convention & cosplay lore (est 2000)
Meliora, or the pursuit of something better. Anime Boston 2023: Find Your Spotlight took place April 7 – 9, 2023 at the Hynes Convention Center in downtown Boston, MA. The premiere New England con was bigger than ever bursting at…
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Not to be confused with the now defunct Anime Vegas, Anime Las Vegas is a California based venture brought to Sin City. The Las Vegas convention community has had outside influence on their convention scene for the past several years….
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My one Tohou claim to fame is lending my voice to a Tohou fandub that references 80’s pop culture over a decade ago. Since then, I don’t quite have a lot of knowledge of Tohou games or the lore, but…
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Anime Los Angeles 18 took place on January 5-8, 2023 at the Long Beach Convention Center. ALA 18, or the 18th Anime Los Angeles, is the fan favorite convention of many SoCal anime nerds. Thousands of fans attended this four…
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D23 Expo 2022 was a highly anticipate event amongst Disnerds, or Disney Nerds. I have been attending D23 Expo since it’s start in the 2010’s when it was a very humble trade show. There was barely anyone around. It was…
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ax chibi took place on November 12-13, 2022 at the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario, CA. The event was announced at the end of Anime Expo 2022. This event would be a “smaller” version of Anime Expo. Compared to the…
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Pacific Media Expo took place on October 21 to October 23, 2022 at the Sheraton in the San Gabriel Valley. PMX has been known “back in the day” as THE Lolita event prior to Lolita fashion branching off and doing…
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Ronin Expo 2022 took place on August 13, 2022 at the Budokan Terasaki Center in Downtown Los Angeles, CA. The event was postponed from their usual early June date to make way for a new location. This is a local…
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San Diego Comic Con 2022 came back full force to downtown San Diego on July 21 – 24, 2022. The event brought in 135,000 returning attendees who had their 2019 ticket transferred over, or the lucky ones with big bucks…
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Anime Boston 2022: Bento in Boston took place on May 27-29, 2022 after a three year absence. The foodie theme carried over from 2020 to 2022. About 29,000 otaku showed up for the biggest anime celebration in New England. This…
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