March 14, 2010

Springfest a one day anime con run by the Polytechnic Anime Society(PAS). Its a student organization who’s members attend Polytechnic Institute of New York University located in Brooklyn, NY.  While in previous years for Springfest its been a small gathering, but with the influx of anime conventions in the NYC area people are getting the word of any local events and attending them.

As far as I could tell students ran all the panels.   I stopped by the Para Para dancing panel  in which the panelist showed the audience a couple of dance routines and they followed along step by step.

Another event was the a fandub anime voice acting where attendees were asked to dub a show being over dramatic.   The crowd packed the room and had  a good time  listening to volunteers who came up to the mic.

In the gym they setup a game room and in the cafeteria they had a lot of Ramune, and they did sell a lot of Ramune for a drinking contest they were having.

At night they were able to bring in some musical acts for a concert.  I was not able to attend but they were able to bring some established performers Mai Kawamura and Uzuhi.  They also had Emi who’s been working at getting into anime related performances in the area.

For a mini-con Springfest was good for what they were able to put together. PAS  was able to get some space and bring in the community.  In the Tri-state area getting space and permission to run events like this really aren’t easy to come by.    I hope they can continue to have this event for years to come.

— Update
PAS did have an attendance sign-up so they estimate 600 people walked through the doors throughout the day.