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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Viz Communications panel spoke about upcoming releases, answering customer questions, and gave hints about its extensive product roadmaps involving TV shows, voices, videos, magazines, and manga.	Mr. Yasuhiro Nightow's focus panel discussed issues about his very popular manga Trigun, taking cues from character development and relationships, mecha designs, story development, and faithful anime production.

New Generation Pictures panel gave exciting highlights about new anime product releases and answered the calls from many future customers.	Media Factory: Mr. Murahama, President of Gonzo Studios, and Mr. Nagata, producer of Vandread from Media Factory, came from Japan to hold their own panel with Gonzo Studio's Mr. Mahiro Maeda (center) to talk about their latest Vandread release.

Part 2 of the Game Show kicks in with new contestants hot and ready to win some cool stuff donated by numerous domestic anime distribution companies. Test your anime knowledge and maybe you could win, too!

Ken Iyadomi (left) and Jerry Chu (right) of Bandai Entertainment speak about their bold roadmap and answered feedback from customers delighted to see some cool shows and movies coming out in both the US and in Japan.	The Voice Acting panel featured US voice actors from popular anime shows and discussed schedules, taking care of voices, professional training, ranges of character voices to choose from, and rising popularity and fan followings of anime voice actors and actresses now that anime is becoming more mainstream.