We interrupt your regularly awesome week at Japanator for a very special announcement! This coming Easter weekend, Japanator will be at one of the most awesome anime conventions this side of the western hemisphere! That's right, ANIME MATSURI IS BACK BABY! For those unfamiliar, Anime Matsuri is an amazing annual Japanese Pop Culture convention that takes place at The Woodlands, just north of Houston, Texas.
During last year's Anime Matsuri, Japanator had the great honor of hosting official panels at their con last year which included two hentai-related panels and one regular panel where we gave out PRIZES! Expect Japanator to be there once again for more crazy con-foolery and some JURNALIZMS.
BONUS: I think Gia is doing some HAWT cosplaying!
[UPDATE: JOHN MARTONE IN A DRESS CONFIRMED!]
We hope to see you there!
SUPER SPECIAL AWESOME NEWS!!!
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Vic Mignogna joins Japanator staff as Associate Editor
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Weekly Regulars
Weekend Japanatainment: Let's go to Switzerland, edition!
Japanator Radio 81
Releases for the week of 03/30/09
Tuesday Otaku Debate: Code Geass vs. Gundam 00
Fun Friday AMVs: 'Bustin
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Japanator Radio 82
Sugoi & Kawaii Stuff
Need to draw manga? Do it in an Akihabara cafe!
Why do we let Japan build a fire breathing robot baby?
The merchandising never ends: Japan to get a Lucky Star credit card?
Japan wins the WBC, and Eri Yoshida makes her debut
Macne Nana, the Mac version of Vocaloid
Avex and Docomo to bring new anime to cellphones
New hot Japanese schoolgirl gang member papercraft action from Tubbypaws
Pervy & WTF Stuff
Japan to require cognitive tests on old people before they can drive
Japanese railway etiquette posters encourage polite behavior
Students decide to try and murder teacher's baby because she changed their seating order
Myspace, the new place to do karaoke
News
Viz launches Bleach and Naruto movies on iTunes
Gundam 00 movie announced for next year
Twin Spica will be getting a dorama adaptation
Doujin PC games coming to the US market
Mini-Skirt Uchuu Kaizoku to get an anime
Bye-ni, Lucky Star, Yoshimizu will start a new manga
Japan will pay travel costs for unemployed foreigners who want to leave
Danny Choo is quickly taking over the world, likely to buy Japanator next
Shangri-La's opening sequence discovered
Shonen Jump offers free preview of new Naruto manga
Yen Press nabs Azumanga Daioh license, attempting to buy Kiyohiko Azuma too
New Tales of the Abyss manga: Jade's story
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood will be shown on Funimation's website
Hayate no Gotoku second season simulcast on Crunchyroll!
DMP acquires 2 new Hideyuki Kikuchi titles, plus contest for Vampire Hunter D pre-order
North Korea launches missle at Japan, or so they thought
Music
Visual Kei band An Cafe coming to California
April music calendar - too many cons edition
FAKE? coming to perform at AnimeNEXT
[Update] Distant Worlds brings live Final Fantasy music to the US
live comments!
It's been 3 years since the last one I was able to go to now, and as much as I'd love to be able to go and meet everyone in person, the troubles at hand could be represented by the odds of me being able to score a touchdown as a running back against Shin and Yamato from Eyeshield 21.