LLNN Coverage of Anime Expo 2002

Panels, panels, and more panels, and did we forget discussion time for Q&As? From state of the anime industry to fan focus on anime shows, Guests of Honor to Industry updates, and anime music video workshops to hardcore mecha designers, AX2002 pretty filled a huge gap of interest for the anime-inclined. With so much stuff to see and do, it proved extremely challenging to tackle all the panels, but LLNN managed to capture some of the vocal highlights of weekend.

Anime Expo 2002
Panels and Discussions 3


Macross w/ Shoji Kawamori: Panelists and audience members celebrated the 20th anniversary of this science fiction romance classic with creator and special guest Shoji Kawamori, translators David Fleming and Neil Nadelman, producers Shin Kurokawa and Minoru Takanashi, and Macross Compendium maintainer Egan Loo. Topics covered the Macross History mechanics and engineering, and the Macross World exhibition featuring all the coolest authentic production artwork, toys, models, and much more!

Tokuma/Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Hosted by Noboru Ishiguro, director, and Yukio Kikukawa, producer, Tokuma Shoten, discussion provided an update on Legend of the Galactic Heroes DVD. The entire set will come out in 45 DVDs plus 1 special footage DVD for about the equivalent of $2,300US. Details included reanimated scenes, touched up scenes for cleanup work, and discussion about the movie "My Conquest is the Sea of Stars". Lucky members of the audience also enjoyed the free LoGH door prizes given out by Ishiguro and Kikukawa.	Kunihiko Ikuhara: What’s up with that Nanami Cow? This was one of many of the difficult and amusing questions posed to Director Kunihiko Ikuhara of Sailor Moon and Revolutionary Girl Utena as he gave an update on future projects for production of anime in the US. When pressed about these efforts, the answer was simple: more animators and production companies prefer the US West Coast! The weather perhaps? The culture? Only the hardcore Ikuhara fans got the answer!