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Fri, Dec 9 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Remembering Kapoho, Hawaii’s Pompeii

Also tagged: ALZHEIMERS, Frances Kakugawa, george takei, guy aoki, John Tateishi, Kapoho: Memoir of a Modern Pompeii, Pearl Harbor movie, Pele, PIDGIN, Sadame Kakugawa, Watermark Publishing

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Dec. 1, 2011.) === In March of 1990, I sat in a Disney office with JACL National Director John Tateishi reading the shooting script for the studio’s...

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Mon, Nov 14 2011

ANIMATED ASPIRATIONS

Also tagged: 2009 Academy Awards, 2011 Academy Awards, Academy of Art, Benjamin Tanaka, cars, Cars 2, CGI, David H. Tanaka, Day & Night, Dorianne Tanaka, Emeryville, Ex'pression College for Digital Arts, Forrest Gump, George Lucas, ILM, Inception, Jumanji, Jurassic Park, Mitchell Tanaka, Obama in 30 Seconds, Pixar, Pixar's Brave, Randy Newman, Skywalker Sound, Spock, Star Trek 2009, Star Wars Special Edition, STEVEN SPIELBERG, Terminator 2, The Phantom Menace, Toy Story, Toy Story 3, Visual Effects Society, WALL•E, We Belong Together

David Tanaka works on the “Brave” trailer in his office, as seen on Oct. 19, 2011 at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, Calif. (Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar) By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer David...

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Tue, Mar 15 2011

Disney Donates $2.5 Million to Disaster Relief

Also tagged: disaster relief, earthquake, Red Cross, tsunami

City News Service BURBANK — The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that it will give $2.5 million to the American Red Cross to support earthquake relief efforts in Japan. “Our hearts go out to the people...

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Mon, Mar 14 2011

Tokyo Disney Parks Housing Guests Stranded by Quake

Also tagged: earthquake, Tokyo

City News Service BURBANK — The Burbank-based Walt Disney Co. announced Sunday it will keep its two amusement parks in Japan closed for about 10 days, as word came that the parks had become a tent city...

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Thu, Aug 12 2010

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Do We Need a “K-Town” Version Of “Jersey Shore?”

Also tagged: Aaliyah, actors, Airbender, AO Scott, Asian Stereotypes, At the Movies, Ben Lyons, Ben Mankiewicz, critics, disabilities, disabled, entertainment, film critics, film reviewers, Gene Siskel, Grey's Anatomy, guy aoki, hollywood, Jasmine Chang, Jennifer Field, Jersey Shore, Jet Li, Joey Cha, John Callahan, K-Town, K-Town Jersey Shore, KABC, Korean American, Koreatown, M. Night Shyamalan, Michael Phillips, Miss Asian American Pageant, mtv, PBS, pearl harbor, Peter Le, RACISM, Richard Roeper, Rising Sun, Roger Ebert, sandra oh, Scarlet Chan, sequels, Shyamalan, Siskel and Ebert, Sneak Previews, stereotypes, Steve Kim, the Last Airbender, Tyrese, Violet Kim, whitewash, Young Lee

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on August 12, 2010.) === It’s been four months since we heard the announcement that R&B singer Tyrese was developing an Asian American version of...

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Thu, Jul 29 2010

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Casey Kasem and Me

Also tagged: 9/11, Alan Tada, American Top 40, Arab Americans, Casy Kasem, Countdown America, Day of Remembrance, discrimination, Disney Company, Donna Summer, Edison Lighthouse, Farrah Fawcett, George Benson, Hawaii Five-O, John London, KKBT, Lance Ito, Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes, MANAA, media, michael jackson, Mike Woo, music, NCRR, Occidental, pop music, prejudice, Quincy Jones, RACISM, RADIO, radio and music, Rod Temperton, The House Party, Top 40, Tritia Toyota

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on July 29, 2010.) === June 25, 2009 was a pretty rotten day. I woke up, turned on my computer, and read that Farrah Fawcett had died. I’d never been a...

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Sat, Jul 3 2010

Into the Next Stage: “The Last Airbender” — The Last Straw

Also tagged: Japanese, Aang, Air nation, Asian, Chinese, Dev Patel, Earth Nation, Filipino, guy aoki, Harold and Kumar, Indian, IndieMoviesonline.com, into the next stage, Inuit, Katara, Korean, Lady in the Water, M. Night Shyamalan, Maggie Q, MANAA, Mission Impossible III, Paramount, Paramount President Adam Goodman, Perris Aquino, Signs, Sixth Sense, Sokka, the Last Airbender, The new York Post, The Village, Unbreakable, Warner Bros, Water nation, Zuoko

In this publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Noah Ringer plays Aang in a scene from, "The Last Airbender". (Photos courtesy of Paramount Pictures, Industrial Light & Magic) By...

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Wed, Feb 3 2010

‘Up’ and ‘The Cove’ Receive Oscar Nominations

Also tagged: Academy Awards, animation, Departures, film, Hayao Miyazaki, nominations, Okuribito, Oscars, Pixar, Ponyo, The Cove, UP

Russell, left, and Carl Fredricksen are the animated stars of “Up,” which was nominated Tuesday for an Oscar for best picture. (Disney/Pixar) RAFU STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS BEVERLY HILLS.—The science-fiction...

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Sun, Oct 11 2009

Lil’ Neebo of Santa Anita

Also tagged: amache, bill maudlin, chris ishii, george akimoto, granada pioneer, lil dan'l, lil' neebo, nisei, rohwer, santa anita, santa anita pacemaker, willie and joe

At the Santa Anita Assembly Center reunion last weekend, one of the things mentioned to me was the cartoon Lil’ Neebo (Little Nisei Boy) by Chris Ishii that ran in the assembly center newspaper...

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Tag Archives: disney

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Remembering Kapoho, Hawaii’s Pompeii

ANIMATED ASPIRATIONS

Disney Donates $2.5 Million to Disaster Relief

Tokyo Disney Parks Housing Guests Stranded by Quake

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Do We Need a “K-Town” Version Of “Jersey Shore?”

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Casey Kasem and Me

Into the Next Stage: “The Last Airbender” — The Last Straw

‘Up’ and ‘The Cove’ Receive Oscar Nominations

Lil’ Neebo of Santa Anita

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