Pacific Media Expo 2011: Day 3 by Nergene Arquelada (J!-ENT Interviews and Articles)

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Pacific Media Expo 2011 concluded on Sunday in Los Angeles.  The final day of the convention included a wide array of events.  For the third consecutive year, the convention hosted the Way of the Stick and Blade:   Tournament of Filipino Martial Arts.  The tournament featured the martial arts of  Eskrima, Kali, and Arnis and included forms, full contact stick fighting, and padded stick fighting.

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The fashion show is one of the highlights of the convention.  This year’s show featured designs from ATELIER-PIERROT, which is known for their classic Gothic Lolita styles.

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There was also a panel with some of the cast and crew from the upcoming indie thriller, Innocence Blood.  The panel included actors C.S. Lee and Alexandra Bokyun Chun.  Also on the panel were child actor Lance Lim, director, writer, and producer Sun W. Kim and director DJ Holloway.  The film is scheduled to be released next year.

Other events on Sunday included a full day of workshops and demonstrations devoted to Asian ball-jointed dolls.  It was an opportunity for those who wanted to learn about these dolls or share advice about their care and maintenance.  Another panel featured the American voice actresses from the classic anime series Tenchi Muyo.  Appearing at this panel were voice actresses Petrea Burchard, Rebecca Forstadt, Ellen Gerstell and Sherry Lynn.  This was a year for very diverse programming at Pacific Media Expo.  There were many new and unique events for this year.  Pacific Media Expo will return to the LAX Hilton next year and promises to be even bigger.