Zootopia’s ‘The Big Donut’ in Real life?

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That’s right! This past weekend, as you may have heard, Zootopia won ‘ANIMATED FEATURE FILM’ at the 2017 Oscars!

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Via Oscar.Go.com

How did Disney celebrate? By making ‘The Big Donut’ come to life!

CR&A Custom, Inc, Disney & Randy’s Donuts all collaborated in making ‘The Big Donut’ a reality. The fantastic graphic was made and printed by CR&A Custom, Inc and was displayed at famous Randy’s Donuts in Inglewood, California near LAX.

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‘The Big Donut’ came to life!

During this ‘event’ Disney also celebrated of the one-year anniversary of Zootopia & had a FACEBOOK LIVE Q&A with Nate Torrance (Clawhauser) and  Oscar®-winning director Rich Moore at Randy’s!

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(Nate Torrence & Rich Moore) Watch the FULL Q&A on the OFFICIAL ZOOTOPIA FACEBOOK PAGE

Although we did not personally cover the Q&A session, we did decide to go down there and cover this fantastic anniversary. Naturally, I cosplayed none other than…

JUDY HOPPS! 

Huge Zootopia donut, LIVE Q&A; What else was there, you ask? How about:
The Big Donut’s Donut!

The donut reads “The Big Donut”
There were two different types: Glaced & Sprinkled
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Here’s a close up: its like it popped out from the movie!
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Yummy! Watch out event coverage video here
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For those who don’t know, “The Big Donut” was actually inspired by Randy’s Donuts. Over the past decades, Randy’s Donuts has been known as a famous landmark & film location. its known to have been featured (On location/cameo) in various famous scenes from several successful Hollywood movies/TV Shows such as:

Californication, Iron Man 2, Mars Attacks!, Earth Girls Are Easy & Zootopia

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© Disney – Zootopia Concept Art of The Big Donut
The ‘The Big Donut’ banner is, unfortunately, no longer up for display. We unsure if they will ever put it back up, however If you didn’t get a chance to see it, take a look here:
Maybe when ZOOTOPIA 2 comes out, it’ll go back up again…

Check out our awesome video on this fantastic event!

Next time you’re in Cali or live nearby, hop on by Randy’s Donuts, you won’t be disappointed. …er squished by a huge donut.

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Via Nerdist.com

Randy’s Donuts is located at:

805 W Manchester Blvd, Inglewood, CA 90301

 

 

 

SWORD ART ONLINE: Ordinal Scale – Hollywood Red Carpet Premiere

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Sword Art Online final had its first ever, feature film!

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Aniplex & Eleven Arts held a red carpet premiere in Hollywood, California at the famous Egyptian Theater!

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Fans waiting outside theater. Some are holding freshly bought SAO merch

The exclusive event SOLD OUT within 48 hours after tickets were on sell. With anime’s popularity, its no wonder it sold out quickly! Hundreds of fans gathered for this exclusive one-day event, some came in cosplay.

(Left) Andrew Black Swordsman; (Left Middle) Stella Chuu; (Middle Right) Celty Farron; (Left) Atashi as Silica w/ Pina
Celty Farron as Yuki Asun
Atashi as Silica w/ Pina

Fans were also able to buy new SAO merch at the ‘SAO store’ Aniplex staff set up

The SAO ‘Store’
Fan looking through items
Boxes of SAO merch
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Items I purchased (Money well spent)

The event was filled with special guests, such as:

abec [Character design concept]
TOMOHIKO ITO [Film Director]
REKI KAWAHARA [SAO Author/Original Story]
(Left) KAZUMA MIKI [Editor/Producer]; (Right) SHINGO ADACHI [Character Design/Chief Animation Director]
SHINICHIRO KASHIWADA [Producer of Aniplex]

Other surprise guests included:

Bryce Papenbrook [Kirito / Kazuto Kirigaya]
Cherami Leigh [Asuna Yuuki]
(Left) Cassandra Lee Morris [Leafa / Suguha Kirigaya]; (Middle) Cherami Leigh [Asuna Yuuki]; (Right) Christine M. Cabanos [Silica / Keiko Ayano]
(Left) Bryce Papenbrook [Kirito / Kazuto Kirigaya]; (Middle) Sarah Williams [Lisbeth / Rika Shinozaki]; (Right) Cassandra Lee Morris [Leafa / Suguha Kirigaya]

After the screening, special guests had a Q&A session set up by Aniplex. You can read some of the questions that were asked here, Anime News Network.

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Tomohiko Ito
Shinichiro Kashiwada & Yui
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(Left) Tomohiko Ito; (Middle) Shingo Adachi; (Right) Shinichiro Kashiwada & Yui
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Yui’s special appearance at the event
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Me (Krystal Kitsune) at Red carpet premiere with Kirito & Asuna

For those who missed this fantastic event, you can still catch the movie in theaters THIS Thursday; March 9th 2017. Tickets on sale here. Catch some of the highlights of this event down below.

