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On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we look into the recent announcments of FanimeCon and figure out if they make sense & we circle back at those who have contacted us since our discussion of #FailedByFanime. Plus AX with a move that is a double-edged sword, Pixiv bows down to the overlords of payment processors, we chronicle Miku Expo from dead pixels to showing up at Coachella, FLOW goes on tour, & news that came way too late: the cancellation of the Yuri!!! on ICE movie. Finally, we revive the "Good News" segment by celebrating the release of the Persona 3 Reload soundtrack to the masses and a release date to Metaphor: ReFantazio. Plus something about edging and undoing.

Survive Said The Profit Profile - https://www.fanime.com/news/survive-said-the-prophet/

FanimeCon Code of Conduct | (Current) -  https://www.fanime.com/rules/attendee/ | (1/18/24 Archive) - https://web.archive.org/web/20240118204310/https://www.fanime.com/rules/attendee/

We Need To Talk About Fanime - https://youtu.be/MXcTXWKJPsM?si=jB7riiTE36ynIHLd

AX on Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/AnimeExpo/status/1783636736255709465 & https://twitter.com/AnimeExpo/status/1783903904943558894

AEG Details Expansive Renovation Plans at Crypto.com Arena - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/crypto-com-arena-renovation-aeg-1235203576/

Pixiv will block NSFW content for users in US and UK - https://nichegamer.com/pixiv-will-block-nsfw-content-for-users-in-us-and-uk/ 

Near Hit-and-Run in San Jose - https://www.reddit.com/r/Vocaloid/comments/1c078v7/a_car_just_hit_the_median_near_the_mikuexpo_line/

Dead pixels in Phoenix - https://www.reddit.com/r/Vocaloid/comments/1c4d0w2/it_appears_that_a_section_of_the_screen_has/

Bad camera work at Coachella - https://www.reddit.com/r/Vocaloid/comments/1c2u6vb/the_camera_angles_make_her_look_so_flat/

FLOW WORLD TOUR ”ANIME SHIBARI 2024-2025” - https://www.flow-official.jp/cam/worldtour2024-2025/

Yuri!!! on ICE Anime Film Canceled - https://otakuusamagazine.com/yuri-on-ice-anime-film-canceled/

Episode 805: Lycoris Flops - https://www.anime-pulse.com/2023/06/10/episode-805-lycoris-flops/

Metaphor: ReFantazio - https://metaphor.atlus.com/index.html?lang=en

Figure Skating to the "Yuri On Ice" theme - Miu Suzaki and Ryuichi Kihara | Music Monday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN2H7tbu8E4 

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On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, the crew get to add to the board with 30 more waifus (and some surprises) and see where they land on our tier board. Plus Dalton (who we haven't heard in awhile) points out the obvious with all our picks.
 
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On this filler episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we forgot to mention that we were going on an abrupt haitus because someone attended a wedding last week but within that week so we have gotten numerous emails about last week's discussion about FanimeCon and a mention of the Failed by Fanime. Thank you all to everyone who has reached out so far with comments, stories, or opening up inquiries. If you want to send us anything, please email us at caconblog@gmail.com or DM us on our various social media accounts which you cand find all of them at https://linktr.ee/caconblog .  

We will be revisiting this in two weeks as next week will be our 2nd Annual Waifu Tier List episode with new waifus to rank and maybe some old waifus that some of the panel felt like we unfairly ranked and want to give them a second chance.

Failed by Fanime - https://failedbyfanime.com/

The Failure of Dashcon | The world's first Tumblr convention - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZgxeX2dCnQ

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On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we look at two NorCal conventions that seem to be going in opposite directions - SacAnime and FanimeCon - plus some Anime Expo news and the not-so-hot start to Miku Expo and if we should all be worried.

SacAnime - https://www.sacanime.com/

Failed by Fanime - https://failedbyfanime.com/

FanimeCon Board of Directors’ Statement on Resignations and Harassment Claims - https://www.fanime.com/news/fanimecon-board-statement-on-resignations-and-harassment-claims/

RARE Footage & News Stories - Centralia Mine Fire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng5n2ZAxq4g

John Fisher, Vivek Ranadivé excited to have A's baseball, MLB coming to Sacramento | NBC Sports CA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUQQlKi2Vkg

AX 2024 Exhibitors List - https://www.anime-expo.org/ax-exhibit-2024/

Miku Expo on X/Twitter - https://twitter.com/mikuexpo/status/1776114136931573830

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On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we recap the three major anime awards once again - Crunchyroll, Anime Trending, and Reddit - and talk about if this year might be the year we finally get some changes for the Crunchyroll Awards from the top down. Plus we discuss the Oscar win for The Boy and The Heron and ask if "anime won or Hayao Miyazaki won" and Matthew looks at the prospect of bringing back a bracket for the crew to re-evaulate. 

Note: We forgot to go over Best Director for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards but at this rate you can kind of guess who won.

‘The Boy and the Heron’ Delivers Hayao Miyazaki His Second Oscar - https://variety.com/2024/artisans/awards/oscars-hayao-miyazaki-the-boy-and-the-heron-1235937629/

Oscar Academy Demographics - https://criticalmediaproject.org/oscar-academy-demographics-2/

[Crunchyoll] Anime Awards 2024 Winners: Anime of the Year and Full List - https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/3/2/anime-awards-2024-winners-anime-of-the-year

/r/anime Awards 2023 - https://animeawards.moe/results/all

10th Anime Trending Awards - https://www.anitrendz.com/ata/results/2024

Comparing the winners of the r/anime, Crunchyroll, and Anime Trending Awards - https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1bdphto/comparing_the_winners_of_the_ranime_crunchyroll/

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On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we return to a more "traditional" bracket to determine our Anime of the Year! Will the two anime winners from Crunchyroll and Reddit be anywhere near the top? Will it somehow end up being the "shounen bracket?" And can Jeriko get redemption for Mushoku Tensei? Plus we open the show by paying our respects to one of the GOATs in anime and manga and acknowledge the existence of Persona 3 Reload DLC.

Stephen A Smith clip - https://twitter.com/stephenasmith/status/1766239271302684687

Official statement on Toriyama-san’s death - https://twitter.com/DB_official_en/status/1765935471971213816?s=20

Dragon Ball Creator Akira Toriyama Dies at 68 - https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-07/dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-dies-at-68/.208430

The Anime/Manga World Offers Condolences After Dragon Ball Creator Akira Toriyama's Death - https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2024-03-08/the-anime-manga-world-offers-condolences-after-dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-death/.208432

Persona 3 Reload: Expansion Pass trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRIkpLo42GM

Brackets - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PI1e_d_20vGrcC-UquzQZ2dgQjif_H4GfOzaBaTuKlk/edit?usp=sharing

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