Anime Matsuri XIV/ 2021

[Anonymous No.10626746]

With every anime convention cucking themselves with covid threater or cucking out this year, anime matsuri is currently the ONLY convention that is planning on a back to normal experince.

Since Otakon went back on their word on a back to normal intent (as was planned on June 10th), I'll be flying over there from DC on July.

[Anonymous No.10626768]

>>10626746
did you get the COVID vaccine, OP?

we just got out of a pandemic and I've decided not to go to an anime con until 2022

[Anonymous No.10626773]

I'm looking forward to the next couple months of Summer cons. The ones still going on, at least. Cons have been a lot more enjoyable without the militant leftist doomer audience.
>>10626768
We'd actualy prefer if you refrain from going to cons altogether in the future.

[Anonymous No.10626882]

Prepare to be disappointed. Expect nothing starting on time, only Vic showing up, then see why it's all flash with zero substance. If a bald man named "John" who looks shady talks to you be sure to run like hell.

The AM staff will be invading this thread soon trying to discredit everything.

[Anonymous No.10626929]

>>10626746
>anime matsuri is currently the ONLY convention that is planning on a back to normal experince.

There have already been several cons this spring, including Ikkicon in Texas just last week. Nobody cares about Matsuri with their guests nobody's heard of or their events that'll be cancelled right before they're supposed to happen.

[Anonymous No.10626986]

>>10626929
>Ikkicon

Ikkicon had a mandatory mask policy and COVID policy.

[Anonymous No.10627051]

>>10626986
Catering to ratlicking pedophiles isn't going to get them a higher attendance if their con is still shit like it anyways has been.

[Anonymous No.10627116]

>>10626929
Also isn't Japan under lockdown again? How the hell is this con going to get any jp guests to come aside from using video calls? Not a lot of people come for English guests, and most of the Eng VA community already doesn't think highly of AM as it is.

[Anonymous No.10627118]

>>10626746
Is this actually a 100% "back to normal" con?
No mask requirements anywhere in the venue or any other stuff?

[Anonymous No.10627137]

>>10626882
Is this "John" the CEO or chairperson or something? Or do you mean like a pimp?

[Anonymous No.10627138]

>>10626882
The fact “John” even still works there and they haven’t just arrested his predatory ass is beyond me.

[Anonymous No.10627140]

>>10627137
He was in charge of a lot of the lolita things, like fashion shows, tea parties and such, and hes always been hella predatory - he preyed on girls when they were like…13-15 ish.
He’s well known among not just the Houston/Texas lolita community as being scum, but he’s known to most lolitas who have been in the fashion a bit longer, early-to-mid 2010s.

[Anonymous No.10627153]

Is AM gonna be a good place to smash some trap bussy? Fat dadbod mid 30s loser anon here.

[Anonymous No.10627156]

>>10627116
that's the joke: they aren't going to have jp guests
that's why in-person anime cons this year are only going to be good for hanging out at

[Anonymous No.10627238]

>>10627118
Theres no covid policies anywhere on the site or on their twitter.

From what I've heard, they didn't gave a shit about covid anymore for a long time.

And they were hellbent on operating their con normally last year.

[Anonymous No.10627248]

>>10626746
>From what I've heard, they didn't gave a shit about covid anymore for a long time.
>a con in Texas doesn’t give a shit anymore
>Texas

[Anonymous No.10627254]

>>10627238
>>10627248
The city of Houston itself sees itself as trying to be like Austin, which in turn sees itself as some blue liberal bastion from either coast of the US. Texas demographics are democrat in border towns and all major cities. Houston Mayor, county judge and DA shut down any civil rights and businesses and opened up the jails so we're in a crime wave not seen in generations.

Speaking of which any red pilled trap femboy waifus gonna be at the con? kthx

[Anonymous No.10627268]

>>10627138
We've been screaming this for over a decade. It is too bad that when the AM Defenders swoop in they'll scream back that if the accusations were true then why hasn't he been arrested. They scoff that there isn't legitimate proof as the accusors are perpetuating lies. It is never-ending. We all scream back and forth while "John" keeps getting away with being a predator because our judicial system is a joke.

[Anonymous No.10627333]

>>10627238
Based if true.
I had been anticipating that it was going to be one of the cons like this that are unpopular among the SJW crowd that would be the first to have a "back to normal" convention.
I'm hoping that Colossalcon East in September follows suit.

[Anonymous No.10627347]

>>10627268
I had a close friend need to move, quite literally, off the continent because of what he did, and the fact he’s STILL working there and is still in that space?! Like at least fire him and hire someone else. When it’s one or two peopled that’s one thing to be a possibility of perpetuating lies but when it’s over 10? Y’all have to know it’s him that’s the problem and you’re just literally protecting an actual pedophile.

AM is a big group of degenerate idiots and anyone in the Houston/Texas lolita community knows to stay FAR away and keep other, new lolitas even farther away.

Karma will get him one day though, that’s for fuckin sure.

[Anonymous No.10627348]

>>10627268
Sometimes I just wish someone would lure him right back and just straight cut off his nasty dick so he can’t hurt anyone else.

[Anonymous No.10627358]

>>10627347
You can't fire the owner of AM. No one wants to buy a toxic convention with a horrible history. We pray for the day that one of the many lawsuits finally takes them down after they lose all of their money.

[Anonymous No.10627414]

>>10627358
Definitely agreed, I know he’s also been incredibly bad about tax evasion, even before he owned the convention; at this point something will stick to him but damn it’s been almost 10 years people have been speaking out about him and nothing yet.

[Anonymous No.10627859]

>>10626929
>>10627116

AM doesn't need COVID to cancel guests, they'll cancel guests themselves

[Anonymous No.10628313]

>>10626746
I think this the cuckest of all, sucks that they are a small con too and they'll probably see their smallest attendee numbers this year

[Anonymous No.10628317]

>>10626882
Say what you want about AM but they're kind of based for having live events with efamous cosplayers, and then posting photos that show that these cosplayers are uggos who are 99% photoshop.
>pic rel is Hanabunny

>>10627153
Bro, this is Texas. Tf do you think the answer is?

[Anonymous No.10628321]

>>10628313
>required to show vaccine card to gain entry
and as of yesterday they aren't supposed to be able to do that anymore

[Anonymous No.10628322]

>>10628313
Their virtue signaling will end their con.

[Anonymous No.10628366]

>>10628313
>must show vaccine card
What are they gonna do when everyone refuses? Cancel the con? Kek.

[Anonymous No.10628485]

>>10628366
Vendors are already asking refunds

[Anonymous No.10628486]

>>10627051
Being in houston nets them enough attendance to cover the bills regardless

[Anonymous No.10629048]

>>10628486
They've been drowning in debt for years but okay.

[Anonymous No.10629055]

>>10626986
I cancelled my hotel 2 weeks out once I realized that Ikkicon was actually going to go full on restrictions this late in the game.

[Anonymous No.10629062]

>>10626746
Haven't been to a con in so long I am highly considering it but I feel like this one is going to be kind of a bust given how we're still somewhat in the pandemic. Maybe fall/winter cons will be better.

[Anonymous No.10629453]

>>10629062
I'm considering this one too but I'm not sure about the attendance number. It is Texas so I hope more people show up. I think AM has some anime event in April something and I see a lot of people show up. But I'm not sure about the main con.

[Anonymous No.10629474]

>>10629062
>we're still somewhat in the pandemic
No, we're already down to prepandemic levels. Tx average is down to a couple thousand which is lower than it's been for a year.
Matsuri has another month. It's going to be nearly completely gone by then.

[Anonymous No.10629476]

>>10629048
No, they've been profitable for several years
There's just debt disputes from, like, 2014 that occasionally rears it's head.
The city waived the debt they owed them

[Anonymous No.10629482]

>>10629476
It’s pretty easy to be “profitable” when you commit constant fraud and tax evasion - which “John” has for the entirety of the convention.

