I went to Anime Central 2022. Given the state of the pandemic, I was somewhat surprised to see any Japan-based guests at all. Well, beyond high levels of hope (as they say, hopium), it’s easy to expect something good, but frankly that’s quite unrealistic. It’s unrealistic, as the logic goes, because given the strict limit […]
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