J-Pop Y2K: A Guide to Japanese Pop In The 2000s (YumeConUSA 2024) Panel Slides

After the slightly shaky ending of the 2000s panel at Anime Expo I thought about making all 60 minute versions a lot shorter even if I had a full hour. I took a panel of similar length to LA Comic Con in 2023 (Where the panel debuted.), and I was somehow able to get through everything perfectly. Anyway, I went the other route and just didn't add too much to this version. I mentioned this during the panel, but not only did I do a big rewrite hoping to not cover too much of what I did at Fanime, but I also think this is the final version of the panel I'll do for a long while. Even though I still think there are some songs in the configuration that I'd want to cover, and a few other arrangements of the extra content I think would be neat, I've done this one the most over the past year. I really hoped to do the 80s one as often as this one, and I'm surprised this one proved to be so popular. I guess I can come back with a "greatest hits" version one day, but we shall see. On a different note, I'll definitely look into adding YumeConUSA into my regular con rotation. It was a lot of fun. 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!

Lastly, the songs from the opening montage can be found below:

• Koi no Dance Site - Morning Musume. (2000 #7)
• Agehachou - Porno Graffitti (2001 #10)
• Life goes on - Dragon Ash (2002 #4)
• Taisetsu na Mono - ROAD OF MAJOR (2003 #10)
• Katachi Aru Mono - Kou Shibasaki (2004 #6)
• Sakura - Ketsumeishi (2005 #2)
• Real Face - KAT-TUN (2006 #1)
• weeeek - NEWS (2007 #10)
• Kiseki - GReeeeN (2008 #4)
• B'z - Dive (2009 #6)