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  1. Major "Cons" postponed or canceled

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    1 hour ago, KyoKyo said:

    I mean it was bound to happen. Miku Expo DC was in the heart of covid-19 territory in PG county. With all the turmoil this year, it's probably for the best anyway.   Here's hoping Nekocon in November goes on, but I doubt that too. 

     

    I'm hoping the same to happen with AnimeNYC, but yeah let's see.

  2. Otakon 2021 Guest Requests

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    Here're my annual requests for:

    Seiyuu:
    The (5) original Sailor Moon Sailor Senshi Seiyuu (or as many as possible / who's available, but at least the OG 5 would frickin' LEGENDARY):

    Mitsuishi Kotono (Tsukino Usagi/Sailor Moon)
    Hisakawa Aya (Mizuno Ami/Sailor Mercury)
    Tomizawa Michie (Hino Rei/Sailor Mars)
    Shinohara Emi (Kino Makoto/Sailor Jupiter)
    Fukami Rica (Aino Minako/Sailor Venus)

    Seeing the voices of Usagi and Rei on-panel stage performing their famous to the series tongue fights... That'd be too funny. Any other kind of in-character dialogue between the characters would be awesome too, and my Otaku self would be so happy!

    Musical Guest:

    The awesome, the one... the ONLY... DO AS INFINITY! I've been wanting to see them live for ages. I almost got a chance to go to Japan to see them, but that never happened. They were here in the US at San Japan in San Antonio, TX last year, but that's not a con I can get to easily.  Please bring them to Otakon 2021 or some year soon!!

  4. [Otakon News]Correction to Previous New Announcement: Otakon 2021 Hotel Block to Open June 8th at Noon

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    1 hour ago, Revan said:

    I booked at the Renaissance early in the morning (partially as a fallback, partially to get my data into the system) because the Embassy didn't have 2 x double beds available. Imagine my disappointment when noon rolled around and the hotel list hadn't changed, and only half the hotels listed on the page were there. After about 10 minutes of reloading the page, I quit. I'll check in every so often just to see, but I'm not pinning my hopes on getting a hotel I wanted.

    What happened to the Marriott Marquis, Hampton Inn, etc.? Were they snapped up last week when the early announcement was made?

    Those hotels should be added late June/early July, but there's no way of telling for sure... Last week's mis-announcement didn't effect the Marquis and others because even then they weren't available.

  7. [Otakon News]Correction to Previous New Announcement: Otakon 2021 Hotel Block to Open June 8th at Noon

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    4 hours ago, Daniel Perales said:

    I believe I recieved the same email, too. I took advantage and reserved a room to the hotel of my choice while I still can.

     

    Me too! I actually booked at the Renaissance and the Embassy, though I'm more leaning towards the Embassy cuz it's a suite room. If the Residence Inn gets added on Monday I'mma book that as well.

  9. Major "Cons" postponed or canceled

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    15 minutes ago, Daniel Perales said:

    Yes. I've already bought my badge some time ago. But I also told them if they do have to cancel, just roll it over for next year.

     

     

    Yeah all major cons are making exceptions to their "no refund" policies for this year. I've yet to prereg for AnimeNYC 2020, but I will soon.. I wanna give it time to see how things unfold.

  10. Major "Cons" postponed or canceled

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    7 minutes ago, Daniel Perales said:

    New York International Auto Show Cancelled. It originally was supposed to be held around April, but then it was posponed for August. It may not be an "anime" con, but it's still a major show:

     

     

    https://www.autoshowny.com/

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Yeah it was being held at the Javits where NYCC and ANYC happen... I'm just hoping that by some MIRACLE AnimeNYC still happens... If it's not cancelled by like September I'm preregging and going even if I have to wear a mask the entire con (of which I hope won't be the case by then). Daniel are you going to ANYC? We could meet up and get lunch or something.

  14. To what extent could coronavirus impact the convention?

    in Otakon 2020

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    1 hour ago, Aresef said:

    I think postponing the con is going to be difficult. Just because Awesome Con was able to postpone doesn't mean Ota can. Ota depends on conference rooms and lodging not just in the Marriott but in other hotels as well. You also have to pick a weekend when you know the nearby hotels have sufficient inventory. So if it's a weekend where Capital One Arena is in action, it might be a coinflip. There's also no guarantee that the guests, contractors, artists and dealers who are tied to the con now would be available for the new date, to say nothing of the fans whose travel plans may be less portable. And even if fans coming from far away can change their travel plans with little hassle, will most people in the fall, even if we've mostly kicked this thing, be comfortable with the health risk that may be posed by the mass of humanity that attends an anime convention? Even without a pandemic, that's an ask.

    Postponing Otakon 2020 also takes away, I imagine, from the time and energy that could be better spent planning for 2021.

    The virtual con plan is a challenge and invariably scales back programming offerings. You have to depend on all these industry folk playing ball. I imagine it would create a particular hurdle for Japanese guests and industry reps, not just because of the language barrier but the time difference. Fan panels could get off, that's the sort of thing I think Balticon is doing, but it would be a feat to make sure panelists can show their videos, their PowerPoints, whatever.

