…                 …                 …                 Yes, it was quite fun. When Ari isn’t writing for Anime Jam Session or catching Pokemans, he’s writing for the Philadelphia Exa*THUMP* *CRACK* *WHAP* *BOOM* *SMASH* *WHCRUNCH*                 Ay dios mio—fine.­­                 Every otaku and everyone who’s made a habit out of going to conventions (anime or otherwise) […]

                This time last year, I was walking around the convention halls that housed AnimeNEXT in Somerset, NJ. As it turns out, this year’s AnimeNEXT is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Hard to believe they’ve been going strong since 2001. Good work on surviving a decade, fellows.                And as I trudge through my own writing archives, […]

                When the topic of going to a convention comes up, given my experience and journalistic credentials, I assume I’m going to be covering an anime convention. Though, anime conventions are all I’ve ever been to and/or covered. The excursion this weekend was not an anime convention, but it wasn’t dropped me on the last […]

                When you mention the small north Jersey town of Hoboken, there are several images that initially come to mind. The first of which is that it’s the birthplace of Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Frank Sinatra. It’s also where the first baseball game was played in the United States, […]

                  If you’ve been following my deviantART activity, then you’re aware of what is easily the most heavily edited deviation I have on there—a photograph of my numerous convention badges hanging on the wall in a rather large frame. Even with the addition of my badge from Zenkaikon ’11, there is still a lot […]