‘OTAKU-VERSE ZERO’ INVADES A TOKYO GRINDHOUSE MOVIE THEATER IN EPISODE FIVE
Tokyo, Japan, December 28. 2010 – Yuu Asakawa (voice actress, Azumanga Daioh, Love Hina) and Patrick Macias (Editor, Otaku USA magazine) are the featured hosts of Otaku-Verse Zero, a new English language series from web TV network K’zStation.
Updated weekly and filmed in Tokyo, Otaku-Verse Zero aims to bring “otaku all over the universe” fun and lively coverage of anime, manga, and Japanese pop culture.
Episode five, now available for viewing on-line, features Patrick and Yuu’s report on the Asakusa Meigaza movie theater: an authentic grindhouse-style cinema that screens daily triple bills of old-school samurai and yakuza pictures. Patrick marvels at the Meigaza’s projection room and rummages through a collection of rare movie posters, while Yuu talks about her favorite films and gives advice on where to see real yakuza gangsters in Japan.
About K’zStation
Based in Tokyo, Japan, K’zStation is a web TV channel that provides original content to two million viewers a month. Their programming features some of Japan’s top comedians, voice actors, and idols including SKE48.
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Interesting episode. You guys should try to cover a popular anime movie premiere in theater next time like a gundam movie which is always a big event there.
Posted by: Tim | December 28, 2010 at 11:43 AM
When's the last time a Gundam movie opened? There should be another Evangelion coming up, though.
Posted by: Tim Eldred | December 29, 2010 at 12:05 PM
Oh yeah I forgot about that. An Evangelion 3.0 premiere coverage would be awesome considering how big Evangelion is in Japan.
Posted by: Tim | December 29, 2010 at 02:56 PM
Can you guy also try to visit the popular lucky star shrine? I'm not a fan of the show but I am curious to know what goes on over there and how it differentiates from the show. I believe it's in the Washinomiya Shrine which is located in Tokyo. Also, try checking out the Ghibli Museum and any well known sushi places (if they allow cameras that is).
Posted by: Tim | December 30, 2010 at 08:23 PM
i hope you came out of that movie theatre stuffed to the gills with old yakuza eiga posters under your shirt. If i had a theatre like that near me, that'd never go broke.
Interesting choice of fav (Street Mob). Surprisingly, I lean toward Bakuto Gaijin (Sympathy for the Underdog) as my fav even though my fav actor is Bunta as well. In reality, it's too tough to pick just one.
Posted by: spm | January 02, 2011 at 02:13 PM