Random Thoughts of an Otaku

08:00 am - Baseball for Anime Fans

Kevin Standlee pointed out this Tank McNamara cartoon from the Sunday paper. I don't have Tank McNamara in the local paper (I think he is in the DC Post or Times), since I see him in one of the DC newspapers. Here is the actual link to the cartoon:

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/tm/2008/tm080323.gif

I think you will definitely enjoy this if you are into anime or baseball.

Current Mood: contemplative

08:52 pm - Le Chevalier D'eon for a Hugo nomination question

I will be putting this on Hugo Recommends when I get a related question answered. I think the best series available right now is not Heroes, but Le Chevalier D'eon. I am wondering whether a historical fantasy would be eligible for a Hugo and whether the audience would vote for it over the current season of Heroes or Doctor Who.

This is the story of the show: A Gentleman of the French court in the 18th century has his sister die under mysterious circumstances. Her soul hasn't found peace, but possesses his soul. He goes on a journey to put her soul to rest and to find vengence for his sister death's.

It has great animation from Production I.G. and a great story from Tow Ubukata. The trouble I have in putting a nomination on hugo recommends is that it is historic fantasy and the audience seems very conservative in Science Fiction/Fantasy tastes.

Even if this isn't a Hugo nominatable season, you should really see this series. It has a great dub for those who have less experience in the world of subtitles. These are the two questions I have for the Hugo fans out there:

-Would this qualify under the WSFS constitution (I would think so under the broad definition)?

-Would people check out an anime to nominate this series? This show isn't on Television. Should I try Death Note (a very fantastical series) for the nomination in BDP-Short Form? I am putting the BDP-Long Form Hugo for Paprika.

Current Mood: contemplative

08:48 pm - Anime Fandom and Negativity

I have noticed something about Anime Fandom and the Industry that disturbs me.  Ever sense Anime USA ended a couple of weeks ago and somewhat before that, there is this negativity growing inside the Industry and inside Fandom (especially those who buy tons and tons of DVD's).  I think people believe we are going to have a major destruction of the anime industry in the country where two or three major companies disappear into CPM land. 

I do admit there is reasons not to be as positive as once thought (a 30% Decrease in DVD sales in three years to be the big one and no one trying to encourage Generation fansub to buy DVD's).  I think there is reason to hope.  A shakeup is going to happen in the industry whether it is Fansubs doing it for profit or a pay for download revolution or something else.  Change happens in all industries everyday. It may be that Anime needs a new method to making money because the DVD as main means of money making is dying.  I think the future of Anime fandom is in the character goods businesses.  Adults buying Code Geass models and Witchblade costumes.  

What drives the traditional comic book business (Superhero comics) is not the comics themselves?  It is the intellectual properties behind them.  Look at the immense success of the Spiderman movies and their merchandise.  This franchise has brought in Billions of Dollars to Marvel.  Has it brought in new readers?  It hasn't brought in new readers as the Graphic Novel/Manga craze has to all comics especially Manga has. 

Look at the most successful (money wise) anime properties Bleach, Naruto, Dragonball Z and Evangelion are driven by merchandising as much as DVD sales.  Evangelion is still producing figures, models, Manga and even fans a good 12 years after the first scream from Shinji Ikari.  Naruto toys are in the Rednecksville Target and Walmart.  I nearly gave a Naruto toy to the Aberdeen Ironbirds Christmas toy drive.  This is where Anime's future is and the better licensors (such as ADV, Funimation and Viz) are doing things to make money through not just DVD sales.  This is where our future is and it will take anime to the mainstream like never before.

We are going to see a Speed Racer movie and a Dragon Ball Z movie in the new year.  Hopefully Funimation and whoever has the license for Speed Racer anime is already thinking about how to make money on this new wave of interest.  What do the anime fans think?  Have I lost it or Should I just start accepting the end of anime as a business?
 

Current Mood: curious

09:48 pm - Need Tech Help and an Anime

After doing laundry today, I watched Le Chevalier D'eon and was really impressed by the series. The series is about the story of D'eon, who is a knight in France in the French revolution times. His sister is murdered and he starts the hunt for her murderer. On the path to finding her killer, he has his soul possessed by her.

Production I.G. did an amazing job on this series, which is complimented by an excellent dub from ADV films. It is a well researched translation that gives a great deal of insight to the times.

I don't think this would qualify for a Hugo because it is Historical Fiction instead of Historical Fantasy. There was a real D'eon who dressed in drag instead of being posessed by her soul. This is by far the best anime series of 2007 released in this country.

