T-Mode was this past weekend (9/5-9/7) in Arlington, Virginia. I was volunteering most of the weekend, so I didn’t get as many pictures as I normally do, but what I did get has been posted up in the Convention Galleries.
Shout Outs
First off, the staff was wonderful and it was a pleasure working with everybody. Renee really pulled together everyone to make this con into a wonderful tribute to Lawrence.
The VA guests (Johnny Yong Bosch and Stephanie Sheh) were so much fun to see. I haven’t laughed that hard in a panel in a long time.
The Itachi cosplayer who I monopolized on Saturday evening: I hope I didn’t bore you to death and hopefully I’ll see you at AnimeUSA. Congrats to the rest of the Naruto cosplayers on the Masquerade win.
Geeks Next Door! Not only is the comic awesome, but they are very awesome people. I love chitchatting with you guys.
The Geek Comedy Tour! Always fun to shoot the breeze with and as hilarious as ever.
The Game Room was awesome (so was the Gaming Director). F-Zero in the game room, I almost shed a tear. Also congrats to the fantastic Snake player in the SSBB tournament. That was amazing.
And to just about everyone else at the con: You guys made the con!
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Otakon 2008 Pictures Gallery is up.
If you want a picture of yourself from the gallery (full-sized and without a watermark) send us an e-mail via the Contact Us link. All we ask is that you credit our site for the picture somewhere near it.
Sorry for the foul up with the hand outs. Here is the flyer as a Microsoft Word Document, a Rich Text File or a Adobe Reader file. (Don’t worry, they’ve all been virus scanned.) I will also have the Power Point up soon.’
After the break is the text for the Flyer.
- .doc file
- .rtf file
- .pdf file
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Our Parents and Anime Panel will be at 9am Friday in Panel 2.
Yes, that IS first thing in the morning!
I, Kali, will also be helping out in the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon fan panel at 2pm Friday in Panel 1.
I’ve expanded our ‘product line’ *laughs*.
In addition to our “Beware of Ninja” logo products:
We’re now selling “Beware of Zombies”:
We’ve just been approved for a new panel at Otakon: Parents and Anime
A panel for both convention attendees looking to talk with and help their parents understand their hobby and parents who want to learn more about their childrens’ activities. This panel will focus on explaining the basics of anime fandom in America, how to communicate the positives of participating in fandom, ways to get parents involved and how parents can obtain more information. Informational ‘cheatsheets’ will be provided.
I don’t have any schedule info for you yet, but we’ll post it when it comes up.
Panels
Would you like us to do a panel at your convention? Drop us a line via the Contact Us page.
Parents and Anime
A panel for both convention attendees looking to talk with and help their parents understand their hobby and parents who want to learn more about their childrens’ activities. This panel will focus on explaining the basics of anime fandom in America, how to communicate the positives of participating in fandom, ways to get parents involved and how parents can obtain more information. Informational ‘cheatsheets’ will be provided. (Handout for Parents and Anime)
Otakon 2008
Cosplay 101: Cosplay for n00bs
A beginner panel. An introduction to cosplay. Topics covered include:
- Planning your costume
- Planning for a convention
- Resources for beginners
- Surviving criticism
Setsucon 2007, Setsucon 2008
Cosplay 201: Primping and Posing
A beginner panel for cosplayers and beginning photographers. An introduction to posing and techniques to take a good photo. Topics covered include:
- Make-up
- Proper Posture
- Posing
- Photographer etiquette
(Setsucon 2008)
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Fan Panel
A Live-Action Sailor Moon panel. Topics covered include: actors, comparison to anime/manga, merchandise and more. Done in conjunction with BSSM:LA Fanlisting.
Otakon 2007
