Every year for the past four years, I have attended Anime Festival Orlando. The event has always a good time filled with lots of people with similar interests to meet and hang out with. There is roughly a small army of gamers and anime fans that go every year and the convention is filled with quality events to are there to give them something to do and enjoy. This year will be interesting because one of the gaming events is recreating the Nintendo World Championships of the early 90s. There are lots of other contests and opportunities to win free stuff and the website will be updated with those.
AFO 9 has some pretty cool guests this year too, like the American Green Power Ranger, Jason David Frank, and the voice and motion capture actor of Devil May Cry’s Dante, Rueben Langdon. A bunch of One Piece and Full Metal Alchemist voice actors will be there too.
Now I am going to plug what I am doing there. I have a couple panels and a manly anime trivia contest going on the late nights. During the daylight hours, I will be a Game Master for AFO’s Swords of Orlandia II live action game. It’s a fairly interactive game taking place throughout the weekend in which registered attendees of AFO can choose a good or evil alignment and then go on simple quests and compete in contests of skill to gain experience points and level up. Once a player has maxed out their level, they contribute a shard of last year’s broken swords to their alignment and the side with the most will win the day. Also, maxed out players will be entered in a raffle for some cool prize. I think the game will go well with the younger crowd and you will most likely find me at the Raven’s Roost Tavern, interacting with players.
Below the jump will be a listing of non-Orlandia events that I am hosting.
Manly Anime Trivia Contest
Friday, Midnight – Oleander B – Kent Ward, Mike Burgess
Shed those manly tears because there’s going to an anime trivia contest of truly epic proportions! No kids in orange jumpsuits pretending to be ninjas here! If you think stuff like Berserk and Fist of the North Star is the best stuff ever, then this is YOUR trivia contest!
Fist of the North Star Will make your head explode!
Saturday, 10pm – Marathon/Cedar – Kent Ward, Mike Burgess, Jacob Luke
WATATATATATATA! Fist of the North Star is the manliest thing that has ever come out of Japan, and will celebrating its 25th anniversary this year! Celebrate the glory and heroics of the End of the Century Savior, Kenshiro, along with the other legendary Hokuto brothers. We will share grand tales of true manliness of one of the most legendary and influential anime and manga franchises ever.
Demons and Schoolgirls: A Hentai Panel (18+)
Saturday, 11:30pm – Palm Salon H – Daniel Fandino, Kent Ward, Kristal Jones
While extremely popular in Japan, as evidenced by the copious amounts of hentai games, manga and anime that are produced yearly, due to its adult nature hentai does not have the same exposure or level of acceptance in the United States. Demons and Schoolgirls is a lively look at hentai incorporating discussion, clips, prizes and a few surprises.
Due to the nature of the material being discussed, this panel will be 18+ only.
That’s right! All my stuff is about violence and sex, the way it should be. See you guys at AFO!