Analog Housou@Otakon 2013
That’s right, I’ll be making a triumphant return to Otakon after taking 2012 off! What’s more, I got a panel. Come on down to Panel 4 (BCC 341-342) at 7:30 on Saturday evening for Otaku Hotspots in Tokyo, run by myself, omo from Omonomono, and featuring a guest appearance by Dave of Subatomic Brainfreeze (but more importantly, Kawaiikochan.)
As one can probably infer from the title, we will be talking about the prime otaku hangout spots in Tokyo, covering shops, restaurants, cafes, and bars. Yes, A-Button and Garten will most certainly get mentions.
Not gonna do a meet up or anything ’cause the comic site is dead (gotta fix it…) and I doubt this blog has many readers, so even if I did set one up I doubt anyone would come. But if you want feel free to come up after the panel and shoot the breeze.
JP and I will try to stop by assuming a bunch of asshats don’t just sit in on every panel and block the room from new entrances like last year. And you better mention all the places in Ikebukuro for the ladies lol!
Shit, I should have come up after the panel and said hi. I started reading this blog recently, and was in the front row of that panel (bright blue “Too kawaii to live” shirt) but I left right when the panel ended.
I think I spent a decent portion of the con being wowed by seeing bloggers/anime twitter people I follow irl and being too shy to really say anything. （´・ω・｀）
Well fuck, I’m currently in Akiba and turns out most of my favourite spots, some of which I got to know from this panel, died either during the pandemic or at the beginning of this year. I already knew about Schatzkiste and the Gundam Café dying, but turns out Little BSD and Angel & Devil Café & Bar Pray also died this year. And Sengoku Mononopu Café & Bar Mononopu only has the Osaka Branch left. Of my favourites, only A-Button and Cure Maid Café are left.
Do you know any current good alternatives for Little BSD and the like?
Oh man, wasn’t expecting a comment on a 10-year-old post! Thank you. And sorry for the delay–I assume you are no-longer in Japan?
Anyway, since that panel I have spent less and less time in Akiba (I live farther away now) and mostly just go there to hang at A-Button. That said there are a bunch of “concept cafes” which have popped up in recent years which may be what you are looking for. There may be a better Analog Housou writer around to speak about those, though…