Heh, Tonight at MIT

[lensman]

Fans Making Anime: The Early History of Gainax and Japanese Animation
Toshio Okada, the "Otaking," Tokyo University lecturer, producer, and anime screenwriter of the hit anime Otaku no Video is at MIT! He will explain how Japanese animation is made and how a small band of fans (otaku) managed to break into the industry and form Gainax (Neon Genesis Evangelion). His film credits include the seminal Wings of Honneamise and Nadia, and his printed works include Introduction to Otakuology and The Hesistant Road of the Otaku.

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[tk7602.livejournal.com]

dammit. that sounds like fun. but not as much fun as jello wrestling at ceremony.

[lensman.livejournal.com]

*Opens mouth, Closes*

Arrgggg..... I hate it when my inner geek and my inner pervert start having screaming matches like this.....

*Lights go on in the back of my brain*

Hey maybe we could have both, and get an Anime made of goths jello wrestling..... Okay a fan made anime, and think of all the "research" we'd have to do to get perspectives right, and the proper lighting effects as jello gets squished into... ;-)

[roaming.livejournal.com]

ah, okay, so dinner, then I go home to greet our guests (or we invited them to dinner down this-a-way) and we'll see you back at rancho bizarro about, oh, 11pm-ish then. :-) Have fun. :-) But yeh, not TOO much fun. ;->