{"id":35187,"date":"2014-05-27T07:52:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T11:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=35187"},"modified":"2014-05-27T07:52:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T11:52:41","slug":"justins-japan-ghost-in-the-shell-kishi-bashi-luna-haruna-at-animenext","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/27\/justins-japan-ghost-in-the-shell-kishi-bashi-luna-haruna-at-animenext\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin\u2019s Japan: \u2018Ghost in the Shell,\u2019 Kishi Bashi, Luna Haruna at AnimeNEXT"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ghost<\/a>

Ghost in the Shell: Arise \u2013 Borders: 1 & 2<\/em> premieres at AMC Loews Village 7 May 29. (FUNimation)<\/p><\/div>\n

By<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0JQ\u00a0magazine<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0editor\u00a0Justin Tedaldi<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(CIR\u00a0Kobe-shi<\/a>, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for related stories.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

After an unusually chilly spring, it\u2019s finally starting to feel like summer. Enjoy some seasonal events this month that celebrate the best of both fine art and pop art.<\/p>\n

This month\u2019s highlights include:<\/p>\n

Wednesday, May 28, 10:00 p.m.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Hard Nips<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

The Bowery Electric<\/b><\/a>, 327 Bowery<\/b><\/p>\n

$5<\/b><\/p>\n

An all-female quartet that delivers riff-heavy, post-punk anthems, Each of the Hard Nips<\/a> came to live in New York at different times, from different parts of Japan. And, as conspired by the ever-dexterous hand of fate, they were to cross paths and become fast friends. They quickly formed a cult-like bond whose rituals all included drinking a lot of alcohol and uncontrollably running their mouths. The wine flowed like Kool-Aid and, somehow, they found themselves buying into the delusion that they were capable of forming a kick-ass rock band. Witness the next chapter in their story, with support from Shakes and the Johnnys.<\/p>\n

Thursday, May 29, 7:30 p.m.<\/b><\/p>\n

Ghost in the Shell: Arise \u2013 Borders: 1 & 2<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

AMC Loews Village 7<\/b><\/a>, 66 Third Avenue <\/b><\/p>\n

$10<\/b><\/p>\n

In the first two parts of this highly anticipated prequel series of the anime sensation Ghost in the Shell<\/i>, it\u2019s the year after the fourth World War and cyborg\/hacker Motoko Kusanagi finds herself wrapped up in the investigation of a devastating bombing. But she\u2019s not the only one looking for answers\u2014as she delves deeper into the mystery of who is behind the attack, a specialized team unlike any before begins to take shape.<\/p>\n

June 6-8<\/b><\/p>\n

AnimeNEXT 2014<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Garden State Convention Center<\/b><\/a>, 50 Atrium Drive, Somerset, NJ<\/b><\/p>\n

$45-$60<\/b><\/p>\n

The largest independently organized anime convention in the New York\/New Jersey metropolitan area. AnimeNEXT features Japanese creators of anime and manga, voice actors, musical acts, artists, vendors and exhibits, events, panels, workshops, and gaming. This year\u2019s musical guest is Tokyo\u2019s Luna Haruna<\/a>, who made her major debut in 2012 with the song \u201cSoraha Takaku Kazeha Utau,\u201d the ending theme song for the second season of anime series Fate\/Zero<\/i>. Her latest single, \u201cSnowdrop<\/a>,\u201d was featured as the ending theme song the second season of Monogatari<\/i>. Don\u2019t miss her first-ever performance on the East Coast!<\/p>\n

For the complete story, click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0JQ\u00a0magazine\u00a0editor\u00a0Justin Tedaldi\u00a0(CIR\u00a0Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page\u00a0here\u00a0for related stories. After an unusually chilly spring, it\u2019s finally starting to feel like summer. Enjoy some seasonal events this month that celebrate the best of both fine art and pop art. This month\u2019s highlights include: Wednesday, May 28, 10:00 p.m. The Hard Nips The Bowery […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[75,4,26,53,263,369,340,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-articlejournalism","category-celebrity","category-events","category-film","category-japan-local","category-justins-japan","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-99x","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35190,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35187\/revisions\/35190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}