My book A Geek in Japan will be finally officially on sale in bookstores all over the world from Friday! I will be giving a short presentation about the book at Aoayama Book Center Roppongi the 30th of this month from 20:00. See you there!
Schedule: Thursday June 30th, 2011 20:00 start
Place: Aoyama Book Center Roppongi Detailed Map
Contact: 03-3479-0479/ Aoyama Book Center Roppongi
More detailed information about the event at Aoyama Book Center website
Next month we will have a new Ghibli movie in Japan. Kokurikozaka Kara (コクリコ坂から, “From Kokuriko’s hill”) is the second movie directed by Goro Miyazaki after Gedo Senki. It seems that father and son have come to terms after their difficulties with Gedo Senki when Hayao Miyazaki expressed his concerns with the movie and did not really work in the production. This time, Hayao Miyazaki has been completely involved in the movie, writing the script and drawing most of the storyboards together with Keiko Niwa and working closely with his son Goro, the director. We could say that this is the first movie made by the Miyazaki’s: father and son.
The movie is based in this manga from the 80s with the same name:
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“Itasha” (痛車) are cars decorated with anime or video game characters. Itasha enthusiasts organize events where they share their best vehicle decoration techniques and some of them even compete in races. The word “itasha” literally means something like “painmobile”.
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