Anime Central Day Two - April 4, 1998


Anime Central's strong start was shown by an impressive collection of cosplayers. We give you a look at some of the costumers at this link...

...and we placed another group of costume pictures at this link.

Then it was time for something never seen in Chicagoland, an anime costume contest.

Despite the intensity of the show, the judges needed little time to decide on the best work of the night.

He likes guns and wants to shoot up a car, just like in the American movies. He likes Chicago because it resembles - Tokyo? You'll have to look into what Kenichi Sonoda had to say.

Fumio Iida had a successful anime production career, but he decided to branch into the world of manga. Learn his reasons for changing his life.

Like publishing and engineering design, the future of anime may lie with the desktop personal computer. Two animation producers showed a hint of that future at Anime Central.

For the time being, most connected fans go online to swap opinions and stories. Anime Central panels looked at electronic fandom in the Net age.

Anime Central
Day One