Animazement 2018

[Anonymous No.9867247]

It's that time of year again, NC folks. Who's going? Waiting til Supercon instead?

[Anonymous No.9867944]

Sad to say I’m not attending this year for the first time in a long time.

I used to love it so much but it’s just going downhill. The educational bullshit is boring and bringing down the con. All the good cosplayers are choosing other cons instead (like Momo)

And the masq last year was really the last straw for me. My group was performing and they treated us like total crap. Kept changing plans very last minute, and then the guy in charge just told us something along the lines of “welcome to show biz!”

Which is a bullshit excuse for being unorganized and unprofessional. I’ve been doing live theater for almost 20 years, that’s absolutely not how it’s supposed to work. An apology would have been much better but we got none. And the wedding thing during the middle of the masq? that was so boring and weird

With the masq previously being one of my fav parts of the con, I see no reason to continue attending.

[Anonymous No.9868456]

I'm seeing a lot of people leaving animazement, especially from this past year. Lots of unhappiness with staff.

[Anonymous No.9868467]

I wanted to go but I'm hearing a lot of bad reviews..

[Anonymous No.9870005]

>>9867944
I remember that wedding, it was really out of place and awkward. Even though I live I only live an hour away from AZ, I'm just going to go to momo instead since they actually have shit to do.

[Anonymous No.9870150]

Does anyone know any of the panels happening this year?

[Anonymous No.9870629]

>>9867944
>The educational bullshit is boring and bringing down the con
Elaborate

[Anonymous No.9870704]

So has a musical guest popped up overnight or is the guest list still limited and small?

[Anonymous No.9870708]

>>9867944
>educational bullshit is boring and bringing down the con

They've done the educational thing since the con started. How can it bring the con down when that's what they've always done?

[Anonymous No.9870737]

>>9870704
Limited and small.

I guess that's it. Unless they got a surprise announcement.

[Anonymous No.9870750]

>>9870737
This close to con? Doubt it.

[Anonymous No.9870775]

>>9870708
Well for starters

I’ve been going for a long time and never even realized that was their schtick until recent years

so obv, it’s gone from subtle to in-your-face

It’s one thing to have a mixture of educational programming within your schedule (which is nice and done at most cons) and a whole other thing to basically force feed it by putting it into big events.

[Anonymous No.9870811]

>>9870775
>it’s gone from subtle to in-your-face
Bro it's on their website and has been for years. What other cons have you been to that have had samurai actors, kimono workshops, and traditional Japanese musicians? Hell they don't even allow non-Japanese panels. It's how we got spared the Homestuck, Steven Universe, etc "Ask a Character" hells.

If anything they've gotten more relaxed because now because there's a formal dance and a maid cafe.

[Anonymous No.9870812]

>>9870775
>goes to con run by group named Educational Growth Across Oceans
>complains about it being educational

[Anonymous No.9871198]

I'm going and I'm super pumped. I've been going for about 15 years. Last one felt a little weird but after 15 straight years of a fun local con, one weird year isn't gonna put me off of it and I honestly am judging these people pretty hard who are like "I've been going for XX years but last year was less fun so I'm never going again."

[Anonymous No.9871274]

>>9871198
To be honest both me and my friend both aren't going for the first time in a long time. That's partially our problem because we dipped into our con fund to see another event last month but a big part of it was the $70 ticket + hotel + travel wasn't worth what AZ was providing this year. No musical guest, very few guests, some random cosplayer with no talent (see pic related), and FOOD VENDORS.

Yeah I'm pretty salty over them making a big announcement to announce... food vendors. One of which is already in the convention center, one is a pop-up for events that just sells snowcones, Kanki's is usually there now, and pizza?? That wasn't worth making an announcement for, much less hyping up. The only interesting one is the Chinese dumpling food truck.

[Anonymous No.9871277]

>>9871274
How is this a guest when compared to the guy who makes costumes for Cirque du Soleil?

[Anonymous No.9871294]

Still going this year but considering this is my third time going. Next year will be super confused though. Can anons tell me does super confused have the initial d cab and Gundam vs cabs

[Anonymous No.9871298]

To add how is the supercon experience?

