convention & cosplay lore (est 2000)
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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Ronin Expo 2022 took place on August 13, 2022 in Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, CA) at the Terasaki Budokan Center and Little Tokyo Public Library. This one day event used to be known as Ninja Con. We usually attend Ronin…
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I’m very happy that K-pop has taken off as it has. I’m very happy that there’s a niche group of kiddos that are lining up and making Asian boybands the It thing. It’s not my genre, but I’m happy for…
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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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San Diego Comic Con 2022 was definitely a ride! We weren’t sure what our SDCC plans were until we got the word that we were going to present on the history of giant robots in anime on the day one….
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Convention Report: Fanime 2004: Fantasista to the Future This is what happens when you zone out to Back to the Future on Day Zero, you get “Johnny B Goode” stuck in your head during the convention. As part…
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Convention Report: AniMagic 2004: Everything Taboo If you were in the Southern California cosplay scene in the early 2000’s, you probably remember AniMagic. AniMagic was the small convention to contrast Anime Expo. This was placed during the fall and…
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New location. New date. Let’s go to this one-day mini con in the heart of Little Tokyo. Hosted by Dame Scarlet Aznable and Jared the Greek Sponsored By MAK Sweater Get 40% off at MAK Sweater when you use our…
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And you’re bringing me back to life I was looking for something that I couldn’t find It’s a feeling you give me inside It’s baby’s first San Diego Comic Con. Kinda. Scarlet returns after 14 years…and it’s Jared the Greek’s…
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Bass beat rattling the chandelier, feeling so Gatsby for that whole year It’s been a year since we have returned to the convention scene. Anime Expo is still the largest anime event. This sold out convention drew in over 100,000…
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