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Already among my favorite mid-sized cons I've been to, Kogaracon certainly didn't disappoint this time around. Music used: ILLIT (아일릿) ‘Magnetic’ Instrumental https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZBCRrFr7Rc

World Without Reason is set in the year 2051, on a southeastern island city-state called Calloway City. The story follows a young woman in her early 20s as she tries to solve the mystery of the "Shadow Reaper". Along the way, she gets pulled back in time to relive several key moments from her childhood, which allows her to progressively uncover the truth of the case. This visual novel is made using the Ren'Py engine, and is slated to release in the Summer of 2024. The demo is available for download on Steam and other digital game marketplaces. Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/28... Itchio: https://bamboocalculator.itch.io/worl... GameJolt: https://gamejolt.com/games/wwr/872184 --- Music used: Old Blood by こおろぎ

World Without Reason is a visual novel made using Ren'Py, and is slated to release in the Summer of 2024. You can play the demo on Itchio! https://bamboocalculator.itch.io/world-without-reason This was the secret project I've been working since March! Hooo boy, am I excited to finally announce it. --- Music used: Devils Squid Game (RHYTHMIC-BED) by David Fesliyan https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/devils-squid-game/2395

When I first saw the marketing materials for Anime NJ++, there wasn't much to go off of, but as the show date drew closer, more details were added to the website. With how professionally everything was executed, you'd think this would be their fifth odd year doing this, but this is their FIRST year. Powering things behind the scenes, is the company Media Blasters. They are an independent film distributor, whose previous works include the English dub of Yosuga no Sora, Ladies VS Butlers, Berserk, and Vampire Vixen. It's nice that Media Blasters had legit Blu-Rays for sale at the convention. I always like going the official route whenever possible. Physical media may be on the downturn, but at least those spicy anime discs won't suddenly brick themselves if you can't connect to the internet. Overall, I'm thoroughly impressed with AnimeNJ, and will certainly attend next year's. ---- Music Credits: Our Harmony (Instrumental) by DatDavi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgmL29LPAfs Constricted (Instrumental) by Stardust Tunes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxx16tuwvcw Bara no Yume (Instrumental) by KairiiMusic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crvlAD9tfY0

To celebrate the physical release of Eternights, here are all three parts of my review in one video! --- Music Credits: Super Paper Mario - One Shot OMORI - OMORI OST - Sweetheart's Quest For Hearts Maya Fey ~ Turnabout Sisters' Theme (Arrangement) Pokemon Black & White 2 OST Cheren Encounter Soul Eater OST - So Scandalous TheFatRat - Dancing Naked Zircon - 1685 Final Fantasy VI 'Dirt Devil' OC ReMix ActRaiser - Pyramid ~ Marana Butterfly Tea – 8th Album The Source - Hostage Suite LukHash - BETTER THAN REALITY - TETRA TENNIS Quinn Fox – Cave Story Remix Project – Ballrawg Rock Man 4 Complete Works - Cossack's Citadel Apollo Justice Ace Attorney - Doburoku Studio Dominic Ninmark - 5-01 On the Highway (Race Mix) [MMX - Opening Stage] Humble Toast (INSTRUMENTAL) ~ Friday Night Funkin: Yandere Dev VS. Scott Cawthon Ace Attorney Justice For All - Noisy People Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga - Professor E. Gadd Apollo Justice Ace Attorney - Investigation ~ Core 2007 Tuck 'n Roll (MMX - Armored Armadillo Stage) Rock Man 5 Complete Works - Boss Battle PLAP PLAP PLAP GET PREGNANT by Mari Mari Theme of E-102 GAMMA - Sonic Adventure Megamix Mega Man X7 - Ride Boarski Professor Frankly Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door Vs. Nega-Wisp Armor (Phase 2) - Sonic Colors Pokemon Scarlet and Violet - Gym Leader Battle Tokyo Mirage Sessions - Normal Battle Excess Express at Night - Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door Sonic Adventure Megamix - Final Egg Zone Act 2 ~Crank the Heat Up!!~ Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2 - Enoch Drebber ~ The Link Between Science and Magic Swingrowers - Outsidein - Healing Dance Rockman X Megamix - Sting Chameleon Stage (Recon Base Ruins) Persona 5 Royal - Another Ideology Rock Man 5 Complete Works - Blues Fortress Brock Berrigan - Way of Life - 13 Dedicated.wav Let's Get It Started Maia ver. Mittsies - Alchemy Persona 3 - Blind Alley Paper Mario Thousand Year Door - Riddle Tower Rockman X Megamix - Boss Battle Rockman 6 Complete Works - Yamato Man Rockman 4 Complete Works - Wily Stage 1 Rockman 4 Complete Works - Toad Man Apollo Justice Ace Attorney - Eccentric 2007 Kirby and the Crystal Shards - Miracle Matter Persona 5 - Sweet Persona 3 - Troubled Mr. Bill & Haywyre - Dress Codes Rockman 6 Complete Works - Final Battle Great Ace Attorney Chronicles - Enoch Drebber Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney - Turnabout Sisters Ballade Rockman X Megamix - Sigma Stage Select Revenge of the Titans - Mars Mega Man X Legacy Collection - X3 Boss Persona 5S - Tower of Life Persona 5S - AI Heart Parappa The Rapper 2 - Romantic Love AI The Somnium Files - Psyncin in the Curtain Sonic Adventure Megamix - Tornado Scramble Paper Mario Origami King - Unsettling Area Battle

