We had some slots on our schedule to fill out and events were still being submitted so we felt that adding them was a good idea! However, it’s real close to the convention and we don’t want to barrage your Facebooks and Twitters any more than we have! So we’ll put the rest in one more post.

So here are the remaining panels that haven’t been posted on our website yet!
 

Friday

 
1:30PM – Ethnic Beauty Tips For Cosplay by Tise Hicks (Panel Room 3)
An introduction to cosmetic selection and application methods for a variety of skin tones for stage and photography. There will be a makeup demonstration for various methods and hows it applies to cosplay.

7:00PM – Pop Nation by Tise Hicks (Panel Room 2)
This panel is an introduction to the J-Pop and K-Pop genres and focuses on an array of artists and styles. Discussion of fan bases will be included such as websites, clubs, J-Pop, and K-Pop inspired cosplay. Costumes are welcome but not required.

11:30PM – Horror Guy’s J Horror Panel by Keenan McClelland (Panel Room 1)
ID CHECK – 18 AND OLDER ONLY
Horror Guy, Keenan, is back for another session of thrills, kills, and spills!
 

Saturday

 
9:00AM – Rage Hard: Code Geass by FJ, U238Willy (Panel Room 2)
200% LOYALTY!!! Orange Anime Presents Rage Hard: Code Geass. In this panel we go back and take a look at all the Rage worthy moments of Code Geass R1, and R2. Whether you are on Team Lelouch or Team Suzaku, you will enjoy this look back at Code Geass. All Hail Lelouch!

12:30PM – Get Your Dance On With Breakdancing Kakashi! (Workshop room)
Fine tune your dancing techniques for tonight’s dance event, SKYTRONICA!

1:30PM – Organizing Your Cosplay by Amanda Leo and Graham Dunbar (Panel Room 2)
Tips on tracking your costumes and characters to keep them in check.

9:00PM – Dare! The Transformers Panel Ultimate by Wasabi Anime (Panel Room 3)
Wasabi Anime presents a panel where you can learn about the history and see footage of the Autobots, Decepticons, Bayformers, and (most importantly) why Beast Wars sucks!

Now we have all the panels online! We hope this helps you guys in your convention programming!

We have a lot of awesome guests at Anime Festival Orlando 11 this year! With a lineup that includes: Tony Oliver, Jason David Frank, Reuben Langdon, Tommy Yune, Jessica Strauss, Sonny Strait, Dan Southworth, and David Yost. We have a wide range of professionals that have worked in anime, video games, and sentai for many years!

While their events will be listed in the convention guide, we’d love to give you a sneak preview of their events at Anime Festival Orlando 11!
 

Friday

 
2:00PM – Working on James Cameron’s Avatar (Panel Room 1)
Reuben Langdon will discuss stunt and motion capture experiences as Jake Sully on the set of the movie.

3:00PM – Interview with Jessica Strauss (Panel Room 1)
Come see first time AFO guest, Jessica Strauss. Learn about her current and upcoming projects!

4:00PM – Jason David Frank: The One Warrior Trailer (Panel Room 1)
Jason presents the trailer for his upcoming film, The One Warrior, to be released in 2011.

4:30PM – Interview with Tony Oliver (Panel Room 2)
Hear what Tony has been up to recently!

5:00PM – Power Rangers Q & A (Main Events)
Jason David Frank, Dan Southworth, Reuben Langdon, and David Yost will be answering fan’s questions about Power Rangers!

5:30PM – The Robotech Legacy with Tommy Yune (Panel Room 1)
One of the oldest giant robot franchises continues on! Tommy Yune – the director of The Shadow Chronicles, Tony Oliver – the voice of Rick Hunter, and Robotech expert FuzzyVT will discuss all things about the sci-fi epic including the future of the franchise!

8:00PM – Interview with Dan Southworth (Panel Room 1)
Meet Dan Southworth as he discusses his body of work.

9:00PM – Ranger Board Meet-up Reception (Workshop Room)
All attendees are welcome, but if you are one of the cool folks from RangerBoard, stop by the table and get your RangerBoard ID badge so you can let everyone know who you are, and meet some fellow RB’ers!
 

Saturday

 
12:00PM – A Conversation with Jessica Strauss (Panel Room 3)
Jessica speaks about how to create characters through voice acting.

2:00PM – Karate with Jason David Frank (Main Events)
Spend an hour with your favorite Power Ranger learning karate basics and discussing Hollywood stunt fighting.

3:30PM – Act Up with the Power Rangers (Main Events)
Test your acting skills with scripts from the original Power Rangers series.

3:30PM – Lupin vs Lupin! (Panel Room 2)
Tony and Sonny discuss their work portraying the character of Lupin.

4:30PM – Suit Acting (Panel Room 1)
Dan Southworth and Reuben Langdon speak about their work in motion capture and sentai.

5:30PM – Comic and Manga Production with Tommy Yune (Panel Room 1)
Tommy Yune, a veteran of hit comic series such as Speed Racer, Racer X, Robotech, and Danger Girl: Kamikaze, covers modern production techniques of the industry and new options available to hopeful comic creators.

7:00PM – Can You Beat Ken Masters? (Game Show Theater)
While the finals on Super Street Fighter IV are going on, players can test their skills against Rueben Langdon, the voice of Ken Masters. Sponsored by Mad Catz!

8:30PM Devil Cry Panel (Panel Room 1)
Series stars Reuben Langdon and Dan Southworth their work on this video game classic as Dante and Vergil!
 

