April 5, 2004

• This looks interesting – Club Par Avion. “…We are a dance craze of sensational and entirely seductive Global Indie Clubpop, Indiepop, Cartoon Disco, Cutepop, 60′s Twist and Ye-Ye! from Japan, Spain, France, Hong Kong, Mexico, Germany, China and Bollywood, conducive to dancefloor exuberance and flirtacious alcoholic consumption. We invite you to Do the Twist and The Monkey with our cute and creative Par Avion patrons at our Clubpop Disco!!!”

  Neokaiju is a toy project which Tim Biskup & Gary Basemen are involved with. I remember Nathan J. telling me about this.

  I’ve created an Endsville picture album. Only the main characters so far. (Will add cars later). 

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  Animation trends 2004?

  In this month’s issue of Animation Magazine (which we rarely read anymore), there’s an article with a list of “What’s Cool in 2004?” 

  So, this is what’s cool this year -

  • Christian resurgence is everywhere…. Think spirituality in all things in 2004, and the market will find you.
  • Going Japanese will continue… From anime to technology to foods and fashions, anything Japanese will be watched carefully for emerging trends and fads.

  Eddie: Well how about a show where the hero is“Jesus Christ Samurai”? Jesus is a samurai warrior. With his gang of the twelve apostles they defend a village from the barbaric Romans.

  Lili:  Also on the list - Girl Power refuses to cool off. Is your Jesus Christ Samurai idea going to do anything for the girls?

  Eddie: In that case, Jesus can have a sidekick, Mary Magdalene. She kicks ass and wears a schoolgirl outfit like in Battle Royale.

  Lili: A Christian anime-looking boys-action series… Something for everyone.Which network? Kids WB?

  Eddie: Yeah. No, wait. This should be for Cartoon Network’s new Miguzi block

  Found also in Animation Magazine – an ad for a animation program called The Tab, which is developed by the Toonz people, which sounds very similar to (but looks friendlier than)Toonboom studio. The Tab incorporates the storyboarding phase and includes  3D camera moves, effects and Flash output. Anyone tried this?

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  Today, we had brunch on Venice Beach. It’s still a vibrant hippie-buskers’ hangout and feels so different from the rest of L.A. In the afternoon, Peter and Georgia did their sightseeing and (more) shopping in Santa Monica while Eddie and I worked on our ”Jive Turkey Experience music reference” CD-mix.

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  Then we all had dinner at Canters diner, another LA institution. Tomorrow morning, Peter visits Sherman Oaks for the first time and sees where we work.

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