I was wondering what this dude was doing in a bath towel…
On Site:
Narutaki:
Up and at ’em!
Greg:
OH yeah, good morning twitter peeps. Time for another great day…
Greg:
Unfortunately I don’t have the time to keep watching #jpn struggling against #ned…oh well
Hisui:
First panel of the day will be the history of Gundam panel at .
DJ Ranma S:
Been here since yesterday, finally checking in. ^^=b (@ AnimeNEXT 2010) http://4sq.com/cGFxC3
Narutaki:
Oh no bad puns so early in the morning.
Vampt Vo:
Today’s “Awesome Thing” at will my “The Changing Faces of Anime” panel at 7pm in Panel Room 3. BE THERE.
Greg:
Arrived at with my new car. Managed to only stall once. Hooray.
Scott:
Here a little early. Sitting in at the There She Is panel and prepping for my interview.
Greg:
Crowd today is noticeably younger.
Narutaki:
In the car on the way to with @Vampt Vo and @Hisui !
animenext:
Good Morning AnimeNEXT!
OutOfTimeProd:
Good Morning AnimeNEXT 2010 this is where I slept last night comfy isn’t it?
animenext:
The AnimeNEXT Dealers Room opens for Saturday in a few minutes
DJ Ranma S:
And the dealer’s room blew a fuse.
Vince A:
@DJ Ranma S Has it been fixed yet? Curious since I’m in the 300 building
DJ Ranma S:
@Vince A Yeah, it was only for 10 minutes.
Vince A:
Another exciting day of video programming here in the 300 building at AnimeNEXT
animenext:
How’s your saturday? I’m looking forward to Gashicon’s fashion show and Kenji Kamiyama’s panel today!
animenext:
If anyone is reading this look for a girl in a white dress with pink polkadots and say hi!!! 😉
Scott:
Watching through these There She Is cartoons again
is just reminding me how freaking brilliant they really are.
Greg:
Playing some rockband and the video games.
Narutaki:
Heading to the Gundam panel first thing.
Greg:
Moving the video games to the holiday inn allowed for more game rooms! http://twitgoo.com/148vew
Narutaki:
Kenji Kameyama press conference at noon!
OutOfTimeProd:
I’m looking for the girl in a white dress with pink polka dots so I can say hi to her
OutOfTimeProd:
Look for this and yank his beard! And tell that @Scott told him to do it
Scott:
@OutOfTimeProd I am quite the negative influence.
Greg:
I love you lo carb monster. Sleep-deprived congoer’s best friend.
Greg:
At the conbudget panel…to kill some time
Greg:
Cosplaying is an expensive hobby.
Greg:
Planning to buy strike witches today 😉
OutOfTimeProd:
I’m waiting for the salior moons dressed up as Lady Gaga for an interview.
Narutaki:
I was hoping the Gundam panel would be more of an in depth discussion than an overview but it was well done.
OutOfTimeProd:
I’m at the independent filming panel and its the same guy who did it back at nyaf in 2008.
Scott:
Done with my interview with Stereopony. It was brief but pleasant.
Greg:
another panel: otaku through the generations.
Narutaki:
I love SEED and made that clear despite opposition 😛
Greg:
Someone is wearing a lucky star sailor fuku t shirt….why would anyone willingly wear that?!
Greg:
“Anime and sport fandoms are the same because we all paint our faces.”
Narutaki:
Waiting with some familiar faces for the press conference.
Greg:
Every time I enter the dealers room I fear for my wallet…
Greg:
Media blasters had a great deal. $5 for obscure B Anime.
Greg:
Oh wow. http://twitgoo.com/149mcm
OutOfTimeProd:
E Honda!
Narutaki:
Caught the tail end of the Stereopony Q&A they were cute but of course the questions were terrible.
Narutaki:
Funi industry panel, only industry panel at the con, now.
Scott:
It’s @funimation’s new convention guy, Josh.
