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Anime Expo 2009 – A retrospect

Adam S. — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:16:55 +0000

For some reason 'retrospect' always sounded like a bug minion from a Voltron rip off toy line, but that's not important. What is important is that FUNimation is back from AX 09 and we had a blast at the show. Here is a full report on all the... Read more

More Anime Expo Excitement

Rojas — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:37:12 +0000

Adam will have the official con wrap-up later, but here's a little snippet of my Anime Expo exploits. I hope to see you guys at Otakon. Next week we'll go over the schedule to work in some meetup time. Who knows? Maybe you'll be in one of our... Read more

Anime Expo – post show update video type-thing

Adam S. — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:19:27 +0000

We will have a full con report later this week but here is a video of highlights from the show. Enjoy!... Read more

Anime Expo Day 3

Rojas — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:56:59 +0000

I already posted most of the info from the industry panel so I'll go over some additional happenings. Lets see... what did I do yesterday. There was the Fullmetal Alchemist and Ouran cosplay gatherings. Then we had Vic Mignogna do an autograph... Read more

Anime Expo – FUNimation Panel

Rojas — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:09:02 +0000

We just finished our industry panel over at AX. I personally spent most of the time on pictochat. I'll be brief on what went down 'cause I need to go do some more convention stuffs - so here are some snippets. Dragon Ball We have... Read more

Anime Expo Day 2

Rojas — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:53:12 +0000

Friday we had the a couple autograph sessions with Afro Samurai creator Bob Okazaki, then Mike McFarland and Brina Palencia. Bob's always such a nice guy. He even did a few awesome drawing for the fans. We also had the the Evangelion 1.0 dub premier... Read more

Testing Live Blogging from AX

Rojas — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:52:32 +0000

I wanted to test this live blogging stuff out before the major panels. Hopefully I will be able to give you guys some good coverage of our panels in the next couple days. Let me know how you like it. Test Live Blog From... Read more

Anime Expo: End of Day 1

Rojas — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:01:41 +0000

It was a good day, but long and tiring. Thanks for everyone who dropped by the booth, especially Devin, Zac, Howard, and Dustin for scoring the El Cazador cast list. Howard and I coincidentally had the same camera as my backup. Today, I mainly... Read more

Anime Expo – Morning of Day 1

Rojas — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:06:14 +0000

I'm getting ready to head back to the con, so I wanted to give you guys a few reminders. Today we start selling the limited edition Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood pins. There's less than 200 in existence so you'd better get yours fast... Read more

FUNimation Anime Expo Preview #6: Day 0

Adam S. — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:42:05 +0000

This is the last Anime Expo preview before the con kicks off and I leave the blog to Rojas so I can run the show. I will talk to you all at the end of the con. Till then, enjoy this video. This is the quietest AX will be for the rest of the... Read more