Tie Fighter Anime

Watching reminds me of the Japanese mecha animation of the 80s.

The Comikaze

After attending the Wonder Con in Anaheim a year ago.  I've been fascinated with these comic conventions.  Someday i'd like to check out Comic Con one of these days, but those are so popular, tickets seller faster than my reflexes.  So I go to smaller events like this Comikaze Expo.

Macross World Convention 2013

Just like my 80's Corolla, I like my 80's anime.  Macross is tops on the list next to Robotech.  After missing a few years, I finally remembered to mark the calender for this event.

AX 2013

 The stench of anime nerds fill the air at the Los Angeles Convention Center, for the annual Anime Expo.  Every year I notice it gets more crowded by the long lines of people waiting to get in to the venue.

Macross at 30

Can you believe it's been exactly 30 years (Oct. 3 1982) since the debut of Super Dimensional Fortress Macross in Japan.  A classic I can never get tired of watching.

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Anime Expo 2012

Even though Anime Expo caters to the newer types of anime, I grew up on Tranzor Z and Robotech.  I still support it and I still love going here and its quite fun.  I was bummed when I had to miss last year so I made a last minute decision to make the trek to downtown Los Angeles for the 2012 event.

10th Annual Macross World Convention

 

If you're you like Macross, then i'm sure you already know about this event.  It was the first I had been here so I didn't really know what to expect.  Though I did know the singer/ songwriter Mari Iijima was going to performing.  So I had to check it out.

If you don't know Mari, she was the voice/singer of Lynn Minmay from the original Macross.  So you know she's legit.  Picture sucks cause no flash allowed and the point and shoot was on max.  Should have brought big brother. 

There were a ton a display from different series of Macross from the original to the latest series, Macross Frontier.
 

Oh before I forget, happy birthday Lynn Minmay


Here's the rest of the photos of the event.

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School Days

All I can say is them j kids are hella crazy. Not for the feeble minded.

Yes it is a bloody anime.

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Anime Expo 2010

Years ago, I used to watch anime during high school and college days. Never was really into it, but did enjoy watching them with fascination. Speed up a few years later, I seem to have picked up on watching this stuff again.

Since i've always heard of Anime Expo, Comic Con, etc., but never really bothered to check it out.


Until now, this year they had special guests Megumi Nakajima and May'n singing in concert. If you don't know, they are the singers for the Macross Frontier anime. If you don't know, i'm a big Macross fan. They also had a special guest Yoko Kanno performing with the duo.

The day was filled with lots of walking the convention center floor, surrounded by these people bringing their favorite anime characters to life. Many of the costumes I was were simply amazing. The amount of work, i'm sure some of these people put into their costumes, shows passion. I guess that's why they are called otaku.





Definitely a must to check out if you're a fan, even if you're not I think you'll probably still enjoy just watching the characters walking about.

The rest of the pics here


Umm pedo panda making an appearance.

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Happy 4th of July

I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend, but let's not forget why we have this holiday and what it means to be an american.


I've been a bit busy preparing for ASB, (All Star Bash for those not unfamiliar with mainstream drift crowd). It's been a while since I went drifting at streets of willow.

Cammy from Street Fighter

and before ASB I dropped by to check out Anime Expo, (anime otaku coming to life).

let's watch the night train from ASB

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ex driver

If you're tired of the defying all odds AE86 (Initial D) or the satan possessed S30Z (Wangan Midnight). Here's a little european flavor for the gear heads into anime. eX-Driver features an all european cast of cars. Lancia Stratos, Lotus Europa, and Caterham Super 7, driving the streets of Japan. And since it's in Japan there's lots of drifting cause we all know that's how the Japanese drive. Just like they all know karate. The story itself is a bit on the weak side, but the detail on the vehicles are great.



But here's a clip to wet your taste buds.

And yes I spent about 4 hours of my life watching it instead of working on the beast. Not all in one sitting.

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Robotech Live Action

One man's passion to be a Robotech veritech fighter pilot compelled him to make his own short film.

SYNOPSIS: This is a story told by an anonymous Veritech fighter pilot recalling two memories: his first encounter with Miriya, the Zentradi ace pilot, and his first date with a loved one on Earth. As with our own memories, the story is fragmented, and the line between dream and reality is blurred.

I really hope they do get the Robotech live action film off the ground.

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Binge

Image via Wikipedia

I'm not dead yet, just hella lazy. I've been on an anime binge. Watching old school stuff I haven't seen some not in quite some time.

Macross (not Robotech)


Mobile Suit Gundam (the very first one)


Johnny Sokko and his flying robot. (aka Giant Robo)

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Kite Liberator

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If you're into violent nerdy schoolgirl assasin then go watch Kite (pronounced Kee-Te) Liberator on hulu.com. I thought it was pretty good. But the ending was really strange and I wonder why it ended that way. This first one titled Kite was more violent and dirty in every way. I have yet to see it, but will one day.

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Anime goes live

For the anime lovers, some of you may remember Space Battleship Yamato, or for you english speakers by it's English dubbed title Star Blazers. Like many things from the Gen X and Y childhood, it's been resurrected into a movie. Just like transformers it will be a live action movie. Unfortunately, you'll need to wait until December to watch. This will give us time to freshen up our Nihongo and save some money to go to Japan. Hmm, that's going to one expensive movie ticket. Since this is only a Japan only showing.

They do have a website up showing a count down of the until showing, not much else.

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Silver Anniversary

If you're into anime, especially if you watched Robotech and Macross back in the day. Today is the anniversary of 超時空要塞マクロス 愛・おぼえていますか ,The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?. I've been a fan of Macross for quite sometime and actually did a marathon of watching both Robotech and Macross last year when I got laid off. Anyways happy anniversary!

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