Scott:
Josh keeps on saying “y’all.” You don’t hear that language around here that often.
OutOfTimeProd:
At the @funimation industry panel, but leavin now for an interview
Narutaki:
Funi mentioned they are going to be doing alot for Hetalia at the next few cons.
Scott:
Surprisingly, there was not much of a big reaction to the Hetalia trailer. (o_o)
Narutaki:
Lots of DBZ questions at the Funi panel.
Scott:
No new announcements from funimation his time. I guess that they are saving all the good stuff for the major cons next week.
Scott:
So I think I’m going to give Josh a B+ for his first @funimation panel. He’s not quite up to @neumaverick yet, but the kid has potential.
Narutaki:
Am I the only one who thinks its weird to have your picture taken with a cosplayer like they are a celebrity?
Vince A:
@Narutaki No you’re not but then again I’m all for removing cosplay from cons anyway 🙂
Vince A:
Did you know that there was a live action Lupin the Third movie? We’re showing it right now in all of its cheesy glory in Video 3
Narutaki:
Taking a quick lunch break with my leftover cheesebushes half.
Greg:
State of anime industry panel by Greg Ayres. http://twitgoo.com/149t8o
Scott:
At the Greg Ayres fansub panel. It’s a subject I’m kinda familiar with.
Scott:
A very different tone to this panel than the one he had two years ago. But of course, it’s a different time now in the simulcast age.
Scott:
Also, @Chris Cimi needs to pull his damn pants up. 😛
OutOfTimeProd:
Got to spend a half hour with Kyle Herbert awesome guy! Extremely jealous that he got to Australia # anx2010
Narutaki:
Quite a few girls dressed as the girl from Scott Pilgrim.
Scott:
I just heard Kevin Smith mentioned for the second time this weekend. We must be in New Jersey or something… 😉
Narutaki:
Lady Gaga cosplayers?
Scott:
Decided to sit in on a screening of Strawberry Marshmallow, because I’m really in the mood to watch this show now. (^_^)
Scott:
Hey, @TOKYOPOP never released the 6th volume of Strawberry Marshmallow, did they? 🙁
Scott:
You know, I think I’m gonna get one of the Marshmallow girls for my traditional “buy only one girl figure per con” this time around.
Narutaki:
Waiting for the IT CAME FROM FRANCE panel, looking forward to it!
Narutaki:
Cant cover panels if i cant get in.
Vampt Vo:
We got into the “It Came From France” panel, got kicked out to be counted for fire codes, then couldn’t get past the line with press badges.
Vampt Vo:
Seemed really weird, since most of the staff are very friendly and accommodating to press.
animenext:
The Promise Sisters concert is coming up at 4:30pm in the GSEC
Narutaki:
Had pancakes for dinner!
Narutaki:
Attending the changing faces of anime panel, the room is so hot. BLEH.
Narutaki:
Almost got kicked out again, sigh.
Scott:
Man, does a press badge mean nothing anymore at this con? (-_-)
animenext:
The AnimeNEXT Con Chair, Robert Rustay, is being interviewed by the media!
Scott:
It’s really hot here at @VamptVo’s character design panel, and it’s not just because of the sexy panelist.
DJ Ranma S:
@Scott I know right?
Narutaki:
Drank too much soda at dinner, stomach is 🙁
Greg:
@Vampt Vo ‘s panel on changing faces of anime was great.
DJ Ranma S:
Time to hit up the masquerade. Expect comments from me… I hope there’s a power outlet in main events…
DJ Ranma S:
They ran out of press spots and put us in the front row. I approve.
animenext:
The convention is starting to seat attendees for the Masquerade
DJ Ranma S:
#WordOfAdvice never buy Dynex tripods from Best Buy. They’re really craptacular.
DJ Ranma S:
Whoever’s doing the music mix for the masquerade to pump the audience, kudos sir!
DJ Ranma S:
First skit is Hetalia, brace yourselves.
DJ Ranma S:
The skit rickrolled everyone. I approve.
