 This panel was an interesting one to write. Rose and myself (Manuel) usually do one brand new panel at every con we show up at together. We've done one-off J-Horror panels, a cool Body Horror-centered one, and one examining what makes art Eroguro. (As opposed to just a history of the topic.) This one came from a conversation we had back towards the beginning of 2023, and we literally chose to do it once we brainstormed the title a bit. Racheal joined us later after it was accepted by ALA since she was going to be there anyhow, and her and I have hosted mecha-focused panels in the past. The problems arose when it came to the actual writing. This is truly a collaborative panel, but in a lot of the wrong ways. We all wrote bits of it, and we all had different views of what the panel was going to be. We eventually managed to get it together right before the con, but the result is a panel that I'm not at all satisfied with. It's not a bad concept, but it definitely needed a complete rewrite. Racheal and myself plan to take the panel idea to FanimeCon, but focus on important female characters in various mecha media. So look forward to that. Maybe we'll give it another stab with Rose at a future con, but we tend to have so many ideas that we rarely do a panel like this twice. As usual, be sure to catch one of our panels at a convention near year, and thank you to everyone who has either attended one in the past, or somehow made it to this page! J-Pop Idols of The 1980s: The Golden Age of Showa Era Pop (Anime Los Angeles 2024) Panel Slides1/4/2024  Hosting a panel solely on 80s idols has been something I've thought about doing many times in the past. I actually hosted one at Kraken Con way back in 2015, but a mistake in the program guide convinced me to make half of it a general idol panel at the last minute. Also, no one went to it, and I didn't know half of what I know now, back then. At various times I'd tailor later panels to focus more on the 80s if we had a relevant co-host, such as when the late Greg Hignight hosted a few with us in 2015/16, but there never seemed to be an audience for an 80s one until after the "Plastic Love" boom. Even though some of the artists here have been covered in the 1980s J-Pop panels, I didn't want to do an idols only one since I wasn't sure how to approach the topic. This was because I wanted to have a showcase of artists and get my own theories out regarding the decade. Basically I wanted to approach it as an examination of what caused and ended the idol boom of the 80s. This version is heavier on the showcase aspect, and I actually already have an idea for a 2.0 version, but I think I managed to get in everything I wanted to. I'm hoping I get a chance to do it again soon. Maybe at FanimeCon 2024? Anyhow, be sure to come to a panel near you, and thank you to everyone who has either attended one or somehow made it to this page! Lastly, the songs from the opening montage can be found below:
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