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This time last year, I was walking around the convention halls that housed AnimeNEXT in Somerset, NJ. As it turns out, this year’s AnimeNEXT is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Hard to believe they’ve been going strong since 2001. Good work on surviving a decade, fellows. And as I trudge through my own writing archives, […]
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Ari Rockefeller presents AnimeNEXT 2011 — The Weekend of Too Many Anniversaries
June 19th, 2011 
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Comments Off on Ari Rockefeller presents AnimeNEXT 2011 — The Weekend of Too Many AnniversariesAya Hirano to Retire from Music
May 29th, 2011 Ari Rockefeller Hirano, holding a sketch of Konata Izumi from Lucky Star. Today, Aya Hirano announced via her twitter account that she would not be recording any more music. She stated on her twitter feed that her album, “Hysteric Barbie” was slated to be her last, but the decision was made to produce a Best-Of album soon […]
Ari Rockefeller presents Steampunk World’s Fair 2011 — So Familiar, and Yet So Bizarre (or “Rapture? What Rapture?”)
May 22nd, 2011 Ari Rockefeller When the topic of going to a convention comes up, given my experience and journalistic credentials, I assume I’m going to be covering an anime convention. Though, anime conventions are all I’ve ever been to and/or covered. The excursion this weekend was not an anime convention, but it wasn’t dropped me on the last […]
Posted in Convention Reports Comments Off on Ari Rockefeller presents Steampunk World’s Fair 2011 — So Familiar, and Yet So Bizarre (or “Rapture? What Rapture?”)Sayonara, Tokyopop
April 16th, 2011 Ari Rockefeller If you like buying manga in the States, you’re in for a disappointment. Manga distributor Tokyopop announced that come May 31st, Tokyopop would be shutting down its US offices. The German branch, though, will stay open to handle distribution and its film division. Founded in 1997, Tokyopop started out as Mixx (“a mix of entertainment, […]
Ari Rockefeller presents: Castle Point Anime Convention 2011 — What the Hell Am I Doing in Hoboken?
April 13th, 2011 Ari Rockefeller When you mention the small north Jersey town of Hoboken, there are several images that initially come to mind. The first of which is that it’s the birthplace of Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Frank Sinatra. It’s also where the first baseball game was played in the United States, […]
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