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Anonymous Mon Feb 6 20:23:53 2023 No.10834982 [Reply] [Original]

Y'all know what to do.

>>10806620 Previous thread is autosaging.

Anonymous Mon Feb 6 20:32:14 2023 No.10834990

What's the verdict on GalaxyCon vs San Japan? The guest lineup at GalaxyCon is pretty enticing, but I'm worried the turnout will be disappointing with most of the TX community opting for SJ. Then again, SJ con management is a flaming garbage fire, and the Austin Convention Center is an enticing venue choice...

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 6 21:38:41 2023 No.10835009 >>10834990 go harmonycon!

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 6 21:41:31 2023 No.10835011 >>10834982 Dumbfuck thread OP here, just now realizing I forgot the thread title...hopefully the Texan gulls can use their context clues kek.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 6 23:40:25 2023 No.10835047 Haven't done much Texas stuff lately. I'm thinking the next for me is gonna be Colossal (apparently last year's was a step up?) and at the very end of the year, Waifufest in Houston. Since the owner's a pretty cool guy.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 7 02:38:16 2023 No.10835075 WeebCon, A-Kon, and San Japan for me. Ditching the end of the year for HolMat though. What bank did WeebCon rob to get the venue and all these guests?? Last year was awful.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 7 02:54:32 2023 No.10835078 >>10835047 Last years was fine, the dance got shut down because some drunk bitches fell and hit their head or some shit and they had to escort them out.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 7 04:15:18 2023 No.10835088 Is weebcon worth going to? I'm in DFW so it's not hard to go to I just don't know anyone who's ever gone.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 7 04:24:39 2023 No.10835090 >>10835075 >HolMat >Cool. Enjoy it, cause that's their final year at that incredible venue. I'll be going too, 100% >>10835078 Sounds already more eventful than 2021. Did you go? It was an awesome time, but none of it was cause of the event itself.

Anonymous Tue Feb 7 04:47:09 2023 No.10835091

>>10835075
>>10835090
i know this isn’t the florida thread, but why the hell are they moving venues? the orlando world center is a god tier venue, other than the shit cell service, but that’s to be expected with many cons. don’t tell me they’re moving just because of the fats who refuse to walk for more than ten minutes and sperg out about the parking.

on another note, anyone going to kawacon? i’m not expecting much but am excited to attend a con during dead season.

Anonymous Tue Feb 7 05:07:08 2023 No.10835096

>>10835091
That's fine, nobody talks in the Florida threads anyway (sad!). I really couldn't say, but that's extremely unlikely. My top guess, and for many others, is simple: Too damn rowdy. They had enough of several thousand drunken idiots screaming all night. Fingers crossed they pick Gaylord

And also I'm open to recommendations for on any other Texas cons, since I still haven't done too many overall.

Anonymous Tue Feb 7 05:54:49 2023 No.10835106

>>10835088
It sounds like it's going to be pretty exciting. The guest list is stacked and the Gaylord has a lot of space so hopefully people won't be standing in walkways like they were in Irving.

>>10835091
>>10835096
I've heard whispers from friends who usually go that the hotel is tired of them so they're essentially kicking them out/giving them no choice but to move. We still don't know the dates for this year but they did say the weekend before Christmas isn't available (which is a result of the hotel kicking them out, apparently).

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 7 14:30:20 2023 No.10835179 >>10835106 I wonder how hard the Gaylord would be to just visit on Saturday. I don't really know if I want to go to dress up/check out the venue when its full of weebs but fuck if it isn't interesting.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 7 14:41:03 2023 No.10835180 When is it fair to say the con season "starts" in Texas anyway? Most of them seem bunched at the middle and end of the year.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 7 18:03:38 2023 No.10835194 >>10835180 imo, A-Kon as start point and Ikkicon/Ushicon as end point.

Anonymous Tue Feb 7 19:51:39 2023 No.10835211

>>10835180
Yeah I'd say the second half of the year as well. We don't get a lot of events in the "winter" season, most big stuff happens when it hits a consistent 80+ degrees and goes until things start to cool off. I wish we had more things during fall/winter so we don't continue to sweat our balls off, but I get why most cons tend to stay away from holiday seasons as well.

I'm glad Frontier popped up. Ikki has been in a decline for a while and there hasn't been a decent event in winter that's worth going to. Frontier still has some kinks to work out but I think it has potential to become a nice big con (as long as ANYC can stop treating it like an ugly stepchild).

Anonymous Tue Feb 7 20:53:57 2023 No.10835225

>>10835180
A-Kon through San-Japan
everything else is off season.

>>10835211
Anime Frontier is shitty too, just in different ways. All they have going for them is a huge ass dealers hall but unless they can bulk up their programming and guest list to support it vendors will stop coming and then what do they have?

Anonymous Wed Feb 8 18:45:59 2023 No.10835443

>>10835225
That's fair, Frontier's programming is absolute shit. I mean in their defense this was only their second year despite having the support of NYC staff. I think they have potential but it's going to take them actually putting effort into Frontier and not relying on "look at this cool sponsor!"

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 19:10:13 2023 No.10835447 >>10835443 Yes, and they would do better to have a dedicated core of Anime Frontier staff because they definitely dropped the ball communicating in favor of supporting AnimeNYC.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 17 16:52:20 2023 No.10837558 Hey if I saw bucket hat Asian dude at cidercade wassup. That's a nice hat.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 17 17:00:56 2023 No.10837563 >>10837558 are you really namedropping /cgl/ at fucking cidercade kek

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 17 18:03:59 2023 No.10837601 >>10837563 Depends on which one. Seems reasonable enough if it's the Austin one, since the staff have come up and talked to me about anime unprompted. Not battle shonen or flavor of the month, either. (Also NTA)

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 17 20:19:36 2023 No.10837656 >>10837601 >staff mentions anime at an arcade filled with japanese games >natural conclusion is to namedrop /cgl/ power levels at maximum

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 17 20:30:55 2023 No.10837658 >>10837656 Yes.jpg

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 18 04:14:12 2023 No.10837775 San Japan dropped their mask policy for this year. Personally glad I don't have to breathe my own sweat in this time around.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 18 04:40:19 2023 No.10837780 >>10837563 Nah I didn't say it in person I just remember an anon mentioning it here, and I saw someone with the hat It's a cool hat, just want to be nice. It's also why I said "if I saw".

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 07:31:10 2023 No.10838063 kawacon schedule isn’t bad but the complete lack of late night programming is depressing. room parties seem like a long shot but i hope to see some of you gulls there.

>>	Unicorn Mon Feb 20 01:50:27 2023 No.10838191 >>10837775 I might go then. San Japan has an underrated photoshoot venue + I haven’t been to Ruby’s Diner since pre Covid.

Anonymous Thu Feb 23 20:25:22 2023 No.10839164

>>10835075
>A-Kon
Last year's A-Kon was the worst con experience I've ever had out of my seven years of going to cons. I'm not going again until they do something about how overcrowded the convention is, especially at their new venue that seems to be even more cramped than the Anatole.

>>10835179
I was there a while ago for QuakeCon, and an even longer while ago for the ice sculptures thing they do every year, it's a pretty nice venue as long as your con isn't A-Kon sized.

>>10835194
Too bad Ushicon's kill ;_;7

>>10837775
It was so hard to breathe in my cosplay with that additional covid mask and all the extra walking from half the panel rooms being at the end of that one very long hallway. Halfway through the day when I cosplayed I just took the covid mask off and no one told me anything, so I guess even most of the staff thought the policy was dumb.

Anonymous Fri Feb 24 08:22:50 2023 No.10839260

>>10839164
>Too bad Ushicon's kill ;_;7
Ushicon isn't dead actually. If you were at their event (Ushiko's 21st Birthday Party) earlier this month, it was announced there that Ushicon has been thrown a lifeline by some chick who's deeply involved in the Ushicon community and the guys who run Otaku Cafe in San Antonio. A 2024 con is to be expected, but I'd have more confidence in it if we can get location and dates announced.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 25 15:15:59 2023 No.10839488 Really glad to see San Japan won't require masks or vax this year. Let's hope that puts the pressure on other cons to follow suit

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 25 15:28:33 2023 No.10839492 >>10839488 Not likely desu. AX would the only one with enough pull to do that, even that I wouldn't be so sure

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 26 01:50:31 2023 No.10839560 >>10839488 Its likely the other way around. They're realizing that their push on masks did nothing last year and iirc Matsuri ate their lunch.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 26 02:00:21 2023 No.10839561 >>10839560 Sadly, this might be true.

Anonymous Sun Feb 26 17:12:10 2023 No.10839645

>>10839492
>>10839560
>>10839561
SJ is one of the biggest in the state. Smaller TX shows should take note. My question is will they.

I'm positive you are right that they just couldn't enforce it. I'm expecting the same from akon. Doesn't mean I can't be hopeful it'll influence other shows.

Anonymous Sun Feb 26 17:17:33 2023 No.10839646

>>10839488
without looking at the numbers I'm willing to bet that attendance didn't drop as much as it could have compared to the numbers of other things that didn't require vax in the early days of the world reopening. Most of the people interested in anime cons probably got jabbed first chance they had

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 26 17:18:52 2023 No.10839647 >>10839645 Having never been to SJ, how big is it compared to Matsuri? Since I did go in 2021, and they refused to enforce masks even then. If it's bigger then unfortunately I think my points stands even more.

Anonymous Sun Feb 26 19:13:17 2023 No.10839661

>>10839647
It's san Japan's convention center is 1,113,217 square feet. But they don't use the entire facility. (They DO make great use of the space that is used though, and even use some outdoor space)

AM's convention center is 1,900,000 square feet, and they use all of it. And they also have outdoor events as well. But in my experience....it's just TOO big, and it takes forever to walk anywhere.

In terms of sheer size, AM is bigger by a pretty large margin. But in terms of how that space is used, I'd say SJ does a much better job.

Anonymous Sun Feb 26 20:30:51 2023 No.10839668

>>10839661
From a total outsider perspective, I can only guess the factors used in finalizing these decisions but it's a safe bet that "turnout" is near the top of the list. Even if SJ is better, it'd be less influential in that area. As one example, I don't think their mayor hasn't declared SJ a city holiday and he isn't there on the ground cosplaying, cutting ribbons and being interviewed by the news, the way Houston does. Now, if huge mask coward cons start to dwindle / go under (God I hope so) because there's too many non-coward options, maybe they'll start listening. Big maybe, of course.

Anonymous Sun Feb 26 23:23:25 2023 No.10839686

>>10839668
Oh yeah, the City of Houston has Anime Matsuri earmarked in their budget for sure. It's gotten to the point where they rely on the tax revenue it produces. Hotels, parking, restaurants..among other things. People have complained and complained to the city. Protested at the mayor's office, written letters, made videos... pretty much everything you can think of for YEARS at this point.. And the city just... continues to promote and even outright financially support AM. I would not at all be surprised if the city itself owns some percent of the event, and is invested in it's success beyond just the tax revenue it produces.

Anonymous Mon Feb 27 04:19:06 2023 No.10839723

>>10839260
I've only been to Ushicon once and it was at a time when I didn't really talk to people at cons yet that I didn't know, but I still had a great time and thought the "old timey" feeling of the con was very charming, so I'm glad to hear it might get resurrected.

>>10839645
>I'm expecting the same from akon
If it's like last year, a bigger concern would be that A-Kon is a fire risk more than it's a super spreader event.

Anonymous Mon Feb 27 04:21:54 2023 No.10839724

>>10839686
Let's assume you're right, and maybe you are. That makes their decision to never demand masks even weirder, I imagine. Oh and let's not forget during the fashion show / rave (??) that had a 300+ ft line to get in, I legitimately felt terrified of the floor caving in.

Anonymous Mon Feb 27 04:35:07 2023 No.10839727
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Looked up Weebcon after seeing it mentioned ITT, what else is there to do there besides bothering Dan Green? Their website has pages for after parties (I'm assuming raves), games, panels, and other things, but most of these pages say "coming soon", so what should I expect? Is it like Fan Expo where there will be at most two panels happening at the same time, or is it like a proper con?

Anonymous Tue Feb 28 08:57:34 2023 No.10840003

>>10839727
As a panelist who has gotten a peek at the schedule, it's pretty well stacked as far as panels happening, but I can't speak for the quality of the content since they legitimately accepted 98% of submissions - there's duplicates of certain topics so there was likely not a lot of in-depth review of content either. Only "events" happening are Idol Fest, cosplay Karaoke, a variety show, cosplay contest, and an after party Saturday night. If people are as stoked about each of the 40+ VAs as they seem to be, they'll be spending 80% of the weekend in autograph lines to get to everyone they want.

