Do you go to Anime conventions? How many times?
| Yesterday, I went to my second Anime convention. My first Anime convention was in 2018. This was my second one but the first one as a full-time weeb. It's been fun. I buy things and ppl were cosplaying characters from One Piece, HxH, Demon Slayer, Kuroshitsuji, Saiki K. Positives things: -Contrary to the annoying stereotype which I hate its associate with us, no one seem to smell bad. -Rare Anime merch and the best part not being overpriced. -Place was huge and people were nice. -Lots of cosplayers even if I expected characters from popular series, I didn't expect people cosplaying characters from Saiki K. -The show was pretty nice. Negative things: -The place was crowded despite the place itself was huge. -Never go to Anime conventions early except if you only go for the show, it's better to buy Anime merch when the place isn't too crowded. All stands were still there 1 hour before the convention was over. -Be careful where you keep your money, I don't know if someone stole it or if i dropped it somewhere since I couldn't find it anymore. The lost money was in another pocket. It seems to me I dropped the money somewhere since they didn't steal my entire wallet with more money or my phone. It wasn't too much money anyways but it was so weird. -Some stands don't give you proper bags or they are in bad conditions. |
| BANZAI NIPPON. Nippon is the Land of freedom. Nippon is the Land of Peace. Nippon is the Land of Justice and Prosperity. In Nippon, we trust. We love Nippon, we love Anime. Anime love us, Nippon love us. ๆฅๆฌ |
| "Do you go to Anime conventions?" Never. |
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| No I never go Anime conventions, I rather shoot hoops all alone in the rain. |
| I went a few times and then i realized most people who go to these kinda events are usually people who watch mainstream anime only and not the kind of people i wanna be associated with so i never went anymore after that, went between 2012-2019, after covid conventions lost their charms and became purely commercial which is not something i care about since i don't buy expensive anime figurines anyway, maybe occasional dvd or bluray but never toys. |
| No, there aren't any close by, and I'm too lazy to travel far. |
| Never. I am too introverted to go to one and interact with people. |
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| Admittedly i've been to more Comic Cons than Anime ones (from my experience there's not a great difference between them, you see Anime merch and cosplayers at both). I was literally at this Comic Con yesterday, this guy filmed it. We also get 3 free Comic Cons a year where I live in Ellesmere Port, been to 10 of them in total now. I think their fun places, but definitely need to be with more people to enjoy it. I just go by myself as nobody else in my family likes Anime. I found myself rather bored at this latest one, it was also pretty confusing as there was no schedule sheets passed around, I actually missed some stuff that I didn't know was going on because of this. I also agree that merch is usually pretty expensive, and the room with the stalls here were packed with people, even more so when it rained outside. I've also never experienced bad smells at any of these events (true I live in a mild/cold country though) ๐คฃ that seems unnecessarily rude and harsh ๐ |
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| plenty of times, but they stopped being about anime and turned into le heckin epic geek cons with leeg and mcu. stopped giving a fuck right there. |
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| "Do you go to Anime conventions?" no |
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| No. Waste of money and time unless I’m selling something. |
| HACKs! ๐คข๐คฎ |
| Never. Anime conventions don't interest me. |
| Not nearly as often as I used to, but I do enjoy them. |
Take care of yourself |
| I used to go all the time, now I go once a year. They aren't perfect, like any commercial event, but they are fun anyway. By the way, the how many times is how many times we have gone to conventions in total or how many times we go per year? |
| Never been to one and Im not planning to either. |
Itsuki >  |
| Rarely nowadays because the entrance fees have skyrocketed in price. It's actually kinda ridiculous. |
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| I went semi regularly before covid. Since then I kinda fell out of the habit. But I had been thinking recently I need to get back to it. I miss the atmosphere of being surrounded by so many anime fans, and meeting awesome people. |
| I'd like to,but no i don't simply because there aren't any comventions in the regio n where i live unfortunately |
| I love anime conventions! Great excuses to cosplay, Window shop, and get away from the usual grind of work. Mileage varies wildly on the con though, some are just boring. |
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| I used to go only in my teens. I'm 35 now. |
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| No, even if I wanted to go to one there's never any that are close by. I'll eventually probably go to one just for the experience, but that's about it. |
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No I never go Anime conventions, I rather shoot hoops all alone in the rain.
