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Pre-Otakon: Trapped in the Dead End Catharsis - Heaven & Hell Drop
Our second post all the way back in 2007 was about our trip to Otakon. Five years later, we are on the road again. Everything has changed since then: us, the blog, our goals, the fandom, the industry, our friends, and even the con itself. But Otakon is still the #1 anime destination for us every year; it is loads of amazing. And this year looks to be no different.
Gen Urobuchi seems to be the big Japanese creator draw with Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Fate/Zero being shows that are in the forefront of the minds of fandom, crowds are assured. But Masao Maruyama is no slouch on his own representing Studio MAPPA more than Madhouse this year. With Kids on the Slope ending recently, he will surely have much to say about that and hopefully on some upcoming projects, too.
Shin Sasaki and Hidetaka Tenjin should also be fun industry guests although they will probably not get anywhere near the number of people as the others.
Aya Hirano on the other hand will probably be interesting just for how crazy the legends around her are. There is plenty of other voice talent to go around with Gurren Lagaan's Simon actor Tetsuya Kakihara and Yuuka Nanri as Ristuko from the previously mentioned Kids on the Slope.
But as always if you see us come and say hello. We always like talking to new people. We are usually busy running here or there but such is any convention. We are both doing the New Anime For Older Fans panel on Friday. If you are looking for shiny new shows with an older appeal that will be a fun place to be at 5:30. Hisui is also running the Type-Moon panel on Saturday at 1 in the morning. He promises it is not just an hour lecture on the iterations of the Saber pantheon.
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Our tentative panel schedule:
Friday:
10:00: The Aging Otaku - Anime Fandom and Getting Older 10:00: Riichi - Japanese Mahjong, Anime, and You 11:15: Hidetaka Tenjin Q&A 12:30: Gen Urobuchi Q&A 01:45: Opening Ceremonies 03:00: Tetsuya Kakihara Q&A 03:30: Gen Urobuchi Signing 05:30: New Anime For Older Fans [this is our panel!] 06:45: Macross Origins 08:00: Doki-Doki - A Look Into Asian Romantic Dramas 08:30: Sports Manga - Olympics Edition 10:00: Genshiken - The Next Generation 11:45: Mythbusters - Anime Edition Season 2 01:00: MangaGamer - The Now and Future of Visual Novels
Saturday:
09:00: Jojo's Posing School 10:30: Satelight - An Introduction 11:30: Yuuka Nanri Q&A 12:00: The Weirdest Games You've Never Played 2 01:30: Japanese PVC Figures and Collecting 01:45: Sexism in Anime and Fandom 03:15: Maruyama and MAPPA Q&A 04:30: The Worst Anime of All Time 05:30: Anime Archive Project - Preserving The Good and Bad of U.S. Anime Fandom 06:45: Way More Than Meets the Eye . . . Transformers - The Panel 07:30: Japanese Folklore - Kitsune and Oni and Yurei, Oh My! 11:30: Lupin the Third - 40+ Years of Heists and Hijinks 11:30: The "Art" of Fanservice 01:00: Type-Moon - Unlimited Panel Works [this is Hisui's panel!]
Sunday:
10:30: Light Novels in Translation 10:45: Sentai Filmworks Industry Panel 11:45: Kodansha Comics 12:00: Legal Fansubbing on Viki 01:00: Vertical 2012
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