LLNN Coverage of Yaoi-con 2002


Guests of Honor: Nitta Youka (yaoi artist "Haru wo Daiteta"), Patrick Drazen (author "Anime Explosion" by Stone Bridge Press), Secret-Secret (San Francisco's eminent global gothic-synthpop band), Andrew Conway (author "The Bullwhip Book"), Essai Ushijima (Tokyo Comiket), Saki Yamashita, Ardith Santiago, and Shizuki Yamashita (Broccoli International / Anime Gamers), and many more. Dealers Room: From those sly artbooks to sensual wallscrolls to romantic J-rock albums, Yaoi-con 2002's Dealers Room had much to offer. Following is a list of the attending dealers for the weekend: A Wrinkle in Time, Aestheticism Cybershoppe, Anime Jungle, Anime Pavilion, Bishonen Works, Breeze Comics, Digital Discs LLC, Fanime, House of Anime, Kinokuniya Bookstores, Kyoto Kimono, Mandai Books, Minkland, Nikaku Animart, Odin's Monsters, Paradigm Animation, Planet Anime.com, Radio Comix/Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons, Recca-con, Umbrella Studios, USAnime, and Yaoi-con 3Donut.	Video Programming: Anyone who knows yaoi anime knows where to enjoy it best with friends, and it was all right here at Yaoi-con 2002! Exclusive yaoi anime with all your favorite bishounens gracing the screen included: Boku no Sexual Harassment, Saiyuki, Yami no Matseui, BeBoy Kidnappin' Idol, Sekimatsu Darling, Pet Shop of Horrors, Ai no Kusabi, Vampire Princess Miyu, Kizuna, Here is Greenwood, Desperate Love 1989, Fujima Orchestra, Earthian, Wish, Clamp in Wonderland, Epic of Arslan, Encore, Level C, Kashou no Tsuki, Yu Yu Hakusho, Fruits Basket, Kusatta Kyoushi no Houteishiki, Tokyo Babylon, Patariro, Yousei Ou, Angel Sanctuary, Knight Hunters, Fish in a Trap, and more of... Boko no Sexual Harrassment! Late Night Video Programming also included more screenings: Gravitation, Sparkling Phantom, Song of the Wind and Trees, Fake, Encore, RG Veda, Kusatta Kyoushi Houteishiki, After School in the Teacher's Lounge, Joker Marginal City, and Lesson.

Main Events: Pictionary Tournaments, J-Rock Presentation, Yaoi PC Games, Trivia Pursuit: Yaoi Edition, Kimono Wearing Demonstration, Cosplay Contest, Cosplay Photoshoot, Art Auction, Girls Wanna Know, Bondage in the Real World, Let's Make a Deal Raffle, Concerts and Dance by Live Band Performance by Secret-Secret,	Exclusive Interactive Activities: Because of the mature content of the following events, pictures were not allowed during these sessions, but rest assured, the rooms were packed and many attendees enjoyed the action!: Bishounen Sketch Sessions, Erotica Arts Workshop, Live Action Role Play, and the Iron Artist Competition.
Friday's Panels and Discussions: Promotion of Book, Origin of Anime Media, Is It Slash or It Is Yaoi?, Gay Porn vs. Yaoi, Seiyuu, Guilty Hidden Pleasures in Yaoi, Living Vicariously: Are you a Seme or Uke? Saturday's Panels and Discussions: Clamp Yaoi, Fighting Games, Anime Music Videos from Yaoi-con 2001, Hardcore Yaoi: The Other Spectrum, Bishounen Photoshoot, Rurouni Kenshin, Slash 101 for Yaoi Readers, Novice and Advanced Cosplay, Writing Lemony, Inuyasha, Passion of Cut Sleeve, Gundam Wing, Pyschology of Violence and Lust in Yaoi, Age of Tanbi-Classic Shonen-Ai, Copyright Issues on Fanfics and Doujinshi, Gay Theme and Pseudo Gay Theme in Anime, Making of an American Doujinshi, CDA II/COPA/JCLU, Minkland: The Gathering, Harry Potter Yaoi. Sunday's Panels and Discussions: Ranma 1/2, Bishounen Photoshoot, Making of the Music Video, Comiket for Dummies, Replay of AMVs for Yaoi-con 2002, Western Yaoi, Fanfic Contest, Occult and Religious Symbolisms in Manga and Anime, What the Hell is This?: Identifying Doujinshi, Sailor Moon, Surviving Tokyo: Basics and Tips, Foods Corrupted by yaoi, Y-con Doujinshi Project 2003, Lord of the Rings, J-Rock, Shitajiki Collectors, Saiyuki, and Final Fantasy.