
I got in the car, picked up my girl and drove 2 hours to Suwa in
Nagano. Yay for not planning anything. Just go!!
This weekend, the biggest event for lovers of anime and manga hits Nagoya, the 2010 World Cosplay Summit, sponsored by TV Aichi.
The "World Cosplay Summit" was created to promote international exchange through the Japanese youth culture of manga and anime.
The free and dynamic nature of manga was instrumental in the birth of cosplay. Nowadays youth from around the world find this as a common language and a dynamic new form of global interaction. The World Cosplay Summit began in Osu, Nagoya and has grown to include 15 countries from around the world. If you count audience and participants at each preliminary event, the number of people involved is now in the 100s of thousands.For youth who have discovered Japan through manga and experienced Japanese culture through the medium of the World Cosplay Summit, we endeavor to continue the development of this new form of international exchange.
Expect a full write up in RANmagazine next issue, but we've got pix and vid right here for you, including some liveblogging on RANtv's Ustream channel! Check the goods below...
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The 19th annual Nagoya Port Festival and Fireworks happened yesterday, marking the official start to summer in Nagoya. Imagine a 2km stretch of road and park blocked off and having about 100,000 people suddenly show up to eat, drink and be merry.
This is what it looked like about 30 minutes before the fireworks started. I really wanted to be down here all afternoon, but where'd the time go?!
And here's some video for ya.
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We're putting together another charity event at the Hard Rock Cafe!
Our last event, RockThisTown, was very successful and raised some cash for Haiti, It also gave the chance for Nagoya to see some of the hottest local talent in town! So we decided to do it one more time...This one's an Unplugged event; you remember MTV right? This means only acoustic instruments-- no electric guitars, drum machines, synths, etc.Its going down Friday July 16th, from 7pm 'til 10pm.We're gonna ask for at least a 500yen donation music charge to be given to charities to help clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico... What a devastating ecological disaster....More details to come of course, so please watch this space!!
Yup, another event at the 'Rock. Try not to drink them outta beer this time, OK?
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