Tag: television

Anime San Diego debuts at convention center!

The popularity of anime has absolutely exploded in recent years. Series like One Piece, Cowboy Bebop, My Hero Academia, Dragon Ball, Pokémon, Naruto, Attack on Titan, Chainsaw Man, Demon Slayer and many others have become pop culture mainstays in America and around the world.

This growing popularity has spawned a variety of events that attract anime fans. One completely new event, debuting in 2026, is Anime San Diego. It’s being held this weekend at the San Diego Convention Center, the famous home of Comic-Con.

I was able to visit Anime San Diego on Saturday morning!

In addition to hundreds of vendors, artists and celebrity guests (many voice actors), the convention features an arcade zone, gaming tournaments, karaoke, live music, industry and fan panels, cosplay meetups, itasha cars, cool merch, giveaways, and just a whole lot of fun!

I was surprised at how many fans showed up and how awesome it all is! Not bad for their first year!

Check out some photos of the action!

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Cosplay photos at Anime San Diego!

Anime San Diego is being held this weekend at the San Diego Convention Center. It’s the cool event’s inaugural year!

Anime San Diego has drawn thousands of fans from all over, and, as might be expected, there’s a whole lot of cosplay! Characters made popular in anime series can be seen everywhere. I must confess, during my Saturday morning visit I didn’t recognize some of the characters, but the cosplay is still fantastic!

An Anime San Diego 2026 LEGENDS OF COSPLAY contest would be held Saturday evening on the main stage. Unfortunately, given my hectic schedule, I couldn’t stick around to see it.

I did take these photos of the great cosplay while roaming the convention center floor right as Anime San Diego opened. Enjoy!

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San Diego to celebrate Star Trek Day!

The City of San Diego has issued an official proclamation, signed by Mayor Todd Gloria, declaring that September 8th, 2026 is Star Trek Day! On that day Star Trek will celebrate its 60th anniversary!

Star Trek first aired in the United States on September 8, 1966, on the NBC television network. Numerous television series and movies later, the Star Trek franchise continues to thrive with millions of fans!

I became aware of the Star Trek Day proclamation through comic book fanzine collector extraordinaire Larry Thomas. You might recall his very cool fanzine exhibit at the San Diego Central Library during Comic-Con this year. He’ll have another expanded exhibit in 2028.

There’s more!

From September 4 through September 10, 2026, several San Diego movie theaters will have 60th anniversary Star Trek double feature showings. Various showings will be at Regal Edwards Mira Mesa, AMC Mission Valley and AMC Fashion Valley. You want to check out their websites and get your tickets early before they sell out!

Like Star Trek itself, may you Live Long and Prosper!

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Star Trek Fleet Command activation at SDCC 2026!

One of the coolest offsite activations at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, particularly if you’re a Star Trek fan, celebrates Star Trek’s 60th anniversary. The mobile game Star Trek Fleet Command has assembled original uniforms and props from every live action television series of the science fiction franchise.

On this final day of SDCC 2026, I got in line early and enjoyed a visit!

Fans would love the displays, photo ops, a Holodeck virtual reality experience, and a claw machine with Star Trek prizes. I skipped the latter attractions and focused my camera on the many uniforms and props. If you missed experiencing this offsite, you might enjoy my photographs!

Starfleet Standard Duty Uniforms from Star Trek (The Original Series).
U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A, Constitution-class Refit.
Props from Star Trek (The Original Series).
Starfleet Standard Duty Uniforms from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Data’s prosthetic makeup bust.
Starfleet Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement worn by Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge.
Original props from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Võx (Borg).
Klingon Negh’Var-class warship.
War College Mugato Mascot costume and Starfleet Standard Duty Uniforms from Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Bajoran Orb of the Emissary and Reliquary.
Uniforms from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Borg prosthetic makeup bust.
Uniforms from Star Trek: Discovery.
Props from Star Trek: Discovery.
Starfleet Standard Duty Uniforms from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

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Nazgûl bring cold despair to Comic-Con!

While walking through the Gaslamp Quarter this afternoon, I suddenly felt cold despair. Something terrible was creeping up behind me.

I turned.

Black cloaked figures were slowly, inexorably approaching.

The Nazgûl. Ringwraiths. Fallen kings who chilled their victims with Black Breath.

Comic-Con goers looked on in dismay. Took photos.

Oh–I get it. These guys were merely promoting The Rings of Power.

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Bob’s Burgers cosplay at Comic-Con 2026!

I happened to walk up to a Bob’s Burgers cosplay meet-up for Comic-Con 2026 while wandering near the Hilton Bayfront this afternoon.

I got these fun photos of Bob’s Burgers characters having a great time…

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Sharks invade a San Diego city park!

Beware! If you plan to walk through Children’s Park in downtown San Diego during Comic-Con 2026, look out for hungry sharks!

Several sharks have invaded the pool near the fountain, and are threatening people walking through the park!

Seriously?

No. It’s just a fun activation outside the convention center that promotes Shark Week on the Discovery Channel!

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Command legendary starship Enterprise at Comic-Con!

Would you like to sit in the captain’s chair of the Federation starship Enterprise?

You can during Comic-Con 2026 in San Diego! Simply make your way over to the Marriott Marquis hotel to enjoy the free photo op while the Star Trek activation is open, Thursday to Saturday 9:30 am to 7 pm, and Sunday 9:40 to 5.

You can check out a cool LEGO model of the Enterprise and see an example of a Star Trek card from Magic: The Gathering, too!

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More wraps, offsites rise before Comic-Con!

Now six days to go before Comic-Con 2026. During my final walk of the day around downtown San Diego, I spied two new building wraps and two new offsites that are just beginning to rise!

First, behind the San Diego Convention Center, the big stage for Adult Swim on the Green was being tilted up into place!

I then noticed the Hilton Bayfront’s big building wrap was being applied. What will it be? FX show American Horror Story?

Turning around, I saw a new wrap being applied to the Marriott Marquis, next to the ESRI wrap, which will be coming down very soon. Looks like Star Trek…

After crossing over to the Gaslamp trolley station, look what I found. They’re getting ready to put up this year’s Percy Jackson offsite!

I then noticed the Rings of Power wrap on Fifth Avenue is done and features Sauron. (Those balloons are from a street party for the ESRI convention, which concludes today.)

Finally, I observed the Yaga wrap on the Hilton Gaslamp is about done! There are The Vampire Lestat graphics, too.

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The Rings of Power trolley for Comic-Con 2026!

The Rings of Power will be starting another season, which is made clear by a San Diego trolley wrap that has appeared for Comic-Con 2026!

I caught sight of the trolley today and captured these photos.

Amazon Prime Video has invested a lot in The Rings of Power series, but I’ve heard Tolkien’s many Lord of the Rings fans have mixed views of it. Not having watched, I can’t form an opinion, but the graphics on the Comic-Con trolley look pretty cool…

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