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FRIDAY PANELS

Anime for Old People (18+) 17 I’d Rather Forget 17 Art Jam With Studio Capsule 17 Cayde’s Last Call / Funeral (21+) 17 Acting 17 Cutthroat Cosplay 17 Cosplay Mini-Burlesque (18+) 18 Cosplay Positivity: Mental Health Edition 18 Clue! (16+) 18 Dragons, romance, and Lore! Oh my! 18 Dungeons and Cosplay (13+) 18 “Evenings with Isabelle”- Combating Anxiety & Depression with Animal Crossing & Fandom 19 Girr Panel with Rikki Simmons 19 Raw & Uncensored (18+) 19 Heroes vs Villains Q&A/Truth or Dare (16+) 19 How Being Asian Got Me Into Trouble 20 How to Enter a Cosplay Contest 20 Kpop Concert Survival Guide (13+) 20 Nerd Rage (18+) 20 Ninja Turtles & Venture Bros. 20 OMG!Ball 21 Panels Tap or click to be directed to that page

Project Anime (13+) 21 Questionable Anime & Where to Find Them (18+) 21 Reverse Harems Anonymous (13+) 21 Shipping Wars 21 So You Wanna Be An Artist? 21 That Doesn’t Go There! (18+) 22 The Church of : Visual Novels (18+) 22 The Future of Kingdom Hearts 22 The Improv Game Show 22 Umbrella Academy 101 22 Underrated Thermoplastics of Armor Making 23 _VS_(13+) 23 Welcome to Riverdale 23 Welcome To The Wasteland: A Fallout Lore Panel (18+) 23

SATURDAY PANELS

Anime Dub- Behind the Scenes 24 Anime Purgatory (16+) 24 Bad Jeopardy 24 Build the Next Doctor (13+) 24 Building a YouTube Channel in 2019 24 Disney Unleashed 24 Panels Tap or click to be directed to that page

Fright Night Gaming Prsents... (18+) 25 Heathers- A Panel (16+) 25 Heroes & Villains of 25 Host Club Sleepover (18+) 25 How to Cosplay Last Minute 25 I Stepped Off The Screen: How To Bring 2D Animated Characters to Life Through Costuming 26 Intro to Anime Masking (13+) 26 It Gets Better- Anime Con Edition 26 Obon Summer Festival 26 Organization XIII Unchained (13+) 26 Organization XIII Unchained (18+) 27 Pokémon Egg Hunt 27 Solving Con Dramas (16+) 27 Song of Time- A Legend of Zelda Trivia 27 “SSSSGregMan”- An Hour With Greg Ayres 27 Studio Capsule Presents: Maker Workshop 28 The Abusement Park’s Super Ethical Reality Climax (18+) 28 White Wolf LARP (18+) 28 Whose Line is it Anime (13+) 28 Whose Line is it Anime (18+) 29 Wonderful World of (18+) 29 Yaoi That Hurt Me (18+) 29 Panels Tap or click to be directed to that page

Your Name, Anime Feature Films, & Going to the Oscars 29

SUNDAY PANELS

5 Minutes To Save The World: Ultimate Chaos 30 Awesomely Bad FanFiction (18+) 30 Bad Con Adventures (16+) 30 Buying Cosplay 10 30 Cel Painitng with Studio Capsule 30 Con Success Stories 31 Controversies in Cosplay 31 Cosplay Contest Feedback Session 31 Diversity In Anime 31 He’s Cute, But Is He a Dog? 31 KPop Trivia! 31 Mandalorian Mercs 101 32 Play It Forward Player One 32 Q&A With Nintendrew 32 Russian Fairy Tales & The Art They Inspire 32 Studio Capsule Panel 32 The Church of Yaoi: Youth Group (13+) 33 Vocaloid 101 33 What’s New Tavicat 33 Guests of Honor

Greg Ayres

Anyone else as hyped as we are? Help us welcome one of our featured guests, Greg Ayres!

Greg Ayres has been blasting his way through 2019! He was thrilled to make his second appearance in the DragonBall universe in DragonBall Super as Frost, and equally excited blasting bugs as Geo in ’s Starship Troopers : Traitor of Mars. Some other recent roles include Jiro in Concrete Revolution, Sho Utsumi in SSSSGridman, Ryuuou Edogawa in Doreiku, Koji Koda in My Hero Academia, Yabase in the upcoming dub of Hitorijime My Hero, and even makes an appearance as Popuko in . He was also the opportunity to reprise one of his favorite roles as Son in Reload Blast. With over 290 credits to his name, he has managed to play a variety of characters that are almost as colorful as his .

