AnimeNEXT Day 1: Jesus VS Lil Slugger

The RP Phantom and I just got back late last night from a long day at New Jersey's most popular anime convention: AnimeNEXT. The con was really a lot of fun, and we'll be there for the next two days of the con. (No, we are NOT cosplaying)

Since I'm sure no one is interested in my excursion into the dealer's room, I'll let you know about my panel and event adventures. Definitely the most exciting thing that I did was getting the signatures of and speaking to Gus Sorola (plays Simmons) and Kathleen Zuelch (plays Tex) from the popular web video series Red vs Blue. I also stopped in for a bit to "Introduction to Red vs Blue," in which fans asked questions of the two RvB guests. There was also an interesting and abstract "contour drawing" workshop. By far, the best panel was "Everything About DBZ," in which two Dragonball experts answered questions, which got increasingly insane and nerdy as the panel went on. They also explained the current confirmed details of the very cool Dragonball Online.

As usual for AnimeNEXT, the industry panels come on the next two days, but I doubt they will be giving out any megaton announcements.

There were some very funny occurences at the con, such as some guy turning up cosplaying as Jesus, and his subsequent battle with Lil Slugger. On the really weird side, there was some nerd dressed as the Great Saiyaman, who would refer to Gohan as "I" or "me" during DBZ conversations. Needless to say, he was responsible for most of the crazy arguments that went on at the DBZ panel.

Get ready for today's con report, since there's some major panels going on today. I'll take detailed notes just for you. If you are looking for me today, I'll be wearing a dark blue Rurouni Kenshin shirt, and I pretty much look like this. (I just happen to be wearing the same shirt in the picture as I will be wearing today)

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