Monkey Magic: Journey to the West & Japanese Pop Culture (Sin City Anime 2024) Panel Slides

When I started work on this panel, I assumed that it would be done at just about every panel I went to this year. It has such an open-ended theme, and it actually covers anime, something I've been told would get panels accepted more at some of the more selective cons. Weirdly enough, Sin City Anime was the only con after Fanime to take it. Actually, that's not really the case, as San Diego Anime took it first, and Sin City only offered me the spot at the last minute. I originally was going to do the exact same panel for both cons since they were only two weeks apart, but events would change that a bit. I was actually only given half the time to do it at Sin City Anime, and I also thought up several small changes that I'd implement after the con was over. In short, this panel is an updated version of the one from Sin City Anime, but also the only way to see it full since I was forced to move really fast at the con. Either way, this will be the version I take to San Diego Anime Con too, so don't expect another set of slides for that one. All that aside, since this is the first full hour version since LVL Up Expo, I like to think that this is the first "real" version of the panel. Here's hoping I get to do more with it at Anime Los Angeles... 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!