Category: Updates

Citrus Con 2024? Already?!

Citrus Con 2023 was an overwhelming success thanks to the hard work of the staff, the wonderful guests, and the positive and supportive attendees.

And, I can already announce that I will be returning to Citrus Con in some capacity! I’m speaking with staff as to what exactly I’ll be doing, but I’ll be doing something! It’ll go into the Future Appearances page and you’ll get updates as time goes on.

Registration is already open, and if you’re a fan of yaoi, BL, or general m/m stuff, register for free here!

New Appearance! Citrus Con 2023!

We’re over the moon to announce that we will be appearing at Citrus Con, a new online BL convention, this August! Details are on the Appearances page.

This will be a busy weekend. We have four shows to share with BL fans:

  • Fujin Family Feud
  • BL Wheel of Fortune
  • BL Against Humanity
  • Let’s Play LIVE!: The Jackbox Party Pack

The best part? Registration for the con is FREE! You can register for access to all the fun here.

Please remember! Citrus Con is an 18+ event. If you’re under 18, sit tight, we’ll be coming to many more cons in the coming months and years!

Supporting all of fandom: Update #2

Today we are updating our LGBT State Status page. We have found a new source of information to factor into our decision that allows us to put additional weight on state laws that greatly affect how conventions run (such as bathroom bans or banning wearing clothes that do not match your birth gender).

This is still an imperfect method, as it doesn’t yet take into account laws that are not officially on the books but that are being discussed. For example: although only one state has officially passed an “anti-drag” bill, many statehouses across the country are debating the issue.

We welcome your suggestions on how to refine and perfect our methods, including data sources we may have not discovered yet. Leave a comment below or use the Contact form.

An image of the "progressive pride flag" - on the left side is a white triangle, surrounded by chevrons of pink, light blue, brown, and black. This takes up roughly a third of the flag. The remainder of the flag is covered with six horizontal strips, each a color of the "traditional" pride flag (from top to bottom: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple).

Supporting all of fandom: An update

Sorry for the long radio silence. It turns out the surgery I had is known for being one of the most challenging to recover from. However, I am moving closer and closer to being able to return to full daily normal life in early June!

As I’m working to get back on my feet, I have been continuing to keep track of events unfolding regarding the slew of bills in various U.S. state legislatures limiting or banning basic rights for LGBTQIA+ people, especially our trans community

This means the states in which I will not be performing, attending, or staffing conventions in has grown dramatically. I am making a new page to keep track of states currently on the list, and hopefully celebrate when these laws are repealed.

URL for the current list is at: http://www.animegameshowparty.com/lgbt/

I am not doing this to punish cons for just being in a state with lawmakers who support these laws. I am doing this to tell conventions to raise up the voices that are most affected by these new policies. Conventions, no matter their size,  have a giant social media reach. Many put on annual charity events and can direct the donations to organizations who support trans and other LGBTQIA+ people and their fight to simply exist.

LGBTQIA+ folks are literally in the fight of their lives — especially trans people. We as a community, regardless of how we identify, have to work together to make it crystal clear that this is NOT the America that America wants,

Hiatus

UPDATE 3 June 2020: While no new appearances are scheduled, we are submitting applications to present at new conventions. If you are a convention staff member and would like to inquire about having us at your event, please use the Contact form.

We will be taking a hiatus for the months of Feburary through June, 2023. We will evaluate conditions in June to decide whether or not to extend the hiatus or return to conventions full-time.

Current personal situations make it so that we cannot travel more than a half hour from our city center, which severely limits what conventions we can attend and perform at.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Ohayocon 2023!

We’re coming to Columbus for the first time in a while! Join us at Ohayocon on January 19-22, 2023. We will be presenting THREE game shows:

Badges are still available for this long-standing con. Hope to see you there!

Event Lineup Changes

Some exciting news about the events we can bring to your nearest in-person or virtual convention!

  • NEW game show! Password, BL Style was a great success at FujoCon 2022, and is now an official part of the lineup. It’s available in BL, anime, or other specific fandom flavors.
  • NEW panel! Swords, Sorcery, and Spaceships: Final Fantasy IV, 30+ Years Later looks at this turning point in the iconic Square-Enix RPG franchise, how it revolutionized JRPGs, and how its effects can still be felt today.
  • Retiring event: Let’s Play LIVE! Super Mario Maker is being put on the shelf.

Take a look at the updated event lineup here!

Thank you, Fujocon!

