You don't talk about Mr. Popo's training
Not much to say about the weekend. This past weekend was the New York Anime Festival, which is a nice idea with weak execution. Though the dealer's room was full and it was insanely packed on Saturday, it was missing a lot of product categories. There weren't a lot of DVD sellers, and almost no one selling toys. I guess a good chunk of the dealers sold costuming materials, some manga, and music. Of course, I don't cosplay, and I can get my manga and music cheaper elsewhere. And many people did-Midtown Comics was doing a 40% off manga sale, and their shelves were getting cleaned out.
We skipped Friday of the con due to work obligations; went out drinking instead and that was fun until the end. Saturday we headed out a bit late but not too late, it's just that rushing there would have been an utter waste of effort since there were no panels were were interested in. We walked around the dealer's room, got annoyed at the crowds, watched a bunch of idiots form a long-ass conga line, and bought lots of trade paperback comic collections. American comics. They were 50% off and the box was loaded with good stuff.
We headed out and went to meet reverend_dave for dinner, only to discover that the BBQ place we wanted to eat at was closed. We ended up at an Italian place with okay food but lousy, lousy service. Then we went home and watched Dollhouse (okay) and FlashForward (pretty good).
Sunday I went back to the con and actually went to two panels. I got there in time to see half of the Leviathan panel, and then a few hours later I was at Anime Parliament, where I ended up helping out Adam.
Last night we watched Heroes and the FOX Sunday Night lineup... while there was some pretty amazing stuff on both American Dad and Family Guy, The Cleveland Show was a bit lacking. The Simpsons was awesome, though. Go Seth Rogen!
We skipped Friday of the con due to work obligations; went out drinking instead and that was fun until the end. Saturday we headed out a bit late but not too late, it's just that rushing there would have been an utter waste of effort since there were no panels were were interested in. We walked around the dealer's room, got annoyed at the crowds, watched a bunch of idiots form a long-ass conga line, and bought lots of trade paperback comic collections. American comics. They were 50% off and the box was loaded with good stuff.
We headed out and went to meet reverend_dave for dinner, only to discover that the BBQ place we wanted to eat at was closed. We ended up at an Italian place with okay food but lousy, lousy service. Then we went home and watched Dollhouse (okay) and FlashForward (pretty good).
Sunday I went back to the con and actually went to two panels. I got there in time to see half of the Leviathan panel, and then a few hours later I was at Anime Parliament, where I ended up helping out Adam.
Last night we watched Heroes and the FOX Sunday Night lineup... while there was some pretty amazing stuff on both American Dad and Family Guy, The Cleveland Show was a bit lacking. The Simpsons was awesome, though. Go Seth Rogen!