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Made in SA: Sephi Hakubi Drops Beats at Mizuumi-Con 5

DJ Sephi Hakubi will be speaking and performing at Mizuumi-Con 5 Saturday, March 31, 2012.

Mizuumi-Con 5 is tomorrow (March 31, 2012) at scenic Our Lady of the Lake University and one of the special guests is the progressive trance DJ Sephi Hakubi. Sephi is also the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Multimedia Producer and Artist for [Read it all...]

San Japan 2011 returns to the Alamo City next month

Cosplayers show off their fancy duds at San Japan 2010.

San Japan, South Texas’ premiere Japanese culture and anime convention, is almost upon us.

The annual event, which draws thousands of attendees, will take place Aug. 5-7 at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel. This year’s guests include a bevy of artists, voice actors, musicians and [Read it all...]

Tech in Twenty Checks out Ooples, Anime & Other Geek CultureTech in Twenty Checks out Ooples, Anime & Other Geek Culture

Luis Sandoval and Jennifer Navarrette took their essential technology podcast Tech in Twenty to the new Ooples retail store in the new Wonderland of the Americas Mall. We profiled Ooples.com founder Franklin Moormann in June when he mentioned that a retail store was in the works. Now otaku in San Antonio can browse anime-themed apparel [Read it all...]

Interviews and Videos from San Japan 3Interviews and Videos from San Japan 3

San Antonio’s premiere Japanese culture and anime convention, San Japan, is over but the interviews and videos are flooding the intertubes. You can check out loads of interviews with anime voice actors including San Antonio’s Jonathan Joss, see clips from concerts by Protomen, Maja and others and get a look at some of the panel [Read it all...]

Made in SA: First Storm MangaMade in SA: First Storm Manga

While attending Mizuumi-Con 3 at Our Lady of the Lake University, I was attracted to the First Storm Manga table to ogle at their art and comic samples on display. Attending the con with an eight-year-old doesn’t leave a lot of time for jawboning so I had unanswered questions about FSM…questions I knew Missions [Read it all...]

San Japan Announces 1st Guests & Opens Pre-RegSan Japan Announces 1st Guests & Opens Pre-Reg

From San Japan 2009. Photo ©2009 SkyPirate.

San Japan, San Antonio’s major Japanese Culture and Anime Convention, has announced the first round of guests for its July 2010 convention. The convention is proud to announce that voice actors Carrie Savage, Chris Ayres and Josh Grelle will be making return appearances to San Antonio. San [Read it all...]

Konnichiwa San JapanKonnichiwa San Japan

Japanese culture and media have been very influential to mainstream American media in varied ways, some as obvious as Godzilla, others as subtle as an American remake of a Japanese horror flick. If you are a fan of Japanese culture, movies, anime or manga, SAN JAPAN is the place for you this weekend.

San Japan [Read it all...]

Made In SA: Dave Henkin

SAN JAPAN'S MAN WITH A PLAN: Dave Henkin means business.

DAVE HENKIN is not one of us. He’s not a San Antonio guy. So why is he being profiled for “Made In SA”? Quite frankly, because in two short years, Dave has become one of the key shapers of San Antonio’s genre scene. He’s [Read it all...]