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While production for the fan maligned live-action Akira adaptation may have screeched to a halt as of January 5, 2012, Otomo Katsuhiro–the original creator for the manga and anime–is ever busy with an upcoming art exhibit at the 3331 Chiyoda Arts Centre in Tokyo, Japan, showcased between April 9th to March 30th, 2012. The Genga Exhibition, as it is called, already has a catalogue available for pre-order on Amazon.co.jp. So far, unpublished art for Kaba 2 will be showcased alongside pieces from his other work. In addition to that, a special discussion will occur live on UStream between Katsuhiro-san, Blood: The Last Vampire‘s Katsuya Terada, and Perfect Blue‘s Hisashi Higuchi on April 9th, 8 p.m. Japan local time. Guests are required to purchase their tickets in advance at Lawson’s convenience stores for admittance at a designated time. What’s better is that this is an opportunity to geek out for a good cause. Thirty percent of ticket proceeds go towards helping victims of the 3/11 Earthquake. Nothing’s set in stone, but I’ll definitely try to make it out there sometime in April or May and report further on the exhibit. Tickets are on sale 1500円 for adults, 800円 for students, and 500円 for junior high school students. For more information, visit 3331 Chiyoda Arts homepage or follow them on Twitter and Facebook. 6-11-14 Sotokanda Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo 101-0021 TEL：+81(0)3-6803-2441 / FAX：+81(0)3-6803-2442 / E-MAIL：info@3331.jp
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Mark Zuckerberg meets with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda for a talk that included how Facebook helps in disasters and emergencies. Facebook has 845 million users in the world and 10 million in Japan and growing fast. (PCMag – Zuckerberg)
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Gambler Choe, $60k or Facebook stock. What would you do? The reported few thousand was actually 60k. [youtube]mtY4FjTiRUM[/youtube]
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I heard of this a few times ages ago. Facebook stock. Well, as many of you know, it went public yesterday and the stock that David Choe was once given might be worth 200 million according to this article. It’s become public. In the land of tall tales, this is something crazy. You tend not to believe some of the statements that people make or you imagine something is wrong with it, but lo and behold, years later it comes to fruition. Since I personally know David, I heard of his Facebook stock, but the value of 1 million which he thought it was worth just a few years ago is now 200 million. Congrats on choosing the stock over a few thousand dollars in a time when you probably could have used the cash in hand. (NY Times – Facebook Stock)
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This is getting to be like a Kim Jong Il pointing at fruit tumblr! [youtube]Sv4ROnb1XMw[/youtube]
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