Corpus Christi Comic Con 2026 – Day 2

First, to the idiots that kept running up and down Shoreline Drive at 2 and 3 AM blasting their music and revving their engines… You all suck… Now that I have that out of the way…

I started day 2 with a 5k run. About a mile into my run I joined an actual live running event I didn’t know about. If I knew there was a race I would have signed up and gotten another metal. 😁

So here is my fit and some pictures of me, before I got too hot and had to change.

I decided to skip going for breakfast and instead chose to eat when I got to the event. So, I had mac and cheese with pulled pork for my brunch. Right? If you eat fancy food that’s not typical for breakfast after 10 AM you call that brunch? Whatever it’s called, it hit the spot. Sorry no pic, I was hungry and forgot to take a picture.

The first panel I wanted to see was the historical connection to Anime and Manga to Japan folk tales. The presenter, Chloe, used a flip book to tell a story, a modern adaptation, about a kingdom being attacked by a monster and the king calling for heroes and only 2 respond, a Texas ranger and a samurai. The presenter read the story in Japanese and then in English. The second tale was about a giant peach

The second panel was about the voice actors for the original The Last Avatar.

I went to a second story telling, folklore session but this one was connected to Pokemon. This was a presentation give by historians that work at Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures & Education Center. The presenter started off asking what, the capital of France, the tendon that connects your ankle to your foot, and the popularity of people being named Hector. Paris, Achilles, and Hector are all from the mythological history of Greece and the Trojan war. Those stores are 1000s of years old yet everyone in Western culture knows them in some fashion. The same is true in the Eastern world, but with different mythological histories.

Now, I missed the craze in 1990 when Pokemon came to US. I would have enjoyed the translation error that happened in the episode about “jelly doughnuts“. Confusion, needless to say, children in the USA were confused by these triangular rice treats.

Ninetales is based on the Kitsune (and Chinese Huli Jing), a mythical fox that gains magical abilities

The concept of a duck with an onion or leek in its mouth comes from a classic Japanese proverb, kamo ga negi o shotte kuru. This proverb translates literally to “a duck comes bearing green onions,” and its meaning stems from a traditional Japanese duck stew where both duck meat and onions are the key ingredients. The proverb is used to describe a scenario that is unbelievably convenient or a stroke of good fortune.

In Japanese folklore, the Dorotabō (muddy rice-field monk) is a yōkai (spirit/demon) that rises from rice paddies. This demon punishes rice farmers that neglect their rice pads.

Just like our Greek myths in the western world, this myths listed about are just as common to Japanese people.

Yes, my experiment is working. I started one of the Pokemon puzzles yesterday and people are actually helping to complete it. I only did the edge and a bit of the right side.

Before the Adult cosplay contest, there is an Anime cover band out of Houston,Tx called, Itzakaiju, performing. Seeing as the majority of the people cosplaying are in anime dress, I will go check them out.

I chose not to sit in the VIP section even though my pass let me, it was just too close. Crap, I should have brought my concert ear plugs. The ear plugs are awesome devices that drop the decibels noticable but don’t degrade the quality. Sorry, pictures only search for the cover band and you can find their Instagram and TikTok.

After the amazing performance by Itzakaiju, I headed back to the VIP lounge to get a snack, recharge my phone and work on the Pokemon puzzle a bit. While in the room an epic game of Jenga took place. These two girls ended up standing on chairs and using the second Jenga game to battle out. They actually ran out of moves and decided to call it a draw.