Our favorite local anime club, The Across Plus Anime Club, worked with Bookmans to put together an amazing anime festival over the weekend. They kicked off the event by showing an episode of the hit anime show “DN Angel” followed by a fun-but-serious round of anime-related trivia in which they kicked it old school and the first person who raised their hand got to answer the question first for the win. Some questions seemed a bit easy, while others threw folks for a loop. Following the trivia session was an opportunity for everyone who attended the event to meet the Across Plus Anime Club individually and find out what the club and all their fun meetings are about.

Personally, I found the Anime Murder Mystery - A who-dun-it murder mystery, Anime Style, to be the most entertaining of the festival. Everyone was assigned an alter ego, ranging from Princess Peach to Dr. Robotnik that they were to portray in the game. One person out of all them was the murderer of the character “Risa” who had been stabbed in the neck. The game followed clues and used logic to figure out which one of them had committed the fake “murder.” Everyone racked their brains for the answer over the hour, but in the end, only three out of the 20 players reigned supreme.

The festival ended on a high note with all the cosplayers voting on their favorite costume of the day, which was hard to choose from with all of the great costumes that came out. Whether it be home made or store bought, everyone at the festival could agree that together they made up one fantastic looking group of anime fans.

We have to give a huge thank you to the Across Plus Anime Club for putting together and running the event with us, and hopefully the festival gave them some exposure to expand on the club members and enjoy their anime fun with more of Phoenix! Make sure to join us next year for our Anime Festival! You can check out more pictures of the event here on our Flick page.