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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Otakon!
NYAF Programming Director Peter Tatara is now on the train to Baltimore, as NYAF's on it's way to Otakon. We'll be set up in the Exhibition Hall throughout the con, giving away chopsticks, posters, and whatever's not bolted down in his hotel room. To follow the fun, follow @ny_anime_fest and @petertatara on Twitter.
Further, if you've been looking at NYAF's site recently, you'll no doubt have seen our Cosplay Variety Show and Hall Cosplay Contest details are both online. What about the Masquerade? Where's it at? We've got a fancy pants cosplay announcement to make at Otakon -- so keep your eyes glued to nyanimefestival.com this weekend for all our Masquerade secrets!
NYCC Happy Hour - Tomorrow!
Have you been to one of our NYCC Fan Happy Hours? No? Well, you've missed out on food, fun and prizes, and -- this time -- were really stepping up our game. Come by Dave and Buster's in Times Square tomorrow (Wednesday, July 15th) from 6-9 PM to meet Chris Batista, Jamal Igle and Mark Morales! They'll each do a half hour signing:
Jamal Igle - 6:30
Chris Batista - 7:00
Mark Morales - 7:30
And if that isn't enough motivation for you, we've got amazing giveaways for our 8 PM raffle!
Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary The DC Comics Encyclopedia The Marvel Encyclopedia The Vertigo Encyclopedia 2gb Darth Vader and Darth Maul Mimobots Top Cow Graphic Novels, Comics and Bookmarks
See you at Dave and Buster's tomorrow!
Huzzah and Kudos to All Nippon Airways!
The New York Anime Festival's very happy -- and very honored -- to be partnering with All Nippon Airways this year. ANA's doing a great deal to help make the show a success, and you'll be seeing their name and logo a lot throughout NYAF. And, if you're planning a trip to Japan, won't you fly ANA like we do?
And, in the mean time, won't you watch ANA's anime intro?
20th Century Boys Trilogy Plays At NYAF
The New York Anime Festival is honored and excited to announce that all three films in Yukihiko Tsutsumi's 20th Century Boys trilogy will screen at the New York Anime Festival this September. Based on the award-winning manga by Naoki Urasawa, 20th Century Boys tells the tale of a gang of seventh graders in 1969 who hide in their secret clubhouse, making up stories about saving the world from super villains, only for us to flash forward to the future and discover these imaginary stories are coming true and the seventh graders -- grown up into broken down salarymen and convenience store managers -- realizing they've got to come together to save the world.
The first two 20th Century Boys films debuted at the New York Asian Film Festival earlier this summer, and NYAF will serve as the New York Premiere of the final 20th Century Boys motion picture. All three films are being co-presented by VIZ Pictures and Subway Cinema.
20th Century Boys: Part 1 - The Beginning of the End and 20th Century
Boys: Part 2 - The Last Hope will screen on Friday, September 25th at NYAF. 20th Century Boys: Part 3 - Redemption will premiere on Sunday, September 27th.
Sweet!
UrumaDelvi Anime & Manga Creators Day � July 12
Anime creators UrumaDelvi, manga artist Misako Rocks!, voice actress Veronica Taylor, illustrator Jose Velasco, and World Cosplay Summit Team USA are all coming to Kinokuniya Bookstore (1073 Ave of the Americas) on Sunday, July 12. The day's jam packed with women and men living the dream of being a part of the worlds of anime and manga, and you're invited to attend. The UrumaDelvi Anime & Manga Creators Day is free and open to the public…
12 PM - World Cosplay Summit Team USA. India Davis and Liz Licata will be traveling to Japan at the end of July to compete in the World Cosplay Summit -- the Olympics of Cosplay. Come see them at Kinokuniya to find all about their costumes and their plans for Japan.
1 PM - Misako Rocks! Manga creator Misako Rocks! will be presenting a manga workshop, highlighting her style and giving tips to aspiring artists.
2 PM - Veronica Taylor. Veronica Taylor, the voice behind numerous anime characters, will be joining Misako Rocks! on stage to demonstrate what it takes to be a voice actor, creating voices live to sketches drawn by Misako.
3 PM - Jose Velsaco. Jose is an illustrator and animator who's worked on Saturday Night Live, Courage he Cowardly Dog, and TMNT. He'll be showing off clips of his work and discus working in the US animation industry.
4 PM - UrumaDelvi. Samurai Beat Radio will host Delvi of anime studio UrumaDelvi and demonstate UrumaDelvi's animation software. UrumaDelvi are a husband and wife team responsible for a number of popular animations in Japan, chief among which being the "Oshiri Kajiri Mushi" or "Bottom-Biting Bug". Discover more at urumadelvi.com.
5 PM - Raffle. Win DVDs, posters, and even tickets to the New York Anime Festival!
