Category: Fandom

The Speakeasy #015: The Geneva Convention, For the love of cons.

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Anime 3000 presents The Speakeasy Podcast:
Drink #015: The Geneva Convention, For the love of cons.

This is the second podcast in a row with a guest. Tom Langston aka Calaggie of the Nigorimasen! blog and podcast joins us to talk fondly of convention experiences. We also continue our mailbag segment, the Interrogation Room, so feel free to send in your questions and comments so we can discuss them on the next podcast!

In this episode, we look at the unique experience that is going to an anime convention. It can often be surreal if you have never been to one before and even old timers can learn something new. We look at the ups and downs of of being surrounded by your fellow anime fans for a weekend. We provide a brief overview of our feelings on conventions, some tips for anyone attending a con, and some changes we would like to see. Also check out our written con survival guide for all the nitty gritty details of surviving your first con.

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And now your helpful bartenders at The Speakeasy present your drink:

The Geneva Convention

2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Goldschlager®
1/2 oz. Everclear®

Fill half a shaker with ice. Add the ingredients. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass.

All Right, Mr. DeMille, I’m Ready For My Close-Up

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I did something a bit unusual this weekend. If anyone follows Nartaki’s twitter feed they might notice that she retweeted a announcement from Lance Fensterman about a trio of New York Film Academy students who were doing a documentary on otaku called Animted. Since Narutaki was on vacation during the audition I decide to check it out on my lonesome. I was curious to see what types of people showed up and what questions they were going to ask. It was an interesting experience. It was eye-opening enough that I felt like sharing what I learned.

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The Bill 156 Factor

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After listening to the podcast about the Tokyo Youth Ordinance, we realized there was even more to be discussed and there will continue to be more to be talked about for many moons to come. In some ways I feel like a crazy fear-monger but at the same time I worry lots of fans don’t think this bill will impact them. But despite any of that, I personally am very worried about it and it’s not going away so I just have more questions. Always more.

Heck, right after the podcast was recorded we already had a slew of new points of conversation. We were sill debating various points of the bill and what we think they mean. Now that Bill 156 has been passed everyone is waiting to see what exactly the ramification will be. How much is the bill is just a dog and pony show to make international critics happy? How much is this going to used as tool to beat certain unpopular groups and artists in submission? How many of those are groups that the bill was supposedly designed to regulate? How much of an immediate economic and creative impact with the bill have on anime, manga, and video game industries? How much will of an impact will it have down the line? Everyone watching the bill has an opinion on what will happen but until the first round of enforcement takes place it is all speculation. Lets dig a little deeper until we have some answers.

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