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[Wota Wotagei Workshop]

I noticed: Wota Wotagei Workshop, Fan Events 2 (Fairmont Valley), Sunday 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm http://www.fanime.com/panels/fan-event-listing/#6
Anyone have any more info about this?

A couple pictures from the gathering are at http://nnanime.com/events/1605fanime/convention.html

After double checking, the location is confirmed to be the Hyatt Place hotel (on the same block as the Civic) in Salon 1&2

[Dance for your Idol]

Please join us for "Dance for your Idol" at 10pm on Saturday 5/23 in the Fan Event (which we think is the Valley Room in the Fairmont Hotel, but we apologize in advance if we're confused). The Fan Event Room is at the Hyatt Place hotel (on the same block as the Civic) in Salon 1&2.

Have you ever been to a Japanese concert and just sat there and wondered, "What am I supposed to do with all this energy inside me? How will my idol know how much I love her!?!?" We will teach you to unleash this untapped energy and become a lean mean cheering machine.

While it's your choice who to cheer for in the future, you can join us at Stage Zero to cheer for Platinum☆Stars, Cherry-Jelly Productions, Fanimaid☆LIVE, CV01, Ri☆Hai , SBA0048 and ATM.  http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,20116.0.html

Yes, this is about "Wotagei" if you're familiar with this Japanese term. You can get a quick preview from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW_Op9pW4j0

Finally, you can visit our Facebook page "Overseas Wotagei Research Group" at https://www.facebook.com/kaiwoken

Are there Fan Events in 2015? If yes, what is the process for submitting one?

(The panel submission form says "if ... consider submitting your event as a Fan Event instead.")

I've been wondering if fan events are going to be a thing this year as well. Granted, with only a couple of months left until the con, it (sadly) doesn't seem very likely~ >: Would like confirmation on this please!

To answer my own question: Yes. http://www.fanime.com/panels/fan-events/ http://www.fanime.com/panels/fan-events-submissions/

Are there Fan Events in 2015? If yes, what is the process for submitting one?

(The panel submission form says "if ... consider submitting your event as a Fan Event instead.")

I liked the live performances. I hope those continue (or expand) in the future.

I liked the performances: Fanimaid Live!, WVD01, Angel Hearts, TM, Energizer Bunny, Miku and the Black and White Ball Dance Demonstration

[Wotagei Workshop]

Join us for a Wotagei Workshop (or Otagei Workshop if you prefer) at FanimeCon 2104 on Friday at 9 pm. We expect to be in the Valley Room in the Fairmont Hotel (second floor, between Panels 3 and Panels 4). This two hour fan event will cover, not just one, but two kinds of wotagei:

• Concert wotagei:
  Japanese-style concert cheering -- movements with or without glowsticks, yells (calls, MIXes) and other "concert manners" -- appropriate for anything from street performances and small clubs to big stadium idol and anime song concerts (AKB48, Animelo Summer Live, ...). http://youtu.be/AW_Op9pW4j0 is a quick starting lesson.
  
• Street/Freestyle wotagei:
  Wotagei for making cool dance videos to anime/idol/... songs for posting on Youtube, etc. with glowsticks and more difficult moves. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX_ebL8O8kY is an example video with groups from the US, Mexico and (mostly) Indonesia. The "U.S. Team" part by our group starts around 2:36, and these local guys will be showing off some of their fancy moves to a couple songs in addition to teaching.
  

Our official fan event listing: http://www.fanime.com/panels/fan-event-listing/#150

Wearing loose and comfortable clothing, bringing water, and generally being prepared to wave your arms and yell is encouraged.

Between scheduled performances at Stage Zero and random performances at Fanimaid Cafe, Karaoke or just somewhere with a boombox, there'll be plenty of opportunities to try out what you learned at FanimeCon.  It is our greatest hope that you'll join us in "beating out some wotagei" after the workshop.

For the 20th anniversary of No-Name Anime, we celebrate our history by watching the momentous "mockumentary" inspired by the history of GAINAX and by joining Spike and Jet as they learn about early video media in their own way.

Saturday afternoon, December 7, Santa Clara City Library (2635 Homestead Road, in northern California) http://www.nnanime.com | http://www.nnanime.com/flyers/2013/sch13_12.html | https://www.facebook.com/NNAnime Free!

Remember to bring your 2013 Frequent Viewer Card(s).

12:00 Magic Users Club #5-6	A showdown between magic users and aliens.
12:55 Cowboy Bebop #18	"Speak Like a Child"
13:25	Abunai! Break time!
14:35 Otaku no Video	An outrageous mockumentary that combines superb animation with truly strange interviews with "real animation fans."

(Some shows not appropriate for all audiences, but if the FanimeCon BBS doesn't weird you out, it's probably OK.)

