The Little Mermaid Turns 30! #FinGirlIsBestGirl #LittleMermaid30 #The LittleMermaid30 #Mermaid30 #Disney [2019]

After being away for over a year (don’t ask, it’s not a great story), I’ve resurfaced (get it??) to wish Waifu #1 Ariel a Happy Birthday!

The Little Mermaid was released thirty years ago on Friday, 17 November 1989, by Walt Disney Animation Studios (known as Walt Disney Feature Animation at the time) as its 28th full-length animated feature. It was a critical and commercial success, winning two Academy Awards and becoming the highest grossing animated film in history up to that point.

Spawning a TV series, two animated sequels, a Broadway show, theme park dark rides, live concerts, and more, The Little Mermaid also revived Disney’s corporate fortunes and ushered in what is now referred to as the Disney Renaissance. You’re welcome, all you Star Wars and Marvel nerds. :p

Jennifer “Jenn” Shaw

I think my love for Ariel is obvious to anyone who has spent any time with me or on this blog. I mean, you’ve seen my mascot, right? ^^;

Looking for Miku Logo

Or maybe the Roadshow version of my award-winning short film Looking for Miku, which contains both subtle and not-so-subtle references?

Neither me nor how I write my blog

Even when I started this blog (10 years ago!! :O Happy birthday, blog!), the first pages and images I put up were Ariel-related.

A lot has changed since I met Ariel, but she’s still Waifu #1! I thought about doing a countdown of posts leading to the big anniversary but I got lazy and there’s a tag for that anyway. 😉 I hope you’ll poke around and revisit my adventures with everyone’s favorite red-headed mermaid. ❤

Otherwise, please follow the blog (by clicking the "Resistance is Futile" button) or Like any of my Pages (jimsha, The Vault/Beginning Story, and agc pictures) on Facebook to be instantly notified of new adventures. See you again soon!

About Looking for Miku
Indecisive lead character? Check. Tsundere best friend? Check. Confessing to senpai? Uh…. We’ve all had (or have) that crush we wish we could confess to! Shy geek Kitty has a crush on her best friend Minnie’s brother, Jackie. While at an anime convention, however, Jackie falls for a cosplayer and enlists their aid to find her. Will Kitty be able to face her fears and confess her feelings to Jackie before they find the cosplayer? Find out in the award-winning* anime fan film Looking for Miku! Watch the trailer and learn more on FilmFreeway!

*Runner Up, Best Childrens/Young Adult Film: Action on Film International Film Festival 2017

Looking for Miku’s “Welcome Home” Screening! [2018]

Thank you to everyone who attended AGC Pictures‘s
Looking for Miku panel at Pacific Media Expo and who otherwise supported us by sharing and promoting the event!

Great to have my friend David Infante (the film’s producer) share the stage with me. Apparently I wasn’t very audible during the Q&A session so I apologize; next time I’ll try to get closer to the mic. ^^; Hope to see you all again soon!

In the meantime, follow the blog (by clicking the “Resistance is Futile” button) or Like any of my Pages (jimsha, The Vault/Beginning Story, and agc pictures) on Facebook to be instantly notified of new adventures. See you again soon!

About Looking for Miku
Indecisive lead character? Check. Tsundere best friend? Check. Confessing to senpai? Uh…. We’ve all had (or have) that crush we wish we could confess to! Shy geek Kitty has a crush on her best friend Minnie’s brother, Jackie. While at an anime convention, however, Jackie falls for a cosplayer and enlists their aid to find her. Will Kitty be able to face her fears and confess her feelings to Jackie before they find the cosplayer? Find out in the award-winning* anime fan film Looking for Miku! Watch the trailer and learn more on FilmFreeway!

*Runner Up, Best Childrens/Young Adult Film: Action on Film International Film Festival 2017

Looking for Miku Screening at PMX [2018]!

Sorry for the late notice but we just found out ourselves — Looking for Miku will be at Pacific Media Expo this weekend!

