Fanime went well. Turning on subs for the major songs in ReDeath made the typically rowdy crowd experience even more fun (a “songs only” sub track may be a worthy additon). A show of hands before the screening revealed that about 2/3rds of them had never seen it before (really?), but I’d say it was one of the most energetic screenings I’ve witnessed. Having about 15 minutes to kill afterwards, as a lark I played selected scenes with ‘Engrish’ subs turned on (I fed the sub script line-by-line into Babelfish, going from English to Chinese and back). Kelvin told me that a girl sitting near him commented, “I didn’t think it could get any funnier!” Not a bad payoff for a couple hours of repetitive cutting and pasting. I’m not sure if I’ll do Engrish subs for FBBB and Nesca (ReDeath‘s cultishness makes it a little more appropriate), but I am a little more inclined than I was previously. Nesca v1.6 screened to a good response, I like the little pacing trims I made, have one more I might try, and then the completion of the full climax should make 1.7 the final revision. We also screened the FBBB director’s cut at our panel and I’m quite happy with it. It flows much better now, IMHO. I’ve made one more trim since then, and only a little tweaking of the audio mix is all that’s left to be done.

Our panel. Photo from http://www.usagichan.com/

Some big news for Sokodei production in general is that I’ve purchased a new computer to replace to old Pentium III I’d been using since 1999. Editing and DVD authoring will be much faster and more convenient and hopefully will supply the inspiration I need to get off my ass and make something, dammit! However, since I can’t port over my old capture card without finding software that is long out-of-print, I’ll be using my old comp a little longer to finish the FBBB and Nesca DVDs. I’m aiming for the end of July to be totally moved over to the new system, and the end of August to have ReDeath, FBBB and Nesca finalized on disc.