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Musings direct from our members
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Spring 2021 Anthology: Summer Festival
AnimeChicago proudly presents Spring 2021 Anthology: Summer Festival, published as a digital gallery for public viewing. Each piece includes an artist’s statement that provides context into their creation.
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Learn how your skills pay bills at “AMA: Passion to Profession”
Anime Central 2020 approved this panel and a pandemic thwarted it. So we’re bringing it online! Four AnimeChicago members will share how their respective fan labor projects created opportunities for…
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Our Digital Future is Now – Recapping AnimeChicago’s First Online Symposium
On March 6th, 2021 – and nearly one year after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic – AnimeChicago hosted its fifth symposium entirely online, a first for AnimeChicago. Titled .future/now,…
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Winter 2021 Anthology: Cyberpunk
AnimeChicago’s Art Circle rebooted at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic as a weekly online meetup for creatives to de-stress. These passionate artists met throughout 2020 and formed a small…
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2020 Annual Report: Sayonara, Dumpster-kun
We won’t sugarcoat this update – 2020 was challenging for Americans, nonprofits, and our community. The dumpster fire that was this year raged worldwide via global pandemic, systemic inequality, and…
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Moving forward…
AnimeChicago is monitoring the COVID-19 situation daily and complying with the state-wide social distancing policy. But that doesn’t mean we can’t support each other in this difficult time. So please…
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Gift Shopping: Selecting perfect presents for anime fans
So, there’s a special anime fan in your life. Great! Now, what do you get them for the holidays? That question is not so great. With endless series, movies, and…
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Onsen Master
AnimeChicago’s Interview series highlights local organization leaders, artists and personalities. Today we’re chatting with Derrick Fields about his team’s upcoming video game title Onsen Master, which exceeded its Kickstarter goal…
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Announcing – Dream Worlds: The Works of Anime Director Mamoru Oshii + Celebration!
Join AnimeChicago at the Japanese Culture Center to celebrate the groundbreaking and cinematic storytelling of Mamoru Oshii. Known for his deeply philosophical and sweeping epics like Ghost in the Shell,…
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Screen Time: The Watching Habits of Anime Fans
Eyes Peeled As diverse as the genres are that embody the anime landscape, so too are the viewing patterns of anime fans as they engage with the medium. Although technology…
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Developing Tastes: The Evolution of an Anime Fan (Part 3)
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been going through the ever-changing tastes of an anime fan. Part 2, released last week, covered the majority of anime fans. In that article,…
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Developing Tastes: The Evolution of an Anime Fan (Part 2)
Finding your anime tastes is quite the journey for any fan. Last week, I discussed the very beginnings of an anime fan. I looked at how their tastes are shaped…
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Developing Tastes: The Evolution of an Anime Fan (Part 1)
Finding your tastes in anime is an evolutionary process that develops over the course of many years and is the culmination of everything you’ve watched, the opinions of the people…