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Convention Coverage
Rachel Mast | Otaku
H
ow to make a webcomic? How does the anime industry work?
How to produce your own manga? There were panels for them all.
If you didn’t feel like going to a panel and hearing people talk, you
could go and try out different video games which went on during the
whole day - one giant room with multiple stations for all the different
games a person would like to play. Some games brought out the
competitive spirit in the players
and some had them laughing
and having fun. Roleplaying
video games, doujin games,
video game tournaments, dance
dance revolution, even hentai
games! There was a game for
everybody!
If you would rather just
watch anime, there were 7 anime
playing in different rooms.
If you hadn’t seen an anime
before, you had the chance to
watch the first two episodes. You
got the chance to see what the anime was all about.
You could stay until five in the morning, and those
who could stay, did stay till then, but most of them
were playing 18+ games!
During the three day convention there
were four special guests of honour. They are all
very well known in the anime world, as voice actors.
The first was Monica Rial; you would know her
from Black Butler (Mei Ren), Fairy Tail (Mirajane),
Hetalia Axis Power (Belarus), Ouran Host Club
(Renge), and even Soul Eater (Tsubaki).
The second was Veronica Taylor; you
would know her best as Ash and May in Pokemon, April
in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and roles in Cubix,
Dinosaur King, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Huntik, Tai Chi Chasers, and
more.
The third was David Vincent; you would better
know him from Bleach as Grimmjow Jeagerjaques and
Kouga Kuchiki, and from Code Geass as Li Xingke.
Last but not least J. Michael Tatum; who did
Kyoya Otori from Ouran High School Host Club, demonic
Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler, Doumeki in XXXHolic,
Jiro Mochizuki in Black Blood Brothers, Both God Eneru
and Dalton in the new dub of One Piece, Komui Lee in
D-Gray Man, and many more.
Anime Reign | Issue 2 | 2013
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