Web ninja from Otakon’s commercial
Otakon, Baltimore’s anime, manga & Japanese culture convention, will be my last con of the summer and I’m presenting my bulked up Sports Manga panel there on Friday night. I’ll also want to try to hit the Orioles-A’s game at Camden Yards on Saturday night because I can’t let the chance to see a game there pass me by. Thankfully there isn’t too much I will be missing during that time (unless it goes into extra innings).
Here’s what I’m planning to attend, based on the online schedule and the Guidebook app (plans might change depending who I’m with or if certain popular panels fill up):
Day 1 Friday July 27th
9:00am-10:00am – Riichi: Japanese Mahjong, Anime, and You [Panel 4]
12:30pm-1:30pm – Crunchyroll Industry Panel [Panel 1]
1:45pm-2:45pm – Viz Media [Panel 1]
5:30pm-6:30pm – New Anime for Older Fans [Panel 1]
8:30pm-9:30pm – Sports Manga: Olympics Edition [Panel 2] <– my panel
Day 2 Saturday July 28th
9:00am-10:00am – NIS America Anime [Panel 2]
1:45pm-2:45pm – Sexism in Anime and Fandom [Panel 4]
2:00-3:00pm – Aniplex of America [Panel 1]
3:00pm-4:00pm – Mainstream Japanese Cartoons [Panel 5]
4:30pm-5:30pm – Funimation Industry Panel [Panel 3]
5:00pm-6:00pm – Unusual Manga Genres [Panel 4]
5:30pm-6:30pm – Anime Archive Project [Panel 6]
11:15pm-12:45am – Dubs That Time Forgot [Panel 4]
Day 3 Sunday July 29th
9:30am-10:30am – Geneon, A FUNimation Retrospective [Panel 3]
10:45am-11:45am – CBLDF: The Fight To Defend Manga [Panel 3]
10:45am-11:45am – Sentai Filmworks Panel [Panel 1]
11:45am-12:45pm – Kodansha Comics [Panel 5]
12:00pm-1:00pm – Culinary Manga [Panel 2]
1:00pm-2:00pm – Vertical 2012 [Panel 4]
Ani-Gamers also has a list of panels they are interested in attending.
