The Sheraton Meadowland Hotel & Convention Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey was the site of MangaNext 2012. It was held the weekend following Maryland’s Katsucon 18 and pulled in a relatively low attendance. Our photographer/head of conpics.ws completely missed the press deadline and only I (Chris) could make it as I was going to run a panel. The hotel layout did not boost MangaNext’s “attendee flow” either. While a beautiful hotel with excellent customer service, its convention rooms were on the second floor and down a dark hallway. Several con attendees were witnessed asking Con Staff where the Dealer’s Room and Artist Alley were located. The hotel’s location, on a service road next to a major highway, was not within walking distance of any food sources. Cheap and fast food was a ten to fifteen minute drive away.