When I first came to Chattanooga, I was faced with the dilemma of going to an convention 2 hours away from the city (Middle Tennessee Anime Convention and Anime Weekend Atlanta) as there were no local conventions. When I lived in Chicago, it was easy attending Anime Central without the long(er) drives.

Missed out on cosplaying as your favorite anime character for Halloween? The f.y.e. (For Your Entertainment) at the Hamilton Place Mall (directions link) in Chattanooga, TN is having an Anime Spectacular event, sponsored by Viz Media on Sunday, November 9th from 2-4 PM.
During the event, f.y.e. is having a buy one, get one half-off deal [...]

Sorry for the delay, minna-san! After a few days of resting up and messing around with WordPress 2.5, I have my impressions of Chattanooga’s first anime convention! Originally, I said there were 140 photos, but most of them are landmarks taken around the Choo Choo and the same cosplay photos taken without the flash… I [...]

I checked out that anime event at the Downtown Chattanooga Library. It was…small. I was kinda thinking it would have 30+ people (Like in the pictures on the website). The movie they were showing was “Metropolis”. I tried to avoid that movie because I was turned off by the way the characters were drawn (1950’s [...]