Oh man. So many feels from Otakon. The good, the bad, and the ones that could potentially lead to a restraining order. Seriously, twice there was confusion about my sexual orientation. Thanks guys. Anyway,
Sure, there wasn't a Touhou Project panel this year, and the would-be audience members may have found that unfulfilling, but us panelists seemed to make splendid use of our extra time and that led to some things we could very well include in the panels-to-be.
Being 80's is super cool. I had maybe 6 or 7 people ask for pictures, which is rather limited considering what I'm used to, but everyone who recognized Shin from Hokuto no Ken was super enthusiastic about it. We got to gush about how much we enjoyed the series and joked about it.
JoJo's Posing School was worth every second despite nearly sweating through my costume throughout. It's a great participation panel and the people who couldn't grab floor space quickly enough sure got a good show anyway. The poses themselves can come in handy for any photoshoot. Also, my friends may gesture "I can see your underwear" as a greeting instead of "hello" now.
Bad Anime Bad is now entering its 12th or 13th season and is still incredible. Every second of the misery that spewed forth from Garzey's Wing was magical, especially when the plot, characters, setting, writing, scenario, dialogue, animation, editing, translation, and DUBBING - oh LORD the dub! - SOMEhow managed to make it through quality control.
I also found so many cool things in the dealers' room. Might be more on that later! :getdown:
The events at Saturday's dinner spoke for themselves and have already been spoken for. That and a strawberry smoothie, pork teriyaki, and red bean ice cream were sooooo good, but didn't compare to what was going on around it.
Very few things are quite as satisfying as spending con Sundays meeting up with the vast majority of the people you've spent your time with since Thursday and giving them a proper send-off, especially when you only have a brief weekend together with people you may not be fortunate enough to see again.
