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September 2018
Fascinating portrait of top-selling female artist Yayoi Kusama, from her humble beginnings to bringing her radical artistic vision to the world stage.
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an interactive exhibition introducing the advanced technologies utilized by Professor Shunji Yamanaka in his development of cutting-edge prototypes. The exhibition highlights the importance of prototypes as objects that link new technologies and society, offering a glimpse into possible future user experiences. Creations often only shared within the research community, present the public with a unique window into the dreams and creative trials of researchers, combining technology with intrinsic Japanese aesthetics, revealing remarkable beauty.
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Drazoran and Captain Maxx join hundreds of dazzling vintage and contemporary Japanese vinyl toys on display courtesy toy designer and collector, Mark Nagata.
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Artist Kip Fulbeck continues his project, begun in 2001, of photographing persons who identify as “Hapa”—of mixed Asian/Pacific Islander descent—as a means of promoting awareness and positive acceptance of multiracial identity.
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In this climatic finale, the DigiDestined have suffered; friends are lost, there is a new threat from a mysterious and newly formed Digimon, and the Real World is threatened to be swallowed up by the Digital World. The DigiDestined must stand together to save their friends and our world.
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Images of Tokyo in the 1930-40s are presented in juxtaposition with those taken after 2010. Approximately 80 photos are featured from photographers/groups including Koga, Nippon Kobo, Kineo Kuwabara, Nobuyoshi Araki, and more.
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Los Angeles Anime Film Festival (LA-AFF) Opening Night Gala with the North American Premiere of LOVE, CHUNIBYO AND OTHER DELUSIONS – TAKE ON ME and LA-AFF Voice Actors Awards!
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In a new concert production, Joe Hisaishi’s celebrated scores — including those from Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, and the Oscar-winning Spirited Away — are performed with a full orchestra and choir, and conducted by Hisaishi himself. The music accompanies montages from Miyazaki’s films.
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The third annual NERDBOT-CON features over 120 vendors, cosplay contests, live music, photo meet-ups, give-aways, and more.
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A masterpiece of time and tone, rich with humor and stirring emotion, and beautifully animated by one of the world’s most revered animation studios. Part of the Los Angeles Anime Film Festival.
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From visionary anime auteur Masaaki Yuasa comes a joyously hallucinogenic but family-friendly take on the classic fairy tale about a little mermaid who comes ashore to join a middle-school rock band and propel them to fame. Part of the Los Angeles Anime Film Festival.
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Come and enjoy Japanese folk dancing, a live taiko performance, delicious Asian food and baked goods.
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