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Monthly archives for October 2012

The Otaku Culture

Manga-themed trench coats

October 29, 2012 Frederick Linsmeyer
Manga-themed trench coats

The age old problem of dressing sharp while still showing your passion for manga has been solved. Japanese department store Isetan will be selling limited run trench coats with linings designed by popular manga artists. Artists including Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto), Takeshi Konomi …

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The Otaku Culture

My Other Me: A Film About Cosplayers

October 28, 2012 Frederick Linsmeyer
My Other Me: A Film About Cosplayers

Follow the lives of three Metro Vancouver cosplayers in the new documentary My Other Me: A Film About Cosplayers. Over the course of a year, the three cosplayers: Danae (who is a professional costume designer), Lilly (who is new to …

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Manga

Naruto volume 59

October 24, 2012 Frederick Linsmeyer
Naruto volume 59

With Gaara subduing the Second Mizukage and Naruto’s clones rooting out the remaining soldiers of Zetsu’s army, things are looking favourable for the Shinobi Alliance. Utilizing the Second Tsuchikage, Kabuto resurrects another corpse; Madara Uchiha. This begs the question: who …

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In Pictures

Colours of fall on the Island

October 22, 2012 Frederick Linsmeyer
Colours of fall on the Island

Even though the weather of late doesn’t quite fit the season, the trees around Granville Island have transitioned into their autumn complexions. The Public Market is always a great place to take a few photos – so many colours, objects and scenes …

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Anime

Sword Art Online

October 8, 2012 Frederick Linsmeyer
Sword Art Online

Based on a series of light novels written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec, Sword Art Online is also the name of a Virtual Reality Massively Multiple Online Role Playing Game (VRMMORPG) where the players are injected into the …

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Hockey

First regular season NHL games cancelled

October 5, 2012 Frederick Linsmeyer
First regular season NHL games cancelled

The first few weeks of the 2012-2013 regular season have been cancelled by the National Hockey League (NHL). 82 games between October 11th and October 24th, 2012 ended up being dropped due to the ongoing labour dispute between the NHL …

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Gaming

Tetsuya Nomura hints at Kingdom Hearts II remake

October 4, 2012 Frederick Linsmeyer
Tetsuya Nomura hints at Kingdom Hearts II remake

Ten years ago, a collaboration between Disney and Square Enix (then called Squaresoft) resulted in the birth of a video game franchise called Kingdom Hearts. Last month, Square Enix announced that it would combine the games Kingdom Hearts Final Mix …

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Anime

English subtitled Blue Exorcist trailer online

October 3, 2012 Frederick Linsmeyer
English subtitled Blue Exorcist trailer online

An English subtitled promotional video of the Blue Exorcist movie has been posted to Aniplex of America’s YouTube channel. This teaser is similar to the one used in Japan, save for the subtitles and two URLs instead of release dates: …

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