{"id":808,"date":"2019-04-12T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/?p=808"},"modified":"2019-04-11T19:47:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T00:47:17","slug":"track-spotlight-anime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/?p=808","title":{"rendered":"Track Spotlight: Anime"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/grimgirls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-810\" src=\"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/grimgirls-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"Grim Reaper Girls\" width=\"250\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/grimgirls-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/grimgirls-200x187.jpg 200w, https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/grimgirls-768x717.jpg 768w, https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/grimgirls-1024x956.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/grimgirls-1200x1120.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/grimgirls.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><strong>Anime Track Featured Guests: <b>The Grim Reaper Girls and Paul Kemner<\/b><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>The Grim Reaper Girls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (also known as The Shinigami Kami) are back bringing you The Black Butler Tea Party in new and exciting ways! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The crew this year features author <strong>A. Carina Spears<\/strong> and researcher <strong>Star Stramel<\/strong> along with special guests<strong> Paul Kemner<\/strong> as Abberline, and <strong>Natasha<\/strong> as Ronald Knox to give you &#8216;simply one hell of a good time!&#8217; \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you visit us at our Victorian-style tea or eat Pocky at our modern day club with Ronald Knox, we&#8217;ll give you a fun event you won&#8217;t want to miss. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A. Carina Spears writes horror, fantasy, sci-fi, and romance. \u00a0Her latest book &#8220;Paladin&#8217;s Honor&#8221; (a romance for the AD&amp;D crowd) is expected to come out later this year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Stramel does research for authors like you, so you don&#8217;t have to! She is also working on a podcast and writing for The Good Times local news flier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-843\" src=\"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KemnerC.png\" alt=\"Paul Kemner\" width=\"250\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KemnerC.png 250w, https:\/\/2019.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KemnerC-200x182.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Paul Kemner\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a bit older than Godzilla, watched the original broadcast of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Astro Boy series, and has been a fan of anime ever since. When\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he&#8217;s not writing and tuning SQL, he enjoys geeky hobbies, studies\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ancient &amp; modern polytheist relgions, plays exotic instruments, and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">writes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His novelette, \u201cA Wrecking Bar, a Chocolate Bar, and a Ka\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offering for NaNeferKaPtah\u201d is a favorite read for Egyptologists, and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFowl Fiends of the Great Black Swamp\u201d appears in Down Home Country\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vampire. Current musical challenges are Japanese Shakuhachi and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shinobue, and Chinese Dizi and Xiao. This is Paul\u2019s 10th year at\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Penguicon, presenting 28 hours of programming over the last 5 years!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Track Highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Black Butler AMV Tea Party<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reapers work hard and party harder! Come join Ronald Knox, Abberline, Ankou D Undertaker, and William T. Spears as they light up the night as only grim reapers can! Sample a bevy of non-alcoholic drinks. Enjoy Japanese snacks and mingle as we watch videos, run a few games like the best Tsundere turn-away, and dance the night away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supernatural Anime: The Creepy, the Scary, and the Fun<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Japan has the widest and weirdest menagerie of supernatural beasties and ghosts, and they haunt the world of anime too! With influences from Shinto and Buddhism, folk tales, and urban legends, you&#8217;re never quite sure what will happen next. We&#8217;ll geek out on our picks of what&#8217;s worth watching and why.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steven Universe Sing-A-Long &#8211; with Ukuleles!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All we wanna do, is see you turn into, a giant woman (A GIANT WOMAN!) &#8211; and sing along with us! Whether or not you have a ukulele, join us as we sing and play some of our favorite songs from this incredible show. Don&#8217;t know how to play the ukulele? We can teach you basic chords! Come and share this jam with us!<\/p>\n<p><em>To see the rest of the track and all the rest of the events at Penguicon, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/penguicon2019.sched.com\/search\/\">Schedule for 2019<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anime Track Featured Guests: The Grim Reaper Girls and Paul Kemner The Grim Reaper Girls (also known as The Shinigami Kami) are back bringing you The Black Butler Tea Party in new and exciting ways! \u00a0 The crew this year features author A. 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