Anonymous Wed Mar 1 00:33:50 2023 No.10840130

>>10840003
>it's pretty well stacked as far as panels happening
>there was likely not a lot of in-depth review of content either
Sounds promising, we'll either get stuff that's really crazy or a hilarious shit show with panels.

>an after party Saturday night
So a rave? "After party" can mean a lot of things, I've seen buffets referred to as "parties" before, though not in the context of a convention.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 2 03:33:22 2023 No.10840422 any good cons around san antonio? other than SJ, i don't really know what to look for around here. i'm too old and busy with work to be hitting the minor ones i used to go to with friends. but really need an excuse to take a few extra days off.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 2 03:51:36 2023 No.10840432 >>10840422 >>10840422 You missed the only good san antonio con that's popped up recently which took place last weekend. Everything else besides SJ is hot garbage.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 2 03:58:49 2023 No.10840434 >>10840432 well. fuck me.

Anonymous Thu Mar 2 05:03:02 2023 No.10840464

>>10840130
Based on past experience the after party is a "rave" - I don't go to raves or dances so I can't tell you if it's worth going to, but it's definitely more party than like, a hangout sesh.

>>10840422
Don't know if it's good or not but I've been getting ads for Riverwalk Anime, which is coming up soon.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 4 03:23:48 2023 No.10841067 >>10835447 I hope the anime NYC staff are NOT training the frontier staff. They treat smaller exhibitors like shit. Load in was so bad last year some guy actually almost died because they had him there for 10+ hours. >https://archive.li/pDm4u

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 4 03:40:00 2023 No.10841071 So did anybody do Waifu Fest in Houston for New Year's? I already mentioned it before, and am curious even if we're still a ways out

Anonymous Sat Mar 4 09:18:00 2023 No.10841130

>>10841067
Wow, that's awful. Frontier sucks for vendors, too (at least in the AA where I was). It apparently sucked for attendees from what I was hearing from customers. I wonder how many more years they'll keep it going before they decide to improve or fuck off.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 4 11:57:07 2023 No.10841142 Did anyone go to Waifu Expo in DFW? It seems suspicious and there are lot of OF girls there.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 4 14:36:33 2023 No.10841151 >>10841142 coomerbait trash. please raise your standards

Anonymous Sat Mar 4 23:32:39 2023 No.10841204

>>10841067
And the guy is suffering permanent, life altering injuries. How was this not bigger news? holy cow. Left field media's response was just

> We investigated ourselves and we found that we did nothing wrong.

Bro, someone almost DIED at your event and now has permanent life-altering injuries.

Meanwhile the guy who is now dealing with these life-changing injuries places the blame squarely on anime NYC's load in procedures. He's having to live off a go fund me and left field is doing nothing to help him and has announced zero policy changes.

Dude FUCK anime NYC and FUCK Anime Frontier.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 4 23:47:00 2023 No.10841206 Crap, did the Hyatt fill up for San Japan already?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 5 01:56:58 2023 No.10841220 >>10841206 If you pick Wednesday as Check-In or Monday as Check-Out it will say it's sold out. You have to pick Thursday or Friday as Check-In then Sunday as the Check-Out.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 5 02:05:20 2023 No.10841224 File: 959 KB, 470x341, It's coooool guy.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10841220 Sweet, thanks for letting me know.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 5 20:11:56 2023 No.10841335 >>10841206 >still going to San Japan kek

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 5 21:57:32 2023 No.10841352 >>10841335 It's pretty good as far as Texas cons go, and they got rid of their mask requirements

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 14:57:16 2023 No.10841491 >>10841352 >and they got rid of their mask requirements But not the vax ones.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 15:38:12 2023 No.10841504 >>10841491 Actually yes, they're not requiring proof of vaxx this year. They're just "highly recommending" that people wear masks and be vaxxed.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 15:39:54 2023 No.10841505 File: 449 KB, 1080x1086, Screenshot_20230306_093908_Discord.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10841504 Dropped my pic, sorry

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 15:52:18 2023 No.10841510 >>10841505 lol They were losing money so they finally submitted. Fucking finally. Only reason Im going cause I got friends who are going and live in SA. Ive avoided them for years cause of their covid and insane staff. But in the end, money talks. lol

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 16:04:36 2023 No.10841516 >>10841510 >in the end, money talks. For the morons running conventions? Not necessarily. I'm surprised they caved in, given their reputation. If you want proof money DOESN'T defeat the need for control, I refer you to Anime Next in NJ.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 16:07:37 2023 No.10841519 >>10841516 For all the butthurt bitching you do you could probably have started your own con and ran it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 16:11:34 2023 No.10841522 >>10841519

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 6 16:33:54 2023 No.10841537 It's not just money, it's the inability to actually enforce it. The bigger you are the less likely you will be able to enforce a mask mandate. After the bad PR from last year around that guy that attacked someone over it I'm not surprised

Anonymous Tue Mar 7 05:48:10 2023 No.10841666

I don't see much in the way of Renaissance Festival posting on /cgl/, maybe some inspiration in the LARP threads, but Sherwood Forest Fair started up this weekend, and I'll be there this coming weekend (Fri-Sun camping, 3/10-3/12). Anyone planning to attend?

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 8 15:48:22 2023 No.10841918 >>10841666 It's still cold. I won't be going until the warm/ hot weekends.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 8 16:04:36 2023 No.10841923 File: 51 KB, 300x300, Viper_You'll_Cowards_Don't_Even_Smoke_Crack.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10841918 Sounds like someone needs to smoke more crack

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 9 01:56:46 2023 No.10842038 File: 288 KB, 2058x1372, 1677531844276.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Did anyone go to the waifu con, now that its all over?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 9 16:27:33 2023 No.10842278 >>10842038 >you no longer have to imagine the smell

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 10 06:32:47 2023 No.10842449 >>10842038 It may as well have been a porno con. BUNCHA2F8M horny sweatys.....it was great.

Anonymous Fri Mar 10 17:18:51 2023 No.10842517
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I really hope this isn't foreshadowing to another year of mask mandates for attendees from Anime Fest. I might ditch them if they still require them again this year.

(This is a volunteer policy)

Anonymous Sat Mar 11 21:48:35 2023 No.10842753

Are speed dating events at cons as bad as they were at San Japan last year?
Tried it out since I had time but it was just loud and awkward, you couldn’t hear shit the other person was saying. And because they’re faggots it was mixed gendered so 90% of the people I talked to were just guys.

Anonymous Sat Mar 11 23:05:50 2023 No.10842765

>>10841142
I go to pretty much every con
Friday actually saw 3 decent looking women
Rest were trash and most of the people there were from Austin area, I could recognize at least 60% of the cosplayers as bring from Austin
It was a trash con and boring but I looked great as always

Anonymous Sun Mar 12 01:28:26 2023 No.10842781

Seems like Ecchi Expo is expanding... again!

What do y'all think of the growing number of Ecchi cons (Ecchi Expo, Waifu Expo, Ecchi Fiesta, etc.) in Texas?

Cons for degenerates in this day and age? Great for hooking up and getting laid since no minors are allowed?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 12 01:56:27 2023 No.10842795 >>10842753 It's speed dating, and speed dating at anime conventions, so yeah it's pretty much guaranteed to be awful.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 12 02:49:11 2023 No.10842805 >>10842795 I mean you'd think they at least pair you with the right gender, jfc.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 12 04:27:21 2023 No.10842821 >>10842781 >since no minors are allowed? This always a plus, even without anything sex-related. That's obvious when any con shuts the doors for vendor hall then the kiddies vanish and the vibe changes in a matter of minutes.

Anonymous Sun Mar 12 04:31:09 2023 No.10842823

>>10842781
>>10842821
It's fucking awful though. All the decent girls don't go unless they have a bf to make them feel secure going the girls without bfs are onlyfans sluts glong for the hotel gangbang
Like do you guys just go to these cons or do you actually interact with people there
It's awful, I don't see the point unless you're a loser of a guy and can't get sex normally

Anonymous Sun Mar 12 04:37:32 2023 No.10842824

>>10842823
>It's awful, I don't see the point unless you're a loser of a guy and can't get sex normally
Thats me.
But putting me into sexually charged situations like that wouldn't help me get laid and I find overt sexualization to be uncouth. But maybe that's why I haven't had sex in 10 years.

Anonymous Sun Mar 12 04:45:23 2023 No.10842827

>>10842823
Hey, I've never been to a hentai con. Ecchi was on my list last year but it didn't pan out plus $100 is kind of a ripoff for a small city con. What I can say is about other cons known for their hookups
>unless they have a bf to make them feel secure going
1. They don't all have boyfriends 2. They don't bring them along even if they do 3. It's all but irrelevant if they do.
Cons are full of stranger mingling with me, and that often includes the kinds of girls you're describing. Most come off as sweet, and even if that's an act, at least they're good at it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 12 05:55:11 2023 No.10842838 File: 31 KB, 600x600, E2mQDQ3XIAUZ69J.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Haha disregard the other messages 10842823 has outed themselves as pic related. Pay no mind. #JustLardassThings

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 12 11:21:15 2023 No.10842863 >>10841067 This is the first I've heard of this, and I do a LOT of con related stuff...How was this not a bigger deal?

Anonymous Sun Mar 12 13:15:10 2023 No.10842874
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>>10842823
There is no "hotel gangbang". And yeah, plenty of them won't really deal with you unless you have kind of clout/status in their cosplwy world or you're a photographer.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 12 16:33:27 2023 No.10842890 >>10842874 >or you're a photographer. I've never met anyone who was an actual photographer at an 18+ con Just idiots with cameras

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 13 13:45:15 2023 No.10843094 >>10842038 Nothing to write home about.

Anonymous Mon Mar 13 13:46:21 2023 No.10843095

>>10842517
AFest really nuked the fun of their con with their mandates. Last year was insufferable. I should have went to Matsuri in Houston. Everybody was there and no mask or covid requirements. Let's see how much more money they are willing to lose to virtue signal.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 13 13:46:51 2023 No.10843096 >>10842753 Usually a sausage fest.

Anonymous Mon Mar 13 14:41:08 2023 No.10843100

>>10843095
I used to be able to say Afest was my favorite con but it's been really disappointing, and not even just because of the fall-out of covid. They rarely have anything fun going on and their guest lists have been crap. They still like to tout themselves as a great 4-day con but you can barely enjoy it like that anymore since they aren't on a holiday weekend and 99% of people work Mondays.

Anonymous Mon Mar 13 14:53:56 2023 No.10843101

>>10843100
Afest use to be my favorite con right behind Akon. But both conventions fell in quality. Thankfully, Texas has more cons than ever so there's still fun to be had. SJ is dropping their mandates so it has a chance to recover its rep. They have a bigger con space so it will help them. But afest is dead to me and akon is just a casual con at this point. Irving convention center is the worst location for a con that size, and it makes it feel way too small. The space isn't well used, either since it's mostly vertical. All around bad place.

Anonymous Mon Mar 13 22:18:21 2023 No.10843227

>>10843101
Agreed on A-Kon to be honest. The ICC is awful for anything above an 8k max con. As a SJ enjoyer I hope it stays the size it is, it's not packed but it's also not dead. Didn't Akon partner with Dreamhack? Why are they so unable to get a sponsor that can get them in the Kay Bailey? (Provided price is the issue, I don't know)

Anonymous Tue Mar 14 01:37:06 2023 No.10843257

>>10843227
Fan Expo blocks them due to an exclusivity contract. A-Kon would need to move to April or October to move into the KBH. A-Kon needs to talk to lawyers to see what can be done. They've run out of locations to hold it unless they want to return to Fair Park.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 16 21:53:23 2023 No.10843828 >>10842517 We won lads, masks are not required this year.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 22 00:12:34 2023 No.10844988 >>10842753 San Japan didn't have a speed dating panel last year, otherwise I'd have gone to it lol I remember seeing some speed friending thing on the schedule that I skipped, but that might also be me confusing San Japan's schedule with A-Kon's

Anonymous Wed Mar 22 00:31:27 2023 No.10844993

>>10843100
I guess they're still rekt after FLOW

>>10843257
>They've run out of locations to hold it unless they want to return to Fair Park
From what I've seen, they have the ICC for at least another year (I want to say two more years but I can only confirm the one additional year). Beyond that, if A-Kon keeps carrying on like they did last year I'll be very surprised if it outlasts its tenure at the ICC, but then again they survived Fair Park so anything's possible.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 22 01:36:14 2023 No.10845010 Weebcon looks like it could be alright. It's local enough that I should probably go, also they're skipping the Club Kaiju night for that month because of it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 22 03:24:55 2023 No.10845037 >>10844993 They're hosed after this year unless they begin capping attendance at the ICC. They're too big to move to the Gaylord. They'll need to throw down to get into the KBH as there's nowhere else to go.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 22 04:37:44 2023 No.10845048 >friend can't go to Weebcon >gave me his ticket Didn't see anything on the website, is it really no mask or vax bs?

