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Paul Vaughn, on August 2nd, 2010
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...]
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Paul Vaughn, on July 26th, 2010
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...]
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Paul Vaughn, on April 30th, 2010
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 Unknown [Read it all...]
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Mission Control, on January 20th, 2010
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 Japan [Read it all...]
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Paul Vaughn, on August 14th, 2009
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 is [Read it all...]
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John Picacio, on July 31st, 2009
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 making [Read it all...]