Coming to Lunamaruna, I thought that I was entering my dream. Everything was cartoonish. It’s a fantasy land where some things might not be possibly come true in the real world. There are two things which impressed me most. The first thing was that there were some creatures which were different from reality. For instance, the manta rays were levitating their bodies in the mist; the pufferfish was circling in the air; a dolphin was smoking a pipe and swinging the rocking chair forward and backward. The second thing was that the buildings were leaning. Inside the buildings, there were some room themes, such as the chemistry laboratory, the control laboratory and so on.
In Lunamaruna, what made me exciting was that I met the creator of Lunamaruna coincidently. He’s an American and his avatar was an otter. The female – sitting beside him – was also an American, and she’s a professor who taught art and design at university. I chatted with them for about an hour. The artist told me the reasons of creating Lunamaruna and naming the world Lunamaruna. The reason of making this world was that he wanted to put his masterpieces on to the 3D world, and to shared them with others. Besides, the reason of naming this world Lunamaruna was that “Luna” means moon in Spanish and “maruna” means brownish red color. That might be the reason why everything looked painted and had dark colors in this fantastic world.
