I didn’t blog about AX2023 because it was not a good con, despite the best we made of it. Thankfully, the 2024 version of Anime Expo was much improved. The new layout meant that people are more spread out. Additional entrances meant people flowed into the con during peak hour quickly–it took me about 30 […]
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