Castle Point Anime is a student-run anime convention, once taking place at Hoboken, New Jersey at the Stevens Institute of Technology campus, and now continuing its run at the Meadowlands Convention Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. 

I began attending conventions around 2011. Many events were run by college students, anime clubs, or a combination of both. Cons were starting to branch out into larger scale events, but still had a casual feel and were often smaller and local in scope. 

Castle Point made changes from attendee feedback that improved the experience. However,  I do have concerns from last year which continued into this year’s con.