Summer Con Circuit Commences!

By Alex Leavitt | Published: 18 May 2009

The Department of Alchemy has started prepping for the summer convention circuit!

If you’ll be at Anime Boston this weekend, I’ll be talking at the following panels:

Genre, Music, and Shinichiro Watanabe
Friday @ 6:00 pm in Ballroom A
A chance to praise Watanabe and his musical direction! Finally!

Akiba Empire: The Influence of Otaku
Friday @ 8:00 pm in Ballroom A Constitution Ballroom
Pairing up with Nicole from Design Benign, a talk about marketing and the otaku economic force.

The Virtual Worlds of Anime
Saturday @ 1:30 pm in Back Bay Panel/Video
A survey of anime and manga about virtual spaces and how the medium helps us understand new worlds.

Chains, Trains, and Love Hotels: The Japanese Sex Industry
Saturday @ 10:00 pm in Ballroom A
A presentation on, well, sex in Japan.

The Anime That’s Not Anime: Opening and Ending Themes
Sunday @ 11:30 am in Panel Room 207
An attempt to examine and contextualize a solid number of opening and ending themes of anime.

Also, Otakon panel acceptances have just come in, and the Department of Alchemy will be making more appearances:

1. Without Watching the Anime: Opening & Ending Themes
2. Chains, Trains, and Love Hotels: The Japanese Sex Industry
3. The Real Story of Japanese Street Fashion
4. The Impact of Evangelion

With other possible talks to include (pending the waiting list and notices):

5. The Problem with Otaku
6. Japan (and Anime) Beyond the City
7. Anime in Academia

Hopefully, the Anime Boston panels will be recorded if you can’t come up to New England for the weekend, but some of these panels may also appear at Anime Expo and Anime Weekend Atlanta!

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6 Comments

  1. Nicole
    Posted 18 May 2009 at 8:08 pm | Permalink

    Aww, one of your panels is at the same time as my “Kawaii Culture” panel. But I could send you a PDF of the Keynote presentation and outline after the con, if you’re interested in seeing it.

    Also note that the location of the “Akiba Empire” panel has been changed to the Constitution Ballroom in the Sheraton Hotel, but it’s still at the same time on Friday night.

    Can’t wait!

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  2. Andrea H.
    Posted 18 May 2009 at 8:09 pm | Permalink

    *snicker* I’m looking forward to hearing these.

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  3. TheBigN
    Posted 18 May 2009 at 9:36 pm | Permalink

    I’ll definitely be trying to check out some of your panels at Otakon. :3

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  4. Daryl Surat
    Posted 25 May 2009 at 1:43 pm | Permalink

    Now that you realize the cold antiseptic sting of multiple panel presentations at the same convention, I will note that if you need someone to leech off of your hard work and success at Otakon, I am your man! OP/EDs, Impact of Evangelion, Problem with Otaku (wait, those aren’t the same thing?!) are right up my alley!

    Reply

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