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two emerson college students that talk a lot about fiction and fandom, in whatever form that may take. we will be attending ACEN as members of the press this weekend, May 20-22! if you see us around, say hey—we'll be shooting our kickoff episode of BANG! and we may just be able to get you on camera!

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just wanna know when u and the asww cast n crew are gonna meet up again and have a reunion so i can cry happy tears

Hey!

It’s definitely hard to have all of us in the same place, but we can still probably have a reunion stream eventually. Just to provide some updates!

Emily and I are still at Emerson in our last semester. We’ve been rocking the Student Government scene and generally living our best lives. I’m working on a reality show on campus, and she’s breaking ground in the media studies and review world.

Anna’s graduated, but is still in the Boston area freelancing on projects. Camille’s in LA on internships. Grace is taking some time for Rest and Relaxation from Boston. Michaela’s graduated and in Chicago, making games and voice acting as she does. :)

Jonah’s out in LA, and Ty’s finishing school! 

I just met up with Jonah and Camille a few weeks ago, actually. It was pretty great. Be sure to catch up with all of us on Twitter and Instagram. You can HMU @JohnDanielDepa on Twitter and @Depafied on Instagram. @Depafied on Snapchat also works. 

I’ll reach out to everybody and see if we can schedule a live stream!

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BANG! is going to be at ConnectiCon this weekend!

Featuring discussion such as:

How to Characterize During Coitus,

Why We Read Smut and Why That Matters

and Words to Never Use Ever 

come join Emily and Depa in the Salamander Room on Saturday night to talk smut!

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BANG! — ACen2016 Preview [CC]

(Experiencing audio issues? Due to some weird compression, our voices are afraid of mobile devices. Throw on some headphones or use your computer to bring us back!)

Take a peek at some of what we filmed this weekend at ACen for the first episode of BANG!

Emily hit the con floor to ask attendees about what conventions mean to them; Depa asked for some help figuring out some tricky fan fiction tags (@thechristopherescalante, @ethannakashimava); and we both got the chance to sit in on press sessions with the guests of the con.

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@thechristopherescalante had some interesting answers to our questions this past weekend at ACen. The first episode of BANG! will be out soon!

A big thanks to everybody who said hello and interviewed with us.

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How many words can we add "-con" to? All of them.

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No waifu wars here.

Erica Mendez at ACEN in what is easily the quote of the day.

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BANG! - The Road to ACEN2016

Or: in which Emily watches the first Naruto OP for the first time. 

Are you ready for BANG!? Executive Producers of the EreJean Fanfilm A Story Without Words Depa and Emily are turning the camera around and breaking down fan culture and media as they see it. 

BANG! is filming this weekend at Anime Central Chicago, and releasing shortly after. See you soon!

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BANG! - The Road to ACEN2016

Or: in which Emily watches the first Naruto OP for the first time. 

Are you ready for BANG!? Executive Producers of the EreJean Fanfilm A Story Without Words Depa and Emily are turning the camera around and breaking down fan culture and media as they see it. 

BANG! is filming this weekend at Anime Central Chicago, and releasing shortly after. See you soon!

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Achievement Unlocked: press badges and business cards successfully attained!

We’ll be at ACEN bright and early in the morning. We’ll be in the #ACen2016 hashtag all weekend but be sure to follow us on Twitter for live updates on when we’re shooting, what we’re covering, and who we’re seeing!

— Emily and Depa

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ACEN ‘16: T-MINUS TWO DAYS

We received official word from the press department at ACEN that Depa and I are approved to cover ACEN as members of the press! 

We’ll be getting the chance to interview some of the incredible guests of honor like Monica Rial, Max Mittelman, Erica Lindbeck—the list goes on.

It’s looking more and more like that our ACEN coverage will extend beyond a single episode of BANG!; expect some blog posts, some shorter videos, and exclusives from those aforementioned guests of honor.

We’ll also be making a more active effort to be plugged into our Twitter, so be sure to follow for photos of killer cosplays, panel coverage, general hijinks—it’ll be our own ACEN catch-all. 

We’re getting pretty hyped. 

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ALL ABOARD THE ACEN HYPE TRAIN: t-minus three days!

Hello, all!

As you can probably gather from the header, we’re ACEN-bound on Wednesday! We’re going to be recording the first episode of our vlog, Bang!, focusing on fan culture, fanworks, and otherwise dissecting media from a distinctly fannish perspective. 

Recording at ACEN gives us a chance to do a jam-packed kickoff episode to set the tone for the rest of the series. We’ll be talking to con-goers about con culture, cosplay, fandom life—anything and everything. 

We’ll also be enjoying the con same as everyone else, so if you see us wandering around say hey! (And if you see Emily in Artist’s Alley make sure she isn’t spending her entire paycheck in one go.)

Stay tuned over the next two days for more information and updates as we get closer and closer to con—we’re super excited to get started and to show you what we’ve got planned for the summer. 

See you soon!

— Emily and Depa

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ALL ABOARD THE ACEN HYPE TRAIN: t-minus three days!

Hello, all!

As you can probably gather from the header, we’re ACEN-bound on Wednesday! We’re going to be recording the first episode of our vlog, Bang!, focusing on fan culture, fanworks, and otherwise dissecting media from a distinctly fannish perspective. 

Recording at ACEN gives us a chance to do a jam-packed kickoff episode to set the tone for the rest of the series. We’ll be talking to con-goers about con culture, cosplay, fandom life—anything and everything. 

We’ll also be enjoying the con same as everyone else, so if you see us wandering around say hey! (And if you see Emily in Artist’s Alley make sure she isn’t spending her entire paycheck in one go.)

Stay tuned over the next two days for more information and updates as we get closer and closer to con—we’re super excited to get started and to show you what we’ve got planned for the summer. 

See you soon!

— Emily and Depa

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Apparently these were packed away in the Student Government Office...

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expect selfies, out of context quotes, and way too much yelling about anime

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did you know the FAQ was under construction for several months?

i finally fixed that

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tl;dr:

we’re alive + we’ve been really busy with other organizations and projects!

our original plan for this semester was to start a video series on fandom matters and related subjects

but, again: time was an issue and things didn’t play out

however we will both be in boston this summer! (the first full summer we get to spend together!)

so our hopes is to start the series then so keep your eyes out come may, maybe june

we’ll be attending ACEN around then and hope to film a kickoff special while we’re there!

on a related note: we’ll also be at Anime Boston!

ty is coming to visit! camille will be with us! it’s like a mini reunion, basically. expect selfies. 

we’re very very excited; if you see us around feel free to say hey!

any questions, as always, feel free to drop in our inbox. <3

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Calling all fans...

It’s been a long time since we’ve last posted an update. We promise, we’re alive, and have been working on a ton of projects of our own. 

Please take a moment to drop us a quick message. If you’re still engaged and interested in our projects, reply or send us an ask with a quick little smile to let us know you’re still there. If you have questions for us, send them our way. 

Finally, let us know if you want us to just post an updates video for ya’ll, or if you would be interested in us doing a livestream pulling in some of the gang!

We miss you all, and hope to hear back from you!

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