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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Vampire Hunter D Creator At NYAF
Over the weekend at Fanime in California, Dark Horse's always awesome Carl Horn gave a little panel about Dark Horse Comics and what to expect from them coming up. What can you expect? Hideyuki Kikuchi -- the creator of Vampire Hunter D -- at the New York Anime Festival.
If you dig back to some of the stuff I've previously written about this year's NYAF (like the introduction to the 2008 website) you'll see I've been planting the D name a fair bit, but Carl's panel is the first public announcement that NYAF and Dark Horse have been working since the start of the year to bring Kikuchi-san, the author of all the Vampire Hunter D novels, as well as Kikuchi-san's friend and translator, Justin Leahy, to the 2008 New York Anime Festival.
The New York Anime Festival is a showcase for best of Japanese pop culture, and while we will be devoting a lot of time and energy to guests and events around titles which are currently captivating both America and Japan -- I want to focus beyond just what is big and popular now and explore the creators and the creations that first and forever defined anime and manga in America. Since the first Vampire Hunter D film was released in America, it was been creating followers. Even now, more than 20 years since the movie's debut, it is a staple among America anime fans -- a classic and timeless work. And, now that the original Vampire Hunter D novels are finally available in America, fans are discovering D as never before. D is a character who some have loved for over 20 years and others are falling in love with only today, and I want Kikuchi-san -- the man behind D and all his adventures -- to meet the men and women in America who have been shaped by his words and dream nightly of D.
Vampire Hunter D is what got me into anime, and bringing Kikuchi-san and Mr. Leahy to NYAF personally means very, very much to me, and I hope they'll both mean a lot to you, too.
What Are You Doing Over Memorial Day?
Memorial Day Weekend is here. Three days of fun, sun, and awkward time with family. So, where are you going? What are you doing? And, more importantly, what are you going to be playing or watching? Personally, I'm off to Boston to visit my girlfriend's family and when I'm not explaining my intentions towards their daughter, it's my plan to work my way through as much of The World Ends With You as possible. I love you, Nintendo DS!
Talk about your Memorial Day plans with people who understand you on the NYAF forum right here...
http://newyorkanimefestival.yuku.com/topic/560
NYAF Poster Revealed!
About two hours ago, I posted a blurry image of the NYAF 2008 poster, and forum member Cimi figured the picture out fast -- scarily fast. So, not waiting any further, I'm pleased to reveal to you all the New York Anime Festival's 2008 poster featuring Bandai Entertainment's Gurren Lagann...
http://www.mediumatlarge.net/2008/05/nyaf-2008-poster-revealed.html
A big thanks to our friends at Bandai and Aniplex for making this happen.
Cimi will be getting a copy of this poster sent out to him immediately. If you'd like a copy, head to Kinokuniya Bookstore at 1073 Ave of the Americas on Saturday, June 7 as NYAF's having a little party at Kinokuniya. What's the occasion? You'll find out soon.
Guess The NYAF Poster!
The New York Anime Festival's 2008 posters have just come into the office, and I'm excited. They look great and, personally, they make me geek out just a little bit. If you live in NYC, you'll start seeing them hanging up in Kinokuniya, Image Anime, Midtown Comics, and a few other comic and anime shops in the next few weeks. If you don't live in NYC, you'll see them at the NYAF booth at AnimeNEXT and Otakon.
But what if you're not in NYC or aren't going to any summer cons? Or what if you're impatient? Well, I've got just the thing for you! The New York Anime Festival's Guess The NYAF Poster Memorial Day Contest! You'll find the New York Anime Festival's 2008 poster right here...
http://www.newyorkanimefestival.yuku.com/topic/559
Notice anything odd? That's right, somebody pixelated the whole thing. If you're the first to guess which show it is over at the NYAF forum (just follow the link above), I'll be sending you out your very own copy of this non-pixelated, movie-theater-sized poster! A big huzzah and kudos to the mysterious anime company who made this poster possible.
NYAF Message Board! It's Alive!
The New York Anime Festival's going to be here in only a handful of months. It's kinda scary actually how fast year two is coming up. We've been working behind the scenes for a while now and will be announcing guests, programming, contests, and everything else throughout the summer, but while the bulk of our programming won't come out until July, I'm happy to reveal one bit of NYAF '08 is already alive.
The New York Anime Festival Message Board.
Located at newyorkanimefestival.yuku.com, the Message Board is an online community that lets you interact right now with other anime fans in and around New York City (and those from outside NYC who are making the trip in just for NYAF). You may recall that the Message Board was actually originally created as part of the '07 show, but it's recently been overhauled for '08. (No posts were deleted, but all 2007 talk has been moved to the Past Shows section.)
With NYAF coming up fast, I invite you now to pop on over to the new New York Anime Festival Message Board. It's a place to share, talk, discover, and -- of course -- rant.