Hard to believe that it’s been five years since we started shooting the award-winning* anime fan film! We had a great turnout last time and they gave us a huge room this time, so please help us fill it! Check out the film and then stay to talk with the filmmakers about how it was made, con crushes, and other topics! (Admission to PMX is required to attend.) RSVP on Facebook, and hope to see you there!

About Looking for Miku
Indecisive lead character? Check. Tsundere best friend? Check. Confessing to senpai? Uh…. We’ve all had (or have) that crush we wish we could confess to! Shy geek Kitty has a crush on her best friend Minnie’s brother, Jackie. While at an anime convention, however, Jackie falls for a cosplayer and enlists their aid to find her. Will Kitty be able to face her fears and confess her feelings to Jackie before they find the cosplayer? Find out in the award-winning* anime fan film Looking for Miku! Watch the trailer and learn more on FilmFreeway!

*Runner Up, Best Childrens/Young Adult Film: Action on Film International Film Festival 2017

Miku’s Hollywood Dreamz! [2018]

We were fortunate enough to screen Looking for Miku last year in Las Vegas at Action on Film International Film Festival (AOF) where we were named Runner Up for Best Childrens/Young Adult Film. This year, we’re back at AOF’s sister festival, Hollywood Dreamz, where we’re also up for two awards!

Looking for Miku is up for Best Student Film and one of our leads, Tiffany Wolff, is up for Best Young Performer Female – Feature or Short! So proud of her!

Hollywood Dreamz is taking place at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas beginning Thursday, 16 August 2018, and running through Saturday, 25 August 2018. There are sure to be lots of great films and celebrity sightings; hope you can make it! Otherwise, follow the blog (by clicking the “Resistance is Futile” button) or Like any of my Pages (jimsha, The Vault/Beginning Story, and agc pictures) on Facebook to be instantly notified of new screenings!

About Looking for Miku
Indecisive lead character? Check. Tsundere best friend? Check. Confessing to senpai? Uh…. We’ve all had (or have) that crush we wish we could confess to! Shy geek Kitty has a crush on her best friend Minnie’s brother, Jackie. While at an anime convention, however, Jackie falls for a cosplayer and enlists their aid to find her. Will Kitty be able to face her fears and confess her feelings to Jackie before they find the cosplayer? Find out in the award-winning* anime fan film Looking for Miku! Watch the trailer and learn more on FilmFreeway!

*Runner Up, Best Childrens/Young Adult Film: Action on Film International Film Festival 2017

Looking for Miku’s Hollywood Premiere! [2018]

Thank you to everyone who attended AGC Pictures‘s award-winning* anime fan film Looking for Miku‘s red carpet Hollywood premiere at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres as part of HollyShorts Monthly Screenings! Thanks also to those who supported us by sharing and promoting the event!

We led off the block and then, for some reason, we were followed by four foreign films (guess they were confused because we have subs, lol). Most of them were pretty slick-looking and seemed to have high production values — no doubt due to the cooperation they got from their country’s film offices. I was awed that I was able to show my low-budget, guerilla-style, rough-around-the-edges first film alongside them! After a few other shorts, there was a very brief Q&A session. The previous block had run over so the host kept it short; even though he said he had questions for each of the creators on-stage, he actually only asked one of us a question.

Back in the lobby, everyone submitted their vote for Audience Favorite, aka “the filmmaker who did the best job of packing the audience”. (I think more honest results would’ve been achieved if they’d asked everyone to vote for their top two — basically, their friend’s film and their actual favorite). I didn’t expect us to win so I wasn’t disappointed, but I was very, very happy that everyone seemed to enjoy the film even though they had never heard of Hatsune Miku or Vocaloids!

Hopefully there will be more screenings in the future! Keep updated by following the blog (by clicking the “Resistance is Futile” button) or Liking any of my Pages (jimsha, The Vault/Beginning Story, and agc pictures) on Facebook to be instantly notified!

