Super No. 1 wrote:

I think this year's parade will be remembered for the KAT-TUN mob. It was a very dangerous situation and their car didn't even complete the parade route.

Crazy fangirls.

pumpkin puff wrote:

It was funny though! I was shoved by some old ladies and other girls in the parade. Could never compete with the tougher fans.

old ladies? they are fans as well? you lost to them?

Unfortunately I did. But then again, I just sort of gave up... not brave enough to get too close.

I don't know if any other J-Dorama fans are into Taiko, but there is a big Taiko event this Sunday(23rd) in Little Tokyo as part of Nisei Week.

gaijin mark wrote:

I don't know if any other J-Dorama fans are into Taiko, but there is a big Taiko event this Sunday(23rd) in Little Tokyo as part of Nisei Week.

Taiko fan here!!

In past years I've seen the various colleges (UCLA, UCI, USC, etc.) and local JACL Taiko groups play during Nisei Week... Great stuff.

BTW, the 23rd is a Tuesday. I think you mean the 21st.

Went to the Taiko show in Little Tokyo yesterday, UC-Irvine Taiko rocked!!! Sorry about the mistake on the date Racer, but they posted some new pictures on the Manami Konishi thread, and I kind of lost it! Gomen!!!

gaijin mark wrote:

Went to the Taiko show in Little Tokyo yesterday, UC-Irvine Taiko rocked!!!

Dang, I wished I coulda checked it out.

Was UCLA and USC represented as well?

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Sorry about the mistake on the date Racer, but they posted some new pictures on the Manami Konishi thread, and I kind of lost it! Gomen!!!

No problem. I fully understand the disorientation caused by beautiful women.

Glad you weren't driving or operating heavy machinery. Could've been tragic.

UCLA was there, it didn't seem like they are as good as they were last year.

gaijin mark wrote:

UCLA was there, it didn't seem like they are as good as they were last year.

Different group of Taiko players, maybe?

I think so, there was one real kawai girl last year, I didn't see her.

gaijin mark wrote:

I think so, there was one real kawai girl last year, I didn't see her.

Probably graduated.

I saw the UCLA taiko group perform about four or five years ago, and they were pretty good then. On the West Coast, I think San Jose Taiko and Zendeko Taiko (from LA) are considered among the premier taiko groups in this region. Many years ago I saw Ondeko-za perform (a few years later members of that troupe broke away and formed Kodo). Awesome performance.

q talking about AX '06 got me motivated to check out the Nisei Week web site. This year it starts August 12th. Usually the Tofu festival is a couple weeks before, but this year its part of Nisei Week and is being held August 12th and 13th. Can't wait for my Tofu!!!

gaijin mark wrote:

q talking about AX '06 got me motivated to check out the Nisei Week web site. This year it starts August 12th. Usually the Tofu festival is a couple weeks before, but this year its part of Nisei Week and is being held August 12th and 13th. Can't wait for my Tofu!!!

and more to talk about AX'06, will be posting up Cosplay pix shortly, but i didn't take very much pix of the event/cosplay....just some pix.

and the Japanese Obon is coming up....since it is Summer time.

I was hanging out at AX yesterday before the Hyde show. From what people have told me, despite the big name guests, this year's AX was not as good as last year. I expected it to be a mass of people, but by 5 PM, the area between the CC and Hilton was fairly dead.

Nisei Week is fun. I usually go for both days of the opening weekend for the Anime Festival and parade. I was in Little Tokyo last weekend and there's a lot of apartment construction going on. Hopefully that will make Little Tokyo a little more vibrant than it is now.
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Super No. 1 wrote:

I was hanging out at AX yesterday before the Hyde show. From what people have told me, despite the big name guests, this year's AX was not as good as last year. I expected it to be a mass of people, but by 5 PM, the area between the CC and Hilton was fairly dead. Nisei Week is fun. I usually go for both days of the opening weekend for the Anime Festival and parade. I was in Little Tokyo last weekend and there's a lot of apartment construction going on. Hopefully that will make Little Tokyo a little more vibrant than it is now.

for me...AX is what it is...i just got mainly for the exhibition hall....
there are crowds....cosplayers...
some cute girls here and there, and i actually had a chance to check out a few panels..q&a sessions, they were ok...
but it is all the exhibit hall for me, and i am going back for the last day tmrw.

Nisei week full schedule just came out: Anime stuff is 8/12 and 8/13 10a-6p @ Little Tokyo Shopping Center (I'm assuming that means Weller Court) Taiko is the following Sunday 8/20

gaijin mark wrote:

Nisei week full schedule just came out: Anime stuff is 8/12 and 8/13 10a-6p @ Little Tokyo Shopping Center (I'm assuming that means Weller Court) Taiko is the following Sunday 8/20

cool.....but not sure if i am going to go to LA that week, i prefer going to Torrance/Gardena...the drive is a bit better than the 5fwy

gaijin mark wrote:

Nisei week full schedule just came out: Anime stuff is 8/12 and 8/13 10a-6p @ Little Tokyo Shopping Center (I'm assuming that means Weller Court) Taiko is the following Sunday 8/20

No. I know somebody who is helping to organize the Anime Festival. Little Tokyo Shopping Center is where Mitsuwa is. It's not going to be in Weller Court this year.
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Super No. 1 wrote:

No. I know somebody who is helping to organize the Anime Festival. Little Tokyo Shopping Center is where Mitsuwa is. It's not going to be in Weller Court this year.

gomenasai, thanks for correcting me

Edit: you would think that after all the times I've picked up a bento at Mitsuwa I would know better