Some reccent roles include Nagisa Haruki in Free, and Free Eternal summer, MonoKuma in Danganronpa, Clear in Dramatical Murder, and Doug in , Yu Nishinoya in Haikyu, Zenji Marui in Food Wars, Ganta Igarashi in , Heihachi Hayashida in 7, and Kouichis Sakakibara in . Some of his all-time favorite roles include Son Goku in Saiyuki, Chrono in , Kaoru Hitachiin in Ouran High School Host Club, Youhei Sunohara in Clannad, Yuki in The Wallflower, Leo in Ghost Stories, Satoshi Hiwatari in DNAngel, Kaworu Nagisa in the Director’s Cut of Neon Genesis , Tomoki Sakurai in Heaven’s Lost Property, and Negi Springfield in Negima.

When he’s not in a booth with headphones on, you can usually find him sporting headphones behind “the decks” at many a music event. A veteran nightclub DJ of many years, he has jumped at the opportunity to play music and organize late night dances at many of the conventions he attends. Greg is also a member of Project , who perform music from the anime Beck Mongolian Chop Squad, and has had a blast reliving the music from that show with his friends. Thrilled to be able to share his love of music with anyone willing to listen - from packed rooms at anime conventions, to the legendary stage of The Knitting Factory (NYC), he’s always ready to make a little noise.

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Michael Sinterniklaas

Michael Sinterniklaas is a veteran of the anime industry and has worked as a director, actor, voice actor, script writer, sound designer, editor, engineer, mixer and producer. In 1999, Michael founded NYAV Post, a bicoastal recording studio that has worked on over 500 films, series, video games and anime titles.

As a voice actor Michael has voiced countless roles in anime and is currently Jyushimatsu in the Osomatsu Brothers and Nathaniel in Miraculous Ladybug. Other credits include Taki (), Kenji (), Kia (), Animus (: Dragon Cry), Dagger (: Book of Circus), Netherlands (Hetalia), Angelo ( Unicorn) Xellos ( Revolution and Evolution-R), Ivan Karelin/Origami Cyclone (Tiger and Bunny), Dark Magician and Mahad (YuGiOh), Sarutobi Sasuke (), Sora and Utakata (), Nnoitra, Luppi, Ikkaku, Wonderweiss (), Age (Patema Inverted), Takeru (FREEDOM), POP Team Epic,Joshua, Kennedy, Ross, Elijah and Seviper (Pokémon), Lucemon (Digimon). But that’s just the tip of the iceberg! Outside of anime, he is also well known as the voice of Dean Venture in The Venture Bros, Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) Mikey Simon () and even Funshine in The Care Bears. He has also appeared in video games such as XIII, Excom, GTA V, the Lego Movie Game, Xenoblade, Emblem, Xenoverse, Tales of Berseria and is the lead Yew Geneolgia in Bravley Second and to name a few.

As a director, Michael has worked on many anime, American series and feature releases. Anime include: FLCL Alternative/Progressive, MFKZ, , Ninja , Your Name, Unicorn, , Magic Users Club, Ah! My Goddess, , Slayers Revolution, Slayers Evolution-R, and , and the release of Just Cause 3. He’s also directed several non-anime series and features including Phantom Boy, Peter Rabbit, , Robotomy, Bird Boy, and the Oscar nominated movies A Cat in Paris, Ernest and Celestine, My Life As a Zucchini and this years Oscar and Golden Globe nominated Mirai

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Rikki Simons

Rikki Simons (AKA Rosearik Rikki Simons) is a voice actor, writer, and artist. He is most famous for being the voice GIR and Bloaty on Invader ZIM. He also plays many characters on Mighty Magiswords. As a writer he is known for the and fantasy novel Hitherto a Lion. Original illustrated books and comics that he created with Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons include Super Information Hijinks: Reality Check!, Ranklechick and His Three Legged Cat, ShutterBox, and The Trinkkits. He was also once a background painter in animation, on Invader ZIM and the Adventures. The comics and books he creates with Tavisha can be read and purchased at www.tavicat.com. His personal site can be found at www. rikkisimons.com.

Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons

Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons is a Japanese and German American artist who has spent nearly three decades drawing and publishing manga-influenced comics. Tavisha’s comics and illustrations have been published by Nickelodeon, , Digital Manga, Andrews McMeel Universal, and SLG Publishing, among many others. Original illustrated books and comics that she created with Rikki Simons include Ranklechick and his Three-Legged Cat, Super Information Hijinks: Reality Check!, ShutterBox, and The Trinkkits. @Tavicat, a comic strip about her cats, can be read at gocomics.com/tavicat.

