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Portraying family through film

May 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Kelly Huang, American and of Laotian heritage, recently finished her short film “A Refugee Story:  Khamsay Huang,” a portrait of her elderly uncle, Khamsay, and his story of leaving Laos during wartime and coming to America.  The film went online recently courtesy of the SEARAC (Southeast Resource Action Center) […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Alex Phasy, Andrew Hamlin, DVD, Forward Blog, High School, Kelly Huang, Lao Student Association, Laos, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, SEARAC, Spirited Away, Twin Cities, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 20 | May 9 - May 15, culture, language

Hand-drawn ‘Princess’ stands apart from other Oscar nominees

February 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press TOKYO (AP) —The princess laughs and floats in sumie-brush sketches of faint pastel, a lush landscape that animated film director Isao Takahata has painstakingly depicted to relay his gentle message of faith in this world. But his Oscar-nominated work stands as a stylistic challenge to Hollywood’s computer-graphics cartoons, where 3D […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, National News Tagged With: 2015, Academy Awards, Although Kaguya, Associated Press, Daisuke Watanabe, Hand-drawn Princess, Isao Takahata, Johanna Spyri, Princess Kaguya, Spirited Away, Studio Ghibli, Tokyo, Unlike Hayao Miyazaki, Vol 34 No 9 | February 21 - February 27, japan

Sakura-Con costumed invaders land in downtown Seattle!

April 24, 2014 By John Liu

By John Liu Northwest Asian Weekly Super Mario was jumping around Seattle downtown and yes, Batman was eating at Subway among thousands of interesting and strange characters flooding last weekend.<!–more–> Sakura-Con estimates more than 20,000 people attended this year’s conference on April 18 through April 20 at the Washington State Convention Center. This is the […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Baby Boomers, Blood Moon Akali, Chinatown Parade, Chinatown Seafair Parade, Chun Li, Exhibition Hall, Hayao Miyazaki, Jann Lee, North American, Northwest Asian Weekly, Princess Mononoke, Seattle, Spirited Away, Street Fighters Cammy, Super Mario, Vol 33 No 18 | April 26 - May 2, Washington State Convention Center

Life of Fukushima nuke worker recorded in comic-book style

March 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – First off, no one who works at Japan’s wrecked nuclear power plant calls it Fukushima Dai-ichi, comic-book artist Kazuto Tatsuta says in his book about his time on the job. It’s ichi efu, or 1F.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2014, Associated Press, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Kazuto Tatsuta, Kodansha Ltd, Koichiro Shiraki, Osamu Tezuka, Spirited Away, TEPCO, Tokyo Electric Power Co, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4, japan

How 8 Asians exemplify (or defy!) their snake traits

February 7, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly According to ancient Chinese wisdom, having a snake in the house is a good omen because it means that your loved ones

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Cultures Tagged With: 2013, Associate Director, British-ruled India, CPC, China, Chinese Communist, Chinese Zodiac, Clint Eastwood, Communist Party, Indian American, Korean, Leigh Whannell, Mahatma Gandhi, Native Hawaiian, Perhaps Wan, Princess Mononoke, Shanghai Tang, South African, Spirited Away, TV, Vol 32 No 7 | February 9 - February 15, Zhang Yimou

SIFF celebrates Studio Ghibli in “Castles in the Sky” series

June 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly In 1985, Japanese anime directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata joined forces to create a new studio for anime films. The studio’s name, Studio Ghibli, was named after an Arabic word meaning “Mediterranean wind,” with the hope that their works would blow a new wind through the world of […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2012, Andrew Hamlin, Delivery Service, FID, Hayao Miyazaki, Hiroyuki Morita, Isao Takahata, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ocean Waves, Pom Poko, Queen Anne Avenue North, SIFF, Spirited Away, Studio Ghibli, Tomomi Mochizuki, United States, Vol 31 No 26 | June 23 - June 29, Yoshifumi Kondo

“Ponyo” is not just underwater fun for kids, but for all ages

August 20, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Ponyo,” the new film from Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, opens with a shot of the sky on a sunny day. It’s only a short shot. Unlike Miyazaki’s earlier film “Porco Rosso,” “Ponyo” concerns itself with the sea, not the sky.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, At the Movies Tagged With: 2009, Andrew Hamlin, Betty White, Cloris Leachman, Hayao Miyazaki, Lily Tomlin, Matt Damon, Northwest Asian Weekly, Porco Rosso, Spirited Away, Tina Fey, Unlike Miyazaki, vol 28 no 35 | August 22 - August 28

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