{"id":20254,"date":"2023-07-09T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T03:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=socaljapan&#038;p=20254"},"modified":"2023-07-10T20:22:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T03:22:03","slug":"2023-07-09","status":"publish","type":"socaljapan","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/2023-07-09\/","title":{"rendered":"July 9th 2023 O.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p><\/p>\n<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"> July 9th 2023 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\/yj4fSVceguA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Anime Expo 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Anime Expo LA was held for 4 days from Saturday, July 1st through Wednesday, July 4th at the LA Convention Center.<\/p>\n<p>Anime Expo is the largest anime convention in North America held by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation.<br \/>\nThis year is their 32nd time with over 350 companies and vendors, and more than 500 artists participating.<\/p>\n<p>Latest news of the newest series and exclusive goods were available.<br \/>\nFans dressed in their favorite characters and went on a scavenger hunt to find that one special item they were looking for.<\/p>\n<p>Booths promoting Japanese culture were also there.<\/p>\n<p>The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) participated for the first time selling goods and food unrelated to anime.<br \/>\nCustomers made purchases via the Japan Store Amazon shop.<br \/>\nJETRO showcased the appeal of various aspects of Japanese culture beyond anime.<\/p>\n<p>Special guests from all over the world attend every year.<br \/>\nThis year, all eyes were on illustrator Yoshitaka Amano.<\/p>\n<p>Amano started his career as a character designer.<br \/>\nHe later became an illustrator and worked on many projects.<br \/>\nHe is most known for designing the characters of \u201cFinal Fantasy\u201d series, a popular game and has fans all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>2 projects were announced at the panel discussion that Amano attended.<br \/>\nFirst one is a Greek mythology themed grand-scale artwork larger than 100 meters in size.<br \/>\nThe entire process will be shown as a documentary.<br \/>\nThe second project is the production of his animation movie, \u201cZAN\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This movie is based on Amano\u2019s \u201cDEVA ZAN\u201d which consists of more than 300 pieces that he made.<br \/>\nZAN is a samurai spending his day in endless warfare.<br \/>\nOne day, he is guided into another world by a mysterious girl and fights in a battle of light and dark as he searches for who he really is.<br \/>\nThe illustrations were made into an artbook and sold in the US in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreek Mythology Project\u201d will be released 2024 onward and \u201cZAN\u201d will be released in 2025 onward.<\/p>\n<p>Musician YOSHIKI attended the panel as a surprise guest.<br \/>\nThis was made possible because Amano worked on the artwork for YOSHIKI\u2019s newest song and surprised everyone who was there.<\/p>\n<p>The four day event sold out every day, and more than 100,000 people attended this year\u2019s Anime Expo.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Sakura Gardens\u2019 Annual Residents Picnic<\/h2>\n<p>Friday, June 2nd was the Sakura Gardens\u2019 Annual Residents Picnic, an event of a retirement home in Boyle Heights.<\/p>\n<p>This is an annual event held for the residents of Sakura Gardens.<br \/>\nStaff and volunteers work together so residents can enjoy a picnic-like atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>There was entertainment on stage after lunch. 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