Nintendrew

Nintendrew is a retro game collector and full- time YouTuber. His videos cover a variety of topics surrounding and the gaming industry in general, including product reviews, retrospectives, and how-to/DIY projects. ^ 8 Guests of Honor

STUDIO CAPSULE Studio Capsule is an independent studio that has created a line of ’s, art books, animated shorts, logos and other expanding art projects. Studio Capsule has been featured in countless magazines, including . Studio Capsule has worked for companies like PlayStation Magazine, Marvel, and Hasbro to name a few. When they are not busy working on new projects, you can catch Robert drawing on his twitch channel. Banzchan-Twitch www.twitch.tv>banzchan

Robert DeJesus

Robert DeJesus is a Writer, Story Creator, Illustrator and Charachter Designer. Robert is no stranger to the community. An Indiana born, self-taught artist, who got his first art career break when he sent an eight page short story to comic publisher Antartic Press.He has drawn manga-inspired comics for well over 20 years and has been published nearly all over the world. With his business partner Emily, he branched out and started working on bringing his own ideas to life.

Emily DeJesus

Emily DeJesus is half of the team that runs Studio Capsule. She is a Writer, Editor, Designer and Manager. Emily has worked with Robert her business partner for over 15 years now. StudioCapsule has worked with quite a few companies like Marvel, Harper Collins, and Wayforward, just to name a few. She enjoys the business and creative side of working for Studio Capsule very much and is grateful that she has an opportunity to work in the manga/comics business.

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Chaotic Neutral Cosplay

Chaotic Neutral Cosplay began his cosplay journey with Marvel’s Gambit and then discovered armor and poof! There went any spare time. He currently has several on-going armor builds, far too many wigs and a slight problem with watching something new and going “Hey I need to make that!”

Before discovering the wondrous world of cosplay, CNC worked on replica costumes and dabbled in film and . He appeared in “Glee” and “Private Practice” while living in LA and was featured on several radio shows after moving back to the Midwest. Since discovering his passion, he’s won several first places and best in shows for his costuming, including winning C2E2’s Armor division with his Skyrim armor.

Besides plastic armor, CNC loves leather crafting/tooling, sewing, working on custom patterns and in the elusive thing called “spare time” (AKA, between new cosplays!), he enjoys the more normal hobbies of photography, novel writing and ballroom dance. Favorite fandoms include: Lord of the Rings/Tolkien, Dragon Age, Pokemon, Marvel, Fable, anything Sherlock Holmes, Avatar: The Last Airbender and Pirates of the Caribbean. (among many others...) CNC also enjoys pizza. Greatly. If there were a fandom for pizza, he’d be in it.

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KRAZY KAT STARK CAROLINE KRUNCHY GUEST PANEL COSPLAY JUDGES

Krazy Kat Studios We welcome back Kathleen of Krazy Kat Cosplay. She has been cosplaying since 2013 and since then has won multiple awards in several states including: Kentucky, Indiana, North and South Carolina. Her specialties include sewing, wig styling, prop and armor making. She is even a member in the Mandalorian Mercs, an international Lucasfilm costume club. She’s always looking for the next big project to push her limits and put her craftsmanship skills to the test!

Stark Cosplay Hey guys! For those of you who I haven’t met yet, I’m Christopher of Stark Cosplay. I specialize in Large Armor costumes and foam fabrication. I have been actively cosplaying for 7 years now, but long before that I have been designing my own costumes. It started with never being satisfied with a store bought Halloween costume as a kid, and always modifying them to make them better. In 2010 I went to my first convention…. Celebration. From that day on I’ve been in love with the convention scene and costuming.

Caroline Krunchy Caroline Krunchy is an experienced cosplayer, photographer, and graphic designer from Columbus Ohio. She has a total of 12 years of cosplaying under her belt with experience in many different forms of crafting. She’s seen both sides of the convention scene as a competitor and award-winner in competitions, as well as staffer for the last 6 years, who helps run and put on many of the different craftsmanship competitions available. She’s also run her own commission business from 2012 until 2018, before deciding to revert cosplay back to being just a fun hobby in her free time.

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First Floor

Exhibitors Hall

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Second Floor

VR Escape Room

Holiday Inn Workshop Room Left of Con Center

Right of Con Center

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Third Floor

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Anime for Old People (18+) Panel Room 2 9:45pm-10:45pm Do you pay your own taxes? Do you no longer have the energy to keep up with today’s trends or find yourself shaking a fist in anger at those blasted kids on your lawn? Then come discover some anime with us that manages to not be about teenagers!

