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The CaliConBlogCast

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195 episodes

3 months ago

On this epsiode of the CaliConBlogCast, we recap the last month or so while on hiatus - from Nate's conerns about FanimeCon, the crew reflecting on Aquors on the heels of their final perforrmance, Matthew's weekend in Reno for Sonic Neon Summit, to Ryan's time with ZZZ and LiSA - plus we look at Anime Expo 2025 and jump to the "what we're looking forward to" segment. In between all that there's lots and lots of Umamusume talk and Matthew getting distracted errr multitasking while Ryan wonders...

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On this epsiode of the CaliConBlogCast, we recap the last month or so while on hiatus - from Nate's conerns about FanimeCon, the crew reflecting on Aquors on the heels of their final perforrmance, Matthew's weekend in Reno for Sonic Neon Summit, to Ryan's time with ZZZ and LiSA - plus we look at Anime Expo 2025 and jump to the "what we're looking forward to" segment. In between all that there's lots and lots of Umamusume talk and Matthew getting distracted errr multitasking while Ryan wonders...

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Episodes (20/195)

The CaliConBlogCast

Hiatus Recap: FanimeCon/OffKai, Sonic Neon Summit, and ZZZ/LiSA + AX 2025 Talk

On this epsiode of the CaliConBlogCast, we recap the last month or so while on hiatus - from Nate's conerns about FanimeCon, the crew reflecting on Aquors on the heels of their final perforrmance, Matthew's weekend in Reno for Sonic Neon Summit, to Ryan's time with ZZZ and LiSA - plus we look at Anime Expo 2025 and jump to the "what we're looking forward to" segment. In between all that there's lots and lots of Umamusume talk and Matthew getting distracted errr multitasking while Ryan wonders...

2 months ago

2 hours 24 minutes

The CaliConBlogCast

The CaliConBlogCast Is On Haitus

Due to circumstances that have caused me to not be at home when everyone is available to record, the CaliConBlogCast is on hiatus. I do apologize for not getting this out faster. Support the show

4 months ago

The CaliConBlogCast

SacAnime Spring/Roseville 2025 Preview

On this epsiode of the CaliConBlogCast, we preview SacAnime Roseville 2025 - the first ever preview of SacAnime's nothern cousin as part of the preview is about the convention itself and the other half is about...food. Also we continue to talk about the Nintendo Switch 2 (or at least try to), look into the trends of various of art done in ChatGPT, a trash anime getting the concert hall treatment, and catch up on FanimeCon 2025 guest announcements. SacAnime Roseville/Spring - https://sacanimer...

5 months ago

1 hour 48 minutes

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Nintendo Switch 2 Impressions + 3rd Annual CCB Waifu Tier List

On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we hold our 3rd annual CCB Waifu Tier List Ranking Show with a combination of known picks and blind picks to keep things spicy. Will anyone join Relena in trash tier? Will any of our blink picks turn heads? And do we make any compromises? Plus we talk about our weekend in San Francisco for the Legends in Anime & Games Music Live with Louis Juice and Raj Ramayya, the J-Pop Sound Capsule at Anime Expo 2025, and the Nintendo Switch 2. J-POP SOUND CAPSU...

5 months ago

2 hours 5 minutes

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CCB Anime March Madness 2025 Powered By Persona 4 Rerun

On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, it's that of year again - to fill out brackets and determine our Anime of the Year! Will Maomao get her revenge in the runback with Tanjiro? Can Tanjiro even get back to semi-finals? Will Frieren behind the highest overall #1 seed avoid getting eliminated before reaching the finals? And why does Matthew keep making banger matchups even after re-seeding the tournament? Anime March Madness 2025 Powered By Persona 4 Rerun brackets - https://docs.google.com...

