It was announced today that one of my favorite anime directors, Satoshi Kon has passed away at the age of 46. He directed several anime movies that were all critically acclaimed. Not one movie he made was ever mediocre or worse. The first one he directed was also one of the first anime movies I [...]
While the above picture is from the first one, last night was a pretty exciting time at Kanpai, Anime! Having to compete with college finals and the release of Starcraft II- one of the most anticipated videogames ever -I am really glad that people were still able to come out and have a great time!
Every [...]
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My quick review of Metrocon: I am an adult and I really like anime. Therefore, I don’t feel like there is a lot for me to enjoy at Metrocon. I went to events but nothing [...]
Being a fanboy is becoming a second job for me. I run an anime club, work two conventions as staff, and now I run a monthly anime event at a trendy sake bar.
In-between all of those responsibilities I spend a lot of time promoting each of them and simply being a fan. It takes [...]
Attention, fandom! MegaCon is coming up in less than a month from now and will be at the Orange County Convention Center in (hopefully!) beautiful Orlando, Florida! I will be doing events there for what I believe is the fourth year in a row! I am pretty excited about this year; the Propeller Anime Club [...]
I must say 2009, you were a year that started off with a lot of promise and I used that to bring myself to the point I am at now. I really feel like I won this year. As the last decade was ending, I was just some punk kid with a bunch of dreams, [...]
Every year for the past four years, I have attended Anime Festival Orlando. The event has always a good time filled with lots of people with similar interests to meet and hang out with. There is roughly a small army of gamers and anime fans that go every year and the convention is filled with [...]