Stu Levy will produce in association with China’s Artention Films.
Screenwriter Mike Ferris has been tapped to adapt Juror 13, the graphic novel from TokyoPop. Stu Levy, the filmmaker and entrepreneur who founded TokyoPop’s parent company Pop Media Group, will produce in association with China’s Artention Films.
After a day of questing through Tokyo, there’s no better place for a tired otaku to get a little R&R than Luida’s Bar. A ‘Dragon Quest’ themed tavern in Roppongi, the establishment offers real-world delicacies and “potions” modeled after in-game items. You can chow down a turkey leg branded with the Dragon Quest logo, a slime monster meat bun, or a curry with a delicious, detached hand in it. All the while, theme music from the game plays through the tavern’s speakers.
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It's convention season, and hopefully you have your convention survival kit ready to go. Let me make a suggestion of what to add. I'm sure you've been in the exhibit hall when it's crowded with people. Yes, somewhere in that huge room there is a very overburdened central air system trying to keep things cool...
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