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For those of you following the adaptation of Dragonball Evolution, here is nice shot of the main actors at the opening at the Nippon Budokan on Tuesday night. What a nice looking group. From left to right they are: Joon Park, Jamie Chung, Eriko Tamura, Chow Yun-Fat, Justin Chatwin, Emmy Rossum, James Marsters, Megumi Seki and director [...]

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According to Japan Today, Yoshitomo Nara, a contemporary Japanese pop artist known for sculptures and paintings of doe-eyed figures, was arrested in late February for tagging graffiti in the Union Square subway station, a New York Police Department official said Monday.

Nara was arrested at 3:10 a.m. on Feb 27 and charged with criminal mischief, possession [...]

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From the Japan Society:
KRAZY!
The Delirious World of Anime + Manga + Video Games

Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery
Friday, March 13 — Sunday, June 14

KRAZY! will be New York’s first major show dedicated to the Japanese phenomenon of Anime, Manga, and Video Games—three forms of contemporary visual art that are exercising a huge influence on an entire [...]

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From MassMOCA:

Saturday, April 25, 2009, 8:00 pm
Club B-10
$10
 
East meets West in this exciting gathering of choreographers who represent some of the brightest rising stars on two continents – Kyle Abraham (New York), Amy O’Neal(Seattle), Kitamari (Kyoto) and Yukio Suzuki (Tokyo). Working at MASS MoCA for a week, their residency will culminate in a vibrant display of movement traditions intersecting to [...]

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So our son has been home with a fever for a few days (five and counting, poor guy), and we ran out of mellow things to do. That is, until Sydne scrounged a pile of Shrinky Dinks from the craft room! Here is an example of some of the fine art that she and our [...]

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