http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/celshaded RSS Feed for Cel Shaded en-us Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:30:00 GMT http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/celshaded/20110428_Local_anime_community_will_shine_at_Kawaii_Kon.html Much of the flavor of Kawaii Kon, kicking off tomorrow and running through Sunday at the Hawai‘i Convention Center, comes from the local community that turns out to support it every year. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/celshaded/20110421_starstudded_anime_roster_to_descend_on_KawaiiKon.html With eight days to go until Kawaii Kon kicks off at the Hawai‘i Convention Center for a weekend of fun, there's still a lot to discuss about the anime convention's seventh annual edition. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/celshaded/20110414_Maid_cafe_at_HEXXP_looks_for_volunteer_help.html Kawaii Kon might be 15 days away and dominating everyone's attention right now — and, yes, I'll have plenty of details about that in my final two "Cel Shaded" columns — but the Hawaii Entertainment Expo (HEXXP) is planning a few things worthy of mention as well. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/celshaded/20110407_Legal_dispute_threatens_Yu-Gi-Oh_animes_future.html One of the most successful series to have reached the coveted “so mainstream that people don’t really think of it as anime” level in the U.S. is the multimedia children-playing-card-games juggernaut “Yu-Gi-Oh.” http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/celshaded/20110331_Renamed_Mechahawaii_rolls_with_the_punches.html A recent Facebook post from Sean Akita, owner of Sean’s Shop (formerly Mechahawaii), convinced me that I needed to stop by his store in Kaimuki and catch up on recent events. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/celshaded/20110324_Manga_rerelease_news_elates_Sailor_Moon_fans.html When you see a book that continues to circulate in the state library system despite being held together by many layers of tape and several metal bolts, you know it has to be popular — and difficult to find a replacement. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/celshaded/20110317_Aftermath_of_disaster_on_minds_of_anime_fans.html Lots to talk about this week, but I’d be remiss in not addressing the top Japan-related topic on everyone’s mind: the earthquakes and tsunami that struck the country last week. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/celshaded/20110310_Festivals_Anime_Corner_offers_Kawaii_Kon_fun.html You know it's time to start thinking about Kawaii Kon in earnest when the Honolulu Festival, the annual celebration of Asian and Pacific Rim culture, rolls around in March. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/celshaded/20110303_studio_ghibli_aficionados_in_for_a_big_treat_tuesday.html Those of you who are fans of movies from Studio Ghibli will be pleased to know that two films spotlighting the debut Ghibli works of two generations of Miyazakis will bow on home video on Tuesday — and one of them is actually worth buying. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/celshaded/20110224_Cyber_Coil_anime_bows_in_US_in_iPhone_app.html I've been thinking quite a bit lately about how we anime fans are getting our fix of legal anime.