Anonymous Wed Mar 22 06:29:01 2023 No.10845067

>>10845048
Correct, no covid requirements this year.

>>10844993
They can neither afford nor would the Gaylord let them touch them with a ten foot pole. The A-kon crowd is retarded; if someone could fuck a fish at the Anatole and get A-kon kicked out, they would do it at the Gaylord. Chances are hotel managers talk just as much as con runners.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 22 06:31:06 2023 No.10845068 >>10845037 >>10845067 Ope linked the wrong post. But yes the Gaylord is definitely off the table for A-kon. Only plausible place for them is going back to Fair Park or fighting for KBH.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 22 21:04:07 2023 No.10845194 >>10845067 >>10845068 Y'all are morons. The Gaylord is off the table because it's too small. The hotel block can't support an event of akon size. Obviously Gaylord has no issues with fan events, they host weebcon and quake con.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 23 04:38:27 2023 No.10845280 >>10844988 Speed friending was glorified speed dating just faggot friendly which means nobody was happy with it. The presenters didn’t pretend otherwise since it was about how they found their spouse at a speed dating event

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 23 05:36:13 2023 No.10845287 >>10845067 Alright. Anyone got any advice for WeebCon? First time going.

Anonymous Thu Mar 23 05:59:25 2023 No.10845294

>>10845194
And the ICC isn't? This is the first year Gaylord is hosting Weeb so we have no way of knowing if they'll put up with people's shit and Quake is nowhere near the level of absolute shittery that anime congoers can come up with. It's not size, it's the fact that the Gaylord doesn't want people launching themselves from bridges and fucking the koi fish.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 23 16:05:34 2023 No.10845360 >>10845294 The ICC isn't a hotel. The deal to book the space is completely different. If hotel managers talk like anon suggests they wouldn't have signed weebcon on in the first place.

Anonymous Thu Mar 23 20:08:51 2023 No.10845411

>>10845360
All events are treated separately. Just because Akon attendees try to fuck fish and destroy priceless artifacts doesn't mean it applies to all anime cons in Dallas.

They are sure as hell talking but it's only Akon with the bad rep in DFW. Quakecon got yeeted out of the Anatole too but were able to right their ship. It also helps that Quakecon is backed by big money.

Weebcon needs to become a party con with shithead people causing tens of thousands in damages before they'll get booted.

Anonymous Fri Mar 24 23:03:43 2023 No.10845632

>>10845037
>They're hosed after this year unless they begin capping attendance at the ICC
They're 100% not gonna do that

>>10845280
I think last year's A-Kon had a separate LGBT-friendly speed dating panel, that decision was just about the only thing done right at that convention.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 30 15:23:01 2023 No.10846572 >Weebcon schedule is up I thought Dan Green was going to be a panelist at this thing, is he really only going to be signing autographs? It'd be a waste to have dusted him off after all this time just to have him only sign things.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 30 16:19:36 2023 No.10846577 >>10846572 >>I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. I guess it's not easy enough. I hope they update with descriptions

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 4 19:33:40 2023 No.10847413 Any opinions on this mini-mini con thing? saw it in the san japan email they sent out, its free and only a few minutes away from where I live so I might check it out. https://miniminicon.com/

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 6 04:40:45 2023 No.10847710 im flying from California for weebcon what should I expect?

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 6 08:42:55 2023 No.10847746 Anything going on in South Texas in the next few months?

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 6 16:47:49 2023 No.10847776 >>10847746 Mini con in San Antonio, Comic con in McAllen. Both are on the same weekend at the end of the month.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 7 23:21:45 2023 No.10848014 Animefrontier was fun for me yeah masks suck but hey the flow concert was worth it

Anonymous Sat Apr 8 01:06:47 2023 No.10848039

Sorry to repost but I’m an idiot who bumped a dead thread on weebcon,
Anyways about weebcon:
Is anyone else at this con incredibly disappointed by it?
It started an hour late, panels are being canceled with no word, guest are canceling last minute left and right, they put a time limit on the free autographs, the vendors hall sucks ass it’s all fucking funko pops
They also promised food trucks but there were no food trucks that my group could find, we ended up eating the most over priced ass tasting pizza ever
This con honestly felt like such a waste of time I regret buying a multiple day pass because I do not want to go back

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 8 02:09:31 2023 No.10848046 >>10848039 It's that bad? I didn't have time to go over today, was mostly just planning on looking at the vendors anyways.

Anonymous Sat Apr 8 02:23:43 2023 No.10848048

>>10848046
if you have an unhealthy obsession with funko pops then the dealers room is the place for you bc it’s about 85% funko pops, 10% artist alley/random home made stuff & 3D printed crafts, 5% actual anime figures and merch…
it’s pretty disorganized. heard from a friend that the meet up rooms are a mess and panels are being canceled without any say from the con, you find out by showing up and waiting for no one to show
idk how to explain it but this convention is like an anime convention for normies it’s pretty sad

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 8 02:38:29 2023 No.10848052 >>10848039 What panels got cancelled I dipped early and didn’t go to the fucking after party cause autism and being a pussy

Anonymous Sun Apr 9 01:15:15 2023 No.10848261

Any going to the Weebcon afterparty? I was there earlier today, but left early because my Amazon package came early and I didn't went it to sit in front of my door the whole day. My intention was to go back at night, but now I'm not sure if I want to lol.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 9 03:31:16 2023 No.10848374 >>10848039 It's not great, but it's at least much better than last year's A-Kon. I can actually get to the panels I want to see, there was ample seating at the Naruto cast reunion, the dealer room isn't a fire hazard, etc.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 9 05:03:50 2023 No.10848386 Anyone going tomorrow? Some shit came up and tomorrow is gonna be my first day there. Could bring my teaset and have a little teatime if any seagulls are interested.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 9 09:27:55 2023 No.10848463 >>10848386 I'm not a lolita but I'll drink tea with you after I do the Nier meet

Anonymous Sun Apr 9 18:22:21 2023 No.10848516

>>10848052
Sorry I’m just now responding, the armor 101 panel got canceled with no word, I know two girls who were running a few panels got covid and couldn’t go but weebcon never announced that their panels got canceled, I found out from a friend and a few other con goers that the host of the panels got covid and weren’t there.
I know a bunch of meet ups were moved last minute with no word, if you want more info I’d suggest joining the discord and reading through the help channel and feedback channel, a lot of people are detailing a lot of issues.
This was probably the worst con expert w I’ve had, I was so disappointed

Anonymous Sun Apr 9 23:58:52 2023 No.10848585

>>10848048
Can we as a collective ban the sale of funko pops at conventions? Everyone is trying to pawn them off but still charge them at an upcharged convention price. None of them sell and it was sad seeing the weebcon dealer room be all funko pops people were trying to get rid of

Anonymous Mon Apr 10 00:57:58 2023 No.10848598 [DELETED]

>>10848585
Does no one know that Weebcon was started by a Funko anime shop? Wow shocking that they let in all their Funko dealsr friends in. They even got people to get the guests to sign wagon loads of Funkos so they can sell them for 10x profit.

They don't give a fuck what you think as it's a poorly veiled anime Funko convention.

Anonymous Mon Apr 10 01:03:59 2023 No.10848602

>>10848585
Does no one know that Weebcon was started by a Funko anime shop? Wow shocking that they let in all their Funko dealer friends. They even got people to get the guests to sign wagon loads of Funkos so they can sell them for 10x profit.

They don't give a fuck what you think as it's a poorly veiled anime funko convention.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 10 01:53:35 2023 No.10848645 >>10848602 >Does no one know that Weebcon was started by a Funko anime shop? I just learned from your post so I do now. Suddenly everything is so clear now.

Anonymous Mon Apr 10 02:06:37 2023 No.10848658

>>10848602
Bro no fucking way… that explains so much.
They keep saying “next year will be better! We sure showed the Gaylord that Weebs show up! Hopefully they will take us more seriously next year!” Like.. y’all no one is gonna fucking come back next year, I sure as shit will never go back

Anonymous Mon Apr 10 02:37:58 2023 No.10848675

>>10848645
>>10848658
If anyone wants to say bullshit the store is called Wild West Weebs. They proudly show off their Funko products in promos. It blows my mind that people aren't seeing the gd obvious.

If they want to prove that they listen they can try to be a con for anime fans that cares to be an anime con. It all seems like a shit comic con run by a dumb dealer.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 10 05:09:54 2023 No.10848721 >>10848675 I feel so stupid for having been excited and working hard on a cosplay for this con, im definitely not going back in the foreseeable future

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 10 05:12:57 2023 No.10848722 >So you want to a be a voice actor >Cosplay on a budget. >Guess the anime OP. >Q&A with some random literally who "idol" Why does every con have the same shit panels?

Anonymous Mon Apr 10 14:14:08 2023 No.10848818

>>10848675
>they can try to be a con for anime fans that cares to be an anime con
Out of all the cons I've been to over the past seven years of going to cons (nine if you count the two year covid gap), this one was the first one where the voice actor guests were ones that I actually cared about, so I got the impression that they care about the fans after all instead of just peddling CR/Funimation's shit to normalfags. Yes, the dealer room was shit, but if you're just going to a con to buyfag then stay home and buyfag your shit from Amazon for cheaper prices. Or go and be packed into a fire hazard with everyone else at A-Kon.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 10 20:06:36 2023 No.10848898 >>10845068 They better get to fighting because nobody wants to go to a fucking anime convention in an open-air fairground in a crime-infested urban area. If Matsuri could get the GRB how hard can it be for A-Kon to get KBH?

Anonymous Mon Apr 10 23:07:33 2023 No.10848928

>>10848898
That wasn't even the fucking worst of it though. They had 1 building set for panels, and all 8-9 rooms were split with fucking curtains.

Also I bet they could get Fort Worth Convention Center or KBH if they put on the contract to supply all fish with guns so they can defend themselves from A-kon perverts.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 10 23:51:38 2023 No.10848936 >>10848928 A-Kon will never ever return to Fort Worth. They had horrible contracts in place. It was why they were sold to new owners as they got fleeced by Fort Worth.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 13 01:24:37 2023 No.10849458 >>10848936 How horrible was this contract? I was in the threads at the time of A-Kon's meltdown back in late 2018, and I don't remember anyone blaming the FWCC on A-Kon's financial troubles.

Anonymous Thu Apr 13 04:35:08 2023 No.10849480

>>10849458
They lost over a million dollars due to poorly written contracts. Before calling bullshit the source was directly from A-Kon higher-ups who worked under the owners. If the new owners hadn't stepped in A-kon would have been bankrupt due to huge debts. It's a miracle that they had a show in 2021. They were on the verge of folding up then too after bleeding a lot of money for 2 years and getting out of the terrible FWCC contract.

When the ICC contract ends this year they're going to be back on thin ice unless they find a better venue solution.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 14 00:36:59 2023 No.10849582 File: 305 KB, 1274x755, anime sekai.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Anyone have any experience with Anime Sekai? Worth driving 3 hours to Abilene for if I live in Dallas?

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 14 00:49:58 2023 No.10849583 File: 739 KB, 1259x838, previews.123rf.com_images_sanneberg_sanneberg1708_sanneberg170800669_85057705-guy-smiling-and-giving-thumbs-up-portrait.jpg.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10842823 >tfw normal guy who can get sex

Anonymous Fri Apr 14 04:59:47 2023 No.10849616

>>10849582
No. It's fine and the AC in the con center is heavenly but it's smaller than even the baby cons here in the metroplex. Late-night dance was fun but that's about it. May be fun if you just want a mini vacation and just get some good ass food in Abilene while you're there, though.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 14 14:16:45 2023 No.10849671 File: 239 KB, 463x371, 1674089349766920.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Will be going to Ecchicon in Pflugerville today as Gray Fullbuster. Come say hello to a fellow basket weaver if you see me.

Anonymous Fri Apr 14 14:43:06 2023 No.10849676
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>>10849480
I had to clue, got-damn thats fucked. Anyways the ICC sucks for this convention even IF I am going this year, I'm planning on something simple and easy to move in.

One major reason is the area around the con is nice and contained with food, drinks, etc in that small plaza. Of course the breakfast options - and fuck, anything before noon, is terrible.

IF it dies after ICC goes away, it is a shame.

Admittedly also a shame is shit like the reptile show in fort worth CC apparently had a better broker than the anime convention to not get fucked by this.

>>10849671
woah snale, enjoi cawn

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 14 22:10:21 2023 No.10849757 >>10849676 If it dies after this year, what con would you recommend? I went to AM for years before it got to be too far gone and then switched over to A-Kon.

