Shiseido Bio-Performance Super Corrective Serum

Those who  understand  the designer/ artist personality know and that Designers can be very passionate about many things.  Beauty, research and knowledge feed our own artistic senses on a daily basis. So imagine the joy that was felt when discovering  a company the shares and reflects  these values in its products. Shiseido   and its corporate mission of "Omotenashi" closely follows our own business ethics and values.

Arriving in yesterdays post was something which lit up the whole work room. A Shisiedo had sent out Bio-Performance Super Corrective Serum for us to check out! Having reviewed the LX Future Solution  skin care line, the staff was anxious the see how this product would compare.

Billed as "A time-fighting serum that delivers revolutionary solutions to counteract wrinkles, sagging and dullness." it had some larger than life promises to live up to.
The Staff applied the product each morning and evening after cleansing and balancing skin, before applying moisturizer.
 The packaging is slick, but at $80 for 30 ml.it had better have some stellar results.

Well. the results are in:

Immediately after application, the skin becomes smooth and radiant, 92%  noticed fewer winkles, and 96% felt facial contours had been lifted.  In just one week, firmness is visibly improved and 98% witnessed improved skin clarity. In three weeks, 97% reported a visible reduction in deep wrinkles and increase in firmness. Formulated with Shiseido's exclusive Bio-Corrective Complex made of Safflower Extract and Super Bio-Yeast Extract, it promotes the production of three key elements for beautiful resilient skin; collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid,and it  re-activates aged fibroblasts.  Rose Apple Leaf Extract provides antioxidant benefits, Super Bio-Hyaluronic Acid intensely hydrates the skin, and Super Plant Bio-Exfoliant retexturizes to clarify the skins surface.

This superb serum performed at or above the staffs expectations, and even with a luxury price tag, all agreed that it had earned it high ratings.

Gantz LA Premeire

Kazunari Ninomiya and Kenichi Matsuyama attended Hollywood Premiere at Mann Chinese

On the evening of Thursday, January 21, 2011, we arrived at Mann Chineses in Hollywood, and stood in line to get our passes, a poster and tickets, then moved to another area to wait to enter the theater. We were located next to the main entrance. There were many fan girls there, with magazines, fans, and home made t-shirts, every time there was some hint that something might be happening somewhere, a loud squeal/ screaming would arise.
Excitement rose as 4:30 neared. There was Nino (Kazunari Ninomiya) surrounded by security. Nino wore black leather pants, black leather vest with vertical zipper trim, and a light grey suit jacket, and the most amazing black patent leather shiny, shiny and shiny pointy toed boots. Kenichi Matsuyama wore a charcoal suit and matching shirt, no tie. As they entered the building there was a deafening scream/squeal. And then, they were gone as quickly as they appeared. Apparently there is some cosmic force generated by N&K which causes ear splitting noise everywhere they go.

Shortly afterwards, we were given official Gantz T-shirts and entered the theater. The Editor of Otaku magazine, Macias, gave a short speel about "NO PICTUERS NO PICTURES NO PICTURES, and Nino will stand here and Kenichi will stand there etc, and again NO PICTURES" Then he said "Lets welcome the stars of the movie, Nino and----", another deafening scream arose and we had no idea what was said after. Nino and Kenichi came down the stairs.
The building was full of joy and scream by fan girls. The Stars went up to stage with their interpreters, and each greeted us in English. Scream, screams, and more screams. Then Nino and Kenichi were escorted out of the theater.
The movie began. The plot closely followed the manga/anime. It was good, but the dubbing/voice-over detracted from the movie. Perhaps it was just a poor translation, but I would have preferred subtitles.
This movie is every boys dream come true. Being placed in a real life "game", given missions of killing aliens,  two friends decipher the rules of their new lives, ala Gantz. The special effects were effective, the costumes good, and the music was great. One would think that this movie was made for the stereotypical college male, but there were very few in attendance. I wondered what the demographics at the other venues were like.

After the movie, Nino and Kenichi fielded questions for 15 minutes with telecast to 333 theatres across the US, and for another fifteen minutes exclusively for Hollywood audience.
Nino was, at first, surprised to see so many fans at Los Angeles International Airport waiting for his arrival. He didn't think that there were so many fans already in the US.
Nina also shared the behind-the-scene story. When he was filming giant Buddha sequence, Kenichi was having the birthday. Nino personally baked a cake for Kenichi. Kenichi didn't say about the taste of Nino's handmade cake. But Nino told the audience that it was he first and last attempt at a birthday cake.
In this movie, Nino is all of the stunts by himself (without any stunt double!). Everyday after the filming, they checked the footage (The daily). During the daily screening, Nino was shocked by his own stunts. He couldn't believe that he was able to do such a "cool" stunt" by himself.
One audience asked if Nino himself were in the world of Gantz and he would survive, Nino answered that he would be too scared and kept hiding around behind people. He actually hid behind Kenichi. Then, he concluded that he would not survive in Gantz world.
Nino was very surprised that the increasing popularity of a Japanese movie. He was very happy to see that 333 theaters across the US was enjoying the movie at the same time, and watch the telecast of 15 minutes Q&A. He hopes that more people all over the world like Japanese films, and  hope to come back for Gantz 2 premiere in the US.
At last, Nino answered that he would not be adverse to dubbing a movie himself..
I would, at least, hope for subtitle version. 
Gantz is currently playing throughout theatres in Japan and the US. Gantz 2 comes out in April throughout the theaters in Japan & the US.  This article was originally  posted on Yokoso News  and Entertainment Today