Anime World Order Show # 234 – We Dodged COVID at Otakon 2024, But Maybe Not Heat Stroke

Anime World Order Podcast

No review this time around, but Gerald and Clarissa went to Otakon 2024 so here’s their convention report. Despite another record breaking attendance figure, they did NOT catch COVID! They did however, barely manage to avoid getting heat stroke/exhaustion. Curse you, climate change!

A chalk art tribute to the recently-deceased Akira Toriyama.

Take note, Anime Expo: THIS is what a top-tier anime con game room looks like (not pictured here: all the Initial D/Gundam sit-downs)!

Carl Horn at the Dark Horse Comics panel springs a free plug of Gerald’s midnight panel.

The MangaGamer dealer’s table truly speaking to the average visual/light novel enjoyer spirit, which since they spend money on this stuff skews Aylo’s algorithm metrics and now all the mainstream real-life US-produced pornography follows these tropes as well (within approval parameters of credit card payment processors).

GamerSupps was also courting that demographic. Someone should probably tell them that even though he’s dead, they aren’t legally clear to use George Carlin’s photo on their “Grandpa’s Ashes” flavor.

This is probably the closest to SFW picture of Gerald’s present: a 2 foot, 3D printed Rangiku. Perhaps someday we will actually watch/read Bleach rather than just leer at Rangiku and Yoruichi…

We never actually did say what Clarissa’s gift WAS, but it was this.