The 20th Century Boys premiere.
Sebastian and shop girl Yuka at the 6%DOKIDOKI makeover contest.
OMODAKA+6%DOKIDOKI Girls
The DEVA LOKA USA panel (from left): me, Yoshitaka Amano, Mari Morimoto, Northrop Davis. Transcript up soon at the NEW PEOPLE website.
One of the limited-edition Junko Mizuno T-shirts on sale now at the NEW PEOPLE store.
But was anyone actually buying? Or was it a whole lot of "Ohh, that's nice YIKES how much? MMM, I'd like that but...wait..I can't find my size..." and such like?
Was there REALLY a need to re-invent the Metreon? (or however that was spelled, why not just call it "Sony mini mall" and be done?)
Clearly being in the wilds of Michigan I have not one dog in this hunt, I hope the Viz head honcho managed to impress his Japanese overseers.
(and it's telling the project was green lit in 2004, the peak of the bubble)
Posted by: Steve Harrison | August 16, 2009 at 08:24 PM
The reviews from the locals (Fred Schodt and Dana Lewis to name two) and the Lolitas have been largely positive. But yeah, not much there for old Yamato fans. I doubt you ever went to the Meteron, and neither did Amano, but even so, when was the last time you ever ventured out of Michigan?
Posted by: patrick macias | August 16, 2009 at 09:16 PM
AHHH HAHAHAHAHA last time I got out of Michigan...well, let's see...there was AWA '99, that was fun, then there was my 24 hours of agony at A-Cen in, I want to say '04, where I drove EARLY EARLY in the AM to meet people, failed, finally got my badge, met more folks, my anticipated crash space vanished, then had a freak-out of massive proportions and drove 4 hours home, risking going off the road every minute due to my chronic fatigue being on overdrive. I was LUCKY to survive that trip, brother, lucky. Someone was watching out for me.
ah well, someday I'll be able to do things again.
Posted by: Steve Harrison | August 16, 2009 at 09:36 PM