The main reason I am posting is to ask for some help. I want to copy DVD videos to a VHS tape. I am doing a panel on Ghost in the Shell at T-mode and I am looking for help in transfering DVD video to a VHS tape. A VHS tape is easier to cue up and I have several clips to show about the progression of the characters from the Stand Alone Complex series. The series has brought out alot about these characters and I think it would be cool to talk about this for an hour panel. If you want to help out or can give me some ideas, please respond to the post or e-mail me.

Current Mood: content

09:48 pm - Need Tech Help and an Anime

After doing laundry today, I watched Le Chevalier D'eon and was really impressed by the series. The series is about the story of D'eon, who is a knight in France in the French revolution times. His sister is murdered and he starts the hunt for her murderer. On the path to finding her killer, he has his soul possessed by her.

Production I.G. did an amazing job on this series, which is complimented by an excellent dub from ADV films. It is a well researched translation that gives a great deal of insight to the times.

I don't think this would qualify for a Hugo because it is Historical Fiction instead of Historical Fantasy. There was a real D'eon who dressed in drag instead of being posessed by her soul. This is by far the best anime series of 2007 released in this country.

The main reason I am posting is to ask for some help. I want to copy DVD videos to a VHS tape. I am doing a panel on Ghost in the Shell at T-mode and I am looking for help in transfering DVD video to a VHS tape. A VHS tape is easier to cue up and I have several clips to show about the progression of the characters from the Stand Alone Complex series. The series has brought out alot about these characters and I think it would be cool to talk about this for an hour panel. If you want to help out or can give me some ideas, please respond to the post or e-mail me.

Current Mood: content

07:57 pm - Just a weekend to relax

All I did this weekend was Church, watch the Hellsing Ultimate Vol. 2, Get some dealers attention for Anime USA and mow the lawn. It was that sort of weekend, but that is because of Otakon, San Diego Comic Con and Family reunion are on consecutive weekends starting July 20th. That is how busy those three weekends are. I consider it a good thing that I am relaxing now because come mid august I will need that break again.

I saw Hellsing Ultimate and it is just bloody. I am not sure that I really like the OVA series. It is an interesting piece of entertainment. I did know that the OVA's were very close to the Manga. I may move on from this series after this volume. I hope next weekend to see Ghost In the Shell OVA and Azumi. I hear those are very cool movies.

Current Mood: chipper

04:26 pm - A long slow day

I talked up to my boss at work and I am on the first day of a couple day suspension. It is totally my fault, but things like these make think about looking for another job. I must say daytime TV stinks. I am so ready for some local news or something to keep me from falling asleep.

I did watch some anime today, though. The first time I did that in a month because of cons, work and life. I finally finished Gunbuster. I throughly enjoyed the OVA, but there is still something missing without an english voice for Nuriko. I am an english language fan when it comes to Anime, but not live action foreign films and I have never figured out why.

Otakon and San Diego Comic Con are coming quickly. I will be going to Otakon for Saturday only because of San Diego. I hope to get to some panels and hang out with some Anime con runners. In a seperate post later, I will talk about San Diego more.

Current Mood: crappy

09:02 pm - Part Two New York Comic Con Guide

This is the second part of my anime/manga guide for NY Comic Con this weekend.  We focus on the major panels and events of the weekend based on a couple different areas: FOr the Cosplayer, For the news fanac, the expected big events and panels and other panels you should see.  

For the Cosplayer: 

THere will be a costume contest at  NY Comic Con.  Calling all costumed fans! OFFICIAL NYCC Cosplay & Costume Contest! Join us Friday February 23rd at 6:30pm, Saturday February 24th at 1:00pm & at 5:15pm, Sunday February 25th at 2:30pm. Come strut your Cosplay stuff! Prizes awarded immediately following the contest. It will be in the Crystal palce south area of the Javits.

10 AM on Sunday in 1E10 will be the Newtype USA panel.  Kevin Lillard will be taking pictures at the panel for inclusion in the magazine.  He will also be taking pictures on Saturday and Sunday for fansview.com. 1E10/11

For the ANN Fanac:

Friday at 5 PM will be the Viz Media Manga Panel.  The first official anime/manga industry panel of the weekend.  1E10/11

Friday at 6 PM will be the Tokyopop Industry Panel.  This is their official panel.  They will be doing another panel as a roundtable later in the weekend 1E10/11.

