Join Bradley Gareth, Erica Muse, and Marquiz Moore as they discuss why every role is a good role!

Most of us dream of following our passion. However, it’s not always easy but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth it! Join Andres Perez, Josh Portillo, and Kelly McMahon as they discuss how they were able to reach their goal.

Join Brandon Acosta, Chris Okawa, Kevin Thelwell, and Kieran Regan as they discuss their favorite dubs of the year.

Characters are the core of every good story. Arden Powell and Claudie Arseneault will walk you through how to create nuanced and memorable characters for your next fantasy story.

Join stage veterans and award-winning performers for tips on perfecting your masquerade presentation. Learn how to pose like your character and script a memorable skit, block your moves, involve your audience, and more!

Combining insights from ethnography, cultural studies, fan studies, media studies, and performance studies, while also drawing on their own research as a participant-observer, four K-pop aca-fans will discuss some of the fan activities that influence the business of K-pop and also tips on how to participate healthily.

You’ve finished your book and now you want to have others ready it before you publish. However, not all feedback and criticism is created equal. Award-winning author, Laura VanArendonk-Baugh walks you through how to successfully understand and implement criticism and feedback.

Have you ever asked yourself if the Italian references in Jojo are correct? Well now it's time to find out with Kanako Hime! A J-pop singer and quite ordinary Italian citizen obsessed with Jojo's Bizzarre Adventure!

Join Andrew Pappas as he discusses how to improve your game visibility with high-level awareness efforts and focused efforts like influencer outreach to information provided on Steam pages and websites.

Join the briefing by mental health experts. Agents will learn to recognize and utilize their/child’s innate powers, navigate academic bureaucracies, activate supports, & hone their body & mind for success in your mission. Do not destroy this message, tell all agents!

Can voice actors - Jerron Bacat, Lauren Kong, and Paxton Lee - guess the correct voice actor on voice clips alone? Who did that iconic death scream? Is that AJ Beckles, or is it really JYB? No way! That voice actor can SING?! ... Test your knowledge - can YOU beat the panelists at their own game? Find out and play along in this fun game of VA vs VA hosted by Emily Gin!

Want to make your next fan fiction or novel a bit steamier, but don't quite know how to make it work? Then take some notes from these spicy romance authors!

A conversation where Dslick and and Han Thar Htin talk about the inspirations that got us into animation and what inspires us now along with our process.

What makes something kawaii? How is it different from cute? Joshua Paul Dale will explain the basic principles that inform kawaii design with examples drawn from science and history.

Based on an ongoing translation of Mori Naoko’s Women Read Porn in Japan, this Patrick Galbraith discusses the categories of content such as boys love and its variant described as “hardcore,” ladies comics and material produced and circulated outside of official channels.

This panel analyzes comics that depict such discrimination and discusses how readers use such narratives as tools for healing.

How can we follow our Creed when we our suffering, how can we connect with the Force like Grogu and find the light in the Darkness? And how can we forge strong bonds with family both genetically related, and those connected by cause? Join various mental health professionals as we journey to discover how to embrace both the light and dark within us to achieve balance. May the Force be with you!

In this panel, we’ll investigate the appeal of the apocalyptic fantasies presented by open-world video games, as well as the real-world environmental anxieties underlying their stories, gameplay, and level design. We’ll also discuss the utopian possibilities suggested by digital dreams of a greener society – no apocalypse necessary!

Let's put a voice to a face and who better to do it than voice actors? Audience participation encouraged. Bring your OCs or favorite characters that don't have an English dub!

The rise of BTS and Netflix movies like Squid Game have brought Korean entertainment to the forefront around the world, but how has that affected entertainment in other countries and how has globalization affected the korean entertainment industry itself?

Being a voice actor might sound fun, but it's not all sunshines and rainbows. We get real with Emily Gin, Marquiz Moore, and Nicholas Cord as they discuss the ups and downs of the industry.