Anime Weekend Atlanta 2012 Discussion Thread

[WTK]

Anime Weekend Atlanta 2012 (September 28 - September 30, 2012 @ Atlanta, Georgia) | Program schedule

Friday, September 28, 2012
06:30pm - 07:30pm | Sentai Filmworks Industry Panel

Sentai Filmworks is one of the fastest-growing anime companies in North America, including hit series like Gintama, Eyeshield 21 and hit blockbuster movies like Appleseed.

Speakers: David Williams

Saturday, September 29, 2012
11:30am - 12:30pm | Vertical 2012
01:00pm - 02:00pm | FUNimation Industry Panel

Catch the latest in the who’s, what’s, where’s and WHOAs from FUNimation, one of the leaders in anime!

Speakers: Sarah Sullivan

03:00pm - 04:00pm | Aniplex of America Industry Panel

Want to know what's coming up next in the world of Aniplex? Come join the company that helped bring the best in anime stateside with titles like "Fullmetal Alchemist," "Black Butler," "Rurouni Kenshin," Gurran Lagann," and more as they reveal the latest and greatest in anime.

Speakers: Emmanuel Rivera

09:30pm - 11:00pm | Dark Horse Panel

Dark Horse editor Carl Horn talks about what they have coming up for our enjoyment.

[Buckeye]

With this con, I am expecting simulcast announcements by Sentai and Funi. I am thinking that Aniplex will announce Sword Art Online and perhaps more on their licenses and release plans.

[Damius]

I'm interested to know what Aniplex of America and Sentai Filmworks will offer us.

[Rootsofjustice]

Originally Posted by Buckeye

With this con, I am expecting simulcast announcements by Sentai and Funi. I am thinking that Aniplex will announce Sword Art Online and perhaps more on their licenses and release plans.

Actually, I'm expecting the simulcasts to start up with NYCC. FUNimation might announce a big one, like a JoJo's Bizzare Adventure or a Little Busters. Sentai obviously doesn't simulcast anything and just lets Crunchyroll do the work for them.

[Damius]

Originally Posted by Rootsofjustice

Actually, I'm expecting the simulcasts to start up with NYCC. FUNimation might announce a big one, like a JoJo's Bizzare Adventure or a Little Busters. Sentai obviously doesn't simulcast anything and just lets Crunchyroll do the work for them.

No...please no. I surely don't want Little Busters with Funimation... CR needs to get it.

[Faris Kalin]

I'll be at AWA, and I'll probably try to go to all of the industry panels except maybe the Funimation one.

I'm kind of surprised that they haven't announced a really big Japanese industry person yet. I wonder if they had someone but the guest fell through somehow.

[WTK]

http://www.awa-con.com/index.php?page=video_rooms

A Certain Magical Index
Kamijou Touma is a student living in Academy City, a highly advanced place in terms of technology. Despite being gauged as a level zero esper (no powers), he possesses on his right hand the Imagine Breaker, an ability that negates any power whatsoever. (fantasy, sci fi, adventure, +14, Funimation, English)


The Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below
Asuna spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her father as a memento. However, she embarks on a journey of adventure to meet a boy again, and thus comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss. Directed by Makoto Shinkai (Voice of a Distant Star) (fantasy, drama, general audiences) (English) (Sentai Filmworks)


Hellsing Ultimate: Volume 5
While working for the daughter of his greatest enemy, the powerful Alucard uses a high-caliber handgun and strange powers to kill vampires in the name of the protestant church, and gains a strong apprentice along the way. (horror, violence, +17) (English) (Funimation) NOTE: SPECIAL PREMEIRE. First episode to have been dubbed and released for the U.S. in the last four years.


Level E
Tsutsui Yukitaka is a freshman who moved out of his parents' home to live on his own, hoping to pursue a baseball team position at the new high school he's attending. When he arrived at his new apartment however, he discovered that someone else was already inside—a young man who claims to be an alien and is suffering from amnesia. (sci-fi, fantasy, comedy) (ENGLISH DUB PREMEIRE. SPECIAL PRESENTATION.) (FUNIMATION.) (NOTE: Lead actor Vic Mignona will be on hand to introduce his work to the audience.)


Mass Effect: Paragon Lost
Premiere of the new anime series based on the popular game. (SPECIAL PREMEIRE, SCI FI, FUNIMATION) NOTE: This is a world premiere. As such, the room will be cleared prior to showing. Anyone entering the theater will be searched for cameras and video gear, neither of which is to be used at all during presentation.


Serial Experiments Lain
Lain Iwakura appears to be an ordinary girl, with almost no experience with computers. Yet the sudden suicide of a schoolmate, and a number of strange occurrences, conspire to pull Lain into the world of the Wired, where she gradually learns that nothing is what it seems to be... not even Lain herself. (sci-fi, mystery, cyberpunk, drama) (Funimation premeire-Blu Ray Remaster)


Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love
Hikaru Ichijoe joins the military space forces after he, a cute girl, and an island city are drawn into space during a battle between a restored battleship and a race of invading alien giants. Based on the TV series rewritten as the first segment of Robotech series. (Mecha, drama, action, general audiences) (Japanese Language with English side projector prompting) (SPECIAL PRESENTATION) NOTE: Will be screening this movie directly from the Japanese Blu Ray disc and Playstation 3 game, which we will be subsequently giving to one lucky viewer in tribute to the film’s director, Noboru Ishiguro who attended AWA previously and passed away this year.

[Nico87]

Originally Posted by Damius

No...please no. I surely don't want Little Busters with Funimation... CR needs to get it.

It's not like someone else can't license it for a home release!

[WTK]

Program schedule is up (first post updated). Sentai Filmworks on Friday. FUNimation and Aniplex of America on Saturday (Vertical and Dark Horse are also on the same day).

[Tratious]

Originally Posted by Rootsofjustice

Actually, I'm expecting the simulcasts to start up with NYCC. FUNimation might announce a big one, like a JoJo's Bizzare Adventure or a Little Busters. Sentai obviously doesn't simulcast anything and just lets Crunchyroll do the work for them.

Sentai sub-licenses the internet rights to Anime Network.
I'm hoping for a JoJo announcement myself.