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Anime Central 2003

May 27th 2003

Anime Central 2003

May 16^th to 18^th, 2003
Hyatt Regency O'Hare and Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
Rosemont, Illinois
Coverage and reporting by
Mikhail Koulikov
Christopher Macdonald
George Phillips

Friday Industry Panels

Saturday Industry Panels

Sunday Industry Panels

I.C. Entertainment
Viz L.L.C.

Other Panels of Interest

State of the Industry
Anime in Academia

General / closing thoughts

Convention homepage / archives

interest

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Japanese TV Special Ranks Top Anime Songs, as Chosen by Foreign Fans

Apr 24, 09:16

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music

What are non-Japanese anime fans' top choices? ― Fans have been debating the greatest anime songs as long as anime has been around. Japanese TV regularly raises the topic for domestic fans, but every so often, Japan also presents the international perspective. On April 21, TV Asahi hosted a nearly three-hour special ranking favorite anime songs by non-Japanese and non-domestic anime fans. In a March ...

column

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This Week in Anime - So, Is Sound Euphonium Queerbaiting or Not?

Apr 24, 03:30

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anime

The third season of Sound Euphonium reignites the fandom controversy over Reina and Kumiko's relationship. Chris and Steve delve into it and why 'queerbaiting' is such a loaded term. ― The third season of Sound Euphonium reignites the fandom controversy over Reina and Kumiko's relationship. Chris and Steve delve into it and why 'queerbaiting' is such a loaded term. Disclaimer: The views and opinions...

review

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Wonderful Precure! Episodes 1-12 Anime Review

Apr 24, 02:00

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anime

You can't accuse the Pretty Cure franchise of resting on its laurels. Wonderful Precure! could move too slowly for some viewers. But these episodes are full of unmitigated joy. ― You can't accuse the Pretty Cure franchise of resting on its laurels. While there are distinct similarities between all iterations of the long-running Magical Girl franchise, recent years have done their best to maintain the...

news

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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Ways of Monster Nation Manga Ends Due to Artist's Health

Apr 23, 23:09

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manga

Series launched in 2016 ― The official Twitter account for Micro Magazine's Comic Ride magazine announced on April 1 that Shō Okagiri's That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Ways of Monster Nation spinoff manga of Fuse and Mitz Vah's That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) light novel series will end prematurely due to Okagiri's health. The company stated ther...

review

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Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Part 1 Anime Film Review

Apr 23, 02:00

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anime

Part District 9 meets O Maidens in Your Savage Season, part grimdark deconstruction of Doraemon. ― Many anime films are adapted from manga and Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction is no exception. Usually, a film will cover a single arc of the greater plot—giving the story on screen a solid beginning, middle, and end. However, this is not the case with the first Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destructi...

game review

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Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Game Review

Apr 22, 14:30

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games

People might think of this game as a celebration of the energy and experimentation of RPGs past, a tribute to a time when archetypes and genre conventions hadn't yet calcified and anything was fair game. And for once, they'd be right. ― There's a point that Lady Perielle returns to often when people ask her why Nowa, a young warrior from a small village, is the leader of the resistance front against ...