Fanime 2014 Report
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| Swag Bag |
One thing's for certain for Norcal's
Fanime con, the 'linecon' moniker is mostly dead. It certainly was a
pleasure to just walk and walk out and get your badge. This allowed
me to actually go around to some panels, take pictures, but the only
sour point was the events at the Civic Center across the street. It
literally took me 3 hours to get into the Swap Meet. I wound up not
buying anything. Anyways, onto the panels I attended.
Out of all the panels, I did enjoy the
gametrailers.com 'What's wrong with Nintendo Panel?” which hosted
by GT producer Michael Domiani. This mainly consisted of constructive
criticism on why Nintendo lagging behind Sony and Microsoft in the
console race. There was also a general GT panel with reviewer Ben
Moore, the excellent Kyle Bosman, and Domiani again. They went over
what they do at the site. As well as a short video by Brandon Jones
who unfortunately wasn't there. He went on to speak about the origin
of game trailers and how it used to be a video archive site and
slowly turned into an actual game journalism site.
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| Kyle Bosman, Ben Moore, and Michael Domini at the 7.8 out of 10 Game Trailers Panel |
I accidentally walked into a panel by
Steve Savage were his panel was called “Epic Resume GO!” and
provided me with some valuable tips on redoing your resume. Mine
hasn't changed since 2006 and in my opinion is rather flat. Since I
am out of work, I'll get to it soon. There was also a Internet VA and
adaptive writing panel for anime which or subjects I am extremely
interested in. The Voice Actors panel was hosted by someone you
probably remember as Meryl from Egorator's Metal Gear Awesome series,
Kira Buckland. Fans asked questions such as what mics should they
use, breathing exercisers, and what classes a person should take to
pursue VA work.
The adaptive writing which is pretty
interesting so to speak. Unlike the old days were it was passable to
do a 1 to 1 translation, There are now two teams, one for translation
and one for adaptation. This was hosted by J. Michael Tatum who
recently worked on Funimation's localization of Attack on Titan
which is now airing on Adult Swim. He mainly focused on things such
as style, matching lip flap, and dealing with cultural differences.
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| Kira Buckland at the Internet VA Panel |
After the con there was plenty of
places to get smashed like the Blue Chip, and eat. From Iguana's 5
pound Buritozilla to the eccentric Psycho Donuts. Overall, the atmosphere was more upbeat than last year, and
still has that laid back feel of a smaller con, but with the size of
AX. I will definitely return for next year!