Anonymous Sat Apr 15 17:20:51 2023 No.10849880

>>10849671
>missed Ecchicon again this year because I didn't know when it was happening
Fucking shit, I really need to look up the dates for all these things ahead of time.

>>10849676
>IF it dies after ICC goes away, it is a shame.
A-Kon's been bad for a long time, so I don't know if it's really a shame to see it go. It was already having overcrowding problems as far back as 2015 (while not as bad as 2022 at the ICC, 2015 was the first year I remember when I couldn't get to panels because they filled up too quickly), then when they moved to the FWCC there were signs of improvement, but as we know from the information earlier in this thread the FWCC nearly killed the con. The con should have shut down after the 2018 A-Kon when they were having all their financial troubles, but instead they kept going under dubious leadership and ended up at all these venues that are terrible for the convention for one reason or another because it was all they could get. The only reason they're able to keep going is on the inertia of being the oldest anime con in Texas, then you actually go to it and it's terrible, so I wouldn't mind if A-Kon died after this year.

>>10849757
If you have the means to get to either AM or A-Kon, you should be able to get to San Japan as well which is my personal favorite Texas con. They even lifted the mask mandates for this year so there's not much to complain about anymore.

Anonymous Sat Apr 15 17:29:52 2023 No.10849882
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>>10849880
>Fucking shit, I really need to look up the dates for all these things ahead of time.
There's so many cons going on in Texas now that it's easy to start overlooking some. For example I didn't know until I already had the Ecchi tickets that the SA Riverwalk con was happening this same weekend.

Anonymous Sun Apr 16 17:08:23 2023 No.10850056
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>>10849671
>>10849676
>>10849880

Thanks - The con was fun, I was Gray the first day and Natsu the second for the Gala and Rave - Didn't stay long into the rave though.
This was only my second con, people were saying there's another Ecchicon scheduled for December which should be bigger/better, but even so overall I liked this one. Lots of friendly and chill people.

Also, just before the Gala this retardedly hot Geralt & Yennefer couple came in and mogged absolutely fucking everyone. Yennefer had her formal dress on for the dinner, then for the rave took it off and was wearing some strappy bodysuit. Big fucking bongolos guys, huge honkers, too much for my heart to take. Talked to both of them, cool people.

>>10849882
Just bought tickets to SanJapan in September (I know I'm early but whatever) and will pick up ColossalCon tickets at some point. Will try to find 1-2 cons to go to between now and then as well.
For my next cosplay I'm thinking either Kazuma from Konosuba or Loid from SpyXFamily.

Thanks for reading my blog.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 16 18:53:40 2023 No.10850073 >>10850056 Glad you enjoyed the con! Sounds like it was a great experience and it's what people hope for when going to these things. Not the san-japan anon, but 'I know I'm early' - pfft, I had SanJapan tickets since March.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 16 21:05:56 2023 No.10850103 Anyone wanna go to miniminicon together? Never been but figured I'd stop by.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 17 02:53:07 2023 No.10850143 >>10834990 san japan's staff showed their ass last year, they went from one of my favorite cons to dead last. fucking hypochondriac homos.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 18 07:22:02 2023 No.10850372 >>10850056 >kazuma Another kazuma cosplayer? Impossible, I thought I was the only one. I'm actually going to try to get a konosuba group for yumicon, I know a megumin, yunyun, and an aqua, but we're missing darkness.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 18 13:41:39 2023 No.10850405 >>10850372 >YumiCon Damn, someone actually mentioning that. Were you there last year? I did, and it's to date the only SA con I've done so far as tiny as it was.

Anonymous Tue Apr 18 18:42:39 2023 No.10850482

>>10850372
Sounds like you have a good/fun group of friends.
Cosplaying as Kazuma just seems like a lot of fun, and I really enjoy the show. Especially fun if you're armed with CHUNCHIMARU and are with a Megumin cosplayer.
>>10850405
I've checked the YumiCon website a couple times but something about it just turns me off.
AnimeSTX is like a week before YumiCon, also in SA, and is free. But now I'm intrigued by the Konosuba Anon attending.

Anonymous Wed Apr 19 09:58:45 2023 No.10850591

>>10850405
This will be my first yumicon but I got friends going. I did go to mochifest, which was run by the same people, and it was fine. I plan to go to ecchi fiesta which is also run by the same people.

>>10850482
I'm having my megumin friend 3D print chunchunmaru. You probably saw me at ecchi, your hint is that the yennifer asked me for a photo in my cosplay when she was still dressed as 2B.

Anonymous Thu Apr 20 01:22:00 2023 No.10850732

>>10849582
Last time I went it was okay, but don't expect too much. It's still a small con in a small college city. Maybe wait until some guests are announced before looking at hotels. Or just day trip it, it's just a short jaunt down I20.
But like the other guy said we've got some good food around here. And consider looking at other things to do in the area. I swear we have things.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 20 03:55:46 2023 No.10850763 Looks like there's some drama stirring up around Ecchi Expo and its owner. Wonder how this one will pan out lol

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 20 04:36:26 2023 No.10850770 >>10850763 Josh has been a giant piece of shit ever since the begining. I'm glad to see his ways of screwing people over is finally coming to light.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 20 04:39:17 2023 No.10850771 >>10850763 Post details anon

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 20 15:50:41 2023 No.10850825 >>10843095 They haven’t even announced no guests even though the con is coming up in August…

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 20 16:07:30 2023 No.10850830 >>10850825 Afest is the same weekend as Ecchi Fiesta. However afest is more convenient cause I do not live in SA. And also, the fiesta is taking place in an auditorium? Makes me suspect it is not worth going to.

Anonymous Wed Apr 26 23:13:53 2023 No.10851784

I accidentally visited this board today. But I wanna get my dick wet. Do hot young girls go to these cons or is it just 30yr old failed females trying to stay relevant? I live very close to Carrollton (DFW) so I bet there’s some of these stupid cons close by

Anonymous Fri Apr 28 17:43:12 2023 No.10852122

>>10851784
Can't really help you much on what the con girls there are like since I've only done one Dallas con ever (and it was tiny). However you are in luck because that area is more dense with cons than anywhere in the country, maybe the entire world. Last year I saw about 30-35 cons listed in Texas, 15-20 in or around Dallas

>>	Anonymous Tue May 2 03:15:09 2023 No.10852684 >>10851784 >Do hot young girls go to these cons Yes, but as with any other place the rule is still that if you aren't already getting laid elsewhere you'll likely not get laid here either.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 4 06:41:19 2023 No.10853055 >>10842753 I hope so. I want to personally bully people like this chick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJJ3XmCJtoU

Anonymous Thu May 4 21:16:39 2023 No.10853206
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Is A-Kon actually out of weekend passes already, or is the site just bugged? I'm not planning on going considering how much of a fire hazard the one last year was, but just curious. If they actually ran out of weekend passes because they realized they need to cap attendance, I'm wondering why they're still selling one-day passes.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 4 21:18:54 2023 No.10853207 >>10853206 >If they actually ran out of weekend passes because they realized they need to cap attendance, I'm wondering why they're still selling one-day passes. Same reason everyone does this: artificial scarcity scam

>>	Anonymous Thu May 4 22:29:24 2023 No.10853237 >>10853206 More likely price is going up but they haven't fixed it.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 4 23:43:47 2023 No.10853257 >>10853237 They must be watching CGL. It's working.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 7 18:43:39 2023 No.10853724 How is Animefest compared to Akon? Not going to Akon this year since it was absurdly overpacked last year.

Anonymous Mon May 8 15:21:12 2023 No.10853837

>>10853724
Well if crowding is your concern you won't find that at afest. They've had a steep attendance decline post covid.

Outside of that, since they consider themselves a 4 day con they like to repeat panels throughout the weekend and put the cosplay contest on Sunday which is extremely annoying if you aren't attending the con Monday. Which...don't because they shut everything down by 2pm and it's a lot of programming that already happened over the weekend.
The nightlife is non existent, or if it isn't I have no idea where everyone goes because the con floor is dead by 9pm. Artist alley is usually really solid AND free. You don't need a badge to access that which is rare these days

They used to get Japanese industry guests which really made them stand out. Without that they're average with a bit more emphasis on the art show/art auction than a typical con and the "4 days" thing.

Anonymous Mon May 8 15:29:58 2023 No.10853840

>>10853837
The 4-day con gimmick died when they stopped putting the con on labor day weekend when people were naturally off on Monday. It's really killed the vibe they used to have on top of them lacking in industry guests these days. I think the last time I completely enjoyed Afest was the years the Yuri on Ice creator and Arina Tanemura were there because it truly felt like an anime con. Now it's barely above average; if you don't live in DFW it's barely worth investing in a whole 4 day trip for. I'm personally doing A-Kon over Afest because A-Kon actually has events worth going to anymore.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 8 16:50:46 2023 No.10853852 >>10853840 That year was an absolute cluster fuck. Idk who on their staff calling shots just didn't pay attention to the fact YOI was huge but it made getting autographs from anyone else nightmare fuel

Anonymous Tue May 9 14:37:18 2023 No.10853974

>>10853852
Yeah they were wholly unprepared. I don't go to cons for guests honestly so it didn't affect me much but the con itself at least had the excitement that it doesn't really have anymore. Even last year with Luxiem as a guest it felt weirdly subdued. Maybe I'm too old to understand the vtuber hype, I dunno.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 19:25:38 2023 No.10854015 >>10834982 can't believe i'm going to miss seeing celeste amazing ass in those see thru leggins when she cosplays. also jen van damsel and marie doll at comicpalooza this year.

Anonymous Tue May 9 20:09:51 2023 No.10854023

>>10853840
At least the Sheraton is a comfy venue, but I largely agree. Last time I went was in 2019 before covid, I remember leaving early because I ran out of stuff to do. They still had a few industry guests then (the artist that did Lain was there), but I'm not sure about now since I haven't been back in four years now.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 20:59:35 2023 No.10854037 >>10854023 The pull for them was Japanese guests but they haven't announced any in years. They focus a lot more on the gaming side but the shrinking crowds show it isn't working.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 01:35:34 2023 No.10854071 Anime North Texas is doing a thing in Mesquite this year. I guess they're going the Anime Sekai route?

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 15:58:43 2023 No.10854159 >>10854071 lol how the hell is Anime North Texas still alive?! It should've been dead wtf Is Steven Lin still behind this?!

Anonymous Thu May 11 01:59:14 2023 No.10854224

>>10853837
A handful of people go up to the 30whatsit floors to play D&D, board games, and Werewolf. Mostly Werewolf. And the folks who are up there as pm rolls into am are theater kid types, which maybe that's your kind of crowd but it certainly wasn't mine. But beyond that, I've got no clue what goes on at nights because I'm old and boring.
Actually, wait, I just remembered that there's 18+ panels. And last year there was a very poorly run "hot takes" kind of thing. I left early to go to something else, but I hear someone got up and defended incest. But on the whole I can't imagine many of those panels are worth attending.
>>10853974
Subdued was the word I used to my friends who skipped. That really encompassed it. Things from previous years I was hoping to see were missing and the artist alley felt like it had been shrunk by a third.
But if those old farts who play Battletech still come around, I'll consider going again. I'm starting to get some of the basics down through osmosis from them.

Anonymous Thu May 11 02:23:20 2023 No.10854230

>>10853837
>>10853840
Yeah, I live in Dallas so there won't be any travel/hotel/food expenses to worry about. I just want something that will entertain me for a day or two without feeling like I'm packed in a slave ship. Afest sounds good enough to fit the bill.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 11 04:06:51 2023 No.10854238 >>10854230 Yeah, if you're dallas local it's a perfectly acceptable way to spend the weekend. I don't take any time off for it but it's fine for a Saturday or Sunday day trip.

Anonymous Mon May 15 11:09:49 2023 No.10854742

So is Houston fucking cursed when it comes to Cons? Fairly new transplant here who just read up on what happened to Space City Comic Con and now seeing how...bland the line up is for Comicpalooza, who the fuck waits until the month of the con to announce people, I'm just wondering if there will ever be another good con here.

Anonymous Mon May 15 15:36:34 2023 No.10854764

>>10854742
Yes, it is. Anime Matsuri has a lock on anime cons and bullies anyone else out so all you're left with is comic cons and Delta H...which I've never been to but it sounds like shit. Onicon like to claim they're a Houston con but they moved to Galveston years ago and just pretend like they didn't??? Not that they were very good either.

Honestly it makes no sense why the biggest city in the state can't have at least one good con.

Anonymous Mon May 15 22:04:56 2023 No.10854785

>>10854742
CP is what happens when a city takes over a comic con then wonders why no one wants to show up anymore. They booted out the original founder then turn it a generic shitshow. The people who run it don't know what they're doing with bureaucratic bullshit.

