Anime Weekend Atlanta 2007 Convention Report

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Since we’re still recovering from JACON 2008 and need to get some recording done before we continue with the Big Month of Mark Dacascos, here is my convention report for the spectacular Anime Weekend Atlanta 2007, held at the Renaissance Waverly in Atlanta, Georgia last September 21 – 23.

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SACRED ARTIFACTS:

These are a few souvenirs from my convention going experience.

  • A is my regular admittance badge, which I bought when I thought I wasn’t getting a press badge.
  • B is my press badge. Notice my hand-written authority.
  • C is an invite for Carl Horn’s illustrious room party, themed in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Royal Space Force.
  • D is an invite for Desloktoberfest, an equally illustrious room party, themed after LOLBlazers.
  • E is Tim Eldred’s business card. The private info has been removed to protect the innocent.
  • F is my business card. The private info is intact except for my phone number, because I don’t want the Internet prank-yanking me.

CON-RELATED ACTIVITIES:

Below are a series of links relating to my con-experience.

CLOSING THOUGHT:

Thumbs up!

Anime Weekend Atlanta: Umetsu-tested, Gooberzilla-approved.

Happy Cyborg Mother’s Day!

The Greatest Movie EVER!

Don’t have a Descartian existential crisis,

because Ghost in the Shell is the Greatest Movie EVER!

This movie contains:

I can see my house from here.

Naked Bungee Jumping.

Woof.

Basset Hounds.

I <3 Batou

Batou, probably my favorite character in cinema. (Besides Tank Girl.)

This just looks so wrong.

Kusanagi MOE-toko. OMGLOLZ.

Happy Mother’s Day to all you M.O.M.s out there,

and congratulations to FuzzyPrint

for winning the Make M.O.M. watch Ghost in the Shell Contest!

“Did that Robot have a Mustache?”

The Greatest Movie EVER!

Fear the Gooberzilla’s foam-flecked fanboy ravings, because

Transformers: The Movie is the Greatest Movie EVER!

See Also:

This movie contains:

RC, my robo-crush.

Pink Robots.

MADNESS!

AAAAAGH! ROBO-SQUID!!!

He turns into a motorcycle. Please no ‘handlebar’-related jokes.

Optimus Dies.

TRAUMA.

CLOSING THOUGHT!

Kinky.

Where’s Hajime Sorayama when you need him?

COMING SOON:

I think we need to keep reviewing films that are just right for the whole family to consume…

COMING SOON!

PERFECT!

Big Mind Go Boom.

The Greatest Movie EVER!

Despite Mom’s waffling, Akira is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click here to see the winning entry in the “Make Mom Watch Akira” Contest.

Congratulations, Alain Mendez!

The new opening / closing music is an original piece called “I’m Real” by Violence Mars.

Click here for the full-length MP3. And click here to visit Violence Mars’s mySpace page.

 

COMING SOON!

OH SNAP!

OH NOES! We’re being invaded through the Interwebs!

Neither Tony Stark nor Ozzy Osbourne.

The Greatest Movie EVER!

To heck with Shrek, The Iron Giant is The Greatest Movie EVER!

This episode features special guest host, Chad “Winter” Clayton.

His home-page, The Dead of Winter, can be found in the Blogroll side widget.

A BRIEF GUIDE

TO UNDERSTANDING THE EXPRESSIONS

OF YOUR GIANT METAL FRIENDS:

What you say?

Quizzical.

Uh oh.

Concerned.

Murderous Rage.

(NOTE: You probably want to avoid encountering this last one.)

 

COMING SOON!

Serenity Now, Insanity Later.

Can you stop the Signal?