convention & cosplay lore (est 2000)
San Diego Comic Con 2023 took place on July 20-23, 2023 in downtown San Diego taking over the famed convention center and the Marriott Marquis hotel. The biggest pop culture event on Earth had a different tune this year. Known…
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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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Fanime Con 2023 took place on May 26 to May 29, 2023 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA. The “by fans, for fans” convention returned to their San Jose home bringing in thousands of west coast…
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Zot Con University took place on May 21, 2023 at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) student union building. This is your typical anime convention ran at a university by current and alumni of UCI. The one day event brought…
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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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Wonder Con took place on March 24 to March 26, 2023 in the Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, CA). The sibling convention to San Diego Comic Con is still recovering from a hiatus. Wonder Con celebrates all aspects of pop culture….
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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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