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Coming up September 26-28 (That’s this weekend), the 2nd annual New York Anime Festival will be held at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC. As I am a local in the Tri-State area (Long Island to be exact), this will be the first time I’m going to my “local” con. No, I-CON is lame and so is it’s Anime track and AnimeNEXT is moving to Central Jersey next year, which makes it a bit harder for me to get to. The con is run by Reed Exhibitions, the same folks that run New York ComicCon and the first ever East Coast Penny Arcade Expo coming to Boston in 2010. With unlike non-profit cons like Otakon, this one is driven by pure profit and they have the VIP packages to prove it. Me and my friend picked up the Rie Tanaka VIP package, which will ensure us a ticket to the autograph session held on Sunday. Rie Tanaka is the Japanese voice actress who is best known for doing “Chii” in “Chobits”, a favorite of mine. In addition to that perk, I get to cut every line for every panel, sans the other autographs sessions. (The complete VIP package which gives you access to EVERYTHING is sold out). Continue reading →

I’m in Minneapolis right now for the Twins-Yankees game (yes, I know they aren’t doing very well, but I am a fan, no matter what) and other site seeing. For now, this gives me a lot of time to think about Otakon 2008, the convention of otaku generation version 15.0.  First, I’ll discuss the good things about Otakon, the bad and the really F&#$ed up. More after the jump-off.

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Yotsuba and Danboard enjoyed Otakon, so should you.

Still recovering from the fallout in my bed (and I have to catch a flight to Minneapolis in a few hours!), Otakon 2008 killed it. (read: very good). I have uploaded More than 250 pictures from the event in Baltimore, MD. Externally, these pics will link to Flickr. So fav them and tell all your friends about them. Also, it would really help if you could “fill in the blanks”. I might work on adding more detail, but I am strapped for time. BTW, editing 250+ pictures on limited time is TEDIOUS. See ALL my photos after the jump. (Warning: Image heavy.)

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