As I (and some expected 4000 others) will be attending the Web 2.0 Expo Tokyo (Upcoming) on 15th-16th November, I thought it’d be a good opportunity to revive the Tokyo OpenCoffee Club, perhaps for the day after?
It’d be great to have some suggestions for venues, but we could start off with the idea of either the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel or somewhere nearby around 11 AM on 17th November? Let me know what you think here…
From horror news site Bloody-Disgusting.com on Sunday, Irishman Ruairi Robinson is being touted as the director for a forthcoming live-action version of the classic manga (and anime) Akira.
Robinson, who was Oscar-nominated for 50 Percent Grey (one of my favourite computer-animated shorts), also directed Silent City (starring Don Wycherley and Cillian Murphy). He has not commented on the news as of yet.
It’s spring cleaning time, so I’m selling the following domains at Sedo:
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Anime, J-Pop
animeandmanga.com
jpopforums.com
mangaandanime.com
Blogs, Social
planetoftheblogs.com
social365.com
thecritic.org
General
compla.in
greatbrita.in
pumpk.in
www.gen.nz
Ireland
Irish Cities
belfastcity.biz
belfastcity.info
corkcity.net
corkcity.org
dublincity.org
irishcity.com
News
irishnews.org
irishnewspapers.com
TV
I was at the Junko Mizuno “Pure Trance” manga book signing at the Super 7 Store in Japantown this afternoon.
There was a sizeable crowd in line with their copies of “Pure Trance” in hand. Mizuno-san evolved the manga from art she had created for techno album covers. A few pictures are available from my Flickr set.
Greetings from Independence Day-celebrating USA!
Yesterday, met with family here and went for lunch on Union Street’s Pasta Pomodoro. After that, went to see Miyazaki’s latest offering, Howl’s Moving Castle in the AMC Kabuki 8 Screen which is in nearby Japantown. It was good, but not as satisfactory as Spirited Away or Mononoke because of some unresolved characters and in part due to it being slightly too long. America’s (and the world’s) critics weren’t as harsh; the film is currently listed third by US film critics in terms of those currently on release and rated, and IMDB gives it a rating of 8.2.
Went to the Japan Center in Japantown and spent an hour or two browsing the books in Kinokuniya, where I picked up the manga of Battle Angel Alita: Last Orders 1 and Nausicaa 1. Lots of interesting DVDs and CDs there too, I saw Kurosawa’s Dersu Uzala, a great film which I might pick up before I go back.
Called home using SkypeOut - what an amazing rate they give, 1.5 cents per minute to and from most countries in the “western world” - that 10 euro call credit I bought is going to last a long time!
And to tonight, we’ll probably pop along to the waterfront to watch the fireworks from Pier 39, I think it kicks off at 9:30-ish. Should be fun!
Japan Today - News - Jenkins family leaves for U.S.
Interesting story about the former US army sergeant who deserted to North Korea during the cold war and was prevented up until now from returning to the US to visit his mother and family. His Japanese wife was one of those North Korean abductees, repatriated to Japan, and they have two North Korean-born children.
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