Chicks Dig Giant Robots: An Examination of Women In Mecha Anime (YumeConUSA 2024) Panel Slides

I like to say that the second version of a panel is the first "real" one, and that goes double for this panel. The version from YumeConUSA is actually the full version of what we wanted to do at Fanime. The notes had all these slides in them (though some were left unfinished once we realized we'd planned too much), and we didn't have that 45 minute time restriction. More time meant more girls, and that also meant more shows and topics. Unfortunately for me (Manuel), I was not as ready for this one as I was for the panel at Fanime. That's no one's fault but my own, but I still think the panel went off without a hitch. I'm not sure when we'll be doing it next, but it'll have a heavy rewrite whenever we do. Not because we didn't like what we've shown, but because we never do the same panel twice! Anyway, 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!