Giant Robot Magazine is an Asian-American pop culture magazine founded by Eric Nakamura and Martin Wong in 1994 as a small punk-minded zine that covered a variety of Asian-American alternative culture from music, movies, history, toys, technology, to food and skateboarding. The publication went from a small xeroxed stapled-and-folded zine format to its current full color quarterly format. An Asian American can be generally defined as a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... London Punks Punk culture as it is seen today started in the mid 1970s as a movement or rebellion against some styles of music which existed at the time such as Prog Rock and Heavy Metal whose stars were seen as out of touch with their fans. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Look up Music on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article: Music MusicNovatory: the science of music encyclopedia The Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Distionary, with definitions, pronunciations, examples... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... One of the most famous quotations about history and the value of studying history by Spanish philosopher, George Santayana, reads: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. ... Green Razor Scooter This article is about things that people play with. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... An inward heelflip, invented by Joe Collinge. ... Xerox Corporation NYSE: XRX is the worlds largest document-management company, providing the industrys broadest range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies. ...

They were one of the earliest American publications to feature prominent Asian movie stars from Chow Yun Fat to Jackie Chan, as well as Asian musicians from indie and punk bands. The magazine is also popular for their creative t-shirts and odd toys. In the late 90's they opened a webstore and then in 2001, they opened the first Giant Robot store in Los Angeles and later one in San Francisco and then another in Los Angeles called GR2 which features contemporary young artists artwork and products. Recently they have opened a store in New York City and Silverlake, and also opened a restaurant called gr/eats also in Los Angeles. Chow Yun-Fat (周潤發, Jau1 Yeun6 Faat3, Pinyin: Zhōu Rùnfā) (born May 18, 1955 on Lamma Island, Hong Kong) is among a handful of internationally recognized screen actors that Hong Kong has ever produced, along with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. ... Jackie Chan (born on April 7, 1954) is a Hong Kong martial artist, actor, director and stuntman. ... The term Asian in a geographical sense simply refers to something or someone from Asia. ... The term indie is short for independent and refers to artistic creations outside the commercial mainstream, without the support of a major record label, major movie studio, or other source of a large budget. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ...

Random Facts

• In the 2003 release of The Animatrix, both Eric and Martin are featured on the "making-of" documentary talking about anime.*

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External link

• Giant Robot website
  • TCI Podcast review of Giant Robot