Hi folks. It’s with great pleasure that I’m able to let you all know that J.C. and I will be serving as panelists at the first ever Galaxycon Minneapolis. Our convention leadership at Anime Detour invited us to help provide some anime programming for this convention, and so we’ll be there on Friday and Sunday […]
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