One of the best things about living in Chicago is access to culture from across the globe. As Chicago anime fans, this fact gives us unique opportunities to learn more about Japan and the people who create the anime we love. One avenue of this cultural exchange is film, and this spring, there’s great a…
In case you’ve missed my previous posts, I’m a bit of a UNIQLO fan. I’ve worn a variety of UNIQLO pants exclusively for the last year and a half, and you’ll have to pry them from my cold dead hands. Chicago’s flagship is opening next Friday and I am so jazzed! The clothing line lands somewhere beyond…
You may know tons about anime fandom, but did you know that anime academics are a thing? The number of ethnographic books and anthropologists studying our community is astounding. There’s even an annual research project that catalogs thousands of responses from international anime fans and crunches the numbers. It’s administered by Dr. Stephen Reysen, an Assistant Professor and his team at…
October 4th 2015 marked the 20th Anniversary of the seminal, and often argued about, anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. Don’t know how to celebrate such an important milestone? Don’t worry, AnimeChicago has your back with these 17 suggestions. 17 suggestions, 17 Angels, see what we did there? Fill your bathtub with orange tang, put on…
Set your alarms, mark your calendars, pester your friends. Pre-registration for the 19th annual Anime Central opens this Thursday, October 1st. It coincides with Hyatt and Embassy con-block registration, which offers hotel rooms at discounted rates. No time has been announced for either event. These rooms get snatched up faster than you can draw transmutation circles. ACen itself…
AnimeChicago is packing the house for the the premiere of The Tale of the Princess Kaguya at the Siskel Film Center. We will be attending the 7:45pm screening on December 5th. So far, the film has a 100% critic rating from nearly 50 reviewers according to Rotten Tomatoes. Help Chicago’s anime fans out! The Chicago release was pushed back a…
Local studio Seth Deming Films is producing a live-action short. They’re big fans of the series and want to feature local Attack on Titan cosplayers in their film. The test shots in their YouTube pitch video look amazing! So if you’re interested in this project or know a cosplayer who might be, contact them via Twitter or Facebook as soon as possible.
ELEVEN ARTS recently announced a list of cities that will be screening the latest Eva film. Brace yourself… Chicago did not make the cut. How come? Because not enough fans have requested a screening. But there still might be time to make yourself heard! Demand an Eva 3.0 screening in Chicago now.
Word is some attendees at cosplay gatherings had some cash disappear on them recently. Local cosplay artist and photographer RamenCartel posted a notice about a potential pickpocket attending these events, using glomping tactics to swipe things. Cosplay meetups are relatively low-key and high-energy, so as always, be smart and keep an eye on your belongings.
Update at 8:40pm on July 27: The folks at AnimeCon.org (including Kopf) sent a notice to their email subscribers on the newly renamed convention, Con Alt Delete. No other changes to the convention itself have been announced. Update at 8:40pm on July 26: We just received word from Ryan Kopf. The convention is being renamed…