Went to see VAMPS (JPN) last Friday and managed to get K.A.Z’s guitar pick! Will post a concert review soon!
Author: sharisakurai
Shari Sakurai is a British author of paranormal, horror, science fiction and fantasy novels that almost always feature a LGBT protagonist and/or antagonist. She has always loved to write and it is her escape from the sometimes stressful modern life!
Aside from writing, Shari enjoys reading, watching movies, listening to (loud!) music, going to rock concerts and learning more about other societies and cultures. Japanese culture is of particular interest to her and she often incorporates Japanese themes and influences into her work.
Shari loves a challenge and has taken part and won the National Novel Writing Month challenge ten times!
Debut Novel: Demon’s Blood
Demon’s Blood is a vampire novel. It focuses on an origin of vampires and also the human side of the supernatural beings, and how they deal with the darker sides of their immortal lives.
“Demon’s Blood has an interesting combination of different characters and conflicts that these characters face,” says Shari Sakurai. “There are characters who embrace their eternal lives and have no qualms about drinking blood to survive. Yet they are not without their demons. You also have characters for which it is a real struggle and are constantly battling with their instincts and their more human natures.”
Demon’s Blood is set in the fictional city of Norfield in southern England. Japanese vampire Kokawa Taku and his English lover, Thane Bremen, were forced to flee their home in Tokyo after being discovered by vampire hunters. When the novel begins they are already settled in Norfield, however, both are battling their inner demons. Thane is haunted by the events in Tokyo and suffers from reoccurring nightmares. Yet unknown to Thane there is more to those events than he is aware of. As a consequence Taku is struggling against something much darker, something that could ultimately destroy him.
Demon’s Blood is available now in ebook format from most major ebook retailers.
The above article was taken from the February 2014 edition of the sharisakurai.com newsletter. To join the mailing list please visit www.sharisakurai.com
Sailor Moon Crystal!
Sailor Moon Crystal – Shari’s first thoughts!
Artwork and summary for Sailor Moon Crystal was leaked online today (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/03/13/sailor-moon-crystal-key-image-leaks-ahead-of-countdown-climax). Here are my first thoughts on what we’ve seen!
My first impression is ‘wow this is gonna be awesome!’ I love the artwork! It is beautiful! I really like the title too! Although it did kinda make me think Pokemon games!
The summary confirms that the series will be starting from the beginning, which makes me so happy as the Dark Kingdom arc is my favourite! My only real concern about it is that today anime series are a lot shorter than they were and whilst this does cull a lot of the pointless filler episodes (which the original anime had quite a few of!) I would worry about things being rushed along just to make it fit into say 12 episodes!
All in all this looks amazing so far and I can’t wait to see more as the release gets nearer!
Perfect World – new novel!
The full summary for my new novel, Perfect World, is now available on my website! https://sharisakurai.com/novels.html
Sailor Moon Figuarts – with Luna!
Sailor Moon Figuarts – Moon Tiara Action!
Sailor Moon Figuarts – with Crescent Moon Wand!
The only small point is its really tricky to get the poses as right/as good as they look in the photos! But that might have been user issues and not a fault of the product ^^;;
Sailor Moon Figuarts – de-boxed!
Out of the box!
Sailor Moon Figuarts – in the box!
Recently I found myself unable to resist the Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary goods any longer and treated myself to the Sailor Moon Figuarts figure! She arrived on Friday and here are my photos of her in and out of the packaging – she is adorable and well worth the £35 paid!
About Me!
First post are always awkward aren’t they! It’s difficult to know how to start and what to say! So I thought I’d start with a bit about me.
I’m Shari Sakurai, a self-published author from the United Kingdom. I mainly write horror, sci-fi and fantasy fiction although I have been known to dabble in other genres from time to time too. I’ve recently published my first novel, Demon’s Blood, which is available to purchase in ebook format. You can find more information about it on my website www.sharisakurai.com.
I’m a fan of all things Japanese, especially the music, anime and manga and am going to Japan for the first time next year! My music taste varies quite a bit, my favourite artists/bands are L’Arc~en~Ciel, VAMPS, HYDE, GACKT, BUCK-TICK and D to name a few! I also listen to Nightwish, Within Temptation, Evanescence, The Killers, Eric Stuart Band, We Are The Fallen and Tokio Hotel – see I told you it was varied!
I love the 90’s anime, and Sailor Moon and Fushigi Yuugi are two of my favourites. I’m also currently watching Tiger & Bunny and am really loving the series so far. My favourite manga (apart from Sailor Moon and Fushigi Yuugi) is Loveless.
I also like collecting merchandise and currently collect Sailor Moon, Pokemon, and tour goods from my favourite artists. In addition I have rather a large Monster High and My Little Pony collection!
I love attending lives and have seen a few of my favourite groups/artists live in the UK or in Paris.
So that’s a bit about me! This blog will contain posts to do with my fandoms, and things that interest me, as well as news of my novels and anything else that might be of interest!
Shari Sakurai 