Tag Archives: Anime Expo

The Black Eyed Peas’ Love Song to Japan

A good friend of ours posted this video yesterday, saying that he missed Anime Expo. The lyrics are quite relevant (“I just can’t get enough” really resonates with those feelings of “con withdrawal” that always come up after such an … Continue reading

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California Dreamin’

We’ve landed! We’re safe and sound in LA and everything went smoothly. The girl at the ANA counter did get a look of polite Japanese terror when we rolled up the enormous Daruma boxes. It probably didn’t help that I … Continue reading

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Our trip to the Daruma Factory!

Yesterday we did something that was easily one of the coolest things we’ve ever done in Japan. We had a Super Awesome Secret Mission for Anime Expo–we went to the Daruma Factory to get special custom Daruma for this year’s … Continue reading

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SUPER HAPPY AWESOME SUMMER GIVEAWAY!

What time is it? Giveaway time! We’re getting really excited about Anime Expo, and our Panel (Friday! 10:45 am! LP4! Los Angeles Convention Center Room 411!  Be there!) Our flight leaves in less than a week! And how better to … Continue reading

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The Big Announcement!

If you’re my friend on Facebook, then you may have seen a recent post mentioning that my time-off request for [REDACTED] unfortunately conflicted with [TOP SECRET] and it ended up going all the way to the Prefectural Board of Education. … Continue reading

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Vocaloid, Holograms, and You

A few years ago, we were lucky enough to be invited to the X Japan Reunion Concert at the Tokyo Dome. However, I was rather confused to see the bassist who died in 1998 up on the stage. Would they … Continue reading

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