Sunday

 
9:30AM – Karate with Jason David Frank (Main Events)
Spend an hour with your favorite Power Ranger learning karate basics and discussing Hollywood stunt fighting.

10:30AM – A Conversation with Sonny Strait (Panel Room 1)
Check out what Sonny has been up to.

11:00AM – Fight Choreography (Main Events)
Dan Southworth discusses the finer points of stunt coordination and choreography.

11:30AM – Robotech Q&A (Panel Room 1)
Did you miss Friday’s panel? Do you still have questions about the past, present, or future of Robotech? Here’s your chance as Harmony Gold’s Tommy Yune opens the floor to fans in a town hall-style discussion!

11:30AM – Jessica Strauss: How to Audition for Voice Acting (Panel Room 1)
Jessica explains a variety of audition situations and techniques. Come and give it a try!

12:30PM – Interview with David Yost (Main Events)
Learn about David’s recent projects!

1:00PM – Tony Oliver’s Adventures in Voice Acting (Panel Room 1)
Tony presents his experience in the voice acting industry.

2:00PM – Interview with Reuben Langdon (Panel Room 1)
Spend an action-packed hour hearing about Reuben’s recent projects.

3:00PM – Making Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (Panel Room 1)
Tommy Yune discusses his role in producing and directing this movie!

3:30PM – Jessica Strauss: Appleseed Intro (Panel Room 3)
Jessica provides an introduction to the Appleseed feature.

4:00PM – Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles feature showing(Panel Room 1)
View the sci-fi epic that brought the Robotech franchise back to life! Now on BluRay!

4:00PM Appleseed movie feature showing
View the 2005 action-packed hit starring Jessica Strauss as tough-as-nails heroine Duenan Knute!

FRIDAY 8PM IN THE CRIMSON PIG!

Mister Chance Solitaire, President and Editor-In-Chief of Orlandia’s most popular aethernet-broadcast news publication ‘The Orlandia Sentinel’, has issued a friendly challenge to tell the most exciting tales of past perils and adventures. A few of his closest colleagues have answered the call and shall gather at The Crimson Pig Casino to regale all who attend with accounts to astound and amuse.

Got a yarn to spin about your travels in Orlandia? This is your chance to answer the challlenge that Chance has put down!

Now that our full list of events and panels has been unveiled, you can finalize your planning of what to do at Anime Festival Orlando 11, taking place this upcoming weekend! If you haven’t already pre-registered: don’t worry because you can still purchase tickets at the door! Make sure you show up early so you can get to the events faster!

Speaking of events, we are really excited about our convention schedule! We have a ton of great things for everyone to enjoy and we hope you all have lots of fun!

It’s thanks to AFO’s awesome panelists that we have so many awesome events! We love our panelists and all the hard work they do. After all, they are a big reason why Anime Festival Orlando is Florida’s favorite anime convention!

So which panels are the AFO staff most excited about? Since we are in our eleventh year, we figured we select 11 panels we hope to see during the weekend(if time permits). Keep in mind, we have a whole lot of awesome events on our action-packed schedule that are all awesome and certainly worth checking out! Next week you can give us your 11 favorites after the show!

Here are the Eleven Anime Panels You Should See At AFO 11!
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This is one of the many fan run panels happening at this years AFO, you can see them all as we put them up at http://animefestivalorlando.com/events/

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Brought to you by: Larry “Fuzzy” Furry

Everything you should hear about convention culture will be told by the man himself! Convention survival, how to talk to girls, the dos and don’ts of anime conventions, and all the dark secrets of the anime community will be covered!

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This is one of the many fan run panels happening at this years AFO, you can see them all as we put them up at http://animefestivalorlando.com/events/

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Brought to you by: Cetriya

See a demonstration coloring in photoshop. Feel free to make requests or ask questions!

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If you have a panel idea you’d like to host, feel free to fill out a panel form and apply!

This is one of the many fan run panels happening at this years AFO, you can see them all as we put them up at http://animefestivalorlando.com/events/

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Brought to you by: Mitsugi of the A.A.A. Podcast

A treasure trove of some of the greatest and most classic anime that people have unfortunately missed out on throughout the years. The panel will display a short snippet from several anime and aims to introduce and inform fans on some of the best anime they’ve never heard of… until now. Hosted by a Host of the Anime Addicts Anonymous Podcast.

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This is one of the many fan run panels happening at this years AFO, you can see them all as we put them up at http://animefestivalorlando.com/events/

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Brought to you by: Amanda Mirek

An overview of basic makeup techniques for costuming

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If you have a panel idea you’d like to host, feel free to fill out a panel form and apply!

Our friends at Sleeping Samurai have agreed to host a battle arena where you can come and pick out the “Nerd” of your choice…perhaps it’s a Naru-tard or Twi-Tard, maybe it’s the that annoying Sailormoon Dude… whoever. And FOR A PRICE you can beat the crap out of them for Charity.

As a bonus this year YOU can volunteer to join our staff Nerds! Now you can release your inner nerd, as a TARGET!

All donations benefit Child’s Play.

This is one of the many fan run panels happening at this years AFO, you can see them all as we put them up at http://animefestivalorlando.com/events/

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Brought to you by: Paul Brown, Angela Meyers, Ian kahn

Like swords? I thought so, then come down to our panel and here about the different types of swords and their qualities, as well as proper use and care for them.

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