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
May 11, 2025•47 sec
The CaliConBlogCast
The official podcast of the California Conventions Blog, an independent anime and comic conventions blog. Our mission is to provide anime and comic conventions; anime and comics in general; cosplay; tech; and gaming coverage.
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Episodes
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://sacanimerose...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 181
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 CAPSULE ...
Apr 09, 2025•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 180
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/sp...
Mar 26, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 178
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-infinit...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 177
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 Concernin...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 176
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 Ryan's ...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 175
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
Feb 12, 2025•2 min•Ep. 174
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 par...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 173
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/his6RdhEgf8 Costco shoppers brawl over coveted Pokémon cards inside LA store: ‘Get the f–k off of me’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sajK3...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 172
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=a9dOABfuSbA Pokemon ...
Jan 22, 2025•3 hr 12 min•Ep. 171
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 for ...
Dec 31, 2024•2 hr 22 min•Ep. 170
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 CaliConBlogCast...
Dec 25, 2024•2 min
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.com Kalshi - Prediction Market for Trading Even...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 169
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 out, ...
Dec 11, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 168
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 stick ...
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 167
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 announcements o...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 166
(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/caconblog Matthew's Bluesky Social - bsky.app/profile/mattykuncos.bsky.social Matthew's Instagram - instagram.com/mvm88miranda...
Nov 14, 2024•52 min•Ep. 165
(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 from...
Nov 07, 2024•27 min•Ep. 165
The Bluesky Effect
On this episode, we talk about the move from X/Twitter to Bluesky after an exodus due to new rules around blocking and what your content can be used for. Plus discussions about VTubers, Ado on tour in 2025, and we figure out our six games that'll go into our Game of the Year conversation. Half a million users flee X for Bluesky after block feature changes - https://readwrite.com/users-flee-x-bluesky-block-feature-heres-how-to-migrate/ CCB on Bluesky Social - bsky.app/profile/caconblog.bsky.socia...
Oct 30, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 164
We Are Now On Bluesky Social!
We are now on Bluesky Social! Find us at caconblog.bsky.social or go to our Linktree to find a link to the hottest new social media that at least our founder was on way before the migration away from a certain one letter social media service... Linktree - https://linktr.ee/caconblog Matthew's Instagram - instagram.com/mvm88miranda Matthew's Coscom Profile - cosplay.com/member/41744 Ryan's Facebook - facebook.com/ryusan777 Ryan's Twitch - twitch.tv/ryusan777 Nate's Instagram - instagram.com/nateb...
Oct 24, 2024•1 min
Anime Impulse Bay Area 2024 Recap
On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, Nate recaps his one day at Anime Impulse Bay Area 2024 - from hololive panels to flipping for Weiss cards to standing in line for free Jollibee and everything in between. Plus an announcement about Kumoricon 2024, a weekend's worth of impressions from Metaphor: ReFantazio , and the My Hero Academia anime is wrapping up next year. Anime Impulse Bay Area - https://animeimpulse.com/bay-area My Hero Academia Anime Final Season Officially Announced for 2025 - h...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 163
Anime Impulse Bay Area 2024 Preview
On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, Matthew and Nate (alongside Jeriko) preview Anime Impulse hitting the road up north towards San Mateo for the Bay Area edition of this traveling convention and ask "will this be any different than what Ryan and Jeriko experienced a month ago?" Plus we chronicle various notable deaths & how one impacts an upcoming convention, a boycott of FanimeCon 2025, and more Persona merchandise for us to spend money on. Anime Impulse Bay Area - https://animeimpulse...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 162
It's a Variety Episode
On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, because we've been off and just focusing on SacAnime, Anime Impulse, and D23 - today we decided to just have podcast to talk about things outside of those three things, like Code Geass Roze of the Recapture, Sony, Apple, Annapurna, Persona 3 Reload Episode Aigis, and DashCon. Plus Matthew lays it heavy on the sex references. A MAGWest Conversation - https://ccbcast.buzzsprout.com/1577764/episodes/15654888-a-magwest-conversation DashCon 2 - https://www.dash...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 161
Anime Impulse OC + SacAnime Summer 2024 Recaps
On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, Ryan and Jeriko recap Anime Impulse OC and the redemption story 9 years in the making while Matthew tells stories from the most important SacAnime to date - the 20th anniversary show. Anime Impulse OC YT Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLntUGCNlZnffTVDgS1T2GJ00-RY8N7rUk Joining in the fun at Sac Anime! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxNuxFNTBwc SacAnime 2024 - Kevin talks with Bluey voice actors! 9am - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW...
Sep 11, 2024•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 160
1:03(am) in Anaheim
If you thought drunk debating (sans one person) what FLOW song to save will get you was bad, just wait until we get to LiSA... MobShow - https://youtu.be/_a0O5wzlFlY?t=695 CCB cut coming soon! Support the show
Sep 04, 2024•14 min
A MAGWest Conversation
On this very special episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we chat with V from MAGWest about the convention itself, where it's at for 2024, the theming, and some of the guests and musical acts that you can see. Plus discussions on diversity, keeping it local/West Coast, and how a "music and gaming" centric convention sets itself apart in the crowded California scene with mentions of anime body pillows and our wish list for future themes. (This is a slightly edited but largely unedited version of our c...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 159
D23 Recap (feat. The Anination Podcast)
On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, Nate and Omid from the Anination Podcast join Matthew and Jeriko talk about their time down in Southern California for D23 and everything they experienced. Plus a rundown of some of the major announcements, things to look forward from all things Disney in the near future, and somehow bring up the Jenny Nicholson "documentary/review" on the "failed" Star Wars Hotel. The Anination Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@AninationPodcast Land of the Giants - https...
Aug 21, 2024•2 hr 36 min•Ep. 158
FLOW WORLD TOUR "ANIME SHIBARI" 2024-2025 Recap
On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, the crew go over their weekend in Southern California as FLOW makes their way across the nation as part of their world tour. Plus, drunken MobShow, adobo, the beach, busting nuts at Microcenter, and more. Plus an announcement for SacAnime Summer that Matthew has been waiting to talk about. FLOW tour merch - https://flow-merch-2024.checkoutstores.com/ FLOW on Linktree - https://linktr.ee/flow_official_japan MobShow on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@mobs...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 157
12:49(am) in Anaheim
What drunk debating (sans one person) what FLOW song to save will get you… MobShow - https://youtu.be/_a0O5wzlFlY?t=626 CCB cut coming soon! Support the show
Jul 30, 2024•4 min
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