Matsuri is doing the same thing with barely any announcements at 3 months out. John will keep hyping that good shit is on the way but we know he's fucking lolitas at his anime bar.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 23 10:29:16 2023 No.10856185 Was planning on going to Yumi next week but ended up getting fucked up the ass and won't be able to attend. Are there any cons coming up worth going to, preferably in the Austin area?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 23 18:23:44 2023 No.10856271 >S Tier: Afest, San Japan >A Tier: Oni, ANT >B Tier: Matsuri, Ikki, A-Kon >C Tier: Everything else

Anonymous Tue May 23 18:28:09 2023 No.10856272

>>10853724
Afest's owner is a retard but the con itself has always been better than A-Kon. Its biggest draw is not needing a badge, but unfortunately their COVID precaution bullshit put a death sentence on the nightly activity. Used to be bustling on the 1st and 2nd floors of the convention center after 9 PM and it's been dead the last 2 years.

Anonymous Tue May 23 20:53:51 2023 No.10856308

>>10856272
Have you been in the last few years? Sorry couldn’t figure out a way to type that without it sounding harsh. Genuine question, not trying to be rude. AnimeFest was bad in 2019, too. It wasn’t like I want a refund awful but I’m glad I live close by so I didn’t waste money on a hotel, because there just wasn’t shit to do half the time and the night life was near nonexistent even then. Covid can’t be blamed for everything. Sometimes a con just isn’t good anymore.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 24 15:46:25 2023 No.10856448 >>10856185 Colossalcon Texas, but if you don't want to wait 3 months until your next con (and if you're at least somewhat into vidya), there's RTX and Classic Game Fest also in the Austin area.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 25 19:56:30 2023 No.10856787 The A-Kon panel schedule is finally out and surprise surprise, a quarter of the panels are about how bad the anime community is for blacks and gays. Fun stuff, guys.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 25 22:43:55 2023 No.10856823 >>10856271 You got yout A tier and B tier mixed up bro. Except maybe ikki, that's probably really a B.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 25 22:56:37 2023 No.10856828 >>10856787 Panels are only selected from what's submitted. Be the change you want to see.

Anonymous Fri May 26 01:45:16 2023 No.10856866

>>10856271
I don't have a lot of varied experience, but as an SA local, I hope to god SJ isn't what's considered S-tier.
I'd give it a solid mid-A, it has some good vendors and vistors, the AA is fairly decent and there's a nice crowd of cosplayers. But the venue is horrible and way too spaced out with empty space and its always horribly managed. Not to mention like last year how you couldn't even get to the morning panels because they refused to let you into the hall that had the stairs to the panel rooms.

The panels have also always been pretty mediocre.
Honestly last year was so bad its really given me a horrible negative view of the con despite going on and off for 10 years

>>	Anonymous Fri May 26 20:53:25 2023 No.10857078 >>10835096 Haha “Gaylord”

>>	Anonymous Fri May 26 20:54:47 2023 No.10857079 >>10842038 I’m curious. Didn’t hear about this. Besides the obvious stench, can anyone tell me what this was actually like?

Anonymous Sun May 28 00:24:50 2023 No.10857467

>>10856787
Wow, the A-Kon schedule is out and it's not even the first day of the convention yet, I can't believe it! They're really breaking away from tradition here! Disappointingly, looks like they're using Fan Guru again instead of doing the smart thing and using Guidebook, so we're all gonna be passing around a PDF of the schedule on Discord again.

Looks like there's some stuff to do, now the question will be whether it'll be possible to make it to the panels you want this year without having to wait for an hour before each panel starts (probably not since it's the same venue).

Anonymous Sun May 28 01:22:46 2023 No.10857484
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>>10857467
To continue discussion on this I'll play the side of corporate shill and do it for free.
>Disappointingly, looks like they're using Fan Guru again instead of doing the smart thing and using Guidebook, so we're all gonna be passing around a PDF of the schedule on Discord again.
Nah speaking of breaking from tradition you can NOW DOWNLOAD the schedule onto FanGuru, which I guess costed them more. I've already downloaded it.

>Looks like there's some stuff to do, now the question will be whether it'll be possible to make it to the panels you want this year without having to wait for an hour before each panel starts (probably not since it's the same venue).
I agree here but in their defense the main hall events are now in the Hotel nearby and the goddamn fucking cosplay contest is no longer on the fourth floor so you dont have a 3 floor backup on the escalator. The gaming room is now 4th floor.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 28 04:27:33 2023 No.10857524 I miss when A-Kon was at the Anatole. Those were the best years. If Afest lives and ends up miraculously doubling in size they should move there.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 28 06:40:20 2023 No.10857569 >>10854764 How is AM bullying everyone out? Are they like... threatening other events or something? Because if so the Mayor's office is in BIG trouble. Or is AM just...the Wal-Mart in a sea of mom and pop cons? Kind of shit, but too big to fail?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 28 17:45:02 2023 No.10857687 >>10857569 Sort of both. They 9them or the AM dickriders) fucking come into CGL at times to defend their shitty con and shit on others, and also they get preference bc Houston supports them.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 28 17:50:57 2023 No.10857689 >>10857524 Anatole is no longer allowing any kind of nerd antics so don’t get your hopes up.

Anonymous Sun May 28 21:25:07 2023 No.10857748

>>10857569
I hate that matsuri is still the "main" houston con when year after year it's shit. Its high attendance numbers are kept afloat by the masses of normies who don't care about panels or event schedules and just want to ogle the slutty cosplays. Maybe there's just no one else able to front the huge undertaking of making a new con?

Anonymous Sun May 28 21:33:13 2023 No.10857750

>>10857748
They now claim that they're a 73k size convention. Having been in the GRB when CP was a good convention which probably had 50-60k people it blows my mind actually believe it. Every single 2022 vlog completely contradicts these claims as it was easy to walk around. When CP was a big show it was not easy to get around on the main floor.

I bet AM is going to brag soon that they're as big as AX. Like everything about they are the biggest bag of horseshit. The dickriders still hype up saying the numbers are legit.

Anonymous Sun May 28 23:46:22 2023 No.10857776

>>10857750
I wonder why the City of Houston and IRS don't fuck them in the ass for unpaid taxes. If you claim you sold X amount of tickets, and then you only pay Y amount of sales taxes...you go to jail. You just KNOW they've been audited more than once. I wonder what gives?

Anonymous Mon May 29 19:07:02 2023 No.10858060

>>10857484
>in their defense the main hall events are now in the Hotel nearby
It looks like at least some of the major guest panels are still in the ICC (ProZD's panel will be on the 3rd floor for example), so we'll likely have a repeat of last year's escalator fun this year too.

>>10857524
The Anatole was the sovl venue for A-Kon, but as I said earlier in the thread they were already having problems with overcrowding as early as 2015. And as I said earlier, to me the FWCC was A-Kon at its best, but A-Kon will never be held there again along with anything else due to Anime Frontier having a firm grip on it as well as A-Kon's bad reputation.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 29 20:27:15 2023 No.10858086 >>10858060 Yeah but you can go up the massive back and forth stairs on the outside - I forget if you can actually go IN the building from the outside, but it isn't hard to wait for a person walk out.

Anonymous Mon May 29 21:04:04 2023 No.10858097

>>10858060
It's not because of Anime Frontier. They don't have an exclusivity in place. It's all due to shitty contracts with the FWCC. The FWCC wanted them to come back for another year. A-kon lost 1.3 million dollars due to very poorly written contracts signed off by previous owners. They were renegotiated when it was sold to new people. Losing that much money isn't going to keep conventions around.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 29 21:35:14 2023 No.10858102 >>10858060 The Anatole was cozy AF felt like the old convention videos from the 90's. Anyone going to ColossalCon Texas? I'm going as Maverick from Top Gun.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 29 21:36:24 2023 No.10858105 >>10858102 >Anyone going to ColossalCon Texas? It's very high up on my list for consideration since I missed last year.

Anonymous Mon May 29 22:30:20 2023 No.10858119

>>10857776
They can lie all they want to the public like they normally do. They have to report the actual attendance to Houston First. The 2022 report showed that they announced turnstile numbers.

The city of Houston doesn't care about any of this. They make their money from the tax revenues. AM makes enough for the city to let them keep up with their bullshit. The IRS isn't going to shut them down either. They've done very well to dodge taxes.

Anonymous Tue May 30 05:23:09 2023 No.10858223
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>>10858119
Everyone announces turnstile...that's just how the business sector operates and is the norm. This is beyond common knowledge for anyone who has even spent 0.2 seconds actually working in the convention circuit.

Anonymous Tue May 30 16:21:34 2023 No.10858306

>>10858223
Oh look it's the AM cheerleaders once again. Welcome back.

Anime cons don't announce turnstile ya retard. Every large reputable North America anime con announce how many showed up. Comic cons and trade shows have adopted in announcing turnstile. AM tries to trick people by announcing turnstile as actual attendance.

At AX with over 100k attendance it was damn near impossible to get around. If AM really had 73k in the area it would have been difficult to get around. The Houston First report contradicts these numbers but is suppressed to be public info. AM doesn't want it to be caught once again in their web of lies.

I expect AM to announce 90k attendance for 2023 then Houston First quitely announce 30k.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 30 17:05:59 2023 No.10858320 File: 30 KB, 994x300, AMlol.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10858306 I'm not this anon but lol AM. I couldn't find the Houston First info but I did find this.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 31 04:10:55 2023 No.10858440 Any opinions on how the convention scene will be like moving from the Bay Area to Dallas?

>>	Anonymous Wed May 31 04:52:58 2023 No.10858467 >>10858306 AM is absolutely lying about their numbers, but every con reports turnstyle. It's been that way for years.

Anonymous Wed May 31 11:30:21 2023 No.10858501

>>10858306

Source
>I made it up

Lol. Here, allow me to provide you with some ACTUAL sources.

Houston first THEMSELVES have said that the convention has a more accurate count.

>The promoter of Anime Matsuri, (AM) not Houston First, will have an accurate figure for total attendance for their event.

>https://www.dropbox.com/s/bvawz6qoix5nj5r/AM%20attendance%20%281%29.pdf?dl=0

The Mayor's office have released attendance numbers via official citywide proclamation, and these numbers are the same as AM's self reported numbers. All of these under official sign and seal of the City of Houston.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ofm6epro4lulpr/297781978_747065963230813_8394667130016268395_n.jpg?dl=0

AM has been running for well over a decade now. And sure they have had some issues, every company does. But they still have their event...year after year. And every year you guys say

>Oh man gullz this is the last year for sure! They are toast!

And it never happens... Because you just make stuff up and convince yourselves it's real.

They announce turnstile numbers, and everyone else does. Because it's a multi-day event. If someone buys a one day pass, does it count as 1/3 of an attendance figure on a 3 day event? If I buy 3 one day passes, does that count as 3 attendees and a 3 day pass count as one attendee? Doing turnstile simplifies things.

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Anonymous Wed May 31 19:31:21 2023 No.10858574

>>10857689
>>10858060
I'm honestly shocked that the "A-Kon got kicked out of the Anatole for bad behavior" rumor still persists 7 years later. That's not what happened at all, the outdoor construction for the waterpark cut into the promised allotted space for the convention contracts during that period so the Anatole allowed conventions to rescind their contracts prematurely and get refunded. This is also why Quakecon stopped being there shortly after yet no one accuses them of being "kicked out of the Anatole"
Yes, I am aware of the vandalization of the Berlin Wall piece and the guy jacking off in the Koi pond, neither instance was grounds for exile from the hotel for the con

>>	Anonymous Wed May 31 19:32:30 2023 No.10858575 >>10858440 Fanime is better than most of what we've got but you'll probably enjoy San Japan, ANT, and A-Kon once they move to a better venue

Anonymous Wed May 31 20:40:32 2023 No.10858590

>>10857776
>>10858119
lol It's amazing how you armchair warriors keep saying AM this and AM that and yet the convention is still big and even growing while you keep pestering along with your fake outrage cause it's your only semblance of importance in your dreary life.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 31 21:36:58 2023 No.10858601 >>10834982 anyone go to comicpalooza? was wondering if harley celeste cosplayer was there? same for jennifer van damsel (just found out she did onlyfans- GOOD GODS). thanks.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 1 00:44:03 2023 No.10858652 >>10856271 >San Japan >S Tier lol, lmao even fucking C Tier

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 1 01:05:46 2023 No.10858658 >an idea for a cosplay hits me yesterday >relatively easy to pull off and I can get everything just barely in time for Saturday >it's gonna rain on Saturday and Sunday Damn... If only the idea came to me a couple days earlier I'd be good for Friday.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 1 01:14:38 2023 No.10858659 >>10858658 I don't want to jinx it but what the fuck ever, the rain has been 'oh itll come for sure!" 20 times in the last 10 days and 10% of that happened.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 2 03:34:08 2023 No.10858939 >>10856866 >the venue is horrible and way too spaced out Once you've been to shit like A-Kon at the Irving Convention Center, you'll have a great appreciation for events where you have plenty of space to breathe.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 2 03:56:53 2023 No.10858945 >>10858939 i cant wait to be a sardine tomorrow

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 2 13:43:38 2023 No.10859008 /cgl/ meetup/outing at some point this weekend here?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 2 17:38:33 2023 No.10859060 Whoever is selling their a-kon badge lmk my little sister wants to go and I need 1-2 to chaperone

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 2 21:08:30 2023 No.10859108 Most of the half decent panels are at max capacity 5 minutes before their start. I can only imagine the hell for later tonight and tomorrow.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 2 21:14:21 2023 No.10859111 Artist alley/ dealers den really be mid

Anonymous Fri Jun 2 21:21:36 2023 No.10859114
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If the Pool Party and Fire/Ice Afterparty is as hype as the Foam Party, it should be a good time. Pic related (tried to avoid doxxing anyone in the crowd but it had a solid attendance for a Thursday night).

