After dropping by Barnes & Noble to pick up my copy of The Otaku Encyclopedia by Patrick Galbraith, I headed over to Gateway 16 this evening and joined some fellow otaku from the Austin Anime Meetup Group for “Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young...
A few of us members from the Japan-America Society of Greater Austin took Tsugaru shamisen player Toshie Suzuki and pianist Kohei Moriyama from Wednesday night’s concert out to Austin’s famous The Oasis. The Oasis is a multi-tiered restaurant overlooking...
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...
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...
This week, I attended the happy hour hosted by the Japan-America Society of Greater Austin at the Central Market on North Lamar. Roughly 15 people showed up to connect and get to know each other a little better. I had a chance to chat with several people, including...
Next month, the Japan-America Society of Greater Austin will host a concert by Tsugaru shamisen player Toshie Suzuki at Casa de Luz. This looks like it’ll be a great performance by a truly talented musician. About Toshie Suzuki She was born in Nagoya, Japan and...
