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| Voice Acting Workshop: (left
to right) Steve Bennett, Amy Howard, Wendee Lee, and Lisa Ortiz
discussed life outside of the voice acting studio, as curious fans got
to know more about the realities of being diverse and dealing with
personal time conflicts when becoming a voice actor. Reminiscing
credits among the attending celebrities included a long list of
favorites everyone should know by now: Starblazers, Captain Tylor,
Slayers, Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin, Handmaid May, new Akira, Love
Hina, Digimon, Pokemon, Shinzo, Harlock Saga, Night of Galactic
Railroad, and Twin Signal. |
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| Bandai Entertainment: Representatives
detailed a roadmap of cool releases like Outlaw Star TV compilations on
DVD, good progress on box set for Cowboy Bebop, and no status yet on
Escaflowne or Gundam Wing box sets. |
RETAS and LightWave demos: For those
intrepid animators and artists hungry for cool digital tools, RETAS
and LightWave were your sure bet to deliver high-quality animated works, with lecture
given by developer Scott Frazier for RETAS and David Andrews for
LightWave who demo'd and detailed each software's advanced
tools for frame rendering multiple overlays, backlighting effects, and
followups on additional power tools like PencilMan and QuickChecker. |
| Additional panels also held on
Saturday: Zen and the Art of ACen MAsquerade, Fan Animation Festival,
Digital Manga / Synch POint, Fan Animation Panel, AnimEigo, Viz, Macross:
Do You Remember?, MegaTokyo, and The Big O. |
