The elevator chaperones were put in place last year, and made a huge difference, so I was glad to hear that they kept that going this year. We didn't stay in the con hotel, and never actually entered the hotel itself this year, so we didn't get to take advantage of this, but if it was anything like last year, it was a vast improvement.

As far as Bleach art, we just didn't see much interest in it. Of the keychains we had, our Kon and Ichigo keychains sold the least, as compared to the FMA and Inu Yasha keychains, which sold out. With Bleach not quite fully state-side (at least until it begins airing on Adult Swim), I wouldn't expect it to be big this summer in artist alleys. Sure, there's a lot of hardcore cosplayers (it was nice to see such a huge variety of Bleach characters represented), but as far as buyers of art, Bleach was a bit of a null space. We're working on rotating Naruto art out, though, and rotating Bleach in, since it's the_z's main fandom right now, and it's got a lot of potential to be HUGE once it hits the airwaves.