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Anime Review: Night Head Genesis

Night Head Genesis is a dark and atmospheric – and oddly overlooked – anime series based on Night Head, a 1992 Japanese live-action TV series. Naoto and Naoya Kirihara are two brothers with incredible psychic abilities. Unfortunately for them, this results in …

Events, Live Music & J-Pop Concerts

JERO in Concert, Palace of Fine Arts, 28 Mar 2010

$250 – Premium Orchestra (please call the JCCCNC at 415.567.5505) $100 – Orchestra Front $55 – Orchestra Center $35 – Orchestra Rear The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC) is proud to announce the first official U.S. tour of the enka singing sensation, JERO. This exclusive West Coast tour …

Event Reports

Hayao Miyazaki in Conversation with Roland Kelts

In a rare public appearance, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki spoke to Tokyo University lecturer and author Roland Kelts in front of a sold out audience at Zellerbach Auditorium on Saturday, July 25. This was the grand finale to a two week Miyazaki retrospective which included a Bay Area premiere screening of …

Event Reports

Anime Expo 2009 Report

Anime Expo, the largest anime and manga convention in North America, was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from July 2 through July 5. This was Anime Expo’s second year at the LACC. The previous …

Event Reports

FanimeCon 2009 Impressions #3: BayAnime’s “Local Bay Area Anime Fans” Panel

Pre-Panel Protocol I woke up on the morning of Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 with my head stuck in a cloud. It took me a short while to realize that I’d spent the night with BAAU members at the Crown Plaza Hotel across the street from the Fanime convention center. Although I …

Event Reports

SF Cherry Blossom Festival 2009 Photo Report

BayAnime staff member Jason Lee braved the heat and crowds in San Francisco’s Japantown this past Sunday to deliver these amazing shots of the 2009 Cherry Blossom Festival Grand Parade and anime cosplay award ceremony!

Events, News

Japan Video to hold monthly Cosplay Days

Japan Video & Media in San Francisco Japantown will be holding special event “Cosplay Days” on the first Sunday of every month. The store will offer a 10% discount on purchases made by any cosplayer that day. Owner Takeshi Onishi, who sponsors the non-profit anime performance group Animemyu …

Articles

Manga Kissa – Manga Cafes in Japan

Somehow living in SF has made it even more difficult to survive Tokyo’s stifling hot summers. I couldn’t have done it without ice cream, coca-cola, and the occasional air conditioned space. This trip I spent quite some time in air conditioned manga cafes, a.k.a. “manga kissa” or “manga kissaten” in …