Author: gendomike

Michael "Gendomike" Huang is the co-founder and was the editor-in-chief of Anime Diet from 2006-2015. He lives in the Los Angeles area and works as a software engineer, though he also holds a divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. Mike has been a fan of all things anime, manga, and games for over 25 years ever since he watched Evangelion on a fuzzy video shared by a friend. He continues to watch, read, and play today.
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Madhouse/Team Chihayafuru Press Conference

Press talked to Madhouse’s Team Chihayafuru (Asaka Morio, Takuya Tsunoki, and Kunihiko Hamada) at Anime Expo 2012 and asked them questions about that show and other Madhouse works. But only we dared to ask about moe. And who’d they rather, Chihaya or Kana. Find out what they said!

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Exposition: Anime Expo 2012, Day 3 [FINAL]

The final day gendomike went to Anime Expo 2012 may not have been the last day of the con, but it was still full of surprises from the Madhouse/Chihayafuru team, the LiSA concert, and the Total Eclipse premiere!

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Ryo Horikawa Press Conference

The complete press conference transcript for voice actor Ryo Horikawa, the voice of Vegeta (Dragonball Z), Reinhard (Legend of Galactic Heroes), and others. Find out how he was able to negotiate very different roles, his time doing Gundam 0083 as well as his thoughts on OVER 9000!

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Exposition: Anime Expo 2012, Day 2

The second day of AX 2012 was the most packed one for gendomike. A full account of the Vocaloid panel, LiSA fan panel, Yaya Han, and the Kajiura/FictionJunction concert.

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Exposition: Anime Expo 2012, Day 1

The problem when you are both press and fan—as I wrote about last year—is that you’re caught between two sets of commitments. As press, it’s…

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Exposition: Anime Expo 2012, Day 0

If Twitter is the now the first draft of new media history, this article series about Anime Expo 2012 is the second—an attempt to set things down before the memories fade. An account of Day 0.

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