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  • Tokyo Q Party

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    Happening this Friday at SuperDeluxe. I should be dropping by after work. After the success of our last Tokyo Q Lounge Night (SuperDeluxe was packed!), we’re doing it again this Friday night (July 8).  Admission is free, and there’ll be plenty of great music, a live VJ performance, experimental anime and more.  Plus plenty of…

  • Karas Rules My World

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    If you read my Tokyo Q anime column regularly, then you know I’ve been promising to review KARAS, one of the new shows (but not on TV, it’s an OVA) set to premiere this Spring, for a while now. I finally got a chance to see it this past weekend, and it led me to…

  • Anime Column for June

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    My new anime column is up at Tokyo Q. This month: news on BLOOD+, AFRO SAMURAI, an APPLESEED TV series, and more.

  • A Second Look at the Gross National Cool

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    Marxy adds to the Gross National Cool debate by sharing the thoughts of scholar Keiko Kawamata (from her paper “The Current State of the Japanese Content Industries”) on the topic. One point where I disagree is when she claims that “television anime viewing rates are down, and an overproduction of titles has lead to a…

  • Production IG Love-Fest

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    Over at Patrick Macias’ (author of TOKYOSCOPE, and other Japanese film/anime related books and articles) blog you’ll find a nice little write-up of the recent Production IG event — set to introduce the new BLOOD PLUS animated series — that took place at Tokyo University recently. Although ostensibly held to promote the upcoming “Blood Plus,”…

  • Anime Column for May

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    My new anime column is up at Tokyo Q. This month: short reviews of SPEED GRAPHER, BASILISK, SOUSEI NO AQUARION, EUREKA 7, TRINITY BLOOD, and GLASS MASK.

  • Speed Grapher Event

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    Oh man, way cool — a special event for this season’s best new anime series, SPEED GRAPHER! To celebrate the July 27th release of the first episodes DVD of Speed Grapher, TV Asahi’s popular Thursday night anime, Super Deluxe will host a fantastic evening featuring a live talk show, video clips, pole dancing and other…

  • The Spring 2005 Anime Round-up

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    Some people have been asking me what I think of the new anime series that launched in April, which is something I’m addressing in my next anime column at Tokyo Q (to be posted this Friday). I can tell you that I’m currently enjoying the following: SPEED GRAPHER, BASILISK, SOUSEI NO AQUARION, EUREKA 7, and…

  • Anime Column for April

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    My latest anime column is up at Tokyo Q. It’s a guide to the season’s most promising new shows.

  • Tokyo International Anime Fair

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    Next weekend (April 2-3) sees the big Tokyo International Anime Fair at Tokyo Big Sight. The biggest animation trade show in Japan attracts over 50,000 visitors in two days to see the latest anime features and TV shows, games and characters goods. 130 Japanese production companies and TV broadcasters, as well as about 30 international…