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David Tennant, Christina Ricci and more join SVCC
March 16, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Stan Lee’s L.A. Comic Con: The (first) Big One! Paul Reubens, Drew Carey, Sabrina Reunion, Scott Bakula, Katee Sackhoff, and MORE!
October 9, 2017 by Leave a Comment
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The Black Eyed Peas and “Masters of the Sun” come to L.A. Comic Con!
August 7, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Join us at Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con as we celebrate Masters of the Sun, the innovative new Marvel graphic novel by the Black Eyed Peas! As part of the celebration, you’ll get a chance to get your copy signed in person at L.A. Comic Con by the Black Eyed Peas themselves!
Want a more exclusive experience? You can also get into the VIP section of the Saturday night Halloween Cosplay Ball by pre-purchasing your copy of Masters of the Sun through our ticketing portal. This special package is limited in number, and will include an autographed copy of the graphic novel and an exclusive VIP Cosplay Ball badge. Get yours while they last!
Gundam Thunderbolt Premiere & Concert at Anime NYC
July 18, 2017 by Leave a Comment
ANIME NYC TO HOST PREMIERE & CONCERT FOR 2ND GUNDAM THUNDERBOLT MOVIE
Concert Will Feature Gundam Thunderbolt Composer Naruyoshi Kikuchi
NEW YORK, NY (July 18, 2017) – LeftField Media and SUNRISE Inc. today announced the inaugural Anime NYC festival will play host to the US premiere of Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower, the second film in the Gundam Thunderbolt series, and that this premiere will be accompanied by a live concert featuring the music of Gundam Thunderbolt led by composer Naruyoshi Kikuchi.
Anime NYC powered by Crunchyroll is a new Japanese pop culture convention launching November 17-19, 2017 in New York’s Javits Center, and it will bring fans together with creators and companies from across America and Japan. SUNRISE’s Gundam Thunderbolt premiere and concert will take place within Anime NYC on Sunday, November 19th.
Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower is a sci-fi story grounded in the warfare of today and uniquely brought to life by the music of Naruyoshi Kikuchi. One of Japan’s greatest jazz composers and musicians, Mr. Kikuchi is acclaimed at home in Japan and around the world, and no stranger to anime, he’s also the composer of the Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine soundtrack and his saxophone can be heard in the music of Cowboy Bebop.
Mr. Kikuchi will appear at Anime NYC as an Official Guest, leading and performing in the Gundam Thunderbolt series concert, as well as speaking on panels and signing autographs.
Artist Jamie Tyndall
November 5, 2016 by Leave a Comment
From Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con, our Ramen team roamed the convention floor for cool stuff. Cosplayers really appreciate artist Jamie Tyndall art style for cosplaying. Ramen host Sayori Chu interviews the Jamie on his artwork and upcoming projects.
“We’re Alive” Zombie drama podcast!
November 4, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Our Ramen team was at Comikaze … oops wrong name, it is Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con, now that’s a mouthful. One of our first interviews with various guest from the show was with “We’re Alive” creator Kc Wayland (Wayland Productions). Ramen host Eddie Ballar talks to Kc Wayland about his hit zombie post-apocalyptic radio podcast.
Batman Cosplay Outfit with Lots of Bat-Gadgets
August 31, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Special Effects guru Julian Checkley is not just your ordinary Batman cosplayer, he makes working Bat-gadgets as well. Inspired by the video game Batman: Arkham Origins, he designed the Bat-costume with working Bat weapons, like LCD video screen, smoke bombs, flashlight, communications unit and more.
Hasbro Marvel Legends: Iron Man Electronic Helmet
June 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment
It is time for me to upgrade my “cosplay” Halloween Iron Man costume. As you can see from the picture above – that Iron Man helmet barely fit me and yes it’s for kids, but I made it work using red duck tape to help expand the helmet because my head is too big.
Now Marvel will be producing “adult” role play gear. This new Iron Man helmet is badass. This is great for people who want to cosplay but don’t have time to make their own Iron Man helmet. This is the Marvel Legends Series: Iron Man Electronic Helmet with LED light eyes and sound effects.
Interview with Jrock band Back-On!
May 23, 2016 by Leave a Comment
This video was recorded at FanimeCon 2015, our Ramen and a Half host Eddie Ballar interviews the Jrock band Back-On! The band talks about how they got together and their favorite anime to watch.
Interview with Voice Actress Ai Nonaka
May 23, 2016 by Leave a Comment
With the biggest NorCal anime convention happening this Memorial Day weekend, we had some unreleased FanimeCon 2015 footage that’s out now! From our Retrenders vault, our interview with voice actress/singer Ai Nonaka. Recored at FainmeCon 2015.
SixOn Clothing Fashion Showcase
April 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
SixOn Clothing recently held a fashion show for their new clothing line-up of hoodies at Desu Nation in Temple City, CA. Inspiration for these new hoodie designs came from the anime Macross and video games like Zelda and Final Fantasy. The hoodie line-up is available for pre-order right now @ SixOn Clothing. Prices range from $70.00-$75.00USD.
