Anime Detour 2016 – My Schedule

Also known as, “why do I overextend myself every year?”

Anyway, as some of you know, I’m both a staffer and a panelist at Anime Detour, an anime convention in the Twin Cities area. Every year I run just a ton (in my opinion) of panels and events throughout the weekend. In case anyone reading this happens to be going, I thought I’d list off where I’ll be and what I’ll be doing over the three days of the con so you can come and say “hi” if you want to. Here’s where you can find me:

Friday

5:00 – 6:00pm – “Manga for Grown-Ups” in Plaza 3

8:00 – 9:00pm – “Myths of the Japanese Wolf” in Atrium 3

9:30 – 10:30pm – “Anime By Numbers Trivia Game” in Plaza 2

11:00 – 12:00am – “Unlicensed Gems” in Atrium 4

Saturday

9:00 – 10:00am – “AMV Contest Showcase” in Plaza 4

12:00 – 1:00pm – “AMV Contest” in Main Programming

1:30 – 2:30pm – “Anime for Grown-Ups” in Plaza 2

6:00 – 7:00pm – “J.C.’s Anime Jeopardy” in Edina Room

9:00 – 10:00pm – “Beyond Moe – Surpassing Character Tropes” in Edina Room

10:30 – 11:30pm – “Don’t Judge and Anime by its Cover” in Atrium 4

Sunday

9:00 – 11:30am – “Cel Painting” in Plaza 3 (assuming I can get out of bed that early – it only really requires me to be present and then help with cleanup)

12:00 – 1:00pm – “Shiny New Anime” in Edina Room

3:00 – 4:00pm – “AMV Contest Awards” in Plaza 4

 

Assuming I can find time to eat, sleep, and use the restroom in there somewhere, I’m planning to at least attend the 3 MN Rufflebutts (the local lolita fashion community) events/panels, but we’ll see how that goes (the schedule looks really daunting now that I’ve listed everything, but several of the panels are games or things that otherwise don’t require a whole lot of input from me, so it’s not as bad as it seems). I can always nap during the AMV contest since it’ll be dark in the room and I’ve seen it all the way through several times already.

Oh, did I mention that I’ll be arriving at the hotel some time around midnight Thursday because of a work trip? Yeah…

Anyway, I hope this sort of explains why I haven’t been around much over the past several weeks.