Otakon is upon us, and I will be attending this year. Unlike previous years however, I will be running around trying to get interviews which I hopefully will be able to post right here on Ogiue Maniax.
Below is a list of panels and such I want to attend. A lot of these conflict and a lot of them are duplicates on different days, but I included all of them just in case one turns out to not catch my interest and I head to another or if I happen to miss a Q&A session with a Japanese guest.
I’ve included the times and rooms, but these are all subject to change. I’ll try to edit this post accordingly so that everything is fine and dandy and up to date.
I might also be updating my location on Twitter, so if you want, you can follow me at http://twitter.com/sdshamshel or just click the link on the side bar.
Friday
Mobile Suit Gundam: Celebrating 30 Years 10:45AM-12:45PM Panel 6
Yutaka Yamamoto 11AM-12PM Panel 4
Kikuko Inoue Q&A 11AM-12:30PM Panel 3
Anime Recruitment 12:45PM-1:45PM Panel 1
Madhouse Panel 12:30PM-2PM Panel 3
The Mecha Appreciation Panel 2PM-3pM Panel 5
Opening Ceremonies 3PM-4PM Panel 4
Aniplex Panel (or TBD) 2PM-4PM Panel 6
I Cant Believe You Haven’t Seen This! 7PM-8PM Panel 6
Concert: Mell 8PM-9:30PM Main Events
Saturday
Anime, Lost in Translation 9AM-10AM Panel 2
Anime and Manga Studies 11:30AM-12:30PM Panel 1
Anime’s Craziest Deaths 12:45PM-1:45PM Panel 3
Fred Schodt Q&A 3pM-4PM Panel 5
Fred Schodt Autograph 4:30-5:30PM Autograph 2
Yutaka Yamamoto 5PM-6PM Panel 4
Noboru Ishiguro and Yukio Kikukawa 5PM-6Pm Panel 3
Otaku TV 4:30-5:30PM Panel 2
Genshiken: The Panel of Modern Visual Culture 5:45-6:45PM Panel 2
(Whoever’s running those two panels, I hope you’ve prepared well!!)
Dubs That Time Forgot 9:30-10:30PM Panel 1
Sunday
Anime Evolves 10:15AM-11:15AM Panel 5
Funimation TBA 10PM-11PM Panel 2
Maruyama Q&A 11PM-12PM Panel 3
Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy, and the Manga/Anime Revolution, with Fred Schodt 12PM-1PM Panel 2
Noboru Ishiguro and Yukio Kikukawa 1PM-2PM Panel 2
Concert: Naomi Tamura 1:30PM-2:30PM Main Events
See you at Otakon! And if you happen to see me in the Karaoke room, know that I have quite a surprise in store.
OGIUE MANIAX 
I definitely wouldn’t mind running into you! I don’t know what you look like, ut I’ll be the long-haired guy in blue tripp pants, impossible to miss lol.
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Viga’s running both Otaku TV and the Genshiken.
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I can vouch that the karaoke surprise is pretty awesome.
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I’ll be at, er, some table during most of the con, so come by and say hello. I’ll be with Secret Shop, but with J-List banners and tissue. I’m not there officially, just selling for the other store.
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I can vouch that the karaoke surprise goes against my morals and principles. I can also vouch that I am responsible for providing the source for the karaoke surprise.
Picking Fred Schodt over my panel is an acceptable choice. Picking “I need to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner” over my panels is NOT!
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