Quidditch casts spell at NYCC/NYAF!

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October 15-16, 2011- Sara Barton



Quidditch made its debut at NYCC/NYAF this year.What started as an idea by Middlebury college students to adapt the famous sport from J.K.Rowlings, Harry Potter series; has grown exponential, with teams around the globe. Quidditch has transcended all expectations becoming a hit across the board.

  From Saturday to Sunday; spectators got to see demonstration games
from NYC local Quidditch team, The NY Baddassilisks, and college Quidditch teams: NYU Hundus, Stonybrook and Jetpack Ninja Dinosaurs. The teams also gave audience members the opportunity to play alongside.

None, was more adorable, then on Sunday; when team members
from Jetpack Ninja Dinosaurs took the time to teach the next generation about Quidditch or shall we call it “Kidditch”. These kids were formidable.The snitch didn’t stand a chance. Better keep your eyes on these little guys; were looking at Quidditch’s future superstars’.

Brooms Up, Everyone! 

Sun&Mon!! Dreams Come True at Highline Ballroom!

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J-Pop at its BEST!! You can’t talk about J-Music without experiencing DCT!!

photo by Kei Ogata

10/9 & 10 New York City
DREAMS COME TUE WONDERLAND 2011, THE NIGHT WITH DREAMS COME TRUE in New
York supplied by POCARI SWEAT
Dates: Sunday, October 9th, 2011 and Monday, October 10th, 2011

Start Time: 8:00 pm
Place: Highline Ballroom (NYC)
http://www.highlineballroom.com
Tickets:

Oct. 9 http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3778045

Oct. 10 http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3778055

Chocolate Lemon Muffins

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September 5, 2011- Sara Barton


    It’s a small world after all. Two years ago my boss, Megumi Sato said to me; “Sara, I think you should start a cooking blog!”  Thus, The Good Stuff was born- A gluten/allergy-free recipe/review blog. The latest recipe, Chocolate Lemon Muffins, was inspired by the gaming blog/podcast, Chocolate Lemon; which Samurai Beat Radio interviewed back in May 2010. Talk about 6 degrees of separation!
                                       
                                       Chocolate Lemon Muffins Recipe

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Stay Tuned, in December, The Good Stuff will be doing a feature on Japanese cooking ^^ 
                                         
                                        

AniMiniCon Soho- Brian Mah’s Animation Workshop

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Saturday August 13, 2011- Sara Barton
    Brian Mah, well-known animator and director returned as a guest-speaker to AniMiniCon Soho 2011. This year Brian hosted an animations workshop. For a small  fee of $5, aspiring artists and animators, (including yours truly), were given: two animation cells, paper, sharpies and two colored pencils, and lots of masking tape.
                               
  There are many tricks of the trade that an animator must learn. Today’s lesson, was how to transfer a drawing on to an animated cell. The students were given a sample piece and told to trace it.
  
                               
    
     Brian also provided the students with lots of masking tape. Jokingly assuring them that, tape is an animators best friend because it will not destroy paper and the animation cells. 
                               
     
 It may look easy, but it takes a lot of practice to perfectly trace a drawing on to an animated cell.
                             
   
      Upon “mastering”the material, Brian asked the students to draw their own creations and then transfer them to animated cell. There was a lot of talent in the room, to see more photos click here.
                               
   I thought it would be a fun opportunity to draw my creation, Xenon, from 2001 (appearing online soon). After class, the students were told they could keep their materials, and Brian offered extra cells to anyone who wanted to practice at home. Later, I got a chance to chat with him. Brian taught me a few special drawing techniques to help my wrist after recover from it’s tendinitis injury. Kudos to AniMiniCon Soho for hosting this fun and informative workshop.
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AniMiniCon Soho- The $64,000 Question

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                                              The Asterplace- Steven Lin, Koto Tsukimoto, and Qingyun Luo

Saturday, August 13, 2011
 -Sara Barton     

   AniMiniCon Soho is held at The Soho Gallergy for Digital Arts. It’s an elegant modern space, that also happens to be really small.  The Asterplace and NoirceuR are scheduled to perform. The $64,000 question on everyone’s mind: How will the bands perform in this small space?
 This was no ordinary concert; both bands utilized the small space as an opportunity to connect with the crowded. It was a rare sight, as the audience got a chance to see the fun side of The Asterplace and NoirceuR.
  Opening for NoirceuR,The AsterPlace started the show by playing their music video. Then band leader Kota Tsukimoto, grabbing a guitar followed by band members; got upclose and personal with the audience by playing a few numbers with a home-town feel. The fans enjoyed the down to earth atmosphere.

                                                     Narina, of NoirceuR handing out chocolate to the winners

   NoirceuR hosted an anime trivia contest; the lucky winners received
chocolate. Instead of their usual numbers; they catered to the crowd by playing anime themes songs. As a joke, NoirceuR played the theme song, of the series, Sailor Moon; since the audience couldn’t answer the trivia question-How to Say: “In the name of the moon, I will punish you”, in Japanese. For the finally, NoirceuR asked if there were any requests. An eager AniMiniCon Soho staff member jumped enthusiastically,
screaming,”Eva!, Eva!”. Wish granted! As day two of AniMiniCon
Soho came to a close; NoirceuR went out on a high note.


Photos: Jefferies Herrera