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Written by David Nolen
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Monday, 18 August 2008 17:12 |
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Fanime 2008 was, overall, a pretty enjoyable and oddly restfull experience. I’d go so far as to say even low key. It doesn’t share the same tireless energy as ACEN, the frenzied pace of Anime Expo, or the overwhelming (even disorientating) abundance of Comic Con, but it has its share of things to do; all of which are fun. However, Fanime always has this tone of being extremely laid back, or as Gensao put it, “It’s a three day con spread over four days.” This is true, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing. One doesn’t NEED to be going from place to place at mach speeds of over 9000 all the goddamn time. Sometimes it’s best to sit around and chill with a few thousand people and meander around from place to place in no particular rush. Only thing that would have made it better is if they had a bar right outside of the dealer’s hall and registration or served beer at the Maid Café. Hey, that’s an idea: a Maid wet bar. No, not wet nurse, wet bar! Sheesh, bunch of pervs out there, I swear. Wait, I’m the only one writing here. FUCK!
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Written by David Nolen
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Monday, 14 July 2008 19:34 |
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Morning of the second day hurt…bad. I had really wanted to check out the Jason David Frank martial arts demo at 9:00 am, but it was too early after the plane ride and late night. Damnit, why not a couple hours later? Still, had to get up…had to go to work. My obsession drives me to do things no sane man would…certainly I was in the right place for that sort of behavior.
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Written by David Nolen
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 00:15 |
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Anime Central 2008 was by far the absolute best convention I have ever been to.
Yes, that statement deserved its own paragraph. It was that good. Hell, it was fucking awesome…probably the most rewarding convention experience I’ve ever had. No, not quite as good as sex, but the feeling lasted far longer, heheh. I can’t say enough good things about it…I just wish I had the time to do everything I wanted to do. Outside of that, there’s really nothing I have bad to say about it.
Initially I wasn’t really planning on going to any other conventions outside of Fanime and AX until I was invited to ACEN by Cap`n_moonie from the chat channel I frequent, #TenchiFF on the aniverse network. At the time I wasn’t too sure about heading back that direction, but I checked my finances and my leave time, and found I could easily accommodate that. Also, I’d never met ol’ moonie and I was looking forward to that. Originally another member of the channel, aisu, was supposed to join us, but she was unfortunately unable to make it. It helped I wound up sharing the room with moonie and a few others so I could cut down on costs considerably…plane flights are rather expensive after all. It also helped that I had applied for a press pass and received one.
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Written by Greggory Matteson
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Saturday, 09 February 2008 00:00 |
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“You_Are_Not_Alone[CAM][XviD][720x480][28D45F5F]”
January 23rd, I spotted this file on Tokyo Toshokan and downloaded it. While it is obviously a camrip, with sound miked from a theater, it is adequate to give a good idea of what they’ve done.
I watched the entire series in it’s original releases; fansubbed, DVD releases both subbed and dubbed, and the authorized US Broadcast on KTEH, so I have some ideas about the original content. This video is the first “movie” and covers the first arc of the TV series.
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Written by David Nolen
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Tuesday, 16 October 2007 23:36 |
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Let us take a moment to enjoy the irony of me posting this the day before the movie's release on video, some four months after it came out.
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Okay, I'm done.
The 2007 Transformers movie was an experience I will never forget. I saw it at Anime Expo with about three thousand other screaming yelling ravenous fans, the day (in some cases only hours) before its general release in North America on July 2nd. It was a once in a lifetime event, and I'll be damned if it didn't live up to every hope and dream I've had for the Transformers mythos since I was a child watching them blow the shit out of each other on some local channel.
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Written by David Nolen
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 23:14 |
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One thing I failed to mention about Day 2 was that I managed to spend a few minutes talking with the English producer of Rozen Maiden’s dub, whose name I’ve regrettably forgotten, down in the dealer’s hall. I often wonder about the folk who come by and talk with these execs in ways that sound like they were discussing the most recent DBZ power level theory on a message board or mailing list. I mean, it’s not like this guy in particular can influence the future of the story and those that can have their own vision, and will not listen to others concerning it. Then again, I suppose it could be considered a bit of a litmus test to see if the guy there knows or cares anything about the fans and their community and how much they love the series in question. In this case, I believe this man passed that particular test with flying colors. He seemed perfectly willing, capable, and knowledgeable while taking part in such brief discussions. For my own fact finding mission, I wanted to ask about Overture, possible influence on a third season, what the fuck were the Peach Pit girls thinking concerning the end of the Manga (it did end right? I didn’t just imagine what I saw, right?), what that would mean concerning a third season, and the removal of certain speech mannerisms that the dolls had.
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