Anime I’d Rather Forget Panel Room 3 4:30pm-5:30pm There’s always anime that we try to forget but we always remember. Come join us as we talk about anime we would rather forget.

Art Jam With Studio Capsule Panel Room 2 10:30am-11:30am Come and just draw with Studio Capsule. Talk about art and drawing in a relaxed atmosphere.

Cayde’s Last Call / Funeral (21+) Panel Room 2 11pm-12am Calling all Guardians! Please report to the assigned room for drinks, trivia, a retelling of our history, and a final memorial for our Fallen Guardian, Cayde-6. BYOB and a valid ID. --Zavala

Cosplay Acting Panel Room 2 8:30pm-9:30pm Sometimes when you cosplay it’s a bit difficult to accurately get into your character, but when you do its always super fun. If you have a bit of diffi- culty doing that or if you just want to improve your skills come to Cosplay acting and hone your abilities.

Cutthroat Cosplay Panel Room1 1:45pm-3:45pm Cutthroat Cosplay is a competitive cosplay construction panel where you the attendees get to make cosplay with materials provided. Just watch out for the sabotages.

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Cosplay Mini-Burlesque (18+) Panel Room 4 10pm-12am Do you enjoy doing more risque cosplays? Do you want a chance to dance in one while not in a professional scene? free to come on down and flaunt your style, or just enjoy the show.

Cosplay Positivity: Mental Health Edition Panel Room 4 10:20am-11:30am Have you ever struggled to feel positive about your cosplay? Internet trolls or cosplay burnout have you down? Struggling with Anxiety or Depression but still want to cosplay? Please join us as we discuss how to foster a mentally healthy cosplay environment!

Danganronpa Clue! (16+) Panel Room 1 12pm-1:30pm A murderous high school based video game? A classic detective board game? Sounds like a remedy for fun! Was it Leon Kuwata with the knife in the dorms? That’s up to you to find out, come play the game as you control some of your favorite Danganronpa 1 characters and see if you can track down the killer or lead your entire team into despair!

Dragons, romance, and Lore! Oh my! Panel Room 3: (16+) 7pm-8:30pm Join Marian Hawke, Dorian Pavus and possibly more as they discuss the lore and juicy fan theories of their world!

Dungeons and Cosplay (13+) Panel Room 4 2:45pm-4:45pm Bring your cosplay, bring your friends, and play out a live action Dun- geons and Dragons campaign! Groups will be given different scenarios, character stats, and weapons to help each other a common goal. The best part: The character you play will be based on the cosplay you show up in!

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“Evenings with Isabelle”- Combating Anxiety & Depression with Animal Crossing & Fandom Panel Room: 1 4pm-5pm A large number of anime and gaming fans deal with depression on a daily basis. In that daily struggle many of us have turned to gaming and online communities for comfort and cool down. From gamers kept company by “lets play” videos and online content creators, to acting mayors of towns filled with talking animals - come discuss how gaming and fandom have helped you through the rough patches of your day to day adventures.

Girr Panel with Rikki Simmons Main Events 2:30pm-3:30pm

Greg Ayres Raw & Uncensored (18+) Main Events 11pm-12am Join us for a raw” Q&A session with a guest who is never shy of “over sharing”. Come listen to tales of true con horror (that may have actually occurred at this convention) from years past, along with some uncen- sored re-tellings of many stories that have had to be “softened” for a daytime audience. Please bring your ID, a sense of humor, and questions for this “no-holds barred” panel.

Heroes vs Villains Q&A/Truth or Dare (16+) Panel Room 4 1pm-2:30pm Come one come all to this epic mash-up of game shows! There is trivia to win prizes, truth or dare with your favorite heroes and villains, and a Q&A to ask characters things you’ve been dying to know! And remember, Go above and beyond PLUS ULTRA!!!

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How Being Asian Got Me Into Trouble Panel Room 3 12:45pm-1:45pm Simon Tam, founder and bassist for Asian American band The Slants, shares his personal story about touring the world’s largest anime con- ventions, playing in federal prisons, and challenging the U.S government all the way to the Supreme Court. Come hear the Behind the Music story that’s been featured on Conan O’Brien, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, HBO, NPR, and many more!

How to Enter a Cosplay Contest Panel Room 2 2:15pm-3:15pm Learn all the tricks of the trade for costume contests. Hosted by OMG!con Staff and judges. Learn how the contest in run, managed, and judged. Great for the beginner competitor or to learn some extra tricks for the experienced competitor. Ask questions and see what it takes to be on the competitive cosplay circuit.