[Anonymous No.9871327]

>>9871298
Crowded as fuck and pay to meet guests. You seen Animazement on a Saturday afternoon? Triple that.

[Anonymous No.9871599]

Does anyone know how the lolita tea party went last year, is it worth going to?

[Anonymous No.9872059]

>>9871599
there won't be one this year

[Anonymous No.9873072]

>>9867247
I might go for a day since it's local. All my friends from out of town who normally hit this con jumped ship for momo and I can't blame them. I'd do the same but don't want to blow PTO driving to Georgia and back this early in the year.

I have no idea what I'll cosplay, though. I haven't even checked to see what shoots or gatherings there are.

[Anonymous No.9873346]

I'm going this year but kind of wondering why because the guest list is just... so small. Just hoping there will be a good artist alley and panels because those are probably what I care for the most. I'm kind of worried after hearing bad things about staff and all but I've never had issues with that and hope I won't this year.

[Anonymous No.9873761]

>>9873346
I feel the same, I only gone to this con 3x but never notice any issues. I guess because I'm naive and don't really see problems.

[Anonymous No.9876116]

I've never been but hearing about all this makes me nervous that this'll be my first year going. I got into the AA too, so I really hope the staff is better than it was last year..

[Anonymous No.9876430]

>>9876116
I've never had issues with AA staff, some of the more enjoyable AA staff I've dealt with actually. The only problem I've seen is ever since they moved the AA to the old dealer's hall sales took a dive and traffic kinda sucks. If they'd open the partition completely between the AA and dealers I think it'd help but they seem wary to do so.

[Anonymous No.9876635]

>>9876430
At supercon they had the AA and dealer's room combined.

[Anonymous No.9877216]

>>9876430
Oh! This is reassuring. Thank you, anon. (Sucks about the traffic dive though).

Since this is my first Animazement, is there anything in particular you guys think I should definitely experience?

[Anonymous No.9877221]

>>9877216
Definitely go to the charity auction on Sunday. There's a lot of rare merch and guest donated items that you can get for a bargain if you're lucky. You can also see the one of a kind Luffy art tshirt that's going for over $1,000 for being the only one in the world.

[Anonymous No.9877412]

Anyone know about panels and events yet?

[Anonymous No.9877607]

>>9877412
Might be out next week.

They announced a new musical guest BTW.
Some J-pop group called 9nine.

[Anonymous No.9877685]

>>9877607
>google them
>wiki article is just two paragraphs of history

Ouch.

[Anonymous No.9877709]

>>9877685
Pretty new apparently.

[Anonymous No.9877824]

A lot of my friends are going to Momo. I'm just asking people but about 5 people that I have seen for 4 years aren't going. 2 I know are going to momo.

My main con partner is asking if I want to go to momo but Idk if I want to commit to a big ATL trip this late. I go to DragonCon ever year so...

Supercon has no interest for me. Not that into capeshit and i don't pay to meet people at all. Not sure really.

[Anonymous No.9878418]

I'll be going with a large group of friends for the fifth year in a row. At this point, I attend very few panels and typically just use it as an excuse to meet up with a lot of guys from out of state or around the state who otherwise couldn't hang out. Here's hoping the con offers something interesting besides an excuse for us all to hang out.

[Anonymous No.9878498]

>>9877709
They've been around since 2005??

[Anonymous No.9878610]

Meh, I go to several conventions in Atlanta, and while fun, they have their cons too. Everything is more expensive - hotel, parking, etc. There's an aspect of bigger that is fun, but at the same time, it's harder to get into any events you want to, and depending on the con security can be stricter in areas.

My friends and I didn't experience any of the "weirdness" that I keep hearing mentioned online about last year so we are all going again. I appreciate that parking in Raleigh is cheap, my hotel room has a kitchen, and I can expect to get into almost any event I want to while anticipating the dance to be the worst line of the weekend for me (I get my badge early Friday when there is no line).

I'm bored by most panels nowadays, even at the bigger cons, and guests aren't my thing at all. I just want to cosplay and hang out with friends, so I expect to have a fantastic Animazement.

[Anonymous No.9879439]

>>9868456
They are scumbags,the head of security in particular that dude is basedboy douche

[Anonymous No.9879599]

>>9879439
Name?

