So, this week, AX announced Mana (of Malice Mizer)as a Guest of Honor. Otakon announced (or is about to) announce Yoshiki (of X Japan).

Two of the most famous j-rock musicians of all time are appearing at conventions this year, yet neither one is performing. The J-Rock gods mock us so.

The topic says it all. After hearing this song 13268206713578 times during open mic last weekend, it's still stuck in my head.

On a lighter note, it's good to see that there are still a lot of Dreamcast fans out there.

Fanime was good, except for the being sick on Sunday night and then having to come back to the con at 10AM on Monday and getting sicker thing. When I am feeling better I'll post the contest results in the usual locations.

Great fun was had (especially Saturday night), and many interesting things were heard.

With the holiday season finally ending with Lunar New Years this past weekend, it's now time for...convention season. Those of you in the AX and Fanime loops, stay tuned for some announcments soon on those respective forums and LJ communities ( Read more... )

Thus far, we have confirmed the following events for 2006:

Fanime Con
May 26-29, 2006
San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA

Anime Expo
July 1-4, 2006
Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA

AOD: San Francisco Animation Convention
August 4-6, 2006
Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, CA

More events to be announced as they are confirmed.

I now have a last.fm account, which is basically one of them social networking sites, except the neat thing is that it's based on the music you listen to ( Read more... )

I still prefer the Commander Adama as played by Lorne Greene from the original series, but could have done worse, I suppose.


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