The biggest announcement was the name change of the Funimation Apps to Funimation Now. Also, the turn around time from broadcast in Japan to being dubbed in English is one month, which to me is unreal. For those that are unfamiliar, broadcast dubs are the English translated version using the broadcast materials which are altered versions cut for time and censored. Also announced was that Snow White, Dagashi and Dimension W, which will be airing on Toonami starting the 27th, were getting Broadcast English dubs. The Funimation Online panel told us about the 16 various anime they have the streaming rights to including Divine Gate, Luck and Logic, Snow White with the Red Hair, Fairy Tail Zero, Dagashi Kashi, Dimension W and more. Next up was the Funimation Online Panel, followed by the Funimation Industry Panel. This panel showed the first three episodes of the anime and then had a Q&A with voice actress Erica Mendez. This is the prequel to the Monogatari series of anime from Aniplex.Ĭonnected to the Aniplex Industry panel was the English dub premiere of Your Lie in April. The voice cast for anime Your Lie in April was announced as well as the trailer for the anime film Kizumonogatari Part 1. Also it was announced that the final volume of Fate Stay/Night Unlimited Blade Works was released. The Aniplex panel told fans about the anime currently streaming from Aniplex which were Erased and Durarara x2 Natsu, which you can catch on Hulu, Crunchyroll, Funimation, and. The next Panel was the Aniplex Industry Panel. Unfortunately, due to the fire evacuation at the Gaylord, it took forever to get people back and the Crunchyroll staff just never came up for the panel. The first panel I went to was the Crunchyroll Streaming Panel. In days past, these were the panels that would give fans the inside scoop on upcoming Anime to be licensed for the US market. I was given the awesome task to attend panels and report on them, so I chose to mostly do the industry panels. I remembered being shunned for loving anime, even within the comic book community, but watching these fans come out en masse was truly heartwarming. It could be a bit overwhelming to any normal person but to me it felt like home. I mean it was wall to wall cosplayers and general Anime fans all over the Gaylord Hotel/ Convention Center. To be honest, it had been 3 years since my last one, so needless to say I wasn’t expecting the sheer number of attendees to the con. It’s been a little while since I had the pleasure of attending Katsucon. Mansa Herndon and I decided to divide and conquer to cover Katsucon giving you the full experience from both sides. Because of its sheer size, one person couldn’t cover this convention alone. Katsucon is one of the largest east coast anime conventions located at the Gaylord Hotel in National Harbor, Maryland.
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