This was an Otakon of big nostalgia announcements.
In the past, Otakon was one of the places were the titles from the last two or three seasons would be announced, but now that almost every title is simulcast, it is becoming more common that U.S. licensors announce their physical release plans along with the streaming news. Now, by the time Otakon rolls around, most of the titles that are not little kids shows and sports series have been scooped up. So that leaves mainly license rescues at this point in time along with a sprinkling of manga news.
And there were some rather big license rescues this year. People had been waiting to see who got which Bandai titles ever since Bandai closed their doors as a U.S. distributor last year. While a lot of their titles are still out of print, some obvious and surprising choices are coming back to the market.
The biggest announcements were not only in the realm of which shows are coming back into print though. There was also one piece of news that shook fandom just a bit!
I’m going to start with a tangentially related intro for this post. I think that is acceptable as this episode is mostly one long fight with the 
Reverse Thieves 