I'm back, I'm tired, and its late, but I need to report two awesome things that happened on the last day of the con, because I can't keep them to myself.
1) I ended up at the post-con guest and department head dinner seated at the same table as director Nabeshin Watanabe, his wife, and their translator. Talked about Gundam for a good twenty minutes. He's apparently a big fan, and wanted to know how anime fans here in the U.S. view the series. Remarkably nice couple. Proud of myself for not completely geeking out and going fanboi. I was tempted.
2) Fans of Space Battle Cruiser Yamato/Starblazers? Seen this trailer for the Live action movie yet? I just got to see the whole thing in an unofficial first screening (~40 people) thanks to the military consultant for the movie! I can't say much about it due to NDA, but...
it.
is.
fucking.
INCREDIBLE!!!
A great sci-fi flick if you don't know the series, and if you do know Yamato/Starblazers, it is everything the Transformers movie should have been.
For a couple of hours tonight, I was ten years old again.
Need sleep now. more later today.
1) I ended up at the post-con guest and department head dinner seated at the same table as director Nabeshin Watanabe, his wife, and their translator. Talked about Gundam for a good twenty minutes. He's apparently a big fan, and wanted to know how anime fans here in the U.S. view the series. Remarkably nice couple. Proud of myself for not completely geeking out and going fanboi. I was tempted.
2) Fans of Space Battle Cruiser Yamato/Starblazers? Seen this trailer for the Live action movie yet? I just got to see the whole thing in an unofficial first screening (~40 people) thanks to the military consultant for the movie! I can't say much about it due to NDA, but...
it.
is.
fucking.
INCREDIBLE!!!
A great sci-fi flick if you don't know the series, and if you do know Yamato/Starblazers, it is everything the Transformers movie should have been.
For a couple of hours tonight, I was ten years old again.
Need sleep now. more later today.
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