Below you will find the panel schedule for Saturday, November 22. There will be exciting topics and sessions will cover perspectives, history, influences, the music of, cosplay influenced by anime – and more! Panels will take place in the Balboa Room, Directors Room, and the Terrace Room.
Click on the buttons below to see panel schedule for Friday and Saturday.
Panel programming subject to change without notice.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2025
TERRACE ROOM
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM – Cosplay Wrestling Federation
Cosplay Wrestling Federation
Cosplay Wrestling Federation
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM – Um Anime
From Darker Than Black to Black Butler, if there’s one thing otaku love, it’s correcting people. Your host will read off a statement about anime with one mistake. Your job is to find that mistake and correct it.
J.D. Kelly has been a nerd as long as he can remember. Now as a writer and producer for A-to-J Connections, he likes to use his knowledge of anime, manga, video games and other media to create quiz shows to stump and delight contestants and sometimes, to torment his friends. You know, as a treat.
6:30 PM to 7:30 PM – In Walt’s Footsteps: The Osamu Tezuka Story
In Walt’s Footsteps
Justin Karvelot
BALBOA ROOM
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM – Giving Yourself Anime Proportions
Anime proportions can be difficult to achieve. Join Kizu and Sol as they show you tips and tricks to giving yourself anime proportions while making and while wearing cosplay!
A Father Child duo who cosplays together. Double the trouble, double the nerds.
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM – Mythology of Final Fantasy
From deadly monsters to heroic summons many creatures come from myths abd legends. Learn the stories behind the creatures you love.
Dapper Bard
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM – “33 Strings“
The koto musician for Shogun (Disney+, Hulu) and Ghost of Tsushima (Sony Playstation) introduces iconic traditional Japanese instruments to you: the koto and shamisen. She will be with her ensemble, who recently collaborated with Silent Hill for its launch event at Little Tokyo. Learn about the great history and culture of Japanese music alongside trying the instrument yourself! For more information about us, please visit our website: www.33strings.org and follow our Instagram at @33strings_
33 Strings
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM – Alan Z and Paul Dateh Panel – Pop Culture, Music, and More
Alan Z and Paul Dateh talk about pop culture, anime, music, and more!
Alan Z and Paul Dateh
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM – How Anime Sticker culture in the States originated from street drifters in Japan
How Anime Sticker culture in the States originated from street drifters in Japan
Jeremie Sunico
DIRECTORS ROOM
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM – Sidekicks Spectacular Table Read
Sidekicks Spectacular
Superheroes and villains became more than just myths or comic book characters. They live here on Earth, alongside us. But this story isn’t about them, this is the story of their kids whose powers aren’t as great from making the perfect fry to counting things accurately, follow these kids as they learn to navigate the world through the eyes of a Sidekick. Join us for Sidekicks Spectacular! We will be listening to new episodes from the 2nd season and have a script reading. We will also have a table read with mock auditions.
Panel includes Christa Rew, Noah Krzywdzinksi, Eli Krzywdzinski, Gideon Krzywdzinski, Gunnar Ready
Christa Rew is an indie voice actress based in San Diego, California. She has studied under Connie Teriwilliger and has been voice acting for over 5 years. She is the creator of Sidekicks as well as the Founder of Black Maze Entertainment. When she is not trying to make her mark in the voice acting community, she enjoys creative writing, pretending the world is her stage while singing karaoke, watching anime/cartoons, and reading books, manga, and comic books. She also dabbles in playing Sims.
Noah Krzywdzinski is the voice of Maverick in the Sidekicks podcast. He is 20 years old and loves playing video games especially fighting games, watching anime like Gundam and Bleach.
Gideon Krzywdzinski is the voice of Brice in Sidekicks. He is 23 years old and enjoys playing games, building model kits, working on small projects in blender and writing small stories and overall and is extremely excited for another year of doing a panel.
Elias Krzywdzinski is the voice of Calvin within the Sidekicks podcast. He is16 years old. He enjoys 3D modeling, 3D Printing and game development. Some of his favorite games are, Rain world, Starbound Don’t Starve Together, Nine Sols and Portal 2.
Gunnar Ready is a physicist turned voice actor and audio engineer which he’s been doing for 5 years and 2 years respectively. He just started as the audio engineer for Sidekicks this year. He’s done a wide range of work from commercials to eLearning to video games but he specializes in monsters and creature voices. When he’s not in the booth or editing audio together he’s painting, cooking, scuba diving, and creating stories and characters for his TTRPG group.
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM – In My Y2K Era
In my Y2K era.
Scarlet Rhapsody
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM – Gunpla 101
Ever want to try out building an anime themed model? From DragonBall to Gundam to Pokémon there are plenty of options. Learn the terms, tools, and techniques needed to start this fun hobby.
Dapper Bard
4:30 PM to 5:30 PM – Japanese Queer Media
The panel will be discussing the history and terminology of Japanese Queer Media. How it began, commercialization, legal issues, and where it all is going. Also how it has influenced western queer media and the bled back.
Melissa Gene Meyer is a small youtuber, who has been working convention for the over 30 years. She is knowable on a wide range of convention subjects.
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM – Certified: The Rise of Animation in San Diego
Certified: The Rise of Animation in San Diego
Poetic Quote Media (David)