On a personal note, as I've mentioned before, I'll be doing my very first Sasuke panel at an anime convention called AnimeNext. The panel is named "Sasuke/Ninja Warrior Impact in the USA Market". Since I'll be at an anime convention, I'm sure if I just put Sasuke on the description, most people there will think it's a Naruto panel. LOL
AnimeNext poster
My goal is to cover the history of the event from it's inception in Sasuke 1 all the way to present using the lens of the foreign viewer. The anime convention is as the graphic says, at the Garden State Exhibit Center on June 6-8, 2014 in Somerset, New Jersey. That is correct! However my specific panel will be held across a walkway in the DoubleTree Hotel at Somerset.
Layout of the panel rooms (upstairs) at the DoubleTree Hotel
My panel is set for Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 12:30 PM upstairs in the DoubleTree Hotel. My panel runs an hour, so it ends at 1:30 pm. My specific room in the DoubleTree Hotel is the Hillsborough Room (or DT Panel Room 2). Wish me luck and hope to see some of you there! I'm excited!
Sasuke 30's Final Stage Tower ©Masato Inui
Here is the description of the Panel:
Sasuke/Ninja Warrior Impact in the USA Market
This panel will discuss the retrospective history of the long-running TBS Japan obstacle course show Sasuke. We will look at its impact on American culture when Ninja Warrior first aired on American television, as well as the current state of Sasuke as of 2014 and its relationship with its NBC counterpart, American Ninja Warrior.
This panel will discuss the retrospective history of the long-running TBS Japan obstacle course show Sasuke. We will look at its impact on American culture when Ninja Warrior first aired on American television, as well as the current state of Sasuke as of 2014 and its relationship with its NBC counterpart, American Ninja Warrior.