Category: Conventions

Posted in Announcements Conventions New York Anime Festival

Anime Diet @ New York Anime Festival!

Through a very convenient confluence of events–namely the time which I usually go home to visit my folks–I (Mike: yes, me, not a surrogate) will…

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Posted in Conventions Otakon

Otakon 2008 Video Diary – Saturday (Finally!)

At last, the belated Otakon 2008 video diary–starring special East Coast correspondent Sally–is online! The audio is not quite the greatest because all the footage…

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Posted in Conventions Otakon

Anime Diet @ Otakon 2008: Yes, We’re There

Before I moved to the West Coast, I went to Otakon every year, but that ended in 2005. However, my staff and friends who are…

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Posted in Conventions San Diego Comic Con

Comic Con: Some Rambling Final Thoughts

I remember after last year’s Anime Expo hearing that, by comparison, the well-run Comic Con was a paradise compared to AX: the lines weren’t nearly…

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Posted in Conventions San Diego Comic Con

Comic Con 2008 Video Diary, Day 3 – The Straczynski Show

For me, this was the last day–I left early on Sunday. We couldn’t get any footage of Tite Kubo, either, so the vast majority of…

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Posted in Conventions San Diego Comic Con

Comic Con Video Diary, Day 2 – Freaky Friday

In this, day 2, I spend lots of time in line–sometimes for nothing, get a signing from Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Jessica Hynes, and…

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