NDK2K: Colorado's Anime Convention

Tetsujin28 writes: "TETSUJIN.ORG has a report on Nan Desu Kan 2K, Colorado's anime convention, which took place on October 13 - 15. The anime forecast for the next year? Cars, more cars, and cuteness." Highlights of the gathering included a concert by Mari ("Voice of Lynn Min-Mei") Iijima, appearances by movers and shakers in the manga and anime field, and previews of upcoming films. A cool report -- wouldn't everyone like to dub their own anime? And funny, too: In the costume contest, "[i]t may be more noteworthy that of just over 100 contestants, there were no fewer than nineteen Sailor Scouts."

Comments

Re:Prices...

[Chas]

I saw this somewhere once. Don't remember where.

Anime: Drugs would be cheaper

Chas - The one, the only.
THANK GOD!!!

Wow. & Info for next years. Hayashi's new series.

[tenchiken]

As a staff member at NDK this year, I have to say "thanks" for the mention. The con was a blast this year (although I am still exhausted from the weekend)and many many thanks go out to our "other" guests as well.

Hiroki Hayashi of AIC. Co-creator of Tenchi, creator of El-Hazard and more directing credits.

Tanaka-san of AIC. Sound director for Rurouni Kenshin, Hand Maid May, etc.

Aro-sensei, manga-ka.....

ADV's announcement that they had taken the rights to Sailor Moon away from DIC was well-recieved.

Below are more details about Maho Yugi, Hayashi's new series.

First of all, for those of you who don't
want to bother to read the rest, here
are the highlights..

1) El Hazard is _done_. To quote Mr. Hayashi
(creator of El-Hazard). "Makoto goes back.....
that's it...they live happily ever after."

2) AIC is planning on a new Tenchi OVA,
(This probibly means that they are in the investor
stage right now) early next year. Hayashi-san
will not be involved with it, but he thought that
the other creator (Mr. Kajishima) might be.

3) Mr. Hayashi is working on a new Anime
entitled "Mahou Yugi" (Magical Play or Magical
Games). This anime loooks really really cool.
Partially this is because the entire Anime is
100% redered, and then CG-shaded. They can
do some pretty impresive shots that were never
possible w/ Cells (or at least, not very fesable.
Hayashi thought that they were about 6-9
months away from finishing it (not
neccessarily releasing it.)

Ok More details:

Mr. Hayashi and Mr. Kazuya Tanaka were invited
to NDK in colorado this year. I had the pleasure
of working with them for about 5 days for the con.
For the record, Both of them are just a blast to have
around. Mr. Hayashi is really laid back, a lot of fun
and very approachable. Mr. Tanaka is also a blast
to have around, and is very energetic ^.^

Hayashi-san directed Sol Bianca, Tenchi, El-Hazard,
Daiundokai, BGC2040 (as well as some of the original)
and more series then I can count. He also created some
of these series (Tenchi and El-Hazard in particular).

Tanaka-san did sound direction on anime's like the
new Sol Bianca, Rurouni Kenshin etc.

Hayashi-san speaks fairly good english.

Maho Yugi has to be seen (in motion) to believe.
Some of the animation stuff they can do is amazing,
and they come up with some shots that you never
think about when you are doing anime. The animation
is incredibly fluid, and while your mind knows that it
is CG, none of the usual problems (anti-aliasing,
"blurryness", etc) show up in the animation.

There was a AIC promo tape that had a high number
of series and remakes that I have never heard of before.
AIC has definitly returned to their original genre (Girls
w/ Guns) and there were two different new series that
just smaked of BGC.

ADV announced that they now had the rights to Sailor
Moon, and Sailor Moon R, not DIC.

Cowboy Bebop 25/26 aired at the con...... aiyaaaaaa.
...................i.c.a.n.t.s.a.y.a.n.y.t.h.i.n .g.m.o.r.e.o.r
...................i.w.o.u.l.d.s.p.o.i.l.y.o.u.

Mari Ijima was there, but I never had enough time to hit
her concerts...

I think that above does it.

Next year is going to be a blast. Find out more Here . Pre-registration forms are up.

Here is a bit more from my write up on the TenchiML (A fan group for the Series Tenchi Muyo

Re:Adapting anime for a new feminist millennium

[Lx]

I assume by "new crop of feminists" you mean people like Susie Bright, Camille Paglia and the fine folks at Good Vibrations. Perhaps you more enjoy the old school feminists like everyone's favorite rabid anti-porn activist, Andrea Dworkin? There's nothing inherently wrong with the medium, and there's also nothing inherently wrong with women in the medium having impossibly large breasts. If you look at traditional japanese art, all the way back to wood prints, anatomy was greatly exaggerated for both men and women, and is in anime as well.

Look at ancient japanese art and you'll see that men were depicted as having such huge members that most would have a hard time keeping their balance. In most modern pornographic or semi-adult anime, the same is true - however, most men don't run around with inferiority complexes about it, complaining that they feel objectified or sub-par because they don't have 20 penises and a 9-inch tongue like the fellows in the movies. Art does not affect society as strongly as you're suggesting.

It's a very old debate whether art reflects or influences society, but I think it comes down to the fact that you're responsible for your own beliefs and actions. Fact is that no one's forcing you to be degraded, and you're not being oppressed. To roughly quote Eleanor Roosevelt, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

-lx

umm....

[fluxrad]

thanks slashdot. now i get to sit on my ass drinkin' a beer on Larimer thinkin' "Why the fuck didn't they tell me about this thing a month ago?!?!?"

news it's so timely, you won't be able to experience it for another fsckin' year!!


FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network

Re:Man bites dog...

[Count Spatula]

And in other news, an anime convention drew a whole 1477 people.

I suppose it would have been cooler if it had drawn 1337 people, right?