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That's right, you get two for the price of one today, as a handful of us were a bit tied up at this year's New York Anime Festival (and we'd like to thank everyone that stopped by the booth!). Even in the cavernous echo of …Read more »
Suvudu has some voodoo for you who... okay, I'm going to run out of steam on that really quickly. Anyway, the aforementioned site is currently running a contest that can net you some serious prizes, like manga and, as the headline suggests, tickets to the …Read more »
Busy week here in mid-October—Mother Nature is working hard to transition from summer to fall, and I along with many others are prepping for the last big pop-culture convention of the year, New York Comic Con! There are going to be a number of manga …Read more »
If you missed your chance to check out the latest from Makoto Shinkai ( The Place Promised in Our Early Days , 5 Centimeters per Second ) at Otakon, the director will also be attending October's New York Anime Festival. The convention takes place October …Read more »
Rika Ishikawa came from Japan to appear at the New York Comic Con/New York Anime Festival combined event on October 8 & 9, 2010. A former member of girl group sensation Morning Musume, Ishikawa came in character as the “Angry” half of the punk/gothic rock …Read more »
Hetalia has been on the rise in popularity this year among American fan girls. You could tell by the girls dressed like boys dressed like WWII soldiers carrying around enormous flags at every convention this year. Either that, or the same group of six girls …Read more »
Here is my short list of highlights from the 4th and final New York Anime Festival: - Yoshiyuki Tomino draws a haru-ball with every signature. - The one-man Indy-short Cencoroll premiered and looks like fun (I only saw the trailer). - Vertical picked up Chi's …Read more »
This year's New York Asian Film Festival featured quite a few special guests flown from overseas, but none seemed more omnipresent than Tokyo Gore Police director Yoshihiro Nishimura. Even in comparison to fellow goremeisters Tak Sakaguchi ( Versus , Yoroi Samurai Zombie ), Noburo Iguchi …Read more »
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