5 months ago

1 hour 7 minutes

The CaliConBlogCast

Demon Slayer: Endgame

On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we try to play catch up from the past few weeks - from Demon Slayer & Bochi the Rock to AMD & NVIDIA to Nintendo & Persona. Plus Matthew goes bold with an AX prediction, FanimeCon makes their 2nd Guest of Honor annoucement, a spotlight on a book full of noglista, and a preview for the bracket for next week's Anime March Madness. Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Movie Premieres 1st Part on July 18 - https://otakuusamagazine.com/demon-slayer-infi...

5 months ago

1 hour 19 minutes

The CaliConBlogCast

There's Too Many Options

On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast we discuss our first impressions of the Monster Hunter Wilds beta, the 5070 & 5070Ti, a whole bunch of concerts, Dokibird at FanimeCon, and SacAnime Roseville & Sac Comic-Con. Plus Matthew tells a story about finding Chinese food in Stockton and Nate recaps his time in Las Vegas for the Super Bowl. Some RTX 5090 GPUs are missing ROPS... You can't make this up... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDlcgILBAXQ 12VHPWR on RTX 5090 is Extremely ...

6 months ago

1 hour 9 minutes

The CaliConBlogCast

5th Annual Hot Waifu Garbage Roast Session

On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we expanding the 5th Annual Waifu Roast into an all-nighter with 10 waifus to be cooked up and served on paper plates. Can anyone outroast Ryan? Can Matthew avoid roasting himself for a second year in a row? And will any deep cuts trip up our roasters? Linktree - linktr.ee/caconblog Matthew's Bluesky Social - bsky.app/profile/mattykuncos.bsky.social Matthew's Instagram - instagram.com/mvm88miranda Matthew's Coscom Profile - cosplay.com/member/41744 Ry...

6 months ago

1 hour 39 minutes

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Gone Out Monster Hunting

With Nate out for his annual trip with his friends down to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl, we all decided to take the week off for a break, which happens to also be the 1st weekend of the Monster Hunter Wilds beta test. Since the beta is running for two weeks, we will have our full impressions on the epsiode after the Waifu Roast. Support the show

7 months ago

1 minute

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Paper Launches, Paper Launches Everywhere

On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we revisit Anime Expo to see how Jeriko faired with his hotel booking, Nate rants about FanimeCon's hotel booking, and somehow we tie the two together with Nvidia's 5000 series GPU launch. Also Matthew is annoyed about whole Gamers Nexus/Linus Tech Tips feud, a whole bunch of bad news from all walks of life - from shaftings and disbandments to deaths and things that won't die - and a date for Summers Game Fest with Multiverses and Fortnite crashing the ...

7 months ago

1 hour 26 minutes

The CaliConBlogCast

Anime Expo 2025: Student Loan Debt Edition

On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, Matthew gives SacAnime Winter 2025's attendance numbers and what's in store for Sac-Con 2025, SacAnime Spring 2025, AND SacAnime Summer 2025. Plus we discuss Pokémon cards AGAIN, Anime Expo, CES, the Nvidia 50 series GPUs, & the Nintendo Switch 2.Kiss From A Rose by Optimus Prime - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/his6RdhEgf8Costco shoppers brawl over coveted Pokémon cards inside LA store: ‘Get the f–k off of me’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sajK...

7 months ago

1 hour 58 minutes

The CaliConBlogCast

Anime Los Angeles 2025 Recap

On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we recap Anime Los Angeles 2025 with the SoCal crew & also tie in two major events to discuss ALA as well as SacAnime Winter in the backdrop of what is happening around us. Plus a quick story about bidding for Hellaverse autographs at SacAnime Winter for an interlude and the end of the Charity Auction to soften the blow of the ending discussion from Matthew.PBS News Hour full episode, Jan. 8, 2025 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9dOABfuSbAPokemon...

7 months ago

3 hours 12 minutes

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SacAnime Winter & Anime Los Angeles 2025 Previews + 2024 Year-End Review & 2025 Predictions

On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we preview both SacAnime Winter 2025 and Anime Los Angeles 2025 as well as wrapping up the year with our look back at 2024 & our predictions and outlook for 2025. Can we determine a third series/game/meme/something that will dominate the cosplay scene in 2025? What could we see from the likes of Rockstar and Nintendo in 2025 especially in the first quarter? Can we continue to build off of the wins that we had this year? And can Ryan redeem himself f...