    Aresef hits the nail on the head here. Different conventions/conferences have different budgets/needs to run their events. AwesomeCon might be able to come up with "replacement" vendors etc where as Otakon may not. I'd also like to echo the points surrounding hotel availability, and peoples' travel plans. Where ever I've worked so far I was able to get time off for the 4-5 days that I need for cons, including travel, so I've been lucky, but other companies might not be able to do that, especially if the employee asks for the same amount of days off TWICE, even if it's months apart. Lastly, I'd also like echo the postpone planning aspect. Anime Central, when laying out their statement for what their options besides cancellation were said that sure they could have rescheduled ACen for November or December, but even if they could pull that off it'd make it super stressful and near impossible to plan properly for ACen 2021. Totally irresponsible to even attempt, so them just full on cancelling (with also their main hotel partner the Hyatt Regency O'Hare opting out) was the right thing to so, breaking many a heart that had wanted to attend. Anime Boston did the same thing, and I was depressed as all hell that weekend, because it's home con and it's my cheapest one as well.

    Anyway, with all that said, if Otakon can't happen this year as scheduled due to COVID-19 (or whatever other reason) I think we should just leave it at that. I understand many of us have attended for many years, some in the double digits like myself, but I think our health is better and more important that our geeky/nerdy urges to be in heaven for a weekend, as much as it pains me to say it.

  15. To what extent could coronavirus impact the convention?

    in Otakon 2020

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    5 hours ago, DeathJester said:

    Of course, no one has a crystal ball into the future and governments are prone to make stupid decisions but if the field hospital is expected to be completed at the end of May (~1 month construction) then I have extreme doubts that it will only be used only through June and then converted back into a usable convention space by the end of July.

    Here are what I think the possible outcomes are given the current situation:

    1) Convention gets cancelled due to the WEWCC being unavailable and COVID uncertainty.

    2) Convention gets postponed to later in the year due to the WEWCC being unavailable.  Obviously attendance will take a huge hit, but Otakon would need to operate at a reduced capacity anyway to maintain social distance and sanitary guidelines.

    3) Convention gets moved to a different venue due to the WEWCC being unavailable.  Or possibly split between different venues and becomes more of an outdoor Otakon Matsui rather than an enclosed event.

    4) Convention goes on the scheduled date at the WEWCC.  This means DC spent millions of dollars to quickly create a field hospital, then will spend millions more to tear it down to attract whatever tourism dollars people are willing to spend immediately after this pandemic.

    [edit] 5) This started as a joke but bouncing it back and forth actually got some people interested.  Otakon becomes an all-digital event where the content is streamed out to members.  In the age of Zoom classrooms, twitter #watchparties, IG Live DJ battles, and even concert venues recreated in Minecraft, this is something that can actually be done well.  It would also be a clusterfuck, but it would be a memorable one.

    Re: #5: conceptually it's cool and it could work, but it's just not the same to have a "virtual" con. I love cons so much as I do because it's cool to congregate with people of similar interests and just hang out. Anime Boston goers proposed the same idea for AB when/as it was canned, but I was too depressed that weekend to event try it.

  16. To what extent could coronavirus impact the convention?

    in Otakon 2020

    Posted · Edited by GasparAKAShiggitay

    14 minutes ago, KyoKyo said:

    Even if things start to clear up, Otakon is a poster child for a coronavirus "resurgence." 30k people all packed into a confined area right as a pandemic is winding down, I can't imagine DC allowing such an event to take place. Looks like the rescheduled Miku Expo is the next thing to look forward to.  It's sad. It's like 2020 never happened. Wasted spring, wasted summer. 

    All valid points..  For me I have Miku Expo on September 17th up here in Boston, but in November I want to attend AnimeNYC in the fall, of which when I hope it's totally cleared up. I guess we'll have to see what Otakorp decides... 

  17. Major "Cons" postponed or canceled

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    5 minutes ago, onsenmark said:

    SDCC and AX cancelled for this year. I hate to say it, but  it's not looking good, folks.

    I guess we'll wait and see what Otakorp says and decides... we still have a little over 3 months to go. Things can change drastically (yes either way) by then. I'm not giving up hope just yet.

  20. Major "Cons" postponed or canceled

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    On 3/25/2020 at 5:54 PM, Daniel Perales said:

    Hi!

         You're right. Anime North falls under the "Major conventions" category, but it's in Canada, and I was leaning more on conventions in the US.  Anyway, it seems like May is the outer fringe of dates when the cancellations or postponements of cons and events are taking place.

          I haven't seen or heard of any cons cancelling or postponing from June on yet.

     

     

     

     

    E3 (Electronics Entertainment Expo) was cancelled and that's in June....

  23. Major "Cons" postponed or canceled

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    25 minutes ago, Daniel Perales said:

    Hi people!

                   I thought we should have a thread listing of cons that are either postponed or cancelled because of this health emergency we're having here in our country.

     

    Anime Boston - Cancelled    https://www.animeboston.com/news/article/817

     

    Sakura-Con - Cancelled       http://sakuracon.org/

     

    A-Con 31 - Postponed        https://www.a-kon.com/

     

     

     

    I can do better: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ChCKFvR7hF_eh3BWdquxavLO_BThhUHvTvoEGdPw6bY/edit

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