"I rather shoot hoops all alone in the rain." |
| yes ..i went to one of the big prime ones back in 2014...anime expo anyone reading this thinking of going to a con: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD & ALL THAT IS HOLY BRING DEODORANT!! |
| I go to one that we have here every year in my state. It's a small Mom and Pop shop style convention, but we really enjoy what we have. I even was able to cosplay a little bit and do the Haruhi theme dance. So for that alone it was worth it. |
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| Anime conventions are not worth visiting. They aren't worth the time nor effort. |
| Here is my Pixiv account of my hentai drawings..... https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/104739065 |
| never we don´t have that in the country im From we use to have one but it died like every other good thing we had. Conventions dies, Games stores died, Everything fun going away because we need to save money to give to the rich or send away to another country. They even close down schools and hospitals left and right. During 2014–2023 around 370 schools have been shut down. sense 1961, 39 hospitals closed down today we have 57 and more shut downs are planed. And when how high rents for everything is becoming no one wanna make conventions for 2-3 days where they probably have to charge you 200-500 bucks fee just to afford to host the event. I been on 1 anime conversations once in my life and it will most likely never ever happen again ever. |
| I used to, but traveling is tough these days and I go out of country for them. I want to get back into cosplaying and start going again, maybe. |
 Another hero? Oh, please! You're a god-damn philistine. |
| I really, really enjoy anime. But having said that, I feel zero desire to buy anime merch or socialize in person with other anime fans. I'm OK with just dropping anime GIFs on somebody's MAL wall to completely fulfill my anime socialization needs lol. |
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| I went to Fanime twice in my teenage years and the 2nd annual Crunchy Roll convention several years ago? It was nice for a first experience, but looking back the prices are too much? I bought a handful of things from figures to keychains and a few posters that got lost over the years As much as I like Anime themed merchandise, my price conscious was present the whole time? I was unwilling to pay this much money when I knew I could use that money for other things Attending the events were cool like going to mobile game meetings for FGO and all, but it's just a one time thing |
Casual Manga/Manhwa/Manhua Reader |
| Never been to one yet, but I hope to go to at least one someday :) |
| Never. Anime conventions don't interest me, it's waste of time and money. |
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| There are no anime conventions where I live :( |
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| In terms of conventions specifically focused on anime/manga, I've been to Anime North at the Toronto Congress Centre twice. In terms of more general conventions that happen to feature anime/manga-related panels and/or guests, I've been to Fan Expo at the MTCC several times. |
Some of you never watched Bakugan Battle Brawlers on TeleToon in 2008 and it shows. |
| tons. i mainly go for the vibes ๐ฅ๐ฅ |
| I go to them all the time. 10+ times a year is a major underestimate. I often go to multiple per month. So far I've only been to local ones, though. I'd like to branch out to going to ones further away at some point. I like cosplaying and chilling with my friends there. I also have friends who host panels and it's good to support them. I'm going to 2 conventions this weekend. |
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| Never, I'm broke and underage. I'd like to attend one someday though, conventions seem like a fun time. |
YES!!! They're fun, but I also need an objective. Like to preform, find something, meet new people, or participate in an event. Make each experience unique! I have a laundry list of all the animanga cons I want to attend both in and out of the states!  |
| I'm the sonny boy (๏ฟฃyโฝ,๏ฟฃ)โญ |
Reply to Boogiepop1989
I used to go only in my teens. I'm 35 now.
@Boogiepop1989 You're too young!!! THE MINIMUM AGE IS 60+, I remember when I was your age....ahhh yes, I wanted to go to all the big cons BUT I WAS ONLY 35!!! >:c  I-...I-M SO MAD BOOGIEPOP1989, HELP ME COPE! ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ |
| I'm the sonny boy (๏ฟฃyโฝ,๏ฟฃ)โญ |
| I never went to one, but I did go to a comic con in Detroit back in the '80s, because I heard they might have manga and anime. It was boring AF. almost all boxes of comic books for sale. No such thing as cosplayers back then. Not enough interest to bring in any speakers or have any events. There was one guy there with a box of VCR tapes that looked like he made in Mom's basement. We left quick and went to the casino instead. |
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