Dude! I finally found out why I couldn't change my icon for the longest time. CURSE YOU INTERNET COOKIES!! I will always appreciate 's icon she made for me, but I always wanted to show you this one. >_< Kawaii not is so naughty!

Anyhoot, I'm still alive. I've been working real hard to finish demos and contests for Anime America. As much as I'd love to draw for you guys 24/7, my dreams are calling and I must meet them. Heres an Anime Ameriaca update:

Anime America Podcast episode 41:
In this episode, we review Soul Eater English Dub provided by Funimation.com. This is my favorite episode by far and actually starts a new format for the show. Basically, instead of going over an hour of news, reviews, cons etc., we'll just pick one topic and talk about it. Its less stressful on our part, its shorter, and surprisingly more fun for you guys. Just listen to 41 and see or "hear: for yourself.

Anime America Presents "The A-List":
This is our demo presentation of the A-List, a Top Ten List show revealing our picks of Animes Best and Worst. This first episode is Top Ten BEST Anime English Dubs. Yes.... there is such a thing. You can watch on iTunes, orlandotechaudio.com, or even on our account on YouTube. So far, we've had half of our comments agree with our list, and the other half bashing us for not listing "School Rumble" and "Inuyasha".... seriously?? All I'm seeing is those two names! Just to clear up something, Inuyasha was nominated because he dubbing was good, but not as good as the ones we chose. School Rumble.... as good as the actors were, we didn't really feel that the dubbing audio quality fit naturally to the characters. Good acting, bad blending. I had one commenter bashing us and titling our list as "invalid". No comment on this statement..... ((cough cough, nerd, cough cough)) Ahem.... Just watch the episode for yourself.

Second Annual Anime America AMV Contest:
We have received a lot of entries, but so far, no sponsors. We're working on it though. We'll have prizes for each winner one way or another. The contest will be ending exactly midnight on January 1st, 2010. December 31 11:59 pm is you last chance. ^_^ Good luck!



As for me in my life, everything is good. Had an Anime christmas party a couple of weeks ago. I invited all my friends to my place to watch Anime, eat delicious food, play good games, and open presents in a White Elephant game. It was so much fun!
My plans for christmas are as follow:
December 24th: As silly as this sounds, I'll be doing last minute shopping for my future Bro In-law. Its not that I forgot about him. Its more like I have such little paychecks and so many presents to buy and such. I just need one more present for him and I'm done. The I'll be making my way to EPCOT to see my sister and bro in-law. I haven't seen them since they moved to L.A. and I can't wait to see them! We'll be seeing my dad perform in the Candlelight Processional. Its a holiday show at EPCOT with christmas carols and a celebrity narrator telling the story of christmas. Last week, >_< I GOT TO SEE WHOOPI GOLDBERG!!! She was so good! I taped her narration and put it on Youtube! Heres my dads link if you wanna watch her:
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Tomorrow, I'll be seeing Edward James Olmos! After the show, we'll be dining at Nine Dragons at EPCOT China. >_< I love their food! Hot and Sour soup, pork potstickers, Honey Sesame Chicken, yum yum yum!!!
December 25th: A day of opening presents, watching Christmas movies, and eating dinner with family.
December 26th: Work.... well at least its not a long day.
December 27th: My mommy's birthday! I still need to work, but I'll try to get off early and have a birthday dinner with her. I think we'll also be staying at the Yacht and Beach Club. That night. That makes it easier for the next day.
December 28th: I'll be taking Roxanne and her friends to Disneyworld and we'll be cosplaying. Photos are optional.... just kidding. I'll be filming everything!

Thats all I can think of for now. Be sure to support Anime America and soon, we'll have the ultimate in Anime Entertainment in the future!!!!

Thats right! We're starting up our Second Annual Anime America AMV contest! For more info and rules of entry, click here:
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Copyright bitches are at it again. Try using this link:
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Enjoy!

