Posted on August 17, 2011. Filed under: anime, appearances, Consuming, costume, Creating, events, Japan, manga, needlework, pictures, workshops | Tags: anime, AnimeIowa, Chris Ayres, conventions, cosplay, Doctor Who, ferrets, Greg Ayres, Jan Scott-Frazier, Kyle Hebert, Lea Hernandez, Madame de Pompadour, manga, Manga Cross Stitch, natsukashii, Robert Axelrod, Satoshi Kon, The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga |
Noisy, joyous, full of life. Reading old radio plays with Kyle Hebert at the helm. Hanging out with Jan Scott-Frazier. Dinner with the Brothers Ayres. Meeting Lea Hernandez again for the first time in sixteen years. Rubber ducky racing. Host and maid cafes. Judging the Masquerade and gaping at some lovely cosplay (including my first-ever [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Posted on October 15, 2010. Filed under: Consuming, costume, designing, events, history, Japan | Tags: Astro Boy, Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Cinema, Erté, Fortuny, GirlsWorld, Hiroaki Ohya, Janek Schaefer, Japan, Japanese street fashion, Junya Watanabe, Madeleine Vionnet, manga, Paul Poiret, Rei Kawakubo, Satoshi Kon, Sou Fujimoto Architects, Yohji Yamamoto |
Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion is at the Barbican Art Gallery until February 2011. Everyone interested in Japanese culture should see it.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Posted on August 30, 2010. Filed under: anime, Creating, history, Japan, manga, writing | Tags: anime, Edizioni BD Icon, Eyrolles, Fabio Deotto, Giorgio Cantù, Harvey Awards, Jean-Paul Jennquin, Kihachiro Kawamoto, manga, Satoshi Kon, Shojuro Yamauchi, The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga |
In the past week, we’ve lost three great animators, including one of anime’s few authentic genii. But in among tweets about socks and Carnival, the unrelenting persistence of life has provided some unexpected gifts.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Posted on July 5, 2009. Filed under: anime, comics, Consuming, films, Japan, manga | Tags: 2007 Japan box office, Akihiko Shiota, Akira, Ally Kerr, anime, Artland, Barbican, Domu, Dororo, Hiroshi Nagahama, Joe Odagiri, Katsuhiro Otomo, manga, movie, Mushishi, Norobu Ishiguro, Osamu Tezuka, Peter Jackson Effect, Phoenix, Satoshi Kon, Sitges Film FEstival, Steam Boy, Takahide Shibanushi, Yuki Urushibara |
Mushishi is a magical manga which was turned into a magical animated series by the craftsman at Artland. When Katsuhiro Otomo re-made it as a live action movie, there was certainly no lack of magic. Logic, however, turned out to be a more important ingredient than might have been assumed.
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