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AnimeNEXT 2014: Trigger Happy

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(note: No Type-Moon Weekly News Round Up or All Points Bulletin this week.)

Like all smart conventioneers, AnimeNEXT went after Studio Trigger as guests this year and were successful in bringing over Shigeto Koyama and Hiromi Wakabayashi who both had a hand in Kill la Kill and Inferno Cop among other things. AnimeNEXT doubled-down on awesome with their musical guest being ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D who has supplied openings for DRRR!! and Yowamushi Pedal!

We’re hoping to record live from the event on Friday night. But even if we don’t, this month’s Speakeasy Podcast will be dedicated to AnimeNEXT. As always we’ll have tons of coverage the weekend’s proceedings in the coming week, too.

We got panels, be sure to attend!

Sat. 11:15AM – New Anime for Older Fans

Sat. 01:45PM – Don’t Read That @#$% Scan:
New Legit Digital Manga
You Should Be Reading

Sun. 12:00PM – Terrible Manga Dojo:
Being a Better Otaku through Hayate 2

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Pre-AnimeNEXT 2014 Podcast

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Our tentative schedule for the convention:

Friday
10:00AM – Disabilities in Manga and Anime
11:15AM – Visit Japan even on a Budget animeNEXT
12:00PM – Anime in Western Animation and Comics
12:30PM – Anime To Make You Smile
12:45PM – Spirits, Wheels and Borrowed Gods
03:00PM – A Decade of Anime Fandom: A Retrospective
04:45PM – Inferno Cop with Studio Trigger
06:45PM – The Women of Mobile Suit Gundam
08:00PM – ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D Concert
10:30PM – These Are A Few Of My Favorite Scenes

Saturday
09:45AM – Modoka and Man: The Politics of Gen Urobuchi
11:15AM – New Anime for Older Fans
12:30AM – Kill La Kill: Spot the References, Beginner’s Edition
01:45PM – Don’t Read That @#$% Scan: New Legit Digital Manga You Should Be Reading
03:00PM – Tales of NEXT
04:15PM – The Colorful World of Kenji Nakamura
05:00PM – Kill la Kill with Studio Trigger
07:00PM – Kill la Kill and the Transformation of Japan
08:30PM – Princess Tutu: A Queered Fairy Tale
10:00PM – The Heart of “When They Cry” 18+
11:45PM – Insane Manga Challenge Adult Edition -Triple The Impact (18+)

Sunday
11:00AM – Short Anime
12:00PM – Terrible Manga Dojo: Being a Better Otaku through Hayate 2
01:45PM – 20 Recommended Manga for Grown ups

Crime Scene Investigations #005: AnimeNEXT 2013

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This is a bonus segment of the Speakeasy Podcast we like to call Crime Scene Investigations. These are random bonus podcasts that we record live from various events. There is no regular schedule for these. We will put them up as quickly as we can when the opportunity for one occurs. We suspect they will mostly be from conventions but we might work in some interviews and conversation from NY events as fate allows.

The great Robeast that was AnimeNEXT 2013 could not be slain by a single podcasting mecha. It required the effort of an elite team of podcasters in combining lions to handle an event like this in the forsaken land of New Jersey. Evan and Ink from the Ani-Gamers podcast formed the legs. Vincenzo and Vince who were not only staff but also are part of the All Geeks Considered podcast formed the arms. And Xan from the Spiraken Manga Review formed the head. That makes me, Hisui, the Blazing Sword that let the team snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

If you want my written impression of AnimeNEXT you can find the main article here. The other reports from our illustrious pilots as well as the full story of harassment as a cosplayer are linked in this post.

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Crime Scene Investigations #005: AnimeNEXT 2013

AnimeNEXT 2013: Guests

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It is so nice to be able to have a whole section on guests for AnimeNEXT again. I missed being able to see people like Kenji Kamiyama or Harold Sakuishi and not have to go several states over and spend lots of money I don’t have. This year Sayo Yamamoto and Hiroshi Shimizu were a special treat. Sayo Yamamoto’s two major directorial credits are Michiko to Hatchin and Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine which are both extremely nice bullet points to have on your CV. She has also storyboarded some extremely visually inventive animation like both openings to Arakawa Under the Bridge and the Attack on Titan ending. Hiroshi Shimizu on the other hand has been a key animator on more anime than some fans have ever seen in their lives.

At the same time on the American front I am sure several people I know were super sad that they were not able to attend a convention where Mike Toole was a guest. Lets put it this way: As people are getting their panels rejected left and right for Otakon more often than a case of Near Beer at Oktoberfest it seems that Mike Toole had his panels auto-accepted as soon as they were submitted. I think that fairly well sums up his status as a respected commentator on anime.

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