[applekidjosh]

On facebook I've seen several of them say "Well I'd love to come to ____ convention, I just never got invited!"

well that's just silly

Also many of them have done multiple jobs across various series, so you've got people like Caitlin Glass and Mike McFarland as ADR Directors and Jamie Marchi as Script Writers off the top of my head, so it would be easy to mix and match panels together for specific series or themes.

[Fudgi P0pZ]

Just had to pop in to say that I second this very much so. At least extend the invitation and whoever can go/wants to go, can come! I do love the people over at Funimation and I'd like to be able to tell them so directly.

[El Ken]

I love them all, too. Are you going to foot all of their bills, though? Hotel, travel, food, appearance fees? We don't have the luxury to invite everyone, as much as we'd like to. Suggestions need to be a lot more specific to be useful to us in deciding who to invite. I'm not trying to be an ass; I just don't think you know what you're asking of us.

[Fudgi P0pZ]

No, not at all, El Ken. I know you weren't trying to be. I wasn't very clear. Of course, I can make such suggestions because I'm not the one footing the bill, haha.

I've been trying to find out some more information about just who to invite, but I'm having a hard time finding specific names. Probably because I don't know who I'd specifically ask for, but I do have a general idea in mind. It would probably have made more sense if I told you this idea in the first place. I'd love to have people from Funimation who can at least tell us what they have in store for new titles this & next year, what their expansions might be in the future, how they select the shows they do, etc. Not exactly sure what you'd call something like this, but something like representatives of the company? Do they have a set group of people who travel to cons and talk, usually? Maybe like a spokesperson, or something.

Here's a link to a page about what they had set for OhayoCon this year: Funimation visits OhayoCon. I'd be especially interested in that "industry panel" they held. That's essentially what I'm asking for. Here's what the site mentioned:

FUNimation Industry Panel
1pm, Saturday the 28th
The who's, what's, where's and WHOA's of what's shaking at FUNimation. This panel features a special announcement and the introduction of a new FUNimation friend:) Room also TBD

I believe I saw their booth in the convention center last May, but there was only one guy there and... well... not sure just how much he knew, but it'd be nice to have some in-the-know people who can tell us what's up with Funimation this year and next. Having their own panel in programming instead of just a booth would be great. (Unless they've done it before and I've just missed it.) Any thoughts?

EDIT;;
Ooh! Found some names! The site says they're local contributors. Not sure if these are the people you'd be asking to come, but I'm sure they could direct you to the appropriate people if there are some.

Adam Sheehan
Justin Rojas
Scott Porter
Sophie McNutt
Charlene Ingram
Lance Heiskell

Also, I was looking through this press release, and they mentioned how they bring special guests to those industry panels. Would our dear convention be okay with footing the bill if some extra "guests" came along for that purpose? Surely it'd be in the package deal (haha, that's a terrible term), but if an industry panel had the opportunity of bringing some voice actors, animators, etc. along for the ride, would that be okay?? This is more like my original request; after all, the industry panel might know who they'd like to bring to speak though we (the congoers) may not. Probably still not very specific, but I'll let you be the judge of that.

This post has been edited by Fudgi P0pZ: 30 January 2012 - 12:21 AM

[Purplegodess]

Fudgi P0pZ, on 29 January 2012 - 11:47 PM, said:

No, not at all, El Ken. I know you weren't trying to be. I wasn't very clear. Of course, I can make such suggestions because I'm not the one footing the bill, haha.

I've been trying to find out some more information about just who to invite, but I'm having a hard time finding specific names. Probably because I don't know who I'd specifically ask for, but I do have a general idea in mind. It would probably have made more sense if I told you this idea in the first place. I'd love to have people from Funimation who can at least tell us what they have in store for new titles this & next year, what their expansions might be in the future, how they select the shows they do, etc. Not exactly sure what you'd call something like this, but something like representatives of the company? Do they have a set group of people who travel to cons and talk, usually? Maybe like a spokesperson, or something.

Here's a link to a page about what they had set for OhayoCon this year: Funimation visits OhayoCon. I'd be especially interested in that "industry panel" they held. That's essentially what I'm asking for. Here's what the site mentioned:

FUNimation Industry Panel
1pm, Saturday the 28th
The who's, what's, where's and WHOA's of what's shaking at FUNimation. This panel features a special announcement and the introduction of a new FUNimation friend:) Room also TBD

I believe I saw their booth in the convention center last May, but there was only one guy there and... well... not sure just how much he knew, but it'd be nice to have some in-the-know people who can tell us what's up with Funimation this year and next. Having their own panel in programming instead of just a booth would be great. (Unless they've done it before and I've just missed it.) Any thoughts?

EDIT;;
Ooh! Found some names! The site says they're local contributors. Not sure if these are the people you'd be asking to come, but I'm sure they could direct you to the appropriate people if there are some.

Adam Sheehan
Justin Rojas
Scott Porter
Sophie McNutt
Charlene Ingram
Lance Heiskell

Also, I was looking through this press release, and they mentioned how they bring special guests to those industry panels. Would our dear convention be okay with footing the bill if some extra "guests" came along for that purpose? Surely it'd be in the package deal (haha, that's a terrible term), but if an industry panel had the opportunity of bringing some voice actors, animators, etc. along for the ride, would that be okay?? This is more like my original request; after all, the industry panel might know who they'd like to bring to speak though we (the congoers) may not. Probably still not very specific, but I'll let you be the judge of that.

Just to let you know Funimation does do several panels at ACen and have a booth among other things@ I went to the one at Ohayocon this past weekend, and they do that here too ! Its a lot of fun and you get to see the sneak peaks of the new shows they are rolling out!

[Fudgi P0pZ]

Purplegodess, on 30 January 2012 - 12:22 PM, said:

Just to let you know Funimation does do several panels at ACen and have a booth among other things@ I went to the one at Ohayocon this past weekend, and they do that here too ! Its a lot of fun and you get to see the sneak peaks of the new shows they are rolling out!

Are you for real?! X_X How did I manage to miss that... Well, thanks for letting me know. I appreciate it! I'm hoping they'll come back this year, then.

[El Ken]

Thanks for the follow up, Jes.

At any rate, we aim to have a strong industry presence at ACen. Several companies should be here to talk about up and coming shows and events, and we work with those companies to bring over Guests of Honor, such as directors, voice actors, artists, and the such. We're still in discussions with these companies, and we'll know more soon.

[Fudgi P0pZ]

Sounds great to me! The more the merrier, I say, as long as we can afford to do it. Looking forward to any news you all bring. Best of luck, guys!

Oh, and by the way, thank you so much for hearing me out and giving me the chance to revise my request instead of disregarding it. Not that I've ever been ignored on here in the past, but your prompt commenting just goes to show how much you listen to your attendees and the efforts you make to do so. It's very much appreciated, thank you.

This post has been edited by Fudgi P0pZ: 31 January 2012 - 07:04 PM