Posts Under Otakon 2009 Category

Otakon concert: Geist and Kanon Wakeshima

Otakon concert: Geist and Kanon Wakeshima

The hall was packed Saturday at Otakon, the line forming three hours beforehand and stretching around and back. Only the careful attentions of staffers kept it from devouring itself like an ouroboros of human bodies. Gear in hand, I sat in the press section and chatted with the official photographers while we waited for the [...]

Otakon Day One – Kikuko Inoue Panel Q&A, Pt 2.

Otakon Day One – Kikuko Inoue Panel Q&A, Pt 2.

Part 1 is here. Kikuko Inoue is a famous seiyuu associated with many popular anime. Her past performances include Belldandy of Aa Megami-Sama, Kasume Tendou in Ranma 1/2, Rune Venus in El-Hazard, Kazami Mizuho in Onegai Teacher, Lust in Fullmetal Alchemist, Miria in Claymore, Grace O’Connor in Macross Frontier, Akane in Higurashi, and Cecile in [...]

Otakon Day One – Kikuko Inoue Panel Q&A, Pt 1.

Otakon Day One – Kikuko Inoue Panel Q&A, Pt 1.

Kikuko Inoue is a famous seiyuu associated with many popular anime. Her past performances include Belldandy of Aa Megami-Sama, Kasume Tendou in Ranma 1/2, Rune Venus in El-Hazard, Kazami Mizuho in Onegai Teacher, Lust in Fullmetal Alchemist, Miria in Claymore, Grace O’Connor in Macross Frontier, Akane in Higurashi, and Cecile in Code Geass: Lelouch of [...]

Otakon 2009 Video Teaser – Day 0

Otakon 2009 Video Teaser – Day 0

Notes: According to an Otakon staffer who declined to name himself, lines will be long today.  Fewer people than expected got their prereg badges on Day 0. I got a clip of Sonicwhammy and Koushi plugging Anime Press Your Luck, their panel on Saturday. There is a lot of Bleach cosplay this year, if Day [...]

Otakon schedule

Otakon schedule

Behold the wanderings of the mysterious moritheil! Main Events Friday, July 17, 2009 11 AM Yutaka Yamamoto 1:30 PM Kikuko Inoue 6:30 PM Dinner at the Inner Harbor Pizza Uno (2 blocks from the con) – you’re all invited to meet me! 7:30 PM  MELL concert Saturday, July 18, 2009 10AM Funimation Panel 11AM Masao [...]

VAMPS at Otakon 2009

VAMPS at Otakon 2009

VAMPS, the new project of HYDE and K.A.Z., had previously advertised a show at SONAR the day before Otakon. “Going to Otakon? Come early!” their ads urged. While at the time this struck several Anime Diet staff members as a clever bit of juxtaposition involving a shared demographic, we had yet to truly appreciate the [...]

Anime Diet @ Otakon 2009

Anime Diet @ Otakon 2009

In the early days of Anime Diet, our illustrious founder Mike covered every Otakon personally. With a heavy con load this year, it has fallen to newer writers to step up and cover Otakon 2009! It may seem a little early to be speaking of this July con, but some folks have been preparing since [...]