[Anonymous No.9879729]

>>9871327
Dear God I haven't been since 2011 or maybe it was 2012??? I went 4 or 5 years straight. It was never that busy.

[Anonymous No.9879911]

>>9879729
That's a picture from Supercon. They started last year and had 30k people. Animaement only had 15k or so.

[Anonymous No.9880432]

>>9879911
they also had a shit lot of really popular guests across genres from wrestling, anime, comics, and amercian TV shows.

Capeshit is huge now so you're going to get a huge chunk of of older people with more money to spend.

Supercon isn't my thing but AZ needs to step it up if they want to survive and realize only what is popular lasts. Tons of smaller cons in NC have died out already you know.

[Anonymous No.9880740]

>>9880432
Hosicon died for a different reason. Heh

[Anonymous No.9880744]

Seems safe and legal.

[Anonymous No.9880753]

>>9867247
just going Saturday & Sunday. I refuse to pay more than $55 for this con. It is way to expensive for how basic it has become.

[Anonymous No.9880755]

>>9871599
wow, the one good thing I looked forward to.

[Anonymous No.9880799]

Anyone that's been to SuperCon know the dimensions of the badge? I wanted to make ribbons to give away but I'm used to Animazement's horizontal badges, not SuperCon's vertical ones.

[Anonymous No.9881013]

Schedule is out: http://guidebook.com/guide/120772/

Another year of a lot of idle time for me.

[Anonymous No.9881145]

>>9881013
I end up spending a lot of time in the AA/Dealers room anyways.

[Anonymous No.9881351]

>>9881013
That schedule is so sparse. I'm surprised.

[Anonymous No.9881419]

Is it just me or do the panels this year suck.......

[Anonymous No.9881489]

>>9881419
It's not just you. They are really bad. Did I see 2 boy love panels? God why??

[Anonymous No.9881646]

>>9881419
I love AZ but the panels generally always suck. Even the years where there have been seemingly interesting things on the schedule, they still ended up sucking.

[Anonymous No.9882092]

k. which one of you?

[Anonymous No.9882212]

>>9882092
Suddenly really glad I'm not going.

[Anonymous No.9882382]

>>9882092
And of course they deleted it. I wanted to read all the butt hurt

[Anonymous No.9882403]

>>9882382
I still see it.

[Anonymous No.9882407]

>>9881489
fujoshis ruin everything.

[Anonymous No.9882734]

>>9882092
Any more screen caps

[Anonymous No.9882827]

>>9882734
Nah. It was basically people attacking the guy for being a pedo edgelord. Ect. Some people bring edgelords back. One guy correctly saying it's a shite cosplay anyway.

[Anonymous No.9884460]

someone redpill me on why everyone hates AZ

[Anonymous No.9884840]

>>9884460
Because it's gone downhill, it's shit compared to momocon, the staff suck, too japanese focus, NC cosplay community is very toxic, RCC is too small, etc.

[Anonymous No.9884846]

>>9884840
>convention about Japanese culture
>too Japanese focus

The other stuff is valid but they've always marketed themselves as being just about Japan and Japanese culture. They don't even allow non-Japanese related panels, how much more obvious do they have to be?

[Anonymous No.9884986]

>>9884840
SUPER Underrated post

[Anonymous No.9885004]

>>9884460
I've never been but honestly reading everyone's complaints of it being "too Japaneasy" is piquing my interest and I think I'll check it out this year.

Sounds like a more mature con.

[Anonymous No.9885006]

>>9885004
Good one staff.

[Anonymous No.9885010]

>>9884460
1. I think a lot of people who push con content with panels are pissy for years about the inability to get panels going. Lots of the time is eaten up my Japanese language and culture panels like.. "do you want to teach english in Japan" kind of stuff that has nothing to do with anime.

It's more like a college job fair for japanese culture than a fun and engaging con. So yeah, those people get salty. but those are the people who fill your con with content and get people excited.


2. Growing competition from bigger cons, namely Momo and Supercon. Momo being on the same weekend for two straight years now, and about 5 hours away, but in a much larger city with much bigger guests. Momo is going to be more fun for just about anybody. It's also backed by the people that bring you Dragoncon and has a pretty big fashion and video game aspect. Supercon is in Raleigh but a few weeks away and appeals to the older crowd of Marvel comics fan and general pop culture people who just want to throw money away on autographs. AZ has very niche and small name guests.


