Anime Expo has always been the biggest Anime Convention in the USA. This 3 day convention brings many of the biggest anime industries,voice actor's/actresses and Japanese musical guest's together for a huge amount of excitement. This thread will discuss what FUNimation brings to the table for Anime Expo this year.
Last year FUNimation announced simulcast's for the Summer 2010 season of anime, license rescues from ADV(Notably Gantz and Kaleido Star) and Genon(Notably HellSing and the entire Tenchi Muyo library), new seasons and licenses of popular Genon anime(Notably Toaru Index/Railgun and Shakugan No Shana season 2, the movie and ova. The biggest announcement was the license to the Funimation's biggest blockbuster title for the summer, Trigun: Badland's Rumble.
FUNimation's panel will be Friday, July 1st.
Times
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PDT: 6:45 PM
EST: 7:45 PM
CST: 8:45 PM
For more info on FUNimation during Anime Expo, check out this blog post: http://www.funimation.com/adam-s/blog/funimation-at-anime-expo/220901
It should be stated that bayoab will be live blogging Funimation's Panel as he usually does. So, we should get up-to-the-minute news on what is happening at the Funimation panel.
My Animation Appreciation forum
Discussion thread: http://www.funimation.com/conventions/forum/general-forum/conventions/anime-expo-2011-industry-panels-discussion/116681
Locking this as a thread in conventions has already been created. We'll also have Ustream video as was mentioned in the blog post.