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Viz Wants to Make SF's J-Town J-Pop Center Date: 5/19/2006 |
| Interesting new article from the Nichibei Times. Shoji Horibuchi, president of Viz Media, aparently has big plans for San Francisco's Japantown. He envisions a building dedicated to Japan's modern pop culture and he's doing all he can to make it a reality. When the Hokubei Mainichi building at 1746 Post St. went up for sale, Horibuchi and Viz snapped it up and immediately began trying to create the "J-Pop Center." He hopes to house several businesses inside the building including a cafe, a Kinokuniya annex bookstore as the main tenant, and his primary reason for the purchase a movie theater. He plans to specialize in Japanese films, including animation. There is also a possibility of theater usage for live performances related to Japanese culture. Initial plans are for the theater to seat 160. Once torn down and rebuilt, the building would total five floors, with the cafe in the basement, the bookstore at street level, the theater comprising the second and third floor, and the fourth and fifth dedicated to offices. The fifth floor is reserved for the offices of Viz's new Japanese film distribution venture, "Viz Films." |
| Source: Anime News Service |
