I’m back for my 20th year of Anime Detour in Minneapolis, MN. As always, I’ve got another fistful of panels to rave about everything from Toonami to VHS tapes to weird Japanese movies to movies in general. Here’s what’s on tap this year.

Toonami Rewind

Friday 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM in 2F Greenway IJ 

Relive weekday-afternoon Toonami with this hosted collection of classic promos and stories from this gateway era of anime.

YouTube Poop Forever 

Friday 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM in 2F Greenway FGH 

YouTube Poop has changed the way we look at media. Let’s explore the weird world that has forever altered how we look at TV shows and YouTube. Intended for ages 13+. 

Saturday Morning Cartoon Fever 

Saturday 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM in 2F Greenway FGH 

Wake up and check out this retrospective on the days of cartoons and cereal, spanning from Flintstones to ThunderCats. 

Anime VHS Wonderland 

Saturday 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM in 2F Greenway IJ 

Fall down a hole of old school anime promos from the age of VHS, when anime wasn’t your daddy’s cartoons. 

Horrors of Anime: Declassified (18+) 

Saturday 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM in 2F Greenway FGH 

Rare, wild, raunchy, and ridiculously immature anime awaits you in this non-stop cavalcade of smash-cut awful anime dubs. 18+ Wristband Required. 

(In)correct Anime History 

Saturday 10:30 PM to 11:30 PM in 1F Lakeshore B

Learn about the (wrong) history of Japanese animation and how it grew in America with this (satirical) panel. 

Wildest Japanese Movies You Need To See 

Sunday 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM in 2F Greenway IJ

Killer lamps! Rebar cyborgs! Singing corpses! Come see these and more wild displays from Japan’s strangest, must-see movies! Intended for ages 13+.

Film Year in Review

Sunday 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM in 2F Greenway AB 

Let’s look back at the year in movies, including the Lord of the Rings anime, the Beetlejuice sequel, and that Deadpool crossover. 

See you all there!