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design to Para Para dance craze, Otakon 2002 held a huge round of panels and discussions that
had something for everyone to learn more about and enjoy. Panels were staged across 3
rooms and easily provided seating space for large capacity crowds of fans yearning to catch
more than just a fleeting glimpse of that favorite Guest of Honor. |
Otakon
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Attire: Representatives on traditional Japanese fashion taught the audience on proper
techniques and care of the prized attire. Topics covered various kimono designs,
prices, factories, museums, artist communities, gold leaf prints, hand embroideries, and a
demonstration of how to put on a kimono. |
Fan-ily Feud: Groups
of fans battled it out on stage with brains and quick wits as this trivia game included
numerous questions on favorite anime including Project A-ko, Cowboy Bebop, Legend of
Galactic Heroes, Gundam Wing, Macross, Outlaw Star, Nadesico, Dragonball Z, Princess
Mononoke, Love Hina, and much more. |
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Bad Anime!
Bad!: Not just bad... REALLY bad! Screenings and discussions in this humorous
panel included cheesy robots, goofy battle attacks, bumbling villains, bad science, too much
complex terminology, and cheesy wrestling moves. |
Drawing Anime and Manga: Learning to draw and keeping up with development is not easy, but this panel
effectively taught the audience on going through the motions on character designs, making
comics, printing, saving old works, archiving sketchbooks for ideas, and networking with
other fan artists. |
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Tokyo-Pop: Representatives
TokyoPop announced their latest releases and plans for GTO, Sailor Moon, GoldenBoy,
Parasite, Angelic Layer, and much more. Highlights also included a trivia contest with
free prizes. |
Mecha-cessorsizing: Kings and Queens of American cosplay talked about their latest
ambitious projects and also tips and processes on making swords, large bodysuits, light
armor, foam texturing, painting, dremel tools, paper mache, and other craftsmanship
necessities. |
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