/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9944269
According to the PR, there is 100,000 square feet of exhibit hall space and they expect 30,000 attendees. So it's probably going to be the best con dunce AX.

>>9944269
Sounds amazing

Any thoughts about this? I haven't heard anything on this con.

>>9950735
Maybe it'll be like ALA?

>>9945404
>>9946234
>>9950735
>>9944269

selfpost much?

I always get sceptical if cons want to be huge out of nowhere. It hardly ever succeeds.

>>9944269
No idea.
I'm going to be having an AA here so I'll spill the deets when it ends
Although they do have some nice guests I doubt they'll have 30k desu

Well they got sponsors and several guests. And now that badge prices dropped to $10 for a 1-day pass (or $15 for 3-day pass), I think there'll be a decent turn out. As in not expecting a dead con.

Kinda reminds me of Anifest (? the 1 day con in Torrance during May). It was a first year con. There was drama and boycotting? Then Anifest had a VERY last minute flash sale. Heard they had good attendee number and artists/exhibitors did well enough and will return.

Cont.

Oh I highly doubt therell be 30k too. Its going to be the typical small con of 1500 attendees at most

this con sounds like its going to be awful, definitely not worth the drive to pomona for me

I plan on going to see what is up. Only going Saturday and going to buy my badge at the door.

>>9945404
>the best con since AX
it's only been a month so that's not saying much...

Definitely no where near 30k today but will post updates tomorrow and sunday regarding attendance.

>>9960878
Everyone is talking about it, the dirt cheap price and the great buzz will mean it will probably go way past 30,000 attendees.

I haven't seen buzz like this in a long time.

>>9954613
Yeah, lowering the badge price is genius. I am so excited for tomorrow. Arrive early or you can't get close parking.

Who is here, lets Haag out!

>>9961282
Animanga is dead bury it, consider this mercy.

>>9960904
>30k attendees

Can you shill any worse than this? The few tagged Instagram photos show an almost empty hall.

>>9961343
That's where you are wrong, a convention like this is designed for short bursts, people only attend for a short time. This means that attendance might look small, but there are many people who attended.

Instagram is not a good metric when people are constantly walking in and out of the venue.

is this a convention or just an exhibit hall?

Looking at IG, everything's in one room? The exhibit hall?

And there's a ball pit?

Still doubt 30k attendees over the weekend. Maybe 3k.

if animanga ends up having a major sale again for 2019, I think I'll attend. Badges/passes are so cheap.

>>9961282
Here on Sunday

>>9961349
>Theres 30000 people, just off-camera!
>Everything is in one hall

Yeah, I was ambivalent on this convention before but fuck off.

PR tip: Don't lie about your numbers, promote the quality of your offerings instead

Here's my haul:
I bought the Watamote print, Nagisa Nendo, and got the 3 commissions in the middle.

I won both Kotobukiya figures, the Trigun DVD, and Asterisk War poster at a contest they hosted.

I am so happy, first time I've found watamote art at a con and the first time I've won prizes. I've been to AX and other cons never had got this much luck!

Animanga is totally based

It shouldn't have been 3 days long as there isn't NEARLY enough to do each day, it should have been a single day event and it might have made a decent one, staff was a mess (i have a friend who was on staff and they were saying how disorganized they were and how bad communication was. The event wasn't a "Disaster" but it sure was boring as fuck after an hour or two. you could shop, play video games go to the stage where something MIGHT be going on and they had a inflatable maze and wrecking ball thing, food trucks outside were decent and different each day. if it was more then $15 i would have wanted my money back

It could have been better as a 1 or 2 day con. There wasnt anything of interest that was big or anything. It was cheap, got to see a friend, but i wouldn't go again if it was more than $10 per day desu

looking on insta the whole thing looked like a hangar with an exhibit hall, artist alley, an inflatable thing in the center, and a small stage at the end. I guess $15 ain't too bad for a 3 day.

>>9962833
Yeah honestly didnt look too bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc0k20OC6mk

>>9962934
This con looks amazing, like a hidden gem. I will definitely be going next year.

>>9962135
>>9963382
>>9962934
shills pls go

>>9950735
>>9954613
>>9962934
>>9961349
>>9961282
>>9960904
>>9946234
>>9945404
Drew please shut the fuck up and stop shilling your cons. Animanga was just as empty as Anifest was. All of the vendors and artists I know who went to Anifest said they wouldn’t go again because of how dead it was.

>>9963382
>>9962934
>beari
kek, confirmed that it’s the same people who run anifest. nice try self posting and shilling exactly the same way for both shit shows

>>9944269
Dashcon 2.0

>>9965255
The ones I met were super happy with the convention

>>9965929
Drew, talking to yourself and your friends doesn’t count as meeting people.

>>9944269
If I want to go to a "con" in Pomona, I would rather go to Anime Impulse. At least it combines itself with other events to try and make yourself feel busy and I get to look at cute Chinese chicks both in normie clothes and cosplay all day.