#closing time

Closing ceremonies and the feedback panel are over. The staff is packing up and the doors are closed. Anime Boston 2019 has officially ended. I know, I’m sad too.

But what a year 2019 was. Concerts by MIYAVIandYoko Shimomura, premieres of new movies from Code GeassandCity Hunter, a visit from the New England Patriots’ anime club, and those are just the head lines. That doesn’t include the panels, the events like dances, the videos, and the time spent in between with old friends, or friends you’ve just met.

These past three days have been a blur in the best way possible, and it’s all been thanks to you attendees. As Con Chair Kristen Leiding said at closing ceremonies, “Thank you all for the passion and energy that you bring.” We hope you’ll bring that same passion and energy back next year for Anime Boston 2020, from April 10th thru 12th.

On a side note, 2019 marks the 10th year of the Anime Boston blog. Thank you to all of you who have read, liked, and shared our posts. Getting to work for the Anime Boston blog is the sweetest gig ever, and we get to keep doing it because of you. So from all of us here at the Anime Boston blog, thank you, deeply and truly.

So until next time…

- Andrew, AB Staff Blogger

Hey folks, 

Today is my official PhD graduation date! I am spending it making preparations for postdoctoral studies at Charles University in Prague.

This is all a bit of a formality; I defended my thesis a little over a month ago. The recording is unlisted on YouTube, and you can find it at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooEYXtX887M. I don’t really want to make it public-public, but you’re absolutely invited to share it around :)

I intended for this to be a longer post, but honestly I’m panic-packing right now so this is all my brain is really letting me do. I plan to have sporadic updates, and I’m hoping at some point to move to a new blog offsite, but the plans for that are still upcoming.

All the best.