NY Anime Festival & Comic Con 2010 Bonus Round!

The New York Anime Festival and Comic Con was amazingly packed with things to do, people to meet, exclusives to see, and panels to go to. No one could do everything they wanted to and no single person can give you a full picture of what when on. With that in mind your always relentless detectives Hisui and Natutaki along with mechanical field expert Patz from Insert-Disc try to share a bit of our experiences at this combo con. It is a frank discussion about how well we think the two cons worked with each other and what could be done to improve things next year.

Bonus Round – NYAF/NYCC Review

NY Anime Festival & Comic Con 2010: Minori Chihara

hisuiconWhile there were several Japanese industry people at NYAF most of them were only present for the what they were presenting and never appeared in any formal panel where you could ask them questions about anything outside of what they were there to present. But voice actress and singer Minori Chihara not only had a panel but she also had a concert to promote her appearance in The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. I would assume almost everyone who went to see her was there because of her work as Yuki unless Sakutarou has a huge fan following I was unaware of. And a lot of fans were very thrilled to see her at the convention because of that.

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NY Anime Festival & Comic Con 2010: Panels

Getting to see your favorite comic creators speak and answer questions is one of the great highlights of big events like New York Comic Con and Anime Fest. But not only do they have the people behind comics, but plenty of knowledge professionals in my fields giving talks as well. There is much promotion and celebration but also you just might learn something by checking out the myriad of panels at this convention.

hisuiconBig conventions mean equally big panels and panelists. NYCC had some big names in the comics industry talking about what they are doing alongside television and video games properties having high-profile panels as well. Despite all this I tried to stick NYAF side of the convention for panels this year considering the fact we are an anime and manga blog. More than any other aspect of the show it was the panels were I felt I missed out the most due to conflicted schedules. You can see a premiere later down the road but a panel is sometimes a once only opportunity. So here are the once only opportunities I got to see.

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