Category: Events

  • Production IG Love-Fest

    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,”…

  • Speed Grapher Event

    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…

  • Dorkbot Tokyo

    Not really sure what this is all about, but it sounds like fun — damn my teaching schedule that prevents me from going. Dorkbot is probably what I felt most sorry about missing when visiting Berlin last February, as due to my busy schedule checking out lots of other events I arrived when the show…

  • RTA Travel Collection 2005

    I really like the idea behind this — yes, travel gear is another fetish of mine. An imaginary travel agency, “Resort Travel Agency” (RTA), will offer resort plans for the heart, and also an art project that shows many new travel selections. Travel Directors are Akira Minakawa, Kohichi Yanagimoto, Whiteman, Tetsuya Nakamura, Mark Newson &…

  • Mayonaka no Yajisan Kitasan

    The film looks like fun, and now comes this exhibition to help celebrate it: The genial writer Kankuro Kudo and the charismatic manga artist Shiriagarikotobuki present the movie exhibition “Mayonaka no Yajisan Kitasan”, featuring:Ò€¨- the costumes and stage elements used in the playÒ€¨- a reenactment of the famous “Oni no gojusanji” scene, a complex mix…

  • YMCK in Harajuku

    Need some outing suggestions for the Golden Week? Looks like something interesting is finally happening at the KDDI Designing Studio — a live performance by YMCK tomorrow. It’s free, and you can get your tickets earlier in the day (the show starts at 18:30). Check out Patrick’s Agenda for more info. There’s also a big…

  • Open Nature

    Time to schedule a visit to the ICC for their new exhibition, “Open Nature.” “Open Nature” focuses on the “nature” infiltrated in our daily lives through digital information environments, and aims to redefine it as an “open” concept that clears the way for a broader range of relationships between art and technology. Seen through the…

  • Mumbleboy

    Mumbleboy is in town for just over a week, and I had a chance to drop by SuperDeluxe tonight after work to see some of his VJing for the “Animal Lounge” event. It was quite nice, with an interesting crowd — gotta love seeing Marxy making some political art aimed at Livedoor’s Horie — and…