Sugoi Stuff

For anyone who is wondering when the next yaoi con will be, here are the details from Lights Out

5th Lights Out: Five Years of Fantasy
September 6, 2008
Ikeda Hall/Balay Kalinaw (next to Ilang-Ilang Residence Hall),
University of the Philippines Diliman Campus, Quezon City
Festivities will start at 1:00 PM and will wrap up at 7:00 PM.

Tickets are pegged are pegged at PhP 150 each (inclusive of single-use Event Badge and Library Pass), while tickets to Cafe Le Mirage are at PhP 80 each (inclusive of one half-hour tea set).

LO Core Mailing List members will enjoy PhP 30 off their entrance tickets — please get in touch with the LO organisers via the mailing list for more information!

*And to anyone who is curious why there is a cafe in a con, it will be a butler cafe– the male counterpart of the very popular maid cafes. Yes, male butlers catering to your whim for a half hour.

For more information, please visit their official website.

Film geeks and otakus unite! You can now watch Japanese films and anime for free, only this July!

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In celebration of Philippines – Japan Friendship Month, the Japan Foundation, Manila, in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan, the Shangri-La Plaza Mall, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, and the UP Film Institute presents a glimpse of the Japanese culture in Eiga Sai ’08.

This year’s offering brings together 5 contemporary, 1 classical and 2 animae/manga films in 35mm format that would surely amuse Japanese film enthusiasts and the general public as well. An invitational screening of We Shall Overcome Someday (Pacchigi) by director Kazuyuki Izutsu will be held on July 8, 2008 (Tuesday) at 7:00 p.m. at the Shangri-La Plaza Cinema 3, Edsa, Mandaluyong City.

In line with the celebration, the J-Pop Anime Matsuri to be hosted by the Embassy of Japan will be held on July 26 and 27 and the event includes the preview screenings of Chibi Maruko Chan (1990, written by Momoko Sakura) and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki o Kakeru Shōujo, 2001, directed by Mamoru Hosoda), a multi-awarded animae film that received the Grand Prize Award in the animation division of the 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival and the Special Distinction for Feature Film Awards at France 31st Annecy International Film Festival in June 2007.

All films will be shown with English subtitles. Screening venues are at the Shangri-La Plaza Cinema 3 (July 8 to 13, 26 & 27), CCP Dream Theater (August 7 to 10), and UP Film Institute (August 11 to 14 & 16). ADMISSION IS FREE. For detailed screening schedules and inquiries, please check the Japan Foundation, Manila website: www.jfmo.org.ph or call the JFM telephone numbers 811-6155 to 58.

See the full screening schedule here

And no, I didn’t mean Ken Masters; I meant Ken Washio from Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. It wouldn’t be a cross-over if I said it was Ken Masters, would it?

That dream match will be realized in the near future, as Capcom teams up with Tatsunoko Productions, the animation studio behind Speed Racer, Tekkaman and the aforementioned Gatchaman, to bring us Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes.

Would you look at that; Street Fighter IV hasn’t been officially released yet, and now here’s Capcom with another possible blockbuster!
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