Have you ever been to an anime convention?

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I'm probably going to one this year since my friend is inviting me. I'm not really interested but since my friend invited me, I couldn't say no.

I've never been to a convention before but I plan on going to Otakon this year. Tell me what to expect guys. :D

I only go to a local convention that's held once every year. Been wanting to go to AWA for a while, but it's a big of a drive for me. My friends and I would have to really get our shit together and plan things out, like getting a hotel room and getting together at the right time, but it seems we suck at that sort of thing.

There are only two problems I have with going to cons. The first is, of course, the idiocy that abounds at anime conventions. Fangirls drool over every voice actor and shirtless guy there, people take things too seriously, the maturity of a fifth grader than every other persons seems to have, etc.

The second problem, which really is the more important problem since there will be idiots everywhere, is that it seems there's never a lot to do. The main event always seems to be the dealer's room and the stuff you can buy in there. Well, shit, you can buy stuff on ebay. You'll usually find it cheaper, too. Now, I like going in the dealer's room and buying stuff, but I don't want to pay money to get into a convention just so I can spend more money.

There's actually quite a few more, CN anime is coming up, its coupled with Fan Expo and the like. There is also Northern Anime Festival which is in Oshawa which is really small(300+ people). There is a new con called Dotcon in Toronto. also DTAC (or December Toronto Anime Con) which is 1 day long. There's a couple more that i cant really remember ATM ^^.

but now you cant say you've never heard of cons in Ontario :D

I haven't gone many times, but i like it more and more. This years convention in my hometown is in 2 weeks so I'm really looking forward to it, though it's really small compared to most places. I think AVCon gets about 2-3 thousand people. So poor. I'm hoping next year i can go to Japan's Comifes!

not yet..
its a pity that theres no anime convention/expos on our place.. T^T

lol ur avatar is the like one of those cossers i see in those anime fest around here... nice one

I've only gone to the convention up here: Senshi-Con. It was originally started a few years ago by the high school anime clubs and for it's first year was in a high school lunch room XD I was on staff that first year, but came to realize quickly that it wasn't very fun on that end so because of that and the fact that the Anime clubs were pushing my school's videogame club out(that i was a founding member of) i left the staff. After that the convention has been held in the student center of the local collage. They get over 1000 people each year and growing, so it's not a terribly small convention considering XD

In recent years though, it's slowly started to become the same thing over again each year without a whole lot of new stuff. There are a few good guests each year at least, last year we had the voice actor of Winry, Caitlin Glass. But, On top of that the staff is still mostly high schoolers with the original members(now in collage) mixed in, so I'm sure you can guess how high the maturity and drama levels are...

*stops rambling like an old man*

i never bean 2 1 bit always wated 2 go

Japan Expo in July... We have many conventions in France, but Japan Expo is the biggest (and not the best...), but in Normandy we have not conventions at all, so...

But for cosplay, ambiance et caetera, it's always great.

Been to Anime North two times, Otakon three times (and going again this year) and the Ottawa Convention, but that's not really something big... Also been to Botcon (& OTFCC in it's respective years)

Well, here in buenos aires many little conventions take place quite often, and there's a very nice one that take place in the Japanese Garden http://www.jardinjapones.org.ar and many anime projections/parties in many night clubs every month, and of course in all of those you'll see lots of cosplayers participating in contests... and you can't never take enough money to get everything you'll be wanting to get.

animeexpo!!!!!!!!WOot!!!!!! :D

Well, each year im going to the Montreal(Canada)Otakuthon convention
there, i discover *rare* anime& theres alway many people in cosplay.
Really if u never been to a otakuthon conv. you are missing something.

id go to one if it was closer to where i live.

well, im from a country where ppl when asked what "anime" or "manga" is they say, "is that a salad?" or "where is that country?" so i have to say i've never been to any conventions, but honestly i would love to go one, or more, if i could i would go to all of them.