July 28th

Upcoming Event!

ANIMINICON SOHO

7/31Saturday
The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art
138 Sullivan St. New York, NY 10012

Guest Speaker: Misako Rocks!
Time: 1:00pm to 2:15pm

After her speech, Misako will hold a book signing. You will also be able to selected works hung in the Art Gallery.



July 15th

Anime Tosho-Con!

July 24th (Sat) 11:00am - 12:30pm
221 N. Village Ave Rockville Centre, New York 11570

Misako will give a speech and do book signing at Rockville Centre Public Library



May 5th


Anime Central (ACen) is Chicago’s and the Midwest’s largest anime, manga and Japanese popular culture convention.

As part of its mission, ACen brings fans together with guests from the Japanese and US sectors of the anime and manga industry, as well as gaming, cinema, and Asian culture personalities. The event includes a huge exhibit hall, a massive video game room, concerts, dances, educational panels and workshops, premiere screenings, autograph sessions, 24-hour video rooms, tabletop gaming and much, much more!

Misako is going to run two panels at Acen this year.

She will also be giving a Speech on Friday 5pm to 6:00pm and a Manga/Comic drawing workshop Saturday 4:00pm to 5:30pm.

Come on down!


April 30th

Sakura Matsuri 2010

Saturday, May 1, 2010 | 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Sunday, May 2, 2010 | 10 a.m.–7 p.m.

Upcoming event! Participate in New York City's "rite of spring" at Sakura Matsuri, a phenomenal weekend celebrating Japanese culture with over 60 events and performances. Enjoy contemporary and traditional Japanese music and dance, taiko drumming, ikebana flower arranging, Japanese DJs, presentations on the art of manga, tea ceremonies, and workshops for all ages.

Come one, come all!





March 21st



Upcoming Event:
April 14th (Wed) 19:00-21:00 at academyhills in Roppongi Tokyo, Japan

皆様こんにちは!

六本木のアカデミーヒルズで4月14日午後7時から9時まで、講演会・サイン会が決定しました。

アメリカ出版市場、マーケティング、私のクレイジーな過去、NY高校生のビデオインタビューなど盛りだくさんでお話します!日本語で初めてスピーチするので、ドッキドキです。

アカデミーヒルズで申し込みサイトがアップされました。皆さんが来てくれること楽しみに待ってます!

Ok. Ok. Did you get that? Misako was just telling you how she will be giving a speech and signing books at academyhills in Roppongi - Tokyo, Japan. She will be covering topics like: the difference between American and Japanese publishing, trends, personal journeys and the future of manga in America.

Come out and see it if you can!


March 17th

Upcoming Event!

What: Misako and Friends Group Show opening this Thursday!
Where: Eleanor Roosevelt High school in NYC
When: 4pm - 6pm

Misako curated a fun little art show that is opening this Thursday the 18th at Eleanor Roosevelt High school Below are the super cool artists involved:

Abby Denson www.abbycomix.com

Matt Loux www.actionmatt.com

Otis Brayboy www.otisbrayboy.com


January 20th

Kinokuniy Books is going to be celebrating Misako's recent "Woman of the Year" nomination.

Date: Saturday, January 23rd
Place: Kinokuniya Bookstore - Manhattan
Time: 1:30pm

Misako will demonstrate how to make comics and sign books from 2:00pm to 2:45pm.

Special guests:
Veronica Taylor (Voice of Ash from Pokemon), Otis Brayboy (Animator from Ninja Turtles) and Mari Morimoto (Manga Translator) !!!!

Should be a whole lot of fun! See you there!


December 10th


Whoa! Hey there! Things have been busy. Nekkei Woman recently chose Misako as one of the 15 Women of the year! There was a pretty awesome event held in Tokyo celebrating all of these 15 amazing women! Check the blog for some pics. They also wrote up a fancy little article in their magazine about it all. Check it here.



October 1st



Ghouls and Gourds
October 25th Noon - 6pm

Misako will be attending this spooktastic event! So should you!

Join the crazy parade of paper mache monsters, feed your grandma to the carnivorous plants, and create recycled junk instruments surrounded by the Garden's gorgeous fall colors!

Hey! Quick! What's the favorite food of mathematicians?

