ANIME LOCKDOWN 2025

Saturday, September 6, 2025

10:00 AM – The History of the World According to Lupin III
Emma

An extremely loose overview of history in Lupin the Third

11:30 AM – Anime Foodies: Laid-Back Camp The Movie
NoS Anime

Laid-Back Camp The Movie showcases the pleasure of cooking delicious food when camping even after one enters the workforce. Join NoS Anime as they explore the copious consumables in Laid-Back Camp’s feature film. Learn how to craft these recipes for yourself at home or while out camping.

1:00 PM – Ani-Mu: The Lost Continent
NIall Flanagan

Lost civilisations, bizarre beasts, visitors from beyond… Our world brims with myth & mystery that has brought countless imaginations to outrageous conclusions, not to mention providing potent inspiration to some of the most eccentric minds of Japanese popular culture. From Atlantis in anime to moai in manga, Niall Flanagan is your adventuring archaeologist guiding you deep into the mist shrouded realm where reason fears to tread and a treasure trove of weirdo pulp cartoons awaits.

2:30 PM – The Art of Translating Anime
Katrina Leonoudakis

Have you ever wondered how translators handle some of the toughest jokes and phrases in your favorite anime? Join anime translation veteran Katrina Leonoudakis to learn how translators craft accurate and entertaining subtitles with the help of linguistics, translation theory, and creative writing techniques. Whether you’re a fan interested in the Japanese language or an industry professional, you’re bound to learn something new about the language of anime in translation!

4:00 PM – The Galaxy of Mecha Anime
Junky Boy

Mecha anime is one of the most misunderstood genres in the medium; this panel is here to clear up misconceptions and provide some pointers for beginners!

5:30 PM – Tangled Up in “Blue” – The Making & Unmaking of “Aoki Uru”
Rex Nabours III

An exploration of the convoluted history and (possible) future of Gainax’s notorious unfinished, supposedly-still-in-development Wings of Honneamise sequel Aoki Uru (aka Uru in Blue) through multiple cancellations and reboots over the last 30+ years.

7:00 PM – Ergo Proxy: It’s Not That Deep (But It Kinda Is Tho)
David Majors

Why the 2006 sci-fi anime your favorite anituber warned you about, Ergo Proxy, doesn’t take itself nearly as seriously as you may have heard. But there is plenty if you ever wanna deep dive.

8:30 PM – How to Train Your Uma
What Do You Say Anime

With the recent surge of Uma Musume fans, this panel will go over the real life similarities of the horses featured in the anime and mobile game.

10:00 PM – Anime History For Total Sickos
Samantha Ferreira

A history of the American anime fandom and the industry that rose up around it that'll have the true Sickos out there saying "Yes... Ha ha ha... YES!"

~~11:30 PM – Hot Space Cowboys: A History of Mecha’s Most Infamous BL~~
~~Chuchu Online~~

A deep dive into the history and development of the infamous mecha hardcore BL OVA, Legend of the Blue Wolves–did the studio that create it really shut down after making it? Was the gay magazine Barazoku really involved with its production? Come along on a journey beyond the time to a galaxy far, far away, filled with bondage, hot space (not) cowboys, and legally distinct scopedogs.

Sunday, September 7, 2025

10:00 AM – Heart-Shaped Box of Memories: A Princess Ai Retrospective
Megan D

20 years ago, a manga was born from the dreams of a fading rock star, a couple of Japanese artists, and the founder of a manga company. It was the story of an amnesiac princess with the voice of an angel, but her story was co-opted by corporate interests who wanted her to be the face of a multi-media franchise. Their attempts failed, and in time she fell into obscurity. This is no fairy tale, though. This is the real world story behind the rise and fall of Tokyopop’s Princess Ai.

11:30 AM – In My Y2K Era: Anime Fandom at the Turn of the Millennium
Erica Victoria Espejo

Trading VHS tapes with strangers online, setting up your VCR to record Sailor Moon, browsing through AniPike to find out about anime conventions near you, thumbing through the pages of Animerica…what time to have been an anime fan in the late 90s and early 00s. This panel will take a look at a period of time when anime was a niche underground community to how shows like Sailor Moon, Pokemon, and Dragonball brought anime to unsuspecting American millennial youth. Presented by the author of “The Fangirl Diaries.”

1:00 PM – EXPLOSIONS! A Tour
Nate A.M.

Anime explosions are peerless. They’ve been at the avant-garde of technique, technology, and aesthetic trends since the birth of the industry. Come and we’ll discuss those trends, study the masters, and examine their explosions in detail.

2:30 PM – Animenomics: How the Anime Industry Works
Richardson Handjaja

Learn how anime is planned, funded, made, and licensed in a deep dive into anime production credits and an exploration of the future of the anime industry.

4:00 PM – Masami Kurumada’s 50+ Years of (Mostly) Hot-Blooded Manga
The Land of Obscusion

For over 50 years Masami Kurumada has been making manga, primarily action-focused titles that have helped revolutionize & define the way shonen action manga have operated, with his manga Ring ni Kakero now being deemed “The Hot-Blooded Fighting Manga Bible” in Japan. Around the world he’s best known for Saint Seiya, but Kurumada’s importance in manga history goes well beyond that title, and it’s time for his story to be told.

5:30 PM – This Week In Anime LIVE!
Coop Bicknell, Steve Jones, and Lucas DeRuyter

In this special LIVE edition of Anime News Network’s This Week In Anime, Coop, Lucas, and Steve explore not only hidden gems of the streaming era, but physical titles you purchase for under $20!