Back to AZ for Phoenix Comicon.
While here in New Mexico, I've attended Las Cruces Anime Days and Sabaku-con. Last weekend I went back to my old home of Arizona and visited Phoenix Comicon. I usually didn't attend that con, even when I was residing in Tucson. This is because I tend to prefer anime cons over mixed genre cons. But nowadays they have several rooms dedicated to anime programming. An anime fan can actually be quite happy there. Bringing along my costumes of Xellos from The Slayers and Lt. Col. Roy Mustang from Full Metal Alchemist, I headed to the con. Several good panelists such as Muffin, Key, Arizona Midnight Channel, and The Renegades were filling up the anime panels schedule. My favorite panel from these people were Origami for Ages 5-97, I Can Harem and So Can You, Cosplay Duels, and Raving is Fun, respectively. And you know, a very large portion of my Arizona friends attend this con. So even if it didn't have much programming that interested me, it's a good place to see people. And seeing it had plenty of good programming this year, there was little reason for me not to come.