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NYAF Panel and Screening Updates!
As we get into the final days before the show, there are – of course – a handful of panel and screening updates, additions, and cancellations…
TOKYOPOP AT NYAF
Our friends at TOKYOPOP will be joining us at the NY Anime Festival on Friday, September 25 from 3:45 to 4:45 PM. They'll be posting an Industry Panel in Room 1A22.
FINAL FANTASY PANEL
Our Final Fantasy fan panel now has a later start time. It'll now take place from 8:45 to 9:45 PM on Friday, September 25 in Room 1A24.
20TH CENTURY BOYS PART 3
We're very sorry to say that 20th Century Boys Part 3 will not premiere at NYAF as originally intended. Due to a production issue in Japan, VIZ Pictures will be unable to get us a screener in time. As such, we're unable to present the film.
L: CHANGE THE WORLD
While we won't be doing 20th Century Boys Part 3, VIZ Pictures will instead present L: Change The World to fans. L: Change The World will screen on Sunday, September 27 from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM in Room 1A08.
Become Friends with Yui Makino!
NYAF Guest of Honor Yui Makino wants to become your friend! Of course, ain’t that obvious since she’s coming to NYAF? Thing is, she can’t wait the few more days until the con and has just created an official MySpace page. So, won’t you join me and show Makino-san your support by becoming friends with her at http://www.myspace.com/makinoyui?
Leviathan Author Steams Up NYAF!
NYAF is all about anime and manga, but it's not exclusively about anime and manga. Nope, we're all about everything in the geeky anime culture scene, including -- for the first time -- Steampunk.
We've been bitten by the Steampunk bug and have three exciting Steampunk events for the first time at NYAF.
Easing you in, there's our Steampunk in Anime panel at 11:15 AM on Saturday in Panel Room 2. Taking it a step further, we're hosting a Neo-Victorian Fashion Show at 12:30 PM on Sunday on the Apple Kissa Stage. And, then topping it off, we're honored to welcome Steampunk author Scott Westerfeld to the show. Scott Westerfeld will be at NYAF on Sunday at 1:30 PM in Panel Room 3, hosting a panel on his upcoming book, Leviathan. Set in alternate World War I filled with giant robots and living battleships, Leviathan's been getting a lot of attention, and NYAF can't wait to get all the details about Leviathan straight from the author's mouth. Or goggles.
Kyle Cassidy Snaps Photos at NYAF!
Wanna hear something cool? Photographer Kyle Cassidy will be shooting portraits of fans for an upcoming gallery show at the New York Anime Festival. Kyle's most recent book is "Who Killed Amanda Palmer", created with author Neil Gaiman. You can find out more about Kyle on his blog at www.kylecassidy.com and see his fan photos from Worldcon 2009 at http://tinyurl.com/lfse9x
Kyle will be taking photos from 2 to 5 PM on Friday, September 25 in NYAF Room 1A01. Everybody's welcome, and all images will be available for download later.
NYAF and NYCC in 2010!
Early in the year, we put out a Press Release announcing C2E2: The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo and New York Comic Con's move to the fall. We just put out a Press Release speaking about what this means for the New York Anime Festival -- traditionally held in the fall as well.
In short, NYCC and NYAF will be co-locating in 2010.
Want more details? We're launching the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo in April 2010, and we moved NYCC to a permanent October date, thus providing a spring and fall balance to these two key events which will remain in place as we move forward. With NYAF, rather than create a third date for the show, it was decided a co-location would be better for anime fans, professionals, exhibitors, and partners. We looked at a lot of options, alternate venues, and alternate times, but nothing gelled. Instead, what made more and more sense was combining it with NYCC, and we spoke to attendees and exhibitors of both shows before making this decision, and everyone agrees that this will provide an opportunity for both shows to further grow and prosper.
The jointly-held New York Comic Con and New York Anime Festival 2010 will occupy virtually the entire Jacob K. Javits Center. Both shows will maintain distinct guests and programming space and share a common show floor. And, more importantly for attendees, fans will be able to attend both shows for the price of one -- as a ticket to NYCC 2010 will also provide access to NYAF 2010 and vice versa. Re-read that last sentence. That's right. Really.
We'll have a lot more details about the co-location in the future, as it means a lot of new and exciting things for both NYCC and NYAF, but -- most importantly -- we wanted to make this announcement now before NYAF 2009 so there's not an "OMG! WTF!" storm when people open up the Program Guide and see the new dates.
