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| Adapting and Directing Dubbed
Animation: With panelists Neil Nadelman (second left), Jeff
Thompson (second right), and Wendee Lee (far right), attendees learned
about the hard work behind all the successful dubbed anime titles.
It's not just about being able to memorize personalities and lines and
possibly sing, it's also about being able to develop and expand acting
abilities, learning to improvise, keeping fresh and spontaneous, and
being able to be identified just by the voice. For the vocal
director, the work is a little tougher as they must deal with choosing a
good cast and script, working well with actors and actresses and helping
to develop their talents, and even trying to write dialogue for specific
voice actors because of their unique vocal abilities which makes the
show shine even brighter. |
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| Amateur Voice Actors and Dubbing: Not
quite karaoke and not quite professional, but all fun and very
inspiring. With a large turnout of aspiring voice actors, topics
included basic care of voices, variety of characters, and lots of
practice. |
Fan Subtitling Workshop: Every
subtitler needs to learn from fellow subbers in their anime community as
topics included proper editing, accuracy of scripts, honorifics, and
staying true to personal technical preferences. |
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| Import Video Gaming: It all started
with the Street Fighter craze, or was it the old Karate game?
Topics never really stayed in the past; instead they looked towards the
future as discussion delved into console games like Marvel vs. Capcom,
Guilty Gear X, and Armored Core developed for machines like PlayStation2
and Sega Dreamcast. |
Fan Parody Dubbing Workshop: Representatives
from Magnum Opus Productions, Seishun Shitemasu, Jigoku no Video, Corn
Pone Flicks, and Fast Food Freedom Fighters discussed their secrets
behind their wildly successful cult titles Dirty Pair, Ranma 1/3,
Robotech 3, Orange Road: the Akira Story, Enterprise vs. Yamato, and
much more. |
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| Scott Frazier: "Hi! I'm
Japanese!" Scott always has a new twist on his personal
history in Japan as he recalled the triumphs and horrors of working his
way into the Japanese anime industry. |
Cel Tradin' Post: Wanna make a quick
deal with fellow cel collectors? Then this meeting was definitely
the place for the higher echelon to gather around and show off their
trophies and possibly exchange for even better ones! |
| Additional panels also held on
Friday: Kia Asamiya and Mika Akitaka, Fanboy Entertainment, The Right
Stuf International, Anime Gone Bad, Mahou Shoujo Madness, and All That
Yaoi. |
