Category: Events

Piracy, Resurrection, Incest, & Chinese Food: A Day at Kinokuniya

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Kinokuniya in New York usually has one event for anime and manga fans every month. I have stopped in from time to time but December 12th was Anime and Manga day and it was a little bigger than their normal events. I got an invitation from Vertical and Mari Morimoto to attend the event because they were having a launch event for Osamu Tezuka’s Ayako with a dinner afterward. That alone sold me on a trip to Manhattan but there were few other panels that drew my interest as well. I will skip the embarrassing story that is a prelude to this event but anyone who follows my twitter might have noticed my blunder. Continue reading →

I Am Always Thankful For Kinoko Nasu

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I am mostly writing this for everyone who comes to the site today despite the fact that is Thanksgiving. To everyone who is trapped with family and fleeing to the computer for a moments escape I wish you the best of luck and the knowledge that this too shall pass. To everyone who is alone by circumstance or choice I give them a virtual hug and raise my glass in honor of them. And to everyone outside the US who just considers this nothing more than November 25 all I have to say is, sort of weird day don’t you think. But if there is one thing I am thankful for OTHER than Type-Moon and Galaxy Angel it is all the regular and casual readers of the site. I am happy that so many of you take the time out to read what Narutaki and I have to say and I hope that we can continue to entertain you in the years to come. CHEERS!

MangaNEXT 2010: Panels

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One of the best parts of smaller cons is having so many fan run events and lectures. This was ever the case at MangaNEXT as almost my entire day was taken up attending panels on many different subjects. The panel and workshop rooms were a good size, never seeming to need to turn away attendees but also not so big that you felt like it was half empty. The equipment was a little all over the place as we learned when checking in for our own panel, however things seemed to work out in the end and everyone got what they needed.

hisuiconWhen Narutaki and I were sitting in the hotel lobby we just did a little people watching before we attended our first panel. We saw a bunch of very strange teenagers high on the free Halloween candy that was all over the convention (at least I hope that is what they were high on.) The one thing they were all looking forward to was the rave that night as each of them mentioned it at least twice while we were around. It reminded me once again that there is the convention fan that is there for the social aspect and the convention fan that is there to learn something and never the two shall meet. So as an old fart I will talk about the panels I attended and what I learned because no one would want to hear of my misadventures had I attended the rave.

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