I Miss Otakon Already & Site Notes

Well, this is the first post-Otakon day, and I’m missing it already.  Perhaps part of it is that I’m still in Baltimore, this time for a work-related conference going on (yeah, I’m doubling up on my trip here) and I have to walk past the convention center to get to where the other conference is.  It’s kind of weird walking by the building and not seeing hordes of anime fans hanging out.  It was definitely a blast, and I would seriously consider coming back next year.

As for the day 2 podcast, yes I know I said I’d get it up Saturday night, then I said I’d get it up yesterday night.  I’m going to try my best to get it up tonight.  All the conventions and conferences I’m going to don’t leave much computer/internet time for me, so I’ve had to kind of push through stuff whenever I can.  By the way, the Day 3 podcast, which will be pretty short I think, will hopefully be up tomorrow night.

I also have a lot of pictures of Baltimore and the convention that I want to post.  I hope to have those up either tonight or tomorrow too.   Finally, most of my “normal” posting is also on delay until I get back.  That means no review today, almost certainly no “Anime DVD and Manga releases” tomorrow, though I may still squeeze it out, and no “What I want to see” Wednesday, unless I get around to posting it after driving home that day.  Also, no new Nagasarete Airantou or School Days episode reports until I get back.  I haven’t even watched the anime I brought with me or bought, much less downloaded and watched fansubs.

Finally, hopefully by the end of the week, I’ll kind of post a “what I thought” of Otakon in general post.  I think it will probably go over some of what I already said in the podcast, but I might add something more too.

Josh’s Anime Blog Podcast Episode #34

Josh’s Anime Blog Podcast Episode 34Josh’s Anime Blog Podcast Episode #34 is now online! In this podcast, I re-review the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist.

This week’s Podcast Stats:
Time: 16:29
Download Size: 11.3 MB

This week’s opening theme:
“Ase e no Brilliant Road” by Angela
Opening theme to Stellvia

This week’s ending theme:
“Motherland” by Crystal Kay
Third ending theme to Fullmetal Alchemist

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Otakon Day 1 Report Podcast

Otakon Report Day 1Sorry for getting this out a little later than I meant to. I forgot that Harry Potter came out Friday night instead of Saturday night, so I was up reading most of the night instead of doing the podcast. I hope to have the day two report up much sooner.

Podcast Stats:
Time: 21:34
Download Size: 14.8 MB

Opening theme:
“Blurry Eyes” by L’Arc~en~Ciel
Opening theme to DNA2

Ending theme:
“MuvLuv” by Minami Kuribayashi
Second ending theme to Akane Maniax

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Hello from Baltimore!

Here I am in my nice, comfy hotel room in Baltimore.  Even though Otakon doesn’t officially start tomorrow, I had a busy day.  Besides a normally 5 hour drive taking over 6 hours due to rain, traffic and, thanks to those delays, hitting Baltimore in the middle of rush hour, I also went to the convention center to pick up by badge.  It wasn’t too bad.  It was a long line, but they kept things moving, so that’s a good first sign.

I also got to ride the light rail for the first time, and I’m rather impressed.  It is much easier, faster, and cheaper to travel from where I am south of the city to the convention than trying to find any place to park.

I also went to a nearby mall and signed up to pick up my copy of Harry Potter 7 at Books-A-Million and watched the 5th movie for a 2nd time.  Now I’m finally making my final plans for tomorrow, and here they are as best as I can plan them:

Metropilis (9:00am – 11:00am; 35mm room)
State of Otakudom panel (11:00am – 11:30am; Panel room 1)

Lunch 

Imaginasion Q&A Industry panel (12:00pm – 12:30pm; Panel Room 2)
Air TV Episode 1 (12:30pm – 1:00pm; Main Events Room)
Aaron Dismuke Q&A (1:00pm -2:00pm; Panel Room 4)
Bandai Visual Q&A Industry panel (2:00pm – 3:00pm; Panel Room 2)
Mamiko Noto Q&A (3:00pm – 4:00pm; Panel Room 4)
Tomokazu Seki Q&A (4:00pm – 5:00pm; Panel Room 4)
Morio Asaka panel (5:00pm – 6:00pm; Panel Room 3)

 1st priority: Asaka Autographs (6:00pm – 7:00pm; Autographs Room 3)
backup:  Fate/Stay Night Episodes 1 – 4 (6:00pm – 8:00pm; Video Room 2)

Dinner

AMV Contest (9:00pm – 11:30pm; Main Events Room

I’ll wait to make my Saturday schedule until tomorrow night, when I get a better idea of the actual feasibility of getting from one place to the other on time.  If I just can’t make some of these, that will give me time to wander around the dealer’s room and such too.   We’ll see how it goes, though.  The only place I may have trouble trying to get to is to see Air in the Main room, but luckily the thing before it (the ImaginAsian panel) isn’t really high on my list, and it’s right after lunch, so I may pass on that, give myself a half-hour extra for lunch, and then go straight to the Main Events room from there.  We’ll see.

I’ll try to take pictures and some audio clips, but be aware, some of that stuff is prohibited in some areas.  I’ll really try to get audio from the panels if I can, though.

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