(Please see the full completed report 10:35 AM - Introductions, Guests are having fun and goofing off.
10:36 AM - Nightow was drinking till 4 AM
10:37 AM - Very fortunate to have fans like you.
10:38 AM - I'm so grateful that everyone is here on this special day on July 4th.
10:49 AM - Mechanical designer makes a surprise visit.
10:40 AM - 3 years ago a company in America offered me a proposal for a movie for all the US fans. Regardless of the problem within the last 3 years we did not stop making the movie. The characters in the movie are all alive thanks to fans like you. ~ Nightow
10:44 AM - Trailer plays.
10:46 AM - loud cheering and applause. Thanks audience.
10:46 AM - My hands were shaking filiming you guys. I will definitely bring the video to our staff who will enjoy it. ~Nightow
10:48 AM - Clip was just finished a week ago. We've seen it about 45 times.
10:49 AM - It really brought back memories from 10 years ago as I watched that clip.
10:50 AM - Q & A opens up, guests surprised at number of fans line up.
10:51 AM - I wanted to express the series differently from the manga in the series.
10:52 AM - I try not to clash characters and make them each unique and unique. The transexual came along when I was laying out the Gunhogun chars.
10:55 AM - definitely ask same music composer to do misic for movie.
11:01 AM - currently working on a lot of short stories. They take place in NY.
11:04 AM - Very surprised when I first came to America so many people knew about Trigun. I very much hope to be able do collaboration works with America in future.
11:06 AM - Vash was my original creation but Wolfwood was based on a vocal singer in Japan. I liked his nose so I spent a lot of time on Wolfwood's nose.
11:07 AM - Why did Wolfwood have to die? He's alive ~ Nightow [laughs] As long as I keep making more works he's alive. So don't worry about his death it's not important.
11:10 AM - Kuroneko only in anime, I only had him a few times in the manga.
11:12 AM - Was watching action movies and always wondered why people died so fast. So I made Vash a strong char.
11:14 AM - I do feel pressure but I've worked on a lot of big ones so I learned to deal with it. ~ Director
11:15 AM - atheist ~Nightow
11:17 AM - Manga is what made me, Wolfwood's death in Trigun Maximum was my most proud work and I really battered myself on that scene.
11:18 AM - Star Wars: A New Hope I think was the best. I personally want to live on Tatoine, and I liked John Woo movies back then and fused both element. I wish I could shoot guns like that [laughs].
11:21 AM - As a project on a whole I felt it was complete (anime). I tried to express all the emotions into the series, unfortunately I don't think I would work on a season 2. But if there's something new I would like to express, I would definitely work on it.
11:15 AM - The skill is not important, just keep the passion. ~Director
11:27 AM - We always wanted to do more work on Trigun, the person who offered me the job said not many lasting anime. Once fans love a series though, they will always be loyal.
11:29 AM - Trailer reshown.
11:33 AM - panel ends.
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