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A Year in Anime Fandom: The Four Seasons of Hype, as Watched from Japan
The anime fan year has a rhythm all its own. It opens with everyone sizing up the new season, rolls into summer convention season, peaks in the fall, and closes with awards season. I read the comment sections every day, and at this point I can tell you the month without a calendar just from what everyone's arguing about. Here's a walk through that festival calendar, season by season, from the Japanese side of the glass.