convention & cosplay lore (est 2000)
This is the first question I asked to Scarlet and Stan when I got to Anime Expo 2024: “When was that World Cup when Germany obliterated Brazil?” The answer was 2014. 7 to 1, a thrashing so legendary that we…
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They’d say I hustled. Put in the work. They wouldn’t shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve. I was this close to not going to Anime Expo 2024. I had a lot going against me. After…
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Anime Expo 2024 took place from July 4-7, 2024 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, JW Marriott, and the street of LA. The premiere anime convention has a funky history with locals who have been attending anime conventions. Fans are…
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Nadeshiko Gatsby talks about spending a weekend at Anime Expo 2024…a cruel summer with you!
I’m just another thing for you to roll your eyes at honey Nadeshiko Gatsby, the wisteria witch, reads lore from yesteryear from the words from convention historian and archivist, Kevin Lillard (Fansview.com). These pieces of anime history will not be…
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And it was enchanting to meet you Nadeshiko Gatsby, the wisteria witch, reads lore from yesteryear from the words from convention historian and archivist, Kevin Lillard (Fansview.com). These pieces of anime history will not be forgotten. Fansview AX 2000 Report:…
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Remember the footsteps, remember the words said Nadeshiko Gatsby, the wisteria witch, reads lore from yesteryear from the words from convention historian and archivist, Kevin Lillard (Fansview.com). These pieces of anime history will not be forgotten. Fansview AX 1999 Report:…
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And they said, “Speak now”… Nadeshiko Gatsby, the wisteria witch, reads lore from yesteryear from the words from convention historian and archivist, Kevin Lillard (Fansview.com). These pieces of anime history will not be forgotten. Fansview AX 1998 Report: https://web.archive.org/web/20011006052508/http://www.fansview.com/animexpo.htm Art:…
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Anime Expo 2023 took place on July 1-4, 2023 in downtown Los Angeles at the LA Convention Center, LA Live, and JW Marriott conference spaces. This is the world’s largest gathering of anime fans, 160,000 otaku gathered in downtown LA…
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We were excited to find out that we had our “Cosplayers Guide to Shopping at the LA Fabric District” approved for Anime Expo ’23. We have a complicated relationship with AX – we don’t hate it, but it is a…
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