
Panel and Event Schedule
This schedule is subject to change without notice. Check back regularly for updates. Printed copies of the most up-to-date schedules will be available when you arrive.
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| Ballroom A | Ballroom B/C | Panel 552 | Panel 556 | Rotunda | |
| Fri. Oct. 3 |
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| Noon | Non-PAC Event | Non-PAC Event | Closed for Tech Setup | Closed for Tech Setup | Non-PAC Event |
| 12:30pm | |||||
| 1:00pm | |||||
| 1:30pm | |||||
| 2:00pm | Closed for Tech Setup | ||||
| 2:30pm | |||||
| 3:00pm | Convention Essentials | She Might Not Be Into Meowth: Dating Tips for Otaku | |||
| 3:30pm | |||||
| 4:00pm | Closed for Tech Setup | Final Fantasy: 20 Years and Counting | |||
| 4:30pm | |||||
| 5:00pm | Dubs That Time Forgot | Closed for Setup | |||
| 5:30pm | |||||
| 6:00pm | Tristen Citrine Cosplay Extravaganza | Introductory Mixology and Room-Party Basics for the Discerning Adult Con-Goer | |||
| 6:30pm | Introduction to Independent Filmmaking | ||||
| 7:00pm | Reception Setup | The Business of Anime | Chris Ayres Guest Panel | ||
| 7:30pm | |||||
| 8:00pm | Welcome Reception | What? Why? Hentai! | |||
| 8:30pm | AMV Creation: Start to Finish | ||||
| 9:00pm | Cosplay Fashion Show Green Room | Anime as Education: Using Anime in the Classroom | |||
| 9:30pm | Cosplay Fashion Show (Reception Continues) | ||||
| 10:00pm | From the Archives: AB2003 AMV Contest | ||||
| 10:30pm | Back in MY Day... | ||||
| 11:00pm | Closed | Closed | Closed | ||
| 11:30pm | |||||
| Midnight | |||||
This schedule is subject to change without notice. Check back regularly for updates. Printed copies of the most up-to-date schedules will be available when you arrive. | |||||
| Ballroom A | Ballroom B/C | Panel 552 | Panel 556 | Rotunda | |
| Sat. Oct. 4 |
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| 8:00am | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| 8:30am | |||||
| 9:00am | |||||
| 9:30am | |||||
| 10:00am | From the Archives: AB2004 AMV Contest | Nandeyanen!: The Finer Points of Owari Comedy | Anime in China | Color Theory for Anime Artists | |
| 10:30am | |||||
| 11:00am | Got Yaoi? | ||||
| 11:30am | |||||
| Noon | Bleach: Of Death and Dyings | Cosplay Props, Flutes, & How Not to Build a Robot | |||
| 12:30pm | Robotech: Past, Present, and Future | ||||
| 1:00pm | ADV Films | History of Manga and Anime | |||
| 1:30pm | |||||
| 2:00pm | School of Zombie: Class is in Session | All About Anime Cons | |||
| 2:30pm | |||||
| 3:00pm | Totally Lame Anime | FUNimation Entertainment | When Otaku Attack: The Dark Side of Fandom | Kimono & Yukata | |
| 3:30pm | |||||
| 4:00pm | Setup | ||||
| 4:30pm | Cosplay Skit Green Room | ||||
| 5:00pm | Cosplay Skit Exhibition | Anime Hell | State of the Industry | ||
| 5:30pm | |||||
| 6:00pm | Setup | Stereotypes & the Problems of Promoting & Collecting Manga in Libraries and Schools | Life Drawing for Anime Artists | ||
| 6:30pm | |||||
| 7:00pm | Anime Unscripted | Dick & Buster's Hentai Dubbing Extravaganza | Fullmetal Alchemist: The Symbolism of Alchemy | The New Wave: Women, Manga, and Where We Stand | |
| 7:30pm | |||||
| 8:00pm | Couples in Fandom & Industry | On the Road with Steve Lin | |||
| 8:30pm | Setup | ||||
| 9:00pm | Formal Ball | Extreme Setup | Fujoshi Librarian: Yaoi, the Comics Industry, & Libraries | How I Got Into the Anime Industry | The Fans Fucking Scare Me |
| 9:30pm | |||||
| 10:00pm | Extreme Geek | Identifying Bootlegs | |||
| 10:30pm | |||||
| 11:00pm | Witch Hunter Robin: The Hero's Tale | ||||
| 11:30pm | |||||
| Midnight | |||||
This schedule is subject to change without notice. Check back regularly for updates. Printed copies of the most up-to-date schedules will be available when you arrive. | |||||
| Ballroom A | Ballroom B/C | Panel 552 | Panel 556 | Rotunda | |
| Sun. Oct. 5 |
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| 8:00am | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| 8:30am | |||||
| 9:00am | |||||
| 9:30am | |||||
| 10:00am | Anime in the 60s | Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Man in the Machine | |||
| 10:30am | Hunting the Forest Spirit: Mythology in Anime | ||||
| 11:00am | ADR Directing | ||||
| 11:30am | Hyakunin Kuizu (Family Feud) | ||||
| Noon | Setup | Anno Atomu: Manga Before the Age of Tezuka | Art Theft | ||
| 12:30pm | |||||
| 1:00pm | Mock Combat for Cosplay w/ Chris Ayres | The Absolute Worst of Osamu Tezuka | Written Japanese | ||
| 1:30pm | Death Note: The Psychology of Solipsism | The Vile Spectre of Moe | |||
| 2:00pm | |||||
| 2:30pm | |||||
| 3:00pm | From the Archives: AB2005 AMV Contest | Do Anime Cons Have a Future? | A Brief History of Japan | ||
| 3:30pm | |||||
| 4:00pm | Conference Feedback | ||||
| 4:30pm | |||||
| 5:00pm | Closing Keynote | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| 5:30pm | Closed | ||||
| 6:00pm | |||||
This schedule is subject to change without notice. Check back regularly for updates. Printed copies of the most up-to-date schedules will be available when you arrive.
Last updated: Wednesday, October 01, 2008








