No really, that’s what happened. But rest assured, any time anyone talks about how weird Japanese pop culture can get, Tarako lives on in spirit (Besides, it’s not like we haven’t found new FREAKY ad-based songs for Awesomely Bad. Crackers,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In all fairness, the Otakon Game Room has always been ENORMOUS, so it’s really not fair to just assume it would have the same con funk problems as its cramped, stuffy counterparts at other cons. But still, it just feels[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A bit of context: at several points during Viga’s Idolmaster panel, points of obvious fandom contention were dealt with by bringing two audience members (one from each side) up to the stage to have a rapid-fire debate on the subject.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, Kurt played Simpsonwave videos as a lead-in to all his panels. I will make no further comment on the matter, I just though you should know. Oh, and check out the Shoujo Rock Heaven page to see what ACTUAL[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is part of the reason why I’m so bad about keeping up with new anime. There’s already two lifetimes worth of OLD anime that I still need to get around to watching, dang it! …of course, the OTHER reason[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ryo seems to get brought up a lot in Digimon panels, mostly because he’s got a lota s’plainin’ to do, what with all his continuity hopping and such. And yes, there was whole other Digimon panel that weekend that I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was tough deciding which Opening Ceremonies moment to do as a comic, what with all the amazing moments of One Punch Man moving a chair around and grim, gritty renditions of the Pokemon theme and all that… but this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Man, I was SO sure that this was going to happen during the authentic Shinto purification deal they did during Opening Ceremonies. All the doors were open, but you got to them via escalators, so a person could theoretically be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, I’m still finding ways to milk that one cover image. Hey, it isn’t gonna make much sense once Otakon moves into its new digs, alright? But yeah, as I write this, I still don’t actually know if any of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Usually I can at LEAST make it until the day the con officially starts before I start encountering signs of escalator failure. Have we mentioned lately that Otakon is moving ‘cos the BCC is too little and old? Yup. (Historical[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…