AWESOME COSPLAY!!!

Yeah I would definitely pay to see this fight...

Cosplay can be an awesome thing.

People play characters everyday, whether they act on a television show or in a movie.

Manga Recommendation of the Week - "Sengoku Armors"

Sengoku Armors

Artist - Sakaki Shouta

Genre: Action, Comedy, Historical, Shonen

Status: 2011 - Ongoing

10 years after the killing of Oda Nobunaga, allegedly through the betrayal of his follower Akechi Mitsuhide, Nobunaga's 16-year-old daughter is being sent to the current ruler of Japan, the cruel Toyotomi Hideyoshi. En route, she is rescued by two mysterious, powerful monks. Her mistrust of their intentions only deepens when she learns that one of them, who calls himself Tenkai, possesses one of the powerful weapons known as "Sodomu." Tenkai's plans will only become clear when his secrets are revealed! Hopefully, he can show Nobunaga's daughter that the power of "Sodomu" can be used for good as well as evil! 

READ:

http://www.mangareader.net/sengoku-armors  

Manga Recommendation of the Week - "Silver Spoon"

Silver Spoon

Artist - Arakawa Hiromu

(Best known for Creating FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST) 

Genre: Comedy, School Life, Shonen, Slice of Life

Status: 2011 - Ongoing 

Hachiken-kun starts attending his new high school which happens to be in the middle of no where. He applied there to become the top of the class to get into a great college for a bright future, too bad he has no actual dreams to keep him on the right track. The school is really an agricultural school where students learn to properly take care of animals and growing crops. Hachiken-kun believes he is totally prepared for school, if he didn't get lost on the first day and memorize the wrong text book over the break. Will he find his dream job or will he be stuck in high school for ever taking care of animals at 5 in the morning?

READ:

http://www.mangareader.net/silver-spoon

Japan Relief Effort

Vaughn College's Japanese Culture Club has raised $145.00 to help with the relief effort over in Japan due to the tragic earthquake that took place in Northern Japan last month. We shall be donating the money to 'Japan Society' in Manhattan, NY. We organized an Art Exhibit at the last minute one week after Spring Break with local artists who attended Vaughn College.

-The donations will go to rebuilding Tōhoku Region of Japan.- 

Please enjoy the photos of some of the Art Work I have placed below:

For more information on the Relief Fund, please check out the website below for Japan Society: 

http://www.japansociety.org/earthquake

Anime Recommendation of the Week - "Toriko"

Toriko

Genre: Comedy, Action, Adventure

In the world where the taste and texture of food are very important, there is Toriko: a Gourmet hunter of precious foods is regularly hired by restaurants and the rich. He is a man with inhuman skills to capture the ferocious, evasive and rare animals to complete his ultimate dinner course. His current accomplice, a weak, timid person Komatsu, but who was inspired by Toriko's greatness, accompanies him on all his journeys on his quest for the course of his life. An organization that seeks to take control of the world's entire food supply increases the struggle along their adventure.


WATCH:
http://www.zomganime.com/anime/toriko

Manga Recommendation of the Week - "Gamaran"

Gamaran

Artist - Nakamaru Yousuke

Genre: Action, Historical, Martial Arts, Shonen

Status: May 2009 - Ongoing

Out in the midst of the mountain is the doujo of the 'Daigame Ryuu' (Giant Tortoise Style). There lives Kurogane Gama, the son of the legendary swordsman, Kurogane Jinsuke, who is believed to be able to kill 1000 martial artists in Unabara. There, one of the sons of Washitzu Naosata, Washitzu Naoshi, comes in search of the legendary swordsman, only to find that he had gone missing several years ago. After seeing the battle style of Gama, he instead chooses to ask Gama to come with him. Wanting to become stronger, Gama agrees to his offer, and that marks the beginning of Gama's battle to become the strongest of all . . .

READ HERE:
http://www.mangareader.net/408/gamaran.html

Japanese Culture Club Presents: "The Sky Crawlers"

The Sky Crawlers

Come on down to the Student Lounge
March 22nd @ 11am to see the Movie Premiere!!

 Plot Summary:
The Sky Crawlers is set in an alternate history where, although the world is at peace, in order to ease the tension of a populace accustomed to war and aggression, private corporations contract fighter pilots to engage in actual combat operations against each other. The film introduces a mystery involving pilots called Kildren, humanoids genetically designed to live eternally in adolescence until shot down in air battles presented commercially for entertainment, after which they are reproduced by cloning.

(there will be free popcorn, lol)