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| Anime Program | Richard Kim, Co-Manager |
Greetings! Keith Mayfield and I will be running the anime
programming at Bucconeer this year. We have run the anime program at other SF
conventions (Balticon, etc.) and run other conventions devoted entirely to anime (Katsucon
and Otakon). In addition, I have staffed a Japanese convention known as Comic
Market, which has an average attendance of 400,000 people or so. (In fact, I did it
twice—I must be crazy!)
We are arranging a program to showcase the whole spectrum of anime... love comedies, war stories, gripping horror, cute girls in robot suits, you name it. In addition, we will be using both subtitled AND dubbed anime to try and keep everyone happy. If we are VERY lucky, we may even get to premiere an anime movie before it comes out in the United States. Keep your fingers crossed! We’ll also be bringing our expertise to help create anime-related panels for Bucky. Here is a small taste of the kind of panels we may offer at this year’s Worldcon:
Anime 101: Giant Robots, Alien Monsters and Super-Powered School Girls: What Is Anime, Anyway?
A primer on anime for beginners.
The Days and Nights of Comic Market
And you thought Worldcons were big! Comic Market, a fanzine convention in Japan, has over 1,200 staff members, and over 400,000 participants.
Sushi With a Fork? Cultural Differences Between East and West
A panel to help you understand what you may be missing in anime. Why do the Japanese find certain things funny while we don’t? Why do they remove their shoes when they enter a home? And who came up with the idea of eating raw fish?
Please contact us at
anime@bucconeer.worldcon.org or the Bucconeer postal address.
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