Usually when I hear the words "manga" and "anime" my eyes gaze over, but if you add "festival", "cosplay", and "in my backyard" to that, then I'm there! I spent about an hour running around New York Anime Fest. I swear, it's like walking into Candyland -- I have never seen so much neon blue, lime green, and baby-doll pink....and a whole lot of flesh. (Should there something slightly disturbing in watching crowd of 12 year-olds shrieking "Fan Service! Fan Service!"?) For more-better pictures, check out Fanboy.com.