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Every panel, event, or
workshop offered something to learn from, and LLNN captured a shot of the weekend's panels
with a brief description of each session. Explorations for 2002 delved straight into the
heart of current fandom that lies in the surging excitement of manga, voice acting, cosplay,
reminiscing about all of 2002's awesome anime con circuit, as well as new and exciting venues
to focus on for the next year. |
Sugoi
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Fundamentals of
Design: Jan Scott Frazier
gave an excellent overview and demonstration on the art of design in Japanese animation,
himself being a leading working figure in the industry itself. Topics covered all
sorts of regions such as character development, mecha design, storyline, purpose of story,
and much more. |
Dubs That Time
Forgot: From the archives
of anime history comes yet another invasion to the brain as panelists dug up relics such as
Call of the Wild, Daimos, Magnos, Football Robo, Dog Soldier, and Goldwing. Highlights
included awards to mecha shows deserving: Most Unnecessary Transformation Ever! |
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Con Stories from
Hell: Neil Nadelman and
Jan Scott Frazier took the helm again to give a brief history into convention life.
Topics included translation hell, bad badges, getting sick, drinking parties, really bad
weather, power outages, floods, goofy Japanese guests, stalkers, con wars, evil elevators,
and of course, the best story of all time: Scott Frazier's recount of the AX2000 Cake Story. |
Voice Actors: Doug Smith and Rebecca Forstadt (aka Reba West) led audience members on a
journey through time as topics about voice acting included working as crowd extras,
extensive voice training, production studios, mastering voice skills, the complexities of
sound engineering, improvisation, and dealing with numerous scripts. |
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Running Conventions:
The Front Line: Long-time organizers from Anime Weekend Atlanta, Anime Central, and
Sugoi Con were on hand to educate and review the current situation about anime conventions
and the growing attendance rate every year. Topics covered new programming, massive
attendance growth, program book printing, hotels, flyer distribution, budgets, anime music
videos, and much more. |
Robotech
Retrograde: For the
gear-heads into Robotech, this was a great time to get involved. Topics included
discussions about the worlds of Macross, Southern Cross, Mospeada, Macross the Movie and
other related shows at the same time, officer ranking reviews, Orguss parallels,
super-dimensional universe, valkyries, bridge bunnies, and the numerous toys that never made
it to market. |
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and discussions also included: State
of the Industry, Studio Capsule, Improving Your Music Videos, Space Operas, Cheap Disposable
Entertainment, Cosplay: Stage Skills, Guest Focus on Scott Frazier, Getting Started in Music
Videos, Main Moon Super Buffet Cinema, Anime Distribution Company, Fan Fiction,
Anthromorphics, History of Anime Hell, Anime Review from Otaku Vision, and many more. |
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