So, Otakon has grown to the point that two additional panel rooms were located next door in the Hilton Baltimore. It’s a good idea, but I kind of didn’t find out about it until I’d spent 20 minutes walking around[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The big hallway in front of the Dealer’s Room was a focal point for this sort of stuff all weekend. Now, I know we all go to these things to goof off for a weekend, but at this point, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you’re ever at an anime convention, especially on the east coast, and you see “Awesomely Bad J-Music” on the schedule, you WILL got to it and you WILL enjoy it. That’s not a suggestion, it’s not even a command,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Like a significant portion of Animazement’s attendees, I came along after the “old days” of anime fandom had drawn to a close (even if I DO come a lot closer than a lot of these kids). Thus, I found this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seriously, guys, check YMCK out. This band is AWESOME. They mix jazzy, Shibuya-kei melodies with pure 8-bit instrumentation to create the soundtrack every NES game wished had. Heck, when Yokemura brought out a keytar SHAPED LIKE A FAMICOM CONTROLLER, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is kind of an in-joke for me and my friends. See, along with these cartoons, I keep a detailed journal of my con experiences that gets posted on Facebook (I’d link to it, but I’m afraid I draw much[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gee, a complaint about lines at an anime convention? How original! Still, Katsucon set the bar for line nightmares pretty high this year when space restrictions forced the Pre-Reg and At Door Registration lines into one long, infuriating monster. Thank[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I tell ya, by Sunday, the hotel people were getting REALLY desperate for any kind of cups or cup like objects to keep around the water coolers. I half expected to see stacks of plastic spoons being used before the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…otherwise known as Naruto Fan Fiction Actually, the first two panels are totally real and were quite cool. Therefore, in my rough draft, I made a serious effort to do caricatures of the real people who ran them. but since[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You gotta understand that the multi-leveled Convention Center is directly underneath the many, many floors of hotel AND shares the same set of elevators. The result, it takes FOREVER to even get an elevator, never mind the indignities of one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…