Archive for Con Reports

Ota-line-kon 2013

Wednesday, August 14th, 2013

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Once a year Baltimore opens her arms wide to welcome the Otaku of the world. This year, on the 20th anniversary Otakon, her arms were open even wider. The con felt more alive and more packed than ever before. From the minute I arrived in town to the minute I left, I felt the love and warmth around me.

And that wasn’t just the summer heat.

Over the past few years I have developed friendships with many people within the anibloggers/podcaster community through Twitter and Facebook. Otakon has become the place where I can actually wind down and hang out with these very same people in person, and I look forward to it all year. This year was certainly no exception. I got to spend time chatting, drinking, and laughing with so many wonderful people. I was even able to meet a few people for the first time. This convention honestly wouldn’t be as great without them.

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AnimeNEXT 2010 – Day 3 in Tweets

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

Yeah… even I’m surprised that I went with the Lupin III figure.

On Site:


DJ Ranma S
from Anime Jam Session

Scott
from The Anime Almanac

Narutaki
from Reverse Thieves

OutOfTimeProd
from Out Of Time Productions

Greg

Jon I.
from JANAiBlog

Kyle Hebert

Vince A

Hisui
from Reverse Thieves

animenext
from AnimeNEXT

Vampt Vo
from Ani-Gamers

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AnimeNEXT 2010 – Day 2 in Tweets

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

I was wondering what this dude was doing in a bath towel…

On Site:


DJ Ranma S
from Anime Jam Session

Scott
from The Anime Almanac

Narutaki
from Reverse Thieves

Greg

OutOfTimeProd
from Out Of Time Productions

animenext
from AnimeNEXT

Vince A

Hisui
from Reverse Thieves

Kyle Hebert

Vampt Vo
from Ani-Gamers

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AnimeNEXT 2010 – Day 1 in Tweets

Friday, June 18th, 2010

The Ponies in Stereo

On Site:


Scott
from The Anime Almanac

Greg

Narutaki
from Reverse Thieves

OutOfTimeProd
from Out Of Time Productions

animenext
from AnimeNEXT

Vince A

Vampt Vo
from Ani-Gamers

Kyle Hebert

Hisui
from Reverse Thieves

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Anime Boston 2010: Day 2 in Tweets

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE CON: I bought this figure!

On Site:


Scott
from The Anime Almanac

Mike Ferreira
from Anime Dream

Jon I.
from JANAiBlog

Scott Green
from Ain’t it Cool News

tristencitrine

ChrisBeveridge

Brigid
from MangaBlog

DJ Ranma S
from Anime Jam Session

OutOfTimeProd
from Out Of Time Productions

Lauren Orsini
from Con Chowdah

funimation

neumaverick

Ed Chavez
from Vertical Inc.

Reni Mimura
from ReniReni.com

rolandkelts

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Anime Boston 2010: Day 1 in Tweets

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Mama-mia! What a mash-up!

On Site:

Scott from The Anime Almanac

Jon I. from JANAiBlog

Scott Green from Ain’t it Cool News

Mike Ferreira from Anime Dream

ChrisBeveridge

Lauren Orsini from Con Chowdah

tristencitrine

DJ Ranma S from Anime Jam Session

OutOfTimeProd from Out Of Time Productions

Ed Chavez from Vertical Inc.

neumaverick

funimation

Reni Mimura from ReniReni.com

SentaiFilmworks

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Hightlights of Katsucon 16

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Ah, Katsucon.

This was probably the first time I ever decided to go to a convention at the very last minute. It’s been a while since I attended a convention, and my plans for traveling to Chicago for C2E2 this spring are not looking all that fruitful. So as FUNimation’s Adam Sheehan was describing the company’s plans to promote Strike Witches for Katsucon weekend, I bit the bullet and made plans to attend the convention. And thanks to Jon and Ernie of the Out-of-Time Productions crew, I was able to get a hotel and a ride down to DC.

But unfortunately,  we got hit with a blizzard in the area just two days prior to the convention. Even though the roads were clear for the ride down, I was still feeling all the stresses of the week built up as I entered the Gaylord Resort and Convention Center.

So that made all the problems that I encountered at Katsucon all the more obvious and annoying, and when it was all said and done, I left DC with a very bitter taste in my mouth.

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The Daily Almanac: Katsucon Aftermath

Monday, February 15th, 2010

So yes, I survived Katsucon. As you can see, I wasn’t able to post my daily con reports this time around, but if you’ve been following my twitter feed, you would have seen that I was not quite happy with my experience at the con this weekend. I’m going to spend a little time working on a “Highlights of Katsucon” report to detail just why things didn’t really work out for me. But at the same time, I’m planning to also highlight some of the things I did like about the con, including a very interesting panel from the ever controversial voice actor Greg Ayers.

So be sure to stay tuned to my full con report, which I’m expecting to post within the next few days. However, let me just go over news items from the convention and the little bits and pieces that won’t make it into my report.

Though a bit of a warning, FUNimation was the only company presenting at the convention last weekend, so of course, mostly all of the news will be centered around them.

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NYAF 2009 – Day 3 in Tweets

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Don’t you mean Webster Hall New York City?

On Site:


Deb Aoki
from About.com: Manga

Erica Friedman
from Okazu

Scott
from The Anime Almanac

Jon I.
from JANAiBlog

Edward Sizemore
from Comics Worth Reading

OutOfTimeProd
from Out Of Time Productions

DJ Ranma S
from Anime Jam Session

Brigid
from MangaBlog

Vampt Vo
from Ani-Gamers

Greg

ANN_Bamboo

NYAF
from New York Anime Festival

Dave
from Subatomic Brainfreeze

Ed Chavez
from Vertical Inc.

Reni Mimura
from ReniReni.com

funimation

Peter Tatara
from New York Anime Fest

bandaient

Patz
from The Gaming Dungeon

Carl
from Ogiue Maniax

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NYAF 2009 – Day 2 in Tweets

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

FACT: Scott likes cute girls in short skirts…

On Site:


Scott
from The Anime Almanac

Deb Aoki
from About.com: Manga

Jon I.
from JANAiBlog

DJ Ranma S
from Anime Jam Session

Edward Sizemore
from Comics Worth Reading

Michael Pinto
from Anime.com

NYAF
from New York Anime Festival

OutOfTimeProd
from Out Of Time Productions

Greg

Vampt Vo
from Ani-Gamers

Brigid
from MangaBlog

Vince A

Hisui
from Reverse Thieves

Dave
from Subatomic Brainfreeze

Ed Chavez
from Vertical Inc.

ANN_Bamboo

funimation

Reni Mimura
from ReniReni.com

Patz
from The Gaming Dungeon

Erica Friedman
from Okazu

Carl
from Ogiue Maniax

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