Kpop Concert Survival Guide (13+) Panel Room 2 3:45pm-4:45pm Dying to see a kpop concert and have no idea where to start? Unnie/ Noona are here to help. Come find out what it takes to hear your favorite Korean groups live in concert!

Nerd Rage (18+) Panel Room1 7:30pm-8:30pm Come to Nerd Rage, where we gather like minded individuals to vent about all of the frustrations of our favorite fandoms. Through guided discussions and a lot of humor, Carter, Cobble, and Cooper will take you through fantastic dialogue and a journey to accept that even the best things come with blemishes. Misery loves company so come and join us for a good time!

Ninja Turtles & Venture Bros. Main Events 5pm-6pm

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OMG!Ball Panel Room 4 7pm-9pm Dancing, dressing up, and music of every kind!

Project Anime (13+) Panel Room 1 5:15pm-7:15pm The make your own anime panel is back! We give you the genre and the most basic of rules, but we always encourage to let your creative fly. Each group must work together to create their own characters, plot, and ending to the anime they think the judges will find most entertaining, unique, and well thought out. The only limits are your own imagination.

Questionable Anime & Where to Find Them (18+) Panel Room 1 8:45pm-9:45pm Have you ever happened upon a series with a plot so unique that you had to question why you were five episodes deep and dying for the next episode to simulcast? Much less another season?! So have we! A discus- sion on all the anime we question why we love so much.

Reverse Harems Anonymous (13+) Panel Room 2 7:15pm-8:15pm A group discussion about those giant crowds of beautiful single men and the women who JUST. WON’T. PICK ONE! Come talk boys with us~

Shipping Wars Panel Room 3 11:30am-12:30pm The battlefield drenched in blood and bathed in fire, light shone upon many ships, standing tall and proud. However, only one will be allowed to sail forth and become the best. Do you think that you can support your ship against all attackers and prove once and for all that your ship is the best?

So You Wanna Be An Artist? Panel Room 2 1pm-2pm

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That Doesn’t Go There! (18+) Panel Room 3 10pm-12am Do thoughts of anime characters in risque positions keep you up at night? Does the notion of “tentacles” have you quivering in fear? Come to That Doesn’t Go There!, and find the support group you’ve always wanted! Due to the content and our games, this panel is 18+.

The Church of Yaoi: Visual Novels (18+) Panel Room 1 10pm-12am Yaoi/BL fans new and old! Come feast your eyes on some options you may or may not have seen, in a kink shame free environ- ment~ Handouts of all titles & where to get your fujo paws on them included! Come chill with us!

The Future of Kingdom Hearts Panel Room 3 3:15pm-4:15pm Kingdom Hearts 3 is finally here, and we have so many questions. Come and speculate as we go over rumors, theories, and trying to find every clue we can find. There will be SPOILERS for KH3 of course.

The Improv Game Show Panel Room 2 11:45am-12:45pm

Umbrella Academy 101 Panel Room 3 5:45pm-6:45pm Are you into Western comics such as -Men? Then this is the series for you? This panel covers the basic run-down of former MCR frontman Ge- rard Way’s comic and new series: The Umbrella Academy.

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Underrated Thermoplastics of Armor Making Main Events 3:45pm-4:45pm Are you ready to try your hand at armor making but leary of the price tag on some name brand thermoplastics? Want to give it a try but just not sure your ready for plastic-smithing? Never fear! Chaotic Neutral is here to guide you down the road of less expensive plastics and answer all your plastic working questions.

_VS_(13+) Panel Room 1 10am-11:30am Goku vs , Alucard Vs D, Bug Bunny vs Mickey Mouse; there are so many fights we’ve imagined and wondered who would win in. Well, we’re giving you the chance to debate it! We pick the category, you pick the character, and you debate why that person would win.

Welcome to Riverdale Panel Room 2 5pm-6:30pm Every town has its secrets. Things look alright on the surface, but are disastrous underneath. Join your favorite Riverdale characters at Pops Choklit Shoppe to debunk some of our favorite mysteries and fan ideas. Q&A and Truth or Dare fans; Welcome to Riverdale.

Welcome To The Wasteland: A Fallout Lore Panel (18+) Panel Room 3 8:45pm-9:45pm With the destruction of humanity as it was known in the old days, its forms of story keeping and communication were lost as well. However if you are willing to scrounge through decrepit building, abandoned vaults, and speak to some wizened old travelers you can learn the truths of the history of our wasteland.

