AX Approaching- Upcoming Highlights

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This weekend is one of the biggest anime cons of the US: Anime Expo.

For those who are going here is a list of happenings at AX(All this is subject to change, so meh.)

Movie Premiers:
Evangelion 1.0- Yes, the new movie will be shown three times-11:30AM Thursday, 12:30PM Friday, and 10:00PM Saturday
Sword of the Stranger- 2:45PM Friday(W/Focus Panel), 12PM Sunday

Special Guests/Events-
Opening Ceremonies- 10AM Thursday
Toshihiko Seki-Veteran Seiyuu- 12:30 Thurs.
Shokotan-2PM Thurs.
Hiromi Kato-Animator for Madhouse-3:30 PM Thurs.
AMV contest- 8PM Thurs.

David Hayner-(Solid Snake)- 10AM Friday
Yoko Ishida- 1PM Friday
Masamitsu Hidaka- Pokemon Director- 2:30PM Friday
AX idol-8PM Fri.

Jyukai-10AM Saturday
Masahiro Ando-(Guessing it is the Sword of the Stranger Director,could be wrong)-11:30 PM Sat
Shokotan concert- 1PM Sat
Akemi Takada-(Character Designer for KOR, Patlabor)-2:30 PM Sat
Masquerade- 8PM Sat.

Closing Ceremonies- 5PM Sunday

Industry Panels-
Tokyopop online-(Pester them!)-1PM Thurs.
ADV Sneak Peak-(Pester them as well)-2PM Thursday
Aniplex-4PM Thurs.

Friday of DOOM:
Ouran Focus Panel-11:30AM Friday
Viz-12PM Friday
Honneamise (BV panel-Pester) 12PM Friday(Idiots putting 2 Industry panels at the SAME TIME)
Nozomi- 3PM
Bandai-4PM
ADV-4PM(……….what are they smoking)
Geneon Premiers <-What is this? - 9PM

Sat-
Tokyopop Industry Panel- (Pester, pester)-10AM
Go! Comi-11AM
Production IG- 1PM
Funi-3:30PM
Broccoli-3:30 PM(Again w/ Scheduling 2 at once...>_>)
Nozomi Premiers- 4:30 PM
Kadokawa USA Panel- 5:30 PM
CMX (. . .)- 5:30 PM

Finally, for the gamers-

11AM Thurs- Mario Kart Tournament(Wii)
6:30PM Thurs- Melty Blood(PS2)
11AM Friday- Guilty Gear XX(PS2)
12PM Arcana Heart 2(PS2)
3:30- Smash Bros Brawl(Wii)

Note- All is subject to change; also, this year could give us a lot, a few or no licences, or even a death of a company. Be prepared for it all…-_-