Manga of the Month: Daemons of the Shadow Realm
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Daemons of the Shadow Realm by Hiromu Arakawa This month's manga is a new action manga from beloved creator Hiromu Arakawa, best known for her series Fullmetal Alchemist.
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The Speakeasy #159: Soaring Sky Precure, Don't Call It Mystery, Jujutsu Kaisen S2 + More
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We discuss some recently completed anime, plus a live-action movie adaptation of a detective manga. Soaring Sky! Precure Ancient Magus Bride S2 Don't Call It Mystery (2023 live-action movie) Jujutsu Kaisen S2 The Type-Moon (Moment) Minute FGO Valentine's Day 2024 FGO White Day 2024
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Manga of the Month: King in Limbo
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King in Limbo by Ai Tanaka This month's manga is part of a new mystery featuring a pandemic, traumatic memories, and brain divers.
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The Speakeasy #158: A Sign of Affection, Bravern, Solo Leveling + More Winter 2024 Anime
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We tackle a cross-section of anime for the Winter 2024 season! A Sign of Affection Hokkaido Gals are Super Adorable 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy Momochi House Sengoku Youko Delusional Monthly Magazine The Witch and the Beast Metallic Rouge Brave Bang Bravern Solo Leveling Bucchigiri?! Meiji Gekkan 1874 The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash Tis Time for Torture Princess Wonderful Precure! The Type-Moon (Moment) Minute Fate/Stay Night 20th Anniversary FGO Waxing Moon Clashing Swords Chronicle Fate/Extra CCC...
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Manga of the Month: I Want to Be a Receptionist in this Magical World
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Be a Receptionist in this Magical World by Mako, Yone, and Maro This month's manga is part of a new(?) sub-genre of series about the guild receptionist!
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The Speakeasy #157: Favorite Anime, OP/ED, and Characters of 2023
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We send off 2023 with our favorites from the year! Top 5 Anime Top 3 Endings Top 3 Openings Top Movie/OVA Top 2 Characters The Type-Moon (Moment) Minute New Year's news
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Manga of the Month: Neighborhood Story
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Neighborhood Story by Ai Yazawa This month's manga is a seminal work by beloved manga-ka Ai Yazawa, creator of Paradise Kiss and Nana!
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Anime Secret Santa - Space Adventure Cobra The Movie
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The Speakeasy #156: JoJo Part 4 Live-Action Movie
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This month we fulfill the promise of our anniversary poll with the review of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I (2017). And then we discuss some of our favorite things from 2023 that are not anime and manga! The Type-Moon (Moment) Minute Fate/Extra CCC fan-made patch FGO Gudaguda Super Goryokaku and the upcoming Christmas event
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Manga of the Month: Kageki Shojo!!
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Kageki Shojo!! by Kumiko Saiki This month's manga is about the dramatic world of theater and takarazuka!
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New Anime for Older Fans
Saturday, 5:45PM, Panel 4 - (WEWCC 151A)
2018 is the year of The Mecha at Otakon. Many of the guests are mecha related, and there are a whole slew of mecha panels and workshops every day. Shoji Kawamori's work on Macross and The Vision of Escaflowne alone could give a convention a robotic atmosphere but Nobutoshi Canna, Kanetake Ebikawa, Masaya Matsukaze, Tatsuyuki Nagai, Yoh Yoshinari, Toshifumi Yoshida, and Masahiko Otsuka make it a mecha matsuri. In addition, there's two Final Fantasy concerts, a healthy lineup of other guests, lots of non-mecha programming, and many of the people behind Mystic Messenger. So there is a smorgasbord of content for robot fans but enough for everyone else as well.
Beyond that, we are very curious to see how Otakon settles into DC in its second year. It will be interesting to see how many fans come back now that Otakon has shown that its first year in DC went well, how many new people come out thanks to positive buzz, and what Otakon does differently to capture the attention of fandom in general.
Our tentative schedule for the convention:
Friday
09:00 AM Fate/Stay Confused
09:00 AM Transformers: The Birds & The Bumblebees
10:15 AM Toshifumi Yoshida Q&A
10:15 AM Gundam Wing: A Retrospective
12:45 PM ProZD Q&A
01:00 PM Nobutoshi Canna Autograph
01:00 PM Kanetake Ebikawa Autograph
01:00 PM Shoji Kawamori Autograph
02:20 PM Hiroatsu Kihara Q&A
03:15 PM Shoji Kawamori Q&A
04:00 PM Anime Magical Girl Photoshoot
04:30 PM Nobutoshi Canna Q&A
05:00 PM My Hero Academia Photoshoot
05:45 PM Kanetake Ebikawa Panel
07:00 PM The Science of Mecha
07:00 PM Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy
08:30 PM Glittering Courtesans and Illustrious Geisha: The Working Women of Yoshiwara [18+]
08:45 PM For the Love of Folklore: A Fan Perspective on Rumiko Takahashi
09:30 PM The Evolution of Action Shōnen
10:45 PM A Brief History of Mecha: The Changing Symbolism of Giant Robots Over 50 Years
12:00 AM Panel Of The Galactic Heroes : A New Thesis
Saturday
09:00 AM Mecha Fight Club: Discussions in Giant Robots
09:00 AM Cancelled Anime: Gone Before Their Time
10:15 AM A Look Inside Studio Pierrot
11:00 AM Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Photoshoot
11:30 AM PTSD in anime- Why all mecha pilots need therapy
12:15 PM Little Witch Academia Live Drawing
12:45 PM Apocalypse in Anime
02:30 PM Hi Score Girl Premiere
03:15 PM Firearms of the Empire of Japan
04:30 PM History of Mecha Pt. 1: The 60s & 70s
05:45 PM New Anime for Older Fans
07:00 PM Anime Face Lift: Remakes and Revivals Over the Decades
08:15 PM Fate/Stay Night and Type Moon: A World of Magic and Mystery
08:15 PM For Boys By Girls: The Women Who Make Shounen Manga
09:30 PM Coats, Steel, and Pixie-Cuts: The Life & Times of Nightow
10:45 PM Gattai! Mecha Anime of 198X
Sunday
09:00 AM The Ultimate Tanaka Yoshiki Fan Panel
09:00 AM Dawn of the Rising Sun: Japan Before the Samurai
10:15 AM Yuri on Ice vs. Figure Skating
10:15 AM Tatsuyuki Nagai Q&A
11:30 AM Otakorp and You: Demographics and Financials
12:00 PM Maid for You - The Art of Table Talk & Japanese TTRPGs
02:00 PM Anime’s Inside Jokes and Cultural References Explained
02:00 PM A New World: Intimate Music from Final Fantasy
03:00 PM Closing Ceremonies
04:00 PM Con Feedback Session