[Anonymous No.10629520]

>>10629482
>Tax evasion
Lol, no. That's definitely not happening.
Mostly because there's barely any taxes to be paid that aren't point of sale.
He has like 1 employee. 3 or 4 individual contractors and a few big company contracts, most everything he makes goes into his pocket, so he paids federal taxes on that.
He just writes a fuckton of stuff off as business expenses because he legitimately turns everything into business.
It's like he's addicted to schmoozing.
Don't get me wrong, it's TERRIBLY unethical, but he's doing everything exactly how the laws designed it.
Everyone just assumes cons are evading taxes because they might forget to file paperwork here or there.
A multimillion dollar revenue company like matsuri occasionally forgetting a 300 dollar filing fee doesn't qualify as evasion. Just stupidity.

[Anonymous No.10629525]

>>10629520
Tax avoidance...

It's perfectly legal in the United States.

[Anonymous No.10629563]

>>10629525
No, I'm saying they're not even avoiding taxes
Just that they don't have a big enough revenue stream that avoiding taxes is useful
They only pull in like 2 million in their best year. That's gonna translate to 100-150k profit. That's nothing.

[Anonymous No.10629564]

>>10629563
And by "profit" I'm meaning if they're profit only owners and don't pay themselves a salary, which i strongly believe to still be the case.

[Anonymous No.10631228]

>>10627414
>Definitely agreed,
you type a fucking redditor

[Anonymous No.10631589]

>>10628321
And the moment Abbott tries to enforce it, it'll get challenged and overturned as unconstitutional.
I for one would enjoy the irony if a small anime con is what causes it to happen.

[Anonymous No.10633496]

I don't have super high hopes, but it's better than nothing. I'm still looking forward to it! It'll be my first con in like 2 years so, to say I'm excited is an understatement.

[Anonymous No.10633502]

>>10629563
That's just...factually incorrect. Anime Matsuri makes the city so much money that the mayor made "Anime Matsuri Day" an official citywide holiday with an official proclamation. Not to mention, the mayor shows up and gives a speech every year. I work for Houston First (google it), and trust me...Anime Matsuri is a huge cash cow for the city of Houston. Why do you think the mayors office straight up ignored all the boycott letters, calls, and articles?

[Anonymous No.10634191]

This is going to be my first con. Hope it isn't shit.

[Anonymous No.10634192]

I wanna go, but not alone...

[Anonymous No.10634305]

>>10634191
Have the lowest expectations.

[Anonymous No.10635789]

>>10633502
because he is getting some of that sweet underage ass straight to his hotel suite. Would be a shame if someone happened to leak the camera footage from the last 5 years. Big big shame indeed.

[Anonymous No.10635799]

>>10626882
John won't bother you if he thinks you're fat, apparently.
I was a model for the J-fashion show one year and he was strictly professional with me, which I had expected him to be a creep as I'd heard so I was pretty surprised.
A little birdie later on told me he doesn't think that girls with a certain body type should wear lolita, which just sounded like a polite way for her to say, "He probably thought you were too fat for lolita and therefore wasn't interested"
But he probably picked me to model because they were getting desperate.

[Anonymous No.10636542]

>>10633502
You seem to be confusing making the city money with actually making yourself money.

[Anonymous No.10636604]

>>10635799
Didn’t they at some point end up selling the clothing of a Lolita brand they were borrowing for the J-Fashion show?? I can’t remember if it was AP or Baby

[Anonymous No.10636712]

>>10636604
You're thinking of AM 2014, they told all the models for the biggest Lolita fashion brand there (BTSSB/AATP) that they had first dibs on purchasing the clothes they were modeling in the show. Then after the show when the models tried to buy the clothes, the brand reps said that was completely false and they had told the AM owners no such thing. A lot of the AM drama gets misconstrued when its retold countless times over, but yeah, I was there for that one, unfortunately.

[Anonymous No.10636782]

>>10631589
Pppffffhhhh, Delta-H already turned tail and reversed this (the new law notwithstanding, enough people complained and demanded refunds, especially after it was leaked that the vendors had no such requirement). At this point, I'm just passed off that I have no anime con this year--my favorite one died and the chairperson is AWOL, I refuse to attend AM because John is so shady, and I don't want to attend Delta-H because of the covidwoke SJW nonsense. Oni-Con will probably try to pull the same kind of shit, knowing those people.

[Anonymous No.10636787]

>>10636782
They are still keeping the mask mandate.

>I'm just passed off that I have no anime con this year--my favorite one died and the chairperson is AWOL,

Which one you're talking about? And how did the chairperson got AWOLed?

[Anonymous No.10636827]

>>10636782
Oni-Con hasn't announced anything for 2021. I think they're dead too.

[Anonymous No.10636830]

>>10636787
I assume they're talking about San Japan.

[Anonymous No.10636845]

>>10636830
San Japan is still active. They just tweeted an hour ago.

[Anonymous No.10636928]

>>10635789
You've been sitting on footage for five years and have not given it to the police. What the fuck is wrong with YOU?!

[Anonymous No.10636929]

>>10636845
Yeah but the con owner is racist AF tho. There are articles and shit about it even.

[Anonymous No.10637369]

>>10635789
were you there 2 years ago when he was in his goku cosplay and was followed by all those cosplay girls (blue/red short hair girl was attached to his hips)?

[Anonymous No.10637404]

>>10628321
""small government""

[Anonymous No.10637414]

>>10636712
Want to point out this should say nayrt because I'm the person who said "John won't bother you if he thinks you're fat"
I wasn't there for this one so I can't confirm or deny but I don't remember any of us getting first dibs on the stuff we were modeling the year I was a model

[Anonymous No.10637588]

>>10637369
I will not confirm or deny anything at this current time.

[Anonymous No.10637626]

>>10637369
I don't think John has ever cosplayed at AM, to my knowledge. The mayor of Houston was in a Goku cosplay. I think you are getting your people confused. Or you are just making shit up. Either way, photos or stfu.

[Anonymous No.10637711]

>>10637626
We are talking about the mayor you fucking braindead faggot tranny. I know know the hrt is fucking with your man rage emotions but try to keep up.

[Anonymous No.10638582]

This thread (every time)

[Anonymous No.10639880]

i just want to breed a cute girl in cosplay at this con i cannot WAIT

[Anonymous No.10639962]

>>10637626
>I don't think John has ever cosplayed at AM
He dressed up for one of the fashion shows
most people drank to forgot that

[Anonymous No.10639964]

>>10633502
>Anime Matsuri makes the city
exactly, it's the city that makes the money, not Matsuri.
it's why the city made what they owed them from 7 years ago disappear. Who cares about 10k debt if the city makes 10 times that by letting them happen again?

[Anonymous No.10639986]

>>10639880
This it's my first con (well big con at least) I don't give a fuck about all this he said she said bullshit I just want some pussy

[Anonymous No.10640200]

Any /cgl/ chads be willing to let some shrimp tag along? I'm not weird I swear.

[Anonymous No.10640449]

>>10639964
Yes, that's how paying for things works. GJ.

[Anonymous No.10640452]

>>10640200
are you above drinking age and not yaya hon?

[Anonymous No.10640799]

>>10635799
Wow. That's how brainwashed these twitter folks have got you guys?

>He was not a creep so I must be unattractive.

They got you guys so bad that you are willing to self-deprecate in order to keep this rumor of him being a creep alive. Even though you have had first had experience with him, you still believe a rumor. I gotta admit, that's pretty impressive.

[Anonymous No.10640902]

>>10640452
Yes, I am above drinking age and have no idea who yaya hon is.

[Anonymous No.10640935]

>>10640200

Are we setting up a squad? I'll be there with a couple of mates to get fucked up and have a good time. Also any good advice in picking up girls besides not being a pussy and actually talking to girls?

[Anonymous No.10640961]

>>10640935
Go fuck yourself drink leech. Buy your own booze poorfag

[Anonymous No.10640980]

>>10640961
At what point in my text could you infer that I'm not able to buy my own drinks? Hell I would of probably bought you the first drink. Is this how you think of someone who wants to have fun and make new friends?

[Anonymous No.10641346]

>>10640980
I don't know what guys problem is, but how do we plan to meetup? I'm shy as fuck to be perfectly honest.

