In case you haven’t heard, we’re partners with the New York Anime Festival! This is our biggest event partnership so far and so we felt something special was needed to promote it. Well, the 7 Days, 7 New Bloggers special worked out so well for us, we decided to do 8 Days of Anime (the number 8 is lucky in many Asian cultures). For 8 days, starting on Thursday September 18th, we will be posting at least two articles a day about something Anime related. We’re hoping that if we hyped up Anime enough online, you’ll be all hyped up for the real world event in NYC. In addition to articles, we’re also doing a roundtable discussion for the first time on Ningin where bloggers and members get a chance to share their opinions on a particular anime topic. Also joining as part of this 8 Days of Anime special are two very good friends of Ningin, Xorsyst.com & Otakuden.com, because we love working with good people and they have very interesting websites.

So here’s a list of planned articles which is more or less solid:

Thurs, 9/18:
How Communities Will save The American Anime Industry - Louis Ponder
How to Make Your Own Cosplay Costume - Lan Nguyen

Fri, 9/19:
Weekly Music Roundup Sept 19 - Lan Nguyen
Giant Robot Attack-Oh! The Mech Anime Influence - Mia Lerda

Sat, 9/20:
Wanna Bite of Model: Lee So Young’s Vampire Manhwa - Mia Lerda
Anime Dance Trends - Lan Nguyen

Sun, 9/21:
Make Your Own Cosplay: Sanae Hanekoma - Lan Nguyen
Anime Hair: The New Seckshee - Lan Nguyen
Underrated Anime 01: Mado King Granzort - Tara Popp

Mon, 9/22:
When Rock and Fashion Meet Manga: Ai Yazawa’s Nana - Mia Lerda
New 2 Anime - Jayelle Stermer

Tues, 9/23:
Peter Tatara: The Man Behind the NYAF Madness - Mia Lerda
Historical Anime: A trip to the past - Mia Lerda

Wed, 9/24:
Which Anime Series Would Make the Best MMO? - Roundtable
Part 1 with John Arzayus (Otakuden) and Louis Ponder (Xorsyst)
Part 2 with Simon Gim (Ningin), Lan Nguyen, (Ningin) and Dale Sciria (Ningin)
Part 3 with Barry Zou (Bzou of OtakuInternational) and Duke Hong (Ningin)
Part 4 with Mia Lerda

Thurs, 9/25:
MO of a Magical Girl - Mia Lerda
Takanori Nishikawa: A Look into the Revolution - Lara Visconti
Anime Music as a Way to promote new Artists - Mia Lerda

You can follow all updates related to NYAF on our special NYAF microsite.

Don’t forget, Ningin will be live blogging at NYAF and taking photos of every cosplayer that we can for our NYAF Cosplayer Gallery which is also updated in real-time. If you’re a cosplayer, make sure you stop by our booth!

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