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fxg97873
 Posts: 211 Location: Houston, TX |
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hmmm...I wonder if he would autograph my Cowboy Bebop dvd if I brought it in.
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freshkazuki
 Posts: 235 Location: Texas |
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I might have some news. I emailed the Houston Museum of Natural Science and got this reply:
"The rumors you hear are true, though the details are yet to be announced . . .heresay is he will be speaking for ~3 hours (7pm-10pm) about his work and it will be a ticketed event (it will cost) and the availibility will be in the 300-400 ticket range . . . the 12th has been mentioned as an extra day if the 11th sells out. Please check back for further information." When I first read this I thought it said the tickets were going to cost 300-400$, and I was going to freak out  , but I don't know, the wording to me seems at closer reading to mean 300-400 tickets available for purchase. It's a little unclear to me. I'll email them back for a little more clarity or call the Museum or the Consulate. Since it will be in the IMAX theater and the presentation will be 3 hours long, I would think some of his work will be shown. Again, this is "hearsay" from a Museum representative Webmaster so none of this is set in stone.
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uberfrosch
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You might ask for clarification that it's 300-400 dollars a ticket, and not 300-400 tickets available. It sounds to me more like the latter. |
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freshkazuki
Posts: 235 Location: Texas |
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Good news!!!!
I already got a reply from the Museum Webmaster: "300-400 available seats is the assumption I am going on, our IMAX theater has 394 seats and I think it will be held in there. Our lectures are usually $12 for members and $15 for non-members - seems a whole lot better than $300!!- sorry for the confusion. HMNS Webmaster" 3 hours? Maybe Watanabe would speak, take some questions, and view some anime on the IMAX screen? That would be something to see Bebop on there. Or Samurai Champloo. I sent an email to the Consulate tonight also to see if they had more info. I'm really curious as to what would bring Watanabe to Houston. Last edited by freshkazuki on Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:55 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Kazuki-san
 Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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Possibly, but not very likely. Theaters are actually quite commonly used as large meeting rooms, but they'd have to use DLP or LCD projectors... not the IMAX system for projection, which I'm not sure that theater is equipped with (not to mention with inputs for the audio system). If they were able to show something, it wouldn't be in IMAX format (the whole screen). I guess I'll call the Consulate-General tomorrow and see what info they might have. |
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Proz512
 Posts: 74 Location: Texas, Ya'll |
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I missed my chance at AnimeFest, I don't want to let this pass by me again. I'd like to know when tickets are available because I'll be there.
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v1cious
 Posts: 6208 Location: Houston, TX |
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well it's three hours, so i'm sure he'll have some visual aids to keep people's interest, even if not on the Imax Screen. damn, 300-400 tickets? i'm gonna have to act fast. |
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Bahamut God
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Isn't Houston where ADV is located?
But ADV doesn't have anything to do with him do they? Maybe he has a degree in something that relates to the field, and the fact that he's a anime director has nothing to do with it. Finally, are we sure it's the same guy? Wantanabe is a pretty common name... |
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jcaliff
 Posts: 156 Location: Houston |
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I received an email from the Consulate the first week of December about this. They wanted to know what sort of things to ask him to talk about, what panel formats would be good, etc. The body of the message I got from them was:
"We are planning to bring Anime director Shinjiro Watanabe (person#774) to Houston in February. He said that we should decide what he should talk about. Since we have no idea about what anime fans like to hear, we thought it would be good to hear your thoughts about possible topics. Also, we need to think about the format of the presentation. Do you think it would be better as a lecture followed by a Q&A session or a panel discussion? If you have any other ideas, please let me know. " I wrote back and made some suggestions, but I haven't heard anything else about it since then. It's nice to see that it's actually happening. Apparently, the people organizing are familiar with ANN since they included the link in the email.
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fxg97873
Posts: 211 Location: Houston, TX |
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it's also the first hit on google
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freshkazuki
Posts: 235 Location: Texas |
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I emailed the Japanese Consulate in Houston yesterday and I got a reply today saying that no details of the visit have been confirmed, including ticket prices, so I guess until that happens, everything is pretty much up in the air, with the only confirmed information being that Watanabe is going to make an appearance on the 11th at the Museum of Natural Science. They did say they would email me more details when they become available.
The Consulate did e-mail me the flyer where the appearance was first announced. Next to a picture of the Bebop crew it stated the following: " AN INSIDE LOOK INTO THE WORLD OF ANIME A Lecture by Anime Director, Mr. Shinichiro Watanabe Mr. Shinichiro Watanabe is a Japanese director and writer for the famed anime series, Cowboy Bebop, in addition to Samurai Champloo and The Animatrix. He is noted for blending multiple genres together. In Cowboy Bebop, classic cowboy western mixes with 1940/50's New York film noir, Hong Kong action movies, and plenty of other personal influences. Mr. Watanabe’s love for music is reflected in the blend of jazz, blues, funk and New Age music that is found throughout the soundtrack of Cowboy Bebop. February 11 (Saturday) Location to be announced, Houston" Hope people are finding some answers to their questions somewhere in my posts I don't know if Yoko Kanno would appreciate being described as "new age music" though 
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patch
 Posts: 677 Location: New York, NY |
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Whoever attends please take notes/record this for us!
I'm dying to hear his talk, and just checked roundtrip airline tickets for that day and ~$400 is a little too steep... 
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Kazuki-san
Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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I'd be more then glad to take notes, and record it, as long as they let recording devices in. I must ask what you used to check prices though. Roundtrip same-day return on Priceline and Expedia is right ~ $230. Still a bit steep for my tastes to blow on one day, but a bit more doable then ~$400. |
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darkhunter
 Posts: 2992 Location: Los Angelas |
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Why? Then your nice DVD cover will get messed up with giant messy scribbles.
Assuming he can only speak Japanese, all you will be hearing is a translator or really bad engrish. I wonder if Wanatabe speaks English well. |
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patch
Posts: 677 Location: New York, NY |
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Used Priceline, looked for roundtrip sameday, now it seems like its ~300, It might just be cheaper/easier if I did roundtrip with overnight stay, but still like you said maybe a still a bit much. Would really appriciate anything you can do Kazuki-san I'll try to find out what the museum's policy is.
Every interview of his that I've seen has always been in Japanese with translator, so most likely this lecture will be as well. Either way I think a recording would be great, best thing possible since I'm actually unable to go to the event. Last edited by patch on Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:48 am; edited 1 time in total |
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