[Anonymous No.10641385]

>>10641346
We can meet up Thursday or Friday. I'll be driving with my friends from Georgia, so I'll be there in the afternoon. I'll be cosplaying between post time skip Sanji and or blue Morpho. Thursday there isn't any panels, but on Friday we can decide to meet on a panel.

[Anonymous No.10641454]

>>10641385
Isn't there usually some late-night dance party Sunday night? Y'all gonna be doing that? I was hoping to join a group and gain confidence to try dancing with the ladies.

[Anonymous No.10641483]

>>10641454
Saturday night, Sunday morning 12am- 4am. If you do see me earlier don't feel shy and say hi first drink is on me if you spot me.

[Anonymous No.10641524]

>>10641385
>blue Morpho
NICE
id say hi to a venturebro

[Anonymous No.10642799]

>>10641483
Another anon Where at? Also what time does con start me and a buddy plan on being there all day

[Anonymous No.10642826]

>>10641483
>>10642799
Well I wrote earlier that I'm driving from Georgia it's a 13 hr drive for me I'm leaving with my friends at 2am and getting there between 2-4pm. Looking online the Con starts at 12pm. During the day I'll be wearing my Sanji outfit without the jacket cause Texas in July. At night when it cools down I'm wearing the blue Morpho outfit. If this thread is still up on Thursday I'll post where I'm at and from there we can meet up.

[Anonymous No.10643223]

>>10627140
>Texas is filled with pedos
Of course it is.

[Anonymous No.10643225]

>>10627238
Would be funny if there's a Trump Virus Delta outbreak there.

[Anonymous No.10643226]

>>10640200
>>10640902
>>10641346
>>10641454
>Avatarfags with the reddit frog
Could you telegraph that you're an even bigger fucking loser?

[Anonymous No.10643229]

>>10643226
Yes

[Anonymous No.10643346]

>>10643223
>>10643225
>>10643226
You can tell you're a seething tranny

[Anonymous No.10643348]

>>10643225
You guys just put the word "trump" in front of anything bad that's going on now days huh?

I got into get into a trump carwreck

Ah man I can't believe I got trump aids

Fuck me, I broke my leg on those trump stairs.

[Anonymous No.10643392]

>>10643225
Virtually no chance
Texas already has a huge Indian population, and Houston has had literally all the variants for months, and the disease is almost completely gone in most texas counties.
In Harris County, home to millions, only a few dozen cases a day happen.
Barely anyone dying too.

[Anonymous No.10643468]

Looks like AM is moving artist alley to a giant room on the 3rd floor, forcing 350 artists to park, check in, and setup in 3 hours before opening on Friday. They expanded their exhibitor room & cucked artists from the loading docks/covered parking so expect lots of empty booths. Screw these money hungry bastards

[Anonymous No.10643641]

>>10643468
Man I hate going up and down floors. Why cant cons keep everything main on the first floor.

[Anonymous No.10643646]

>>10643348
To be fair, he did fund the bioweapons lab it was developed at. why shouldn't we call it the Trump Virus?

>>10643392
Having a huge Indian population doesn't automatically mean that Indians are susceptible to it. The Delta version of the Trump Virus was able to evolve out the the country of India. Of course knowing Abbot and how he ran a cover up of all the people who died because the retards refuse to join a 1st world power grid, I could see him covering up the Trump virus numbers too.

[Anonymous No.10643654]

>>10643646
>To be fair, he did fund the bioweapons lab it was developed at. why shouldn't we call it the Trump Virus?
Because the virus was being worked on, if it even exists, since the middle 1900s. Go check the history of wuhan and medical studies by the USA.

[Anonymous No.10643659]

>>10643654
>Variant of the Flu.
Those are totally different, even if they're both contagious respiratory illnesses, since hey are caused by different viruses. The flu is caused by infection with influenza viruses. Meanwhile the Trump Virus is a a coronavirus first identified in 2019, while the lab was being funded by Trump.
So again, why shouldn't we call it the Trump Virus?

BTW, due to anti-vaxxers, the Delta variant of the Trump virus is making up half of all new infections and it's adapting to the Phzer vaccine.

[Anonymous No.10643676]

>>10643659
>So again, why shouldn't we call it the Trump Virus?
youre as bad qanoners
get help

[Anonymous No.10643677]

>>10643659
>Those are totally different

Now you're just being superfacetious. If you actually cared about the history of wuhan and covid, you'd be easily open to researching why that region is important, including the many occurrences of them using the same buzzwords since the early 1900s. It's clear you rather defend your political position instead of open your mind. You're nothing but a zealot that no one will take seriously.

[Anonymous No.10643682]

>>10643468
Dude they also gave us a full-sized booth in artist's ally as opposed to the standard table.

Get off your ass and carry your shit to an elevator you fat fuck. I'm fucking thrilled.

[Anonymous No.10643685]

>>10643468
It took me 2 seconds of research to learn there is a loading bay on the third floor. There is literally a drive-in ramp.

Holy shit put in even the minimal amount of effort, for the love of god.

https://www.grbhouston.com/planners/floor-plans/

[Anonymous No.10643687]

>>10643659
Dr. Fauci was also involved in the research and directed funds to Wuhan; what's your point again? Orange Man bad?

[Anonymous No.10643690]

>>10643682
based optimism chad

[Anonymous No.10643703]

/toy/ fag here whats the toy scene like

[Anonymous No.10643824]

>>10643685
Is that loading dock available to us? Where do we park? WHO KNOWS? We're a day away from the com starting with ZERO communication from AA staff. You do realize they added 70 more booths to an already amount of oversold booths. Every year over 1/4 of the artists leave early b/c of how bad sales/traffic are yet they continue to double down and throw artists under the bus. They obviously don't care if you make profits.

[Anonymous No.10643839]

>>10643824
Wait... You're saying they have given you zero communication and yet you know the exact number of booths they've sold? Or even OVERSOLD?? Something doesn't add up here. How and where are you getting this information?

[Anonymous No.10643885]

>>10643839
They just emailed instructions to artists after I posted this. Still no mention of parking at all.
I just opened the app and counted the number of tables: 350. Since 2018, they've been adding on about 60 additional artist tables per year. There's always been dead zones of abandoned tables each year due to no traffic, so this tells me they don't care. They're approaching Anime Expo AA numbers but they only have a fraction of the attendance

[Anonymous No.10643945]

>>10643885
I've been tabling for 4 years, seems pretty standard to me. I've never had any trouble with sales at AM...make better art I guess? Also, we are getting a full sized booth this year. The extra real-estate is much appreciated. The only bitch I really had with AM was the small tables.

[Anonymous No.10644003]

>>10643677
>Now you're just being superfacetious.
I am posting only the facts, you're a conservatives, you hate the facts, I get that. You are even willing to try and change the facts through The Big Lie. But that doesn't change the facts.
We could always talk about how Trump's incompetence and outright criminal negligence and maliciousness is is directly responsible for at least 40% of the deaths in the US.

>>10643687
Who was Fauci's boss? Trump. And if he wanted to cut funding he could of. Just like he cut the funding to the children and family of US troops to fund his broken campaign promises and enrich his allies through the boarder wall.
So it's the Trump Virus

[Anonymous No.10644023]

>>10644003
Lol the connection between Fauci, mRNA therapy, and the research at the Wuhan lab predates the Trump presidency by A LOT. And if you really believe all of this, why take a jab endorsed by a man who worked under someone you hate?

[Anonymous No.10644045]

>>10644003
>I am posting only the facts, you're a conservatives
It's great to be assumed to be a conservative simply from speaking facts. Like I said: zealot.

[Anonymous No.10644069]

>>10633502
If they made so much money then why is the con just so bad and unorganized? Shouldn’t they be able to afford to hire workers that can plan and organize and be timely? Like geesh some of the events were an entire hour late. Looks so unprofessional

[Anonymous No.10644070]

>>10634191
Honestly anon due to the fact that they weren’t even sure if they were going to have the con because of covid being so unpredictable, I wouldn’t expect too much considering everything was kind of thrown together last minute. (Don’t expect many japanese guests or good vendors, etc.)

