{"id":5736,"date":"2019-06-11T00:01:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T07:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=5736"},"modified":"2024-09-13T23:41:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T06:41:48","slug":"interview-with-crunchyroll-event-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2019\/06\/11\/interview-with-crunchyroll-event-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Crunchyroll Event Staff @ Anime Central"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Attending an anime convention is exciting and a great time to celebrate something we\u2019ve loved. But behind every convention, there is a dedicated team working to make sure the show runs smoothly. We had the opportunity to interview Crunchyroll Event Manager Lauren Stevens at Anime Central in Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/anitrendz.net\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/11\\\/interview-with-crunchyroll-event-staff\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5736 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4226.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4226.jpg?fit=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4226.jpg?w=3264&amp;ssl=1 3264w, 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6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1558185555&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4173\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4173.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4173.jpg?fit=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Anime Trending:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you introduce yourself and what you do?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Lauren:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sure! My name is Lauren Stevens and I\u2019m Crunchyroll\u2019s Events Manager. I make booths. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>AT:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alright, so what brought you into the position that you\u2019re currently in? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Lauren:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So a while back, Funimation actually had a volunteer program and I volunteered for them and knew that I wanted to get into anime somehow. But, voice acting was not for me. Voice acting requires not only to act, but to be able to act without your body. It\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">very<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hard. So that wasn\u2019t the avenue for me. I asked a bunch of the different staff there, \u201cHey, what do you do in the company? What did you go to school for? \u00a0How did you get into this industry?\u201d And there\u2019s no one true path. There wasn\u2019t one way to get into the anime industry. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Adam Sheehan, who\u2019s actually the Director of Events, was my mentor at the time, and he said, \u201cGo out and do events. If you want to do events, go do all events. Anything you can get your hands on, you know, don\u2019t just do anime conventions. \u00a0Go do a little bit of everything.\u201d And that\u2019s actually what I went and did. I went and did a bunch of different events. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">I decided to go to college for business administration because I knew I wanted a business background somehow, and that\u2019s actually the overarching one that gets you a little bit of everything. You get marketing. You get ethics and accounting, and you literally touch everything. So, I went and did that. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">I went and got myself involved with a group called Sypher Arts Studio \u2014 they actually put on the Labyrinth of Jareth Masquerade Ball down in Southern California. It\u2019s the biggest masquerade ball in North America. I started doing events with them, and an opportunity opened at Crunchyroll. I applied, and I got the job!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>AT:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sounds like a lot of stuff leading up to where you are now.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Lauren:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">really<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enjoy events.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>AT:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I can tell. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Lauren:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s something where I figured out what I wanted to do, and I started pursuing that avenue. Anime is almost an ancillary though. \u00a0It\u2019s something where- if you narrow your focus to only getting into anime, it is really hard. If you look in North America, there are very few anime companies, but if you look at entertainment as a whole, it\u2019s a lot easier to get into that sort of an avenue in terms of events.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>AT:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I see. So a lot of con attendees only ever see the finished product of what you put together.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Lauren: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They do.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>AT: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What goes into putting together these kinds of booths? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Lauren: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Months. Months of time. If I\u2019m lucky, more than months of time. We have a giant to-do list. If you knew nothing about how to do a convention, it will tell you everything you need to do. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">We have a really great relationship with our brand management team, so we talk with them about what shows they are looking to promote, and then we start to build activations off of that. We know we have a lot of awesome fans, so we like to do 30-day free trials and try to learn more about our fans. We\u2019re interested in finding out, \u201cHey, do you engage with any of our activations? What did you like? What didn\u2019t you like?\u201d That way we can start shaping things further down the line. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">My favorite thing is that people will be like, \u201cOh yeah, it seems really easy to do events.\u201d And I say, \u201cDo you know how electrical gets to your booth?\u201d They go, \u201cWhat?\u201d And I reply, \u201cYeah, it doesn\u2019t just show up. You have to order things and you have to get these it in advance.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Signage takes time. Design takes time. If there\u2019s anything that we want, we have to work with our internal teams with much longer timelines than you would think. This does not pop up overnight, I promise. It does have a lot of anxiety-induced nights for all of us because we go, \u201cOh no, what about this one thing that I didn\u2019t think about before and that\u2019ll impact this? How does that work?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>AT:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh wow! That\u2019s quite a lot. How do you endure the conventions? