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Arts and Culture

My Speed-Date With Opening Night of Anime NYC 2025!

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Anime NYC is always a highlight of the fall convention season, spanning four days of panels, screenings, and an overwhelming array of exhibitors and fan experiences. This year, however, my time on the show floor was limited to the Thursday evening preview, since I flew out the next morning for a long-planned San Diego vacation. That meant I had just a few hours to explore before the weekend crowds rolled in, and I knew I’d need to be selective with what I chose to cover.
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Design and Innovation

Eye On Design: Rei Kawakubo, Manga-Inspired Kimono Ensemble

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Few designers collapse the boundaries between fashion and art as audaciously as Rei Kawakubo, the visionary force behind Comme des Garçons. In 2017, the Metropolitan Museum of Art mounted a landmark retrospective of her work, Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between, spotlighting the designer’s relentless pursuit of ambiguity, contradiction, and reinvention. This week’s featured kimono-inspired ensemble, however, was photographed as part of the exhibit Kimono Style, featuring items from the collection of John C. Webber.
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Design and Innovation

Pink Thing of The Day: Ocean Bomb Super Saiyan Rose Melon Soda Can

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Today’s Pink Thing is a true power-up for your taste buds: Ocean Bomb’s limited edition Dragon Ball Z soda, featuring none other than Super Saiyan Rose—aka Goku Black in his Pink-haired, ultra-intense transformation mode! This collectible can sports a bold, anime-style portrait of the villainous heartthrob with spiky Cotton-Candy-Pink Hair, looking ready to vaporize your thirst. Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: Ocean Bomb Super Saiyan Rose Melon Soda Can →

Arts and Culture

Favorite Cosplayers from Anime NYC, 2024

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elfin cosplayers at anime nyc photo by gail worley
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In the interest of full transparency, I confess that I stopped attending Halloween costume parties about 20 years ago.  The reason for this is three-fold:

  1. My costume ideas are lame.
  2. I am lazy.
  3. My competitiveness is such that if I can’t be the best at something, I would (almost always) rather not play.

That said, I have an overabundance of admiration (read: jealousy) for the amazing Cosplayers who go out of their way to make fan conventions like New York Comic Con and Anime NYC such over-the-top hits! Seriously, without all these passionate fans impeccably dressed as their favorite characters from Anime, Comics, Movies and Manga, the experience wouldn’t be nearly as head-spinning. If you’ve been to one of these fan conventions, I think you will feel me on this: Cosplayers are the Martial Artists and Fire Jugglers of fan conventions, and they deserve respect. Continue reading Favorite Cosplayers from Anime NYC, 2024 →

Design and Innovation

Shark Attack Bangboo!

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Ah, there’s truly nothing quite like the discovery of a Shark Attack featured post that takes me down a Rabbit Hole of unknown mysteries. Such is the case with this Shark (Attack) Bangboo, an adorable animated shark creature depicted on a poster that I spotted in the very colorful neighborhood of Shoreditch in London. What, exactly, does it all mean? Let’s find out! Continue reading Shark Attack Bangboo! →