I apologize for the site being unavailable for a week due to my bandwidth limit being reached. I already pay extra for more bandwidth each month, so I wasn't able to put more money into getting the site back up when it was going to be available again in a week anyway. I hope it didn't inconvenience anyone too much. Back to the anime news...There are a lot of great anime conventions coming up this month. They are listed below. Enjoy!
Again, here's the week of anime on your, now all digital, TV. Hope you have a converter box for all you ancient types or force your parents or whoever to get one because of the two anime shows that are still around. There's always the trusty Gurren Lagaan on Sci-Fi.
No wait, the genius producers at Sci-Fi ate changing over to Sy Fy.... WTF!? It's the Science Fiction channel, what the crap is a Sy Fy other than stupid marketing guru to make people think that the channel has gotten cooler. HEY GUYS, IT'S SCIENCE FICTION, it will only be cool as a big budget action flick like Star Trek, otherwise it's still geeky, no matter what you label it!!!
Lame.
Hey, over in the internets world, Dragonball Kai finally hit it's "IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!" episode. Yeah, it's supposed to be 8000, but who cares, its the episode that spouts the meme of all memes across 4chan and Youtube and every where.
Meanwhile, check out the Anime on TV in your neck of the woods. Click on "Read More" for the full listings.
IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The July issue of ASCII MediaWorks' Dengeki Bunko Magazine will reveal on June 10 that the "Shana Project is restarting" with a "new anime in development" for Shakugan no Shana. The first Shakugan no Shana anime is based on Yashichiro Takahashi and Noizi Ito's fantasy light novels.
It is my opinion that it will be released early October. Season 1 came out October 2005, Season 2 came out October 2007, so now this has been revealed there is no reason not to assume that Shakugan no Shana 3 (Whatever the title may be) will be released in early of October 2009.
I'm not a busy body or one of those ol' ladies that is always trying to fix someone up. More of a "oh... oh, oh, I know someone would be PERFECT for that!" Such an opportunity came up yesterday when I saw that one of our precious allies at the beautiful Morikami Japanese Museum and Gardens had a business decision they had to make. The Morikami is featured below. Ain't it just gorgeous? I've been over a hundred times... envious much?
Apparrently, the Morikami is in the market for an 'Events Coordinator.' Now, knowing that my good friend and personal comic book dealer is looking for a decent career, it hit me smack in the face! He single handedly gave the Morikami it's first encounter into the world of Anime and Manga. Unfortunately it rained the entire day that Saturday, but he pulled everything off gallantly!
It also helps to know that he runs a website, similar to Myspace but for anime fans, called Animingle. Damien, my good buddy, knows people in the industry and knows how to flawlessly (unless there's rain, hail, hurricane or tornado) put together an event. Sure, he's helped put on several South Florida comic / anime conventions but it doesn't mean he exclusive to anime or manga. He'z gotts skillz!!! Damien. Is. THE MAN!
I'll keep y'all updated on how this goes. But seriously, this guy should be bestowed the reigns along side with the ever affluent constituent of the Morikami Kizzy Sanchez!!! Good luck and Godspeed!
I’m going to admit my bias on this story two ways. I’ve known Roy for almost 10 years. We’re not even close to buddy-buddy, but whenever I used to be financially able to go to Tampa and stay with friends I would have long conversations with him. Roy is one of the nicest guys you’d ever want to meet and he loved putting on these shows. He was, or is, single and as anybody who has ever gone to an anime convention knows that everything is out of the normal. Anything can happen and probably will. More than anything, everything involving otaku is taken on a minute to minute basis.
