Mike Sinterniklaas is here referred to as “American Guest” because I totally don’t trust myself to spell “Sinterniklaas” right without the aid of Copy/Paste. Also, as entertaining as it can be to see guests trying to introduce themselves in languages[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I gotta try this some time. (Historical Notes: I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA who this is actually supposed to be. It’s a fairly detailed caricature, so it’s obviously intended to represent the actual specific person who did this, but five[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just want to say that this is was probably the worst page out of the whole update for doing caricatures that look like actual real people. Drawing bands onstage is easy, since there’s an easy excuse to not do[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, Anime USA Opening Ceremonies has commercial breaks. Go back and read my previous pages on the subject, this shouldn’t surprise you. (Historical Notes: I’m really getting sick of hearing variations of this joke at every opening ceremonies. Not that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To be fair, they actually just HANDED out the mugs and lunchboxes, lest anyone should get injured… but they clearly only realized this was a problem AFTER already going onstage with the stuff. But yeah, anyone who’s read my AUSA[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s been fairly well documented that I really appreciate a con that makes a real production out of Opening Ceremonies. Otakon really knocked out of the park this year with a performance by Chin Hamaya Culture Center. Basically, it was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
SPEAKING of audio problems…
Confession: I was late to Opening Ceremonies, so I have no idea if the first ten minutes or so provided a context for all the Shrekery. It’d still have been a REALLY weird running gag, though. I mean, if this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s interesting that I enjoy MAGFest’s “Opening Ceremonies” (quotations because they didn’t even call it that this year) as much as I do. Usually, I prefer an actual EVENT (like the ever more elaborate stage shows Anime USA kicks off[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I always say this, but I still like that AUSA bothers to make Opening Ceremonies into an actual event, skits and all. So, I haven’t gone back to check, but I think this is the first Conventional Wisdom to feature[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…