Day 1 of Otakon 2024 at Walter E Washington Convention Center

Buckle up, weebs and otaku! Otakon 2024 is about to hit the Washington DC Convention Center faster than Goku’s instant transmission (tbh no) on August 02. While we’re pouring one out for Aya Uchida’s absence (cue the sad anime soundtrack), there’s still enough action to make your favorite Shonen protagonist jealous. But make sure to check Washington DC weather before Otakon registration.

Morning Panels: Otakon Location Buzzing with Activities

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

• Animerry Christmas (Panel 3)
• Autism in the Anime Community: An Overview (Panel 2)
• Biology of Cells at Work! (Panel 4)
• Fictional Death, Genuine Grief: Understanding the Reaction to Banana Fish (Panel 5)
• Freedom’s Destiny: 20+ Years of Gundam SEED (Panel 6)
• Ghibli Alternative (Panel 7)
• Shogun: Show vs. History (Panel 1)

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM

• Critiquing Fan Designs Live with Kyoko Aiba (Panel 2)
• Evolution of Action Shounen (Panel 6)
• Finding Purpose after WW2: An Overview of the Bosozoku Subculture (Panel 5)
• From Shojo to Josei (Panel 1)
• History of Japanese Board Gaming (Panel 3)
• It’s a Serve! Queer Themes in Haikyuu!! (Panel 7)
• Let’s Learn Korean! #1 (Panel 4)

Mid-day Panels: Otakon 2024 Dealers Room

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

• 40 Years of Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer (Panel 3)
• Anime’s Inside Jokes and Cultural References Explained (Panel 7)
• Cat Culture of Japan (Panel 5)
• Con bags and how not to die (Panel 4)
• Environmental Messaging in Anime (Panel 2)
• From Villains to Vexations: Anime Characters We Love to Hate (Panel 6)
• Kings of Jpop: Even More Japanese Boy Groups You Need to Know! (Panel 1)

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM

• Anime Foodies: Laid-Back Camp The Movie (Panel 4)
• Cyberpunk: the Intersection of Past and Future (Panel 5)
• Japanese Drama: The Journey Begins (Panel 6)
• Literature and Likeness in Bungo Stray Dogs (Panel 7)
• Otakorp and You: Returning Back Again (Panel 2)
• Spies In Anime (Panel 1)
• Victorian Anime (Panel 3)

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Afternoon Highlights: The Heart of Otakon 2024 at the Walter E Convention Center

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

• Career in Calligraphy from Garo -VANISHING LINE- to Jujutsu Kaisen (Panel 2)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Developer Panel (Panel 1)
• Gijinka Cosplay – Creating Wearable Costumes from Creature Character Designs (Panel 6)
• Laid Back Camp: Onsite Research and Camp Food (Panel 4)
• Maho Film Industry Panel and Screening of “I’ll Become a Villainess Who Will Go Down in History” (Panel 5)
• New Anime for Older Fans (Panel 7)

2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

• Inside the Green Room – John Bentley (Panel 3)

3:15 PM – 4:15 PM

• Genderbending Makeup: How to Snatch Your Cheekbones and More (Panel 2)
• Idol, not Idle! Building an Overseas Career as an Idol, VTuber, and Voice Actor with Phoebe Chan (Panel 7)
• Iris Garden x Haenuli Behind the Scenes (Panel 4)
• Japanese Legends: Tales of the Yokai (Panel 6)
• Orange Presents: Making of IDOLiSH7 the Movie BEYOND THE PERiOD (Panel 1)
• Yuffie Doppelgangers Meet Panel: This Calls For More Yuffies! (Panel 5)

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Evening Panels: Otakon 2024 Activate Goes Into High Gear

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

• The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of Apocalypse – episodes from production and Q&A (Panel 4)

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

• A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics Anime Production Panel (Panel 5)
• Godzilla: Just a Giant Lizard? (Panel 7)
• Henshin Heroes: Not For The Colorblind (Panel 6)
• Live Drawing with Studio Trigger (Panel 1)
• So You Wanna Be A Published Artist “KDFOXX” (Panel 2)

5:15 PM – 6:15 PM

• World of Korean Educational Manhwa and its History (Panel 3)

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

• Meeting and Working in the Anime Industry With Director Hiroshi Nagahama and Seiyuu Uki Satake (Panel 4)

5:45 PM – 7:00 PM

• Blue Miburo Premiere (Panel 5)
• Mechapocalypse (Panel 6)
• PLEA Presents: Breaking Down K-Pop Production (Panel 7)
• The Rise and Guide To Ultraman (Panel 2)

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Late Evening Panels (check Otakon 2024 vendors for a break maybe!)

