AnimeNEXT 2016 – TRIGGER Inferno Cop panel
From left to right, designer Koyama Shigeto, animator director Amemiya Akira and director Wakabayashi Hiromi on the laptop. Wakabayashi Hiromi-san hosted the panel, led the questions and provided a...
View ArticleAnimeNEXT 2016 – Sekai Project panel
Publishing Manager Evan Pago hosted the Sekai Project panel. He opened by noting that everyone who worked with Sekai Project started working with other parts of the industry. He shared his love for...
View ArticleAnimeNEXT 2016 – Masquerade and WCS USA Finals
Since the masquerade and the autograph signing was at the same time, I was late in heading to the Main Events hall. It started a bit late since when I arrived, they were only on the 6th performance....
View ArticleAnimeNEXT 2016 – a con in review
From the suburb to the city, AnimeNEXT starts it’s new life in a larger venue, the Atlantic City Convention Center. Much larger than the Garden State, it has room for the growing number of attendees....
View Article“HERE COMES THE SUN”, The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison
TITLE: “HERE COMES THE SUN”, The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison BY: Joshua M. Greene PUBLISHED BY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006 ISBN-13:9780470127803 Review copy provided by...
View Article“My Kid Brother’s Band a/k/a The Beatles!”
TITLE: “MY KID BROTHER’S BAND, a.k.a. THE BEATLES!” BY: LOUISE HARRISON PUBLISHED BY: ACCLAIM PRESS, 2014 ISBN: 978-1-938905-52-0 Review copy sent by publisher Review by Ida Vega-Landow I first saw...
View ArticleOtakon 2016 – Sailor Moon Viz panel
Prior to the start of the panel, they show the trailers for Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon R and Sailor Moon Crystal. It is interesting to see the trailers back to back and being able to compare the new and...
View ArticleOtakon 2016 – Makino Yui panel
Makino-san opened by greeting the audience, noting that it was her first time in Baltimore and she was very happy with yesterday’s concert. She was thrilled that everyone was able to sing with her. The...
View ArticleOtakon 2016 – Yoshiki panel
Unfortunately, there was a few second delay as always with these online video conferences. But the fans were patient and Yoshiki was trying his best. He was sitting with one of his pianos in the back....
View ArticleOtakon 2016 – part of the masquerade and Michi’s concert
Arrived during skit 12 and though we only saw a bit of the performances, those we saw were very good. The host was the same and aside from his usual jokes, he also posted questions and comments from...
View ArticleOtakon 2016 – Yamamoto Kazutomi panel
The panel opened with the first episode of Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu love!! love!! Watching the first episode subbed on a large screen with other fans is a great experience, we get to laugh...
View ArticleOtakon 2016 – a con in review
Otakon’s last weekend at Baltimore was filled with a plethora of guests with varied talents. From Japan, we have industry guests, from PA Works CEO Horikawa Kenji, Producer Kikuchi Nobuhiro and art...
View ArticleBook review: “Do You Want to Know a Secret? The Autobiography of Billy J. Kramer
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET? THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BILLY J. KRAMER BY: BILLY J. KRAMER with Alyn Shipton PUBLISHED BY: Equinox Publishing 2016 ISBN: 978 1 78179 361 9 Review copy sent by publisher...
View ArticleBook review: Joe Steele by Harry Turtledove
I’d like to publish the following guest review by my favorite collaborator, Pet Leopard, as a warning of things to come after the nomination of Donald Trump on January 20th. God help America. “Joe...
View ArticleBook Reveiw: “Indigo”, a mosaic novel
Indigo, a mosaic novel By Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Jonathan Maberry, Kelley Armstrong, Kat Richardson, Seanan McGuire, Tim Lebbon, Cherie Priest, James A. Moore, and Mark Morris....
View ArticleAnimeNEXT 2017 – Yuri!!! on Ice Q&A with MAPPA (saturday)
The panel started really late, 25 minutes in actually. The fans screamed when the guests came onto the stage. From left to right, Producer Ogawa Takahiro, ice skating animator Tatenaka Junpei, prop...
View ArticleAnimeNEXT 2017 – Oblivion Dust concert gallery and setlist
It was nice of the staff to provide ear plugs for us. It was fun concert though I was more concentrated on the photos rather than the music for once. After the 4 songs, I left the front of the room...
View ArticleAnimeNEXT 2017 – Yuri!!! on Ice with MAPPA panel (sunday)
Thankfully, the panel started on time and the host began with the same introduction as the day before. Yuri!!! on Ice is a 2016 anime about male figure skating created by Kubo Mitsuro-sensei and...
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