There are a LOT of girls that cosplay in skimpy clothing because… just because. They can because there’s little to almost no rules about clothing as long as it covers the genitals. Also, a lot of these girls at conventions are really damn cute. Back when I was single, I picked up a healthy share of otaku girls and it was really, really fun. I was only about 21-24 and in good shape but still, I didn’t know if any of them were 16 or 17. Things happen at anime cons on a minute to minute basis. If a scantily dressed cat-girl, out of nowhere, jumps out of a crowd and kisses you, what are you gonna do? BTW: the below picture is of singer / idol / otaku Shokotan and I love her! (swooooon)
Roy Harms was arrested because 4 years ago he may have had sex with a 16 year old girl. Roy was probably in his *mid 20’s* when this might’ve happened… which, strangely, is probably the last time I saw him. This allegation, which I admit is probably true, comes days before the Metrocon this weekend. Nobody knows if this is designed to hurt attendance at Metrocon, but sometimes people who put on conventions can be pretty malicious. There’s a particular anime / comic convention here in South Florida that has made attempts to sabotage library shows or other smaller shows by putting on one of their own smaller show and sticking on their label to offset attendance. These kinds of things happen far more often than you’d think. Countrywide.
*[apparent update: it seems he was much older (mid 30's when I saw him last), I was just guesstimating his age. I was wrong. Sorry for the speculation. Bad anime journalist blogger.]*
This is not really statutory raep (misspelled to keep away internets trolls). This is not the girl herself seeking charges and as far as the allegation goes, there is little more than an allegation or speculation with circumstantial evidence.
I’d personally vouch for the guy. He did nothing wrong in my eyes. Because of this shit storm that is ruining his life, he has resigned as CEO of Metrocon.
So in closing, if you attend the show this weekend, and I’d implore everybody that if you can go then please do: have a nice little sign that reads in BIG LETTERS that:
ROY HARMS IS INNOCENT
Or
FREE ROY HARMS
Metrocon needs your support to show that malicious acts shouldn’t hurt what will be a really fun experience. Click on the above link to purchase tickets. Click on “Read More” for more information on this case.
However you might not like a person, never EVER go after their job or primary source of income. EVER!
I actually caught an episode of the dub from Gurren Lagaan on Sci-Fi and was pleasantly surprised. Maybe I shouldn't give up hope on future anime on TV. Then I look at this week's list and see predominantly Bakugan, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Naruto and Death Note. So including Gurren Lagaan, that seems to be the general make up of what remains on broadcast network. Sad.
Still watching Dragonball Kai and happy to watch it every Monday morning at 6am, followed by Basquash and East of the Eden. Tuesday is Guin Saga, 07-Ghost and Shangri-La, Wednesday is Queen's Blade. Still happy with this season. Yey me!
For those who still wanna know what anime remains on the tube, click on "Read More."
Classic fighting game series King of Fighters is set to receive a grand Hollywood adaptation in the glorious tradition of Street Fighter and Dragonball.
The movie uses actors nobody has ever heard of, and in the best tradition of Hollywood dispenses with the game’s highly developed setting and atmosphere in favour of some story centring on mysterious multidimensional alien artefacts.
The extremely stylish 2D character designs are perhaps one of the major selling points of the series, so naturally Hollywood has discarded them. Their loss seems unlikely to be well received by fans, especially considering what they have been replaced with.
Two weeks ago Kaoru Kurimoto died. She was 56 and was living with pancreatic cancer until it took her life in a Tokyo hospital. She will be remembered most for her 30 year old epic masterpiece, Guin Saga.
Kurimoto was right in the middle of the 130th volume, of an originally planned 100 volumes, before her pen stopped. One can only hope that her husband was told what she planned for future books and what kind of ending will await the leopard mask wearing Guin.
Who is Guin? Wikipedia tells us: … Guin is a mysterious warrior with the head of a leopard. He stumbles upon Remus and Rinda being attacked by soldiers and defeats the entire unit singlehandedly. He remembers nothing of his past, knowing only his fighting instincts, what he believes is his name, and a word: Aurra. Guin is often put in position where he will suddenly have a skill he doesn't know he has. As of Prisoner of the Lagon, he starts to realise that he really is part of the Destiny reshaping the land. Guin is inhumanly strong and knowledgeable about battle strategies, causing the Mongauli army to fear and respect him as a warrior, as he often will set up battle scenarios and jump into battle himself with inhuman skill.
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