Comments on: FanimeCon 2009 Impressions #3: BayAnime’s “Local Bay Area Anime Fans” Panel

By: EdOfNoName

EdOfNoName — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:03:25 +0000

FanimeCon is once a year on Memorial Day Weekend in May. Don’t expect too much information about the next one until 2010. That said, there are many other gatherings of cosplayers in the Bay Area. You can ask if anyone plans to cosplay at any of the events mentioned on this site.

By: caitlyn

caitlyn — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:25:16 +0000

i have to agree but ive never done cosplay before its my first time but i cant seem to find fanime con scheduels for this month why can one of my fellow otakus help me out please

By: Ann

Ann — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:57:13 +0000

Hey lyricaldanichan! It was great to meet you at the panel and you can bet we’ll be doing it again (and better) next year!

By: lyricaldanichan

lyricaldanichan — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:34:14 +0000

I wish I came to the panel early, but had to escort a guest around the convention.

I also was there when AnimeCon 91 stared and boy those were the days. Hopefully you will have another panel for 2010!

By: lifepoint1

lifepoint1 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:42:02 +0000

Thanks Warner! I made a small edit to the text based on your comments. To tell you the truth, Ed from No-Name, helped me correct many of the names in the write up, so my thanks go out to him. Also we really appreciated that all of you guys came by to the panel. I learned a lot from listenning to everyone talk, and many of my preconceptions were shattered as well.

By: WarnerYoung

WarnerYoung — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:05:01 +0000

Lifepoint1, wow, I’m amazed you got all our names right. Either you were secretly taking notes, or you’re one of those people with freakily good memory for names

Good write up, but I did want to point out that, technically, Robert Loo and I aren’t really Fanime founders. I don’t want anyone from Fanime thinking that we’re walking around saying we founded the con. The person who’s really responsible is Aaron Pilgrim from Chabot College, and the actual “founders” are probably the 4 anime clubs that helped to start the con. Robert and I are shareholders who helped fund the con at the beginning. It’s a small distinction, but a real one.

I was surprised at the panel (and I’m still constantly amazed) by the fact that so many people still have this view of anime as: 1) mostly screenings with no social interaction, and 2) don’t realize some of the clubs are doing more to be social.

Well, in the worst case, anyone who’s still looking for something more than simple screenings can drop by No-Name (have to give ourselves a plug). Especially in December, when we have our anniversary celebrations with cake and everything.