Anonymous Sat Jun 3 00:09:01 2023 No.10859142

>>10858939
I know its probably the lesser of 2 evils, but being overly spread out really does impact the feel of things. Places like the AA and dealer's room are packed and feel suffocating, but literally 1 room over there's just miles of empty space.

It really bothers me with the AA because it and the dealers room are already part of massive rooms, yet all the stalls and booths are extremely condensed down so you're a sardine while you're in them, but you walk to the sides and there's just huge open space everywhere.

It's not exactly pretty open space either, I know its a convention hall but they could so so much more. At least fill the empty space with like statues or cut outs or something.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 3 01:20:37 2023 No.10859150 File: 1.15 MB, 828x1291, 63AE7DCC-F667-4625-B8AD-9A09B3C823DD.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Pool party wasn’t the best. It’s too small in size

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 3 02:06:09 2023 No.10859157 What's everyone up to?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 3 02:46:19 2023 No.10859165 >>10859150 Jesus how do they manage to always find the smallest things in Texas

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 3 02:58:45 2023 No.10859175 >>10859165 texans just make everything look half as big.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 3 03:25:31 2023 No.10859181 Any word of hotel parties?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 3 04:30:47 2023 No.10859187 File: 578 KB, 828x399, B1DF007D-2C26-44F8-B32A-B9DAC63B67F2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10859150 Vs colossal con water park. Akon is off my list now

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 3 05:20:44 2023 No.10859190 >>10859150 I love how barely anyone is actually in the water because who the fuck is going to actually be in the whole water with cosplay/a wig on? What is the point of a convention pool party??

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 3 05:43:34 2023 No.10859193 >>10859190 It’s just men standing around waiting for titties to be slipped or someone to bring back to the hotel.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 3 16:07:46 2023 No.10859228 Alon is so fucking retarded, they're making EVERYONE go through one entrance for bag check

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 3 16:39:24 2023 No.10859230 >>10859228 I truly don't understand the point of this. If someone is going to bring a gun or something, a shitty little bag check is not gonna stop them. I miss the old days with doors everywhere and you enter and exit wherever you want.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 3 17:01:06 2023 No.10859235 >>10859230 Its less to stop mass shooters and to stop individual insane people who might freak out and resort to violence because someone slapped their cosplay waifu's butt.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 4 06:10:30 2023 No.10859354 >>10859228 They're doing that again this year? I guess it's a good thing that I learned my lesson in 2022.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 4 16:51:26 2023 No.10859420 Holy fuck Akon blew. I've gone every year since 08 (sans 2019) and this was by far the worst one of all time. Last year wasn't great but they somehow downgraded everything about the con and venue even further.

Anonymous Mon Jun 5 01:55:57 2023 No.10859504
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>>10859420
Sans 2019 is funny because if you went to A-Kon at Fair park that had a lot of issues that they managed there but fucked up here pretty good.

>>10859142
Yeah Fair Park sucked ass but the AA was more like a strip, barely ANY SPACE for them. Last year I was sure they managed to fuck things up harder than before with no space to grow, but credit given, Westin Ballrooms 1-3 and the main programming being in Westin was pretty decent.

It's really just the con cannot manage in such a small ass area.

Let me eat my words from before >>10857484

Don't need to eat my words for the main hall with the cosplay contest, I did enjoy that being on main hall ( and with the fucking line wrapping twice infront of the hotel I can't blame them for not having space ), however Fan-Guru STILL SUCKS ASS and the only way to access the downloaded PDF without it updating is to turn on Airplane mode.

Also cosplay chess was moved to the gaming room floor ( floor 4 ) and they repeated Fair Park's 'lets tape the fucking floor with blue tape' so you had a panel that was kicked out of a room for unplanned area garbage.

TLDR?

PROS:
-They had more stuff. Hats off A-kon, you used space
-Good Programming - I don't give a shit what people said, most of the programming here was good and had a bit of everything - FANS panels which was a bit more essay oriented with even research cited, Fan panels which had stuff like sleepover gaming things for Sailor Moon, and Sonic themed things.
- Maid Cafe wasn't particularly Mid, they were pretty good and the snack was good (unless you asked for high school trash then you paid x20 up front price for sunchips)

CONS:
-YO WHAT THE FUCK A-KON STOP TRYING TO GROW WHEN YOU ALREADY DONT GOT THE SPACE. As was noted the convention panels are already filling. Everything is filling! Except the V-tuber panels which admittedly was on a Friday night but holy fucking shit it was empty for main programming room. Having the panels be nearly ALL FULL IS GREAT, BUT F

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 5 02:05:41 2023 No.10859506 A-Kon is staying at the ICC. Get use to it being in a small ass space.

Anonymous Mon Jun 5 02:08:19 2023 No.10859507
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Hit the limit
>>10859504
Cons continued -
FUCK IF THEY ARE ALWAYS FULL BEFORE THE PANEL EVEN STARTS, yeah the panel host might be ecstatic all seats are full but i'm sure the volunteers are SO HAPPY to go 'please sir don't open the door, FULL HOUSE x1000 and babysit nerds.
-Floor 3 is a goddamn fire hazard
-The terrace outside is absolutely goddamn wasted if it's one way down and you can't ever go up it. Yeah I get security but I remember Weebs going up and down it all day but now they figured that was an issue it was a non-place now.
-Dealer hall was somehow the SMALLEST out of every convention I went to. Frontier and San Japan are going to mog the shit out of the stuff you can buy. As another Anon noted there was like an entire wall unused because they didn't want to place anything against it. That seems like a mistake.

IDK, DIDN'T GO -
Cosplay contest - Didn't want to wait in the line, don't have a clue.
VTUBER FUTURE? - Vchiban wasn't particularly bad, they are doing something outside of corporation culture so good on them? Merch was pretty cool though even if I am not super into Vtubers. The teacup may be a tad overpriced but I blame initial release prices.
Costumes - Not them but I am already sick of Genshin/Honaki costumes. They all look the same. If the corp isn't already selling costumes they are missing out man.
Restaurants Nearby - Holy fuck everything in walking distance didn't expect the weeb impact. Gotta wait at lest 1 hour on Friday/Saturday for food. A-kon prob didn't warn about the weebhunger. I watched a table get like 4x pizzas somewhere. It was crazy. They had to place the food UNDER the pizza holders.
SECURITY - Actually the security was ok. They hired them. I was chased down for a tag I already had so I agree they did what they were paid for. What's the point of security theater though if you could park in the convention lot and then have free reign at the weeb line that's a quarter of a mile wrapped infront of the CC?
6/10ish to me

Anonymous Mon Jun 5 16:15:15 2023 No.10859617

this was my first a-kon, and i agree that it was pretty shit.

notable mentions:
>as previously mentioned, the icc fucking sucks. way too small and the single escalator situation is atrocious for a con of this size
>panel rooms are tiny and being on the third floor was suffocating with all the crowds
>not enough panels going on at one time. main programming was fine but there were multiple down periods with nothing to do
>incredibly disappointing artist alley, and a very confusing and inefficient vendor hall layout
>didn’t go to the rave but the party scene seemed dead outside of it; my perspective was limited though, as i got bored and left around 11 on saturday
>heard multiple accounts of theft happening this year. security was great at harrassing for passes but did next to nothing regarding the kleptos
>pool area was god awful and there were definitely multiple diseases passed around at the pool party. not sure why they even tried to host a pool party at all

this con seemed on par with ikkicon (though the kalahari actually has an appropriately sized pool area), save for the main programming. perhaps my expectations were too high, but i was pretty disappointed considering a-kon’s status as one of the big tx cons.

Anonymous Mon Jun 5 16:55:31 2023 No.10859628

>>10859617
>>way too small and the single escalator situation is atrocious for a con of this size
Yeah having them block off steps up to prevent foot traffic because they wouldn't check destroyed any hope of logical travel.

>heard multiple accounts of theft happening this year. security was great at harrassing for passes but did next to nothing regarding the kleptos
Honestly I hear this pretty much every con, it's just really easy in a crowded area. It's pretty impossible to catch/call out a dude that grabbed a thing in this suffocating box.

>not enough panels going on at one time. main programming was fine but there were multiple down periods with nothing to do
agree, wish the FANS group got larger/more rooms because they had a panel going every hour it seemed like.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 5 21:36:19 2023 No.10859707 >>10859617 At least akon didn't shut down their entire programming block Friday night for a bunch of horny weebs

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 5 22:22:49 2023 No.10859725 >>10859707 Which con did that?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 5 22:34:11 2023 No.10859728 >>10859725 Ikkicon

Anonymous Mon Jun 5 22:38:04 2023 No.10859731

>>10859504
>>10859507
>>10859617
>>10859628

Then don't go back. They're not leaving Irving. They refuse to make drastic changes like stop taking place in June to move to the KBH. Short of taking over the parking garages to add more space they're stuck being in a small ass space trying to cram 30,000 people into it.

Anonymous Mon Jun 5 23:59:25 2023 No.10859754
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>>10859731
but i literately already bought my ticket for next year. just wanted to vent, still best programming compared to most of TX cons. Comnpared to frontier it has fan stuff, and i think San japan has a lot of weird niche stuff in large convention rooms. I have the schedule still on guide book and its shit like 'is my Neopet still alive' and damn near no anime panels. It seems to follow their con theme really fucking hard even if its not anime. Last year had all kinds of horror themed panels which I imagine if you didn't like horror, you'd be out of luck.

TLDR: I bitch, but it's because I'm open to discussion. I'm not always right or a monolith

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 6 00:02:32 2023 No.10859756 >>10859728 Gross. So it was Ikkicon : Featuring proto Ecchi-expo?

Anonymous Tue Jun 6 00:12:48 2023 No.10859760

>>10859756
Ikkicon was uncomfortably horny this year. Their Friday night programming, including the 18+ vendor room with some of the most poorly drawn tits I've ever seen, the huge cosplay deviants booth in the dealers hall. 3 or 4 sticker vendors with horn stickers and my "favorite" the 18+ bath bomb vendor who was selling bath bombs with adult toys in them.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 6 00:58:39 2023 No.10859774 So sounds like avoiding A-kon after last year was the right call. Apparently everyone hates Matsuri but I'm booked for that, I've been enjoying it every year. What's the reason?

Anonymous Tue Jun 6 04:53:15 2023 No.10859807

Yeah, first Akon for me and agree on it being underwhelming.

To put the artist alley shit show in perspective, my wife collects pins and is pretty plugged into the artist scene as a result. The sentiment is most Texas artists including ones with big followings didn't get in which is a bummer. I'd guess that floor space was limited given the baffling decision to have artist alley, dealers hall, and meet and greets all in the same room.

Will say that the people who approached me were all super nice and were able to hold a conversation without spilling spaghetti, but I did a Runescape cosplay that people who recognized it were stoked to see and gave enough to talk about.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 6 19:52:34 2023 No.10859944 >>10859774 The reason is that they promise the world and deliver 3 hour late and mediocre events.

