No doubt after reading just the title of this article, you’re probably wondering what something like high school could have to do with reviewing an anime convention. Well, first of all, allow me to sum up my entire four years of high school in a single sentence—“Fuck all of that shit.” My high school […]

The year 2011 is in its death throes, and even as I type this, I and the rest of the world are essentially waiting for its heart monitor to go to the inevitable flat line, which is a mere hours away. So with members of my (real, not AJS) family ready to loot the corpse […]

Hi there! It’s your lucky day since you get to read something from me, Mako-chan!  I don’t do this often, as I normally am very much a behind the scenes person, usually helping Ranma take video and lug equipment around, but I had the pleasure of attending Gobblecon and was asked to write a little […]

                So, right off the bat, I have to rescind something I said in my review of Otakon 2011. When I traveled to Baltimore to take part in Otakon, I had mentioned that it was the earliest I ever arrived before a convention. That was simply because Otakon was a three-day convention; NYCC/AF, on the […]

                …                 …                 …                 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) […]