Silicon Valley Comic-Con 2016 Round-Up
April 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Check out our latest Ramen & a Half episode from Silicon Valley Comic-Con (SVCC)! The first SVCC by tech icon Steve Wozniak and comic book icon Stan Lee taking place at the San Jose Convention Center. Our Ramen team roams the showfloor as we talk to the San Francisco Giants baseball team about all the cool special events they will have this 2016 season. Go Gigantes! Next we hit up BuzzingBots with cute robot plush dolls. Ramon visits artist Jesse JFR on his avocado TMNT art and Boba Fett candles. Eddie interviews Kaz over at Plastic and Heroes on their vinyl toy art collectible shop in San Jose. And the Ramen guys close SVCC with special cosplay guest Abbey and Keiko.
Sayori Chu interviews Stan Lee!
March 31, 2016 by Leave a Comment
We caught up with Stan Lee at Silicon Valley Comic Con to talk to him about the “BIG” direction with comics, how did it begin, what were its influences, and where is it going now that it has become immensely and worldly popular!
Welcome to Silicon Valley Comic-Con 2016!
March 27, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Welcome to the first Silicon Valley Comic-Con! The inaugural of SVCC was the largest Comic convention in San Jose, California, thanks to Steve Wozniak and Stan Lee. The convention was a collaboration between panel talks of surfacing technology such as Virtual Reality and how will we use it? So when you you took a stroll through the convention floor, you were literally walking through the imaginative world of stories ; and if you chose to attend a tech panel, you can see how comics and Sci-fi have contributed to innovative technology and its use –Such things as the hoverboard which is the future of skateboard transportation! Now that’s what I call the ying and the yang.
Now who said we were just here to see Stan Lee? – RETRENDERS, or course!
The 2016 Silicon Valley Comic-Con!
March 17, 2016 by Leave a Comment
This 3-day weekend in the SF Bay Area will kick-off the first-ever Silicon Valley Comic-Con at the San Jose Convention Center. The merging of technology, gadgets, comics and pop culture are brought to you by geek master Steve Wozniak and comic book icon Stan Lee. Our Retrenders staff and Ramen and a Half film crew will be there all weekend covering the event. So please check our Retrenders’ YouTube channel for more updates and videos!
Actor Peter Shinkoda @ Comikaze Expo 2015
November 30, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Ramen team interviews actor Peter Shinkoda at Comikaze Expo 2015. Peter talks about his time working on the Netflix/Marvel production Daredevil and TNT’s Falling Skies.
The Jam-Packed Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo 2015 Show!
November 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
First off, we at Retrenders love providing solid content and quality video content on our YouTube channel, but we had a slight delay and like to apologize for the dark video quality. We were shooting on our Sony V1U and left the ND Filter on and that’s a “not bad” on our part. Lesson learned and that will never happen again.
Okay, got that off my chest! Here’s the jam packed episode from Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo 2015 from the LA Convention Center on Halloween weekend. Our Ramen crew explores the growing and ever expanding Comikaze Expo. The Eddie and Ramon takes around the convention floor. So sit back and grab some chocolate gummy bears and enjoy the episode.
The Stan Lee Interview @ Comikaze 2015
November 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
How we spent our Halloween weekend? Well, a road trip to SoCal for Stan Lee’s Comikaze @ the LA Convention Center. Our Ramen host Ramon Angel interviews the comic book legend Stan Lee.
Wizard World 2015 San Jose Coverage Playlist
September 29, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Hey Retrenders fans! If you missed Wizard World 2015 from San Jose a few weeks back and want to see all of our Ramen and a Half video coverage of the 3-day con, well, hit up our Wizard World SJ playlist on YouTube!
What do you ask a Pikachu at Fanimecon?
August 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Okay, not a Pikachu, a Raichu. Anyway, lets find out what Sayori Chu has to ask this Raichu?
SF Anime Festival & Cosplay 2015
August 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
We’ve been a little behind editing many videos from various events we’ve attended this summer. Here’s a quick recap of the SF Anime Festival & Cosplay in Japantown that took place on July 18, 2015. The Ramen crew was there to see all the cosplay fun and meet-up with special cosplay guest Reika from Japan.
Anime Expo 2015 Vlog Series
July 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Even though this Retrenders got the big rejection on getting press credentials for AX, that still did not stop us! Since Ramen host Ramon Angel has never been to Anime Expo, we grab some friends and a mini-van (that really helps) and took a road trip down to SoCal for AX 2015 this July 4th weekend! Since our fresh camera operators Johnny Moreno and James Navarro couldn’t make the trip, we will do a Vlog series of videos on AX 2015. We’ll give our opinions, thoughts, reflections, highlights and whatever else is on our mind, so check our AX Vlog Playlist on our Retrenders’ YouTube channel!
FanimeCon 2015 Recap
May 31, 2015 by Leave a Comment
This is not just a FanimeCon 2015 Recap episode, but the Ramen crew also introduces a new member to the team, Sayori Chu. Stay tuned to our channel for more videos on FanimeCon 2015.
FanimeCon 2015 is Here!
May 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
FanimeCon 2015 is this weekend! Stay tuned to our YouTube channel as the Ramen crew cover FanimeCon all weekend long.
FanimeCon 2015 – May 22-25 @ San Jose, CA
May 22, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Hello fans! If you’re wondering where the Retrenders team will be at this Memorial Day Weekend, it’s FanimeCon 2015! We will be there Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday covering the anime convention with our Ramen & a Half show. So come out to the biggest NorCal anime event!
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