Posts Tagged ‘Conventions’

Thoughts on Metrocon (And Other Stuff)

Posted by Kent Ward on July 25th, 2010 under Blog
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Disclaimer: The views of Kent Ward are reserved for him and do not reflect any conventions or clubs he works for.

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 [...]

Small Haul at a Small Show

Posted by Kent Ward on July 10th, 2010 under Blog
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On the first of many stops on my gauntlet of conventions and festivals I trekked out to Orlando Anime Day with several friends. The event was everything I predicted it would be BUT I got some really awesome manga! Holy shit, I had no idea that there were official english graphic novel releases for Fist [...]

The Gauntlet of Conventions and Festivals

Posted by Kent Ward on July 7th, 2010 under Blog
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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 [...]

Guest starring on tonight’s Wheldon Smiley Show!

Posted by Kent Ward on May 18th, 2010 under Conventions, Games
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Tonight at 9pm Eastern standard time is another exciting episode of the Wheldon Smiley Show! Wheldon Smiley, the world’s greatest game show host, will be discussing Anime Festival Orlando and I will be the featured guest of tonight’s show!
What will I be talking about? There is another live action game at AFO this year called [...]

MegaCon 2010 Wrap-up and Announcements!

Posted by Kent Ward on March 16th, 2010 under Conventions, Geekin Out, Life
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Hey everyone! Myself and the Propeller Anime Club rocked MegaCon this past weekend! We were successful with all our events and panels, even the one MegaCon almost prevented everyone from seeing! Yours truly presented several talks titled “Anime is Already Dead?”, “The Panel about Everything”, and “It’s MANIME! The Manly Anime panel.” The first two [...]

He’s coming to a MegaCon 2010 near you!

Posted by Kent Ward on February 16th, 2010 under Conventions, Geekin Out
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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 [...]