Jesus Otaku

We are proud to announce the completion of our As You Are Art Book! This art book is an eight day study about who God says you are, filled with artwork by our arts & graphics teams. 

We will be at Anime Expo 2015 July 1-5! Our cosplay plans are quite full this year with group cosplays like Haikyuu! on Day 1 & Day 4, Ouran High School Host Club on Day 1, Final Fantasy XIV on Day 2, Kyoukai no Kanata on Day 3, and Magi on Day 4. Some of our members will also be cosplaying from Vocaloid, Final Fantasy Type 0, Gourmet Girl Graffiti, Hamatora, and many more.

This year we will be returning to Masquerade for third year! Come and cheer us on as we dance to the silly antics of Monthly Girls Nozaki-Kun!

Come say hi to us at our booth in Exhibit Hall! This year we have have lots of cool new things to share, like stickers and an art book! Keep an eye out for more details.

A look at Day 2 of Anime Conji 2015.

A look at Day 1 of Anime Conji 2015.

We will be at Anime Conji 2015 April 3-5! Come say hi at our booth (booth 8 in the Exhibit Hall) or find us roaming the convention. We will be cosplaying as Kyoukai no Kanata Idol Group on Day 1 (Friday), Gender Bend Ouran High School on Day 2 (Saturday), and lots of other great cosplays on Day 3 (Sunday)!

On Saturday we will be having our 2nd Annual Secret Hocho Night at Anime Conji! Join us Saturday evening from 7-9PM at a yet to be disclosed location. This year our lovely genderbend Ouran Hostesses look forward to serving you your choice of hot chocolate (hocho), apple cider, and - in true Ouran style - commoners instant coffee. Come to Booth 8 in the exhibitors hall to discover the location of our Secret Hocho Night.

Join us at the beautiful Orange County Great Park for an afternoon of fun, friends, and of course, cosplay! Explore the picturesque park complete with a carousel, hot air balloon, aerial runway, and grassy fields.

When: October 12, 2-5pm

Where: Palm Court at Orange County Great Park (directions & park map)

Activities include: -Raffle (Get a free ticket if you're a photographer or you're in cosplay!) -Carousel (single ride $2, all-day pass $3) -Hot Air Balloon ($10 per ride, closes at 3pm) The park's Artists Studios will also have an exhibit about costume culture, called Bewitching. (more info) We will be bringing water for everyone, but please feel free to bring snacks to share with everyone!

This week we were featured on our church's blog! Read about our experience at Anime Expo and how heavily we focus on community.

It is 2010, Anime Expo just passed, and I’m a wreck. Post Con Depression was hitting me hard and all I could do was lay on my couch while listening to copious amounts of The Pillows to get me through my day. The only thing I wanted was to return to Anime Expo but a reality was slowly sinking in which I just had to reluctantly accept. Con was over.

After an anime convention there are the inevitable stages that follow once it comes to a close. The first stage is hibernation, the deep feeling of exhaustion where even the idea of eating food is too daunting and the only thing your body needs is sleep. This stage can go on for a few days. Luckily this year my hibernation only lasted for one day, but my Tuesday after Anime Expo 2014 was a blur of naps and snacks. Another stage might be thrown in depending on whether or not you caught Con Plague. The illness that comes from pushing your body and immune system to the brink where it fails to fight off the onslaught of new germs from the thousands of other attendees. I count myself as one of the fortunate ones to not have caught anything. Thank you Vitamin C gummies!

Once your body has recuperated from the non-stop marathon of Con you eventually come to a point where you can’t help but feel devastated that this event which you’ve waited for all year, has ended. This stage is called Post Con Depression (PCD). You just had four or more days of catching up with old friends, making new friends, having in-depth conversations about very niche subjects, and people wanting to take a picture of you. It is an amazing and magical time but it does eventually end and that heightened state of elation tapers off and all you are left with is the feeling of being drained. But PCD is more than just physical exhaustion, it also has to deal with the fact that we must face the harshness of reality once again. For some people that means returning to work, or school, and yet for others it means returning to being alone.

According to Psychology Today, one of the best ways to fight depression is to not isolate yourself from others. This, for many of us Con goers, is difficult. Anime conventions are the few times of the year we actually get to not be isolated. We wait and prepare all year long for Con, counting the days till we get to be with our Con friends – the people with whom we can truly be ourselves. But the moment Con ends, it feels like we have been ripped away not only from the people we care about but also from our safe place.

Isolation is a definite problem in our anime community, but I want to remind those going through PCD right now, we are a community. We need to stop building our walls back up after a convention just because society is telling us to. It is time that we stay as vulnerable and confident as we were at Con, even after Con. Reach out to your Con friends (I know you all facebook friended each other or exchanged avatar names). If your Con friends live nearby, get them together, even the ones who don’t know each other, and have a night of food, fun, and anime. Talk about your Con memories but also get excited about the next Con together. Is your friend far away? Skype and plan a cosplay that you both can work on and wear together at the next Con.