[fic: boogie woogie] Little Tokyo

Was 'Famliy Fun Day' at Little Tokyo today. That with an exibition on post-WWII animation and manga makes for a very cool day. And got to see Neechan, Uriel, Shingo and everyone who came down. Very cool. Many glomps. ^_^

There were Taiko Drummers (soooooooo cool!) who just blew me off my feet when they started playing 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B' (see fic below) I suppose it shouldn't surprise me, after seeing them do the Sailor Moon Theme in the Taiko Drumming Game in Japan. ^^;; Yet somehow it did. Love live drumming.

The Chinese Lion Dancing was really neat too. They did 2 styles, Folk and Compition. Compition was amazing, the guy doing the hind legs were picking up the guy in front and lifting him above his head, while that guy is lifitng the mask above his head, making the Lion more than twice as tall as a standing person. Just... 0_O

Did sketches, will scan later.

They also had Karate Demonstrations, tradtional Japanese dance, a hip-hop troup, games for kids, basket ball contest and a skateboard area. And vendors booths. Lots of fun.

Also started picking up the Astro Boy comics translated by Dark Horse. Shingo told me that he shot machine guns out of his butt (sorry, 'hips') way back in Japan, and so I wasn't surprised by that.
Was rather suprised to find him bending over with his hands on his knees and 'Mom' shoving a gas pump up his *ahem*. o_O Don't think they're gonna do that in the new TV series...

Anyway.( short fic...  )