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I’ve been going to Otakon since 2004, so coming back to it every summer seems like swallows coming back to San Juan Capistrano…if the swallows were fat shits and decked out in cosplays. But whether it be due to instinct or general, legitimate love for the convention and going back to my roots, it kind […]
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Otakon 2015 – Sleepless in Baltimore
August 31st, 2015 
Ari Rockefeller 
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Tags: anime, convention review, conventions, cosplay, otakon, video games 
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AnimeNEXT 2015 — Premature Jubilation
July 14th, 2015 Ari Rockefeller I like to consider myself a professional when it comes to things like reporting, even if it’s on something as “low” as anime conventions and their derivatives. Therefore it may come as a surprise that I pulled the trigger comparatively early when going to AnimeNEXT this year. Maybe it was because my convention appearances weren’t […]
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Castle Point Anime Convention
June 15th, 2015 tsunoichi Several weeks ago, I attended Castle Point Anime Convention. It was, in general, designed to be fun with all of the activities available for many different fandoms. There were musical performances outside on the steps, a ramen café (too crowded every time we checked though), and a large variety of panels.
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Zenkaikon 2015 – Watching the Life Drain from Winter’s Eyes
April 14th, 2015 Ari Rockefeller There are at least two things you can glean about me from listening to the podcast or reading my reviews (non-appearance related, I mean)—I hate the cold and I love going to conventions. Well, with the latter coming with the passing of the former, I was much looking forward to traveling up to Pennsylvania Dutch […]
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Katsucon 2015 – It’s Too Cold; Let’s Chop Up the Gazebo for Firewood
March 16th, 2015 Ari Rockefeller When it gets as infuriatingly cold in the winter as it has been, you look for just about anything to break the monotony, especially when it looks like cabin fever is about to set in. Now I’m definitely not saying that an anime convention would be the one thing that keeps me from going completely […]
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