Puella Magi Madoka Magica Cast Meet & Greet-Anime Jungle

Two weeks ago, it was announced that there was going to be a meet and greet this evening with the cast of Puella Magi Madoka Magica at Anime Jungle in Little Tokyo in L.A.  I was only planning to attend if the volume 1 blu-ray I ordered arrived in time...well the pic of my dinner (the dynamite roll) at Frying Fish in the Japanese Village Plaza where Anime Jungle is located is a sign that I actually got the blu-ray in time and had a reason to make the two hour drive up to L.A. (fun to have deal with Friday traffic on the three day weekend)...

3D Camera v2.0 Saga: Part 1-Do the Cameras Actually Work?

Above is a quick rig I built out of scrap pieces of basswood and the switch from my first 3D camera to see if the cameras can sync correctly since I'm using larger SD cards...

Was Gonna Talk About My Holiday Vacation, Then This Came Up...

As Anime News Network reported, Bandai Entertainment (Lucky Star, Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Cowboy Bebop, K-On!, and a bunch of other titles) is pretty much out of the anime and manga physical distribution game, leaving at least the U.S. market (since I don't really pay attention to the industry) to Funimation, Aniplex of America, Sentai Filmworks, Media Blasters, NIS America, Nozomi Entertainment/RightStuf International, Viz Media (wait...I thought companies were dropping like flies...still more companies involved in distributing anime to the U.S. than studios making feature length animated films in the U.S.)...

Quickpost: 3D Pics from Vegas Holiday

 

Well I was hoping I'd be spending a lot of time taking 3D pics, but carrying my rig along with my other cameras around the Strip became too impractical, so here are the few pics I took in Chinatown Plaza...

The Las Vegas Great Santa Run 2011 Part 3: Eating Off The Strip...

Growing up in Las Vegas, pretty much my entire life revolved around Maryland Parkway...Even years after I've moved, I still stop by, like having breakfast (milkfish belly) for dinner at a Jollibee there (yeah, this Filipino fast food chain's been in America for a while now...)...

The Las Vegas Great Santa Run 2011 Part 2: What Can You Do With a Free Santa Suit?

I bought the beard with a Santa wig...too bad it was too windy to wear the wig...

Anywho, in order to break the world record, participants had to be given Santa suits.  Of course, there was no real obligation to wear them as is...

The Las Vegas Great Santa Run 2011 Part 1: A Very Cold Morning to Break a World Record

According to the local news, the world record for most runners in Santa suits was reclaimed by Vegas with 8,123 participants between the 5K and 1 mile walk.  Now this event is an annual fundraiser for Opportunity Village, a charity that helps people with severe intellectual disabilities.

The event was held at Town Square this year.  The location is on the Strip near the airport.  I guess it was held here instead of downtown Las Vegas because of its close proximity to the start line for the Las Vegas Rock 'n Roll marathon being held the next day so it can attract the runners staying at the nearby Mandalay Bay and Luxor resorts...