We’ll be posting an event video soon, so stay tuned!

FINAL FANTASY XV INTERVIEW

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We had the honor to Interview FINAL FANTASY XV cast members, RAY CHASE & ROBBIE DAYMOND aka Noctis and Promto! Check out our interview below, make sure to end til the end to learn how to enter into our FINAL FANTASY XV autograph giveaway!

I would to personally thank, Ray and Robbie; for accepting our interview request, Alondra; for being an awesome assistant, Gregorio Escalante Gallery; for letting us film on location and finally, special thanks to YouTube Channel, Pauly Mike for providing the in-game footage used in our interview. Thank Everyone!

Check these awesome photo taken by our lovely photographer, Alondra!

FINAL FANTASY XV autograph giveaway!

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Share, comment, & subscribe to our channel and you may have a chance to win THIS autographed print from Noctis and Promto!

Deadline Jan.10th 2017!

Speaking of SQUARE ENIX related giveaways, we are giving this one-of-a-kind, Life Is Strange VideoPak STRAIGHT from the Los Angeles SQUARE ENIX OFFICES!

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This is a reusable mini tablet with 2 pre-loaded Life Is Strange videos. You can use a standard USB charging cable to charge and add limited videos of your own via your PC!

CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW TO ENTER!

Broken Spirits – Producer Stephen Weese (Interview)

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Have you heard of BROKEN SPIRITS? A new SyFy film produced by voice actor, Stephen Weese! Featuring voice actor stars:

Vic Mignogna, Richard Epcar, Spike Spencer and Cristina Vee!

This film came to our attention in March of this year, during our interview with Cristina Vee, since then, we’ve interviewed film producer, Stephen Weese, where he gave us some insight on the film and its wonderful cast! Check out the interview:

RED CARPET PREMIERE!

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 BROKEN SPIRITS, will have a red carpet premiere at Anime Los Angeles 2017 at the Ontario Convention Center!

  • Red carpet (2pm)
  • Full feature screening (2:30-4pm)
  • Q&A with cast members including Richard Epcar and Cristina Vee (4-5)
  • Special giveaway of unique items and props (4pm)
  • ALA special event Broken Spirits poster and signing (5-6pm)
  • After party with cast (late night)

Come and join the fun!

Check out http://www.brokenspiritsfilm.com/ for more information on the film, updates and its release date! 

Our trip to Square Enix

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With the anticipation of FINAL FANTASY XV, we couldn’t resist taking a trip down to Square Enix in El Segundo, Los Angeles!

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This was the first time we’ve EVER visited their offices, needless to say, we were very excited. However, due to sensitive production work, we were unable to see the production offices, but the lobby was filled with Square Enix history! Take a look:

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Take a look at our small video from this awesome trip:

EXCLUSIVE GIVEAWAY!

Are you a fan of Life Is Strange? Here’s YOUR chance to win this amazing, one-of-a-kind, Life Is Strange VideoPak!

This is a reusable mini tablet with 2 pre-loaded Life Is Strange videos. You can use a standard USB charging cable to charge and add limited videos of your own via your PC!

HOW TO WIN:
 
That’s it! Winner will be contacted via Facebook!
You’ll have til JAN 10th 2016! Enter now!

This item was never given out nor sold ANYWHERE and is only available here on The Kitsune Network!

Special Thanks to Square Enix!

Win An Exclusive KUBO pin!

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We are giving an exclusive KUBO and The Two Strings pin!

This pin was only sold during the exhibit, rare to find now! Comment on This post, OR on the video’s comment section, for your chance to Win An Exclusive KUBO pin FREE!

Deadline to enter: Nov 20th 2016
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The winner will be announced on  NOV 21th, 2016! Good Luck!

Interview with: Obie Scott Wade

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Back when the The Hub Network launched, it had great shows such as, My littlest pet shop, My Little Pony and…SHEZOW!

Meet SheZow creator, Obie Scott Wade, in this informative interview; This was our first interview filmed in the wonderful, Gregorio Escalate Gallery in ChinaTown, Los Angeles!

Watch our interview here:

GIVEAWAY!

Share our video and enter for your chance to win one of these items, autographed by OBIE SCOTT WADE!

3 lucky winners will be able to win ONE of these items:

-SheZOW Autographed print ft. mostly all the characters.

-SheZOW Autographed Comic

-Oddry Book Autographed by Obie Scott Wade

 

We’ve changed our way of submitting giveaway entries!

Share this interview on any social media site AND comment the link to where you shared the video on the comment section below the video! Basically, just paste the link on the comment section! Good Luck!

 

Marinette Cheng Figure – Overview

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Check our amazing Overview video on the Marinette Cheng Figure, narrated by anime voice actress, KIRA VINCENT-DAVIS!

Kira has voiced numerous anime characters:
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We are happy to announce, Kira will now be narrating some of our YouTube videos! Find out more on our FACEBOOK page!