Forum - View topicNEWS: Otakon to Host Madhouse Founder Masao Maruyama [2012-07-12]
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penguintruth
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Otakon getting an actual worthwhile guest? Well, color me surprised.
Shin Sasaki, on the other hand... |
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Maidenoftheredhand
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You are surprised Otakon got Maruyama? He comes practically every year unless there is some conflict. He has a very good relationship with the Otakon staff. |
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penguintruth
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I know, just let me have this. After all the subpar guests announced, I need something to hold onto.
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Echo_City
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A kindred spirit. I was thinking that I was the only one who was wallowing in massive, soul-crushing disappointment with the Otakon guest list thus far for 2012. I think that my fears of the guest list tanking with the absence of Bandai are coming true 
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Maidenoftheredhand
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I understand everyone likes different things. There is nothing you can do about that.
But I am not sure how anyone can say Otakon's guest list has declined. I've been going to Otakon since 2005 and this year they have probably the most Japanese guests. They have 4 well known seiyuu (the most I've seen before is 2) They have a writer who wrote 2 of the most popular series of 2011-2012 They have someone associated with Gundam They have a mecha art designer And they still have the Friday musical guest to announce. So yeah frankly I am just not seeing the decline. |
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penguintruth
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If you're not a fan of Madoka Magica, the guest list isn't very impressive.
Maruyama, at least, has countless titles under his belt. |
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Maidenoftheredhand
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What exactly do Aya Hirano, Tetsuya Kakihara, Yuuka Nanri, Shin Sasaki, & Hidetaka Tenjin have to do with Madoka?
And yes there is a big focus on Madoka this year. It's not my favorite series at all but I understand Otakon wanting to promote something that is as big as this series was (and in fact it is probably Aniplex USA bringing in the Madoka guests). But even the Japanese Madoka guests: Ai Nonaka & Gen Urobuchi are not just involved with Madoka. Perhaps if you go to some of these people's panels you might find they are more interesting than you give them credit for. |
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Echo_City
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Too true. If an attendee felt that Fate/Zero and PMMM were overrated, they're pretty much SOL. Personally I'm in a bit of a bind as I thought that PMMM was alright, but I didn't care much for either dub, so I'm not wholly opposed to the show but I'm not much for the vocal guests it is bringing in. Frustratingly some of the US guests have few roles besides PMMM so there's no fandom crossover, and Aniplex was unable to complete having both the English and Japanese full main cast actors in attendance. That would have been interesting regardless.
So you evaluate the quality of Otakon's guest list based solely upon the sheer quantity of Japanese guests? That doesn't seem like a sound metric to me.
Neither of these sound noteworthy, not in the least. Even though I'm not a Shinkai fan, this artist seems to fall short of his presence at Otakon 2011. This guest sadly does not have the renown of Shinkai, that's for certain. They also had someone associated with Gundam last year: the executive producer of Sunrise Entertainment and Bandai Entertainment. Otakon went from the executive producer of the company that makes Gundam and the parent company of that company down to one guest linked to Gundam. That's a definite step backwards. |
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Maidenoftheredhand
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I didn't just say because they have a lot of Japanese guests, they have a lot of well known Japanese guests. You personally might not be excited but that is definitely not the response I am seeing elsewhere. And it is rarer to see Japanese guests than American guests at cons. That being said I am sure they are not done announcing dub actors.
I am not a fan of Shinkai either but yes I admit he was a great guest and I am sorry I was not able to go to Otakon last year. But just because they don't have a director of his caliber this year doesn't mean they don't have other great guests instead. And I would argue that just because you are not big on Madoka & Fate Zero doesn't mean that Gen Urobuchi is not at least close to Shinkai's status in terms of his influence on the industry.
What are you talking about? They are not going to have the same type of guests every year. One year they might have a great director or manga artist. The next year there might be more of a focus on seiyuu on something else. And heck they are not even done announcing guests. And this year they don't have the Sunrise producer but they have Maruyama. The issue here is not that Otakon didn't bring in well known high profile guests. The issue is you personally do not like the guests they brought in and there is a big difference. |
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