Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 01:22:42 -0800
From: Joshua Holmstrom <me-264@stn14.me.calpoly.edu>
To: ffml@fanfic.com
Subject: [FFML] [Conreport]FanimeCon
Well, Mouse beat me to the punch,
@BWAP! ^_^
but I'll put in my commentary as well...
[snip]
At 1:00 we got back to the Wyndham to watch Flame of Recca. This is a
CoolShow(tm). We also came to the conclusion that the screen setup
SUCKED in the main showing room. To many heads in the way to see the
subtitles easily. Aarg. After Recca we wondered off to see the first
episode of Tico&Nanami(which failed to impress me) in a different
showing room, which had a much better set up since the screen was set
higher. Then back to the main room for Haunted Junction and Lost
Universe. Inbetween HJ2 and LU1 I discovered that Damon "Mouse" Castle
is DEAF!!! I shouted at him from almost right behind him a few times,
and he didn't respond.
Aah! Thou shouldst have talked to me afterwards! ;_;
Oh, and my last name is "Casale" not "Castle". :-p
[snip]
Day 2
Once again, up godawfully early. Some numbnut put the next episodes of
Flame of Recca and Card Captor at 5:30-7:30 in the morning. Being the
instant addicts we were, we couldn't miss an episode. That would just
suck. So we went to the con that early. I had more coffee. After CCS,
I kicked around for a while at the info booth(with more coffee) and had
a long B5 discussion with one of the guys working the info desk. A
large number of people asked where the Fanfic panel was going to be
held. The info guy was confused. I wasn't. ^_^ At about 8:45 I
wondered over to the panel room(which was a walk of all of 10 feet from
the info desk^_^).
Misa, Joe Palmer and a few others were all ready there. Joe gave out
DoCo buttons to everyone who was there early. Misa got bored and
started the panel early, and got all the audience members to introduce
themselves and what they had written(there wasn't a non-writer in the
audience). People in the audience of FFML renown included Pat and Chris
Olsen and Monica Shin.
The panel itself was set up abit differently from the panel at AX. This
one had an actual _PRINTED_ schedule of topics. Palmer was far too well
prepared. ^_^ The panelists were Peter Ward(who was chair and LATE!
:p), Jim Lazar, Marisa Price, Joseph Palmer, and one other person whos
name I would know IF I COULD FIND THE BLOODY SHEET!! Gomen... anyway,
the panel was intesting to say the least. Very different from the AX
panel. All sorts of advice and such from different authors. It was
interesting to note that authors in the audience said as much as the
panelists did. ^_^ I'll let someone else(like one of the panelists)
expound on the panel more. It was a good panel though. After this one
and the AX panel, I've come to the conclusion that the panels need to be
two hours. One hour went by far too quickly.
Hear, hear! ^_^
See below for more comments ^_^
After the panel it was back to the showing rooms for more Hyper Police,
Yawara, Maho, and Virus. During the opening of Maho there was the
traditional byplay of "Volume!" "There is no sound!" "What?" "There's
no sound in space!" ^_^
They've never seen Star Trek, have they? OF COURSE there's sound in
space! ^_-
[snip]
All in all, the con had good parts and bad parts. It provides a rather
dramatic comparison to AX. I can't say one con is all around _better_
than the other, but I can say they have differing high points.
Thou shouldst make an effort to attend Anime Fest this year. All of the
good points of Fanime Con, and none of the bad! The Masquerade was a
smallish affair last year, with only a handful of contestants in a room
which was plenty big enough for everyone. The convention itself was four
days long (over Labor Day weekend) so that one could see and do
*everything*! All we need are a large group of FFML otaku to host a
fanfic panel now ^_-
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~ Damon Casale damoo@redshift.com ~
~ Squeek! Pass the cheese... ~
~ "You evil, EVIL man!" -- Foxtrot ~
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