J-Pop Idols of The 1980s: The Golden Age of Showa Era Pop (San Diego Anime Con 2024) Panel Slides

For a lot of reasons, namely because the "Attack of The Killer Tomatoes" panel forced me to start late, the version of the panel I brought to San Diego Anime Con was basically an updated version of the one from LA Comic Con. I have some ideas for a big rewrite for a (mostly) new 90 minute version, but I didn't want to use those ideas quite yet. Also, I feel I haven't explored this particular rewrite as much as I would've liked since some cons I assumed would definitely take it (Looking at you YumeCon and Sin City Anime!) didn't. That said, this was a fun one, and it was a packed room at SDAC. I was especially surprised by that last point as this was the absolute last panel of the con, and I've had mixed results when that turns out to be the case. I'm not sure where I'll be doing this one next, but I can't wait to bring it back. Maybe Anime Expo will take it again? I guess we'll have to wait and see... 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:

• Naoko Kawai - Young Boy (1980)
  
• Hiroko Yakushimaru - Sailor Fuku to Machine Gun (1981)
• Hidemi Ishikawa - Yurete Shounan (1982)
• Asuka Suita - Bible (1983)
• Kawai Kazumi - TOKYO Furare Komachi (1984)
• Yuki Saito - Shiroi Honoo (1985)
• Tomomi Nishimura - Yumeiro no Message (1986)
• Nami Shimada - Uchiki na Cupid (1987)
• Rika Himenogi - Glass no Kiss (1988)
  
• Eriko Tamura - Suki yo (1989)