Hi Everyone I’ve been busy with other projects and while i’ve been attending events I haven’t had time to finialze any kind of writeups or even got to post photos.  Sorry for the delay. Conventions we have to still written and posted. I-con 31 Castle Point Anime Convention 2012 Springfest 2012 NYC …

March 30, 2012I-Con 31 April 1st, 2012 Castle Point Anime Convention We had a double convention this weekend.  First up was a trip out to I-Con,  as previous years it was a mixed bag.  Every year the ticket price goes up as they keep bringing in more and more expensive …

The Sheraton Meadowland Hotel & Convention Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey was the site of MangaNext 2012. It was held the weekend following Maryland’s Katsucon 18 and pulled in a relatively low attendance. Our photographer/head of conpics.ws completely missed the press deadline and only I (Chris) could make it as I was going to run a panel. The hotel layout did not boost MangaNext’s “attendee flow” either. While a beautiful hotel with excellent customer service, its convention rooms were on the second floor and down a dark hallway. Several con attendees were witnessed asking Con Staff where the Dealer’s Room and Artist Alley were located. The hotel’s location, on a service road next to a major highway, was not within walking distance of any food sources. Cheap and fast food was a ten to fifteen minute drive away.

Katsucon 18 was impressive this year, and even with the crowds it didn’t seem that they even ran out of space.  This year we conentrated on cosplay photography as it was the host of WCS US Preliminaries.  So we didn’t attend any panels. You can see the full gallery of …

Another year another New York Comic Con.  But more of it they added a fourth day to the festivities.  With the Javits construction winding down they got more space which didn’t translate into more free space.  Even more people atteneded this year.  They improved crowd control greatly this time for …

June 10-12, 2011 AnimeNEXT is a convention we look forward to every year.  It is one of our home town conventions and one we make it a point to try and never miss.  This year was its 10th year anniversary and they invited a lot of prominent Japanese guests this …

Steampunk World’s Fair second year.

April 30-May 1 During this year’s Sakura Matsuri the cherry blossoms were in full bloom.  The event itself was scaled back a little on the pop culture side.  There were fewer cosplayers and the crowd was smaller in regards to anything costume wise. Other than Japanese cultural events which remained …

Another visit to Stonybook for I-Con’s 30th year.

Stevens Insititue of Technology’s anime club hosts another wonderful Castle Point Anime Convention.