Back from Anime Boston
We spent a three-day weekend at Anime Boston 2006 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Quite a lot of fun, and it was great to be there from the start to the finish.
Well, more or less from the start. We didn't get there til Friday afternoon as Emme was sick, unfortunately. Mom had to attend to business on Friday morning, so we didn't get there in time for many of the Friday discussion panels or afternoon events.
We spent most of Friday cruising the dealer room and checking out what the show had to offer, then Bonnie sat down with a highlighter and figured out what events and panels she wanted in on. I more or less did the same.
Friday night's centerpiece was Kaiju Big Battel -- imagine pro wrestlers dressed up in elaborate giant monster suits, crushing cardboard replicas of Boston landmarks like the Prudential Center as they were throwing each other around. Absolutely hilarious.
Saturday was chock full of interesting presentations, previews of what's coming in anime this year, and other events. We took in as much as we could before we finally crashed. Sunday, more of the same, though we stuck around for the closing ceremonies, when they showed the winners of this year's AMV (Anime Music Videos) contests, where creative video editors set footage from anime to music.
Mom graciously watched the kids for three days while we had our fun.