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August 2001 Observations File date: 8/27/01Observation: Ikuni went to Japan to take care of some business. (Excerted from email from Ikuni. Translated loosely by Shizuki) I'm going to have a meeting with Watanabe-san. Well, I'm gonna go drinking with him. Watanabe-san is the editor-in-chief of Newtype magazine, an anime magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten. He's a delightful, old-school, otaku-type of a man, who I would also like to do an observation journal on... but who am I kidding? I'm already backlogged with this simple journal! File date: 8/28/01 Observation: Ikuni will be having an autograph session during the OmochaBox retail store grand opening on September 15. Tickets for the autograph session will be passed out on a first-come, first-served basis to the first 75 customers. (Editor's note: This event has been postponed. Please see above) Ikuni will be dressed as Sailor Mars, as he did during the Tokyo Character Show a few years ago. Ikuni, along with Sailor Jamboree, will be doing a song & dance. OK, the second paragraph is a COMPLETE LIE. But wouldn't that have been fun? If enough people make the request, it may happen in the future. If Newtype can make it happen, Akadot can too! Sailor Jamboree will be at the grand opening, though, dressed as characters from "I'm Gonna be an Angel!" (Tenshi ni Narumon!). File date: 8/31/01 Observation: Ikuni came back from Japan. He stopped by the DMI office to pick up his mail that's been piling up in our office. New issue of Shoujo Teikoku, a manga anthology that is running Ikuni's new project with Chiho Saito -- "World of S & M." Several copies of Animerica Extra. Documents from CPM. (call-out to CPM: gimme a free Utena movie DVD when it's released!) Enough begging for now. Back to the topic. Ikuni wanted to eat Thai curry. So we head off to Chili Thai, a Thai restaurant that's a block away from the OmochaBox store (enough plugging of the store, you say?) Ikuni drove. Like a madman. Ran a red light at the intersection of Westwood Blvd. & Pico Blvd. Almost backed into a car that passed by behind us. But we got there safely. Observations by Ken:
File date: 8/30/2001
Observation:
Ikuni returns from Japan. It took him about 2 hours to get through the
arrival customs at LAX due to his incomplete immigration forms. I was a bit
surprised to see him come out of the gate with his new haircut. As I took
him to his LA home, we stopped by RadioShack to buy a stereo-mini to RCA
cable to hook his MiniDisc player to his stereo, so that he could listen to
his ESL MDs he made in Japan.
 
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