Tag: Conventions
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Vendor Spotlight: Luna Chai
I need to do these more often but I often get so caught up in conventions and anime I get really focused on them and forget. However, recently I got to meet a fantastic artist while attending Anime Impulse OC and found art so amazing I made a plan to meet this person and buy…
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Clients of AEU I’d Most Want To Meet
So normally when I do one of these lists I do a number beside it but when I started contemplating how to write this I realized I would wind up grouping actors with similar roles together which made a specific number kind of pointless. So with the incredible roster you can fine with the actor…
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Anime Impulse OC 2023 Review: Second Time This Year and Still Having a Good Time
So this might come as a surprise but I went to Anime Impulse, twice in the same year. This marks the first time I’ve done that for any convention and I’m happy it was with my personal favorite. I’ve been wanting to go to one of the other Anime Impulse events since they first announced…
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Pikmin 4 Review: I Have A Dog and A lot of Pikmin To Throw At You
Pikmin is a more obscure Nintendo series that recently made it’s way onto the Nintendo Switch with Pikmin 4. Pikmin is all about alien adventurers that explore, usually by crashing, new planets and discovering what they have to offer. In this game the protagonist from the first game Olimar crash landed and is in need…
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Farleycon 2023 Review: A Solid Experience, Just Not A Long One
So not one but two convention reviews for this weekend. A rare treat for sure because it’s a bit tricky to pull off but I managed to attend Farleycon this year. Now I’ve heard about this event years ago but it’s one of those events that always had a schedule conflict or just didn’t have…
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Smoky Mountain Fan Fest 2023 Review: Well Executed General Admission Experience Now Needs to Refine The VIP
As many of you know Smoky Mountain Fan Fest is an event that has become one of my go to yearly events. So much so that I skipped another event that previously held this status to attend this year. With a new year comes a lot of new things for this convention such as a…
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Otakon 2023 Review: Easier Than I Expected
Otakon has been one of those events that’s always been on my list to go to; however, it always fell near other events that I had planned that would eat up too much of my budget for me to attend. This year I made an effort to plan time to attend and try this convention…
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Convention Stories: Keith Silverstein the Matchmaker
This is a pretty quick story about my first time meeting Keith Silverstein back in Anime Weekend Atlanta 2017. Now at this event, Keith was signing one item for free and I had a couple of Fire Emblem items I wanted him to sign. My wife, who was my fiancé at the time, volunteered to…
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Vendor Spotlight: Otaku Joe’s
So far on the vendor spotlight, I’ve highlighted great sources for anime merch; however, today let’s talk about a vendor who excels at providing the animes the merch comes from. Otaku Joe’s is a vendor that you can very easily recognize at a distance because you’ll notice the huge row of Blu rays complete with…