Picture Perfect Paranoia

Remember this one? I one I made just below this?

Unfortunately, for reasons I have no control of, I wasn’t able to make it. Like what Zeroblade said, priorities comes first, and when I said it, we’re both referring to not only academic priorities, but to real life obligations as well. Such is the state of conventions attendance on my to-do list.

Damn, I hope what happened was as good as I was expecting it to be.

This just in: Mangaholix Manga Mania 2008 - Atma Xplorer

To past attendees, since Mangaholix will no longer be held in the Music Hall of Mall of Asia, entrance will no longer be free.

Tickets will be pre-sold on ALL Ticketnet outlets OR on the event itself.

Ticket pricing is at Php 100.

What: Mangaholix Manga Mania ‘08
When: May 31, 2008, Saturday
Where: SMX Convention Center, Seashell Drive, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City Philippines

Thanks to the obvious poster in front of our school poster (see bottom of linked post) I was forced to ponder on whether to attend or not and if this is such a good thing. I need a fresh baptismal experience and this just flew in my face.

So should I or should I not? This event falls on a Saturday so I have no conflicts with schedule as far as my academics are concerned.

Well, isn’t this an interesting development?

Free and Legal Anime on YouTube - JapanProbe.com

Starting in June, when Kadokawa finds its toons on YouTube, it will check to see if the person/company that posted the content is legit rather than immediately ordering YouTube to take it down.

…

…to encourage legit uses of its toons, while spreading the international word about them on YouTube and reaping profits in the bargain.

Do you think this is a wise decision on the part of Kadokawa? I think so too, and it’s a welcoming development in the world of the anime industry, where they are engaged in a legal battle with distributors of illegal content.

Original content by FuckedGaijin.

Proliferation of slacks hints at the demise of schoolgirl skirts - Mainichi Shimbun

Slacks are slowly becoming part of schoolgirl uniforms throughout the country, with a Sapporo junior high school’s decision earlier this year to make them compulsory threatening to end the hegemony of the hem.

Slacks replaced skirts as girls’ compulsory garb at the Sapporo Municipal Minamigaoka Junior High School from spring this year, although pupils will be able to wear skirts for about three months over the summer period.

Will this be a sign of some sort of the pending demise of the schoolgirl look?

Seems like Hollywood isn’t content with “Americanizing” classic Japanese horror movies, i.e. The Ring, The Grudge. Now they seem to focus on another thing that’s making cultural waves: Anime.

Yup, you don’t have to check your ears to see if they’re working properly like they should, and Yep I ain’t kidding. Via a tip from soulassassin547, up coming next is the “Anime Movie” version of that series about a high speed car with top secret weaponry, the Mach 5; yes, boys and girls, it’s the then-popular Speed Racer.

Hollywood ‘Turning Japanese’ With Anime Movies

Give Hollywood credit for really jumping on a cultural phenomenon the moment it arrives.

This time, the perpetually slow-moving movie biz power brokers are looking to adapt a crazy little Japanese thing called anime for the silver screen.

You do have to wonder how this will turn. The original, by the way, is episodic in nature, so turning the entire story up in a movie time limit will either please or displease the fans, to the point of throwing tomatoes and other rotten foodstuff at the producers for making this atrocity.

Oh by the way, USA Today has the list of upcoming adaptations by Hollywood of our beloved anime classics, which also include an anime-inspired series (think of Teen Titans on Cartoon Network).

Filmmakers and fans are quick to point out that most of the anime adaptations will be live action — a much easier sell at theaters. And unlike the dark and violent tone of many anime stories, Racer is a family-friendly PG.

But they also acknowledge that the genre appeals to a select group. “Generation X is very familiar with anime,” says Zac Bertschy, executive editor of the Anime News Network, a website dedicated to the genre. “But if you’re not in that age group, there may be a learning curve.”

Racer won’t suffer from a lack of fan familiarity. The question, says Michael Pinto of anime.com, is whether the Wachowskis have the craftsmanship they demonstrated in 1999’s The Matrix, which was partly inspired by Akira and Shell.

“They won over a lot of anime fans with the first one, and disappointed a lot of them with the sequels,” Pinto says. “They’re obviously fanboys. People want them to regain that touch, because it could open the door for more anime.” (emphases mine)

See? There’s obviously a connection that needs to be made between the fans and the producers that seem to be sorely missing. It must be remedied.