The Golden Age of Showa Era Pop (FanimeCon 2024) Panel Slides

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:

• Juri Hamada - Anata ni Netchuu (1980)
• Hiroko Yakushimaru - Sailor Fuku to Kikanjuu (1981)
• Yu Hayami - Isoide! Hatsukoi (1982)
• Kumiko Takeda - Uwasa ni Nattemo Ii (1983)
• Hiroko Mita - Haru no Bouken (1984)
• Noriko Matsumoto - Aoi Kaze no Beachside (1985)
• Tomomi Nishimura - Yumeiro no Message (1986)
• Momoko Kikuchi - Idol wo Sagase (1987)
• Ryoko Sano - Aishuu Express (1988)
• Chisato Moritaka - The Stress (1989)