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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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!!!!
Life: 09/28/08 | Posted By: ptatara | 0 comments |
Happy Birthday, TMR!
So, we're posting a bit of T.M.Revolution news today. Anything special about today? Only that it's T.M.R's birthday! That's right! Happy Birthday, Nishikawa-san! And, with T.M.R's folks checking out www.mediumatlarge.net, if you have any birthday wishes for Nishikawa-san, feel free to add them to the end of this message.
As we've said before, we're big fans of T.M.R and are very excited his staff are coming out to NYAF this year. They'll have a booth, be giving a panel, and presenting a screening. AND THEN STICKING AROUND FOR THE US PREMIERE OF NISHIKAWA-SAN'S NEW FILM -- CORAZON DE MELON!
Nishikawa's Corazon de Melon will be premiering on Sunday, September 28 in NYC at the New York-Tokyo Film Grand Prix! This film festival from our friends at New York-Tokyo is bringing together some of Japan's biggest, best, and most-cutting edge movies, and we're all delighted Corazon de Melon is part of the event!
Corazon de Melon is the story of Izumi and her boyfriend Hiromi (T.M.R). Hiromi, horribly ill, dreams of eating a delicious, exotic melon, and Izumi goes to great lengths to try to find it.
You can learn more about the Grand Prix here...
www.newyork-tokyo.com/wp/nytfgp2008-festival
You can order tickets here...
http://www.inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=28436
Life: 09/19/08 | Posted By: ptatara | 0 comments |
What To Do This Saturday? An Anime Fundraiser!
Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW) presents The First Annual Anime and Manga Fundraiser this Saturday. Cosplay-lovers are encouraged to showcase their talents and costumes at its Cosplay Fashion Show as the party is brought to life by the music of Echostream.
FUNimation, ITO EN, AnimEigo, Gaia Online, Planet Hollywood, and TOKYO POP have donated valuable gifts for raffle prizes and goodie bags.
Lisa Hammer, Triana Orpheus from the Venture Bros., will act as MC.
OIWW’s First Annual Anime and Manga Fundraiser takes place September 20, 2008 from 6 to 8pm in the China 1 Party Rooms at 50 Avenue B. The ticket price is $25 and includes food, drink and raffle tickets. Gift bags will be given to the first 100 who register and pay on-line. Go to PayPal.com and make the payment to anime@oiww.org. You can also buy tickets at http://www.oiww.org/events.html.
Life: 09/19/08 | Posted By: ptatara | 0 comments |
Big in Japan
We like TMR. TMR likes us. Everyone had a blast at his concert at New York Comic Con earlier in the year, and as a result, his staff are coming out to hang out at the New York Anime Festival. They've got a lot of events going on – some of which I've talked about before – but they've just now uploaded a website detailing everything relating to T.M.Revolution and abingdon boys school at NYAF.
http://www.discovery-japan.com/nyanifes08/index.html
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Who Wants To Be A Voice Actor?
Who wants to be a voice actor? It's the dream of so very many, many anime fans, and now, the New York Anime Festival with our friends at New York City studios NYAV Post and TripWire Productions will be giving NYAF attendees the chance to fulfill this dream! Hosted by NYAV Post founder Michael Sinterniklaas and TripWire Productions founder Tom Wayland, Who Wants To Be A Voice Actor? will give NYAF attendees the change to win a paid voice acting role in an upcoming NYAV Post and/or TripWire Productions project!
Who Wants To Be A Voice Actor? will take place at 11:15 AM on Sunday, September 28 in the Anime News Network Theater (Room 1A12).
Mike and Tom will put attendees through a series of contests, testing their vocal skills and range, narrowing the voice actor hopefuls down until only one remains. The contest will consist of three rounds: Prepared Material, Versatility, and Automatic Dialogue Replacement.
Round 1 – Prepared Material
Contestants will perform a monologue or scene no longer than one minute in duration. The material can be taken from any source (film, theater, anime, original works, etc.). Contestants must provide their own material for this round.
Round 2 – Versatility Challenge
For the delight of the audience and the embarrassment of the contestants, those remaining in the game will be provided with a passage and a specific character-type to use when reading their text. This wild and wacky event is all about speed, poise, and having a good sense of humor as our contestants will have to instantly conjure up characters from every corner of the imagination.
Round 3 – ADR
ADR is short for Automatic Dialogue Replacement, and it's what voice acting is all about. This is where the final group of contestants must lend their voices to an actual anime character. No prep, no rehearsal, no sweat… right?
The winner, determined by a panel of voice actor judges, will receive a paid voice acting role in an upcoming NYAV Post and/or TripWire Productions project.
The Official Entry form is located on the Contest Page at NewYorkAnimeFestival.com. To enter Who Wants To Be A Voice Actor? you must complete this form and drop it off at the New York Anime Festival Programming Office any time before 10:30 AM on Sunday, September 28.
Life: 09/18/08 | Posted By: ptatara | 0 comments |