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ComicCon 2003

Comic-Con is the largest annual comic book/media convention in North America. Last year, Comic-Con had an attendance of over 60,000. Comic-Con has posted their full programming schedule for their 2003 convention. Along with posting the anime theater schedule, here's some information about the panels devoted to anime and manga.

Thursday
2:30–3: Dark Horse Comics Manga Mania!— Panelists: Tim Ervin-Gore and Chris Warner. Room 9
3:30–4: Bandai Entertainment— Panelists: Company representatives. Room 9
4:30–5: Pioneer Entertainment Presents— Panelists: Company representatives. Room 3

Friday
10:30–11: Robotech— Panelists: Harmony Gold staff members Tommy Yune , Steve Yun, and Tom Bateman. Room 6A
12:30–1: ADV Presents Lady Death— Panelists: Producer Andy Orjuela ADV PR Head Rod Peters and Lady Death creator Brian Pullido. Room 6A
1:30–2: Tokyopop Industy Insiders Panel—Panelists: Tokyopop Company Representatives, Studio Tavicat, Terrence Walker and Ahmed Hoke. Room 2
2:30–3: What's Next for Gundam— Panelists: Representatives from Bandai America. Room 9
3:30–4: What's New at ADV— Panelists: Company Representative. Room 9

Saturday
12:00–1: Central Park Media— Panelists: CPM managing Director John O'Donnell. Room 2
1:30–2: Del Rey Manga Line— Panelists: Editor-in-chief Betsy Mitchell and Director of Manga Dallas Middaugh. Room 9
2:30–3: Tokyopop Presents Keith Giffen and Kim Kang Won— Panelists: Keith Giffen and Kim Kang. Room 2
3:30–4: Get to Know ADV— Panelists: Company Representative. Room 9
6:00–7: 20 years of Antarctic Press, or How We Survived in Publishing on a Shoestring Budget— Panelists: Joe Dunn, Fred Perry, Joe Wight, Rod Espinosa, Jochen Weltjens and Lee Duhig Room 8

Sunday
11:30–12: Bandai Entertainment —Panelists: Company Representative. Room 9
11:30–12: Megatokyo— Panelists: include Fred Gallagher, Sarah Wooden, Dominic Nguyen, and Jon Montroll. Room 18