Pumpkin pi.

Silly!


October 1st


New York Times: Great Children's Read

October 4th 10am - 5pm

Featured entertainment at the Target Children’s Stage this year will include performances by Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players, Peter Yarrow, Playhouse Disney’s “Choo-Choo Soul,” John Carter Cash, Hip Hop Harry and Yo Gabba Gabba! ......and of course, Misako Rocks!

Misako will be giving a demonstration and book signing for the little ones. Just stop by the NY Comicon booth from 11am - 1pm to join in!

Come one, come all!



September 22nd


AnimeFest NYC!

September 25th - 27th

Misako will be at this year's Anime Festival in NYC hosted at the Javits Center!

Misako's schedule is as follows:

Sept 26th (2:45pm - 3:45pm)
Voice acting workshop with Veronica Tayler and drawings by Misako.

Sept 27th (12:30pm - 1:30pm)
Manga drawing workshop with Misako

Sept 27th (2pm -3pm)
Book signing in the "Ginger Room"





September 14th

Misako will be presenting at the Anime Weekend Atlanta this week. If you're in the area, come check it out!

Anime Weekend Atlanta
September 18th - 20th
Atlanta, Georgia

From the website: AWA has a wide variety of events including video room showings of Japanese cartoons from new releases and titles going back to the 1960's, a dealer's room with retailers who sell Japanese animation and manga related merchandise such as toys, videos, audio CD's and artwork, workshops, panel discussions on various topics including the current trends in Japan and how they will affect the United States, a costume contest where attendees dress up as their favorite anime or manga character, and scores of guests who have worked or currently are working in the industry.

Should be a lot of fun!


August 31st



Anime Fest!

September 4th - 7th
Dallas, Texas

Misako will be attending this year's Anime Fest in Dallas, Texas. So, dust off that mechanical bull you have sitting in your garage and ride/mosey on out!

Come and get your fill of Japanese Guests, Voice Actors, Manga/Comic Artists, Dealer Rooms, 24hr Video Theaters, J-Pop, Gaming, Arcades, Art Shows & Auctions, Panel Discussions, Autograph Sessions, Film/Video Premiers, and much more!

See you there!


August 12th




Japan's NHK TV featured Misako in a series called New York Wave. (In Japanese)

This half-hour program will follow Misako as she dances through her daily routines of teaching, presenting, convention-ing, drawing, biking, MJ worshiping, yoga-ing, hanging out on rooftops and trying to come up with answer as to what it is exactly that makes her do the things she does!

Here is a silly sampling of the Babelfish Translation of the segment:

"With NY Japanese girl cartoonist [misako] reputation. Publishing the comic of 3 volumes already from the major company.... Because secret of popularity not to be Japanese translation ones, drew English girl cartoon. Characters most Americans. It collected materials the high school life of the locale, pursued the reality. There is no experience which is active as a professional in Japan. The seeing which you will see you imitated, grasped chance with power of nature, it sticks to the cartoon life of [misako]."


Couldn't of said it better ourselves!

The show will be airing on August 16th.
We will be sure to post video of it (maybe even with some english translations) when we get a copy!

Here are some stills from the program:




Until then... be seeing you!



August 8th


Lots of exciting things going on lately!


Did we mention the new website yet? Well, here it is (most of it anyways)! We are still in the process of improving things on this site and hope to make it better and better! Yadda yadda. Maybe now Kuririn has a good excuse to learn how to make website layouts using CSS so we can turn this thing into a "Real Website"! That'll be the day!

 

June 24, July 1 and 8
Manga Workshop
Riverdale Library - Riverdale, NY
July 14, 21 and 28
Manga Workshop
St George Library - Staten Island, NY
July 24
Meet the author
Rockville Center Library - Rockville, NY
July 26
Meet the Author
Greenpoint Library - Brooklyn, NY
July 31st
Speech & Book Signing
Animinicon - Soho NYC
Aug 5th, 13th, 19th
Drawing Workshop
Castle Hill Branch Library - NYC
Aug 10th, 17th, 24th
Drawing Workshop
New Dorp Library - Staten Island, NY
September 3rd
Speech and Book Signing
HOSEI University - Tokyo, Japan

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