convention & cosplay lore (est 2000)
Other worlds before reincarnation: Isekai anime from the 20th century While Isekai series have become more and more popular in recent times they had a strong showing in the 80s and 90s. Beginning with Aura Battler Dunbine, a series that…
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Happy Easter! As per Anime Boston tradition, attendees who celebrated free chocolate eggs and bunny rabbits, added rabbit ears to their cosplays or gave out Cadburry eggs to random attendees. Last year, Anime Boston was held on Memorial Day Weekend,…
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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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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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Please note: There is an audio issue from OBS in the first 20 minutes due to an OBS update. This was fixed 20 minutes into the show. Dame Scarlet Aznable and Jared the Greek share their thoughts about San Diego…
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With the Barbie (2023) movie smashing box office records, there’s been a few takes in the Asian American social media on the history of the plastic princess. The 11.5 inch fashion doll has sold worldwide and made herself a plastic…
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I never know what to expect for San Diego Comic Con. I go into this con blindly, and to be honest, it’s much more fun that way. We normally stay at a resort hotel, Town and Country Inn. This takes…
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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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Dame Scarlet Aznable and Jared the Greek share their thoughts about Anime Expo 2023.