{"id":15415,"date":"2017-09-25T11:26:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T18:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=socaljapan&#038;p=15415"},"modified":"2018-06-11T19:09:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T21:09:02","slug":"sep-24th-2017-o","status":"publish","type":"socaljapan","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/sep-24th-2017-o\/","title":{"rendered":"Sep 24th 2017 O.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sep 24th 2017 O.A.<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Gfp3fLmZfA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1490898100387{padding: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>LA Anime Film Festival<\/h2>\n<p>North America\u2019s largest Japanese anime film festival, LA Anime Film Festival happened for 3 days from September 15th at Downtown LA. This event was made possible by the Rydgen Inc. and the cooperation of the film distributor, Azoland Pictures.20 titles were shown including new titles that had their North American premiere and classic titles that received high reviews overseas.This year is the 100th anniversary since anime was first produced in Japan, so one of its first anime film was also shown. On its first day, one of the main events of this festival, the premiere of the English dubbed anime movie \u201cNo Game No Life Zero\u201d was shown. VIP guests and English voice actors were invited. \u201cNo Game No Life Zero\u201d is an anime film based on a popular TV series where the main character battles in a fantasy world where \u201cEverything is decided through games.\u201d This is the first time being shown in the states as it will be introduced in theaters all over the US in October. About 6,000 people attended to this 3 day event. Q&#038;A session with the creators were also held and fans enjoyed the Japanese anime.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1490898118117{padding: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>A Luncheon of Senior Citizen\u2019s Day at Sakura Gardens<\/h2>\n<p>A luncheon happened on Friday, September 8th at Sakura Gardens in Boyle Heights to celebrate Senior Citizen\u2019s Day. Every 3rd Monday of September is Senior Citizen\u2019s Day in Japan. To celebrate the elders\u2019 hard work towards our society, a luncheon was held at Sakura Gardens as well.<br \/>\nRegional VP of Operations for the Northstar Senior Living, John Peters commented \u201cWe are very grateful to our powerful seniors for teaching us something new everyday.\u201d Lunch menu included: sashimi, black cod and red-white buns with bean paste fillings. that provides care for the Japanese American seniors and volunteers made this event possible. Currently, 128 residents live in Sakura Garden and 50 residents are over 90 years old. Each names were called at the awarding ceremony and gifts were handed to them. 3 people were the eldest being 98 years old. After lunch, enka ballad songs and Japanese dances were performed. Choir group by the Sakura Gardens residents, \u201cBaachans\u201d energetically performed 4 songs like \u201cThe Bear Song\u201d and \u201cBeautiful Spring.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1490898207105{padding: 15px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sep 24th 2017 O.A. 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