Saturday at 10 AM will be Manga's Industry panel.  They are an anime company that should have an intresting year with Karas coming out and the Ghost in the SHell: Solid State Society Movie coming out.

Saturday at 12 Noon will the The Matt Greenfield Show.  This is one of their official panels.  It should be quite fun and is their main panel of the weekend.

Saturday at 1 PM will be a Major Anime Announcement.  This could be a major announcement, but we don't know who will make it.  I expect ADV, Manga or Viz to make the big announcement at that panel. 

Saturday at 2PM will the Tsubasa Chronicles panel.  Funimation will debut the show in English and introduce the English cast.

Saturday at 3 PM will The Viz Anime panel focusing on Viz's Anime properties. 

Saturday at 6 PM will be the Melody of Haruhi Suzumiya panel. This will be where some of the questions will be answered about the release of the show. 

Sunday at 2 PM will the Bandai panel along with a super secret screening with ADV.  They are in two seperate rooms, so it should be interesting seeing which one to go to.

Major Events of the weekend

American Anime Awards Saturday at 8 PM.  I will be there and do a full write up tomorrow on this

Uncle Morty's Dub Shack Friday at 8 PM.  This is a cool show on IMaginasian where this is the MST3K of anime.  If you remember the old MAT3K from Otakon, you should go to this panel.

American Anime Awards Pre-Show Saturday at 11 AM This is your last chance to get tickets to the show.  Hear what the Babes of anime think is going to win.

Afro Samurai: THe Directors and producers speak. Saturday at 1 PM.  This is your chance to meet the creators of Afro Samurai.  This seems like a cool show, so get a chance to see this.

Anime News Network Post GAme Show Sunday at 4 PM.  This is where ANN will give their thoughts on the news of the weekend.

Sunday at 3 Pm is the Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society US premiere.  This should be cool to be the first to see in this country.

Other panels you should see:

Friday at 6:30 PM. Stan Lee: An American Icon.  One of the greatest creators in Comics is at the con, this is your chance to see him in person.  Don't miss this chance.  He may not come to another US convention in our lifetime.

Saturday at 11 AM Scifi Channel Presents Battlestar Galactica.  Tricia Helfer and others from the hit Scifi series will be talking at this panel. 

Friday at 8 PM.  SciFi Sunday.  You can see all of this SciFi Sunday before it happens. 

Jhonen Vasquez Spotlight Saturday at 11 AM.  meet the creator of Invader Zim.  An anime fan favorite.

THe full schedule is available at http://www.nycomiccon.com under the Special Events area.  Next part tomorrow morning  or evening.  The American Anime Awards preview. 

Current Mood: cheerful

08:44 am - Part One of New York Comic Con Preview

This is part one of a New York Comic Con preview. I was thinking since no one is talking about the anime/manga side of NYCC, not ANN or Anime on DVD at least. I am going to do an preview of what the major anime/manga companies are selling and talking about at NYCC. Part one will focus on the booths and what cool exclusives are going to be there. Part two will focus on panels, Part three will focus on my picks for the American Anime Awards and Part four where you will see me on that huge show floor.

New York Comic Con full exhibitor list is at http://www.nycomiccon.com. Most of the information is from the NY Comic Con Show Exclusives and Autographs page. Some it is from what I expect from them and reading their press releases.

Who is signing and what the big companies going to be selling at their booths.

ADV Films: Booth 651

When it comes to conventions, every anime fan knows to watch out for ADV Films, and this year we’re pulling out all the stops for the New York Comic Con! We have all latest DVDs on sale at the very best prices at the ADV / Best Buy booth, and that’s not all. Come get your picture taken with the real life Guyver! Watch out for the Legendary ADV Booth Toss™ with shirts, sweatbands, and swag galore!

Meet some of the very best voice talent in the business, including Christine Auten, Greg Ayres, Jessica Boone, Shelley Calene-Black, Luci Christian, Kira Vincent Davis, Alice Fulks, Hilary Haag, Taylor Hannah, Vic Mignogna, Chris Patton, and Serena Varghese!

Bandai Ent: Check Show Guide for information

NARUTO CCG PREMIER JONIN LEVEL EVENT!!!

• Saturday starting at 10am (Swiss Round Play)
• Sunday starting at 10am (Final 8)

Event Description:
New York Comicon will be the site of the first Naruto Jonin Level event of the year! This tournament is open to all players but sign up soon because spots are limited to the first 150 players that register. Bandai will be providing an incredible array of prizes including a PS3, iPod, and PSPs. These top finishers will also receive rare promo items such as framed foil cards sheets, limited edition game mats, and more!

