AGP#046 – Kill la Killin' It at FanimeCon 2014

Evan’s not flying back to New Jersey for AnimeNEXT, but he
did attend FanimeCon 2014 in San Jose, CA. In this podcast,
recorded on the fourth and final day of Fanime, Evan sits down
with his Crunchyroll coworkers and arch-frenemies, Victoria
Holden (a.k.a. SailorBee) and Danika Harrod (a.k.a.
DarlingDaniChan) and cosplay photographer Ben Lam to talk about
the con. Topics include Kill la Kill cosplay, Anime Hell,
anime triathlons, and the “flipping off Evan” meme. This podcast
was recorded in a hotel lobby, so the audio has a lot of
background noise. Sorry!


Show notes, links, and comments after the break.


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(Runtime: 1 hour, 13 minutes)


 



 



Opening/Ending Song: “Kill Me”
by Lame Drivers

Our guests: Danika Harrod, Victoria Holden, and Ben Lam

Everyone but Ben works
at Crunchyroll, the anime and Asian drama
streaming website.


The “Flipping off Evan” meme is a thing that
Danika started on Twitter for no good reason. Former
Ani-Gamers blogger Elliot Page started a Tumblr compiling the
best shots.

Evan ran/participated in four panels: Introducing Studio
Trigger (slightly updated version of the “‘Trigger’ Warning”
Genericon panel), The Beautiful Backgrounds of Anime, The
Changing Faces of Anime, and the Crunchyroll Industry Panel.

Victoria/Danika’s cosplays: Elf/Sorceress (Dragon’s Crown),
Utena/Maou (Revolutionary Girl Utena/Maoyu), Griffith/Guts
(Berserk)

Panels Evan went to: Takami Akai (Gainax char. designer)
Q&A, Noir (Gainax marketing) Q&A, Anime & Manga for
Parents (run by Gilles Poitras), Anime Hell (this one is from
Ryan Gavigan), Most Hilarious Bootlegs (run by Heidi Kemps),
and History of Sports Anime/Manga (run by Tom Langston)


Kill la Kill was the most popular show for
cosplay at Fanime. Watch it right now on Crunchyroll,
Netflix, or Daisuki.

We don’t have photos from the con up yet, but we’ll link
them here once they’re online.


Otaku USA
Magazine: Evan and Ink wrote
stuff for the new issue (cover is JoJo’s Bizarre
Adventure). Evan wrote about Yuyushiki and Red Data Girl
(that one was supposed to be in the last issue) and Ink wrote
about Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren’t
They?


Twitter: Ani-Gamers, Evan,
Victoria, Danika, Crunchyroll, Shitty Guts, Shitty Griffith
(parody Berserk accounts)


Ben’s stuff: cosplay photography Facebook
page, Instagram account

Email us at podcast@anigamers.com!