This past Saturday, FSAPS students interested in Anime traveled to the AWA convention in Atlanta. Students and chaperones participated in workshops, selected to attend various panel presentations of interest, and watched shows where artists used Anime as a springboard for dramatic, visual, and/or musical interpretation.
Some of the favorites were “Anime Blinded Me with Science” where we learned that some sci-fi anime gets the science more correct than we think, “Shakespeare as told by Anime” where actors dressed as Anime characters reenacted famous Shakespeare scenes, and the ever-popular panel “Japanese Confectionary Corner” where panelists covered the cultural history and importance of sweets as well as how to prepare some of the more popular desserts! We are already pumped for next year’s AWA convention. Only 362 more days to go…
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