AnimeNext Through YouTube Feat. Dude Who Can’t Fathom Figure Buying
Posted by: CalAggie in Conventions, VideoI considered composing a long post about Greg Ayres’ panels and how resolving the status of the anime industry may involve ditching dubs and/or , but it was just easier to embed some YouTube videos relating to AnimeNext instead. (OK, here’s my short take on it anyway: general population is growing tired of buying physical media to own and the current economic situation is compounding the problem.)
The dude in the above video is responding to a boring, grainy, crappy video an actual attendee made showing off the Lupin and DBZ figures he bought and I think he makes a good point about spending money on figurines that perhaps some of the figure bloggers can explain to me. Saying Trinity Blood was just “the Japanese not understanding Catholicism” made me laugh but so far the guy has only been doing commentaries through video responses so ‘meh’ to him otherwise. The rest of the videos will be footage filmed by citizen journalists/teenagers/bored people at the con.
Look, it’s a kendo demonstration! “The louder you clap, the harder they fight.” Indeed.
There was a rave Saturday and here’s a view from the stage. The crowd needs more glowsticks!
Out of Time Productions did 10-minute end-of-day reports for all three convention days that featured interviews with fans and panel runners as well as uploading very short mobile phone clips throughout the con. Above is Day 2, where they talked with the dating game winners and a Sudowodo cosplayer among others.
I think this video of the Cosplay Chess event was consciously edited so I would have NO IDEA what’s happening in the actual match. I wonder if a staff member recorded the moves in algebraic chess notation.
A Jesus cosplayer and a girl in a black skirt crossed swords on what I assume to are the sanctioned convention dueling grounds.
Finally, here is a Masquerade skit inspired by Loveless of Ritsuko dancing to a soft piano ballad with the Zero pair. Why did I pick this since I’m not familiar with the series? It’s short, has no dialogue and lacks awkward transitions so it plays to my small, art student soul. My second choice would have been the Full Metal Gear Panic skit except there was a non sequitur Caramelldansen bit inserted near the end. *sigh* I was fine when it was isolated to an online meme spawning from GIFs but it should NOT be spontaneously performed in person.
Looking forward, I intend to attend next month’s Anime Expo and do some video stuff as well as attending panels I’m interested in “Anime and Manga in Academia”. I’ll try to do another post closer to the actual weekend (hopefully the schedule will be out by then) with my hopes and plans for the convention. One thing I am sure of right now: I must cosplay as Uncle Sam on Friday, July 4th.
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I cannot fathom it either but I didn’t bother making a whole video about it.
P.S. Wow.
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