About Looking for Miku
Indecisive lead character? Check. Tsundere best friend? Check. Confessing to senpai? Uh…. We’ve all had (or have) that crush we wish we could confess to! Shy geek Kitty has a crush on her best friend Minnie’s brother, Jackie. While at an anime convention, however, Jackie falls for a cosplayer and enlists their aid to find her. Will Kitty be able to face her fears and confess her feelings to Jackie before they find the cosplayer? Find out in the award-winning* anime fan film Looking for Miku! Watch the trailer and learn more on FilmFreeway!

*Runner Up, Best Childrens/Young Adult Film: Action on Film International Film Festival 2017

Miku Arrives in Hollywood This Thursday! [6/28/2018]

Just a reminder that Looking for Miku will being making its Hollywood debut this Thursday, 28 June, at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres, Auditorium 4, during the HollyShorts Monthly Screenings!

Come in your best Hatsune Miku cosplay, introduce Dat Vocaloid Lyfe™ to the normals, and take photos on the red carpet!

Once again, our award-winning* anime fan film will be screening during the 9:30 PM block of HollyShorts Monthly Screenings in an actual theater with proper video and sound! Buy your tickets at the door or online here, then vote for us at the end of the 2 hour block so we can start our next project with the production prizes awarded to the winner of Audience Favorite! Let us know you’re coming by RSVPing on our Facebook Event Page!

There are sure to be lots of great films; hope you can make it! Otherwise, follow the blog (by clicking the “Resistance is Futile” button) or Like any of my Pages (jimsha, The Vault/Beginning Story, and agc pictures) on Facebook to be instantly notified of new screenings!

About Looking for Miku
Indecisive lead character? Check. Tsundere best friend? Check. Confessing to senpai? Uh…. We’ve all had (or have) that crush we wish we could confess to! Shy geek Kitty has a crush on her best friend Minnie’s brother, Jackie. While at an anime convention, however, Jackie falls for a cosplayer and enlists their aid to find her. Will Kitty be able to face her fears and confess her feelings to Jackie before they find the cosplayer? Find out in the award-winning* anime fan film Looking for Miku! Watch the trailer and learn more on FilmFreeway!

*Runner Up, Best Childrens/Young Adult Film: Action on Film International Film Festival 2017

Looking for Miku Screening in Hollywood! [2018]

Miku finally makes it to Hollywood! Looking for Miku will be screening at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres, Auditorium 4, during the HollyShorts Monthly Screenings on Thursday, 28 June!

I’m really happy and excited that people outside of the con/anime/Vocaloid scene will be able to see the film and maybe get a taste of the things you and I are so passionate about!

Now’s your chance to watch this award-winning* anime fan film in an actual theater with proper video and sound! We screen during the 9:30 PM block (if the flyer is accurate, we actually lead it off) and you can buy your tickets at the door or online here. Be sure to stay for the entire 2 hours because there will be a Q&A afterwards as well as voting for Audience Favorite — the winner will get prizes that’ll help make another film!

There are sure to be lots of great films; hope you can make it! Otherwise, follow the blog (by clicking the “Resistance is Futile” button) or Like any of my Pages (jimsha, The Vault/Beginning Story, and agc pictures) on Facebook to be instantly notified of new screenings!

About Looking for Miku
Indecisive lead character? Check. Tsundere best friend? Check. Confessing to senpai? Uh…. We’ve all had (or have) that crush we wish we could confess to! Shy geek Kitty has a crush on her best friend Minnie’s brother, Jackie. While at an anime convention, however, Jackie falls for a cosplayer and enlists their aid to find her. Will Kitty be able to face her fears and confess her feelings to Jackie before they find the cosplayer? Find out in the award-winning* anime fan film Looking for Miku! Watch the trailer and learn more on FilmFreeway!

*Runner Up, Best Childrens/Young Adult Film: Action on Film International Film Festival 2017