Below you will find the panel schedule for Friday, November 21. 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 Saturday and Sunday.
Panel programming subject to change without notice.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2025
TERRACE ROOM
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM – Open Mic: Your Turn to Be an Idol
Open Mic: Your Turn to Be an Idol
Selkie is a kaigai idol inspired by the beaches and vibrant sea life of their home in San Diego, as well as their love for the funky, nostalgic sounds of jazz, city pop, and music from their favorite retro animes. Selkie has made it their mission to always find fun and joy in any situation, and hopes to inspire others to do the same!
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM – Cringe Is Dead! Yumeshipping, Oshikatsu, and You
What is Yumeshipping/Oshikatsu? How does one participate? What do all these weird terms mean? A judgement free zone to talk all about your fictional others and how we can express our love for them.
Presented by Pomp
7:30 PM to 8:30 PM – More Than Just Miku: An Underrated Vocaloid Showcase
You may be familiar with Hatsune Miku, but did you know that there are over 200 other Vocaloids? Whether a new or old fan, it can be hard to keep up with so many different characters! In this panel many of the more obscure Vocaloid voicebanks will be shown off, both design and vocals and some fun trivia about them along the way!
Charlie Bennett is a huge Vocaloid and in general, vocal synthesizer fan. They have nearly 20 years worth of fandom experience and over 10 alone in running cosplay/fandom groups, staffing conventions, and just generally trying to contribute to fan culture in a constructive, unifying way. Besides Vocaloid, their interests also include Drag Race, Naruto, Shin Megami Tensei, and so much more!
BALBOA ROOM
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM – Beginning in Cosplay Construction
Ever wanted to make a cosplay but don’t know where to start? Join FatherChildCos in this educational panel where you learn the basics to start your craft!
A Father Child duo who cosplays together. Double the trouble, double the nerds.
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM – Modern Zine Culture and the Making of Fanbooks
A panel that will go into the ins and outs of modern fandom zines! Includes the process of making a zine, from conception to finish, from the perspective of zine runners/organizers. It’ll also touch on how people can get involved if they’re interested (as zine moderators and/or contributors) and share some tips on how prospective contributors can make their applications/portfolios more appealing. For anyone who is interested in fandom zines as a concept and wants to learn more, or who wants to take part in zines themselves. This panel is a love letter to fandom zines and wants to shed light on the process for anyone who’s interested.
Bee has a Master’s in Literature and Writing and is currently earning her Masters in Fine Arts for Creative Writing. She has been working on zines for three years, and has been involved in 20+ zines as a moderator and 30+ zines as a contributor.
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Anime Connect
Based on the BBC game show Only Connect, Anime Connect is played by two teams of up to three contestants across four rounds.
The first round is the Connection Round. In it, one team will see a set of up to four random clues and have to tell me what links them. It could be something like “Characters who lost their left arm” or “Characters with hair that is half one color and half another.” If they don’t guess it, their opponents get a chance to steal.
The second round, the Sequences Round, plays out similarly but instead of giving me the connection, teams only get up to three clues and have to give me the fourth in a sequence. Examples include “Crunchyroll Anime of the Year Winners for the Last Four Years” or “Anime Characters with Colorful Nicknames in Rainbow Order.”
The third round is the Connecting Wall. It’s like New York Times Connections game. The teams will each get a wall with sixteen jumbled clues and have to sort them into four sets of four within 3 minutes. They get a point for each group they find and can earn another point for each connection they identify.
J.D. 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.
DIRECTORS ROOM
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM – Voice Acting 101
Voice Acting 101
Jazzy Oliver is a trans-femme, non-binary voice actress based in San Diego, California. Her voice has been heard across indie animation, video games and more recently anime! Among her roles are Mr. Shiny in the horror game Deadly Night, Shibata in the spicy anime Offering My Virginity to a Gangster, and most famously, Paintbrush in the web series, Inanimate Insanity!
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM – RT TV Podcast
RT TV Podcast
We are originally from Rhode Island and all went to college together in state. We’ve known each other for over 15 years now and started the channel after college. We started by doing reactions to music and then shifted to anime and beyond. After a year we decided to move to Los Angeles and been growing ever since. Through the journey we’ve taken, we’ve been able to amass 1.4 million Youtube Subscribers, 108k Instagram Followers, 215k on Tiktok, and 10k on Facebook. Our Anime Podcast has featured guest like YaboyRoshi, The Normies, Brago, RogerBase, and More.
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM – YouTube for Fun not Profit
YouTube is hard if not imposable to brake in to, but with a few simple tips you and have a channel that you enjoy even if no one else does.
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.