...And we're back. My apologies to everyone who visits the Darkside Translations site regularly; there hasn't been that much to report that wasn't already being mentioned at Schwer and Schwer Alike. Throw in the DNS issues that the Darkside website has been facing as of late and you can get a better idea of why there hasn't been a lot going on here this past while.

That said, I'd like to extend a warm welcome to the newcomers who attended our Understanding Evangelion panel series this past weekend at Otakuthon. As promised, I've uploaded our opening videos to my YouTube account. Standalone versions of the videos as well as all of the material we presented on Saturday can be found below. If you wish to synch the videos and music with the PowerPoint slides, please save them to a subfolder called "Media" and leave the original filenames intact before opening the slides.

Seeing as this was my first time at an anime convention, both as an attendee and as an event host, I must say that I'm humbled by how many people attended our panels - and also by how many stayed for all three parts in lieu of lining up for The 404s. We haven't decided if we'll be offering a repeat performance for next year's festivities, but I don't see any reason to say "no".

Well, without further ado:

Understanding Evangelion

A three-part exploration of a controversial classic.

Part 1 - You must (not) run away.

Part 2 - Who are you?

Part 3 - What are you, stupid?!

If you have any questions or comments regarding the panels, our videos, Darkside Translations, Neon Genesis Evangelion, anime in general, or just feel like talking for a moment, you can reach me at TDOMMX [at] Gmail [dot] com.