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How many Anime Diet readers are HOME MADE 家族 fans? I realize that it has been a while, but after clearing through some of my photography archive, I realize that there was one more Otakon article that Anime Diet has never ran. Flashback to Otakon 2010, this was the first year that I was at [...]

You may or may not know this veteran seiyuu (voice actor), but Yuji Mitsuya was a guest at Otakon. Many of his roles are of older titles, that you possible could have seen or not. (Ranma 1/2, Saint Seiya, Touch, Stitch! etc.) He also has roles that are outside the realm of anime, such as [...]

Normally the agenda of some convention attendee’s are to probably hit the dealer’s room. So then, what makes a dealer’s wares stand out from the rest of the stores in the room? I was able to go to the dealer’s room, before the room opened on Friday. So, this is the Before shot of one [...]

Whew, made it just in time, before their United States debut at Lollapalooza tomorrow. Part of X-Japan specifically Yoshiki and Sugizo were at Otakon’s Masquerade last weekend as half time guests. They performed at the very end after the 30 skits of the Masquerade was over. (Jon took pictures when that happened…) Yoshiki and Sugizo [...]

Home Made Kazoku, referred to as HMK was Otakon’s Sunday Concert, so this was their United States debut. Anime  fans of Bleach, Naurto or Eureka 7 would have heard of this group, from their catchy endings. To the delight of many screaming fans who were lucky to see them at Otakon this year, they are [...]

A fire alarm prompts the evacuation of the entire Baltimore Convention Center, into the muggy heat that was outside. So an estimated 30,000  people walked out of the center. Attendees waited for close to an hour to enter back into the premises. Otakon Press was quick in dispelling rumors that this incident was not as [...]

For convention goers, Yoshida Brothers were Otakon 2010’s Friday Concert guests, and for the rest of the world in terms of Japanese anime/gamers hobbies, they would probably have heard of Yoshida Brother from the initial American Wii commercials or even their cover for Disney’s Nightmare Before Christmas Revisted album. The Yoshida Brothers are a contemporary [...]

This year, Otakon had the return of Masao Maruyama, founder of Madhouse who has brought the world, Black Lagoon, Chobits, Chi’s Sweet Home, and a lot of other memorable anime titles.  Hiroshi Koujina was also present at Otakon as a first time guest. He has been involved with titles such as, Macross Plus, Escaflowne: The [...]

This was a panel moderated by Ed Sizemore of Manga Worth Reading, with guest speakers Brad Rice of Japanator and Christopher Macdonald of Anime News Network. This was a panel that was of personal interest for me, since I have spoken on occasion with Ed Sizemore on Twitter, and the topic is of writing interest. [...]

Second day of Otakon.. and my updates will be slightly off, since I won’t be able to process any of my reporting until after my the con, or when I get a steady internet connection, that I don’t need to pay $13 a night for. I was able to attend the Yoshida Brother’s Concert yesterday, [...]