AnimeNEXT 2009 – Day 2 in Tweets
We won’t draw a penis on your face, we promise!
On site today:
 Kim |
 Scott from The Anime Almanac |
 animenext from AnimeNEXT |
 Jon I. from JANAiBlog |
 OutOfTimeProd from Out Of Time Productions |
 Narutaki from Reverse Thieves |
 Greg |
 DJ Ranma S from Anime Jam Session |
 Kyle Hebert |
 Toshifumi Yoshida |
 Carl from Ogiue Maniax |
 Ed Chavez from Vertical Inc. |
The Early Worm Catches the Panel
Scott:
Awake with a slight hangover. Could be from the con or it could be from the booze. I’m betting that it was the booze.
Narutaki:
Woke up at 6. My con day is starting early!
Narutaki:
All set up for panel!
Scott:
@Hisui @Narutaki and @Carl start up their early morning panel.
Greg:
Day 2. Enjoying the “Can’t believe you haven’t seen this” panel.
Scott:
“Now come get free stuff!”
Narutaki:
Panel went well! Pretty good turn out!
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Scott’s Just Being Grumpy Today
Scott:
When you can’t afford a hotel room, please feel free to just sleep in the middle of the panel room.
Scott:
We promise not to draw boners on your face while you’re sleeping in the middle of a panel. We swear. :3
Scott:
Uh oh. People are already buzzing about the @funimation panel later today. It’s taking place in the same small room as yesterday.
Scott:
There is not going to be enough room to hold everybody. Poor planning, @animenext.
Scott:
At the “Anime Name That Tune” panel.
Greg:
Name that tune panel might play some music from yaoi. What?
Scott:
Their song selection are too obscure, not a lot of people can name it.
Jon I.:
@Scott Yeah I went to Anime Name That Tune last year. They always pick obscure stuff.
Scott:
If you stump the players too much, that leads to too much dead air. Too much dead air leads to boring panel. (-_-)
Scott:
They literally can’t guess 90% of the song. Fail. Fail. Fail. (-_-)
DJ Ranma S:
@Scott Most Anime Name That Tunels end up that way.
Scott:
“Anime Name That Tune” conestants bored out of their mind as no one knows these songs.
Scott:
And @Greg has his go at the contest. I think he has a good chance in winning.
Greg:
@Scott …and I lost. :/
Scott:
Somehow putting the artist alley in a narrow hallway has turned to be not quite such a good idea after all… (^^;)
Toshifumi Yoshida:
@Scott Artist Alley + Panel Room Hallway = Fail
Kim:
@Scott I completely agree.
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Cat and Mouse
Kim:
Hee hee, just saw @Scott rush by. Where’s the fire?
Scott:
@Kim one word: restroom. (>_<)
Kim:
@Scott I give you points and a cookie for honesty
Scott:
Stalking @RedConfession. (-_-) <- sneaky eyes.
Kim:
@Scott *le gasp!* Good try hun, but that’s not me. That’s the other Trucy that was wandering around the con. I bumped into her.
Scott:
@Kim Really?!? D’oh! (>_<)
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Mr. Chavez Makes His Industry Panel Debut
Ed Chavez:
In Jersey and @ animenext… Having a power lunch with my intern before showtime. Come say hi and be gentle
Scott:
All seated and waiting for @Vertical_Ed’s panel to start.
Greg:
At Vertical panel. I smell give-aways.
Narutaki:
Waiting for the vertical panel to start.
Scott:
@Ed Chavez gives out a cool “Sayonara Mr. Fatty” notepad and paper to help you track your weight.
Narutaki:
Got a copy of sayornara mr fatty w00t!
Scott:
@Ed Chavez is otaku, so he awkwardly talks to the @animenext audiance.
Scott:
Ed: “We’re hoping to evolve in the next few years. We’re hoping that you, the readers, will evolve and that the market will evolve as well.”
Scott:
… and @Ed Chavez calls Black Jack “BJ” during the panel as well… (–;)
Kim:
@Scott But he is known as BJ… Just because it has a negative connotation in America…
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The Other Panels
OutOfTimeProd:
at the cosplay dating game all ages, so its clean and then olympics for the otaku soon
Kim:
Wandered into the Breaking into anime panel.
Kim:
They just mentioned @crispinfreeman as a fanboy-turned-VA.
animenext:
Power Hour with Michelle Knotz and Bill Rogers in Panel 2 at 2:00pm
Greg:
Bill Rogers and Michele Knots present theri various voice roles. http://twitgoo.com/sb3c
Scott:
Voice actors Michelle Knotz and Bill Rogers. Knotz is about as A.D.D. as any anime fangirl.
Toshifumi Yoshida:
has finished the Breaking into Voice Acting panel and is now back in the “office” until the next panel.
Jon I.:
Heading back to the hotel room to relax a bit. FUNimation panel at 6!
animenext:
Anime Radio Panel with Kyle Herbert starts in Panel 3 at 4:00pm
Scott:
Hey! It’s @kylehebert!
Kyle Hebert:
Yay, Yoko! 🙂 http://yfrog.com/9srbhj
DJ Ranma S:
@Kyle Hebert Dude, come to the dealer’s room for a birthday present! 😀
Kim:
Now at the CN premier thing. They keep showing Death Note coms-oh, its Death Note 2.
