By David on April 7, 2009
The Anime Blog reader and contributor Liz Ohanesian has a great article in L.A. Weekly about Electric Cherry Blossom, a celebration of Little Tokyo’s Cherry Blossom Festival. Here’s an excerpt:
Shocking Bloom: American Dreams Filtered through Eastern Themes at Electric Cherry Blossom
Back in 2004, Stephanie Yanez sang “Ningyo Hime” from the popular anime series Chobits as part of a karaoke contest at Southern California’s mega-convention Anime Expo. The performance won her the title AX Idol and a collection of one hundred CDs. Shortly thereafter, anime company Geneon tapped her to sing on the compilation album Anime Karaoke Collection…continue reading at laweekly.com
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.
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I love anime. Specifically, series involving any of the following things: weird fantasy elements, super-powers, robots, aliens, wicked humor, crazy villains, horror, ninjas and samurai. I guess that means I like a lot of anime. I am pretty particular about the quality of animation and voice acting. If the character designs and animation quality aren't of über-quality, I quickly loose interest.The first anime-related series I ever watched was Battle of the Planets - otherwise known as Gatachman. The first true theatrical anime feature film I saw was Akira. My first exposure to manga was later in life when I read Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy.There are so many incredible elements of Japanese culture. Some of the most exciting to me are the style of design and storytelling. I'm a web designer & illustrator, and I find myself looking to Japanese design for inspiration all the time.Anime blogging has taught me even more about Japanese culture and anime than I ever expected, and I continue to learn more every week. In fact, I'd love to travel to Japan. Rachel and I hope to visit sometime within the next few years.
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