[Anonymous No.10644071]

>>10636604
It honestly doesn’t seem like they’re doing fashion at all anymore. They have no reputable j-fashion brands underneath them anymore (ex: Meta, Liz Lisa, AP, etc.).

[Anonymous No.10644093]

[Anonymous No.10644095]

>>10644093
lmao no way this is real also who is this? some jap porn star?

[Anonymous No.10644105]

>>10626768
If you could refrain from living entirely that'd be great.

[Anonymous No.10644161]

>>10644095
>not knowing who shibuya kaho is
>not being able to tell that this is fake
I bet you voted Trump

[Anonymous No.10644173]

>>10644161
Sounds like a dog breed

[Anonymous No.10644176]

>>10644173
you wish

[Anonymous No.10644177]

>>10644161
nta but kaho is an ex porn star kek

[Anonymous No.10644183]

>>10627137
*chairman

[Anonymous No.10644221]

i demand crowd pics to compare this con to others

[Anonymous No.10644238]

>>10644003
doc here
diagnosing this one with trump derangement syndrome
i recommened 3 doses of chillin the fuck out

[Anonymous No.10644241]

>>10644238
you don't need to acknowledge people who can't spell properly.

[Anonymous No.10644267]

do any lolitas still go to this con

[Anonymous No.10644327]

>>10636929

Not even going but who gives a shit

Walt Disney hated the Jews and Black's and your ass is still going to Disneyland

[Anonymous No.10644328]

>>10644267
Not really. They don’t bring any brands anymore so they really don’t have anything for the j-fashion community. Also the Houston comm stays far away from the Leigh”s aswell and there’s new shops in Houston for J-fashion so AM kinda just let it go, closed down shop, and started focusing on other things for the con.

[Anonymous No.10644435]

Hows the con going?

[Anonymous No.10644554]

>>10644238
It's amazing how you faggots bring politics into this.

[Anonymous No.10644556]

>>10644554


You can blame >>10643225 for letting the orange faggot live rent-free in their head.

[Anonymous No.10644674]

>>10626746
Heading there today. What should I expect/do once I get there? I mainly wanna see merchandise like Gundam or idol stuff.

[Anonymous No.10644740]

>>10644221
Empty as hell right now

[Anonymous No.10644767]

>>10644740
I expected a bit more out of texas

[Anonymous No.10644791]

>>10644740
It'll be empty as hell all weekend. Please continue to post pics--I love a good train wrecking into a dumpster fire.

[Anonymous No.10644793]

>>10644740
fuck, I hope it fills up more tomorrow

[Anonymous No.10644797]

>>10644740
Aren't Fridays normally slow? I expect AM 2021 will be like any other year or maybe even more crowded since a lot of people are eager for normalcy and will attend any event.

[Anonymous No.10644916]

Not surprised

[Anonymous No.10644919]

so this happened

[Anonymous No.10644942]

>>10644916
I dunno, sounds to me they already got taken advantage of.

[Anonymous No.10644944]

>>10644919
kek that was a fucking nightmare. tfw after a 3 hour delay the guy trying to fix the sceeen was more entertaining than the "fashion" show

[Anonymous No.10644957]

>>10644797
That's what I thought, too, but it turns out to be a vocal minority of people who are in a rush to attend large events again and quite a bit of people are still unable or choosing not to attend. I support both groups' choices and I don't think it proves it's too early/cautious for events now.

[Anonymous No.10644958]

>>10644919
>>10644944
>Concert moved to another room
>delayed for 3 hours
>occupying the same space and time slot as the fashion show
What resulted seemed to be a poor attempt to combine both events. Every step of it was hilariously bad as they scrambled to display something to an audience.
Can't wait for what's next tomorrow!

[Anonymous No.10644959]

>>10644958
Oh god the “fashion” show. Was it really a fashion show or just chicks prancing about in lingerie again?

[Anonymous No.10644983]

>>10644957
I always kinda thought the "no cons until 2022 / wear mask forever" crowd was more the vocal minority. Maybe I was wrong, idk. I'm interested to see/hear how things go at the con on Saturday.
I wonder if they'll end up releasing attendance numbers for this year. I'm guessing they may not, along with a lot of other cons. Colossalcon sure didn't want to talk about their attendance numbers this year (estimated to be around 3000 - 5000).

[Anonymous No.10644985]

>>10644957
I think its just this con. For Texas I was expecting a much larger turnout, Midwest that happened just last week seems to have drawn much larger crowds.

[Anonymous No.10645016]

>>10644957
>>10644983
No, the people who run this show are garbage people, it's always a shitshow, and no one wants to go.

[Anonymous No.10645030]

>>10644959
most of the "looks" were t shirts and bike shorts kek

[Anonymous No.10645062]

>>10645016
>the people who run this show are garbage people
No argument here.
>no one wants to go
This is flat out untrue. Anime Matsuri has brought in around 30K attendees per year for a number of years now, with no signs of declining. Yes, they'll almost certainly be way off that mark this year, but that's something that can be said of most cons happening this year.
I mention that not to boast about the con, but simply as a statement of fact. People have been shitting on the con for years (and rightfully so) because of the actions of the organizers, but that hasn't had any noticeable impact on it's attendance.
Most of the people that shit on AM on social media aren't even from the area and have never attended or planned to attend. It's simply empty virtue signaling, and no one really gives a fuck.
Honestly I wish things weren't that way, but that's real life.

[Anonymous No.10645068]

>>10644983
I think you're right as well, there's a vocal minority about how "it's not safe yet" and "people who attend are the worst" and that's such a caustic take. It feels like there's a sizable chunk of people in-between who don't go around telling people their views and ultimately just cautious about attending large events, deciding that perhaps it's better not to go in the end, and people who would go but have lost their jobs or stuck in awkward positions due to the pandemic and no longer able to go for the time being. I know some people choosing not to go and saving up their money for a fully opened con where they can see all of their friends vs. seeing none or being scorned by one.

[Anonymous No.10645209]

So hows Saturday night?

[Anonymous No.10645301]

>3-hour delays
>key events canceled
>artist alley shoved 3 floors away from everyone else without any signage
>hentaifest being a 20 minute shitshow

Holy shit. If only someone warned that this would happen.

Oh, wait, we did, because history had shown that nothing would change.

If you wasted money on this con it's your own damn fault. I am cackling at the people who are mad that they weren't warned about the AM shitshow.

[Anonymous No.10645432]

All the walk around vlogs I've seen don't look as bad as the extremely online people complaining about it made it out to be.

[Anonymous No.10645444]

>>10645432
Cope harder.

[Anonymous No.10645445]

>>10645432
Post some anon I want to see, since we've barely got any pictures

[Anonymous No.10645469]

>>10644919
Accidently aesthetic

[Anonymous No.10645505]

>>10645444
Fail harder. Where's your false idol now to defend this shit?

[Anonymous No.10645522]

>>10645505
Post pics and timestamp of how great and full the con was or stfu.

[Anonymous No.10645524]

>>10645209
crowds in artist alley looked more like this >>10644985 saturday but it was pretty much just more shitshow
>rave 1.5 hr late to start
>as soon as the rave started they closed all the alcohol stands
>they played crazy frog at the rave
>the coolest thing in the entire con was the "karaoke machine" which was just some dude's computer hooked up to a projector on youtube (he didn't even fullscreen the videos)

[Anonymous No.10645526]

it was hilariously shit as far as the actual con management and panels goes. I doubt there was a single panel that started on time or didn't habe technical issues. But if you wanted to just get shitfaced and fuck cosplay thots it was great. Pretty decent attendance on Saturday too

[Anonymous No.10645542]

>>10645522
No one is saying its the greatest con ever. It looks like moderately sized con and that's it. Its not collapsing at the rafters and there always seems to be a decent amount of people in the main areas.

[Anonymous No.10645576]

So what's the final verdict on the con? Without comparing it to other cons of "comparable size", was it well-attended for what it is and the current circumstances? Did the attendees look like they had fun?

[Anonymous No.10645580]

>>10645524

I don't understand how they fucked up basic scheduling like this? Why did everything start so much later?