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Anime Dub- Behind the Scenes Panel Room 1 5:45pm-6:45pm

Anime Purgatory (16+) Panel Room 2 8:15pm-9:15pm Come join us in Anime Purgatory - the panel equivalent of a slightly dented participation trophy. Enjoy dregs of anime, commercials, and even maybe an education film, all flavored with a beautiful glaze of hel- locity. We promise you’ll never get this time back! And we’ll even throw in our commentary for free.

Bad Jeopardy Panel Room 2 4:00pm-5:30pm In a version of Jeopardy that would have Trabek’s head spin like a skit on SNL, Bad Jeopardy tests the real fans to identify their fandom based on the smallest bit of information possible. It’s trivial, mind numbing, but all together pretty funny if we do say so ourselves.

Build the Next Doctor (13+) Panel Room 2 12pm-2pm Help the doctor decide on their next look and personality. Enjoy some trivia and win prizes. For those first learning about doctor who enjoy a brief history of who the doctor is, was, and will soon be with your help.

Building a YouTube Channel in 2019 Main Events 2pm-3pm D&D With Rikki: Panel Room 3: 1pm-2:30pm

Disney Unleashed Panel Room 2 2:15pm-3:45pm It’s that time of year again! Come on out and have some fun with a rogue gallery of Disney Characters, full of life and free stuff! Don’t be afraid to lose your mind, we’re all a little mad here.

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Fright Night Gaming Prsents... (18+) Panel Room 2 12am-1:30am Come join C&C Gaming with special guests The Abusement Park as they discuss the appeal of spooky games and their place in the Let’s Play community. They will play a good spooky game LIVE for all to see. Screams will be had, laughs will heard, and Cobble will say “NO, I DON’T WANT TO!” at least once.

Heathers- A Panel (16+) Panel Room 2 5:45pm-6:45pm Come and join the Heather’s and other losers of Westerberg High for a totally rad experience that will color you stoked. Join us for q&a, , trivia,truth or dare, and maybe some games. It will be so very!

Heroes & Villains of My Hero Academia Panel Room 1 1:30pm-2:30pm Come discuss the happenings of My Hero Academia with the characters of the show.

Host Club Sleepover (18+) Hampton Inn Workshop 9:30pm-11pm The Hitachiin twins have taken over and are throwing a slumber party for Haruhi’s 18th birthday! Come join the host club as we play games, do challenges, and inspire mischief in order to entertain you beautiful com- moners. You may even win a prize along the way!

How to Cosplay Last Minute Panel Room 1 12:15pm-1:15pm This panel is great for the cosplay procrastinator who wants it all but knows they can’t have it.

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I Stepped Off The Screen: How To Bring 2D Animated Charac- ters to Life Through Costuming Panel Room 3 10:30am-11:30am So what’s the trick to making your favorite Anime character come to life? Join Chaotic Neutral as he discusses how to translate your 2d characters into reality.

Intro to Anime Masking (13+) Panel Room 2 7pm-8pm Have you ever seen the large anime head mask cosplays roaming a con- vention? Did you have no idea that even existed? Are you a fan and want to learn more? Come chill with us for an informative panel on animegao kigurumi cosplay, with real animegao cosplayers!

It Gets Better- Anime Con Edition Panel Room 1 4pm-5:30pm The “It Gets Better” project was created in response to a string of teen suicides by kids who were bullied because they were perceived to be gay. Sadly bullying is something that happens to one in four teens. In the past few years we’ve even seen an increase in bullying within our fandom. Join us as we share our stories, and talk about ways we can all help and Support each other and find the light at the end of the tunnel. It really does get better.

Obon Summer Festival Main Events 11am-12:30pm

Organization XIII Unchained (13+) Panel Room 1 10:45pm-12:15am Come and join the nobodies of Organization XIII in mandatory team building exercises, as per order of the Superior. (Apparently not all of us get along!) We want everyone to come and join us, it will be a ton of fun! Warning: Spoilers for Kingdom Hearts III

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Organization XIII Unchained (18+) Panel Room 1 12:30am-2am Now that the Darkness has descended, the nobodies of Organization XIII can emerge in their truest form, UNCHAINED. Come join us for a series of “adult” team building exercises, another order from Superior (Give us a break, sheesh!) Don’t be late! Warning: Spoilers for Kingdom Hearts III

Pokémon Egg Hunt Panel Room 4 11:00am-12:00pm Team Skull needs YOUR help finding all these Pokemon! Come and be an honorary member and get some sweet digs! Team Skull needs YOU!

Solving Con Dramas (16+) Panel Room 1 8:15pm-9:15pm Many issues may arise during your time at a convention: issues with the hotel, drama between attendees, technology woes, and forgetting your toothbrush. The Abusement Park discusses these issues, after ten years of attending conventions, and how to appropriately deal with them to make the most of every convention weekend.