8 months ago

2 hours 21 minutes

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Merry Christmas from the CCB!

Unfortunately we don't have our 2024 Year-in-Review and 2025 Predictions episode because Nate was sick over the weekend and it wouldn't be right to exclude him from this year-end episode. next week we’ll squeeze in both our SacAnime Winter and ALA 2025 Previews as well as our 2024 recap and 2025 outlook, then we go on break for two weeks, then come back with our recaps for those two cons.Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at the California Conventions Blog and the CaliConBlogCa...

8 months ago

2 minutes

The CaliConBlogCast

The Game Awards 2024 Recap

On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we recap The Game Awards 2024 from the big winners and losers of the night & all the gaming announcements as well as evaulating the state of the gaming industry as illustrated by the show. Plus we discuss if any the rumors came true, look into a "betting website" if they knew anything before the show, and figure out GTA VI plays into the video game industry in 2025.The Game Awards - https://thegameawards.comKalshi - Prediction Market for Trading Eve...

8 months ago

1 hour 52 minutes

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wacced out hololive

On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we look at another fan favorite VTuber Ceres Fauna graduating in January and the pivot that COVER Corp is making from livestreaming to music. We also take grander at the 2nd NZXT fiasco, Sony eyeing Kadokawa, Crunchyroll becoming the villain once again, Studio Khara making a new Gundam anime, The Game Awards, a follow up to our discussion about the Cosplayer Survivor Support Network (well more like a singular question), SacAnime Winter 2025 expanding ou...

9 months ago

1 hour 37 minutes

The CaliConBlogCast

The Game Awards 2024 Preview

On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we're previewing The Game Awards 2024 before Thanksgiving instead of Decemeber because of the nomination announcement stream that occured earlier in the week. We look at everyone who made it, all of the snubs *cough*Persona 3 Reload*cough*, scratch our head over the overlap of games especially at the top, and gripe over Elden Ring DLC as a GOTY nominee. And since we're pushing back the topic about gambling on anime, we let ChatGPT take the wheel and sti...

9 months ago

1 hour 54 minutes

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Intel-AMD Was a Better Fight than Tyson-Paul

On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, Matthew attempts to lead an episode while trying to watch the Mike Tyson and Jake Paul fight where we discuss another battle of Intel vs AMD, PS5 Pro scalpers having a bad day, the continued exodus from Twitter/X over to Bluesky, the proposed tarrifs under the Orange dude winning the election & how that may affect your hobbies, the decision of said fight, the Game Awards trying to shoehorn Elden Ring DLC into the GOTY category, and dual announcement...

9 months ago

1 hour 29 minutes

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(Part 2/2) A Look Into the Cosplayer Survivor Support Network

On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we look at the Cosplayer Survivor Support Network that gives a report card score to Convention Harassment Policies with one convention that has us scratching our head as well as an essay that challenges the phrase "Cosplay Is Not Consent."Cosplayer Survivor Support Network - https://cosplayer-ssn.org/index.php Linktree - linktr.ee/caconblogMatthew's Bluesky Social - bsky.app/profile/mattykuncos.bsky.socialMatthew's Instagram - instagram.com/mvm88mi...

10 months ago

51 minutes

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(Part 1/2) THE GWAR GURA BUFF IS REAL

On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we look back at the LA Dodgers winning the World Series and if Gwar Gura buff is real. Plus a follow up to Victoria Brightshield's graduation from NijiEN, the Vatican goes full anime, and an update to the new new Madoka Magica movie.Our look into the Cosplayer Survivor Support Network will be published next week as we are going on a break for Veteran's Day weekend but also cool off from a combination of personal issues and real-world dilemas stemming fr...

10 months ago

27 minutes