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 Duel Monsters Advanced: Santa Clara's resident Yu-Gi-Oh! master
educated the minions with his vast knowledge of the popular card game arena. Topics
featured Monster cards vs. Magic cards, dueling with summoning spells, rituals, various
interesting monsters, casting effects for surprise attacks, and noting the basic system of
the card layouts across the decks.
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Anime for Parents: Author of "Anime Essentials" Gilles
Poitras gave a detailed lecture about the kinds of anime that parents would like to see for
introduction or for general enjoyment. Topics featured rise in foreign sales of anime,
more interest in live-action titles based on popular anime, and growing interest in popular
mainstream titles like Card Captor Sakura, Sailor Moon, Maison Ikkoku, and more.
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How to Draw Manga: Aspiring artists wanted! Newbies and
hardcore artists from around the Bay Area congregated to review skills or learn new ones in
this workshop dedicated to drawing manga. Topics featured basic facial expressions,
body dynamics, and making your own quickie manga.
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Eileen "Kaki" Hu: Being a convention interpreter and guests
logistics is no joke and Eileen will tell you many stories about that. Her list of
convention work includes Anime Expo, Anime Central, KatsuCon, AX Japan, and FanimeCon.
A longtime fan inside the anime community also helped her gain followers and develop a new
breed of con staffers who now head today's cons.
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Yuriko Fuchizaki: She's credited as voice of Li Koran in Sakura Taisen and Anthy in Shoujo Kakumei Utena,
but you'll best believe her when she actually performs everything out on stage. The
amazement of the fans was
all worth it as the panel featured talk about Miss Fuchizaki's radio shows, stage shows,
musicals, and overall
interaction with all her fans. Special highlights of the panel featured her joining up
with Sakura Taisen cosplayers
singing the Geki-Tei song with much dancing in the aisles as well as a big giveaway stack
of
special autographed Sakura Taisen merchandise.
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