here. Shown below are three of the packs : the sister-complexed hentai big brother and the not so cute little sister (Ore no imōto ga konna ni kawai wake ga nai), and Kyuwbeh (Mahō Shōjō Madoka Magika).

New AOs

Sales Mandrake released two new AOs towards the end of May; an AO that won't make you tear off your kimono or unconciously showing your underwear (kimono AO) and another one to make your anime tinies come to life (tiny AO)! Of course, these are testable in the shop. Click here for teleport.

Kyūdō

Some time ago haruki Yifu opened her shop in Kodama no Ki.

haruki is a SL kyūdō (Japanese archery) professional. At her spot you will find a working scripted bow and miscellaneous items that are undoubtly going to help you become a true warrior! It's right here.

Still undecided? Check out her Youtube channel!

Kidd's Kid Shop

Sequanna Kidd has opened a small outlet in Kodama no Ki that sells some of her japanese outfits, resized for children avatars. Click here for TP.

New Anime Doll Base

Aika Zadark has released a new anime avatar base, this time with paler skin. It features, as usual, an emotion HUD, and it includes the clothing and the hair shown.

It is available as four different eye/clothing/hair color sets.

Busy This April

Just a notice, in case you wondered why there are not so many updates in April... I (Yukinoroh) was quite busy in real life, and I will most likely be until the first week of May. Meanwhile, make sure to walk around Kodama no Ki to check for new stuff, because there is such stuff! Oh, and congratulations to Mad March for winning our joint event with Total War!

Themed AOs

At Kodama no Ki we are glad to welcome Sales Mandrake into our content creators circle! Apart from an anime-like shiny eyes vendor, Sales' main line is AOs (animation overriders). As of now there are six of them, that can make your avatar give a stronger realistic feeling, weither you are a samurai, an archer, a ninja, a Final-Fantasy-like knight, or weitehr you wear a dress like Princess Peach or a kimono.

TP now to Sales' store to try them on on for free!

The Sanadas'

Hawk Sak has just released two Iga-style kimono sets, male and female, featuring the Rokumonsen crest of the historical Sanada clan. You can get them here.

Trainers' Outfit

Here is Anahi Suisei's rendition of a Pokémon trainter male outfit. I'd like to highlight that apart from the classical red-white-blue, there are four black-based color variations (distributed separately). All are available here.

RX-78GP-03S

Mobile suit lover seigi Wisent has put out a new Gundam avatar at his spot in Kodama no Ki. Here comes the RX-78GP-03S (sounds like a computer part ^^;). Head to this location to get it.

And Here Come The Girls

freedom Amiot has released two cosplay renditions of anime heroines who gave their name to titles: Shana (Shakugan no Shana) and Haruhi Suzumia (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya / Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu).

Both are scripted; Haruhi has face expressions, an AO and "attacks". Shana's got an AO as well and can transform. Both are available here.

From The Miscellaneous Store

CHATNOIR Catnap has been busy this last week and you can see it from the number of new releases in her store.

First, here's a rare calligraphy, that you would even not find in antiques shop in Japan even if you try hard. It reads in Japanese: "Yome no meshi ga mazui". In order words: "(my) bride's food is awkward".

About the radically different English translation, CHATNOIR explained to me that it's a joke, and that you can link the two sentences this way : "Without the power of love, there is a wall that you can't climb over."

Then, on a different note... CHATNOIR first tought about the upcoming spring season... And then about the Setsubun festival and its bean throwing on oni (ogres), then the mask of a woman that has turned into an oni from an excess of jealousy... She came back to the start and got the camellia, who symbolizes spring... Mixed the two together and came up with a "devil and flowers" kimono set.

And finally, twelve (!) sets of three textures for japanese sliding doors, the one below being one of them. There is certainly one that will fit your tastes. Come to have a look!

New Cosplay Shop

A warm welcome to Yori Aska!

Yori has a fairly wide range of Final Fantasy cosplay outfits for 300L$. Your favorite character is probably in there! Come check it out!

New Shop

Kodama no Ki welcomes Hawk Sak! Click here to acess his shop!

Hawk's main line are kimono and tattsuke/Iga-style hakama sets, and there are as of now a dozen of them to fit your tastes and your gender! They all come with waraji (straw sandals) and suneate (shin guards).

But if you prefer the more classical style, you should look for the Shiroi Hakama.

Rats of Stealth

Kodama no Ki welcomes katakuri Zenovka in our circle of amazing content creators! katakuri has a very unusual line of half-rat half-human tiny avatars dressed as ninja and kunoichi, all at an incredible price. Get them before they disappear with your cheese! Click here for TP.

Be Pretty This Winter

Some new stuff from taiko McCaw! Click here for TP.

First, two nice kimono for women, both including a michiyuki coat.

And a beautiful hair lotus hair accessory!