In addition the champion of this tournament will be elevated to “Jonin” status and awarded a very rare metallic Jonin pin specifically created only for champions of these Bandai hosted Naruto CCG events!

Central Park Media: Check Show guide for booth number

Basically, they are using the show to clear out older titles. They do have some interesting panels that I will talk more about in part two

Funimation, Booth #745:

To keep the 2007 convention year full of excitement FUNimation Entertainment will be bringing exclusive items to purchase. Exclusive booth sales items will include Kodocha box set; Full Metal Panic vol. 3; Solty Rei vol. 2; Speed Grapher vol. 6; Trinity Blood vol. 5 and more! We will have a numerous amount of FREE items at the booth for you to sample include our FREE DVD from the FUNimation Channel (which will be streaming LIVE into our booth). And if you are a big fan of the voice behind your favorite anime series FUNimation will have some of the hottest voice talent at the booth signing autographs for FREE all weekend. Note: All of their autograph signings seem to be on Saturday and Sunday.

Kotobukiya: Check Show Guide for booth number.

Don't know what they are doing at the show. 

Manga Entertainment: Check Show Guide for Booth Number

They will be part of Starz and ANchor Bay entertainment booth at the show.  They are part of Starz entertainment a show sponsor.

Media Blasters: Check Show Guide for booth number.

At this point, I expect that they will be selling their DVD's and that is about it.

Pokemon USA, Inc, Booth #211:

Autographs from the voice actors of the latest Pokémon movie, “Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea” , due out April 3. Actors attending are the voices of Ash, May, and Brock (times TBA)

Exclusive items from PokemonCenter.com, featuring a different limited edition Pokémon pin each day of the show and Pokémon Trading Card Game tournament.

Tokyopop: Booth 731

Besides Creator signings and selling of manga, they are doing a costume contest for one of their new manga. http://www.tokyopop.com/608.html is the link for more information.


VIZ Media, LLC, Booth #619:

Pick up this year’s FREE collectible canvas convention bag, featuring BLEACH and INUYASHA THE MOVIE 4: FIRE ON THE MYSTIC ISLAND! Get your VIZ Media bling for your chance to receive a cool gift from our Roving Prize Patrol! Don’t miss a chance at the interactive NARUTO games! Get your free manga, while supplies last! Check out our retail area, where we’ll have exclusive manga like THE GENTLEMEN’S ALLIANCE + Vol. 1 and FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Vol. 12,and exclusive anime like BLEACH Vol. 3 and NARUTO Vol. 10 and more!

Also, If you have a Bluetooth capable phone, you can get three new trailers for Death Note.

Yamato, Booth #874:

Is pleased to present is 2007 New York Comic Convention Exclusive. From its continuing Japanese Sculptor Original Character Series, meet Sapphire, the hottest redhead you’ll ever meet from master sculptor Kouichi Yamazaki (TANDEM TWIN) clan of Lynx Animal Girls. The 1/6 scale, solid cast, PVC Statue comes window boxed and with its own Tandem Twin Signature display base. And like her fellow Lynx, Sapphire comes ready to bear all with a completely removable top, revealing the mark that shows the true fire that burns deep within her. Don’t miss out on the hottest figure of the year, Tandem Twin’s – Animal Girl Lynx (Sapphire) only available in a limited quantity of 400 pieces!! MSRP is $68 for this fiery beauty, but at the New York Comic Con, they will be sold at a convention exclusive price of only $55. Any left over figures will be sold exclusively on YamatoToysUSA.com after the convention at full retail price. So be sure to get yours at the convention. 

Other exhibitors and dealers at the show who are expected to deal in Anime/Manga:

AAA Anime, Anime Castle, Anime Musketeer, Anime Pavilion,  Anime Selects, Boshi-Basiik, Cartoon Passion, Genki Hats, Go Comi, Image Anime, Kinokuniya Bookstores, Muteki Sales, Science Fiction Continuum, UART Limited, VideoGamesNewYork, Yaoi Press.

Part two tonight: Panels of NYCC.

Current Mood: chipper

04:26 pm - Anime/Manga's stories for 2007

I saw something on The Beat that intrigued me and that I am going to try on my blog. It is based on these three questions. What was the biggest story or stories of 2006? What will be the biggest story or stories of 2007? What is your favorite guilty pleasure of 2006? The first two answers are based on what is going on in Anime/Manga. The last one is whatever you want it to be. I will go first.

