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 Opening
Ceremonies: Emcee Isaac Sher opened up Sugoi Con 2001 with grand introductions of the
"usual suspects", America's finest band of brothers: Neil Nadelman, Robert DeJesus,
Doug Smith, Steve Bennett, and Scott Frazier, as well as giving notice to fan favorites like
Dave Merrill, Matt Miller, The Haze Man, and many more to help turn the hotel upside
down!
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What's
Up at Studio IronCat?: Steve Bennett and Doug Smith highlighted a greater grasp towards
the traditional unflipped versions of manga they bring over, starting with Vampire Princess
Miyu, and would include handy margin kanji translations not easy to interpret at the
colloquial level. Additional titles in the calendar also included: Vampire Yui, Dalia,
Futaba no Change (ending soon), You and Me, possible yaoi titles in the works, and release
of a new IronCat Calendar for 2002-2003.
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Working
with Photoshop: Aric Whelan and Yad M. Mui of Imbrium Studios www.con-artists.org/imbrium gave an intense
tutorial on the advanced use of Adobe Photoshop's powerful tools including applications of
colored lights, managing brightness levels, applying shadows, working with and managing
different effects through multiple layers, keeping a keen eye on the overall project as you
work towards your finished goal, and using inexpensive pen tablet interfaces like Wacom tablets. And remember to save your projects
often!
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Slayers: The
world of Slayers is one grand adventure after another as multiple worlds governed by four
staffs reaching out through a Sea of Chaos breathe life and magic into a unique blend of
culture and races, not unlike the European Middle Ages. The main characters Lina
Inverse, Gourry, Zelgadiss, Xellos, Amelia, Sylphiel, Filia, Valgarv, and the unforgettably
busty Naga all come together in a great search for treasures and conquests highlighted with
lots of magical spells, sword battles, and of course, tons of comedy.
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Superdimensional
Panel Macross: Giant whales in space a grand illusion? Not so in the whacky
Macross 7 universe as panelists talked about various fold systems and poachers in Macross
Dynamite 7, protoculture phenomena, all the giant things about Zentraedi life, and the cute
"bridge bunnies". The American consensus about Macross? General
Macross fandom is like the Gundam fan communities: Macross will never die!
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