Lonley Shinigami

Good turnout for AniFusion with Mario, turns out the snow didn’t slow anybody down.

Definite highlights come from the people we had gathered: Emi and Promise were in rare form and sang beautifully amid to frozen and captivated fans. Forbidden Planet ended up handing me a handful of swag, which I ended up keeping rather than giving to the runner ups in the cosplay competition. Carrie looked great as always as Reindeer Mikuru Asahina.

And even though there was a brief cameo by both Santa Claus and Uncle Buen-Yo, I neutralized both threats.

In addition, I found it necessary to gather as many pictures as possible with my new Christmas present to myself from Image Anime: a Shinigami-sama ski mask. All I got to do tonight was my laundry, so I brought out Shinigami-sama for a night on the town. Sadly, no children would approach him, and no Chiquita would befriend him:

Come to me, bloomers

Doom?

So Ronery. So very, very ronery.

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Promise

Haruhi Hair?

The man of the hour and his co-host.

Now, thankfully, I can take a little break until the DVD gets released at Genericon in Februrary. I’ll have it available at Katsucon, of course, since they fall on the same weekend. Everybody out there have a very VERY safe and carefree holiday season. Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza, click-click-grunt gurgle for the citizens of District 9, and Happy Decadent-Self-Worshiping Day to Mr. T: you’ve earned it.

Enjoy the snow,
~Yo

Uncle Yo at Forbidden City on 12/20/09

Mokucon Review

There is a thrill and a charm to a college campus anime convention. It’s the chance for younger fans to meet older without the weight of the dubbing industry or the presence of an over-the-top convention security staff.

Casual gatherings like Mokucon of Rutgers University are like private weekends with your area friends. Everyone, from the cosplayers to the dealer’s room feel almost no pressure to succeed or pitch ideas or compete. I’ve got a bunch of highlights that are somewhere in cyberspace I’ve got to post on the photo page.

I have a few highlights:

- The relaxed conference room with the fireplace, fresh snow falling outside the window, a black butler playing the piano, and the other butlers handing out free cake.
- Hei from Darker Than Black shoving me in the trashcan.
- Buying a new tie from the dealer from Resident Evil 5.
- Code Geass photos by the fireplace.
- Image Anime Panel w/ Mario and the cast of Doujinopolis.
- Running a 2 hour comedy panel successfully.
- Hating on Spice and Wolf in the Rage Panel.
- My character sheet for a new Dungeons and Dragons prestige class: Cock-Blocker!
- Mario playing Stone Cold Steve Austin for the Rage Panel.
- Falling asleep on Chris’ couch and waking up surrounded by action figures.
- Dr. Eggman strangling a Sonic the Hedgehog plushie.
- Meeting Rorschach in the men’s room.
- Escaping Rorschach from the men’s room.
- Harassing Hetalia cosplayers.

It’s good to have a community. It’s good to belong. Never forget that. If you’re even on this website, you are a part of that community.