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.
- Created By ptatara
Mascot Contest Finalists!
The New York Anime Festival and our friends at theOtaku.com have narrowed down all the entries to this year’s mascot contest to 10 finalists. It was tough. It was very, very tough. We have to thank everyone who participated and were floored by the quality and creativity every character radiated. But, we had to choose only 10, and here they are…
http://theotaku.com/fanart/view/254669/summer_in_the_city
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255709/the_city_that_never_sleeps
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255731/nyaf_mascot
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255626/nyaf_mascot
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255603/ninja_cabby
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255599/chibizilla
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255604/nyaf_mascot
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255476/nyaf_mascot_contest
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255321/ny_sun
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/254757/umami_%2528contest_entry%2529
The New York Anime Festival will be set up all three days at AnimeNEXT, with its attendees voting for the winner. (We’re glad we don’t have to make the call.) We’ll be reporting back with the 2008 Mascot next week!
One Day Left in the NYAF Mascot Contest!
Just a reminder that there's one day left to enter the New York Anime Festival's 2008 Mascot Contest. We're giving you a chance to get your art seen by over 15,000 fans (and also get some awesome prizes)!
You can enter here...
http://theotaku.com/worlds/official/view/17883/nyaf_mascot_contest_announcement/
You can see the current entries here...
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/tags/nyaf_mascot
A big thanks to our friends at theOtaku.com for hosting the contest!
The New York Asian Film Festival is Here!
New York City is home to hundreds if not thousands of film festivals, and it’s amazing that amid all the prestigious and red carpet events that a little black sheep could come into town and quickly become one of the biggest, best, and most quirky film festivals in New York City and the entire country. This little sheep? The New York Asian Film Festival. Since 2002, it has brought Asia’s brightest, most explosive, and most important films to New York City, and 2008 is poised to be the Asian Film Festival’s biggest year yet -- with 43 feature films screening between June 20 and July 6!
The New York Anime Festival knows the team behind the New York Asian Film Festival, and the show’s acclaim and fanbase are no accident. They are the result of the hard work and sleepless nights of everyone whose hands are involved in the event, and I strongly encourage you to head out to the New York Asian Film Festival this year as there’s a wide world of Asian cinema out there -- with anime just the beginning.
Some highlights from this year’s New York Asian Film Festival…
L: CHANGE THE WORLD -- The Death Note movies were massive hits in Japan, and now the latest installment in the series hits screens courtesy of Hideo Nakata, director of the landmark horror film The Ring. This time around it's L, the teen, goth Sherlock Holmes who takes center stage to solve a new, sinister mystery. This summer blockbuster is like a candy bar for your brain.
DORORO -- Osamu Tezuka's rip-roaring action manga hits the big screen in a big-budget movie that's like Lord of the Rings on acid. A female thief teams up with a swordsman who's hunting the missing 48 parts of his body, stolen by a whole cursed zoo of demons who scuttle across the screen in all their spider/slug/baby monster glory.
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKES -- Kiriko Nananan's manga Sweet Cream and Red Strawberries hits the big screen in a movie that refuses to insult your intelligence. It's what Sex and the City would have been if it had been about the lives of real women in a real city, rather than a cartoon for adults set in a fictional New York. Considered by many to be the best Japanese film of 2006, this is essential viewing and the best of what manga on the big screen can mean.
Excited yet? For the full film listing, showtimes, and tickets, visit subwaycinema.com!
Lolita Day Pictures!
The New York Anime Festival, Kinokuniya Bookstore, Del Rey Manga, Samurai Beat Radio, and VIZ Pictures teamed up for Lolita and Maid Fashion Day on June 7, 2008. If you missed it, you can experience it now online thanks to the photography of Petrina Cheng!
http://www.nyanimefestival.com/en-us/591.cfm
Win Tickets To Bleach: The Movie!
The New York Anime Festival -- thanks to our generous friends at VIZ Media --- is happy to announce we have four pairs of free tickets to a New York City screening of Bleach: The Movie - Memories of Nobody!
The tickets are all to a screening that begins at 7:30 PM on June 12 (this is not the NYC premiere event, but a screening that takes place the day after). What do you need to do to win? Simply be one of the first four to make a post in the Bleach: The Movie section of the NYAF Messageboard...
http://www.newyorkanimefestival.yuku.com/topic/590
I'll be Private Messaging the first four to post, and they'll each take home a pair of free tickets!
If you're not one of the first four and want to attend, you can buy tickets to Bleach: The Movie at fathomevents.com.
