ANIMARATHON - Bowling Green, Ohio

bravejaf · Post by **bravejaf** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 7:35 pm

http://animarathon.cjb.net/

Animarathon is just a couple of months away. It will be April 17, 2004 in Bowling Green, Ohio. Below is information about the event.

Location
The event will take place at Bowling Green State University in the newly built Bowen-Thompson Student Union. We currently have 5 rooms booked and if everything goes well that number maybe doubled.

Time
The event is on April 17, 2004 and will run from 10 AM - 12 AM.

About
The event is run by Anime in Northwest Ohio, the official anime club at Bowling Green State University.

This will be the second year ANO will be hosting Animarathon. Last year the event drew in around 250 people. This isn't bad since the event planning really only started a few months before the event and marketing was overall pretty poor. This year's event is a lot more organized. By the time the event takes place, there will be over one-year worth of planning behind the event. We also have a much better marketing plan for this year's event. We are hoping all of this leads to a large # of attendees and a fun event for everyone.

Events
We have 2 full video rooms and will also be showing videos in at least 2, maybe 3 other rooms. Other events planned are guest panels, fan parodies, an event similar to Anime Hell (but with an ANO twist), and much more.

Dealers/Artist Alley
We also are going to have a dealer's room and artists' alley. Tables are free to anyone who wants one. Not only are the tables free but the vendor does not have to give any of its revenue to the club. If you are interested in getting a table you can contact me at: jaferro@bgnet.bgsu.edu. Please include information about the type of materials you will be selling.

Panels
We are also looking for people who are interested in running anime/manga/Japanese culture themed panels. If you are interested you can contact me at jaferro@bgnet.bgsu.edu. Please include information about the topic of the panel and if possible some qualifications.

MistyCaldwell · Post by **MistyCaldwell** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 5:21 pm

I'm bumping this thread so you all will know I am hosting the AMV panel at the event. Yay ^_^

Yeah, yeah I know.

But I wouldn't mind seeing some org folks in the crowd.

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 5:25 pm

Lol, good luck with that. ^_^ If you pick me up, I'll go too.

MistyCaldwell · Post by **MistyCaldwell** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 5:34 pm

well, it's only a one day event. How 'bout I take you to ACEN instead?

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 5:36 pm

Ah, well, I'd still need somewhere to stay. ^_^ And I'll be in Buffalo by the time ACen comes around. Thanks for the offer though.

bravejaf · Post by **bravejaf** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:08 pm

More information about the event can be found here: htto://animarathon.cjb.net. Some changes may be made to the schedule this weekend, but after that it should be finalized.

The event is only one day long but there is no admission so if you are in the area, you should stop by. Its going to be a great event and we are expecting a very good turnout.

MistyCaldwell · Post by **MistyCaldwell** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:05 am

It was a fun little mini-con ^_^

I learned a lot from hosting my first panel. I think I got way too technical for the room though. But one of the people who had made videos before told me I helped clear some things up for her.

I hope I get to host a panel again in the future. I took down notes about to improve my method. I got a few questions..one about making .avi files when you output from Movie maker, one about deinterlacing before you edit and then some..observations from an uppity fellow. He felt that I was taking too many steps by making a huffy file from the editor...he said that he thought his method of making a divx file right from premiere was better. 8) He tried to sound smart by saying things like variable bit rate....I need to learn to be more charismatic and less explanatory when faced with stuff like that ^_^

I really hope they do it next year and ask me back. It's a free event and had nice space and layout. Good job BraveJef! And I hope you had a good birthday!

bravejaf · Post by **bravejaf** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:02 am

I enjoyed your panel a lot. I wish I didn't have to run around in circles doing other stuff at the same time. We really appreciated you running videos to help fill up some of the time left open by our no-show guest.

So thanks again for coming, everyone I talked to really enjoyed the panel.