Video Games, Anime, and Anime Video Games

I had the pleasure of spending two hours in my Art Room at work today with a group of 5 teenage boys who eat, sleep, and breathe all things anime and video game related.  It was interesting to say the least, but not unpleasant.  I was pretty well confused the entire time but they seemed to be enjoying themselves and were being well behaved, so I let them do their thing :)

Today we were making armor.  Paper mache armor to be more exact.  I have been struggling to find ways to include the boys in more of my art projects and decided to target a group of kids who get really enthusiastic about battles of epic proportions.  Since we cannot make anything resembling weapons, I thought, "How about armor??"  So there we were, making paper breastplates, complete with artificial pectoral and abdominal muscles, while they contemplated the intricacies of new and old anime shows and assorted video games, hah!

Highlight of the conversation (or more accurately, the only part I could ACTUALLY follow):   how unrealistic it is for a short plumber dressed in red, who only eats mushrooms, to need an oxygen tank in order to go under water but not need any protective gear to fly into outer space.... and why on earth would a plumber be assigned to save a princess???

On that note, here are some kids who will hopefully make you smile like mine did today!