Anime Lockdown 2020 Report

5/4/2020

By Ivan Aburto

The recent public health situation has seen several online events and conventions replace the in-person ones that were forced to cancel. Last weekend saw "Anime Lockdown 2020" go live.

This first year virtual con streamed on Twitch.tv. There was also a discord server for fans to gather and talk about various subjects as well as displaying their cosplays. The discord server had many vendors who are going through difficult times due to convention cancellations.. The panels averaged a few hundred to over 800 viewers on twitch, which ran very smoothly. The con featured the following guests;

Veronica Taylor
Kyle Hebert
DiscoTek Media
Right Stuf Anime
DJ Obi-Wan Shinobi

Below are some panel summaries.

History of Shonen Jump

By Anime Commentary
Twitter: @animecommentary

This panel went through a brief history of Shonen Jump from the 1960s and on and major events that shaped the genere. Interesting some of the first Jump magazine issues in 1968 featured many american comics including a translation of Flash Gordon.

Right Stuf / Nozomi Entertainment Industry Panel

By Right Stuf Anime

The Right Stuf / Nozomi panel went through preorders and current projects along with trailers and answering fan questions. Main highlights include A.D. Police Blu-ray ,Rising of The Shield Hero LE preorder. ARIA Blu-ray, which came from a successful kickstarter, as well as many current and future Gundam releases.

Kyle Hebert Q&A

With Kyle Hebert
Twitter: @kylehebert

Kyle Hebert is a great guest with cool behind the scenes stories. He is very busy with work in both video games and anime. He also mentioned he does shout-outs on the Cameo app for a fee and that he loves doing them.

The Metal ‘n’ Anime Connection

With Doug W.
Twitter: @VoiceOfDougW

Doug is a great panelist who is very knowledgeable in the heavy metal genre. He gave great insight into the metal genre and how it featured in many shows such as Detroit Metal City.

Anime Cult Classics

With Mike Toole
Twitter: @Michaeltoole

Mike Toole goes through cults that use the medium of anime to promote themselves such as Dahnyoga. Have 100K for enlightenment? The comments during the panel were hilarious. One of the advantages of streams.

Virtual Rave w/ DJ Obi-Wan Shinobi

With DJ Obi-Wan Shinobi
Twitter: @ObiWanShinobiDJ

Anime Burger Time

With Evan Minto
Twitter: @VamptVo

Just in time for dinner. Burgers through various Animes. Shinkai Makes the best looking burgers and according to Toriko burgers grow on shrubs.

Kinkshamers Unanimous: The Best Worst Fetishes In Hentai

With Bella Blondeau and Russell Alterman
Twitter: @bellablondeau @AlteredEgo__

Kinkshamers went through the varoius wholesome kinks in Hentai from nose hooks, c*m vomiting, c*m inflation and futanari. They also touched on hentai history and took questions. We all agreed Hentai is fun and everyone should support the industry

DISCOTEK MEDIA Industry Panel

With Mike Toole, Justin Sevakis, Brady Hartel
Twitter: @Michaeltoole,@worldofcrap, @ashuraou

Discotek went through various new and upcoming releases as well as rescues. Some titles included were blu-ray releases of Galaxy Express 999, Love Hina, Urusei Yatsura, and Lupin III. As well as classic titles such as Cleopatra from Osamu Tezuka. This popular panel had over 800 viewers.