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>L:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a lot. Definitely, one of the things that help us out a lot is we staff as best as we can. Here\u2019s a good example, we have a tower of slimes activation. Ideally, I\u2019d like to have three staff. If I have three staff there, it\u2019s not really a stressful pain point and it makes it better for everyone involved working on it. It\u2019s not a relaxed day for sure, but it\u2019s not as grueling as you would think it is when you\u2019re staffed properly.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5741\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5741\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2019\/06\/11\/interview-with-crunchyroll-event-staff\/img_4185\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4185-e1560237418199.jpg?fit=2448%2C3264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1558187989&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4185\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4185-e1560237418199.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4185-e1560237418199.jpg?fit=696%2C928&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-5741 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4185-e1560237418199-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4185-e1560237418199.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4185-e1560237418199.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4185-e1560237418199.jpg?resize=696%2C928&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4185-e1560237418199.jpg?resize=1068%2C1424&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4185-e1560237418199.jpg?resize=315%2C420&amp;ssl=1 315w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4185-e1560237418199.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4185-e1560237418199.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tower of Slime!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">We actually bring out some elite staffers to help us out at our booths. They\u2019re all wearing shirts like mine. And that really helps a lot to keep everything going, especially when it\u2019s something along the lines of, \u201cOh I have to run and go do a panel, but it\u2019s during exhibit hall hours, who\u2019s going to take care of the booth?\u201d I have a team for that now. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>AT: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excellent. What is the most rewarding part of the job for you?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>L:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I think that the most rewarding thing is fan feedback. When you hear someone say, \u201cOh I\u2019ve always wanted to do something like this! This is the best part of my convention.\u201d That really makes me feel good because I\u2019m the one that goes months in advance and goes, \u201cHey, hear me out, I have a crazy idea. What if, we build a tower of slimes?\u201d Or, \u201cHey, I have an idea. \u00a0There are rage rooms out there, but what if we do something a bit more family-friendly and we do it with Shield Hero because I love the show.\u201d I actually am a fan, a lot of us at the company are fans. I\u2019ve watched all of these shows that are at our booths today. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">So, I\u2019m asking, \u201cHey look, it\u2019s Shield Hero. He has to grind at level one with a shield, and he tries to fight balloon monsters, and it doesn\u2019t go so great for him. What if we bring that experience to our fans? What if they get a chance to do it on their own? That would be something I\u2019d want to do. Maybe can we kinda do it? Please?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5740\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5740\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2019\/06\/11\/interview-with-crunchyroll-event-staff\/img_4176\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4176-e1560237556834.jpg?fit=2448%2C3264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1558186667&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4176\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4176-e1560237556834.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4176-e1560237556834.jpg?fit=696%2C928&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-5740 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4176-e1560237556834-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4176-e1560237556834.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4176-e1560237556834.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4176-e1560237556834.jpg?resize=696%2C928&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4176-e1560237556834.jpg?resize=1068%2C1424&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4176-e1560237556834.jpg?resize=315%2C420&amp;ssl=1 315w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4176-e1560237556834.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4176-e1560237556834.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rising of the Shield Hero Training Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Then, I have to go through a lot in order to get these things approved. We have to work with their licensors, and these things do cost money, so I have to make full budget breakdowns. But when people tell me that it made a difference to them, like with the Bananya Pool or something that we have right now, that\u2019s really touching for us. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">One of my favorite moments actually was with Nagano-san, who\u2019s the creator of Bananya. She was able to go to Crunchyroll Expo last year, which is where we launched the Banaya Pool, which was another one of my weird, crazy ideas, and she brought her parents with her. They all got to go into the pool together and she was so happy, and she had this moment where her parents could see what she created. And that was really touching to me, that I could bring something so great to her. She actually follows the Bananya Pool everywhere it goes and posts it on her blog. She takes pictures and reposts everybody\u2019s photos there and it\u2019s so impactful for her that it\u2019s like, \u201cOh, I did something that meant something to somebody.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">I can\u2019t draw, and I can kinda sew, but I can do something other people don\u2019t get to do. I get to build fun things. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>AT:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> That\u2019s awesome. Well thank you so much. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>L:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>AT:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was great to learn about all the work that you do.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>L: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you want to see some of them?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>AT:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I would love to see some of the stuff, yeah. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>L:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alright, perfect! 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