Update - just uploaded the HD wallpapers of this whole post over to my Google Plus account.
Was out n about in Akihabara yesterday as I was speaking at the Tokyo International Anime Festival on the subject of the anime market overseas.
On the overpass. There used to be a huge parking lot here with many folks skateboarding and playing basket ball many many moons ago - check the photos in the History of Akihabara post.
Setting up the new MacBook Air before the room is filled. Not a lot of seats but they are filled with a load of industry folk - met folks from NEC, Docomo and the General Manager of Tezuka Productions - Shimuzu-san. Many of my new clients are made at conferences like this - even though I'm not paid for many talks that I give, its up to me to make the most of the opportunity and the chance to network with potential clients is priceless.
Thinking long term means you care about the future, thinking short term means you dont give a damn about the future.
Vince Shortino is the top man at Crunchylol - going over some business. I learned today that I need a Mirai-chan sticker for the back of my Mac - wasted real estate.
The event was run by the Japanese government who I have been working with since last year. I'm speaking at another conference for them next week and also working with them on this n that while I'm in Singapore for the Anime Festival Asia. My goal is to help them realize how important you are to them.
I've got 10 mins to explain what I do and why. Talking about the roots of how I discovered Japanese Culture - but you already know how.
A quick going over my job history.
Figma Mirai followed by...
Crunchy's business model. Folks think that I get money for views of Culture Japan on Crunchylol - that moolah goes to crunchy and not me!
Crunchy also sell goodies too.
Our Mirai Gaia platform can also handle e-commerce as you have seen from Kid Nemo and I'll be using that feature also in 2012.
Time to take questions from the audience, network and then head back to base. The Tokyo International Anime Festival was actually a replacement for the Tokyo Anime Fair which got cancelled due to the earthquake that his us earlier on this year.
The "festival" however was far from it with only a handfull of booths for business matching - I didn't even bother to take photos.
Haruko from Maken-ki has nice eyes.
Akihabara is ever changing. On this side of Chuo dori street there used to be the Akibakan PC accessory shop where I used to get all my cheap HDD's but they are now gone.
Walkure Romanze - out now!
Out December 15th - Final Fantasy XIII - 2.
The new Volks store - this is what the old one looked like.