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First of all, a big thank you goes out to everyone who has supported us in the past year. We couldn’t have done it without you all.
2012 will be a big year for Dragonfish Films. We’ve got a number of projects under development so keep those peepers peeled 
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Dragonfish Films partner with Anime Diet to cover the biggest anime convention on the East Coast, Otakon 2011! Here’s a recap of our trip. We miss it already. Goodbye Otakon!
Otakon Special Guests/Artists featured in this Video:
Chemistry: Yoshikuni Dochin and Kaname Kawabata
Kylee
Noboru Ishiguro
Mari Yoshida
Toshiro Fukuoka
Masayuki Ozaki
Makoto Shinkai
Sixh.: IBI and MINT
Bob Shirohata
Hiraoki Yura
Masao Maruyama
Nobuo Uematsu
Masumi Kano
Mitsuba
Kazuya Murata
Victoria Belmont
Scott Melzer
DJ Black Op
DJ Nak
Please be sure to visit our friends and partners over at Anime Diet, one of premiere Anime sites on the web!
Dragonfish Films and Anime Diet proudly present an Exclusive Interview with Director Kazuya Murata from Otakon 2011.
Director – Kazuya Murata
Fullmetal Alchemist – The Sacred Star of Milos
From the Director who brought you the anime hits Eureka Seven, Pokemon, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Dennou Coil, Gunsmith Cats and Steel Angel Kurumi, comes Kazuya Murata’s latest movie: Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos.
Watch our exclusive interview here:
Subtitle translation and interview conducted by our friends and partners at Anime Diet!
Nobuo Uematsu share his personal thoughts and insights at the Q&A panel at Otakon 2011! Translated by our friends and partners at Anime Diet.
Nobuo Uematsu is one of the most celebrated composers in the video game field. He has achieved global recognition for his work on the FINAL FANTASY series that has been performed by world-class orchestras around the world. Nobuo Uematsu has been recognized as a major contributor in the increasing appreciation and awareness of video game music. A prime example is the FINAL FANTASY VIII theme song, “Eyes on Me,” composed and produced by him. His song featured Hong Kong pop star Faye Wong and sold a record 400,000 copies. It also won “Song of the Year (Western Music)” at the 14th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards in 1999, which was the first time in history that music from a video game had attained this illustrious honor. The music from the game series has grown to such notoriety, Nobuo Uematsu was named as one of the “Innovators” in Time Magazine’s Time 100: the Next Wave Music feature.
Mr Uematsu appears by special arrangement with Distant Worlds and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Please visit our friends and partners at Anime Diet for more in depth coverage from Otakon 2011!
Many attendees at Otakon cosplay as their favorite fictional (and some non-fictional) characters. Here’s a glimpse of the cosplay action at Otakon 2011!
A big thank you goes out to all the cosplayers who modeled for our video and photos! ENJOY!
Please visit our friends over at Anime Diet for more coverage from Otakon 2011!
Mitsuba and Masumi Kano will be hosting a special BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT, and ALICE and the PIRATES Fashion Show at Otakon 2011!
Here’s look at some of the amazing designs by Mitsuba and Masumi Kano!
About the designers:
Masumi Kano graduated from Bunka Women’s University. After graduation, she started working for BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT, working as a designer.
“BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT” is a Japanese clothing boutique chain that specializes in Lolita fashion, with their main focus in the subcategory Sweet Lolita. BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT opened their first international retail store outside of Japan in Paris, France, and opened their first North American retail store in San Francisco, California, USA on August 15, 2009.
After graduating from a shop-staff of ALICE and the PIRATES, Mitsuba worked/experienced in Sales. Later, Mitsuba turned to the position of designer. She currently works as the Chief Designer of ALICE and the PIRATES.
“ALICE and the PIRATES” is a line of the BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT clothing boutique chain. The ALICE and the PIRATES line has a strong pirate and pirate-punk theme. A store devoted to this line opened in Harajuku on the 25th of August 2006.
Please visit our friends at Anime Diet for an in depth look at the Baby, The Stars Shine Bright, and Alice and the Pirates Fashion Show from Otakon 2011!
Check out the amazing designs by Sixh.!
In 2007, “Sixh.” was born through the collaboration of young fashion design duo IBI and MINT through the success of h.ism, h. NAOTO’s project started in the mid 2000s based on the theme of fashion and music co-existing in one entity.