3. Cosplayers go where the crowd is and if it feels like a lot people are jumping ship, the bigger name cosplayers will go to other cons because cosplay is all about getting attention haha.

AZ is definitely a younger convention despite the Japanese culture stuff. And that's why it gets ignored and feels like a waste of time. The staff refuse to change their core.. maybe because they get grants and things, and people are just bored with AZ.

[Anonymous No.9885172]

>>9884840
>toxic
opinion discarded

[Anonymous No.9885179]

>>9885172
I think it was referring to you

[Anonymous No.9885186]

>>9885179
>WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Anonymous No.9885287]

Decided to come this year at the last minute. Maybe I'll actually show up to the meetup instead of getting there early, walking up to a stranger and getting embarrassed, and then walking away.

[Anonymous No.9885469]

someone tell me specifically why momocon is supposedly so much better that I would forego the con 30 minutes away from me

[Anonymous No.9885483]

>>9885469
It's not. The longstanding argument is that if you can go to AZ without a hotel stay, it's worth it. Just be ready for the same shit year after year.

[Anonymous No.9885576]

>>9885483
The con, the complaints, Or Both?

[Anonymous No.9885664]

>>9885469
Check out the Momocon Facebook group after the con. It's literally the same complaints as every other con - panels suck and are too repetitive, staff is rude, the guests sucked, etc. You can't please everyone and a con will lose its glamor the longer you go to it. I'm sure all the people going to Momo will have a fantastic time because it'll be new and exciting for them.

Honestly, it's mainly the same dozen or so people I see constantly whining on FB about AZ.

[Anonymous No.9885698]

>>9885664
so all the complaints should be taken with a grain of salt?

[Anonymous No.9885926]

>>9885698
Different anon but the nonsensical ones, yes. These are the two biggest I see:

>The con is too Japan focused!
That's what they do. They're an educational organization. You don't go to AZ expecting Western comic book creators or five panels for Homestuck.

>The panels suck!
This one I can kinda understand but at the same time, host a panel? You can't even use the "They don't comp for it!!" excuse because they do. I did one panel the other year and got a discount for two badges for the next year. It's worth it to host a panel.

[Anonymous No.9885950]

If only you knew how bad things really are.

[Anonymous No.9885984]

>>9885950
Then you better ought to be posting with caps or proof.

[Anonymous No.9886011]

>>9885950
yeah anon, give us the deets to these bad things

[Anonymous No.9887754]

>>9873761
>>9873346
I've been going the con for a little over 5 years now and haven't had much issue. Momo is too far away and doesn't fit my schedule at all so this is one of the few cons I can go to.
>>9877216
A lot of better panels are usually late day.

[Anonymous No.9888127]

any plans for a meetup at this con?

[Anonymous No.9888204]

>>9888127
There's always a meetup. hopefully it's on Saturday because I can't come Friday night.

[Anonymous No.9888330]

>>9888127
Im going to the steven universe photoshoot on friday

[Anonymous No.9888761]

>>9888127
I haven't been to any meet ups at this con yet. I considered going but backed out. What do people usually do at these meet ups anyways?

[Anonymous No.9888776]

>>9888761
The cosplaying girls stick to themselves and shittalk the guys and non cosplaying girls. The guys spend the entire time trying to flirt with the girls. Everybody drinks.

Looking at the schedule, maybe Saturday at 9 (just after masquerade) or at 11 (after most of the panels are done) would be good choices.

[Anonymous No.9888831]

>>9885950
Things are definitely slowing down, at least for /cgl/ participation at AZ. By this time last year we were on our third thread.

[Anonymous No.9888862]

>>9888831
That's because we had a bunch of drama with shit-tier Kuzco/Deadpool.

[Anonymous No.9888915]

>>9888862
I kinda miss it.

[Anonymous No.9888919]

>>9888761
Fuck their sisters I reckon

[Anonymous No.9889013]

>>9888862
she is coming again this year despite her being very vocal and flouncing multiple times, i am friends with her on facebook

[Anonymous No.9889017]

>>9889013
what is the deets on that person? i never been to a cgl meetup before

[Anonymous No.9889075]

>>9889017
Different anon but she's the shittiest cosplayer in the area. I'm talking duct tape and hot glue to keep her costumes together.

