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Wed, May 11 2011

New People Entertainment Launches Online Channel to Stream Japanese Film Content

Also tagged: Anime, Daido Moriyama, Death Note, Gantz, Go Ishizaki, Hisashi Tenmyouya, Kamikaze Girls, Katsura Funakoshi, Kenjiro Fujii, Makoto Aida, New People Artist Series, New People Channel, New People Entertainment, New People Inc., Seiji Horibuchi, Takako Matsumoto, The Taste of Tea, Yayoi Kusama, Yusuke Tamari

A scene from "Yayoi Kusama: I Love ME." SAN FRANCISCO — New People Entertainment, a film division of New People Inc. that focuses on the licensing and distribution of Japanese films and media,...

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Thu, Mar 31 2011

Lessons of Anime — How to Cope with Japan’s Tragedy

Also tagged: Akira, Andrew Lam, Anime, Desert Punk, Future Boy Conan, Ground Zero, Kazuo Koike, Lone Wolf and Cub, Neo-Tokyo, new america media, radiation, Saigon, South Vietnam, tsunami, Twin Towers, WORLD TRADE CENTER

By ANDREW LAM New America Media In Japan’s most popular cultural genres known as manga (comic books) and anime (animation films and series), there’s a recurrent theme in which the country is routinely...

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Thu, Aug 5 2010

BOOK REVIEW: New Book Delves into Philosophy of Otaku

Also tagged: Anime, collectors, comics, culture, gamers, Hiroki Azuma, hobbies, j-pop, Marvel Universe, music, nerds, otaku, pop idol, pop music, toys, videogames

By BRETT FUJIOKA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on July 31, 2010.) === Published in Japan during 2001, Hiroki Azuma’s book, “Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals, took a great deal of time to reach...

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Sat, Jul 3 2010

Anime Fans Flock to Downtown

Also tagged: anime expo, Ayame Kousaka, Beni Daniels, Blazblue, cosplay, Danny Choo, Ghost in the Shell, Jin Akanishi, Kenji Kamiyama, Lupin III, Mario Brothers, Mikey Hirano Culross, Mitsuru Matsuoka, Mobile Suit Gundam, Nana, Noel Vermillion, Num Num Kawaiim SOPHIA, One Piece, Power Rangers, Sailor Moon, Samurai 7, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, Tokyo Mew Mew

Dressed as characters from "Tokyo Mew Mew," from left, Alexa Sharpe, Tessa Sharpe, Nicolle Wisch, Kyla Sharpe, Holly Ruben and Hunter Buehl show their feline alter egos. (AYAME KOUSAKA/Rafu Shimpo) By...

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Thu, Jun 24 2010

Cosplay Confidential

Also tagged: Anime, anime expo, cosplay, Hugue de Watteau, Mikarin, Mikey Hirano Culross, Trinity of Blood

A veteran of the cosplay circuit, “Mikarin” describes herself as painfully shy–until she assumes alter egos, like Father Hugue de Watteau, above. (MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS/Rafu Shimpo) By MIKEY HIRANO...

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