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Pre-registration for Otakon 2026 started on December 1st . I had already decided by the time I set foot in Union Station that this would be my last Otakon (at least for the time being). Otakon has been fun for me but it’s expensive – even more so when lumped in with the cost of
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SPOILERS! There may be spoilers in this post. Do not read further, if it concerns you. It is definitely my age that gives Shintaro Kago’s Dementia 21 a little more bite. A little more darkness. A little more sadness. And a little more humor. A friend once told me that Herman Hesse’s Steppenwolf tells an
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My last Otakon was 10 years ago in Baltimore. It was their 20th Anniversary. I like cosplay. I haven’t had the desire to “dress up” yet but I like the vibe of cosplayers, people who are so enthusiastic about a particular show or story or the craft of cosplaying itself – the creation of the
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Each Kazuo Umezz story has a supernatural or mystery element and ends with a twist. The more provocative stories just end! Like “Combat” in Volume 3. It left me wondering if its “cliffhanger” ending were intentional pun (not sure if “cliffhanger” has the same meaning in Japanese as it does in English) or a conclusion
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This post was initially published to Goodreads on February 12, 2023. An Invitation from a Crab by panpanya Panpanya creates imaginative, often surreal stories from the little life details most others would ignore. For example, one story describes the “mysterious” toys the protagonist’s grandmother gives her – old timey gadgets foreign to the modern age
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The Hajime Isayama panel was the highlight of my Anime NYC 2022 experience. Trusting that his translator was as awesome as she appeared, Isayama’s responses were thoughtful and humorous. I had given up on Attack on Titan after season 2 but I’ve now been inspired to finish. For all the pictures I took at this
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I recognize a few of the characters – Master Roshi from Dragon Ball Z, Pochita from Chainsaw Man, and members of the Kasano High School volleyball team (Haikyu!) – but admit I do not know which shows most of the characters are from. I was most curious about Kiara Fried Phoenix. They have a site
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