On the weekend of April 13th to the 15th the contributors of WildFire Writing (along with my little sister) all took a trip to the Khaotic Kon anime convention in Tampa, FL. There was fanart, merchandise and lots and lots of cosplay (costume play).
Kitten is the one among us who is never afraid of starting up conversations with strangers or asking them if she can take their picture so despite me actually buying a camera to take pictures I only took one and she took all of the rest with both mine and her own camera. She even remembered to ask if she could post the pictures on the blog while I just said thank-you and ran away.
Here is an aspriring manga creator and his crew. Reeshe bought a copy of chapter one of his manga (in his hand) and got it signed. Keep an eye out for Reeshe's review later today.
The convention did have many panels and events but we only attended one and it didn't impress so we stuck to the Artist Alley and Vendor's Room where we came across some wonderful items.
We also got autographs from Todd Haberkorn who is the voice actor for Ling Yao in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Italy in Hetalia, Watanuki in XXXholic and many other characters. He was very friendly and down to Earth even at 11PM at night after a full day of convention and signings.
In the beginning our first anime convention was a little intimidating but after immersing ourselves in the geekdom it was a nice experience. I think I might try attending a different one next time, one with more interesting panels and with more guests that I am familiar with and I'll bring my little brother along next time, as well as more spending money.
Have you ever been to an anime con before? Tell us about your first experience!
I must say that I had a very nice time hanging out with Reeshe, Sandy and our little sidekick (Sandy's little sis). We were like a bunch of teenagers out on our own for the first time...minus the sex, drugs and rock-n-roll LOL.
ReplyDeleteThe convention was very Khaotic to say the least. It was not very organized and we missed a lot of stuff due to poor scheduling.
None the less I enjoyed seeing all the Cosplay for the first time. There were some makeshift ones and some very elaborate ones. I had no idea people took these thing so serious.
A lot of the times I could not understand what the heck they were saying while in full character but had to interpret as best I could. Everyone was very nice in letting me take pictures and all seem to be having a good time.
This was the first year for Khaotic Con and I was not 100% impressed, but I think that I saw enough to want to go to another convention...and look forward to sharing these experiences with the rest of the Wildfire Writing team and our sidekick(s).
Well as both Sandy and Kitten said this was my first anime con. I loved it, we got to see very new and intersed things but I think what putted me into these on was all the photos and posters I brought will I was there.
ReplyDeleteI really can wait for the next on, I think I might even dress up....