"dollfies"?

I feel.... old.

Heh. That's why I provided links! If my niece hadn't explained to me, I'd have had to go looking for info myself.

Since I'm not big into anime, I'd never heard of them myself but from the attendance at the two panels and what people said, it's pretty clear this is a big deal.

Your links are subtle. I figured it was something like that, though.

A Japanese company named "volks"? Every consonant sound in that word is impossible to say in the Japanese language. The closest you can get is "borukusu" (with an extended "o" and very short "u"; and the "r" is closer to a "d," like a rolled spanish 'r' with only one roll)

I suppose I should go to an anime thing one of these days. For professional reasons, of course. I do miss the cons.

I did wonder about the company name, but I'm not familiar enough with Japanese to have been positive that it was a highly unusual one. (I can't help it--every time I see the "volks" I think of "volkswagen."

It was very educational. Not really like the cons I used to go to--I generally chose less costume-happy ones--but in other ways very much like with everyone being friendly and helpful.