Dashcon 2014: First Year Woes [Interview with the Organizers]
Agent Bialock writes about his experiences from his interview with the convention organizers of DashCon 2014, and offers his insight on the matter as a convention organizer.
READ MOREAgent Bialock writes about his experiences from his interview with the convention organizers of DashCon 2014, and offers his insight on the matter as a convention organizer.
READ MOREIt’s also easy to say we should thank the male fans who bought Dragonball Z fifteen times over and buy the premium boob-shaped box sets of harem series, but I don’t believe they were enough on their own to stem the tide of the industry’s downturn, and they certainly weren’t the only viable sustaining customers in the companies’ minds. And this holds true both for North America AND Japan.
READ MORE2014 has been an immensely landmark year for the North American anime industry, particularly as of May 16th, when Viz announced the streaming and home video rights to Sailor Moon. To get a better glimpse of how and why this is a big deal, we need to take a look at where we were a decade ago.
READ MOREThere is excitement in the air in the world of cosplaying this weekend, as the 2014 World Cosplay Summit US Finals will be taking place this Sunday at Anime Central in Chicago, Illinois. Anime Secrets is proud to be working with the World Cosplay Summit US Staff to bring in-depth coverage on all the finalists competing this weekend. The competition is looking really stiff, and it is extremely difficult to root for just one team.
READ MOREResults of the 2013 World Cosplay Summit Nationals Round held at Anime Matsuri 2013 in Houston Texas via Live Stream.
READ MOREI have been a member of the anime fandom for about a decade, if not longer. In this time, I have attended my fair share of conventions and even hosted a few meet-ups of my own. At these events, I’ve come across more cosplayers, or people dressed up as their favorite characters, than mathematics can actually calculate a number to describe.
READ MOREAnyone Can Be A Hero Originally Posted: July 27th, 2012 by Rizwan Merchant As many of you know by now,
READ MOREHello Agent Bahamut and Agent Petals here, and today we will be giving you readers a simple guideline to the Dos and DON’Ts of attending a convention!
READ MOREEveryone dresses up for Halloween, or at least they did when they were a kid. And what was it that you wanted to be? Outside of the traditional clowns, death and vampires, most kids would want to be a character from their favourite TV show, which was usually a cartoon, or comic book. These days there are kids dressing up as characters from anime and video games as well. So we’re going to go into a little more depth on how you can properly make and choose your costume. And give you some pretty pictures along the way.
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