Had the world not taken a turn for the worse in January this year, I would’ve in Wellington now, in a very nice apartment that I had already booked just before everything shut down, ready for Worldcon to start. I’m still not sure I’ll ever get the money back from the flights I’d already booked as well, but ConZealand is going ahead anyway and I still will be on two panels. They’ll just be virtual ones, over Discord and Zoom, not that much different from how I’ve been doing my work the last five months already.
First up: My Favourite Anime: Our panellists reveal some of their favourite anime, and what draws them to it. 15:00, Friday 31 Jul 2020 NZST (50 minutes).
Second: The Decade in Anime: The highlights, the lowlights, and the unforgettable moments of 2010s anime. 14:00, Saturday 1 Aug 2020 NZST (50 minutes). Only disadvantage is that it overlaps a little bit with the Hugos.
Time wise, New Zealand is ten hours ahead of me, so that 15:00 and 14:00 starting time means I have to be up at 5AM and 4AM already. A small price to pay for being able to chatter on about anime.
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