All Points Bulletin: Land of a Thousand Podcasts

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Hisui’s picks:

Narutaki’s picks:

  • Mattel’s Rerelease of Voltron Toys
    I am super stoked for these. I don’t care if I haven’t seen the new series, all I need is the original.
  • Ice Cold Water – Remix
    The man is officially a phenomenon proven by blog posts, forum threads, and even music remixes.
  • Disney Adapting Tuexdo Gin
    I really don’t know what they are up to with this. I’ll be curious how much they keep of the original and how much they just wanted the basic concept.
  • 8-bit Game of Thrones
    College Humor did a great job with this, now everyone is just hoping someone will come along and make a real, playable version!

They heavily hinted they would stream Fate/Zero in the US. In honor of that is the the King of Knights in a suit from Fate/Zero.


Otakon 2011: Fan Panels

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With so many premieres, I felt like I neglected the fans panels a little this year at Otakon. Since panels is usually the biggest draw for me, I feel a bit guilty. There was a great variety, but one only has so much time. Still beyond our own two panels I did squeeze a few others in over the weekend.

I consider a healthy dose of fan panels part of a balanced convention diet. At some cons my entire schedule is filled with nothing but fan panels with the occasional guest panel if they have an interesting Japanese guest. Plus, as I become more active in the fan community I begin to know more of the people doing fan panels so I sometimes just stop in to support my friends who often do very intelligent panels (or at least entertaining panels). Fan panels have this passionate rawness that makes them unique and special. Sometimes that means you go to some real stinkers but such is the price you pay for some incredibly unique and eye-opening content.

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Otakon 2011: Industry

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The presence of industry at events such as Otakon has been evolving and changing over the last couple of years. Instead of focusing on what is coming out now, which is still done, there is a shift to talking about streaming or the next big thing. This was driven home by Sunrise running their own panel this year. While there were no huge announcements from Otakon (which we’ve come to expect with Anime Expo and San Diego Comic Con in the same month), there was still much to talk about.

I have mostly decided to follows Patz’s philosophy and avoid going to industry panels unless I have a burning question that needs to be asked. With so many bloggers and news sources reporting and commentating on industry panels as they happen there is little need for me to show up. The nitty-gritty will be available for everyone to see as soon as it is announced. This lets me sit back and pick what I want to comment on. I like that approach.

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