Ahoy, I'm Peter Tatara. In brief, I'm left-handed, a vegetarian, and my blood type is A. I work for the New York Comic Con and New York Anime Festival and have a cute girlfriend and a Space: Above & Beyond boxset. I'm generally a happy guy.
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DramaFever Launch Party!
NYAF friend David Hou is currently working on a new site, DramaFever.com. An online video portal for high-quality, subtitled Asian prime time television -- all 100% legal thanks to ground-breaking partnerships with top Asian networks including MBC America and KBS Internet Co., Ltd, it’s going to be the Hulu of Asian Dramas.
The public launch date of DramaFever.com is Thursday, August 6, and to celebrate, DramaFever will host a launch party this same day in New York City at Circle Nightclub. The event is free and open to the (21+) public. Guests will receive gift bags from sponsors Ito En, Theme Magazine, TimeOutNY magazine, mark. cosmetics, MiN New York, and La Vie Zen Spa, and there will also be special performances by Asian American artists Magnetic North, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, and Taiyo Na.
DramaFever Launch Party
August 6, 7-9 PM
Circle Nightclub
135 W. 41st St.
Get your drama on!
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Tickets to C2E2 are now available at www.C2E2.com! $20 for a Single Day or $45 for a Weekend Pass!
C2E2 Tickets On Sale On Thursday!
This Thursday at High Noon (12 PM EST / 11 AM Central), tickets for the inaugural C2E2 event will go on sale to the public, and as we need your help to make history with this event, we’ve got an offer you can’t refuse. The first 100 people to purchase tickets will be honored as the Founding Members of C2E2.
C2E2 Founding Members will receive:
*A public thank you that includes having your name displayed both online at www.C2E2.com as well as in the official printed Program Guide
*A priority entrance to C2E2’s show floor every day. Yes, you can CUT THE LINE!
*20% off a future Chicago Comics purchase
We want to give special recognition to these first Founding Members for supporting us and helping to make C2E2 the biggest and best con to hit the shores of lake Michigan in over a decade. Not only do we plan to blow away fans from the ..Midwest.. with the size, scope, and content at C2E2, but we're pleased that we will feature some of the lowest priced tickets of any major con.
Starting tomorrow and continuing through September 1, 2009, C2E2 tickets will be available at a special Early Bird price: Weekend Pass - $45, Single Day Pass - $20.
For more information on C2E2 or to purchase tickets, please visit www.C2E2.com. For the latest announcements, please visit C2E2s official blog, www.mediumatlarge.net, or follow C2E2 on Twitter at www.twitter.com/C2E2.
Masquerade and AMV Contests Online
Otakon came and went last week, and -- as one of the 25,000 fans down there -- it was a blast. I picked up all of Tweeny Witches, GaoGaiGar, xxxHolic, Paradise Kiss, and had the most amazing giant cookie. This week, I'm off to San Diego Comic-Con, but I got some big bits of NYAF work done, too.
First up, NYAF's Masquerade details are online, and we've announced the Yume Cosplay Prize -- our Masquerade's top honor. The Masquerade winners will win a trip to Japan, five nights in a Tokyo hotel, VIP tickets to the Tokyo Anime Fair, and $1000 to spend in Japan. Wanna sign up? Enter at newyorkanimefestival.com.
Second up, NYAF's AMV Contest details are also online. We don't have a big, fancy trip to Japan for its winner, but you get bragging rights. Lots of 'em. Like with the Masquerade, you can enter now at newyorkanimefestival.com.
You want a guest announcement soon? I do. And I think I've got one, too.
NYAF Masquerade Details � Introducing the Yume Cosplay Prize!
Cosplay is a unique and beautiful part of anime fandom, and it's also what I get more emails about than anything else. What are the prizes? When's it going to happen? How can I sign up? Well, today, live from NYAF's Otakon booth, I'm proud to reveal all our secrets -- and introduce the Yume Cosplay Prize!
The New York Anime Festival celebrates the world of cosplay through a Masquerade -- a costume showcase that is part fashion show and part talent show -- like no other. Taking place Saturday, September 26 in the Jacob Javits Center, NYAF's Masquerade offers an array of traditional awards and, this year, is proud to debut the Yume Cosplay Prize...
Two roundtrip tickets to Japan
Five nights in a Tokyo hotel
VIP tickets to the Tokyo International Anime Fair
$1,000 in prize money
"Yume" is the Japanese word for "dream", and as it is the dream of so many anime fans to travel to Japan, we feel it is only fitting for us to name the NYAF Masquerade's top honor the Yume Cosplay Prize. But there is a larger dream here, too. The Yume Cosplay Prize -- and its trip to Japan -- are intended to not only be the top honor for cosplayers at the New York Anime Festival, but it is our goal for it to be the top prize in a competition that touches conventions across the USA and Canada, with regional winners gathering together in New York City to showcase the best cosplay in North America. Is it a big dream? Absolutely. Is it an achievable dream? We believe so, and, in the coming months, we aim to announce more conventions which share this dream. And we are honored to say that Florida's Metrocon is already sending its Masquerade winners to participate in this year's NYAF Masquerade!
Now, those of you who have attended NYAF before may be wondering about the World Cosplay Summit.
For the past two years, the New York Anime Festival had the honor of hosting the USA Preliminaries of the World Cosplay Summit; however, we must say that NYAF will not host the WCS USA Preliminaries at our 2009 event. The World Cosplay Summit does not yet have rules ready for its next competition, and as NYAF cannot change its dates and cannot hold back Masquerade registration, we must go on without hosting the USA Preliminaries this September. We were very privileged to have been part of the World Cosplay Summit, and we were greatly impressed by the distances traveled and caliber of contestants who entered, but the WCS will not be with us this year. NYAF, however, is not done inspiring dreams, and it is with this aim that we proudly announce the creation of the Yume Cosplay Prize.
The NYAF Masquerade is your chance to have your costume and talent recognized in front of thousands of anime fans and -- if your costumes are good enough and your performance daring enough -- win two tickets to Tokyo!
To learn more and to enter, visit nyanimefestival.com and (shortly) yumecosplay.com.