[Anonymous No.10645668]

I went and the convention was great fun. I always ignore the events/panels/whatever, I just go to hang out with friends, walk around and see cool shit you don't see on a day to day basis. All the people I met were awesome and great. If you didn't go and you're just screeching about vaccines/trump virus, you shouldn't be whining, because that's just the ultimate jealous cope for people that did go and have fun.

Dumping a few pictures I took.

[Anonymous No.10645669]

>>10645668

[Anonymous No.10645672]

>>10645669

[Anonymous No.10645673]

>>10645672

[Anonymous No.10645675]

>>10645673

[Anonymous No.10645677]

>>10645675

[Anonymous No.10645678]

>>10645677

[Anonymous No.10645680]

>>10645678

[Anonymous No.10645681]

>>10645675
A lot of bikini cosplays this year. I'm not complaining, but I see a lot of girls competing to out sexy each other. I also dont like girls with tats, which are increasing in an alarming rate, too.

[Anonymous No.10645682]

>>10645680

[Anonymous No.10645684]

>>10645682

[Anonymous No.10645685]

>>10645684

[Anonymous No.10645686]

>>10645685

[Anonymous No.10645688]

>>10645686

[Anonymous No.10645689]

>>10645688

[Anonymous No.10645691]

>>10645689

[Anonymous No.10645692]

>>10645691

[Anonymous No.10645693]

>>10645692
thats the most creative cosplay I've seen in a long time

[Anonymous No.10645694]

>>10645686
>86 picture
>post ends in 86

[Anonymous No.10645695]

>>10645692
A girl not trying to advertise her body? Im impressed

[Anonymous No.10645698]

>>10645695
The Inuyasha picture I took >>10645680 was also a cross-play, too. There were plenty of modest girls at the con that were either not-in-cosplay or were wearing non-revealing cosplay. I was telling her how I had fond memories falling asleep to Inuyasha openings/endings when it was on Adult Swim years ago and she was saying she did the same.

Like I said, even if we just exchanged a few sentences, everyone there was great at the con and if was very nice to get outside the house for a change.

[Anonymous No.10645709]

>>10645693
its been done a million times before this one dude

[Anonymous No.10645716]

AM is trending on Twitter on how shitty it was. This keeps getting better.

[Anonymous No.10645721]

>>10645716
https://twitter.com/explore/tabs/trending?lang=en
Cope.

[Anonymous No.10645723]

>>10639880
Unless you are jack as fuck or a VA, you are guaranteed to get absolutely 0 pussy at a con from anyone other than absolute hambeast that is probably also autistic.

You want quality cosplay ass go to comicon; girls have less mental issues there too.

[Anonymous No.10645724]

>>10645721
works on my machine

[Anonymous No.10645725]

>>10645716
No one gives a shit enough about Matsuri to get it trending one way or another, quit bullshitting.

That said, that fucking "rave" that is getting posted on tiktok is fucking hilarious. I seriously don't get why they keep trying it or calling it a rave when it is anything but lmao

[Anonymous No.10645730]

>>10644958
Who did they have as fashion guests?

[Anonymous No.10645738]

>>10645725
Oh okay so tell >>10645724 that's a lie.

[Anonymous No.10645740]

>>10645724
How many of those 1600 tweets are from these like 4 twitter weirdos who have done nothing but tweet nonstop for the past 4 days about this stupid event they totally don't care about and let live rent free?

[Anonymous No.10645752]

>>10645738
>trending in Texas

This is literally just showing him shit based on his location. It's not really "trending"

[Anonymous No.10645797]

>>10644916
Lol, wtf if you wanna back out, just do it. Don't lie about it

[Anonymous No.10645818]

>Twitter folks saying it sucked showing an empty building
>All the videos are from AA
>The Main Hall is packed ass to ass

Why would people lie on the internet

[Anonymous No.10645820]

>>10645301
Lol. Hentaifest was shit last year (well 2019 technically). I’m so glad I didn’t waste money at AM . I have friends who went and are never coming back.

[Anonymous No.10645822]

>>10645542
It’s subpar at best. But the fact that AM staff hype it up to be as big and good as AX is way overboard.

[Anonymous No.10645824]

>>10645669
>>10645672
>>10645673
>>10645675
>>10645677
>>10645678
>>10645680
>>10645682
Dude. We really don’t give a flying shit about cosplay pics. You’re on egl. AM is highly hated here. Just stop wasting your breath and time.

[Anonymous No.10645825]

>>10645822
AX delivers quality.
AM delivers horseshit.

[Anonymous No.10645826]

>>10645721
Oh sweet summer child. You need to type the whole name of the convention. You can’t be this dense.

[Anonymous No.10645827]

>>10645818
I was there. You’re lying out your ass . Need proof?

[Anonymous No.10645829]

>>10645825
Very much agreed

[Anonymous No.10645856]

>>10645730
no one. there were no fashion guests.

[Anonymous No.10645870]

>>10645730
Nobody. John and Deneice burned those bridges years ago.

[Anonymous No.10645921]

>>10645825
>>10645822
This isn't a contest, though. You can attend both if you so desire. And even in many cases, which you go to isn't even really an option of "hmm, I can only go to one convention this year, should I go to AX or AM???", particularly due to that person's location/cost/travel/work schedule or other factors.

>>10645820
Nice cope. Did you have fun staying sheltered at home this weekend, tweeting about how much an event you didn't go to sucked?

>>10645826
You can scroll up and down the trending page and anime matsuri won't appear. You don't have to type the full name of shit, retard.

[Anonymous No.10645923]

>>10645824
Dude. We really don’t give a flying shit about salty lolitas. You’re on cgl. Fat chicks are highly hated here. Just stop wasting your breath and time

[Anonymous No.10645940]

Apparently a cosplayer went missing after the convention. Hopefully she is found.

[Anonymous No.10645954]

>>10645940
She has been found. All of you need to stop panicking that John snatched her up. He's fighting the thousands of people that he pissed off this year.

[Anonymous No.10645956]

>>10645921
If it was so great or even average, POST PICS. And not cosplay pics, wide-angle stuff like >>10644740.
>waiting for the attendance numbers to be lies like 2019

[Anonymous No.10645969]

Con was ok. Some of the panelist where very knowledgeable and had interesting topics. Vendors and Artists alley where acceptable. I kinda look at these things as just shopping exhibits now. John and Denice have been scum from day one. Remember Planet Zero? But I know most people don't care or don't know. The Mexican weebs don't care about PC culture and onions life and will continue to visit the shrine of Goku regardless. I was the Unicycle Guy sorry if I cut you off or startled you.

[Anonymous No.10645974]

>>10645956
Why are you letting this con live rent free? I didn't know people saying a con was mid would be such a controversial statement.

[Anonymous No.10645976]

>>10645668
>>10645669
>>10645672
>>10645673
>>10645675
>>10645677
>>10645678
>>10645680
>>10645682
>>10645684
>>10645685
>>10645686
>>10645688
>>10645689
>>10645691
>>10645692
Why are most of your photos women? That is a HUGE red flag.

[Anonymous No.10645981]

>>10645976
not the guy who posted the pics, but its 3/5 chicks? and most of the people cosplaying at the con were girls? itd be worse if it was pics of all the bdsm wearing bunny bitches running around at night
calm down ya crazy nutjob

[Anonymous No.10645987]

>>10645301
>>hentaifest
what happened there?

[Anonymous No.10645988]

>>10645827
>Need proof?
Yes.

[Anonymous No.10646021]

>>10645976
Kek. It's funny how you'll see bitches on IG say that shit, then when you look at the account of people they've shot with it's the typical photogs that have like 90 percent female and 10 percent male cosplay in their feed. With that 10 percent being there just to fool you into thinking they give a fuck about male cosplayers.
In fairness, the only male cosplay photos that ever get any traction are super high end armor builds, and guys that are built like a Greek God, both of which are extremely rare.
Get over your fucking self you stupid fucking cunt.

[Anonymous No.10646022]

Have there been ANY conventions that have happened this year that had around the same attendance they did before the pandemic?
It seems to me that reduced attendance is pretty much the norm this year, and people are trying to make a big deal about it at this con because they dislike the organizers.