Song of Time- A Legend of Zelda Trivia Panel Room 1 10am-12pm Do you think you have what it takes to be a hero of time? Test your knowledge of all of Hyrule’s past, present, and future to see if you have enough Wisdom to win

“SSSSGregMan”- An Hour With Greg Ayres Main Events 12:45pm-1:45pm Come join Greg Ayres as he answers question about all projects old and new. You can be sure he’ll be talking about New project like Haikyuu, , Gangsta, Dramatical Murder, and Danganronpa as well as talking about DJ’ing and con life as himself. A fan boy till the end, whether voicing “pointy haired boys” during the day, or shooting zombies at night (at least on his PS4) you can be sure he’s having fun. There may even be a hint or two about some new projects yet to be announced, so don’t miss it. ^ 27 Saturday Events

Studio Capsule Presents: Manga Maker Workshop Panel Room 2 10am-11am Spend an hour with Studio Capsule and have an open discussion about the comics and manga industry. A special drawing paper will be provided for this panel. Come and check our panel out.

The Abusement Park’s Super Ethical Reality Climax (18+) Panel Room 2 9:30pm-10:30pm Everyone needs a fun, late-night game show, right? Everyone loves Japa- nese game shows, right? And we all love The Abusement Park, RIGHT?? Let’s mix this all together, and come join The Abusement Park for their Super Ethical Reality Climax!

White Wolf LARP (18+) Hampton Panel Room 6:30pm-12am This is a parlor LARP. A live-action roleplaying game (also live-action ro- leplaying, or LARP) is a roleplaying game in which the players physically act out (most of) their characters’ actions, rather than describing them as they do in a traditional tabletop roleplaying game. The setting is a White wolf setting. White Wolf has been at the forefront of LARPing since 1993, when Vampire: The Masquerade was adapted to the live-action format in The Masquerade (later Laws of the Night), the first Mind’s Eye Theatre live-action game.

Whose Line is it Anime (13+) Panel Room 1 2:45pm-3:45pm Come join us for laughs and improv with games. Just like the show Whose Line but with an anime/nerd twist. The rules are made up and the points don’t matter.

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Whose Line is it Anime (18+) Panel Room 1 7pm-8pm An interactive audience panel where everything is made up on the spot and the points do not matter. The panel is all made up with different games to play. So all 18+ come join us with this interactive fun game.

Wonderful World of Yuri (18+) Panel Room 2 10:45pm-11:45pm A 18 + yuri panel for beginner yuri fans and long time ones too! come watch a slide show about all kinds of manga and featuring anime girls who love girls. I will also have video clips for your enjoyment. a lgbt friendly, judgement free zone where everyone can enjoy the love and of course fanservice that is the wonderful world of yuri!

Yaoi That Hurt Me (18+) Panel Room 1 9:30pm-10:30pm Do you like your BL with a little psychological horror thrown in? Do you like being so invested in a story yet also disturbed beyond measure? SO DO I! Come enjoy some quality time with Peachie as she shares the more disturbing side of yaoi.

Your Name, Anime Feature Films, & Going to the Oscars Main Events 3:15pm-4:15pm

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5 Minutes To Save The World: Ultimate Chaos Panel Room 1 10:00am-11:00am If Super Smash Bros. can have an ultimate, why not us? The Improv game show returns! Can you save the world to earn some free food or watch it all blow-up!? Dodging the teenage mutant ninja turtles on a pizza delivery or see how an insane children’s card game is played! You have 5 minutes!

Awesomely Bad FanFiction (18+) Panel Room 1 3:00pm-4:00pm Prepare to laugh. Prepare to cry. It’s time for the best and the worst (and the awesomely bad) in the realm of fanfiction! We’ll have some treasures like My Immortal, some rarities like You’ve Got A Friend In Me, and a little of everything in-between. Due to some explicit language, this panel is 18+.

Bad Con Adventures (16+) Panel Room 1 1:45pm-2:45pm Everyone has at least one bad con experience...some more than others. And there’s no better therapy than sharing these experiences with oth- ers. Laugh and cry with panelists and attendees alike, via a cacophony of mayhem and destruction! Parental Advisory: Content featured in this panel will be PG-13.

Buying Cosplay 10 Panel Room 2 12:45pm-1:45pm New to Cosplay and don’t have any sewing experience? Then stop by to learn where to look and where not to! Help get a head start into a new hobby!

