Coverage: San Diego Con 2003

Updated July 1st, 2008

SDCC 2003 Gallery, Part 2a
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A few tidbits from the Pioneer panel: the Pioneer folks gave their upcoming release schedule, and mentioned that they're definitely planning to get into all aspects of anime, from DVDs to CDs to import merchandise. The new acquisitions they announced were Texhnolyze (Yoshitoshi Abe and Konaka Chiaki), Samurai Champloo (by Watanabe Shinichi, the director of Cowboy Bebop), Gungrave (though a lot of people seemed to think the Pioneer rep said Gunparade), the Read Or Die TV series, and the Rintaro Captain Harlock OAVs. They said they didn't get the Tenchi GXP series, and thought that it was FUNimation that got it. From speaking to a very reliable source somewhere else, we know this is true. They have no plans to put out Trigun season 2, but say they do have first option on it if the licensor decides to make it available. They have no plans for more Sailor Moon, but did a quick poll of the room, and a good portion of the attendees seemed interested in seeing more. They have considered splitting Fushigi Yuugi box into separate DVDs for sale, but haven't made a decision yet.

Del Rey: speaking with Dallas Middaugh at Del Rey, all we could find out was that he couldn't tell us the names of the manga titles they will launch yet. Part of it was that they were waiting for last minute word on which particular titles they could announce. This made it sound like they definitely had more than 4 titles in mind (we think), but possibly were only going to launch with 4 of them. He promised we'd be able to find out at their panel on Saturday, though. He also said the manga would be unflipped.

Yep, they're itty-bitty Lord of the Rings figurines.	Now THAT's what I call freeze-frame action.	Bloodfire Studios always has booth babes like these.	Doctor Who paraphenalia.
A "Green Destiny" letter opener.	Whoa! Pretty mixed group, ready for action.	Kotobuki-ya will bring a lot of their pre-painted resin kits to the US.	Double-decker buses running around giving tours.
Aisle 100.	The OffWorld Designs booth.	Aisle 200.	Aisle 300.
Aisle 400.	Lewis Galleries booth.	All pin-up art, all the time.	Aisle 500.
WickedCoolStuff had the giant killer bunny.	Aisle 600.	Aisle 700.	Aisle 800.
Aisle 900.	Aisle 1000.	They sell lots of costumes.	Aisle 1100.
Aisle 1200.	Aisle 1300, and the ever-present Bud Plant booth.	Aisle 1400, sort of Bat-cam style.	New collected volumes of Robert E. Howard's Conan stories. Limited, signed, $195!
Aisle 1600.	This year's WonderCon and SDCC shirts.	Booth babe.	Del Rey is getting into manga, partnered with Kodansha.
Aisle 1800.	Stan Winston's booth.	Some of Stan Winston's creations.	Someone enjoying the Tron 2.0 game.
Like it says, Oni Press.	Aisle 1900.	Aisle 2000.	That's a lot of elaborate Lord of the Rings miniatures from Games Workshop.