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Katsucon 2015 – Funimation Previews
Due to technical difficulties, the panel started 15 minutes late. The Convention Manager of Funimation, Tara McKinney and the Fan Engagement Coordinator (awesome job title) Timothy Johnson jumped...
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Katsucon 2015 – Sailor Moon Panel
Senior Manager of animation marketing, Charlene Ingram was hosting the panel with sparkles and glitter. She introduced the voice actors onto the stage starting with the voice of Sailor Venus, Cherami...
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Katsucon 2015 – Funimation Panel
It looked like more of the same as the day before with several repeats in videos. There were some different promo vids though and there were of course the new announcements which were always...
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Katsucon 2015 – Aniplex of America Panel
EJ Rivera, Aniplex Marketing started the panel with the usual Aniplex audience pic later featured on the Facebook page. He then started the panel by blasting a reel of action packed scenes from...
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Katsucon 2015 – Masquerade
The MCs were Frank and Sadie Doyle from the graphic novel, ‘Thrilling Adventure Hour’. Despite not understanding the fandom of the MCs, they were still entertaining, funny and the delay in the...
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Katsucon 2015 – Working in the Anime Industry
The MCs were Brand Manager Victoria Holden aka. SailorBee who works with the producers to create content as well as keep the Voice of the site consistent, software engineer Evan Minto who builds the...
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Katsucon 2015 – a con in review
Going back one month ago, Katsucon hit the Gaylord National Resort for another weekend of cosplay and Japanime fun. I put cosplay on the forefront, because for an East coast con, the venue draws...
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TITLE: THE LOST TRIBE OF CONEY ISLAND BY: CLAIRE PRENTICE PUBLISHED BY: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT, by arrangement with Amazon Publishing ISBN: 978-0-544-26228-7 Review copy purchased by reviewer Review...
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Book review: The Completely Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
The Completely Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green By Eric Orner Published by Northwest Press ISBN 978-1928720826 Review copy provided by the publisher (Thanks, Zan!) Review by Ginger Mayerson I...
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Title: “Ruth’s Journey: The Authorized Novel of Mammy from Margaret Mitchell’s ‘GONE WITH THE WIND’” By Donald McCaig Published By: Atria Books, A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. ISBN:...
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AnimeNEXT 2015 – Opening Ceremonies
The con chair, Mr. Eric Torgersen gave the first speech with the usual welcome and noted that AnimeNEXT will be moving to Atlantic City next year. Than he brought on a rep who introduced the convention...
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AnimeNEXT 2015 – FLOW concert
The energy was high as FLOW stepped on stage to the cheers of the fans. The two vocalists, Keigo took to the left center of the stage while Kohshi stood at the center right. The lead guitarist, Asakawa...
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AnimeNEXT 2015 – Elisa Q&A
Despite getting there a bit late, the panel was still getting ready. I already knew that there was a no photo policy for Elisa since they mentioned it in the press room…but surprisingly, they didn’t...
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AnimeNEXT 2015 – h.Naoto FRILLS fashion show
There were too parts to the fashion show with a Q&A in between. The style of both parts are very different which shows the creativity of the designer. I made it to the second half though. As...
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AnimeNEXT 2015 – Masquerade and AMVs
The masquerade began with two exhibition skits, the first of which was one of the finalist for WCS 2015. (Kuragehime part 1 timestamp 1:28) Kiss Kiss cosplay presented a beautiful scenario which with...
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AnimeNEXT 2015 – a con in review
It seems like only a few years since AnimeNEXT moved from Meadowlands Exposition Center to the larger Garden State Exhibit Center. But it has been 7 years and we’re ready to move again. At over 14,000...
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Otakon 2015 – Drrr!! Panel
I missed a bit of the beginning of the panel but arrived just as the marketing director of Aniplex, EJ Rivera asked the last of the questions to the staff as per the usual way to start off the panel....
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Otakon 2015 – BACK-ON Matsuri Concert
Kenji aka Kenji03 stepped up to the mic as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist, Gori at the right on bass, Shu at the left as lead guitarist and Teeda near the left between Kenji and Shu. I never...
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Otakon 2015 – Sailor Moon Q&A Panel
Same as Katsucon and many of their events, The Fandom Post has a live stream of the panel and people can send comments and questions which can be answered during the panel. Questions can also be...
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