Cel Painitng with Studio Capsule Hampton Inn Workshop 2pm-3:30pm

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Con Success Stories Panel Room 1 11:15am-12:15pm When good things happen at cons it’s awesome! Come tell us about it! Good vibes, good stories, good times.

Controversies in Cosplay Panel Room 3 2:15pm-3:15pm Cosplay is for everyone, and we want to remind everyone of that. We will discuss the different controversies that face the cosplay community today and help you avoid, handle, and counteract them.

Cosplay Contest Feedback Session Panel Room 4 11:30am-1:00pm Come give your opinion and ask questions about the cosplay contest. We strive to improve every year and we want to hear what our competi- tors and attendees have to say. Ask the judges questions and even get your scoring sheets.

Diversity In Anime Main Events 1:30pm-2:30pm

He’s Cute, But Is He a Dog? Panel Room 3 11:45am-12:45pm Peachie’s Panels takes an in depth look at various character tropes that we fall for every time. Like...that’s a cute boy, but...is he a dog? A butler? & robot? We have standards. Come chill & talk about very specific variet- ies of cute anime boys with us.

KPop Trivia! Panel Room 2 3:15pm-4:15pm A panel in which you can quiz yourself to see just how much you know about Kpop! Come have fun!

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Mandalorian Mercs 101 Panel Room 4 10am-11:30am Want to be a member of the Mandalorian Mercs? Come talk with official members and officers of the club to see what it takes to become apart of this amazing organization. As an officially affiliated Lucasfilm- cos tume club, the Mandalorian Mercs strive to spread the love of Star Wars through cosplay.

Play It Forward Player One Main Events 2:40pm-3:40pm While it’s great to sit back and enjoy being a fan, it’s more fun to be an active part of creating that environment. Whether starting an anime club at your school, volunteering and staffing conventions, or organizing local meet ups - There are lots of ways that each of us can improve our fan community, while helping and having a blast along the way. Join Greg Ayres and maybe a few surprise guests as we talk about how to make that happen.

Q&A With Nintendrew Main Events 12:15pm-1:15pm

Russian Fairy Tales & The Art They Inspire Panel Room 2 11:30am-12:30pm Learn the inside tricks to creating a thriving career in the art - this panel will cover cover marketing, distribution, getting licensing deals, and much more! It is presented by the founders of GIMI GEEK, the world’s largest fine art gallery with a geeky twist.

Studio Capsule Panel Panel Room 2 10am-11am Want to know what is new at Studio Capsule? What current projects they are working on? Come check out this panel with Robert and Emily.

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The Church of Yaoi: Youth Group (13+) Panel Room 3 1:00pm-2:00pm Are you a huge BL fan but still not old enough for the 18+ panels? Maybe you’re just inching towards the fandom but don’t know where to start? Well friendos, Peachie’s Panels has heard your cries! Come hang out with yaoi veterans Peachie & Tsunade in a 13+ safe environment. Come fangirl/fanboy with us!

Vocaloid 101 Panel Room 2 2:00pm-3:00pm Are you ready to worship Hatsune Miku? Vocaloids are singing programs that a person can use to synthesize music, often used to tell a story. Pre- pare to go ankle deep into Vocaloid culture as we discuss both popular and obscure Vocaloid songs, characters, and storylines.

What’s New Tavicat Main Events 11:00am-12:00pm

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Hampton Inn and Board of Cosplay Coordinator Suites Downtown Directors Dylan Hedges Owensboro Staff Amanda Deecke Kathleen Schreiner Holiday Inn Staff John Bowen Our Amazing Guests of Hooper Video Game Team Honor! Kenneth Gould Kody Keeling Dylan Hedges Jake Merkis Aaron Shuford Our outstanding Chase Lasley Tabletop Volunteers who Elijah Williams dedicated their time Staff and effort to the success of Programming Live Action OMG!con 2019! Coordinators Brandy Samples Heather Ryles And to You! Miranda Blakeman Exhibitor Because You’re Coordinator Media Team Nicki Pennington Good Enough, James Ellet You’re Smart Payton Rigsby Public Safety Enough, and Autumn Jarvis Steve-O Russel Doggone It, Elizabeth Behrens People Like You. AV Coordinator Aaron Shuford

Volunteer Special Thanks Coordinators Sponsors Rose Grillon Owensboro Citizens Visitor Bureau Shaun Cooley Guest Relations Branch Out Hana Mohundro Daniel and Gabrielle Greg Monestere Dodd Escape Room Registration Team Owensboro Li Rei Puzzle Pieces I Play Games Snow Pheonix Pense Productions Ai No Hoshi Cafe

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