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PLEASE NOTE – There may be spoilers in this post. Don’t read if this concerns you. MePri’s Otakon panel, “Godzilla: Just A Giant Lizard?” gave me a new perspective on Godzilla. Their presentation suggested that the different portrayals of Godzilla in its movies were a barometer of society’s acceptance of nuclear energy. From a fearful
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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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This year Otakon celebrated its 20th anniversary and I celebrated my first Otakon! According to Wikipedia, Otakon is “one of the longest-running anime conventions in the United States, and the second largest North American anime convention as of 2012.” That’s a great achievement but what I think is a greater achievement is that (according to
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