I will begin my journey to Anime Expo early Thursday morning and probably make it there around 2:30pm. I plan to take some photos and short videos with my new digital camera, try to do a video diary using my older Handycam, meeting with other bloggers and fan press, and handing out the more than ninety mini-cards I still have bearing the blog’s name – but I should also try not to tire myself out. I’m going to leave the liveblogging to the professionals (not paying for wi-fi) but may try to Twitter some stuff. Hopefully the spacious atmosphere of the LACC – the once and current site of E3 – will make it less awkward to do media-related stuff than what was at AOD 2008.
Here is a listing of the panels and events I’m going to or at least interested in, in case someone wants to do some social stalking:
Day 1 – Thursday July 3th:
3:30-4:30PM – Hiromi Kato [GUEST OF HONOR]
5-6PM – Getting Into Anime Journalism
6-8PM – Anime and Manga in Academia
9-11PM – Anime in China (maybe)
Day 2 – Friday July 4th:
11:30AM-1PM – Ouran Host Club (going to get sense of atmosphere, might skip out later)
12-1PM – Viz Media Panel (wanna ask about Shonen Jump/Shojo Beat health)
1-2PM – mystery BONES guest autograph Masahiko Minami (via giapet)
3-4PM – Nozomi/TRSI Panel
4-5PM – ADV Industry Panel
7-8PM – Anime Genesis Live/Anime Diet joint
Day 3 – Saturday July 5th:
10-11AM – TOKYOPOP Industry Panel
3:30-4:30PM – Funimation Industry; Broccoli (still haven’t decided)
5-6:30PM – Otaku Parliamentary Debate Finals
8-9PM – Shira Oka Panel
10-11:45PM – Evangelion 1.0 movie screening
As far as cosplay goes, I’m going as the Computer Club President from Haruhi — with inaccurately shaded pants — and Shiratori from Mahoraba. They’re simple because I don’t like to sew. Speaking of cosplay, I’ll try to do a comparison of the Ouran and Lucky Star/Gurren Lagann booth groups. They should both be good since both are being done by American Cosplay Paradise but one will be dancing and the other will be running a host club.
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Guess I’ll be seeing you at several panels. So you’re going to ADV instead of Bandai like me and giapet; hope that’s worthwhile :)
IcyStorm: I have had an odd fondness for ADV for many years and I guess I’d rather see an struggler try to come back than an already succeeding brand like Bandai announce more growth. See you there.