[Anonymous No.10646030]

>>10646022
I don't think so, unless you want to count tiny events that would have heavily fluctuating numbers anyways. Every con's regular attendees would have a portion who won't participate for now due to pandemic/financial concerns and they are not being replaced by another group. People who wouldn't attend a con in pre-pandemic times aren't going to start attending now just to "get away".

[Anonymous No.10646041]

>>10646022
I'd argue Anime Midwest was pretty damn close, I don't remember a huge difference in turnout between its 2018 and 2021 events. Vendor and arcade were smaller though.

[Anonymous No.10646055]

>>10645976
lmao what the fuck is a red flag you dumb cunt?
why would a straight man take photos of other men? are you retarded?

[Anonymous No.10646070]

lmao these people are demented

[Anonymous No.10646076]

what the heck happened? paradoxcosplay was announced missing all over social media after the rave.

[Anonymous No.10646080]

>>10646076
Don't know, but her response on IG about it sounds all sorts of mad that folks were reporting her missing. Probably ruined her cheating or something

[Anonymous No.10646085]

>>10646070
People on twitter are dense. This sign is obviously making fun of Trump.

[Anonymous No.10646086]

>>10646070
The dealer has sold that for years at other cons but no one cared. One person has to make a stink about it because it was sold at AM.

[Anonymous No.10646087]

>>10645969
>Planet Zero
Holy fucking shit, I am absolutely shocked someone still remembers that garbage of a fucking arcade. Literally killed what little FGC we had going because of their stupid ass circlejerks.

[Anonymous No.10646091]

>>10646070
>MarzGurl being a brainless fucking cunt
So what else is new?

[Anonymous No.10646093]

>>10646080
That was my first thought after I saw her posts as well.
And it's a fucking shame because next time someone might really go missing, and people may not take it seriously because this bitch wanted to go get longdicked by Tyrone or whatever.

[Anonymous No.10646094]

>>10646093
Ive been following since the husband first announced her missing. so many people kept asking why he didnt try finding her location (find my iphone etc) and he kept seemingly intentionally ignoring only those replies.

[Anonymous No.10646103]

>>10646091
Kek.

[Anonymous No.10646132]

>>10644919
Whatever audio/visual company they hired needs to be destroyed.

[Anonymous No.10646137]

>>10646132
Any good AV company out there have blacklisted AM based on the multiple lawsuits of unpaid bills.

This is what happens when you don't pay your contractors. They talk to each other to stay the hell away.

[Anonymous No.10646169]

>>10645822
AX sucks because it pretty much ends at 8pm lmao

[Anonymous No.10646177]

>>10646169
AX sucks because it takes 2-3 hours to get into the convention center.

[Anonymous No.10646204]

>>10645969
>I kinda look at these things as just shopping exhibits now
I've been seeing them this way for a while so I get it. A way to kill a weekend and pay a somewhat lower gaijin tax on plastic crap.

[Anonymous No.10646221]

>>10646022
there's no way to get japanese guests so cons are stuck without a large part of their draw

[Anonymous No.10646278]

>>10646137
Yeah, I worked for one of those companies. My boss took care of me and paid me my fee right away, but he didn't get paid for over a year. The Leigh's are professionals at being squirrelly as fuck. My boss' attorney had a hell of a time catching them at their shop to serve them.

I think one year it was seven lawsuits at once in Harris County... including the fucking convention center itself.

[Anonymous No.10646314]

>>10645956
Why the fuck would i take a picture of crowds of people? There's only 3 things I take a picture of when I go to a convention:

1) Saving a GPS pin and taking a picture of the garage floor/intersection where I parked.

2) Notable vendors/artists/booths/items I'm somewhat interested in purchasing, as I make my way through the vendor area starting from one corner. Then I can look at the pictures and sort of geographically mark out where I saw it since I know the direction i went and what I saw before/after it.

3) Cosplays of characters/stuff I like.

That's it. Also, go fuck yourself for
>NO THOSE COSPLAY PICTURES ON THE COSPLAY BOARD DON'T COUNT
>YOU NEED TO TAKE PICTURES OF CROWDS OF BORING PEOPLE TO PROVE THAT THE CONVENTION WAS ENJOYABLE, REEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Anonymous No.10646315]

>>10645976
1) Because I'm a guy.
2) Because the majority of cosplayers are women.
3) Because the majority of male cosplayers are cosplaying rather generic shonen battle manga characters (one piece, dragonball, BHA, etc), which are dime-a-dozen and I don't really care about.

[Anonymous No.10646317]

>>10646080
It just sounds like to me that she's not going to make a public stink and she's mad that the twittertards that have their noses in everyone's shit need to fuck off. Something did happen and she did alert and is working with the police, but obviously answering and blogposting to twittertards won't actually resolve that issue.

I was happy enough knowing she wasn't missing and was in good health and stopped following it there, but I guess her post is a very good way to give the middlefinger to fags that think being a social media vigilante does fucking anything productive.

[Anonymous No.10646318]

>>10645987
Multiple hour long delays. It lasted 30 minutes then it ended. Everyone left pissed off.

[Anonymous No.10646330]

>>10646080
When he first blasted her as "missing," she had his IG called out in her profile, and now that shit is gone lol

[Anonymous No.10646355]

>>10646330
That doesn't inherently mean "lol cheating", though. Could've been a controlling husband scenario or something.

Hypothetical scenario: Maybe he was getting upset at her for spending time away from her phone, which honestly, how many female cosplays actually have fucking pockets or make it easy to even carry a purse, etc. And the husband is insane after like a 16 month quarantine, and idiots being idiots forgot how to be human during quarantine and tried to call a missing persons notice on his wife after she probably told him that she was going to put the phone away to not deal with bullshit for a bit. And maybe waking up to all this bullshit drama about her getting abducted and shit was the final straw since the husband just shot himself in the foot by dragging her into this entire mess on social media.

I mean, could it have been cheating? Maybe? And I don't like people sleeping around either. But who the fuck calls a missing persons notice that lasts conveniently around the same amount of time as someone just going to sleep for 8 hrs and then waking up and checking their phone to all this shitty drama?

In any case, this post isn't productive to any kind of socialization. She was found, nothing happened, and now the two may be separating. They're fucking nobodies at the end of the day and it's nobody's business anyways? So just leave it there?

[Anonymous No.10646360]

>>10646315
the first one is the real reason, everything else is unnecessary

[Anonymous No.10646365]

>>10646315
>3) Because the majority of male cosplayers are cosplaying rather generic shonen battle manga characters (one piece, dragonball, BHA, etc), which are dime-a-dozen and I don't really care about.

most female cosplayers are cosplaying flavor of the week generic hype stuff too you just like their t&a/think girls are cuter which is fine but don't lie to us or yourself

[Anonymous No.10646366]

>>10646355
That was my take away from the situation having delt with manipulative SOs in the past.

[Anonymous No.10646369]

>>10646360
you're a literal sexist retard

[Anonymous No.10646376]

>>10646314
>anons asking all weekend for pics that the con isn't empty and shit-tier
>only posts lame cospics (which incidentally show an empty shit-tier con in the background)
>I'm not going to take boring crowd pics, you just have to believe me when I say the con was alright
So it was dogshit, then. Thanks for confirming.

[Anonymous No.10646380]

>>10646376
>anon asks for pics of con because they didn't attend
>could literally hop on youtube and watch walk through videos for anyday of con
>demands spoon feeding for SPECIFIC content they want to nit pick and bitch about
image being so lazy with you desired bitch fest you can't even bothered to do basic searches to fuel said tantrum.... but it's okay bacchus, i brought grapes for the land whale temper tantrum rave.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaHO1VZzIIQ

[Anonymous No.10646389]

>>10646355
You make some fair points. The husband could be the one that's more in the wrong here. Or maybe there isn't even a "bad guy" here, and they're just two people that are in a toxic relationship.
The thing about you "just leave it there" comment is well....that's not how it works. Once you make public drama people are going to continue talking about it, and you don't get to decide when that's over.
They had a chance to end it all there if the girl just posted something like "I'm home, and I am fine, thank you for your concern everyone". Instead, she posted something along the lines of "I didn't even know I was missing. Please stop calling me". Which implies she thinks the husband should have never filed a missing person's report in the first place, and the real drama started. The girl is completely at fault there.

