tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post497233567382017056..comments2023-11-27T16:48:09.334-08:00Comments on SAME HAT!: NEW PEOPLE OPENING & YUICHI YOKOYAMARyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175574490647908108noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post-38471282658330623752009-08-19T22:35:11.309-07:002009-08-19T22:35:11.309-07:00@Tim: thank you for your thoughtful contribution.
...@Tim: thank you for your thoughtful contribution.<br /><br />which part-- the shiny bldg, yokoyama, or gothic-lolita dresses for teenage girls?Ryan Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11212185086058139671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post-27023313905127181242009-08-19T08:21:11.356-07:002009-08-19T08:21:11.356-07:00@anonymous: Thanks for the clarifications - was a...@anonymous: Thanks for the clarifications - was all a bit fuzzy to me!<br /><br />@p: Yes, definitely! I saw at Kinokuniya that the first tankobon of Billy Bat is now out in Japan :)Ryan Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11212185086058139671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post-54471312159577264692009-08-18T16:15:34.743-07:002009-08-18T16:15:34.743-07:0020th Century Boys is just killer. Urusawa's ne...20th Century Boys is just killer. Urusawa's new one Billy Bat has me really excited from the little I've been able to find.pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post-55674668584672759162009-08-18T00:07:55.155-07:002009-08-18T00:07:55.155-07:00There is a difference between the Operation: Chano...There is a difference between the Operation: Chanology Anonymous and the 4Chan Anonymous, although they are all Anonymous and there is a lot of cross-over. If they were being nice then don't assume Anonymous is nice, just that one element of the whole, as the whole is an amoral concept and their activities could have been parody (especially the free hugs bit, oh please god let that have been parody!) just as easily as it could have been pleasantry.<br /><br />tl:dr - anonymous is complicated & FUCK THE $CIENTOLOGY DEATH CULT!<br /><br />Nice pics of the day btw :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post-45678206002049685942009-08-17T21:28:00.753-07:002009-08-17T21:28:00.753-07:00@Jenn: Sounds good, How about the Junko signing on...@Jenn: Sounds good, How about the Junko signing on Saturday as an excuse to go? Should be fun :)<br /><br />also, IT WAS SO HOT OUTRyan Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11212185086058139671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post-75095056056261386182009-08-17T17:40:58.734-07:002009-08-17T17:40:58.734-07:00"It's so hot out there"
"Gawd ..."It's so hot out there"<br /><br />"Gawd it's really hot"<br /><br />"I need to eat shaved ice to cool down I'm melting"<br /><br />I saw Fred and Fia in the morning. I want to hug them all the time. How about a EAZB outing to NEW PEOPLE? Then we can eat Delica and sip Blue Bottlebittermelonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00031153956256101318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post-17321083967646666142009-08-17T12:27:32.701-07:002009-08-17T12:27:32.701-07:00@Sophia: Oh nice, thanks for the 2nd opinion and f...@Sophia: Oh nice, thanks for the 2nd opinion and filling in those details :)<br /><br />I actually was being lazy and watching Netflix-on-demand until after noon, so I didn't roll in until 1:30-- just in time for a half hour staring at Yokoyama painting and chatting with my Viz buddy Daniel.<br /><br />You are addicted to Monster! I am glad to hear it. As much as I loved Monster, you will be happy (or sad, since it's another thing to BUY) to hear that 20th Century Boys is even more engaging and addictive. Volume 4 was super excellent.<br /><br />I'm really curious about the theater, but especially the Superfrog gallery. I really wanna know who is the person responsible for the gallery programming, so that I can butter them up and get on their good side :) I am really serious about that idea for Suehiro Maruo gallery show there. Wouldn't that be so freakin' awesome??<br /><br />I'm usually not that interested in Amano, but keep hearing weird things about the Deva Loka paintings. I'm gonna keep my eyes peeled on your suggestion-- we're planning to stop by tomorrow :)<br /><br />The programming for the theater for the first month isn't too interesting to me; a lot of those sorta cheap Japanese domestic adaptations. But it bodes well for programming in the future-- what if they did a PINK EIGA series or a early MIIKE series or.. you know, lots of possibilities. I wonder if they will be involved as a destination for different SF film series in the future?<br /><br />That's rad you saw Fred-- I was hoping to see him and say hi but no such luck. <br /><br />RYAN!Ryan Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11212185086058139671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post-72559924096710569942009-08-17T11:51:10.644-07:002009-08-17T11:51:10.644-07:00Forgot to mention: the part of New People that mad...Forgot to mention: the part of New People that made me the most gleeful (apart from the gallery) was seeing the Yokoyama shelves inside the New People store. They're like enormous bookshelves with giant Yokoyama faces on each end. I wish they were for sale!Sophia Foster-Diminohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11750313152135767527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post-63818848037239917892009-08-17T11:47:35.164-07:002009-08-17T11:47:35.164-07:00I did manage to get into the building at some poin...I did manage to get into the building at some point between 1 and 2. It took about 30 to 45 minutes to move through the line. I didn't really mind it, because I'd gone into Kinokuniya earlier to buy two more volumes of Monster. And I got to chat with a few people who came up to me solely because I was reading Monster (it's that good!).<br /><br />The building was nice, but there weren't as many sort of sit-down places as I was expecting. Instead of chairs or tables, they have rectangular blocks scattered throughout various parts of the building. It's not really conducive to drawing with friends or anything like that.<br /><br />The shop looked nice. They had some manga (Yokoyama and Urasawa) and lots of interesting coffee table artifacts. I wanted to buy a Yokoyama phone strap or a 4-pack of pins, but they were expensive.<br /><br />I barely checked out the elegant gothic lolita floor, because it was swaaarming with girls in full regalia and I felt super out of place. But it looked well-stocked and all that.<br /><br />The topmost floor was the gallery, with Amano's Deva Loka exhibition. I would recommend seeing it because it is so bizarrely new and exciting. I'm used to imagining his work as very soft and ethereal. These new paintings reminded me of Takashi Murakami... lots of bright flat colors. I read that he did most of them with metallic car paint?<br /><br />I also hung out in the theater for a while because I was overheated and wanted to take a break. It's a pretty modern-looking setup. They were looping trailers for the 20th Century Boys trilogy and various Death Note films. I wasn't really motivated by the trailers to see any of them, though I do want to read the 20th Century Boys manga now.<br /><br />While I was moving through the line, I got to hang out next to Yokoyama... he was about 1/3 through the scroll while I was there.<br /><br />It's true that most of the people there did not seem to know who he was, and didn't show much interest. Their loss! I thought the painting was amazing, and I'm glad you got to meet him + get his drawing :3 I never saw those masks though, I wish I could've gotten one.<br /><br />I also got to the whole shindig early enough to see Frederik Schodt translating for the 20th Century Boys actress and the president of Viz.Sophia Foster-Diminohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11750313152135767527noreply@blogger.com