DJ Ranma S:
Hetalia skit went all kinds of crazy. I like.
DJ Ranma S:
The Card Captor Sakura skit was precious.
DJ Ranma S:
Para para Haruhi skit… I can get behind this.
DJ Ranma S:
Soul Eater skit made no sense.
DJ Ranma S:
Avenue Q – Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist to Hetalia… It’s working so far… They rewrote the lyrics. ^^
DJ Ranma S:
That skit was win!
DJ Ranma S:
Dancing Vocaloid skit, I like!
DJ Ranma S:
Gravitation with Thriller and YMCA. Stop it, they’re both overdone. But they redeem themselves with N’Sync – Pop.
DJ Ranma S:
And now, Cromartie High School to Daft Punk… And stop it Corey.
DJ Ranma S:
This next skit is going to be bad… Very bad…
DJ Ranma S:
Called it. #condesermicrophone
DJ Ranma S:
Okay, we got a YGH skit done to Poker Face with new lyrics… I approve!
DJ Ranma S:
BROOKLYN RAGE! And they’re spoofing the 4kids dub. I APPROVE!
DJ Ranma S:
I hereby decree that the vuvuzela should be blown for all bad skits.
DJ Ranma S:
Paroding Hetalia to the Potter Pals song isn’t working…
DJ Ranma S:
If I knew there were going to be this many Hetalia skits, I would have brought the ubiquitous red cup.
DJ Ranma S:
Sumomo is getting everyone up for exercises… Yeah, I’m so not getting my lazy butt up. :p
DJ Ranma S:
This Akatsuki skit sucks. ‘Nuff said.
DJ Ranma S:
If you’re gonna do a dance routine, put some emotion into it.
DJ Ranma S:
Any song with italian techno is automatic win! 😀
DJ Ranma S:
I found my best in show!
DJ Ranma S:
To the Miku on stage. Great job! You have energy and having fun! That’s how it’s supposed to be when you’re on stage solo!
DJ Ranma S:
Nine-tails on stage busting a groove! (see what I did there)
DJ Ranma S:
The No More Heroes skit started hard, dropped, and is now back on track.
DJ Ranma S:
Up next CLAMP skit… Audience blew my eardrum out.
DJ Ranma S:
The CLAMP tribute skit was nice! It was just Magic Knight Rayearth tho…
DJ Ranma S:
Is it me, or is almost every solo dance skit is the same girl? o.O
DJ Ranma S:
Damn, lost my usb cable.
DJ Ranma S:
And now the audience is singing Pokemon. 😀
DJ Ranma S:
The Princess Tutu skit is throwing some much needed culture at the audience.
DJ Ranma S:
Wait, what… Bellydancing? With swords? I approve!
DJ Ranma S:
FUCK YES BEATMANIA SKIT!!!!!!
DJ Ranma S:
Beatmania + Evacuate the Dance Floor = Standing Ovation!
Vince A:
YGO Abridged panel is full and starting
Scott:
You know, I’ve ignored it for so long, but the Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged series is pretty damn funny.
Narutaki:
Time for Bad Anime Bad! one of my favorite parts of
Narutaki:
Always good to end the night with a laugh, get job Bad Anime Bad as usual!
Greg:
At the “as the otaku grows up” panel, hosted by @UncleYo http://twitgoo.com/14bf3t
Scott:
Getting ready to watch @funimation’s Master of Martial Hearts. I’m really looking forward to this! (^_^)
Scott:
Oh my god, Martial Hearts is awful. Really awful. But it has “Guilty Pleasure” written all over it. (^_^)
Scott:
Ok. I think I’ve seen enough with the first two episodes. I’m looking forward to reviewing this one this summer. 😉
Greg:
Back from . Phone died in the middle of the “hentai Worth Watching” Panel. Pretty good panel despite the lack of preparation.
Scott:
Thought I heard some vuvuzelas. Turned out to just be geese.
