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Category: Convention
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The Otakon anime convention returned in 2022 and ended up breaking all of their attendance records by a mile. The 28th Otakon took place from July 29-31, 2022 in Washington, D.C. and unofficial attendance numbers put them over 40,000 attendees for the weekend which is a major leap up from last year’s 25K and well…
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After taking 2020 off and holding an online-only convention due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Anime NYC promised to return bigger and with a bang in 2021. They were certainly bigger as they drew 53,000 attendees (two-and-a-half times larger than the 20K crowd from its first year in 2017) and they certainly had an impactful bang,…
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It’s been almost 18 long months since the last anime convention, but here we are at last! The COVID-19 global pandemic and subsequent lockdowns made the world grind to a halt last year and caused the cancellation of just about every major event. While the pandemic is unfortunately still ongoing, Otakorp made the decision to…
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Forty-six thousand people. That was how many otakus crammed themselves into the Javits Center in New York City last weekend at the Anime NYC 2019 anime convention that ran from November 15-17, 2019. The 46,000 number should move Anime NYC to the #2 spot as the second largest anime convention in North America. That’s quite…
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This past weekend I traveled down to Hampton, VA to attend my second NekoCon anime convention which took place from November 1-3, 2019. This year NekoCon 22 was scheduled for the same weekend as Anime USA which I had been attending annually since 2011. It was a hard decision to make as to which convention…
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Last weekend from July 26-28, 2019 was Otakon’s third year in the nation’s capital. Since moving to Washington, D.C. from its longtime home of Baltimore, Otakon has been able to better serve its attendees the anime goodness that was sometimes lacking in Baltimore due to its over-crowded nature. Besides some minor hiccups Otakon ran pretty…
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Sigh, where do I even begin with this convention report? I recently attended the Anime Midwest convention held in Rosemont, Illinois (outskirts of Chicago) from July 5-7, 2019. This is the first time that I’ve been to this convention as it is outside of my usual travel radius for cons. However, when I saw in…
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I went to my fourth AnimeNEXT anime convention that was held this past weekend from June 7-9, 2019 in Atlantic City, NJ. At this point people have pretty much made up their mind as to whether or not they like the new-ish location of the convention in Atlantic City (as opposed to its previous location…
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The 25th Katsucon anime convention took place last weekend from February 15-17, 2019 in National Harbor, MD. This marks the first year that Katsucon has implemented a “Closed Profile” policy which restricts access to the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center only to paid hotel guests and con goers with a membership badge. This new…
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MAGFest 2019 took place this past week from January 3-6, 2019 in National Harbor, MD. What’s left to say about this convention? It’s MAGFest. The crazy large video game, console, and arcade rooms are back. Tons of concerts with video game and nerdy music. Panels, cosplay, and hi-jinks ensue.
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