by Austin Otaku | Sep 18, 2009 | Groups and Meetups, Restaurant Reviews
Here are some pics from tonight’s Thursday Night Manga Meetup, which is an event held by the Austin Anime Meetup Group. In addition to some really great conversation about manga, anime, and Japanese cinema with the group, I decided to treat everyone to some...
by Austin Otaku | Sep 17, 2009 | Events
Last night, Toshie Suzuki, a championship player of the Tsugaru Shamisen, performed at Casa de Luz in Austin. Well over 100 people showed up for the event, which is great. That just shows how interested Austinites are in Japanese culture, from anime and manga to the...
by Austin Otaku | Sep 9, 2009 | Events
Well, my Events Calendar plugin pooped out, and it couldn’t have picked a worse month. September is absolutely loaded with activities in the Austin area. So, in order to avoid anyone being able to say I didn’t keep them informed, here’s a list of...
by Austin Otaku | Aug 26, 2009 | Events, Groups and Meetups
Tonight, the Alamo Draft House at Lake Creek in Austin hosted a showing of Funimation’s “Evangelion 1.0: You Are (not) Alone.” I had heard that the theater was sold out earlier today, and I got confirmation when I looked around right before the movie...
by Austin Otaku | Aug 12, 2009 | General
I started AustinOtaku.com as a way to allay my own restlessness, living in the heart of Texas, far away from Tokyo or any of the three Japantowns (nihonmachi) in the U.S.. It’s one of the annoyances of adulthood that you have to settle into a job and worry about...