The unfortunate events of 11 Mar Touhoku Earthquake and Tsunami resulted in the cancellation of the inaugural Anime Content Expo earlier this year. Thankfully, the organisers of the event has announced today that the event will be held for the first time next year from 31 Mar till 01 Apr 2012 at Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Chiba prefecture.
Every November 11th the world joins Glico Japan to celebrate Pocky Day. None so special, though, than next month's Pocky Day that just so happens to fall on 11/11/11!
The revolution may not be televised, but the apocalypse will be... Today at Manhattan's 92YTribeca! With so many great apocalpyse films out there, it's only fitting that someone would showcase them all in one place. That place, is the Doomsday Film Festival.
Not only did I receive my iPhone 4S today, and not only is it literally blowing me away, but I also get to go to Comic Con. Why can't the stars aline like this every day?
The Imagine Science Film Festival is dedicated to science-fiction that actually makes sceintific sense. Who woulda thunk? Cerebral films for a cerebral bunch! I definitely plan on attending this.
It's called Zombiecon... what else do you need to know? I'll see you there.
When you think about a gaming convention, typically you'd picture a room filled with guys like you and me and maybe a few of our tag-along girlfriends (no offense ladies). But not at TGS 2011! There were a plethora of cute cosplayers and J-babes everywhere. I love Japan.
ANIMINICON SOHO 2011:
THE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL NEW-YORK-AREA GATHERING FOR FANS OF ANIME,
MANGA, AND ASIAN CULTURE RETURNS FOR A SECOND SMASH YEAR!
Today is Pantsu Day in Japan! The reason? Like we need one... Apparently 8/2 in Japanese is pronounced "pa" (for 8) and "tsu" (for 2). Smush those two lovely syllables together and what do you get? You guessed it Otakus... PANTSU! Seeing as this information is crucial to having a good Tuesday, I felt compelled to share this with all of you