This is the final No-Name Anime meeting. Some of the regular attendees are forming Nameless Anime, a new successor club for 2014. https://twitter.com/NamelessAnime https://www.facebook.com/NamelessAnime

Saturday afternoon, November 9, Santa Clara City Library (2635 Homestead Road, in northern California) http://www.nnanime.com | http://www.nnanime.com/flyers/2013/sch13_11.html | https://www.facebook.com/NNAnime Free!

There is trouble ahead in the anime forecast for this month, from anime production deadlines and evil counterparts to illegal firearms and invading aliens.

12:00 Magic Users Club #3-4

12:55 Animation Runner Kuromi #2

13:40 Mini Squid Girl

13:50 Abunai! Break time!

14:40 You're Under Arrest! The Motion Picture

(Some shows not appropriate for all audiences, but if the FanimeCon BBS doesn't weird you out, it's probably OK.)

Saturday afternoon, October 12, Santa Clara City Library (2635 Homestead Road, in northern California) http://www.nnanime.com | http://www.nnanime.com/flyers/2013/sch13_10.html | https://www.facebook.com/NNAnime Free!

Join us for a witches' brew of nightmare demons, mechanical monsters, and mischievous magic-users. Alakazamakazoo! We have an afternoon of anime to view...

12:00 Magic Users Club #1-2

12:55 FLCL #6: "Furi Kura (FLCLimax)"

13:25 Animation Runner Kuromi #1

14:05 Abunai! Break time!

14:55 Urusei Yatsura Movie #2: Beautiful Dreamer

(Some shows not appropriate for all audiences, but if the FanimeCon BBS doesn't weird you out, it's probably OK.)

Join fellow fans for an afternoon of subtitled Japanese animation. Usually the second Saturday of every month and presented in and co-sponsored by the Santa Clara City Central Park Library.

Saturday afternoon, September 14, Santa Clara City Library (2635 Homestead Road, in northern California) http://www.nnanime.com | http://www.nnanime.com/flyers/2013/sch13_09.html | https://www.facebook.com/NNAnime Free!

12:00 Spice and Wolf #13	"Wolf and a New Beginning"
12:30 Kino's Journey #13	"A Kind Land"
12:55 FLCL #5	"Bura Bure (Brittle Bullet)"
13:25 Squid Girl #12	We find Squid Girl in her most difficult and seemingly unsolvable predicament ever.
13:50	Abunai! Break time!
14:40 K-On! The Movie	The four senior members of the school's light music club (keiongaku-bu) will soon all be graduating, leaving their fifth member Azusa behind. They decide that they want to surprise Azusa with some show of appreciation and start mulling over ideas. However, as is so often the case with the characters of K-On, they are too easily distracted from their goal by the ebb and flow of the daily goings-on -- including an impromptu club trip to London. The one in England.

(Some shows not appropriate for all audiences, but if the FanimeCon BBS doesn't weird you out, it's probably OK.)

Our next meeting is this coming Saturday, August 10.

Join fellow fans for an afternoon of subtitled Japanese animation. Free!

Saturday afternoon, August 10, Santa Clara City Library (2635 Homestead Road, in northern California) http://www.nnanime.com | http://www.nnanime.com/flyers/2013/sch13_08.html | https://www.facebook.com/NNAnime Free!

12:00 Spice and Wolf #12	"Wolf and a Group of Youngsters"
12:30 Kino's Journey #12	"A Peaceful Land"
12:55 FLCL #4	"Furi Kiri"
13:25 Squid Girl #11	"Why Is the Doll So Fishy?" / "Why So Susfishous?" / "Want To Gill Up the Mountain?"
13:50	Abunai! Break time!
14:40 Case Closed Movie 2: The Fourteenth Target	Detective Conan must deal with the killer before he loses a member of his host family.

(Some shows not appropriate for all audiences, but if the FanimeCon BBS doesn't weird you out, it's probably OK.)

Saturday afternoon, July 13, Santa Clara City Library (2635 Homestead Road, in northern California) http://www.nnanime.com | http://www.nnanime.com/flyers/2013/sch13_07.html | https://www.facebook.com/NNAnime Free!

Escape into the endless sky this month with No-Name Anime.

12:00 Spice and Wolf #11	"Wolf and the Biggest Secret Scheme"
12:30 Kino's Journey #11	"Her Journey"
12:55 FLCL #3	"Maru Raba"
13:25 Squid Girl #10	Squid Girl draws everyone's portrait.
13:50	Abunai! Break time!
14:40 The Princess and the Pilot	A second-class citizen pilot on top-secret mission to carry a noble over contested seas.

(Some shows not appropriate for all audiences, but if the FanimeCon BBS doesn't weird you out, it's probably OK.)