Being a part of Anime America, we want to do what we can to get our name out in the open. Through Anime Sushi, we were able host our own panels at Mini-Megacon. On the first day, Saturday, we were to host a panel called, "How to Host a proper AMV that won't suck" and on the last day, Sunday, we were to host a panel called, "How to make your own Podcast".
Saturday, August 22, Brad and I made our way to the convention center. Jeremiah Bambauch, OTech's TV Production Teacher, opened a cosplay photo booth for any cosplayer wanting a professional shot of themselves. It was a sweet idea, but he couldn't afford a booth spot, so Anime Sushi said he could run his booth in the Anime events hallway. He was stationed right next to our panel.
As we were setting up, I took the liberty of advertising Mr. Bambauch's booth as well as do a little shopping. I returned in time to help the gang finish up the set-up. We finished 30 minutes early and I was having fun entertaining the audience we had before our presentation.
1 o clock, our panel started. We covered practically everything it takes to make a good AMV and a bad AMV. We were getting some laughs and applauses for our presentation. We showed some of the winning AMV's from our own AMV contest as well as mine and Sinny's award winning AMV's. Overall, we did a good job and you can actually watch it on our podcast when we're done editing it.
Now, we kinda ran a little late, so the guy right after us was waiting to set his panel up once we were finished. Guess who it was......

VIC MIGNOGNA!!! He was right after us!!! That kinda explained the increase in our crowd towards the end of our panel, but it all worked out. I congratulated him on getting the part of Deathscythe Spirit Albarn in Soul Eater and reminded him of my good luck charm I gave him. He thanked me for the charm and we high fived each other. haaaaa.... *_* Vic Mignogna gave me a high five.... He saw my Soul Eater merchandise and was sad that there were no Spirit merchandise in the con. I vowed that I would do my best to find him one! Vic fangirls! If you want to make Vic smile, find him a Spirit merchandise!

As things were getting good, the Megacon officials had to shut down Mr. Bambauchs photobooth. Why? Because they didn't know about Anime Sushi's deal and told us that he was violating the rules. Naturally we were confused, but this assured us more of Anime Sushi's dysfunctional crew. Not only did they mess up here, but they also screwed up our Podcast Panel. In the Megacon pamphlet, it said we were going to talk about 2D and 3D animation.... WTF?! We knew we wouldn't get the right crowd, and Mr.Bambauchs crew weren't going to show up for the panel anyways now that there booth was taken down, so we basically bailed and gave up our hour panel.

I felt a little sad, so I did a little more shopping before we went to lunch at the Cafe Tu Tu Tango. This restaurant is an artist pallet for the starving artist. You basically order appetizers galore and share them amongst your friends. Careful though. The bill runs up very fast and expensively. Brad wanted to pay for the inconvenience, but I wanted to pay for my share.

Brad and I returned to the con to chill for a little longer. He went to check out hotgirls, and I finished up my shopping. The announcer said Vic was signing autographs, so I checked in to see him... unexpectedly.... HE WAS ALL BY HIMSELF!!!! No fangirl mile long lines!!! He was alone! Keeping my promise, I ran everywhere to find him something with Spirit. The closest I could get was a Soul Eater emblem pin and a Dr. Stein pin. He was all like, "They have Stein, but no Spirit?" He began to cry just like Spirit does in the Anime and it was awesome!!!! I again congratulated him on his achievement and said I look forward to his performance. I had a nice conversation with him and it was incredible just to be with him! Take that fangirls!

So the shopping, the AMV panel, and being with Vic was good. Baubach's booth shut-down, our Podcast Panel cancellation, and Anime Sushi's disorganization was bad. It was somewhat of a good day. Below, you can check out the merchandise I purchased from AFO and MiniMegacon.
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I found this new album for the cast of Shugo Chara.
You can download it here:
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This Album includes songs by Amu, Yua, Tadase, Rima, Yaya, Nagehiko, Ikuto, and Utau. They even have Amu singing with her Guardian buddies. >_< Its really worth listening to, so check it out!

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Try this one. I converted the songs into MP3's. They should work for your system.