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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Japan Society Goes KRAZY!
Japan Society (333 East 47th Street) is an internationally acclaimed cultural institution that the New York Anime Festival had the honor and privilege of working with last year. Now, I'm excited to help spread the word about Japan Society's latest exhibition -- an exhibit every attendee of NYAF should take note of. Fanboys and fangirls, Japan Society will be exploring the phenomenon on Japanese pop culture in KRAZY! THE DELIRIOUS WORLD OF ANIME + MANGA + VIDEO GAMES from March 13 through June 14, 2009.
Pulling together 200 works of art, objects, and ephemera, KRAZY! illustrates the interconnected roots and themes of the three genres -- anime, manga, and video games -- and situates them within the context of Japanese art and life. Displayed in a series of enveloping spaces designed to evoke Tokyo’s clamorous cityscape by the Tokyo-based architectural firm Atelier Bow-Wow, KRAZY! includes the “Anime Garden” with simultaneous projections of six groundbreaking films accompanied by a special soundtrack room, the “Manga Pod” with close to one thousand books along with rare concept drawings and toys, and a video game space that allows visitors to play through key sections Toru Iwatani’s Pac-Man (1980) and Shigeru Miyamoto’s landmark Super Mario World (1990) and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) in an environment as inventive as the games themselves.
Visit www.japansociety.org for further information, and keep on reading below for two highlights of KRAZY!
ANIME SCREENINGS
Several anime films featured in KRAZY! will be shown full-length in the recently upgraded -- with digital projectors and 5.1 surround sound -- auditorium at Japan Society, including Katsuhiro Otomo’s classic Akira (1988), Masaaki Yuasa's Mind Game (2004), Satoshi Kon’s Paprika (2006), Patlabor 2: The Movie by Mamoru Oshii (1993), The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004) by Makoto Shinkai, and Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Episode 9 and 27 (1982-83) by Shoji Kawamori. Screenings begin Saturday, March 14 and continue until June 14, 2009. For a full schedule, visit www.japansociety.org.
KRAZY! COSPLAY PARTY
Saturday, March 28, 5:30-8:30 PM
In conjunction with the exhibition KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Manga + Video, Japan Society holds its first-ever Cosplay Party, inviting local fans to create and showoff costumes of their favorite characters and share their enthusiasm for anime, manga, and video games. The Cosplay Party includes classic anime film screenings, a costume competition with prizes from Kinokuniya Bookstore and Manga Entertainment, and free admission to the KRAZY! Only costumed individuals are eligible for the competition. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. See www.japansociety.org/cosplay for details.
Bat-Manga!
In 1966, the manga magazine Shonen King published an original series of Batman and Robin stories. This Batman manga series has never been collected in Japan and never translated into English. Until now. Pantheon Books and Chip Kidd are proud to present Bat-Manga! Bat-Manga showcases the Dynamic Duo as they've never been seen before -- battling dinosaurs, aliens, and other oddities spawned by atomic age Japan -- and contains vintage photos of a Japan swept away by a Batman craze.
And author and designer Chip Kidd will be coming to Kinokuniya Bookstore (1073 Ave of Americas) in New York City at 6 PM on November 17 to speak and conduct a booksigning.
You're coming, right?
Manga For Dummies at Kinokuniya
Manga For Dummies author Kensuke Okabayashi will be visiting our friends at Kinokuniya Bookstore (1073 Ave of Americas) in NYC at 3 PM on October 25. Okabayashi will be presenting a reading and demonstration followed by a signing. Peter will be there and taking notes for his Lance and Steve yaoi doujin.
Haruhi Day at Kinokuniya
NYAF is over, but the anime events keep on coming. Yen Press and Kinokuniya Bookstore have just announced “Haruhi Day” will take place this Saturday – Oct 18 – from 3 to 6 PM. Yen Press is holding the event to celebrate their upcoming release of the Haruhi book series, and the day includes a panel from the editors at Yen Press, a screening of Bandai’s Haruhi series, giveaways, and an amazing raffle.
Prizes include a $100 Kinokuniya Gift Certificate and a Year Subscription to Yen Plus!
NYAF isn’t coordinating this event, but we’ll be there. Stop on by to see if Peter’s slept since the Anime Fest ended. The answer may surprise you.
Baby, Fashion Show at NYA
American Debut of Baby, The Starts Shine Bright Fashion Show at
New York Anime Festival (NYAF) on Sunday, September 28 at 12:15pm!!
Where: Jacob K. Javits Center, Anime News Network Theater, Room 1A12
Occasion: The Second Annual New York Anime Festival
Designers from Baby, The Stars Shine Bright – Japan's premier Lolita fashion brand – are sponsoring their FIRST fashion show to take place in America. Born on the streets of Japan, Lolita fashion adopts child-like charms and details from periods such as Rococo France and Victorian England. Developing since the 1970s in Japan, Lolita fashion has gained a HUGE following worldwide.
Anime fans and followers of Asian cinema will recognize Baby, The Stars Shine Bright as the clothing line at the center of the feature film Kamikaze Girls.
The fashion show on September 28 will feature fashion designs from the movie Kamikaze Girls and the popular clothing line Alice and the Pirates!!!!
