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Noburu Ishiguru 1938 – 2012

eeeper — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:47:00 +0000

Chances are, if you’re reading this, that you probably have heard of the passing of famed anime director Noburu Ishiguru. Mr. Ishiguru passed away aged 73. I won’t keep you all very long. This is my personal recollection of Ishiguru.

I knew of Ishiguru’s work in anime even before I knew of he, himself. Growing up with Robotech, you, sort of, had no choice in the matter. Even after discovering about Macross, and his involvement with it, I remained impressed that one man kept it all of it together. Today there are committees, companies and like for this sort of thing. Back then nobody knew about cross media opportunities, having record companies work hand in hand with anime producers to the degree Macross did. Ishiguru helmed a series that did all that.

Working on the 1980′s Astro Boy series, you can see his flair even inside this most Tezuka of Tezuka’s works and having the added pressure of working alongside the God of Manga himself. I am only now digging into the treasure that is Legend of Galactic Heroes. Such an amazing work. Oddly, I saw his latest work, Tytania, before starting into LoGH. Does this distract from his earlier space opera? Not at all, in my book.

At Otakon 2011,I had the delightful opportunity to see Mr. Ishiguru in person as he, Makoto Shinkai and Kazuya Murata were jointly holding a Producers and Directors panel (well, the producers were too scared to come up on stage, so it became a directors panel!). We heard from a variety of their recollections, most of which I struggle to recall at the moment to be honest, and then got a chance to ask questions. Unfortunately, some idiot decided to ask the inevitable Tsunami question and that ground the whole panel to a halt. As a result, a lot of us never got a chance to ask our questions. I had a few but now I think of it, there really was only one: “For Ishiguru-sempai, and the rest of the panel if they like, what do you want to be remembered for?” Sadly, I’ll never get the chance to ask that of Mr. Ishiguru, but looking back at his long body of work, his contribution to what we regard as modern anime and his great take on being an animation director, I think I’ve got the best answer possible, in my mind. Thank you, Mr. Ishiguru, for all your hard work. You have most certainly earned your rewards, whenever you are.

Go raibh maith agat.

The Nerdverse is always darkest before the dawn! Otakon Roundtable Part 2

eeeper — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:10:00 +0000

And so, our Otakon report comes to an end. With the terrible Bandai panel, last minute dealer room runs and a resolve to highly return some day (EDIT: Elliot and Gerry are going back in 2012!) we wrap things up, nice and easy-like.

As always the links for our guests:

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Gerry’s Twitter

His blog

Download audio file (otakon_roundtable_part2.mp3)

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Up Periscope, Pop Culture Shock Ahead Captain! Otakon Roundtable Part 1

eeeper — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:00:44 +0000

And so, another summer is gone. But not before we head out into the wild blue ether and give you part one of our two part roundtable Otakon discussion. With me are Elliot Page and Gerald Martin. Their details for contacting them again are:

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Gerry’s Twitter

His blog

Next up will be a break from the roundtable. It’s a good surprise, trust me!

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Podcasts I’m appearing in

eeeper — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:56:23 +0000

Hey, some quick updates for you.

First, I’ve some podcasts recorded (and backed up!) and am in the process of editing them now. First one of them should be up soon.

Second, I appeared on Patz’ Podlabor podcast over on Insert-Disc. Click here for Baltimore goodness.

Finally, you can find me on Otaku News with reviews and stuff.

Tired but it was worth it.

eeeper — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:34:04 +0000

Hi all!

I’m back from Otakon and it was great. Saw the new Shinkai film and attended a bunch of panels. I’ll be doing some podcasts about it later this week so hopefully you’ll get to hear about it soon.

Laters!

I ♥ Lolita!?!

eeeper — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:18:34 +0000

Erololita by =arkaya on deviant ART

This time around I’m posting up the audio from the Lolita/Cosplay panel from Eirtakon in November 2007!!! Well better late than never, I suppose. On the track you will hear Amy, Holly and Sinead with CuLT running the Powerpoint presentation again. You may be able to hear me asking stupid questions but hey that’s why you all love me, right? RIGHT!?!

If you’re into Gothic Lolita fashion or cosplay in general in Ireland then check out this forum on Eirtaku

Things mentioned on the panel:
Cons in Ireland:

Lolita/Cosplay:

Thanks to Butterscotch @ Eirtaku for the lolita/cosplay links!

UPDATE:In relation to Lolita clothing, Sinead pointed out that a person dressing lolita should never show off skin however this is not true. There is a genre of Lolita clothing that shows of a lot of skin and it is called Erololita. A good name for it Burlesque Lolita. See the image at the top of the post for an example.

Download here

Download audio file (ECP_eirtakon_lolita_cosplay_panel.mp3)

Next time:

Do you trust this man with your con?