Hey y'all, I hope that had a wonderful Christmas or holiday if you don't celebrate it^^ I had a relaxing day with my friend at his apartment in Queens with his two cats Ali and Boom. I'm back to finish my adventures at Waku Waku +NYC.
Day 2
On Sunday, the first thing on our list was to attend a panel called Introduction to Manga and Anime Studies and it was really interesting. We both are writers (Tiff more so than me), so we figured it would be cool to go to a panel for a career or hobby we are interested in doing. Since I'm a big fan of the humanities (particularly literature) I spent a lot of my time reading in school and analyzing texts. I haven't analyzed manga or anime yet, but I think it would be something I could be potentially interested in doing. The panelists talked about looking at anime and manga under the same lens as film and other contemporary media. They discussed why such a field should exist and one of the reasons being that mainstream American pop culture has been influenced by anime and manga. You can see its influences in shows like Steven Universe and Adventure Time to name a few. Putting these texts and films into context is a great way to explore why these influences exist. I wonder if one day the US will be like how it was in Blade Runner.
It's interesting that for manga and anime to be such a huge influence on American pop culture that there is no such thing in schools as an anime/manga studies major or minor. There are a few schools that has Comic studies as a minor. But students that want to examine Anime and Manga are usually studying it under a Japanese literature or film studies major.
The also pondered what is categorized as manga and anime citing for an example that Miyazaki does not like his work to be called anime. I had no idea he felt this way because he is often heralded as a major front runner to the popularity of anime in the West. His work is usually synonymous with the word anime. They also brought up shows like Avatar the Last Airbender and RWBY and how there are debates about whether or not shows like this can be considered anime. It was a really informative panel^^
On Sunday, the first thing on our list was to attend a panel called Introduction to Manga and Anime Studies and it was really interesting. We both are writers (Tiff more so than me), so we figured it would be cool to go to a panel for a career or hobby we are interested in doing. Since I'm a big fan of the humanities (particularly literature) I spent a lot of my time reading in school and analyzing texts. I haven't analyzed manga or anime yet, but I think it would be something I could be potentially interested in doing. The panelists talked about looking at anime and manga under the same lens as film and other contemporary media. They discussed why such a field should exist and one of the reasons being that mainstream American pop culture has been influenced by anime and manga. You can see its influences in shows like Steven Universe and Adventure Time to name a few. Putting these texts and films into context is a great way to explore why these influences exist. I wonder if one day the US will be like how it was in Blade Runner.
After the panel we headed back to the Brooklyn Expo center to grab something quick before lining up for the Baby the Stars Shine Bright fashion show. We remembered how long the line was the day before for the PUTUMAYO fashion show and figured it would be even longer for Baby whose show we did not want to miss. What I grabbed to eat was so scrumdiddilyumptious like oh my word! I got a chicken katsu sandwhich from Katsu-Hama and my life was changed.
After eating quickly, we took a quick glance around the exhibitor floor again before heading to the Baby the Stars Shine Bright fashion show.
After eating quickly, we took a quick glance around the exhibitor floor again before heading to the Baby the Stars Shine Bright fashion show.
I thought this picture by the Love Life merchandise booth and summed up con life haha When you want something so bad and you ain't got no monies lol We rushed over to line up at 2 for the fashion show at 4. We were shocked to learn that we were the first in line and had to tweet it haha
We decided to have a mini photo shoot since we had to wait awhile. Luckily, we had a place to sit because we were close to the little stair area. Of course as fashion shows at conventions usually go it started late. We were let in at 4:45 and the show didn't start until 5. The fashion show was amazing! I saw so many lovely coords. I am really interested in trying ouji after seeing the different coords that are possible.
I had a great seat but the lighting near me was a little too much. I wonder if I had a better phone or a DSLR if I would have been able to capture better picture quality. Apologies in advance for how some of how the photos came out.
I had a great seat but the lighting near me was a little too much. I wonder if I had a better phone or a DSLR if I would have been able to capture better picture quality. Apologies in advance for how some of how the photos came out.
Model Yura
Similar to the PUTUMAYO fashion show, one of the BTSSB designers' Masumi Kano spoke about each piece after they were all shown. She is the one in white in the pic below.
The fashion show was the last event that we went to. I think we went back to the dealer's room one more time and then Tiff and I headed home. I was surprised that it was Waku Waku's first year because it was so well run. I'm excited to see what will happen next year and what guests they will have. I have already decided to attend two anime conventions this year Castle Point Anime Convention in April and Liberty City Anime Con in August. Hopefully Liberty City is not the same weekend as Waku Waku because I really want to attend Waku Waku again. If they do happen to be the same weekend, I'll probably just go to both lol
I have two more conventions that I will try to write about before this year ends: NYCC and Beauty Con which were both a lot of fun. If I can't finish them before the end of the year, the posts will definitely be up at the beginning of the new year if not earlier. Have a wonderful night!
I have two more conventions that I will try to write about before this year ends: NYCC and Beauty Con which were both a lot of fun. If I can't finish them before the end of the year, the posts will definitely be up at the beginning of the new year if not earlier. Have a wonderful night!
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