Katsucon is an annual anime convention hosted in National Harbor, Maryland (just outside of Washington, DC). This year, I had the pleasure to attend Katsucon 2018 and model in their fashion show. It was my first year in attendance and having heard about the convention for many years now, I had high expectations. I’m happy…
JACKSONVILLE, FL: WasabiCon, Jacksonville, Florida’s locally known anime, pop culture, fantasy, sci-fi, and gaming convention, will take place this month at the Lexington Hotel & Conference Center Jacksonville Riverwalk, located at 1515 Prudential Drive, Jacksonville, Florida 32207. The two-day celebration will take place October 22-23, 2016 and starts at 11:00 AM each morning, with registration…
This week, I’m going old school with Excel Saga, the wacky, over-the-top-never-knows-when-to-quit action-adventure-parody series from J.C. Staff! Nothing is too sacred or safe from Excel Saga. The 26-episode comedy series parodies everything from popular anime titles of the 80’s and 90’s to Jaws. That’s right, Jaws. If you’re familiar with anime and pop culture from…
I’m still working my way through a ridiculously long backlog and I’ve fallen sick amidst doing tons of conventions and art over the past couple of months. Thankfully, there’s no better pick-me-up than Cromartie High School. Gorillas, a robot student, and Freddie Mercury in a school full of chipped-shoulder delinquents. Simply put, it’s about their…
One of the first roles of Tsundere-type cast Rie Kugumiya with brilliant animation for the time launched itself from Light Novel to Manga to a 3-season anime plus multiple OVAs and movies. Shakugan no Shana wasn’t anything especially new, but it was flashy, well written, well told, and exciting. Unfortunately, its releases were spread out,…
It’s popular, it’s edgy, it’s dark and brooding, and it’s been in your face for the past year. Whether it’s FUNimation‘s advertisements, semi-A-List English casting, A-List Japanese actors, and A-List musical acts or just the number of people dressed like a barista wearing an eye patch at conventions, you’ve seen traces of this series everywhere.…
Welcome to another edition of “Life on Anime”… this time we’ll be taking a look at Hyouka – a 22 episode (23 if you count the OVA) mystery anime series produced by Kyoto Animation, best known for making the anime Free!. Sentai Filmworks licensed the 2012 animation and released it on blu-ray in February 2014. Here’s the premise: Houtarou Oreki…
