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hey i just saw your sailor moon drops entry! its very helpful. I'm stuck right now trying to get sailor jupiter but its asking for 10 gems. Is there a way to get gems without having to pay? best michelle

I haven’t gotten that far yet. (Looks at three stubborn two-star Stages.) So far, I haven’t seen any other way to get gems; though we got some the first time Tux helped out (scripted). 

Are there other buttons available? A screenshot would be great! Also, if someone else knows, feel free to answer.

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Another flyer designed by @dvcaputo Don't forget to purchase tickets $10 @ www.animeresearchgroup.com/screenings seating is limited 😊 #animeresearchgroup

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Excited to announce #animeresearchgroup will be selling limited edition Internet inspired anime merch made by us ( shirts, hats, etc) at the #internetyamiichi flea market. Saturday, September 12, 2015 / 12pm – 8pm in flushing. Check the Web for more info http://yami-ichi.biz/nyc/ The Internet Yami-Ichi (Internet Black Market) is a free to attend flea market where artists, creators, makers and even farmers or grandmas come together to sell and trade Internet-ish items.

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“Waku Waku” is a new Japanese pop culture festival launching this summer ( August 29th-30th) in New York City. Waku Waku +NYC brings together the worlds of anime, manga, music, food, film, and fashion. Enter our fans and followers discount code ANIMERESEARCH2015 @ the wakuwakunyc.com/ ticket page 😉💖💓 hope to see you guys there!!

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ANIME RESEARCH GROUP PRESENTS: MIND GAME

TIckets MUST be purchased in advance! Tickets will not be available at the door. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/anime-research-group-presents-mind-game-tickets-16966117113

Friday May 29th @ 8:00 pm THE DAVENPORT THEATRE 354 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036

Taking a departure from the last obscure OVA screenings, this month will be showing the award winning but lesser known film, Mind Game. Mind Game is the second film of Masaaki Yuasa, who is widely known for directing the television series: Kabia,The Tatami Galaxy and most recently Ping Pong. Yuasa's unique visual language and storytelling merge through his experimentation with rapid fluctuations of styles, mixing between crude photo animation and drawn exaggerated movements. Please join us as we celebrate the early work of an undoubtedly influential anime director.

Plot Summary The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place. Nishi (and some friends) attempt to break out of their trap, and discover what it truly means to be alive along the way. by ann

Running time: 104 minutes

English Subtitles

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The Atomic Bomb: Reflections in Japanese Manga and Anime by Frank Robert Fuller

The atomic bomb had a powerful effect on the underlying themes in the worlds of Japanese “anime” (the standard term used in the English-speaking West for Japanese cinematic animation) and “manga” (Japanese comic books and graphic novels). It can be said that the evolution of manga (comics), has brought a certain perspective and idealism with it in response to the atomic bombs in World War II, meaning that the Japanese imagined these catastrophic events in particular ways that affected their psyche, which is portrayed by various artists through their works. There are actually a number of ”anime,” or manga that are animated and brought to life through moving images on film, in the preceding decades after World War II, that are based on the after-effects of the atomic bomb and the changes in mindsets and attitudes of the Japanese that directly result from the War, especially as inspired by the artist Osamu Tezuka’s works and the anime and manga artists that were later inspired by his manga and films. Many of these artists sawin Tezuka, a way of helping the nation cope with the tragedy of these catastrophic events.

 For Sean Leonard, Japanese animation expert and an instructor at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology (MIT) the Japanese word “anime” is an apocopation of animeshon, which is transliterated from English. In Japanese, both terms denote all types of animation. In English, anime refers to Japanese animation; the term is used for both the singular and the plural.” 1 The two common themes (dependent variables) analyzed here developed out of manga, which sprang forth as an outgrowth of the bomb’s effects, include an obsession with technological enhancements and hope rising out of endless devastation. These types of themes, and the originality of Japanese manga and anime artists, explain why fans exist all over the world for these particular forms of media. In addition, a number of lesser themes or sub-themes (dependent variables) will also be given in support of the two primary themes analyzed in this paper. Jerome Shapiro, author of Atomic Bomb Cinema: The Apocalyptic Imagination on Film, explains the importance of such atomic-bomb related themes expressed in films after the war, in order to help Japan cope with its loss, defeat, and despair as a result of the bomb itself while maintaining some semblance of hope: 

The first responsibility of any community or any leader that’s experiencing a catastrophic event is finding hope. Without hope there is no...change. When you look at the scholarship on ancient apocalyptic literature, rather than, say the nuclear crisis we're experiencing today, what we find is that so and so agrees that this a hopeful literature. Yet it describes painful events that will come, it describes suffering and oppression that is taking place...they're saying that if we get through this, there’s a possibility of rebuilding communities, finding greater meaning in life, and finding happiness...the first responsibility of any literature is to encourage people to survive and self-actualize in themselves, and then only is the possibility of restoring community possible...In the Japanese tradition the world comes to a complete end and a new one starts over. 2

CLICK THE LINK TO READ THE FULL ESSAY  http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1894&context=dissertations