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Who says anime has to be all about big, cute, sparkly eyes? When you think about anime, you usually get an image of characters with big heads, large moe eyes, small mouths and noses. There’s a lot of anime that make use of odd, eccentric artwork and derail from the mainstream styles. Here are top 10 unconventional anime series and films. 10. Windy Tales / Fuujin Monogatari Directed by Junji Nishimura and featuring music by Kenji Kawai, Yuu and Windy-S, Windy Tales tells the story of high-schoolers, cats and the wind. It is definitely an unconventional anime with its use of minimalistic but smooth art and animation. The protagonist, Nao Ueshima is a president of the school’s photography club. While on the roof taking pictures, she spots a flying “wind cat”. Trying to take pictures of it, she falls off the roof but is saved by somebody unexpected, her math teacher who is also able to manipulate the wind. Thus, Nao begins her pu

Once in a while, unconventional superheroes pop up to the delight of comic fans. The new Thor is female, the new Spiderman is mixed race and the new Captain America is African-American. Here's a list of some of 6 of the most unconventional superheroes. 1. Ms. Marvel Last year, Marvel introduced its first Muslim superhero who headlined her own comic - Ms. Marvel is a female teenager with very regular problems in life. Khan made her first appearance in the 2013 August issue of Captain Marvel prior to starring in her own comic book. 2. Priya's Shakti Inspired by Hindu mythological tales, Ram Devineni, Lina Srivastava, and Dan Goldman created Priya, a young woman who survived a gang-rape, and went on to battle gender crimes in India with the blessings of Goddess Parvati. 3. Super Sikh Deep Singh's entrance into the comic book world created quite a flutter, given that the "part-Batman, part-Jason Bourne" secret agent is possibly the world's first cri

Convention had 1st public event in 2005 Anime Punch convention executive Michael Beuerlein was convicted of sexual battery on September 5 in the state of Virginia. He is currently a registered sex offender in his home state of Ohio. The staff of Anime Punch announced on September 15 that the convention is ceasing operations. According to the message, "The unacceptable behavior from the top of the organization has lead to this decision from the staff. There is no excusing what has happened." The post clarified that any future events and projects run by staff members will not be related to Anime Punch, as Anime Punch no longer exists. The Columbus, Ohio-based organization grew out of events held at Ohio State University. The first Anime Punch convention for non-OSU students was held in 2005, and the organization also held yearly events called "Armageddicon." The staff have since hosted a number of spinoff events such as Fieldcon, and in 2008 it was the first convention to

Rob Pereyda founded convention in 2003 as Anime Overdose California convention Anime on Display announced on Wednesday that it is "[retiring] from the convention scene" and ceasing operations. The announcement also stated that some of the staff will launch a new event that is focused primarily on gaming. The convention began as Anime Overdose in 2003, founded by current Vice President of Business Development at Viz Media Rob Pereyda. The convention changed its name to AOD: San Francisco Animation Convention in 2006, and then finally to Animation on Display in 2007. Among the convention's guests in its final year included The Fruit of Grisaia and AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue visual novel writer Kio Nachi; visual novel illustrators p19, Pan, and Suimya; and rapper Lotus Juice. The convention took place on March 18-19. Source: Rob Pereyda

A federal judge has issued an injunction barring the organizers of Salt Lake Comic Con from using the term “Comic Con” in its name, dealing another blow to the event in its four-year-old trademark dispute with Comic-Con International. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Salt Lake producers Dan Farr and Bryan Brandenburg had petition the court to set aside a December 2017 jury verdict and order a new trial to determine who owns the name “Comic Con.” Late Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Anthony Battaglia not only upheld the verdict, but issued the injunction and ordered Farr and Brandenburg to pay nearly $4 million in attorneys’ fees and court costs. That’s in addition to the $20,000 in corrective advertising already decreed by the 2017 verdict. RELATED: Salt Lake Comic Con to Take FanX Events to Asia Already forced to rebrand itself as FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention, the event is prevented from using the name &ld