Linus Lam's Coverage of AnimeExpo2000

Panels! Panels! Panels! More panels than you can shake a stick at and then some! AX2000 offered a huge four-day weekend variety of panels galore featuring many esteemed Guests of Honor, noted fans, and industry representatives from as far as Japan all heading healthy discussions on various exciting anime and manga-related topics ranging from new shows, fan activities, industry follow-ups, historical perspectives, and other forms of fan entertainment lasting well into the night. Packed full of attendees, every single panel or activity offered something to learn from, whether you were into the discussion subject or not, as shown below with a brief description of each session.

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Mr. Kunihiko Ikuhara (left) and Ms. Chiho Saito (right) at their focus panel gave fans insight into their involvement with the production of Revolutionary Girl Utena.	The Anime Clubs panel offered lots of friendly advice for fans hoping to start up a new club of their own, collecting tapes, assigning club officers, sharing information effectively, anime community awareness, and generally having a good time making new friends.

The Cosplay Make-up session, moderated by Ann McGreery (middle), demonstrated the fine art of applying proper facial color and tones that enhance the qualities of your favorite anime costumes. It's not enough to just dress up; you gotta dress up in style!

Artists Unite! panel, moderated by Christian Hwang, focused on spreading the anime art style in and around the artist communities, how aspiring artists can rise to become professionals in the comics, game, and animation industry, and the main differences between the American and Japanese industry. Panelists were from Studio XD (Image Comics), Westwood Studios, and Dark Horse Comics.	Shoujo fan panel, moderated by Alex Lau, dipped into the romantic eccentricities of anime and manga stories written by women for the mainstream audience and offered insight into youthful relationships and graceful illustration differences.

Anime on DVD panel, led by representatives (left to right) Matt Thorn of ADV Films, John of Media Blasters, Jerry Chu of Bandai Entertainment, AX moderator Megazone, and LadyCat from AnimeOnDVD.com, discussed how large anime distribution companies are getting better at delivering quality shows on quality DVD media that surpasses the amount of content and information traditional LDs or VHS tapes could ever offer.