A weekly look into American otaku culture

ADV’s “Sneak Peak” panel starts off with a little tease from the man himself, David Williams, on the announcements that he was planning on making to us tonight, but he just had to get the clearance from legal to do so. So he was hoping to get the phone call sometime by the end of the panel. I hope does too, because I wanna hear announcements! (>_< )

The first release that they showed up to us was, Nanaka 6/17, which just melts my moe-loving heart. It’s the story of a 17-year-old girl who’s memory gets regressed back to when she was 6-years-old. Cheesy shoreline and lines aside, it really have cute characters and designs. However, there was some serious lip-syncing issues with the dub that the audience picked up on and laughed at. Not a good thing, ADV.

Next up was “This Ugly Yet Beautiful World.” Action, romance, fanservice, monsters, mystery, moe - this was a complete wet dream for me. I am hooked, I am really really hooked on this one. The main female character is also really pretty, and feels like she was taken from a Key visual novel (”Kanon”, “Air”).

Without a clearance from legal, the panel turns into an industry Q&A. They said that they are working on something “that will get anime to the fans a lot faster,” Hmmm… downloads…? When I asked the question, Dave did bring up a very interesting point that in the format wars, if the Japanese companies align with one side of the other, they will not allow it to go to the US if it’s not on that particular format. But as far as downloads go, he is very interested in it. Very interested. Dave ran off for a second, voice actor Greg Ayres took over the mic, bullshitting answers to questions like “Where do babies come from?”

Someone did bring up to me that Geneon is not on the schedule for the convention this year. That is really sad, since they always put out all my favorite shows. Maybe they will be in the dealers room.