Otakon 2008 Countdown?
It’s always a good reminder that the summer convention season is in full swing. We even got our nice (but expected) industry announcement out of the way and hopefully that’ll kickoff a very good summer for us in 2008.
I know I made a couple promises earlier this year but unfortunately one of them fell through. No panel for omo! I’m still up for karaoke however, and I am planning to send out an email very soon. It’s not too late to join in on the potentially epic lame/lol-ness–just leave a comment (and fill in the email field) saying you are interested about embarrassing yourself.
I said this before, but I am still interested in meeting up and saying hello to some of you. JP/Hinano will be spending their carefully saved monies at Mitsuwa Summer Matsuri, so we will certainly be in lack of Russian fangirl nerdrage (if that’s keeping you away, Scott). Since no one said anything I have to presume: 1, no one cares; 2, there’s a better party somewhere I don’t know (and I want to come!); or 3, people are really okay meeting up at my originally proposed time….
Which has to be changed if the JAM Project show is at 8pm … Well, one thing I know is that this year I’ll be using my cell phone to follow twitter. You can stalk me easily by subscribing to it, or let me know who you are so I can do likewise.
Who’s coming? Readers and bloggers alike? I’ll be there from Thursday night until Sunday, so my schedule is relatively accommodating. If meeting random internet people online is too freaky for you, I can work with that too if you don’t want to be identified…but you just have to email me or something.
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Some more useful information. We found out JAM Project’s Brazilian set list from their show last weekend. The only thing you need to take into account is that the individual artists had solo shows prior to the JAM Project concert, and it reflects in their solo section of the set list as reproduced below:
1. Rocks
2. STORMBRINGER
3. No Border
4. CRUSH GEAR FIGHT
5. GARO ~SAVIOR IN THE DARK~
6. Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger (Masaaki Endoh)
7. Rondo ~revolution~ (Masami Okui)
8. Dengeki Sentai Changeman (Hironobu Kageyama)
9. Yakusoku no Chi (Acoustic)
10. In my heart (Acoustic)
11. Angel Voice (Yoshiki Fukuyama)
12. We Are! (Hiroshi Kitadani)
13. Battle Communication
14. PORTAL
15. Break Out
16. Genkai Battle
17. VICTORY
18. SOULTAKER
19. EC1 Hagane no Messiah ~2006 ver.~
20. EC2 GONG
21. EC3 SKILL
Also, on youtube you can find videos. They did not ban video cameras and the like at the show. It’s likely they will not ban it at the Otakon show, too…
The other piece of news is that there’ll be an English verison of No Borders, the single that came out this past Tuesday, performed at Otakon. You can see a glimpse of the words at Masaaki Endou’s blog.
I’m up for meeting whenever. If anything, I’m definitely planning to see the JAM Project concert even if it kills me. Unlike last year, I’ll be attending all of Otakon as I should hit Baltimore Thursday afternoon/evening til Sunday whenever depending when the folks I’m going with head out.
Shoot me a email on the time and stuff; I’m pretty much free as I did not see anything I *had* to go to minus all the musical concerts (Sunday is looking interesting as well).
You know I’m coming in Thursday afternoon.
I’m tempted to karaoke Kero (9) Destiny this year. If only I can find (or make) a karaoke version.
Who doesn’t like meeting random internets people? Hanging out and meeting people is the point of a massive convention like this.
I’ve never actually done karaoke.
You’ll see me wandering around dressed as Scar. If there’s more than one Scar, I’m the cooler one.
I’ll be there from Thursday til Sunday, and I’m gonna be hanging out with a fellow blogger.
It’ll be nice to meet you guys. Last year, I only managed to meet about four of bloggers and two readers. (It was nice, nonetheless.)
Otakon schedule is available for registered members on the members only section of their website.
Ahh.. I wouldn’t mind meeting up with fellow bloggers as well.. although I am more of a lurker if anything.. still.. thanks for the wonderful info on the Jam Project.. that’s a high light of mine as well this year. Hope they’ll have an autograph session.. there doesn’t seem to be any mention of any autograph sessions.. >_
There’s going to be an autograph session for them.