Posts Tagged ‘Anime’
Posted by Kent Ward on August 24th, 2010 under Blog
Tags: Anime, Millenium Actress, Paprika, Paranoia Agent, Perfect Blue, Satoshi Kon, Tokyo Godfathers •
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It was announced today that one of my favorite anime directors, Satoshi Kon has passed away at the age of 46. He directed several anime movies that were all critically acclaimed. Not one movie he made was ever mediocre or worse. The first one he directed was also one of the first anime movies I [...]
Posted by Kent Ward on July 28th, 2010 under Blog
Tags: Anime, Hayao Miyazaki, Kanpai Anime, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Tatame Lounge •
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While the above picture is from the first one, last night was a pretty exciting time at Kanpai, Anime! Having to compete with college finals and the release of Starcraft II- one of the most anticipated videogames ever -I am really glad that people were still able to come out and have a great time!
Every [...]
Posted by Kent Ward on July 25th, 2010 under Blog
Tags: Anime, Conventions, MetroCon •
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Disclaimer: The views of Kent Ward are reserved for him and do not reflect any conventions or clubs he works for.
My quick review of Metrocon: I am an adult and I really like anime. Therefore, I don’t feel like there is a lot for me to enjoy at Metrocon. I went to events but nothing [...]
Posted by Kent Ward on July 7th, 2010 under Blog
Tags: Anime, Anime Fesitval Orlando, Anime Weekend Atlanta, Conventions, Manime, MetroCon, Nerdapalooza, nerdcore, Orlando Anime Day, panels, Skies of Orlandia, the adventures of duane and brandO •
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Being a fanboy is becoming a second job for me. I run an anime club, work two conventions as staff, and now I run a monthly anime event at a trendy sake bar.
In-between all of those responsibilities I spend a lot of time promoting each of them and simply being a fan. It takes [...]
Posted by Kent Ward on February 16th, 2010 under Conventions, Geekin Out
Tags: Anime, Conventions, Manime, manly, MegaCon, panels, Propeller Anime Club, Twelve Laws of True Man •
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Attention, fandom! MegaCon is coming up in less than a month from now and will be at the Orange County Convention Center in (hopefully!) beautiful Orlando, Florida! I will be doing events there for what I believe is the fourth year in a row! I am pretty excited about this year; the Propeller Anime Club [...]
Posted by Kent Ward on December 31st, 2009 under Conventions, Games, Geekin Out, Life, Work
Tags: 2009, AFO, Anime, concerts, Dethklok, Down Right Fierce, drinking, family, full sail, Global Game Jam, manly, Mastodon, Muay Thai, Propeller Anime Club, Swords of Orlandia, Thanksgiving, Twelve Laws of True Man, Year in Review, Year of the Fighting Game •
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I must say 2009, you were a year that started off with a lot of promise and I used that to bring myself to the point I am at now. I really feel like I won this year. As the last decade was ending, I was just some punk kid with a bunch of dreams, [...]
Posted by Kent Ward on August 8th, 2008 under Conventions, Life
Tags: AFO, Anime, Fist of the North Star, live-action gaming, manly, Swords of Orlandia •
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Every year for the past four years, I have attended Anime Festival Orlando. The event has always a good time filled with lots of people with similar interests to meet and hang out with. There is roughly a small army of gamers and anime fans that go every year and the convention is filled with [...]