Started by IBI, the fashion line Sixh. unites visual-kei artistry with the imagery of popular host and hostess clubs. A new theme, ghost-kei, is created by combining the words “gothic” and “host” into “ghost”. MINT launches the line with the New Japan Mode Collection featuring its relaxed character, “MINT Neko”, and Sixh. flourishes from there. Without a doubt, Sixh.’s cool, carefree ideas are not restricted by ordinary rules of fashion or society.
Also in 2007, Sixh. expanded from a fashion brand into a band with the same name. IBI sings vocals with MINT on the bass, joined by guitarist NARI. Sixh.’s unique musical presentation crosses the Western standard of “rock” with the fashions of ghost-kei.
In 2010, Sixh.’s ladies’ collection “MelT” joins the line-up with designer MIKA in the lead. It mixes sexiness with a touch of devilish cuteness by using gorgeous butterflies and roses as the main motifs. IBI’s Ageha-kei fashion line is also in the works. h. NAOTO’s fashion line and band Sixh. is constantly adapting and merging with ever- evolving Japanese counterculture. At heart, Sixh. is the sixth sense beyond the five senses.
Please visit our friends at Anime Diet for more coverage on from Otakon!
CHEMISTRY, with an amazing six #1 albums on the Oricon National Charts, along with 4 person dance group Synergy make their U.S. debut this summer at Otakon 2011 July 29-31 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore MD. Recent anime songs by CHEMISTRY include “Period” for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and “Merry-Go-Round” in the recent OVA of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.
CHEMISTRY is a Japanese R&B duo, composed of, Yoshikuni Dochin and Kaname Kawabata. After winning the Asayan audition in 2000 which was organized by Sony Music Entertainment Japan, they debuted in 2001 with three #1 singles (“Pieces of Dreams,” “Point of No Return,” and “You Go Your Way”) and a #1 album (The Way We Are).
In June 2002, CHEMISTRY participated in “Voices of KOREA/JAPAN,” a Korean/ Japanese collaboration vocal unit that sang the official theme song of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. They co-recorded the first Korean/Japanese collaboration song entitled “Let’s Get Together Now.” The song, performed at the pre-opening festival of the World Cup held in Korea, was hailed as the first national broadcast of a Japanese language song in Korea since WWII. Their performance at the World Cup opening ceremony was broadcast in 160 countries worldwide.
Not ones to rest on their laurels, CHEMISTRY went on to produce #1 album after #1 album. Hits include songs “Your Name Never Gone” and “Tokage feat. John Legend.”
In August 2010, CHEMISTRY recorded “A Better Tomorrow,” the world wide theme song for a Korean remake of the Hong Kong film “A Better Tomorrow” starring Song Seung- Heon.
The year saw the duo building on their successful career within Japan as well as highlights of increasing their presence in the rest of Asia including their endeavor to sing in Korean for the first time and in November, performing at the M-net Asian Music Awards held in Macao, receiving the Best Asian Male Artist award.
Also in 2010, CHEMISTRY worked together with the 4-person dance group Synergy to release “Shawty.” Another joint work of the two groups was released November 3, 2010, titled “Keep Your Love.”
This March, CHEMISTRY released their best of album, “CHEMISTRY 2001-2011,” which commemorates their first decade together as a duo.
Please visit our friends at Anime Diet for more in depth look at the Chemistry concert!
Makoto Shinkai is a native of the Nagano prefecture in Japan. While in middle school, exposure to manga, anime, and novels birthed his desire for creation. One of these anime was Castle in the Sky by Hayao Miyazaki which he describes as his favorite. This desire led to his studies in Japanese literature at university.
His works include the award winning She and Her Cat, Voices of a Distant Star which was written, directed, and produced entirely by himself and in which he voiced in the original, the critically acclaimed The Place Promised in Our Early Days, and the multiple award winning series of short stories in the film 5 Centimeters Per Second.
This year, Makoto Shinkai has released his latest work, Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below, which was released in Japan on May 7, 2011
For more about Makoto Shinkai and his movies, please visit Anime Diet for more coverage from Otakon 2011!
Stay tuned as we will post up fantastic cosplay action, awesome interviews with some of the biggest names in Japanese entertainment, and amazing event coverage!
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