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Anime Expo, the largest anime con in North America starts tomorrow, July 2 – July 5, 2009. Even though we won’t be able to make it (T_T), there’s going to be a lot of great anime and manga announcements, cosplayers, panels, parties and more. I decided to create a poll to see if you’re going or not. Take the poll!
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30 Jun, 2009
Posted by: Mochi In: Anime Conventions| Convention Schedules
(Primarily a Science Fiction Con)
(This is a Godzilla and Japanese Monster Convention)
(Postponed)
(Primarily a Science Fiction Con)
(This is part of a larger cultural event called the Japanese Art Festival)
(Primarily a ParaPara Dance Event)
(Primarily a Gaming Con)
(Postponed…Re-scheduled for August 8 & 9)
(This event is modeled after Comiket Japan)
(Postponed until 2010)
(Outdoor/Camping Anime Convention)
(This is a multi-media and multi-genre fan Expo)
(This is a Con featuring modern Asian Ball-Jointed Dolls and Japanese Street Fashion)
(This is a Gaming Con)
(Postponed)
(This is a Transformers Con)
(Primarily a Gaming Con)
(Primarily a Comics Con)
(This is a Toy Show/Convention)
Are you interested in Lolita Fashion? If so, you might want to check out The Anime Blog reader and contributor Liz Ohanesian’s great article ‘Loli-Pop: Songs to Inspire Your Inner Lolita‘ at LAWeekly.com. Here’s an excerpt:
Loli-Pop: Songs to Inspire Your Inner Lolita
…But Lolita is more than labels like Baby the Stars Shine Bright and Angelic Pretty, more than just pulling curls off your face with a pretty bow. Lolita is a state of mind, an appreciation of cute, whimsical and sometimes old-fashioned sensibilities. With that in mind, we compiled a list of tunes to get you in a Loli mood…Continue reading at LA Weekly
Liz Ohanesian is a Los Angeles-based journalist covering music, media and club culture. She is a staff writer for Club World and her work regularly appears in such publications as the L.A. Weekly, Razorcake and Outburn. She has written for such publications as Punk Planet, PopMatters, Santa Monica Mirror and others.
26 Jun, 2009
Posted by: David In: Japanese Recipes
Los Angeles Times has a great article on making your own tofu at home. Here’s a quick look:
Do-it-yourself fresh tofu: Two ingredients and a steamer, and you’re on your way to amazing tofu at home.
Traditional tofu makers start with the beans, and coax them through a long, involved process to create tofu. But with just soy milk and a brine called nigari (a coagulant derived from seawater), it’s easy to make kinugoshi (soft, silken) tofu at home, at least in theory. It isn’t that easy to get the exact-right consistency, but for anyone who loves tofu, it’s worth the effort. Kinugoshi tofu is delicate and pudding-like and almost melts on the tongue. Made fresh, it’s exponentially better than any store-bought blocks of tofu…Read the rest at LATimes.com!
We’ve have another great exclusive image from 9 – the upcoming (9/9/09) animated film produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov and directed by Shane Acker. Here’s the exclusive image:
Voiced by Academy Award Winner Martin Landau, 2 is a kind but now frail inventor and explorer who embodies the Scientist’s strong creative spirit. An inquisitive personality, 2 is fearless. Director Shane Acker affectionately describes him as a “salty old dog.”
Focus Features’ last animated movie was the hit “Coraline.”
Can’t get enough of 9?
The new Ponyo trailer has arrived via Disney and Apple. Off you go!
23 Jun, 2009
Posted by: David In: Anime News| Anime Press Releases
FUNimation Entertainment today announced that it will premiere the English dubbed version of Hideaki Anno’s EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE. at Anime Expo held this year at the Los Angeles Convention Center July 2-5, 2009.
“EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE” is the film sequel to the sci-fi animated series blockbuster Neon Genesis Evangelion (also written and directed by Hideaki Anno) which aired on Japanese television in the mid 1990’s.
Director in Chief Hideaki Anno (Neon Genesis Evangelion) and the creative staff of this film made a complete rebuild of the design and visuals rather than magnifying the original 16 mm film from the series. The team was also able to employ 3D computer graphics to enrich the depth and breadth of the Evangelion world as well as digital photography and composite nonlinear editing.
ABOUT EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE There was no foreseeable warning before it happened – a catastrophe of unparalleled scale and magnitude overwhelmed the entire globe. This event, recorded in history as “The Second Impact,” caused half the population of the Earth to perish and devastated the world. All that remains of Japan is Tokyo-3, a city that is now being attacked by giant creatures that seek to destroy mankind. These creatures are called Angels.
Fourteen year old Shinji Ikari is called to Tokyo-3 by his father who he hasn’t seen in more than eight years. He is asked to come to the NERV headquarters to meet his father. His father reveals to him a gigantic humanoid weapons system that the special governmental agency has secretly developed to fight the Angels and then orders Shinji to pilot the giant artificial human Evangelion Unit One.
With the fate of the world resting on his shoulders, how will the 14 year old boy Shinji fight? What is the truth behind “The Human Instrumentality Project,” an operation somehow related to the “Second Impact”? And who is the true enemy? The Angels, NERV, the mysterious SEELE, or the demons held within the hearts of all involved?
Gend? Ikari, a man who holds many answers to these questions, watches silently and attentively as his son fights a desperate battle…Funimation Entertainment will premiere EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE Friday, July 3, in room LP1 at Anime Expo.
21 Jun, 2009
Posted by: David In: Anime Reviews
Here’s an early review of live action ‘Blood: The Last Vampire‘ over at Ain’t It Cool News:
An Early Look at the Live Action Blood: The Last Vampire
– The film is directed by Chris Nahon who also directed Empire of the Wolves, and Kiss of the Dragon. It stars Gianna in the title role of Saya, whom you might remember from the korean movie My Sassy Girl who actually does a really good Saya. I think they made a conscious choice not to sexualize Saya or make her cute because she is dressed as a Japanese school girl and it think it pays off, because it makes that fact that she does the things she does a bit more believable.
What do you think?
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