Anime Expo - Geneon Anime Festival

By Jason Yeh     July 02, 2005

Hosts: Wendee Lee and Johnny Yong Bosch

This was a presentation by Geneon before the KOTOKO concert. After a late start, Geneon showed the intro video on their 2005 promo dvd. Wendee Lee and Johnny Yong Bosch introduced the event, and then they screened a very well edited video presentation showcasing Geneon's works over the past 10 years. Afterwards, they showed a number of trailers for upcoming shows.

• Fate: Stay Night


• Starship Operators


• Kannaduki no Miko


• Erementar Gerad


• Shakugan no Shana


• Ergo Proxy


• Hellsing Ultimate OVA

Wendlee and Johnny then introduced Kouta Hirano and Yasuyuki Ueda, manga author and producer for Hellsing respectively. Wendee did a short Q&A session with both if them. Kouta Hirano's favorite anime includes mostly Gundam. Ueda then got embarrassed after the translator implied he and Hirano are "bed buddies", and made it clear he's straight. Ueda also explained why he dresses the way he does. At past AX conventions, people have said he looked like a yakuza. So now he wants people to call him Colonel.