To reference an infamous news headline back at my college newspaper: "TwitchCon Las Vegas a Success" --- Music Credits (in order of use): Super Mario 3D World - World Bowser Theme Jason Farnham - Get Outside! Sonic Mania - Danger on the Dance Floor LukHash - WALKMAN Sonic Adventure - Casinopolis Paper Mario Origami King - Shroom City LukHash - WALKMAN Paper Mario Origami King - The Shifty Sticker Sonic Mania - Havoc Prognosis @EggTillius - Valentine (FNF vs MANIAC Sweetheart) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7keN2Gtgik Super Paper Mario - The Whoa Zone TTYD Hero Mode OST - Pits Across Time and Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo3sgQxv5QQ Paper Mario Origami King - Snif City Matt Money (Instrumental) - Catfight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v3u95QQm2A Pokemon Legends Arceus - Galaxy Expedition Team HQ Hanvai - Redirect

Anime NYC 2023 coverage. ANYC? How do you pronounce that? Like "Annie's???" ------ Music Credits: Doki Doki Takeover! OST - Glitcher (Monika Mix) by @HighPoweredKeyz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4UMDpP3Rws Shogun Studios - Paper Mario The Origami King OST Vellumental Battle - Paper Mario The Origami King OST Valentine - FNF vs MANIAC Sweetheart by @EggTillius https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7keN2Gtgik mochi moshi (ft. hikeii) by Voia https://soundcloud.com/voiaisonline/voia-ft-keii-mochi-moshi Gorgeous George by Kredo https://soundcloud.com/officialkredo/gorgeous-george

Saturday at Long Island Tropic Con 2023! Music used: Hot Air Balloon (Instrumental) by DatDavi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzptOyi4aRo I don't like dealing with NYC traffic so much that I almost always enter the city by train, however this time I would need to venture further out into the great uncharted land of Long Island. Driving was really the only option that made sense here. I left early the morning of and the traffic wasn't bad. On the way home however, traffic was horrendous and Apple Maps kept suggesting new and innovative routes that promised to save time (they did not) I had fun at the con, and definitely recommend it for any Long Islanders. #litropiccon #litropiccon2023

My weekend at AnimeNEXT 2023! Music used: Your Demise (Instrumental) by DPZ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oow0Be_7rL0 The anime con wasn't off to a perfect start on Friday, which is when I wrote most of the script, but on Saturday nearly all of the wonkiness had been fixed, or otherwise mitigated. I'm impressed with the organizers' ability to put on an anime convention this good after almost four years of dormancy. Needless to say, I will be back next year, and may even book a room at the hotel so that I can just collapse on my bed without needing to drive an hour and a half back home. Aside from a few hiccups on Friday, the anime con really shone brightly on Saturday, which is when the most people were in attendance. It ain't easy running a three-day convention this size, and AnimeNEXT didn't raise to the number one ranking by doing nothing. Kinda sucks that there were so many restrictions on where you could take pictures and video, but at least masking was optional.

CloverCon is a small-town anime convention "in the hidden village of clovers" and hosted in the 4-H building of Somerset County NJ. 4-H is a nation wide youth education/development organization, and all proceeds from the event go towards furthering the youth programs (as well as maintenance and expansion of the center.) Music used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPORaIeLgGs Actually, that's not entirely accurate. The music is a cover of "Poems and Thorns" using the vocals of Cardboard_Cowboy, Julieee22, and ICanBeDanny. https://www.youtube.com/@CardboardCowboy https://www.youtube.com/@JulieOkahara https://www.youtube.com/@icanbedanny

Kogaracon is a New Jersey anime convention held on the campus of Middlesex County College. Chronologically, that puts it 6 years behind Castle Point Anime Convention, which also began on a college campus. Despite this time gap, Kogaracon is a fully-featured con that was an absolute joy to attend. Ignore my constant mispronunciation of KoGARAcon, I must be coming from the parallel universe where there was a U somewhere in that name... Music used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTJUeieSLX8

A recap of Anime NYC 2022 Music: Mr. Bill - The Collaborative Endeavors - 21 Mr. Bill & Hypnagog - Swish OMORI - OMORI OST - 81 Splintered Sweets In The Castle

Attending Castle Point Anime Convention (CPあC) for the first time since 2017! CPAC is a student-run anime con in New Jersey, originally hosted on the campus of Stevens Institute of Technology, but now held in the Meadowlands Expo Center. Music used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEmrfwe2g6U "tense synth build up" sound effect by https://freesound.org/people/graham_makes/sounds/447521/