Join fellow fans for an afternoon of subtitled Japanese animation. Usually the second Saturday of every month and presented in and co-sponsored by the Santa Clara City Central Park Library.

Saturday afternoon, June 8, Santa Clara City Library (2635 Homestead Road, in northern California) http://www.nnanime.com | http://www.nnanime.com/flyers/2013/sch13_06.html | https://www.facebook.com/NNAnime Free!

12:00 Spice and Wolf #10	"Wolf and the Swirling Plot"
12:30 Kino's Journey #10	"A Tale of Mechanical Dolls"
12:55 FLCL #2	"Fire Starter"
13:25 Squid Girl #9	"Want To Ring and Jet?" / "Do Mollusks Wear Make-up?" / "Aren't You Armed With a Secret Weapon?"
13:50	Abunai! Break time!
14:40 Read or Die OAV	Yomiko Readman is a mild-mannered book enthusiast. She's also an agent for the Library Special Operations division - her code name: "The Paper". When historical figures steal rare books, The Paper is assigned to recover the artifacts and save the world!

(Some shows not appropriate for all audiences, but if the FanimeCon BBS doesn't weird you out, it's probably OK.)

I think having a meet-up or panel for older fans next year would be awesome. Has Fanime done this in the past?

There was an "Anime Fans Over 30" panel at FanimeCon from at least 2007-2010. I suspect that the person who started this would be happy if someone else continued this in the future.

Join fellow fans for an afternoon of subtitled Japanese animation. Usually the second Saturday of every month and presented in and co-sponsored by the Santa Clara City Central Park Library.

Saturday afternoon, May 11, Santa Clara City Library (2635 Homestead Road, in northern California) http://www.nnanime.com | http://www.nnanime.com/flyers/2013/sch13_05.html | https://www.facebook.com/NNAnime Free!

Robots! Aliens! Um... Guitars!
...and silent, secretive woodland spirits.

12:00 Spice and Wolf #9	"Wolf and the Shepherd's Lamb"
12:30 Kino's Journey #9	"Land of Books"
12:55 Sound of the Sky #13	"The Sound of the Sky / Dream's Horizon"
13:25 FLCL #1
13:50	Abunai! Break time!
14:30 My Neighbor Totoro	A Miyazaki classic from 1988.
16:00 Squid Girl #9	Shrimp, sand castles and umbrellas.

(Some shows not appropriate for all audiences, but if the FanimeCon BBS doesn't weird you out, it's probably OK.)

I'm going to bring glow sticks for this show :P

As someone that doesn't understand the glow sticks at a performance thing, it seems like glow sticks work at every performance? O_o?

It's hard for performers in spotlights to see the audience in an otherwise dimly lit concert venue ... unless people in the audience have glowsticks (or penlights). Many, but not all, Japanese artists like to see people participating during songs with glowsticks. For those artists, it's an important way to support them. For some artists, there can be significant dialog with glowsticks. Some artists have particular colors, or individual group members have particular colors. Some songs or parts of songs have particular colors. Sometimes artists will call for particular dance moves.

For 7!!, unless there's other information, I'll assume that the simple waving of glowsticks of any color would make them happy. Does anyone know if 7!! has any preferences?

Be cautious about understanding this phenomenon. It can be a small step from understanding to spending hundreds of dollars on LED penlights.

Join fellow fans for an afternoon of subtitled Japanese animation. Presented in and co-sponsored by the Santa Clara City Central Park Library.

Saturday afternoon, April 13, Santa Clara City Library (2635 Homestead Road, in northern California) http://www.nnanime.com | http://www.nnanime.com/flyers/2013/sch13_04.html | https://www.facebook.com/NNAnime Free!

Life is full of journeys; some are short, just a walk down the beach; others cover years, and span continents.  For the Flame Maidens of Seize in the 1121st Platoon, their journey has been accelerating towards an epic collision of forces, as two armies march towards what could be their final confrontation in today's heart-wrenching episode.  Kino's eponymous wanderings find her in yet a new land, meeting a young woman launching her own journey of discovery.  Finally, we end our anime meanderings today by reliving the journey of the Fate/stay night characters in a creative re-imagining of their story, in Unlimited Blade Works.

12:00 Spice and Wolf #8	"Wolf and Virtuous Scales"
12:30 Kino's Journey #8	"Land of Wizards"
12:55 Sound of the Sky #12	"Fill the Blue Sky"
13:25 Squid Girl #7	"Is Somesquid After Me? / Why Don't We Inkvestigate? / Can I Inkterest You in a Job?"
13:50	Abunai! Break time!
13:40	Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works

(Some shows not appropriate for all audiences, but if the FanimeCon BBS doesn't weird you out, it's probably OK.)