On Monday of this past week, Tsugaru shamisen player Toshie Suzuki performed at Kick Butt Coffee’s World Music Night at The Triangle in Austin. Suzuki-san alternated performances on stage with local jazz band Manteca Beat. (Be sure to swing by their site and...
As I’ve mentioned before, the reason I started AustinOtaku.com was to try to make the best of wherever I live, even deep in the heart of Texas. I think this is a pretty good philosophy to have, and in most large cities in the U.S., I think this is possible, even...
After dropping by Barnes & Noble to pick up my copy of The Otaku Encyclopedia by Patrick Galbraith, I headed over to Gateway 16 this evening and joined some fellow otaku from the Austin Anime Meetup Group for “Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young...
Put on your knee-socks and head band. It’s time for an 80’s-style arcade showdown. This Saturday (September 26th), Arcade UFO will be hosting its Arcade Fighting Game Tournament. Be sure to show up at 1pm for Registration. The big showdown begins at 2pm....
A few of us members from the Japan-America Society of Greater Austin took Tsugaru shamisen player Toshie Suzuki and pianist Kohei Moriyama from Wednesday night’s concert out to Austin’s famous The Oasis. The Oasis is a multi-tiered restaurant overlooking...
Here are some pics from tonight’s Thursday Night Manga Meetup, which is an event held by the Austin Anime Meetup Group. In addition to some really great conversation about manga, anime, and Japanese cinema with the group, I decided to treat everyone to some...
Last night, Toshie Suzuki, a championship player of the Tsugaru Shamisen, performed at Casa de Luz in Austin. Well over 100 people showed up for the event, which is great. That just shows how interested Austinites are in Japanese culture, from anime and manga to the...
Here is the fourth and final installment of my discussion on the Monomyth and anime. In this section, I’ll discuss the third group of phases, known collectively as the “Return.” If you missed any of the previous discussion, feel free to catch up on...
This past Labor Day weekend, I took an opportunity to drop in to check out Austin’s only coin-operated Japanese arcade, Arcade UFO and chat with co-owner, Ryan Harvey. Then quite coincidentally, world-famous otaku Danny Choo posted his article on Japanese...
Well, my Events Calendar plugin pooped out, and it couldn’t have picked a worse month. September is absolutely loaded with activities in the Austin area. So, in order to avoid anyone being able to say I didn’t keep them informed, here’s a list of...