What was the biggest stories of 2006?

-CLAMP at Anime Expo. It shows how much Anime and Manga are tied together in American Fandom.
-Four new original Neon Genesis Evangelion movies. Generation Eva will support these movies (if they are any good and get licensed.)
-The overall increase in licenses after a deep drop in 2005.
-Sgt. Frog finally being licensed.
-The success of American Manga such as Bizenghast and Dramacon (Harvey Award and Eisner Award Nominated).

What will be the biggest stories of 2007?

-Manga outselling traditional comic books in the mainstream market and Direct Market for the first time.
-Copyright issues where the MPAA and American Anime industry (most likely Viz or ADV) will start suing people and conventions for showing fansubs and not putting in strong enough protections in Artist Alley/Dealer's Room against Bootlegs.
-An Anime series will get nominated for a Hugo (The Science Fiction fan awards) in Best Dramatic Presentation-Short Form.
-The American Anime Awards will be a huge success on the web with voting and the presentation.
-A major convention will get one of these few Anime/Manga Creators as a guest: Hideaki Anno, Hayao Miyazaki or Kubo Tite.

What is your biggest guilty pleasure of 2006?

Mythbusters-That show should be on the BDP-Short Form ballot at the Hugos.

08:32 pm - Ironbirds and a Warning

The Ironbirds won their fifth straight tonight and I am glad. We now have at least a game and a half lead over Brooklyn in the Wild Card. It is going to be an interesting day tomorrow. I have some things to do on the computer, but I hope to get to watch some more anime.

I am thinking about going to the Baltimore comic Con next weekend, but I doubt it with every Ironbirds win. I want to warn those who are looking for Anime and Manga at that show. They advertise that there are vendors who will sell it, by putting Anime and Manga on it. Don't be fooled, they don't have an Anime or Manga dealers. I could be wrong because I did ask for a list of vendors be put up on their website.

I have been there before and that show doesn't have any of that. This year could be different because there are no major Anime shows next weekend in the US. The live action video dealers selling are selling Bootlegs. Yep, you can buy almost all of the series they are selling for less at Best Buy or Amazon.com. Those releases at those places are legitimate. They are studio supported releases and have much higher video and audio quality than the bootlegs.

They have a great guest list and the Harvey Awards, but don't go thinking you will find Go Nagai or Greg Ayers there or even legitimate Anime releases.

Current Mood: refreshed

09:08 pm - Anime Next Report

I came back and had a mixed time. I think I would go out because the good outweighed the bad. Part of it was me doing planning for it so late in the game. Part of it was the logistics of the facility. Anime Next is a con that is in a convention center (61,000 sq. feet) and two smaller hotels meeting spaces (both under 10,000 sq. feet) in Secaucus, NJ. On to the actual report:

Getting There

That was half of the fun in this trip. The train there was suppose to get ther at 9:35 PM. It didn't get to Rednecksville until 10:20 PM on Friday. The reason why was that the electric lines were down near New Carrollton. I got to the hotel at about 12:30 AM and to bed at 1:30 AM. I slept on the worst Sofa Bed in the world and got pretty much no sleep.

Saturday

I got up from my insane non-sleep at 7:30 AM. I stayed at an Embassy Suites and because I was staying there I got free Breakfast every morning of the stay. That helped with the budget and I wish a hotel in Downtown Baltimore did that.

After Breakfast, I got into the Registration line at 8:20 AM and was near the front of the line. Registration was suppose to open at 9 AM. It didn't open until 9:20 AM. It did go quickly because people filled the sheets while waiting for Reg to open.

I went to Kevin Lillard from Fans View's panel. http://www.fansview.com is the website. It is a great website for pictures at conventions. I wish he would go cover a Worldcon or San Diego Comic Con. It was a nice panel and very informative. He is still going after his heart attack in January. He runs a website that shows convention photos and stories live from the convention. He does it through simple, reliable software and people who cosplay. Go see this even if you are not an Anime fan.

I then met Harold Sushiki (the creator and artist for the BECK manga). He is an incredibly nice individual. I am disappointed that I missed both of his panels for various reasons. I do want to get BECK and start reading the series. A series about a boy with a Guitar that isn't Gravitation has to be good.

I went to part of the Tokyopop and Funimation panels. Funimation wouldn't confirm that they had the Witchblade license, yet. I think it will be confirmed at Anime Expo. Someone leaked that information out at Metrocon two weeks ago. Funimation did confirm that they have a new movie from Gonzo called "Origin Spirit of the East". Tokyopop is so busy it would be difficult to put a list of their new acquisitions here.

