Archive for April, 2007
Fiesta Asia Street Fair
Contact 202-470-0899 info@asiaheritage.org
May 12 , 2007 , Saturday, 11am – 7PM Pennsylvania Ave., between 3rd and 6th street,. Washington, DC
We have expanded out street fair to include 3 staging areas and a new health pavilion! Other attractions include: Cultural parade; live performances by dancers, vocalists, musicians, martial [...]
A Night of Anime Fun.
Anime Pavilion Presents: Anime Festival on Saturday May 19,2007 at 6pm located at Anime Pavilion 115 Hillwood Avenue, Suite 110 Falls Church, VA 22046.
Anime Festival will consist of screenings of Anime (Japanese Animation) cosplay (the Japanese term for costume play), dressing up in homemade costumes as their favorite Japanese [...]
3rd Annual Anime Art Show
DC Anime Club seeking Artist to participate in Anime Art Show. The DC Anime Club, an organization whose purpose is to educate the Washington, DC community about East Asian culture through the art form known as Anime (Japanese animation) is looking for artist to participate in the 3rd Annual Anime Art [...]
TSUBASA: RESERVoir CHroNiCLE
By: “Aikou-chan”
Crossovers have been a part of life since there was more than one television show. Anime isn’t exempt from this process of taking bits and pieces of series and plots and thrusting them together for one story. Fan fiction writers are the majority of those who participate in the crossover cult. Artists [...]
The Colonel’s Corner; Introduction, Part I
Welcome True Believers to the first installment of “The Colonel’s Corner”! Perhaps you wandered into this column by mistake, or maybe you are just curious as to what words of incomparable wisdom this text holds. Whatever the reason you have reached the point of no return and have entered my [...]
Music Review
TM Revolution
Album: Coordinate
Tofu Records
Released: 10/21/03
Price: 13.98
Length: 48:27
It’s not often when I get truly excited about a whole album, not just one or two tracks. TM Revolution has accomplished that feat better than any other JPop or JRock band that I have encountered as of yet. From the first song, Abort/Clear, through the bonus track, [...]
Music Review
Day by Day
Album: Greeting
By: Nami Tamaki
Tofu Records
Released: 4/20/04
Price: 13.98
Length: 4:35
I listen to pretty much anything, now whether I like everything or not is another story. One day I was listening to some music that I ‘borrowed’ from my sister. Ok, I stole her MP3 player temporarily, but I did give it back. One of [...]
Manga Review
Hands Off!
Volume 6
Author: Kasane Katsumoto
Published by: Tokyopop
Hands Off! or Sono Te Wo Dokero, the 8 volume series by Kasane Katsumoto that was originally published by Kadokawa Shoten and serialized in Asuka Magazine in Japan from approximately 1998 through 2000, is the sequel to the two volume series ‘Don’t Call Us Angels’ or Ore-Tache Wo [...]
JapanoFiles #3
I wouldn’t even know where to begin in explaining all the weird, interesting things I’ve learned since I’ve been here…so I apologize if this is slightly painfully random and disjointed (I’ve been a bit sleep-deprived recently as well-wheee!).
Let’s Have a Little Love for the Kanji!
Learning new kanji has definitely been the most interesting [...]
Matt “MediaJunky” Piccarreto
No Sir, I didn’t see you playing with your dolls again!
You can find all sorts of dolls out there in the world today. They can range in price from five dollars to the thousands. People display them in cases and cherish them with a creepy, and medically treatable, obsession. They groom their dolls [...]