6:15 PM – 7:15 PM

• Return to Valisthea: The Final Fantasy XVI Panel (Panel 1)

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

• Anime and the Fashion Industry (Panel 3)

6:45 PM – 7:45 PM

• Tea and… (Panel 4)

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

• Descent into Madness: Ethical and Moral Quandaries in Science in Anime (Panel 7)
• The Horror of Godzilla (Panel 2)

7:15 PM – 8:15 PM

• How To Find Your People on the Internet (Panel 5)
• Yuriyan Retriever: How to Achieve Your Dreams! (Panel 6)

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

• Lovecraftian Horror in Anime and Manga (Panel 1)

7:45 PM – 8:45 PM

• Kimono 101 (Panel 3)

8:00 PM – 9:00 PM

• Shoujo Fashion 101 (Panel 4)

8:15 PM – 9:15 PM

• How did he not die!?: An EMT’s Guide to Anime Injury Logic (Panel 7)
• P.A. Works Retrospective – From Angel Beats to Ya Boy Kongming! (Panel 2)

8:30 PM – 9:30 PM

• Fitness in Anime is WHACK and Here’s Why… (Panel 6)
• The True Identities Behind the Servants of Fate/Type Moon (Panel 5)

8:45 PM – 9:45 PM

• Anime History X (Panel 1)

9:00 PM – 10:00 PM

• So You Wanna Run K-Pop Concerts? Ft. Abridge & Jay Choe (Panel 3)

9:30 PM – 10:30 PM

• A History of Anime in Late-Night (Panel 7)
• Fire Emblem: History of the Emblem (Panel 2)

9:45 PM – 10:45 PM

• NekoNyan Visual Novel Industry Panel (Panel 6)
• The Raw History of Sushi (Panel 5)

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Otakon 2024 Late Night Panels

10:00 PM – 11:00 PM

• Anime of the DEAD: Zombies! (Panel 1)

10:15 PM – 11:15 PM

• Echoes in Eorzea: Classic Final Fantasy in FFXIV (Panel 3)

10:30 PM – 11:30 PM

• WTF Japan!?! (Main Events)

10:45 PM – 11:45 PM

• Perversion and Humanity: A Comprehensive Analysis of The Flowers of Evil (Panel 7)
• Shows YOU Forgot, But WE Didn’t! (Panel 2)

11:00 PM – 12:00 AM

• MangaGamer Industry Panel: The Now and Future of Visual Novels (Panel 6)
• The Wild World of Gundam Merchandise (Panel 5)

11:15 PM – 12:15 AM

• KuroJapan Presents: Bloody Pink Cinema (Panel 1)

11:30 PM – 12:30 AM

• Starry Eyes: Junichi Nakahara and the Birth of an Art Style (Panel 3)

12:00 AM – 1:00 AM

• Anime in the Philippines (Panel 2)
• Summer 2024 Hentai (Panel 7)

12:00 AM – 1:00 AM

• Censorship in Anime Vol 4 (Panel 6)
• When Subtitles Go Wrong (Panel 5)

12:30 AM – 1:30 AM

• You’re Wrong & You Should Feel Bad!™ (Panel 1)

12:45 AM – 1:45 AM

• Psycho-Pass: Big Data, AI, and Weapons of Math Destruction (Panel 3)

And in between these panels, you get autographs from your favorite voice artist, and mangaka. Roaming through Artist Alley Otakon.

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Otakon Hours: Autograph Sessions

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

• Aino Shimada (Autographs 2): Voice actress known for “The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse.”
• Hinoki Kino (Autographs 1): Manga artist for “7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!” and “NO.6.”
• Kazuhiro Fukuchi (Autographs 3): Animator and character designer for “Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit” and “Re: Zero – Starting Life in Another World.”
• Kikunosuke Toya (Autographs 5): Voice actor for “Chainsaw Man” and “The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse.”
• Maiko Higa (Autographs 7): Producer for “The Quintessential Quintuplets” and “The Demon Girl Next Door.”
• Yomi Hirasaka (Autographs 9): Notable figure in the anime industry.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

• Yuriyan Retriever (Autographs 10): Known for their contributions to the anime community.

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

• Naoki Hamaguchi (Autographs 1): Producer at Square Enix, notable for the “Final Fantasy” series.
• Setta (Autographs 2): Artist for “Drifters,” “Kakegurui,” and “Jujutsu Kaisen.”
• Yoshinori Kitase (Autographs 4): Veteran producer at Square Enix, known for “Final Fantasy VII.”

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• Takashi Otake (Autographs 3): Producer involved in “Laid Back Camp” and “Blue Lock.”

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

• Akihiko Orikasa (Autographs 1): CG Director at Orange, known for “Land of the Lustrous.”

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

• Aoi Abe (Autographs 1): Keyframe animator at TRIGGER, known for “PROMARE” and “SSSS.GRIDMAN.”
• Masahiko Otsuka (Autographs 2): President of Studio TRIGGER, involved in “Neon Genesis Evangelion” and “Kill la Kill.”

So get to the Otakon badge pickup point, pick your panel, and don’t forget to check the official website for the complete schedule and Otakon 2024 map.

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Source: Otakon 2024