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This was my second year at this convention, and like last year, it was a *very* positive experience. AUSA has cemented it's place as my one must-attend convention for the next few years, at least. Excellent selection of panels that were actually *interesting*, video rooms that were worth hanging out in, and just generally good organization to the layout, scheduling, etc.
Some bullet points on stuff I did:
- Greg Ayres presented some first-look footage from "Beck" and a full episode of "Nerima Daikon Brothers". The dub of Beck sounds fine, and I'm looking forward to hearing more of the songs, but nothing there really blew me away. On Nerima Daikon Bros., I'm glad Greg showed this. I probably would have ignored this release and missed out on some *primo* crack. Hilarious (and dirty) as hell. :)
- I actually sat through the whole Anime Music Video contest. Usually I get bored after two vids and leave. There were a couple *really* good vids in the first six shown that I really wanted to vote for, but then it didn't seem fair to cast a vote without having seen all of the competition. :)
- Chris Patton panel: Chris has some scary fangirls (& boys). *shudder* Best news for me: A new "Voices for..." CD is in the works.
- Went to a "try voice acting" workshop and actually worked up the nerve to give it a shot. I think I did a decent job. I liked that the guy running it really focused on getting a good *acting* performance out of people - letting you try several "takes" and giving specific advice after each take on what you did right and wrong.
- The video rooms were awesome. First con I've been to in a while that showed primarily fansubs of newer titles instead of relying on commercial releases. I don't keep up with fansubs so well anymore, so it was a treat to check out some titles that were new to me. Two that most struck my fancy (and I'm downloading right now ;) ) were "Pumpkin Scissors" and "Innocent Venus".
- Shopping was a bit "meh". The usual problem: The same vendors selling the same stuff at every con. I didn't get anything uber-cool, but did pick up a few new artbooks and a spiffy Haruhi Suzumiya-themed duffel bag that's a perfect size for a swag bag at future cons.
Some bullet points on stuff I did:
- Greg Ayres presented some first-look footage from "Beck" and a full episode of "Nerima Daikon Brothers". The dub of Beck sounds fine, and I'm looking forward to hearing more of the songs, but nothing there really blew me away. On Nerima Daikon Bros., I'm glad Greg showed this. I probably would have ignored this release and missed out on some *primo* crack. Hilarious (and dirty) as hell. :)
- I actually sat through the whole Anime Music Video contest. Usually I get bored after two vids and leave. There were a couple *really* good vids in the first six shown that I really wanted to vote for, but then it didn't seem fair to cast a vote without having seen all of the competition. :)
- Chris Patton panel: Chris has some scary fangirls (& boys). *shudder* Best news for me: A new "Voices for..." CD is in the works.
- Went to a "try voice acting" workshop and actually worked up the nerve to give it a shot. I think I did a decent job. I liked that the guy running it really focused on getting a good *acting* performance out of people - letting you try several "takes" and giving specific advice after each take on what you did right and wrong.
- The video rooms were awesome. First con I've been to in a while that showed primarily fansubs of newer titles instead of relying on commercial releases. I don't keep up with fansubs so well anymore, so it was a treat to check out some titles that were new to me. Two that most struck my fancy (and I'm downloading right now ;) ) were "Pumpkin Scissors" and "Innocent Venus".
- Shopping was a bit "meh". The usual problem: The same vendors selling the same stuff at every con. I didn't get anything uber-cool, but did pick up a few new artbooks and a spiffy Haruhi Suzumiya-themed duffel bag that's a perfect size for a swag bag at future cons.