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The Staggering Case of Anthro New England 2025!
11 months ago
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Well, this weekend I got my first big thing of the year of 2025 done: this year's Anthro New England! I was especially excited, because of the con's theme: a Staggering Case. Yep, a mystery theme! This will definitely go down as one of the best ANEs I've attended in the ten years this con has been running. I can't believe it's been that long already, and we've really GROWN. This year, we had 5,769 attendees, over a thousand more from last year, and we raised $40,000 for our charities!
I had a lot of fun as Sam Valentino, Private Toon Detective, solving the case of Copley's disappearance! And because my friend
anthrocoon died a couple weeks ago (R.I.P.), I hosted the Classic Furry Cartoons panel in his place. I know he would have wanted that, and I'm glad I can keep his legacy alive. Then after that, 
galefrostbane and I hosted a small remembrance event in memory of Anthrocoon. We were joined by some other friends to honor him. There were some memories, tears and hugs all around. In a way, his spirit definitely seemed to be here with us!
Then afterward the mood was greatly lifted when I hosted my panel: YouTube Poops 101! I got an amazingly big turnout, and everyone had a great time seeing me present the history of YTPs, editing techniques and tips, and a few samples of my YTP work. After all, given I'm especially known in the furry fandom for YouTube Poops, I can see why this went over so well! I should make this an annual thing!
Read the full con report HERE, with lots of photos, including some not on FA here!
https://wile-e2005.livejournal.com/281278.html
And next year, we're going to have a Western theme! I'm looking forward to having Zak Wolf dress up in cowboy gear for that. I'm also reminded the Maltese Fur Con was going to have a Western theme for 2015, but it was cancelled due to low registration numbers. But I don't think Anthro New England will be facing that fate anytime soon!
With this con out of the way, I still have Anime Boston, Fan Expo Boston, and hopefully Furpocalypse to go through next! And in a way, it's good to be back home again...
I had a lot of fun as Sam Valentino, Private Toon Detective, solving the case of Copley's disappearance! And because my friend
anthrocoon died a couple weeks ago (R.I.P.), I hosted the Classic Furry Cartoons panel in his place. I know he would have wanted that, and I'm glad I can keep his legacy alive. Then after that, 
galefrostbane and I hosted a small remembrance event in memory of Anthrocoon. We were joined by some other friends to honor him. There were some memories, tears and hugs all around. In a way, his spirit definitely seemed to be here with us!Then afterward the mood was greatly lifted when I hosted my panel: YouTube Poops 101! I got an amazingly big turnout, and everyone had a great time seeing me present the history of YTPs, editing techniques and tips, and a few samples of my YTP work. After all, given I'm especially known in the furry fandom for YouTube Poops, I can see why this went over so well! I should make this an annual thing!
Read the full con report HERE, with lots of photos, including some not on FA here!
https://wile-e2005.livejournal.com/281278.html
And next year, we're going to have a Western theme! I'm looking forward to having Zak Wolf dress up in cowboy gear for that. I'm also reminded the Maltese Fur Con was going to have a Western theme for 2015, but it was cancelled due to low registration numbers. But I don't think Anthro New England will be facing that fate anytime soon!
With this con out of the way, I still have Anime Boston, Fan Expo Boston, and hopefully Furpocalypse to go through next! And in a way, it's good to be back home again...