I met and got an autograph with Kari Wahlgren. She is the voice of Robin from "Witch Hunter Robin" and is currently recording Saya for "Blood Plus" to be released soon by Sony. She is very excited about the role and is having a great time with it from talking with her this weekend.

I then went Rintaro's and Masao Maruyama. It was neat to meet one of the great director's and producer's in Anime today. It was a fun and informative panel. I saw a trailer for Kiba and it looks great. I wish I had seen it later in the day in the Video Rooms.

ADV's panel was next and David Williams did everything except announce a title. He said there was big time news coming at AX in 11 days. I got a manga from them for asking a good question.

Then, it was time to make the dinner decision before the Masquerade. There is a Houlihan's at the shopping area near where the convention was held. If you have never eaten there and get a chance to be in metro NYC, go eat there. They have this appetizer called 'Shrooms. They are breaded mushrooms with cheese in them. They are to die for and are the best appetizer I have ever had.

The Masquerade was a major mess. This event was a nuclear waste pile of horror. First of all, the event was suppose to start at 7 PM, but it didn't start until 8:48 PM. The people in there were not well behaved. They wanted their pictures on the big screen and they were unafraid to do anything including Yaoi jokes. Then, the masquerade was boring. I know most masquerades are boring and this one proved it, but get a MC who is funny at least to take the sting away. This was the first time I left a masquerade in the middle of it.

I saw "Bad Anime Bad" panel and it had a very bad anime called "Protectors of Universe". This show is the ultimate tribute to Leji Matsumoto gone wrong or the ultimate middle finger to him. I don't know which. I saw that part of the panel, but I was so exhausted that I gave up after that part of it.

I decided to get some sleep on the couch instead of the folding sofa bed. It was actually a decent night's sleep for rare evening at a convention. I am a road warrior, but I will never sleep in sofa bed ever again.

Sunday

I did some random things this morning including watching bits of some anime, AMV's and a couple of panels. I wanted to play "Evangelion" in the video game room, but after waiting 20 minutes after opening I gave up.

I went to the Dealer's Room and bought mostly books and Trading Figures with my limited money. All of the good DVD's were gone by the end of the day. The dealers were harder pressed to bring as much as they do at Otakon, but it was a good sized room with plenty for Anime fans.

I went to the train station and got an earlier train than originally planned. I got home around four hours ago. Tomorrow, I am going to write my suggestions for the con in a seperate post. Next weekend, I hope to have some photos of the cosplayers.

Current Mood: exhausted

08:15 pm - Going to a con this weekend

I am going up to Anime Next this weekend. This is my last con until I go to Otakon in August. I am back as a gofer for Otakon. This is my third year and I enjoy it. I am not working this weekend at Anime Next. I have never been to this con before, so I don't know what to expect. I am not leaving until Tomorrow evening as I have a full day of work tomorrow ahead of me. I am glad for 9:35 PM trains on Friday evenings.

After this week, I am glad to be going away. I have had to hold this for the last few days and I haven't posted the minutes until it was confirmed on the website. Crispin Freeman is going to be at Anime USA in November. We are excited to be bringing the voice of Togusa, Renton and many other characters to the DC area.

Current Mood: happy

09:37 am - Fake Worldcon Bid and Other Ideas

Balticon is a week in the past and I still have thoughts running through my head. I am glad I wrote about the con the night after it finished or I would remember almost none of it now.

This is what I am thinking about at the moment. As I mentioned in my blog for last weekend, I had two great ideas that I need some help from the Worldcon side of things. That floating crew of people who run the Worldcons in reality and provide the continuity equivalent of Otakon.

I am thinking about doing a Party Bid at the 2008, maybe the 2007 con for Aberdeen Proving Ground to host the Worldcon. This would be my first Worldcon and I would know no one at it. I am serious about throwing a good party bid. I have no clue about how to run one. Would someone from the Geneva in 08 or Hollister in 08 bids contact me?

The second idea I have is for a Hugo for Anime. I know it is a two part process where it has to be approved by LA Con IV and then approved by Nippon 2007 for it to become a Hugo. I have never written a constitutional amendment for any one's constitution. I need help in understanding how this would work. I can't find your e-mail address Kevin Standlee. Can you please contact me through my e-mail address on my information page or replying to this post?

Current Mood: confused