Thank you to everyone who’s put their time, effort, blood, sweat, and tears into this unique convention for the past three years. As a fudanshi, I know I’m not the core audience of this media, but everytime I’ve interacted with this community, whether running my BL panel at RL cons or playing games with y’all here, it’s been nothing but positive and rewarding. I’m so thankful that everyone has welcomed my rather unique brand of content and humor with open arms.

I’m so happy that folks seemed to enjoy themselves throughout the entire con, and that’s a testament to the staff, exhibitors, sponsors, and guests for all coming together and concentrating on the real stars of any convention — the attendees, who are so very kind, understanding, and hilariously fun.

I hope y’all can join me in thanking the entire FujoCon team and the BL Garden of DFW for putting on three years of AMAZING moments for the entire, global BL community.

As for me, COVID is still very much a thing in Ohio, so local cons may not be a thing for me in the immediate future. But I’ll keep working on all my content, and at some point, I hope to see you at one of my events, whether in-person or virtually.

To the stars — and beyond!!

Fujocon 2022!

IT’s been a little while since I’ve had some news to report, but this is some big news!

I’ll be returning as a panelist to Fujocon 2022, an online convention dedicated to fans of yaoi and boys’ love (BL) and related subjects.

Two shows will be making a repeat appearance at Fujocon — Family Feud and BL Against Humanity.

Two other shows will be making their debuts at Fujocon — A BL themed version of Let’s Play Live!: The Jackbox Party Pack and a BRAND NEW event, Password!

Fujocon is 100% online, scheduled for June 24-26. Registration is FREE, so what are you waiting for?

Thank You, Fujocon!

I want to give a most sincere THANK YOU to the Fujocon staff for creating this fantastic event and for giving me the chance to spread my weird humor and game show nerdiness to y’all. I’ve helped run conventions before. I know how much stress it can be, and I can imagine doing it in an online space brings its own set of headaches. The staff did a fantastic job keeping the energy up and providing so many ways to engage.

I also want to thank everyone wno watched or played in the Gundam Wing panel, Family Feud, and BL Against Humanity. I had so much fun presenting these and I’m truly happy to know that people enjoyed them as well.

When doing BL panels at cons in the Before Times, my favorite part was the usual post-panel conversation with folks that would last until the wee hours of the morning. In that tradition, my DMs are open to keep talking about the medium that brings us together. My socials are also in the social-media-drop channel if that suits you better.

Once again THANK YOU EVERYONE and I can’t wait to see everyone at Fujocon 2022!

Schedule Updates: Fujocon and Animatic Con

In additon to Fujo Family Feud and Free! Match Game PM, we’ll also be presenting Gundam Wing: The Hot, The Weird, The WHAT?! This is a look at the fandom and the huge amount of fanworks created for this classic series. Be sure to look for it on Fujocon’s schedule! If you haven’t registered for Fujocon, there’s still time!

We are excited to announce that we’ll also be at Animatic Con in Cincinnati, OH from July 29th to August 1st. We have four events on the schedule: Anime Game Show Party, Anime Family Feud, and two Let’s Play LIVE! events — Super Mario Maker, and The Jackbox Party Pack. Hotel rooms and registration are still open! Check Animatic Con’s website for all the details.

Matsuricon 2021 Update

We had high hopes of being able to return to Matsuricon this year with even more content for many of AGSP’s biggest fans. While things are beginning to open up as more people are vaccinated against COVID-19, it’s not quite completely safe to hold massively large indoor events.

Matsuricon had to make the gut-wrenching call to cancel their 2021 convention. While heartbreaking to see, we’re very glad that Matsuricon is acting with their attendees’ best interest at the front of their mind. As registrations and event submissions are being rolled forward, we look forward to working with the con to make a triumphant return in 2022.

WE do have some other events planned in the remainder of 2021. Check the Appearances for full details.

Update on “A Male Perspective on BL/Yaoi”

I’ve made the decision to retire this panel as of June 30, 2021.

When I first created this panel in 2008, the landscape of the BL/yaoi fandom, general anime fandom, and society at large were much different than they are in 2021. Many of the barriers to welcoming all fans of BL into the community have eroded. It isn’t a utopia, but as a self-proclaimed “fudanshi,” I feel much more a part of the fandom. Highlighting the differences between genders of BL fans has grown pretty irrelevant.

In the coming months I will be completely starting from scratch on the topic. I hope to have a brand new BL/yaoi panel ready for the 2022 convention season.

Feel free to discuss the state of the BL fandom and its acceptance of fans regardless of gender or identity in the comments.