Jul 28 2009
Anime Festival Orlando THIS WEEKEND!
For you Florida folks, I wanted to pass along this information, which was posted via the Wasabi Anime LiveJournal Syndication Feed:
This week kicks off the tenth Anime Festival Orlando – and we’d love to see you there! Check out these events at the con:
- Wasabi Anime’s CROSSPLAY Rally Race (Friday night at 9 PM in the Citrus Ballroom)
Gender bending for Otaku! Inspired by the popular TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race — up to twenty contestants (ten male/ten female) will compete to prove that he/she is the greatest ‘crossplayer’ (cross-dressed costumer) at this year’s Anime Festival Orlando! Participants will show how quickly he/she can get into a costume of a character of the opposite sex and then ‘work it’ for the audience and judges to win the Best in Show. - The Transformers Panel (Saturday afternoon at 4:30 PM in Biscayne/Siesta)
Join Tom Croom and Chris Duplis discuss the past and future of this classic anime franchise. Zaniness will ensue.
Other events you should see… not run by Wasabi Anime, but still pretty damn cool.
- The Panel About Nothing (Friday night/Saturday morning at midnight in Oleander A)
WOLVES! - Otaku: What Are They REALLY? (Saturday in Palm Salon H)
Otaku are not their anime collections or how much merchandise they’ve bought. They are not how they dress, the snacks they eat, or the words they use. So what ARE otaku, anyway? There’s no easy answer, but we promise to have some silly pictures and videos in addition to the history lesson. - Kristian Allen Presents: Power Rangers (Saturday evening at 9 PM in Palm Salon F,G)
Kristian presents an overview of the Power Rangers universe.
