KrisZ on Anime, Manga, Cosplay and Video Games

Convention growth 2015 (Year over year) San Japan: +25.2% A-Kon: +17.9% Anime North: +5.2% Anime Expo: +13.1% Anime Central: +3.4% AnimeNEXT: +21.4% Otakon: -17.4% AnimazeMent: +0.2% SakuraCon: +0.3% Anime Expo 2015 had 90,500 unique attendees With September coming along fast, most of the big conventions have completed their run for 2015. When you look at this list of over 10,000 attendee conventions, there seems to be a common trend among these large conventions. The trend is that Anime Conventions are increasing by impressive percentages in 2015 (save for Otakon, I will explore that topic on another post). That leads me to the big question, why are the big anime conventions growing so fast in the United States. I will explore why anime conventions are going in an upward trend in the last two years. When you look at the anime industry, anime seems to be going through a little mainstream revival in North America. Anime is now seen on programming blocks in Cartoon Netwo...

Joukamachi no Dandelion Summer Anime Season 2015 Anime Studio: Production IMS Princess Kanade and Princess Akane Have you ever wanted to be elected king of a huge Kingdom? Joukamachi no Dandelion (translated to Castle Town Dandelion ) presents that interesting modern twist to an age-old fantasy. The anime for Joukamachi no Dandelion was based off a seinen four-panel manga by Ayumi Kasuga for the Manga Time Kirara Miracle magazine. What we get is an interesting slice of life about sibling rivalry to obtain the royal throne. Let us find out whether Joukamachi no Dandelion is worth your time or not. The story of Joukamachi no Dandelion centers on Akane Sakurada, the fourth eldest child, and the third princess in a family of nine super royals. Her father Soichiro is the King; the King wants the next King to be elected by the people of the nation. At the behest of his son, the first prince, the royal family lives in an average middle class house in the middle of town, b...