Anime Diet

This bombshell piece of news comes courtesy of Anime News Network: The event organizers at Reed Exhibitions have confirmed on Thursday that New York Comic Con and New York Anime Festival will share the same weekend and location next year. Both events will take place at the Jacob K. Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan on October 8-10, 2010. While the two events will have separate guest rosters and ...

Here’s day 2 of Anime Diet’s coverage for New York Anime Festival. Here you can see highlights of the blogging panel (y’all have already seen the uncut, full version–but Youtube hasn’t!), but, more importantly, highlights of Rie Tanaka’s mini-concert. Plus, of course, there are the usual interviews with fans and bloggers alike. The HD version, with questions su...

Get the Flash Player to see this player. EDIT: This is a relatively hi-res Flash version above. I still can’t figure out why it won’t let you skip ahead easily. If that won’t work for you, for now, you can also download the video directly from my Box.net account (500 MB). Also, omo has provided a transcript, for those who prefer to read rather than to watch. This is it, folks: ...

L to R: DS, JPMeyer, Hinano--and my hand In which the blogmen (and woman) cometh; and when Rie comes to town, there’s no stopping the Diet from getting first class footage.

Rie's signature--one of many fruits of this con I attended the New York Anime Festival as a deeply privileged man: the holder of both press and, courtesy of my website partner Ray, VIP passes. I was also deeply privileged to meet so many of you, my colleagues on the East Coast in anime blogging, and to spend time eating with you all. All of you made this a wonderful con experience for me and s...

I came 5 minutes late due to subway lateness–but thank God for taxis. 11:18 AM: Which role was hardest to play? Lacus Clyne. She didn’t feel the character was quite so realistic, because she’s not so emotional–”not so expressive”–always had to be gentle and nice, with not so much emotional variation. 11:21 AM: So many people are trying to ask questions in ...

(If the video isn’t available yet, please wait a few minutes for it to go up. Youtube is still processing it as of this time.) Here’s day 1 of our New York Anime Festival video diary! This one includes a few clips from the Funimation panel, some of the stranger and more interesting sights in the dealer room and the hallway, and of course 4 interviews with fans. This is but a prelude, ...

2:42 PM: still gathering. I see fellow bloggers sitting across from me, they are liveblogging too. I wonder who they are? The camera is all set up and ready. 2:45 PM: a Darker than Black preview trailer is playing now. 2:46 PM: Adam Sheehan starts speaking. Commends fans for “honesty” (ie, “death threats” over DBZ). :) 2:48 PM: “The State of the Anime Industry: DON...

Here’s the schedule breakdown for our NYAF coverage this weekend. Friday 1:30 PM–2:30 PM: Bandai Industry Panel (??): I will try to go, by this one is in jeopardy because the bus may arrive late and I may not be able to get to the convention center on time. Hopefully I will at least catch some licensing announcements. 2:45 PM–3:45 PM: Funimation Industry Panel: the new masters o...

We're going places! Through a very convenient confluence of events–namely the time which I usually go home to visit my folks–I (Mike: yes, me, not a surrogate) will be attending the New York Anime Festival this year! I am also the holder of a VIP Rie Tanaka ticket, which means I’ll be getting a signing from her–as well as the right to skip most lines. Like every other c...