Today, I went to Anime North! My first anime convention. It was freakin' amazing.
First, there was the line to get in which took about an hour or so. When my sister and I were wating, we saw these people in front of us and one of them had a bean bag plush which looked like Pikachu, but it was the dog Frisket from ReBoot when he rebooted as Pikachu for one game. We asked and then we got into a conversation with the people there. The ones we talked to were great people and it felt so good to find some ReBoot fans.
When we finally got in, we headed towards a panel drawing by the creator of VG Cats. People were allowed to meet the creator and ask him some questions. Here's what the panel looked like:
http://www.vgcats.com/news/animenorth.jpg It was so fecking hot in that room and I was getting so tired.
Next we went to go find the Super Smash Bros Melee Tournament but I was not allowed to sign up. I had to sign up a day before or earlier in the morning. Bullocks.
mad My sister and I did so much shopping together. I found a bunch of Nintendo things as well. My sis and I got these Ice Climbers charms. I keep Popo and she keeps Nana. I also found a Mario doll and Sonic doll. While shopping, I found a book from a comic site I read called Dinosaur Comics which is here
http://www.qwantz.com/about.htmlThe book just caught my eye because who could not miss a book that looks like a meat package with a T-Rex on it? Not only did I find the book, but I also met the author of the comics. He seemed more into his comic than the VG Cats creator. After shopping, my sis and I went to go get some dinner and we met some more friends who were friends with the first two people we met. I also decided to look at the multiple cosplays that were everywhere. Through the many hours I was at the convention, I found at least 20 Inuyashas, 30 Naruto characters, 4 One Piece people, and many fat people dressed in skimpy outfits. Cosplay is fun, but if you don't have the right body for the outfit, don't even try. I mean, if you are fat, why try to dress as this:
http://www.motleycrow.com/ImageHost/Final-Fantasy-X2-Rikku-1_WE.jpg. I'm sorry if I offended people who actually do that, but mu sister and I did see quite a few people try that.
Overall, the convention was a blast and we are able to keep in contact with the people we met. I swear some people there are great people, but if you ever go to an anime convention like Anime North, I want you to follow my advice:
1. Be as fun as you want to be. Your supposed to be zany. Have signs with odd things on them, cosplay objects, do whatever.
2. Avoid the Yaoi people if you are not one of them. These people are the biggest fanpeople ever. They apparently are nuts about boy on boy romance things which is Yaoi. Overall, their squeals hurt and they are just creepy.
3. Don't cosplay Inuyasha. You will just be another one who can't think of something orignal like many others on Gaia.
4. Buy whatever catches your eye. You may never find it again.
5. Don't lose car keys. My sis and I lost ours. Luckilly, my dad brought us the other pair of keys.
I can't wait till next year! I'm going to stay overnight there at the hotel and I'm also going to be cosplaying. If you come to Anime North next year in Canada, you may see me. I might be cosplaying Fox McCloud from Star Fox and/or Bily Hatcher from Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg at the convention so look out for me.
Shaos X · Sun May 28, 2006 @ 03:52pm · 0 Comments