[Anonymous No.10646391]

>>10646365
bitch u just mad u aint gettin the attention lmao

[Anonymous No.10646397]

>>10646315
Kek. Don't bother taking even a second to explain yourself to people that REEEE with that "sexy woman pictures, RED FLAG!" bullshit.
Those are the type of cunts that follow Leon Chiro (known sexual harasser) on social media, but despite his toxic behavior, will never unfollow him because he has nice abs.
Women are every bit as thirsty as men, but they can't stand it when men look at any woman other than themselves.

[Anonymous No.10646398]

>>10646397
>>10646391

Bruh I'm a gay woman and don't cosplay and like looking at hot girls because they look good. I can just acknowledge it instead of pretending like liking or consensually photographing pretty girls is something to be ashamed of like the cuck who made up fake excuses to try to appease someone claiming "red flag". Women in general are just hotter and more aesthetic than men most of the time, even if their cosplays are the same basic characters from the same popular anime as the basic dudes, I would rather see the women's because they'll look more aesthetically pleasing.

Just admit it and don't lie or make shit up or act like anyone pointing out the lie is a jealous costhot.

[Anonymous No.10646401]

>>10646397
who?

[Anonymous No.10646411]

>>10646365
I also didn't take pictures of literally any flavor of the month trash, cute girls or not. So try again.

And yes, I do like cute girls. Cuff me, lock me away, and throw away the key. I must be committing a cardinal sin against humanity or something according to you.

[Anonymous No.10646412]

>>10646398
>Just admit it and don't lie
Except I already did say I'm a guy and like cute girls and I ALSO took pictures of guys, despite not being attracted to them.

The only thing anyone has to admit is that you have a vendetta against me for taking pictures of cosplays you probably wouldn't have taken pictures of and ignored. Everyone has different tastes, bro.

[Anonymous No.10646422]

itt crotchbleeders dress up to get their picture taken, get angry when someone takes their picture

[Anonymous No.10646426]

>>10646412
>>10646411

I'm not the one who said it was a red flag or even called out the fact that it's girls to begin with, I just said it's fine to just take pics of cute girls and not make excuses ("guys are cosplaying boring popular stuff I have no interest in") or accuse people of being attention hungry and jealous for admitting that. Whoever said it was a red flag is stupid.

And I wasn't saying the girls you photographed were specifically wearing popular stuff, just that women cosplay popular common series all the time too.

[Anonymous No.10646474]

>>10646397
Isn’t kawaiibro a known sexual harasser or is that someone else

[Anonymous No.10646500]

>>10646380
Lol what a sausage fest

[Anonymous No.10646516]

>>10627140
a man's gotta eat, heh

[Anonymous No.10646519]

>>10645668
4 cylinder ecoboost mustang aka not a real mustang. should've gotta a real V8 Mustang GT to wrap. Still nice tho

[Anonymous No.10646536]

>>10646389
This. They're continuing to stir up the drama and attention with each follow-up post, of which there have been multiple from both of them since. Vague posting galore.

[Anonymous No.10646537]

In Texas, what's the goto convention to go to since Anime Matsuri is ran by that asshat baldy?

[Anonymous No.10646567]

>>10646537
A lot of folks say San Japan. Ikkicon is pretty meh, unless you wanna try for new years partying. A-Fest is small, but nice. A-Kon if you want to experience one of the first anime cons

[Anonymous No.10646599]

>>10646537
Anime Frontier once international travel reopens. It's run by the same people as ANYC and intended to feature heavier industry/JP guest presence

[Anonymous No.10646602]

>>10646599
I have zero faith in that show
They tried to go to San Antonio first, then settled on dfw, and claimed Houston size ruled it out
As in, too small

[Anonymous No.10646603]

>>10646537
San Japan for a traditional con experience
Animefest for a relaxed, but high value event

[Anonymous No.10646614]

>>10646567
>a-kon
one of the older cons but i'm not sure it's worth the risk after the fairgrounds nonsense and constantly being forced to move locations.

[Anonymous No.10646643]

>>10646369
lmao you fucking cunt
you have literally no concept of male sexual behavior and how straight men perceive women and other men

if anything you're the sexist by trying to apply your femoid world view to the male psyche and claiming that everything that falls outside of your delusion is an "OMFG RED FLAG!!!!!"
straight men will predominately photograph good-looking women, accept reality or slit your landwhale throat

[Anonymous No.10646667]

>>10646643
Kek u mad

[Anonymous No.10646689]

>>10646667
epic retort by a double digit IQ owner that is incapable of looking outside their own skull
sasuga

[Anonymous No.10646753]

>>10646355
is it just me or is adding on pockets for essentials (phone, wallet, or at least id/one credit card/a couple of 20s) kind of high priority?

[Anonymous No.10646763]

>>10646689
Very mad

[Anonymous No.10646809]

Wow. The AM laptop had some spicy docs on there. This was seem at the rave.

[Anonymous No.10646930]

>>10645923
You dumbass. Then get off cgl. Lolita and J-fashion people contain a giant portion of this board. And hate to tell you dude but I can’t even top 100 lbs so I’m far from being any sort of fat.

[Anonymous No.10646932]

>>10645988
Check>>10644740

[Anonymous No.10646935]

>>10645921
Kek. Nope I saved my money so I can go to a better convention called Comicpalooza where things are actually organized and happen on time and there’s better guests.

[Anonymous No.10646939]

>>10646169
Way bigger convention with bigger guests though

[Anonymous No.10646943]

>>10646369
Considering your salty as fuck and have no real defense or backup for your claim, I believe anon hit you spot on kek

[Anonymous No.10646944]

>>10646537
I’m mind of curious to try the new Colassalcon being hosted in Texas this year. Is it maybe worth?

[Anonymous No.10646946]

>>10645678
Gone but not forgotten

[Anonymous No.10646959]

>>10646944
I expect garbage but it's at a waterpark so that's okay.

[Anonymous No.10646961]

>>10646944
I think it will be a lot like Colossalcon East was in its first year. Fairly modest attendance, overall chill experience. If hanging out at the waterpark, having some drinks, and maybe hitting up some room parties sounds like a good time to you, I'd recommend it.
The actual convention part of Colossalcon events are pretty lackluster, so keep that in mind. Not many people actually go for that.
I'm not local, but I loved my experience at the first CCE so much that I was considering flying out for the TX one. The skyrocketing airfare costs kinda nixed that idea for me, though.

[Anonymous No.10647005]

>>10645825
>AX delivers quality.
AX is more of a sugar coated AM. The only thing going for it is it just has that huge industry backing.

[Anonymous No.10647041]

>>10647005
>Events start on time
>Resemblence of an organized group
>Announced big-name guests actually show up
>Mostly delivers on promises

AX delivers this.
AM has been delivering bullshit for over a decace.

[Anonymous No.10647043]

>>10647005
>Events start on time
>Resemblence of an organized group
>Announced big-name guests actually show up
>Mostly delivers on promises

AX delivers this.
AM has been delivering bullshit for over a decade.

[Anonymous No.10647206]

>>10645673
cute majima

[Anonymous No.10647274]

So Delta H Con is happening this weekend and there's gonna be a fighting game tournament on Saturday.
Is there any reason to get the full weekend pass? It's only like $5 more, but there's not really any event that sticks out at me.
Has anyone ever tried a con speed dating event?

[Anonymous No.10647287]

>>10647043
I'll give you the other three but
>events starting on time
what

[Anonymous No.10647369]

>>10647287
I have been to AX multiple times. I've never had to wait 2-3 hours for a big event to start which seems to be the norm for AM. Yes, there was the 3 hour lines to get in. I'm use to con events starting a little late but waiting 3+ hours because they can't fix their shit is ridiculous.

[Anonymous No.10647530]

>>10647005
Dude AM was pure crap these past few years. Literally DeltaH is better than AM and delta is a small ass con.