Anonymous Tue Jun 6 20:47:27 2023 No.10859951

>>10859774
>>10859944
Seconding this; Matsuri was my first con and I really liked it, until I went to A-Kon and realized that Matsuri was a shit show of poor planning. Events starting hours late, events being canceled or location moved with no prior notice, poorly run panels being accepted, canceled panels being hijacked by random attendees, and being blacklisted by a lot of guests because nobody wants to work with the coordinators.
I've been to Matsuri, A-Kon, and Oni-con all multiple times. A-Kon is the best so far. It's not perfect, but how decently things are run was kind of a huge shock to me compared to the shit show that is Matsuri.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 6 21:02:34 2023 No.10859956 >>10859731 nayrt but I would rather they keep it in June. Means I don't have to take off work to go lmao. And until Ikkicon stops being retarded and goes back to being a New Year's con that's the only big con that has that luxury.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 6 21:03:57 2023 No.10859957 >>10859707 I need the details here

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 6 22:55:53 2023 No.10859989 >>10859957 Already answered in this thread dipshit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 6 23:14:38 2023 No.10859994 >>10859989 I asked for details. Saying what con it was and offering no further elaboration isn't details, retard.

Anonymous Tue Jun 6 23:51:03 2023 No.10860008

>>10859994
You need to go see an eye doctor then because it was already answered special Olympics retard.

>>10859760
Do you need it explained anymore or are you 5 years old and don't understand English? That was the details unless you want some extensive writeup.

Anonymous Wed Jun 7 00:03:37 2023 No.10860012

>>10859957
I don't know what details you want?
After about 8pm this year on Friday night almost all of thr programing was 18+. They did panels, a burlesque show, possibly a drag show (can't remember) and had an 18+ vendor area where you could buy poorly drawn anime pussy.

If these things don't interest you you were basically out of luck. At least it was at the kalahari so there was other shit to do.

Anonymous Wed Jun 7 01:57:06 2023 No.10860029

>>10860008
That still just says the "Friday night programming" which is pretty vague if you weren't actually AT the con.
>>10860012
Thank you for actually answering.
That being said it's pretty commonplace for most nighttime panels at cons to be of the 18+ variety, so I don't know why that in particular is "uncomfortably horny" criteria (I do agree with the rest of it being uncomfortably horny, though - the 18+ vendor area etc isn't a typical offering in most animu cons)

Anonymous Wed Jun 7 02:04:24 2023 No.10860031

>>10859951
Shut the fuck up. Akon cant even touch Matsuri's thunder. Matsuri has actual guests and events with big rooms for them, too. You guys are so desperate to shill against Matsuri that you are willing to say that fucking Akon is better. Fuck off.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 7 02:47:39 2023 No.10860038 >>10860029 It's common to have 18+ programming. It's not common for it to be literally the only programming. It is also not common to have straight up porn and sex toys in your regular dealers hall.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 7 02:57:00 2023 No.10860042 File: 228 KB, 1000x1000, youryousir.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10860031

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 7 03:02:32 2023 No.10860043 >>10860042 >stonetoss is a nazi rent free

Anonymous Thu Jun 8 01:35:06 2023 No.10860204

>>10859504
>>10859507
Thanks for your review, particularly for mentioning both positives and negatives. It still sounds like I would have had an awful time if I went and I'm glad I spent the weekend at Dreamhack instead, but I'm glad you managed to have at least some fun.

>>10859731
>They refuse to make drastic changes like stop taking place in June to move to the KBH
I remember there being plans for the KBH Center to host A-Kon and Dreamhack at the same time in 2020 before covid happened, and I think your A-Kon pass could still get you into Dreamhack even this year, so why can't A-Kon just move to the KBH Center? They're still happening on the same weekend, I don't see why A-Kon has to change their schedule.

>>10859760
>Cosplay Deviants are still around
I never see any of their stuff pop up anywhere, how are they still going

>>10859807
>I'd guess that floor space was limited given the baffling decision to have artist alley, dealers hall, and meet and greets all in the same room.
Weebcon did the same thing, but it's a much smaller con that was able to get away with that so it was a much smaller problem there. I hope this dealer room turducken doesn't become the norm at conventions in the coming years.

Anonymous Thu Jun 8 02:13:23 2023 No.10860213

>>10860204
Unmentioned by >>10859807 it was unironically worse than that, they had the music guest from Saturday that was at the Toyota Plaza ( another positive that they actually had a REAL concert with REAL performers, I just didn't go ) smack dab between the Artist alley, the vendors and the meet and greets. The vichiban group also caused a slight bit of backup when they were live, but they weren't often there I noticed.

It was by far the smallest vendor area I have seen pretty much in any con size. Hell AnimeFest has an equivalent size if you combine the AA, Vendor Room, and meet + greet areas, and that's a small-mid sized con.

Anonymous Thu Jun 8 03:36:32 2023 No.10860237

>>10860031
LMAO who is still showing up as a guest for Matsuri? Some has-been VA like Vic Mignogna?
They USED to have actual guests; not so much anymore.
Like I said, A-Kon isn't perfect, but when you're comparing them to Matsuri the bar is on the ground. Sorry I don't wanna wait in line for three hours for the fashion show or wander the labyrinthine upper level of the GRB because they don't properly label their panel rooms.
Oni-con is good but it's much smaller than AM or A-Kon so it's hard to compare it to either one.

Anonymous Thu Jun 8 07:32:43 2023 No.10860273

>>10860204
A-kon and Dreamhack can't take place in the same center at the same time for one big reason. It's due to only one hotel connected to the KBH. If there was another large 1000+ room hotel connected then they could co-exist. There are no other large hotels in the immediate area that could support them.

Anonymous Thu Jun 8 13:42:59 2023 No.10860286

>>10860237
>Sorry I don't wanna wait in line for three hours for the fashion show
This never happened. And the rooms are big enough for everyone to get into. Meanwhile, there were constant lines at this year's Akon cause all the rooms were so small that no one was guaranteed to go into them. This happened a lot with the main programming and panel rooms in the icc. Akon has a shitty venue and even shittier line up.

Anonymous Thu Jun 8 13:51:47 2023 No.10860287
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>>10860286
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>constant lines at Akon
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<shittier line up
which is it shizo-kun?

also yes the venue is shitty, there is no breakfest under 18 dollars in walking distance

Anonymous Thu Jun 8 14:05:41 2023 No.10860291

>>10860286
Yes it did. I stood in the line. It happened 6-8 years ago so some of you fucks probably didn't even know this con existed but I went to AM for years before giving up because their events would start hours late.

Year 1 I waited in the reg line for 6 hours listening to the transformers 1 trailer on loop.

Anonymous Thu Jun 8 14:09:00 2023 No.10860293

>>10860291
>It happened 6-8 years ago
This ain't 6-8 years ago, faggot. Matsuri hasnt had problems like that in ages. The fact you have to reach that far back to go after Matsuri shows they live rent free in your drama inducing head. I'm still going and the thousands who went in the last few years. We dont care about you.

Anonymous Thu Jun 8 19:42:51 2023 No.10860336

>>10860293
nayrt but it's happened since their move to the GRB. Last AM I went to was 2018 and I stopped going because - shock of shocks - I was tired of their bullshit. They ran off all their good guests and all they've got going for them is a good rave and the nerdlesque show. The insanely long waits for the fashion show happened every year they were at the GRB. They always had shitty panels run by teenagers with no experience because they'll accept anyone. And even if the panels were good - once again, they started late and the panel rooms were not labeled properly so it was hard to find them; not to mention all the panels that were moved or canceled and nobody was told.
I went to Anime Matsuri for 9 years straight, from 2010 to 2018. I know what they're like. I and everyone I know finally stopped going because their garbage became difficult to ignore.

Anonymous Thu Jun 8 21:09:16 2023 No.10860350
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>>10860293
I stopped going because I went consistently for years, since year 1, and they never got it together. I have no reason to believe that they ever did. All you have to do is look on their FB or even the CGL thread for last year and see they were still starting shit hours late.

If you want to speed 100+ bucks to wait in lines be my guest. I'm not stopping you. I don't give a shit about any of their other drama. I just don't want to spend my money on a poorly run con.

These are all posts from the last couple of years. They still run hours late friend.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 8 21:23:03 2023 No.10860352 >>10860350 >>10860336 >Ive been away for so long but I still know enough about matsuri No you dont. I use to go to Akon for a long time and now it went to shit. What it was in 2013 is different from what it is now. Cons and times change.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 8 22:11:16 2023 No.10860358 File: 180 KB, 625x626, 87a05af93f12dae593b436c2ad385a13.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10860350 >>10860336 Ya'll ain't gonna get the paid advertiser to accept Matsuri sucks ass, it's a paycheck thing. >>10860352

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 8 22:13:59 2023 No.10860360 File: 781 KB, 874x1142, 8a0b93e37c1aa88054c7c2f9353c9087.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] san japan wins again.

Anonymous Thu Jun 8 22:36:00 2023 No.10860364

>>10860352
First of all, you're replying to at least two different people. Second of all, my last Matsuri was in 2018. 2023 hasn't happened yet and 2020 was canceled. I doubt that after years of decay they suddenly completely turned everything around after a mere 3 years (once again, not counting 2020 because it was canceled)

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 8 22:36:52 2023 No.10860365 >>10860360 Can't wait to go.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 8 22:39:46 2023 No.10860366 >>10860364 Matsuri had the biggest turn out in 2021 ever and 2022 was even bigger. No one cares about your opinions when the attendance said otherwise. Last year was great and this year will be just as much. You haters can stay away we dont want you.

Anonymous Thu Jun 8 23:09:01 2023 No.10860374

>>10860366
Do you mean like the overinflated attendance numbers confirmed on this thread and fucking over any chance to have K-pop again after last years disaster? Great track record. They can't even get a proper arcade or tournament section after fucking too many people over. No wonder they can't get anyone booked except disgraced VOs and desperate cosplayers.

Enjoy the shitty Godzilla booth that no one asked for because no one else will put up with AM horrendous track record.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 8 23:11:01 2023 No.10860375 File: 1.98 MB, 400x208, Wipe_Tears_With_Cash.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10860374 >matsuri when another online person disses their event

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 9 02:45:28 2023 No.10860405 >>10860352 So you just going to ignore all of the people that did go the last two years and bitched about the SAME PROBLEMS I had 6 years ago? I'm glad you have fun. I didn't so I stopped going. I really don't understand why that fucks you up so much.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 9 14:01:43 2023 No.10860455 File: 428 KB, 1536x2048, IMG-4565.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10860293 > "Matsuri hasn't had problems like that in ages" Guess the year this was taken

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 9 14:07:15 2023 No.10860456 >>10860455 2021

Anonymous Fri Jun 9 14:18:11 2023 No.10860458
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Let's not pretend Matsuri is some perfect superevent, it successfully delivers the venue and delivers the people. Dealers Hall is filled with typically the same (overpriced) crap you'll find at any other convention and the Artist Alley is where you'll probably be spending all your money at. As someone who never really bothered with the big events (reading the live Guidebook of people raging at my hotel is a tradition at this point) I never really gave a shit if the events were good or not but come on now you can't deny Matsuri is a little bass ackwards

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 9 23:14:54 2023 No.10860525 >>10860273 NAYRT but I just don’t get why they can’t coordinate and not happen on the same weekend. Then they could at least both be in June.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 10 02:07:02 2023 No.10860538 >>10860525 Last year they did a joint pass despite a 20 minute drive, I forget why. Maybe they were locked into the time from last year? I don't think they announced next years dates.

Anonymous Sat Jun 10 02:08:58 2023 No.10860539

As your resident Texan Weeaboo, please do not waste your time at Fan Expo in Dallas this weekend. Akon was multitudes better which isn't saying much. There are some decent attendee cosplay, but it's just like every Comic Con which serves as a front for $300 selfies with C List celebrities and mass consumerism.

Anonymous Sat Jun 10 06:37:09 2023 No.10860572
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>>10860539
As a Dallasite
I dunno anon I had a pretty fun time today. I really like the panel lineup and the whole weekend was really cheap. I don't think it would be worth it to travel out of state for but if you're anywhere in the triangle (or from Oklahoma) it doesn't seem bad.
You know you don't have to go get selfies with the celebs right? That being said I think the fact they got Chevy fucking Chase is fucking hilarious. I don't get why people go nuts over celebrity, but I did really like Christmas Vacation.
I hope to see you at some panels anon. I really like Gengar.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 10 17:41:52 2023 No.10860626 >>10860572 I regret everything. I got here at 10AM and had to park a 15 minute walk away.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 11 14:38:34 2023 No.10860771 >>10860626 What did you expect with over 80k people in the building with one section having a broken AC. This wasn't a cakewalk.

Anonymous Sun Jun 11 15:41:14 2023 No.10860782

>>10860771
At $105 a weekend there is an expectation of a "professional" experience. An 80k attendance con with 90% of the schedule consisting of cosplay meet ups or autograph sessions is a joke. The few Anime panels felt like I was at a good 2k attendance con panel rather than a massive con. The only saving grace of Fan Expo Dallas was the attendee cosplay and the red carpet cosplay. Overall if you went there more than Saturday for $65, you got scammed.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 12 03:58:15 2023 No.10860888 >>10860782 I got to go talk to the folks at the Mr. sewing Machine booth. Whole weekend was worth it for that. Also the cosplay panels were really good.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 12 10:57:06 2023 No.10860926 I’m going to Colossalcon Texas. I have an extra bed so I’m open to having a roommate.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 12 14:21:01 2023 No.10860936 >>10860888 You can do that for free if you just go down to Perth street...

