The 2005 Robotech Convention Tour made a stop at Kunicon Atlanta during the Memorial Day holiday weekend! This was the first official Robotech event in the Southeastern United States in nearly 20 years!

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For those of you who were unable to attend, we've made a detailed summary of the Robotech events for the entire convention:


FRIDAY, May 27

MICHAEL BRADLEY LIVE IN CONCERT
Kunicon’s Robotech programming kicked off at 8 p.m. with a concert by Michael Bradley and his singing partner Khristy Moser! As the lights went down the fans were treated to opening theme of the flower of life then Michael and Khristy took the stage to sing the classic songs of Yellow Dancer plus songs from Robotech the Movie. As a special bonus Khristy Moser also sang a classic song from Lynn Minmei to the delight of the fans present! Michael brought the crowd to its feet with his singing the classic "Look Up". As one fan said to Michael after the concert as he singed autographs, "I had to stand and up and cheer when you played that song!"

CODENAME: ROBOTECH SCREENING
To celebrate Robotech’s 20th Anniversary Kunicon and Harmony Gold hosted a screening of the rarely seen CODENAME: ROBOTECH at 10:30 p.m. Before the screening Kevin McKeever gave away VF-1 and Alpha Fighter MPC’s, Ben Dixon and Lancer cels drawn by Tommy Yune. Also a special giveaway of the actual Tatsunoko Studio cells from Robotech II: The Sentinels direct from the vaults at Harmony Gold! After the screening each fan in attendance received a giant sized Minmei poster illustrated and autographed by Tommy Yune!


SATURDAY, May 28

ROBOTECH INDUSTRY PANEL
Saturday’s Robotech programming began at 12 noon with a special three-hour panel on Robotech’s past, present and future. The panel began with a personal look back on the making of Robotech with Richard Epcar and Michael Bradley. Fans were able to hear firsthand accounts on the creative process and production of the original series plus they were able to ask both Richard and Michael questions about voice acting, music composition, dubbing anime, music production and advice on how to break into the industry! Michael also revealed that not only does he have a new website (http://www.michaelbradleymusic.com) he is currently producing a album with new versions of all the classic Robotech songs. Also Michael will be performing all of these songs, with his band The RK Project at Robocon / Anime Expo in a special concert!

Tommy Yune then took to the floor to talk about Robotech’s future and give fans the latest information on Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles. Fans at Kunicon Atlanta were among the first to find out about:

- The production process between Harmony Gold, Tatsunoko Productions and DR Movie.
- New production art and graphics.
- New 3D animatics of action sequences.
- Footage demonstrating for the first time how 2D and 3D animation will be merged.
- Mecha designs with size comparisons of mysterious new vessels.
- Actual test footage of General Reinhardt (Dan Woren) and Captain Vince Grant (Richard Epcar) synchronized to recorded audio.
- Scott Glasgow has been brought aboard to compose the music for The Shadow Chronicles!

To reward our fans for their 20 years of support, each person who asked Tommy a question would receive a free poster, Super Posable, or a MPC! As an added bonus, fans were able to get autographs at the end of the panel!

VOICE ACTOR IDOL
The hour of 4 p.m. found Richard Epcar and Kevin McKeever and their fellow Guests Of Honor as judges on the Kunicon Voice Actor Idol. Over 20 people auditioned for the chance to be the voice on the commercial for Kunicon Denver. The third place winner won a MPC cel of Ben Dixon by Tommy Yune while the second place winner won a Ben Dixon MPC and the Grand Prize winner won Alpha Super Posable and a Lancer Alpha MPC!

Q&A WITH RICHARD EPCAR
The Robotech programming continued into Saturday night with the Richard Epcar Q & A. Fans were able to ask Richard about his various anime works from Robotech to Ghost In The Shell plus talk about his live action acting roles in such feature films such as John Carpenter's "Memoirs Of An Invisible Man".


SUNDAY, May 29

Q&A WITH MICHAEL BRADLEY
Sunday’s Robotech programming started with the Michael Bradley panel at 12 noon. Fans were able to find out how Michael create the original songs plus get a glimpse of the creative process that goes into performing these songs for a live audience. Michael also used the opportunity to get feedback on his Friday night performance and give an impromptu performance that drew applause from the assembled fans. Each fan in attendance received a Lancer MPC cel drawn by Tommy Yune and autographed by Michael Bradley!

MICHAEL BRADLEY ENCORE CONCERT
Michael Bradley and Khristy Moser performed for a second time on Sunday for the fans who missed Friday night’s performance. After the show fans were able to purchase CDs from Michael and Khristy and get autographs and pictures taken with them.

IRON ARTIST
Tommy Yune and Kunicon co-chairman Manny Camacho emceed the brutal Iron Artist competition in which aspiring artists raced against time to finish an illustration under brutal rapid-fire conditions! (which is more or less the norm in the manga industry anyway)

KUNIWOOD SQUARES
Richard Epcar and Kevin McKeever joined Piano Squall, Greg Ayers, Chris Patton, Mike McFarland, Sean Schemel, Mike Sinterniklaas and Doug Smith for the first ever Kuniwood Squares! Kunicon co-chairman Manny Camacho asked each of the contestants to answered questions while two teams had to figure out if the often-hilarious answers were truthful or not.

CLOSING CEREMONIES
At closing ceremonies Richard, Michael, Khristy, Tommy and Kevin each said their goodbyes along with their fellow Guests Of Honor and looked forward to returning to Kunicon Atlanta in 2006!

SPECIAL THANKS
Richard, Michael, Khristy, Tommy and Kevin would like to thank Manny Camacho, Kelvin Ferrar and our talent wranglers Elle and Tara for making our first trip to Atlanta a wonderful experience.
We look forward to working with you at Kunicon Denver! (http://den.kunicon.com)

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