Socks
Description: Ninja (忍者) is a modern (twentieth century) Japanese term used to refer to a certain category of spies or mercenaries, active until the Edo period (seventeenth century), traditionally called shinobi (忍 び, literally "to sneak "). The ninja's duties included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, assassination, and guerrilla warfare. Their unconventional hidden methods of warfare were deemed dishonorable to the samurai caste who observed strict rules regarding honor and combat but, nonetheless, were not reluctant to buy their service against their rivals. The shinobi proper, a specially formed group of spies and mercenaries, appeared in the 15th century during the Sengoku period, but antecedents may exist in the 14th century and possibly the...
Description: Evangelion Unit-01 (エヴァンゲリオン初号機 Evu~angerion Shogōki?), or also abbreviated as Eva-01, is an Evangelion in the Evangelion franchise. She is an iconic part of the franchise and appears in all of the franchise's works. Like many elements of the series, Evangelion Unit-01 went through many modifications during the pre-production of the original anime series. Eva-01 is the creation of multiple minds. First of all those of Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Yo Yoshinari, who produce certain illustrations featuring the Eva in Neon Genesis Evangelion Proposal. In this work released in 1994, three design variations are present for Unit-01: the "ceratopsia" (horn and frill) close to the final version, something resembling a prototype for the...
Description: The Tiger is the third sign of the Chinese zodiac. Its element is Wood. It belongs to the six signs with Yang sensitivity, that is to say male. White, light gray or even lapis lazuli blue are his favorite colors. The flower that protects it is cineraria. The western zodiac sign most resembling him is Aquarius. The Tiger symbolizes justice in Chinese culture. His power and courage make him the ultimate defender of the weakest. In the past, its claws served as an amulet to ward off disease and other dark forces.
Description: The Chinese dragon is depicted with a serpentine body and a broad bearded mouth. It is a chimera composed of nine different animals: the horns of the deer, the ears of the ox, a camel's head, the eyes of a devil, a snake's neck, the viscera of a turtle, the talons of a vulture, the feet of a tiger. and its body is covered with carp scales (117 in total, 81 males and 36 females). Its voice is similar to the sound of saucepans and thanks to its crest, the Chinese dragon can fly without wings. In Chinese society, the number 9 is considered lucky.
Description: Artwork team rocket sThe car from the famous manga Initial D, the Toyota Trueno AE86! At Mount Akina, races between experienced pilots take place every weekend. But the local Speedstars team seem overwhelmed by the massive influx of stars behind the wheel. Faced with the impossibility of taking up a challenge that is proposed to them, only one solution appears: to trust the urban legend who runs on a mysterious local pilot who descends the mountain at full speed. No one suspects Takumi Fujiwara, an eighteen-year-old high school student who knows nothing about cars, of being this driving genius. The young man only delivers the family Tofu to the area, therefore he knows the local roads by heart which he tackles behind the wheel of his ...
Description: Evangelion Unit-01 (エヴァンゲリオン初号機 Evu~angerion Shogōki?), or also abbreviated as Eva-01, is an Evangelion in the Evangelion franchise. She is an iconic part of the franchise and appears in all of the franchise's works. Like many elements of the series, Evangelion Unit-01 went through many modifications during the pre-production of the original anime series. Eva-01 is the creation of multiple minds. First of all those of Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Yo Yoshinari, who produce certain illustrations featuring the Eva in Neon Genesis Evangelion Proposal. In this work released in 1994, three design variations are present for Unit-01: the "ceratopsia" (horn and frill) close to the final version, something resembling a prototype for the...
Description: Sasaki Kojirō (佐 々 木 小 次郎, Sasaki Kojirō ?,?-April 13, 1612), said Ganryū, was a famous Japanese swashbuckler from the Sengoku and Edo eras. Kojirō Sasaki (right) attacks Miyamoto Musashi on the coast of Ganryū Island. Musashi uses two Katanas. Originally from the region of Echizen1 (Fukui prefecture), he is considered one of the best fencers in the West region and fights using a nodachi called Mono-hoshi zao (物 干 竿?, "The pole of drying ”) using the tsubamegaeshi technique (“ imitating the movement of a swallow ”, a name due to the fact that its technique had the particularity of making sudden changes of direction, like what a swallow does when hunting). It is said that Sasaki Kojirō studied the Chūjō-ryu style of kenjutsu with T...
Description: Asuka Langley Sōryū (惣流 アスカ ラングレー Sōru Asuka Rangurē?) is a character in the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. She is one of the main protagonists and appears in all of the franchise's works. Asuka Langley Sōryū's name has several origins. It comes first from the American aircraft carrier USS Langley and the Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū (蒼龍?). The choice to associate two ships with similar functions but belonging to two different countries, allows us to get closer to the origins of the characters being Germano-American-Japanese. The name Asuka is a tribute to the manga Chōshōjo Asuka (超少女明日香?) by mangaka Shinji Wada, published between 1974 and 1975. In some French translations, his surname is sometimes romanized "Soryu". Howeve...
