Abunai Daily: Saturday
Rudi Verhagen Coming to the Go Workshop
The Drienerlo Go Club is back with their Go workshop. This time Rudi Verhagen, 5th dan and the current Dutch speed-Go champion, will attend as well.
"When I was eleven my brother was given a Go set for Sinterklaas, and he needed somebody to play it with. When I was sixteen years old I started playing more seriously."
Most people in the Netherlands play chess or checkers. What makes Go so special?
"Despite the simplicity of its rules, it has infinite possibilities and variations. It is a very dynamic game. If you are weak at a certain aspect of the game you can make up for it in some other part."
Even though Go is originally an Asian board game, there are some European influences:
"For example, at tournaments we use the MacMahon system, which is not used in Japan."
Any tips for starting players?
"Play a lot, don't be afraid to ask for explanations, make sure your stones are connected and most of all: have fun."
To find a Go club near you, visit www.gobond.nl.
Workshop by OpenMinded
Together with her friend Eveline, Marissa [aka Ealynn] (22) from the OpenMinded circle will present a manga-workshop today. You won't need to bring pencilsharpeners to their class though!
"We quickly understood the other people would host workshops that would focus on drawing techniques, and we decided to complement that and focus more on storytelling and story-structure. This way, Abunai! visitors will learn about all different aspects of making a manga, and hopefully be able to make their own at the end of the weekend."
"I think the hardest part about writing a good story, is making sure your readers 'get it'. You might think some things in your story are very logical, but all your readers have a different background. The story might not make the same sense to them as it does to you. It's really difficult getting your ideas across sometimes."
Any requests to your workshop students? "Come with an open mind! ^_~ We'll do our best to keep the workshop accessible to everyone, but be warned- some Bishies might pop up here and there!"
Eveline will be concentrating her part of the workshop on character and costume design. At the end of the workshop you can expect to have a small story-set up and some character designs which you can use in the other workshops to complete, meaning that when Abunai is over, you'll have all the basics you need to get started on producing your very own manga!
A Brief History of Aniway
Aniway, the largest and best-known Dutch anime and manga magazine, has recently begun invading Bruna and AKO bookshops throughout the country. Abunai Daily called Dennis Rijbroek, editor in chief, to find out more about Aniway's strategy for world bookstore domination!
"When Aniway started five years ago, anime wasn't very 'big' in the Netherlands. There were magazines previous to ours, which all stopped simultaneously; triggering us to start a new one. There were conventions, but they only had fifty people attending maximum.
We started by selling magazines in comic stores, and as the years went by interest in anime increased."
This increase of interest is not, in a small part, thanks due to Aniway. Dennis doesn't want to take all the credit, but does admit that Aniway has probably shown publishers and 'the people in charge' that there is definitely a market for anime in the Netherlands. "We have spoken to certain people that later released series on DVD. A-film has also discussed their new label with us." And now that Aniway has started appearing in 'mainstream' bookstores, hopes are the trend will only continue.
"When we started Aniway, we had a few things we dreamed of realizing - we always wanted to go full-color, we always wanted to bring the magazine to more stores. We hadn't expected both things to happen within one year, so I think we're going to take it easy now, and see how Aniway does in the bookstores."
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