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Category: Convention
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Final Fantasy Con, I mean, Otakon 2024 took place over the weekend of August 2-4 in its now usual spot in Washington, DC. For it’s 30th Anniversary Special, there was a clear focus on inviting guests from various Final Fantasy games as there were many voice actors and industry guests from the likes of Final…
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I only recently realized that I still haven’t done a convention report for Katsucon in the post-COVID era. Maybe there’s a reason for that. People have different ways to enjoy themselves at a convention and at the end of the day a convention is what you make of it. However, there is definitely a feeling…
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The Anime USA convention returned for another year at the Hyatt Regency in Crystal City (Arlington), VA from September 22-24, 2023 despite being waylaid by Tropical Storm/Depression Ophelia. This is the second year since returning to the Crystal City location after the previous venue in DC became a COVID casualty and closed down. As with…
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Going to be a fairly short write-up. The Otakon anime convention was back during the July 28-30, 2023 weekend in its now familiar location in Washington, DC. Despite it feeling as though there were less attendees this year due to less congested hallways, Otakon actually surpassed last year’s record 40K attendance numbers with an estimated…
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After four long years the AnimeNEXT anime convention finally returns to great fanfare but not to great applause. Years 2020 and 2021 were lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic and 2022 was cancelled due to a spat with the Atlantic City Convention Center. For 2023 the organizers of AnimeNEXT decided to move the convention to…
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Normally at this time of year I would have been attending the Zenkaikon anime convention in Lancaster, PA. However I missed out on that this year because I was taking a vacation in Japan instead! I went on the “Animated Spring 2023” tour group offered by PacSet Travels and one of the scheduled stops was…
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The Super MAGFest music and gaming festival returned to kick off the year during the January 5-8, 2023 weekend in National Harbor, MD. After three years of COVID-19 madness this was probably the closest that MAGFest has been to returning to normalcy. Hopefully next year things will truly return to normal.
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The Anime NYC convention returned for its fifth show during the weekend of November 18-20, 2022 in New York City. After years of ups and downs in how things are run, ANYC once again made some big changes this year in attempts to address the issues from the previous year. Some worked well, some not…
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The Anime USA convention made its long-awaited return during the week of October 14-16, 2022 after weathering a few rough years. After closing its doors to the COVID-19 global pandemic in 2020 and then missing out on 2021 due to the shutting down of their venue, AUSA makes its return to their previous location in…
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The Colossalcon East anime convention and pool party returned for its fifth outing this past weekend from September 9-11, 2022 at the Kalahari Resorts in Pocono Manor, PA. I missed out last year so this is actually the first time that I’ve been back to CCE since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. I feel…
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