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I’ve been kinda slow, but I’ll be catching up with the review posts on the over 10 shows I went to during the Festival(!). My hope is that it may help somebody find more information about a film they’re going to see, or give people some titles of things to go look for.

Taipei Competition […]

Coming home on my scooter after watching an opposite-of-upbeat set of animations collectively titled “Abused“, I found that I was not able to take the usual roads home as a policeman was diverting eastbound traffic on Hankou St. to the north. There’s a lot of cops around and some military uniforms, so I get […]

Not in Taipei? Sucks to be you, but here is the chef lowdown on what was up on the screen. Chances are you may be able to find the stuff on YouTube or elsewhere depending on how the artist distributes the work.
Taipei Competition 2

The Ringmaster
This is the first of several films by […]

The Taipei International Animation Festival is in full swing, and right after work I zoomed down to the Shin Kong Cineplex (the map is a lie - it’s on the south side of that road) to catch 2 shows: Taiwan Competition 2 and Taiwan Competition 3. These are Taiwanese animations submitted for this year’s […]

Found near Taipei Main Station in Taiwan.

This is what I miss when I take on freelance gigs over the summer.
Considering that the New Hampshire demographic is fairly homogenous, one has to take their opportunities when events like these show up. At least the tiny asian graphic art exhibit is still on display until the end of the month.
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The launch party for the XBOX360 was on tonight in downtown Taipei around the Taipei 101 building, next to the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store. Based on what I saw, I’m guessing it went somewhat better than the Japan launch, but may have been somewhat muted due to the fact that the 360 has […]

Photoset of various toys found in Taiwan with “interesting” Engrish