Day one of the New York Anime Festival is over and here is the report. Since I am commuting back from the city and my office each day, I was able to write in my blog on my office computer.

First off, what a major disappointment, from my perspective. I first heard about New York Anime Festival (shorten as NYAF) back in late 2006, and from what I read of the plans of the convention to take place in late 2007 sounded excited. But then going there, I felt like there was nothing to do. I did say the same thing for MangaNext, “Not many things were going on, which made me feel more relaxed.” But that was because it was a smaller con, this one had to have an attendance total 3 times the size of MangaNext. MangaNEXT had a total at around less than 2,500 people. This is a “first” for this con to go on, maybe next year will be better.

And what bothered me, and I think everyone else knows, was how early the convention ended. Everything at the convention ended at 6:30pm (besides the concert that NYAF expects everyone to go) to me was crazy. The entire convention expected everyone to see a concert, that will be taking place for two hours. At other conventions, there were other things besides going to the concert, a rave (dance) or a masquerade, in which some “big” conventions, such as Otakon, usually ends at 2 in the morning.We’ll see what happens tomorrow of our experience at the New York Anime Festival.

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