[Anonymous No.10647531]

Man I miss old AM when they used to bring in actual arcade machines from Japan and had a bunch of Japanese fashion brands come in to sell clothes. What happened? Why’d AM decline so bad so fast?

[Anonymous No.10647540]

>>10647531
There are consequences in trying to rape Lolitas. AM would rather spend your money on flashy graphics over bringing in arcade machines.

[Anonymous No.10647547]

>>10647043
>>Events start on time
Nope
>>Resemblence of an organized group
SPJA looks like an organized group on the outside, but they are dysfunctional in the inside
>>Announced big-name guests actually show up
They can't bring in big name guests on their own anymore. All of the Japanese guests they bring in are through the studios and companies and none on the SPJA's own merit
>>Mostly delivers on promises
Hahahaha again nope.
>AX delivers this.
Try again.

[Anonymous No.10647551]

>>10647547
the fact that theyve gotten to the point where companies are willing to pay their own dime to bring people to AX is still a success of its own

[Anonymous No.10647613]

Fuck you AM and weebs. I tested positive for COVID after attending the con.

[Anonymous No.10647622]

>>10647613
What a fucking shock that someone got it. Did you have the vaccine at least? Or are you part of the 50% of retards who won't get one?

[Anonymous No.10647654]

>>10626882
>The AM staff will be invading this thread soon trying to discredit everything.
Weird trend for tx cons doing that. They all are shit but all have their defenders to come out and namecall and lie about everything.

[Anonymous No.10647657]

>>10633502
Same shit with dave and san japan but he was cancelled last year and did a stupid step down act where he gave the seat to his best butt buddy ass kisser. The city has allowed them to get away with so much because the cons bring them tons of revenue from just the parking alone. With enough money you can fuck 15 year old kids or allow people to solicit prostitution from minors on their forums and nothing happens to them because the city makes too much easy money to care.

[Anonymous No.10647664]

>>10647613
>goes to con
>in Texas
>shitshow management
>governor who gives no fucks
>population including (You) who gives no fucks
>gets the Wuhan novel coronavirus
>fucking dies
Hope it was worth it anon.

[Anonymous No.10647693]

>>10647613
It takes 2 weeks to show up, dumbass. You caught it b4 AM.

[Anonymous No.10647722]

>>10647664

You being an obese fuck carries more risk than some .1% flu

[Anonymous No.10647779]

>>10647664
You're just weak lol

[Anonymous No.10647898]

>>10647613
i didnt
maybe youre just a weak lil bitch

[Anonymous No.10647928]

>first large anime convention to attend post-lockdown, where am was hell bent on operating on 2020
>no mask mandate, minimal health and safety gimmicks at con center.
>1 out of 10 or 2 out of 10 wearing masks
>tenjin festival rained out but most events moved inside. Beer garden operated as normal despite rain.
>more people attended from out of town because their cons cucked out or imposed bs mask mandates
>largest Itasha exhibit, 50 cars
>godzilla exhibit and Eva exhibit was nice
>metal gear solid exhibit was interesting and funny enough its actually John Leigh's personal collection of mgs merchandise and games, and the military trucks and vehicles outside were rented from the Houston army museum
>no proper video game room but there was a old school arcade with 80s singles.
>miku racing project exhibit was cool.
>no anime viewing rooms , which make since since why you're attending a anime con if you're watching anime but have no breathing room to rest and chill.
>fear propaganda and generous unemployment benefits caused volutnetter and set up crew to be cut in half. Usually operates with 400 crew and 400 volunteers. Its was 200 volunteers and 200 crew.
>wit studio booth set up but staff never came because they could not get vaxxed
>sumo slam exhibition match was a blast, funniest rounds were the Catgirl and Pikachu suit.

[Anonymous No.10647931]

>>10647928
Part 2:

>should have bought a superpass to record opening ceremonies
>2021 shirts were canceled because too many production errors
>godzilla and Eva exhibits were visited well.
>saw vic mignogna for the first time at the firday and Sundays panels. Nice guy, outspoken, groudned to earth, sane Christian. Why did sjws canceled him again?
>artist hall was well visited despite having some 20 booths empty
>was going to be two k-pop concerts but could not make it because south Korea has slow vaccine intake rate. But we got a concert of a rapper thats a anime otaku which is nice.
>both raves neon tokyo and club am.despote being late was a fucking blast and enjoyable.
>closing ceremonies: one day passes got sold.out, highest attendance ever for 2021
>nick rekeitas panel with yellow flash, that star wars girl, and Cecilsays was entertaining and informative.
>I was the only person posting videos "covering" the convention via twitter and YouTube and everyone knew me and subscribed my channel because of it.
>will go again in 2022.

[Anonymous No.10647997]

>>10647931
>highest attendance ever
If this is actually true, FUCKING KEK.
Just knowing how hard the people that swore this con had shitty attendance would seethe delights me.

[Anonymous No.10648006]

>>10647931
>why did sjws canceled him again?

Because Monica was pissed he got a job she wanted and con organizers were more than happy to jump on an excuse to stop dealing with him because he's a Diva.

If he was such a sex pest why was every con organizer who claims he's "banned" from their con now more than happy to have him for YEARS in the 00s when he was the sure fire way to up your attendance and therfore your $$$

[Anonymous No.10648043]

>>10647997
John will once again be caught in his lies when someone digs for the truth.

I'm waiting for the incoming lawsuits when they can't pay the bills.

[Anonymous No.10648045]

>Watch videos of the itasha exhibit
>Literally 4-5 cars with no itasha wrap but a bunch of stupid slaps all over their windows are part of the exhibit
Fuck, I should have entered my VIP Lexus and I would have gone to this shit for free.

[Anonymous No.10648101]

>>10647997
Dude they inflate their numbers big time though. Still decent amount of people but not as much as they make it out to be

[Anonymous No.10648283]

>>10647997
Don't believe me?

[Anonymous No.10648285]

>>10648283
Nice super spreader event you got there.

[Anonymous No.10648292]

>>10648283
I believe it could be true, but this is the sort of thing I'd need to see some official source on.
And you can't look at a screenshot, or even a video, and say "oh yeah, that's definitely 45,247 attendees" or whatever.
It is clear, however, that this con wasn't dead the way some of the twitterfags and anons here made it out to be.

[Anonymous No.10649058]

If you support AM by attending then you're also supporting rape.

[Anonymous No.10649062]

>>10649058
>If you support AM by attending then you're also supporting rape.
if you breathe youre supporting white oppression

[Anonymous No.10649123]

>>10649062
Okay McRapey McRapperson. Enjoy rape-enabler con next year with a heavy dose of COVID death party.

[Anonymous No.10649344]

>>10649123
Why thank you! I will!

[Anonymous No.10649391]

>>10649123
>anon thinks people get corona at conventions

[Anonymous No.10652848]

https://twitter.com/Shibukaho/status/1420592300795695107?s=04&fbclid=IwAR1_jspSXjfm1V1ouGX7QaM_QfTjlvpN2sYnZtMBn0NKHV9KCXsLF08OuG0

Fuck this con.

[Anonymous No.10652931]

is Anime Matsuri the Trump of Anime conventions? It's teflon at this point, kek.

[Anonymous No.10653553]

>>10652931
More like the flordia of anime cons because they were hellbent on having zero covid restrictions.

And like people coming to flordia to escape from lockdowns, they came to that con. Way more people from out of state came to that con this year than any other year.

[Anonymous No.10654429]

>>10652931
>It's teflon at this point, kek.
the ceo's probably kek'ing himself to the bank bc he knows he's teflon.

[Anonymous No.10654706]

>>10654429
AM is bigger than the CEO at this point.

[Anonymous No.10655012]

>>10652848
I'm curious if Japan is ever getting this 1:1 scale figure back or if it has mysteriously "disappeared" during tear down and is now kicking around John's flat.

[Anonymous No.10655201]

>>10655012
They own a posh 2 story house so I know where AM money goes to. It wasn't hard to track them down. I could doxx them so people could go to their house demanding money but what incentive would I have to do that to them. John will see this so stay on the edge incase you piss off the wrong people.