Media Report: Ponyo Day March 6, 2010

Lobby –

Jon Hills from Hills Learning teaching people Japanese through the Ponyo dialogue.

Misako Rocks! is the author and artist of Detective Jermain and Rock and Roll Love.

The teaching tools used for learning Japanese and how to draw Totoro from My Neighbor Totoro.

Misako Rocks! teaching a girl how to draw Totoro.

Second Floor –

From left to right, Megumi Sato of Samurai Beat Radio, May Young, Mari Morimoto and Peter Tatara of New York Anime Festival on the far right during the industry panel discussion “How We Grew Up With Ghibli.”

Roland Kelts the author of Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has Invaded the US.

John Fuller, store manager of Kinokuniya Bookstore, introducing Kelts to the excited crowd of fans.

The area was packed during Roland Kelts’s presentation on Hayao Miyazaki, the Academy Award winning Animator.

We were watching some video footage of his interview with The Miyazaki.

Raffle time! Winners received prizes such as t-shirts, mugs, posters and other collectible items.

Photography by Linda Thai
© 2010 Linda Thai