Panels! Panels! Panels!  More panels than you can shake a stick at and then some!  AX2001 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, workshop, 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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Guest of Honor Focus on Yu Watase: Speaking to a hall packed full of Fushigi Yugi and Ayashi no Ceres fans, Yu Watase answered numerous questions on her status as role model artist and notable celebrity in the Japanese animation and manga industry.  Highlights of the panel featured her expressions on worldwide journeys and all the exciting costumes drummed up by numerous Fushigi Yugi cosplayers.
Itochu Gallery with AIC, Kikuko Inoue, and Hidenori Matsubara: Focusing on Ah! My Goddess the movie, representatives from Itochu Gallery gave the audience a fine view on the remarkable work that went into the making of the movie that not only complimented the extraordinary success of the popular OAVs and TV series, but also added huge value to the future of the AMG universe.  Highlights also included spirited commentary about the movie release from Kikoku Inoue (voice actress for Belldandy) and Hidenori Matsubara (anime character designer for the AMG series following in the footsteps of Kojima Fujishima of original AMG manga fame).
English Voice Acting: With celebrities like Jeff Lee, Amanda Winn Lee, Scott Houle, and Jonathan Osborne, numerous established English voice actors and actresses in the domestic anime world teamed up to give the audience their views on what it's like to be an anime voice actor.  As a successful voice actor, it is an absolute must to be able to work harder and act further than a regular movie, television, or stage actor, as the range and vocal focus is everything that the audience hears and what makes the anime character come to life.  Topics also included detailed theatrical background experience, having a liberal arts degree required for peripheral knowledge skills, real acting lessons, humorous stories about doing background voices, and comparisons with Japanese voice actors after the dub is recorded.

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