Kim:
Um, and its over?
OutOfTimeProd:
went to see “Cartoon Network Premier”, but it was the second Death Note movie. Plus also, a conga line doesn’t last long.
animenext:
Cartoon Network premiere is cancelled
Kim:
There is nothing to do now. It’s so disappointing.
Scott:
Tom and @Toshifumi Yoshida talk about directing and producing in anime.
Scott:
Lol! @Toshifumi Yoshida to @funimation: “Please give me a job!”
animenext:
FUNimation Industry Panel In Panel 3
Narutaki:
Next up: funi panel which will surely be packed…For no reason.
Kim:
The @funimation guys are head bopping to the pussycat dolls.
Narutaki:
Deserted funi.
Scott:
FUNi said that they made a great profit last year and so far, their profits are looking even better this year.
Scott:
They’re also fully pimping out their video portal even though it is down at the moment.
Scott:
Adam S. pimping out @funimation’s latest releases.
Scott:
omg, omg, omg! Eva!!! (o_o)
Kim:
Wandered into the masquerade. This place is packed.
Kim:
The Bleach, Lady Marmalade dance was really well done.
Jon I.:
Carameldansen just refuses to die. I’ve heard the song at least 5 times so far this con.
OutOfTimeProd:
masquerade was only an hour long, they didn’t have enough skits and walk-ons.
Greg:
Masquarade was pretty diassapointing compared to what I saw at last mangaNEXT.
Kim:
The skits were great, really great. The AMV’s are ok. Some much better than others
animenext:
Check out these panels at 9:00pm Bad Anime Bad or As the Otaku Grows, and the Scavenger Hunt concludes
Jon I.:
At the Bad Anime Bad panel. I’ve heard this is really good.
Greg:
Time to witness the most vile anime made at “Bad Anime! Bad!” http://twitgoo.com/seo9
Scott:
Now onto the Bad Anime Bad panel, where everyone I know is in the audience.
Scott:
Yes, everyone is in the audience, so why aren’t you? 😉
Kim:
At the pokemon panel. It got moved b/c there are so many of us.
Kim:
Pokemon panel went well. Some questions were too hardcore for my taste, but everyone had a lot of fun, and it was entertaining.
Scott:
@Kim I tried to say Hi to you before I went home, but you looked like you were too busy with your pokémons. 😉
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It’s Just a Little Water
Narutaki:
Its starting to rain!
Kim:
Oh damn it’s raining.
OutOfTimeProd:
the skies look like they are about to open the flood gates and let out nature’s goodness
Kim:
Oh god, thanks to the rain all the Otaku are inside, clogging the halls.
Kim:
I’m so catching a cold in the morning having to wander back to the hotel in the pouring rain wearing boots I could no longer walk in
animenext:
Para Para Dance Workshop in the Arena
Narutaki:
Stopped raining, going to para para dance!
Narutaki:
Had fun dancing despite my inability to have rhythm.
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Kim’s Cosplay Adventures
Kim:
*sigh* I went to sleep last out of all my friends but I’m the only one awake now. I really want to get going, but I can really ditch them?
Kim:
@Scott Argh! You are not making my decision to be a good friend easy! Oh fuck it, I’m having breakfast and leaving.
Kim:
Ok, heading out now.
Kim:
Some evil nurse chick from a video game killing some guy from a video game. It looks cool, though.
Kim:
Dark picture of me and the Apollo Justice I stumbled across.
Kim:
Amaterasu from Okami!
Kim:
Wound up in the AMV room. Two more pictures of me taken by very excitable ppl.
Kim:
Oh, it ended. Time to wander.
Kim:
Picture count up to about 6. And I’m just sitting in the lobby.
Kim:
Oh, found the obligatory Jesus cosplayer! Now, the real question is: this the same guy who wanders the cons or is there a small cult?
Kim:
I’m still up in the air if parents happily walking w/ their scantily clad cosplaying kid makes them the best or worst parents ever.
Kim:
What does everyone else think?
Kim:
The TK and Kari I took a pic of yesterday are really popular.
Kim:
A Nick cosplayer just came up to me, hugged me, then proceeded to sweep me off my feet. Literally. He does know he’s my dad, right?
Kim:
Ok, I think that Nick is a genuine rapist. He’s hit on every girl here. And has been hit or chased by half of them.
Kim:
Franny beating up the rapist Nick.
Kim:
But I passed 10 pics now, so it was worth it.
Kim:
The shadow girl from Revolutionary Girl Utena
Kim:
Oh, I forgot. We have a crossing guard now to help the otaku cross the busy road. And he’s quite nice too.
Kim:
The main area in the morning.
Kim:
People taking pictures in the hotel lobby.
Kim:
I has a cupcake.
Kim:
Franny, me, and Adrian.
Kim:
Jo & Amy from Bakuretsu Tenshi
Kim:
People at the Hattalia(?) photo shoot.
Kim:
My friend, @kuramasan as Ayame from Furuba and a Naruto guy.
Kim:
Sebastian and Ciel from Kuroshitsuji
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It’s an Addiction, Really…
Carl:
Thankfully the dealers room had no ogiue merchandise
Scott:
And of course, the first question for Knotz is from @Carl about – you ready for this? – about Oguie.