Hello, Everyone! Thank you all for your continued support! Beginning today, we are officially on hiatus until April. Although we may post once or thrice during the next few months, our updates will be limited as we focus on sorting through our backlog and making necessary revisions to older posts. For more information about this, please feel free to check out out 2024 Planning post … Continue reading Letter From The Editor – See you in April!
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting This past weekend at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Avex Pictures Inc. hosted a One Piece event as part of the Bandai Card World Fest 23-24 World Tour. This seems to have been the kick-off for the nine-location world tour that will bring together various Bandai Card Game titles. This tour is the first large-scale card game event to visit … Continue reading OMG—One Piece Soundtrack’s New Opening and Ending Theme Songs!
By: Katherine Cañeba | @kcserinlee TL/DR This was a very enjoyable and well-attended mid-tier convention (around 15,000 attendees) with a lot of official vendors, art vendors, and English VAs hosting panels/meet-and-greets. Spend one day if you’re mainly planning to shop; spend two days if you also want to attend panels. Plan to arrive as soon as possible in the morning because once parking at the … Continue reading [Event Review] Anime Pasadena 2023
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting The Boy and The Heron, GKIDS/Ghibli’s latest movie, was something I learned of completely by accident while scrolling through the Fandango App. I was on the search for suggestions of films to see on my first day off in a long while. What initially surprised me, considering I run an anime blog and have seen literally nothing about this … Continue reading The Boy and The Heron: Disappointing (SPOILERS)
By: Peggy Sue Wood July 2023 was a difficult time for me. Originally, this was supposed to go up soon after the AX convention, but I missed the opportunity to do so at the time. I was focused more on enjoying the convention itself since two of my friends joined me and I was dealing with personal things at home, but here is, essentially, my … Continue reading [Things Missed] Anime Expo 2023: Attendee & Presenter Experience
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting July 2023 was a difficult time for me. Originally, this was supposed to go up soon after the AX convention, but I missed the opportunity to do so at the time. Community panels are typically things like awards, social events, and other community-building events/panels that occur at a convention (like, for example, a town hall meeting, a bag-lunch luncheon, … Continue reading [Things Missed] Anime Expo 2023 – Community Panels Post
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting July 2023 was a somewhat difficult time for me. Originally, this was supposed to go up soon after the AX convention, but I missed the opportunity to do so at the time. I decided not to attend industry/business panels during AX 2023. Industry panels are typically reviews for release schedules of anime, manga, merchandise, and the like. While this … Continue reading [Things Missed] Anime Expo 2023 – Business Panels Post!
It is the start of the Winter 2024 season, and, as mentioned, this month, we’re doing things missed before we take off on posting until about April. That means that TAV is missing basically all of the Winter season. Before “leaving,” I wanted to make a few quick recommendations for those watching things this season. In upcoming/ongoing works to consider watching this season, I (Peggy … Continue reading Anime To Look Forward To – Winter 2024
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The Value of Teaching Comics in College Courses View here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_8OBDq6QyIGbR_SgyZVyDgFzZJbp9ZA7/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108757933484591052415&rtpof=true&sd=true Panel Description: This panel is a short presentation on practical strategies for teaching comics and their value in college courses, including discussing visual storytelling, how they foster critical literacy, and design considerations that engage students across levels and disciplines. Optional Formats: 15 min. Presentation | 30 min. Presentation Presented: The Rise of Chinese Anime! View here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CaB-N7qBBPom4ZWrCfyitQ82o88dlGmG/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108757933484591052415&rtpof=true&sd=true Panel Description: This panel will … Continue reading TAV: The Editor’s Presentations
Hello, Everyone! Welcome to 2024. As we bring in the New Year, I’ve been reflecting a lot about this blog, the community, and anime, and it’s something I’d like to briefly discuss here. Anime and manga have been around United States (US) markets for decades, but it wasn’t until the last decade that it became a mainstream phenomenon here in the US. Once considered a … Continue reading [Reflection] Welcoming 2024 | Anime: From Niche to Mainstream