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 12 14:24:50 2023 No.10860937 >>10860936 Yeah I know, but I didn't know about them before so it was cool to see. I'd previously only gone to their sister location Urban Spools.

Anonymous Mon Jun 12 15:32:17 2023 No.10860943

>>10860538
It's presumed that Dreamhack is on the same weekend as A-Kon. Dreamhack has been on the first weekend since 2021. A-Kon used to take place on Memorial weekend in the past but they refuse to move back to that date. Until something gives A-Kon will stay the way that they are.

Anonymous Mon Jun 12 18:37:16 2023 No.10860959
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>>10860374
> Fucking over any chance to have Kpop again

Hey uh...they got Kpop again, Just announced it today.

Man you haters never learn do you? Just taking nonstop Ls since like 2015. AM is going to continue to operate as normal...it's just going to. And you all look insane every year.

>The industry has rejected AM
>No legit company will ever work with AM
>Dead event! This year is the LAST year for sure!

Meanwhile they will continue to work with industry leaders like TOHO, Good smile, and Nippon Animation. They will continue to book chart topping talent like dreamcatcher and Apink and you crazys will continue to whine and complain while lying to yourselves and refuse to come to terms with reality.

I'm gonna go book my ticket and enjoy my time at the Kpop concert..just like I did with Apink ..Just like I did with Dreamcatcher.. have fun with your padded room and straightjacket.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 13 04:00:20 2023 No.10861009 File: 186 KB, 441x451, Capture.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10860959 >b-but the allegations! I need to feel like I'm making a difference!

Anonymous Tue Jun 13 05:01:42 2023 No.10861017

>>10860959
>>AM is going to continue to operate as normal

LMAO yeah anon I know. I've been in the thread non stop complaining about how they can't start an event on time to save their life. How year after year the same complaints about how inept they are at managing events pop up. Their normal sucks

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 13 05:16:57 2023 No.10861018 >>10861017 I love AM weekend. It's when I read the non-stop massive bitching about how everything is a complete shitshow. I wag my finger asking them why did they go knowing it would be a shitshow. The excuses make me laugh.

Anonymous Tue Jun 13 09:55:57 2023 No.10861029

>>10861017
Tell me you've never been to a REAL concert without telling me you've never been to a REAL concert. Here, These should help, since you don't seem like the type who's got any real life experience outside of 4chan and anime conventions.

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/8evaao/eli5_why_do_concerts_generally_start_so_late/

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-popular-music-performers-so-often-start-their-concerts-late

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/nov/02/whydogigsstartsolate

https://ennuimagazine.com/what-time-do-concerts-actually-start/

https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music/the-great-debate-should-artists-be-held-accountable-for-being-late-to-concerts-1.937523

TL;DR

Curtain time is not show time. It is a very VERY common practice to start a concert 1-2 hours late. for safety reasons, rigging, or even just because the artist wants to be a diva and start fashionably late. You'll get your weeb music sweaty Karens, calm down.

Anonymous Tue Jun 13 14:09:26 2023 No.10861040

>>10861029
What the fuck are you on about? I know what a concert is. I'm talking about an anime convention.

AM starts literally everything late. Hentai fest, fashion show, cosplay contest, opening the vendor hall, you name an event and it's started hours late at AM.

Anonymous Tue Jun 13 14:55:02 2023 No.10861043

>>10861040
I'll take complete exaggerations for $500, Alex.

I've gone every year since like 2017 and its really not that bad. You are just a run-of-the-mill complaining middle aged Karen.

I remember back when you guys were trying to label this con as "white supremacist" when its owned by a Nigerian and a Asian. and like...70% of the upper staff is black.

Meanwhile, Yalls cons that yall love to hype up (like San-Japan for example) are ran by ACTUAL racists, lol.

https://www.geeknative.com/73699/american-anime-convention-chair-resigns-after-racial-blunder/

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-07/san-japan-chair-resigns-after-claiming-poc-guests-arent-profitable/.160359

https://www.lmtonline.com/news/local/article/San-Japan-leader-calls-himself-an-idiot-after-15319698.php?fbclid=IwAR1_O9s0QUjUK6tevoNeM7JO7umuCrN7o8FgdaGBIzpP05CRj5Wm8q7DVyE

>Or Anime NYC who is out there leaving folks with life altering injuries because their load-in policy could give 2 shits about safety

https://archive.li/pDm4u

>Comicpalooza refusing to pay for things

https://archive.md/J2dC5

https://archive.md/6YLSl

>Or Sakuracon fucking over artist ally

https://www.tiktok.com/@artofmegk/video/7219116504728571179?_r=1&_t=8bIXvEN3V1S&fbclid=IwAR2GknpwUUCGzdL-5u1lrvEydQrQhpnJnHVKMNN9StnczVcRbagx5cRjsAs

https://twitter.com/Keru_Chii/status/1642379162014056449?t=beVc8aFa0I9LU6JGyikiKg&s=19&fbclid=IwAR24lB5WLCY1r9V0wiT916bNNq628bxS9vItnpVcXUipOYL7TEkoYf8m8Hk

https://twitter.com/KAYOZIA/status/1644353907274190848?t=2cPttYTO5GMLFh_4MuTEZQ&s=19&fbclid=IwAR1gybUzN7okbw8H3OJ4fsEYnrsINWsSVVRjKZb2CjkC8BUVfnxMJeHZKB4

> Or how about Katsucon (Rapecon) where con-goers were being drugged?

https://archive.li/JLvYn

>anime expo opening late and very mismanaged

https://archive.li/b4HUr

Akon not getting visas for Japanese guests...TWO YEARS IN A ROW

https://imgur.com/a/jWMdhNF

They all got problems, yall just shit talk AM cause yall wanna suck up to "internet celebs" and its cringe AF.

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Anonymous Tue Jun 13 16:27:49 2023 No.10861052

>>10861043
Sir, I went to Anime Matsuri every year since it's inception till about 2018. I've seen all of the mismanagement with my own two eyes. I never bought in to the boycott or accusations of John. I stopped going purely because of how poorly managed the event is, and then covid. People who worked in upper management at the event complain about the management of the event.

You are absolutely right, every con has problems. So, why can't you acknowledge that AM consistently runs late. You can still like the con, you can be ok with it running late. I'm not so I stopped going.

I don't really give a fuck about thE mostly out of state "examples" you linked to.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 13 16:33:19 2023 No.10861053 File: 70 KB, 1024x573, 1684894230406567.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10861052 You realize you're probably talking to an AM paid shill or one of the Con owners? It's kind of a waste to even type as much as you have.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 13 16:58:33 2023 No.10861057 File: 240 KB, 2075x1427, wg61y1apgj2z.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10861053 >AM can't afford it's bills >AM employs paid shills

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 13 18:58:54 2023 No.10861069 >>10861053 Yeah, but I'm bored. At least I'm not citing 30 websites trying to prove AM is infallible. I hope if it is a shill they're paid well for all that dumb work.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 13 19:25:52 2023 No.10861077 File: 333 KB, 1053x1031, 1657553320074.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10861057 Oh, so you're saying... You do it for FREE?

Anonymous Tue Jun 13 23:34:22 2023 No.10861107

>>10861043
You're desperate to deflect 16 years of constant incompetence with a decade of documented sexual harassment by the owner. Enjoy your shitshow of another year of bullshit. I'll keep laughing at the people who support the constant disappointment. I love when later finding out how many contractors that they ghosted on.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 14 11:06:21 2023 No.10861166 >>10861057 it's AM, would anyone be shocked if they prioritized paying shills over paying bills

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 14 13:50:37 2023 No.10861175 >>10861043 /thread

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 14 13:51:25 2023 No.10861176 File: 82 KB, 1100x937, 1398961905041.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Still going to AM.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 14 17:46:52 2023 No.10861241 File: 10 KB, 302x167, allowed.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10861175 >>10861176 You coulda made 1 post instead of two, you know

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 14 18:04:05 2023 No.10861252 >>10861241 >I MADE A RICK AND MORTY JOKE, MORTY! I"M PICKLE RICK!

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 14 19:04:54 2023 No.10861262 File: 155 KB, 720x730, a827b114ac9b8c22543df4e705ba8072.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10861252 I've seen what makes you coom, your (you)s mean nothing to me.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 14 22:58:54 2023 No.10861285 >>10861166 could pull a comicpalooza and not pay them at all.

Anonymous Thu Jun 15 20:21:00 2023 No.10861427

>>10861043
As someone that volunteered for the con, not worth it. J*** changes his mind more than he changes his underwear. If you want that type of person as a con owner that runs a con, I prefer to work another con than will listen to people, not just staff, but attendees as well.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 19 20:25:29 2023 No.10862175 Anyone go to Tokyo X this weekend in Houston? I would've liked to check it out but already had other plans.

Anonymous Mon Jun 19 23:10:36 2023 No.10862192

>>10861043
>SJ
Fired the chairman
Announced management shakeup
POC guests for 3 years

>Matsuri
Poorly says sorry for getting caught
Refuses to quit
Takes a shitty online course
Wife publicly mocks the accusers
Literal Nazis show up then shrugs
Completely okay with open sexual harassment
Nothing changes

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 19 23:32:22 2023 No.10862197 >>10862192 >SJ that explains why it's been so dogshit recently

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 21 19:50:41 2023 No.10862453 >>10862197 You saying because of POC, it’s shitty?

Anonymous Wed Jun 21 21:21:32 2023 No.10862465

>>10862453
In part, I imagine the overt and overly focused focus on things that aren't related to the actual anime convention is a problem.

Panels have been dogshit, the staff is horrible, the venue is half assed. It's way worse than it was 10 years ago. The lack of good guests is just icing on the top.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 22 02:37:02 2023 No.10862494 >>10862465 10 years ago they had a sliver of the convention center with only shit voice actors yet that's better?

Anonymous Thu Jun 22 02:42:46 2023 No.10862495

>>10862494
Yes because the sliver was better managed and well coordinated.
Having more space when 80% of it is completely underutilized just makes things look empty and bland. At least when it was back on the other side of the convention center, you had the nice space to work with, the new side just feels like a warehouse.
>shitty voice actors
as opposed to shitty voice actors that are black?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 24 05:42:49 2023 No.10862929 anybody been to kowaicon before? i scored a free ticket but i'm kind of busy that weekend and wanna know if its worth the effort to go out of my way to make it

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 24 06:26:43 2023 No.10862935 >>10862929 It's a first-year con, anon. Expect low attendance. Also kinda funny how it's happening at the same venue as Okashicon THE WEEKEND BEFORE Okashicon.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 24 21:38:24 2023 No.10863031 Anyone wanna go to SJ together or maybe have a little meet up? It’s only 2 months away really. No plans as of yet but maybe someone wants to do a little group thing?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 24 21:39:28 2023 No.10863032 >>10862935 The owner is a jackhole putting on tiny shit shows around Texas. They got called out for not paying up guests at Ecchi Expo. They are probably doing the same at other shows.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 25 19:00:37 2023 No.10863136 >>10834982 finally a con in Chile

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 1 01:00:38 2023 No.10864376 >vshojo as guests at san japan again yawn. do people still like vtubers? honest question about what to expect this year.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 1 12:03:41 2023 No.10864478 >>10864376 Regrettably, yes. God I understand real vtubers from Hololive would be too expensive but damn. Vshoujo two years in a row?

Anonymous Sat Jul 1 18:52:55 2023 No.10864543

>>10864478
I think they're based out of Austin (at least I know for sure that MTD lives there, and it's not like you need much more than MTD to show up to Vshojo events since everyone else shows up as their Vsonas on TV's), so it's really cheap and easy to wheel them around to events around the state since they don't have to travel very far. Last year there was even a Vshojo event in the Dallas area at some con that was much smaller than San Japan, for example.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 1 19:45:50 2023 No.10864562 >>10862929 i spent a good 2 hours there. it was nice, but i def i wouldn't have gone if my pass wasn't free and i wasn't already in town. the haunted house is worth the $5 tho

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 2 07:06:44 2023 No.10864760 >>10864478 shame, i don't have a hatred for them or anything, but it was certainly annoying for 90% of the con to be genshin/vtubers

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 3 08:02:16 2023 No.10865154 File: 608 KB, 2955x2581, 92838ce7030656fe0ec9dbc10cdc5eff5c118bf4.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10863031 i've never met up with someone i met on the internet before. could be fun!

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