 Keen observers of the A-to-J panels will note that this panel seems a lot similar to the version I did in Vegas, and that's not unintentional. That version of the panel I felt was a good "first version", but the problem was that it was totally unfinished. Not in a broken way, but it needed a good editing, and some additions and changes to tighten it up. Essentially it was an unfinished draft, and Fanime is that final edited version. The problem with this panel will always be that it's a 90 minute panel in a 60 minute body, but I think I've proven that I can go on about this topic for more than enough time. I also appreciated that it was a totally full house, even though the panel was on a Sunday afternoon, a timeslot I've had mixed success with in the past. This one has no current "next con" version, but I hope to bring it to every con that will take it. Let's just hope that they do! 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!  I don't think there's been another time where we take a panel title, but write a completely different panel. I mentioned in the ALA panel archive that the writing of this panel started as a jumble of ideas, and we ultimately tried to include ALL of them. This time around we decided to focus on the "great female characters" side of things, and this one definitely flowed better. It also must be mentioned that this panel's outline, and about 60-70% of the panel was written by Racheal. I (Manuel) mainly did the formatting, the intro and outro slides, and some of the Macross and Evangelion bits. This was a fun panel, and we're going to add this one to the rotation for a bit for sure. Though that rotation will probably only be ALA and Fanime due to Racheal and/or Rose only being at those. 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!  While I still feel I'm working towards this panel's "Ultimate Form". I think I hit a good vibe with this one and the Vegas versions (which were similar in terms of pacing), but I plan to change it up a lot now that I have some time to work on the next version. Fanime's version was early on Day One, but I was surprised with the panel turnout, as I remember hosting a very similar panel back in 2015 and literally no one showed up. (Admittedly that was at Kraken Con.) Fanime had shorter titles, and a shorter runtime, but I got through most of what I wanted to. I still think the panel takes a bit too long to get to Onyanko Club, and then too long to move on from them, but they're just so important that pacing in those sections is hard. Anyway, I'll be working on refining that flow in particular in future versions. I even might even upload the footage I took from the panel. As a lowkey announcement, I'll be hosting this one next at Anime Expo on the evening of Day One! 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:
 I talked about "final versions" of panels when I posted the slides of this one from Vegas, and I think I'm starting to near the point where I don't think I want to host this panel anymore. It's funny because you'd think the more times hosted would be a more refined panel, but I have a thing about hosting the same thing over and over again, and I've only done these decades so long due to the fact that they're very interchangeable. I'm glad I got to host it at Fanime though, as it felt like the versions there were the proper "trilogy". The one downside is that the character limits meant that the "J-Pop Y2K" part of the panel title couldn't be included. I do hope to maybe do a "proper" 80s panel at Fanime at some point, since the one I did in 2023 was one of the panels where I didn't have the full Oricon information I have now. Anyway, this panel was great and had a very high attendance. I wish I could've filmed it, but our cameras were in use on an interview around the same time. I guess I'll try to film the AX version. As another lowkey announcement, the next 2000s J-Pop panel will be at Anime Expo on Day One! 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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