[Anonymous No.9889076]

>>9889017
>>9889075
Forgot the rest. Basically she went on the Animazement FB group to post this then got mad that she got mocked here and sent her whiteknights to defend her while posting caps in the FB group.

[Anonymous No.9889080]

>>/cgl/thread/S9006812#p9020615

The incident if anyone wants a laugh.

[Anonymous No.9889092]

any con photographers (like for hobby) here? do you know any decent spots within the convention to get decent lighting and pics. This year i decided to bring both dslr and film. Wondering to get up my photography game with new subjects. Any cosplayers here are you okay with photographers asking to do a certain pose or move to a new area for better lighting or background?

[Anonymous No.9889924]

any cosplay line ups? what are you going as anons

[Anonymous No.9889945]

>>9889924
friday: nautical lolita shit
saturday: viking inspired ott lolita shit
sunday: arrietty if one of my pieces comes in the mail between now and then, casual hungover jfash if it doesn't

[Anonymous No.9889947]

>>9889945
attending to any of the lolita panels?

[Anonymous No.9889953]

>>9889947
yeah i usually like to go to them, they're put on by members of the comm

[Anonymous No.9889956]

>>9889013
>>9889017
>>9889075
>>9889076
Look what y'all have to look forward to this year!

[Anonymous No.9889979]

>>9889956
im prepared this year after reading these threads. Got my photography gear to document the bush fires.

[Anonymous No.9890058]

>>9889080
we wuz cosplay queens ya'll

[Anonymous No.9890120]

>>9889924
Canti from FLCL. That's it.

[Anonymous No.9890392]

Enjoy the con and take plenty of pics for us gulls who won't be there.

[Anonymous No.9890397]

>>9890392
No, we'll go silent during the con and then spend the next week complaining.

[Anonymous No.9890405]

>>9890397
It is the nature of seagulls.

[Anonymous No.9890455]

How late do they hand out prereg badges tonight?

[Anonymous No.9890458]

>>9890455
Are they any different from normal badges ?

[Anonymous No.9890483]

>>9890458
Nope

[Anonymous No.9890717]

Is there any good photographer going to Animazement?

[Anonymous No.9890719]

I know a lot of weebs that are skipping AZ because Supercon got all the Voltron voice cast. They can't afford both so fuck you. haha

Kinda sad when the capeshit convention gets better trashcan guests than an anime convention.

[Anonymous No.9890727]

Is there already a line of fuckboys?

[Anonymous No.9890748]

>>9890719
what the fuck is voltron

[Anonymous No.9891210]

I've been attending since the early 2000s. The con changed the most the first year it was at the convention center. The drunken crazy party nights with guys like the saki ninjas running around were over. In the past 5 years the con has begun to focus on more educational sides of Japanese culture. It's still a anime con, but you might learn a thing or two while you have fun. Last year was the first year of supercon happening, so a lot of people held off on AZ last year to try supercon. Supercon was crowded and expensive, I think we will have more people ignore supercon this year. Momo con is too far away if you live in the area to make the difference worth it. Also, the arcade was open all night last year, it was fucking awesome being wasted playing some Gundam arcade game at 3 am.

I have a Kaban outfit I will be retiring after this AZ. I was the only Kemono Friends cosplay last year, I expect the same this year sadly. Any Kemono Friends cosplayers out there?

[Anonymous No.9891362]

already here and was expecting some huge line but there's barely anything
what gives

[Anonymous No.9891366]

>>9891362
There's even fewer events worth going to than usual this year. Normally I get my badge on Thursday and arrive first thing Friday; this year not getting my badge until noon.

Let's set the /cgl/ meetup. Saturday at 9:00 at the Sir Raleigh statue.

[Anonymous No.9891369]

>>9891366
>missing the ito panel friday morning
that's the only thing on the entire schedule I would be upset for missing

[Anonymous No.9891425]

>>9891362
People work Friday typically, majority of Friday's people show up after 3pm.

[Anonymous No.9891540]

Hey there gulls, Gonna get to con later around 2, whats the con like so far?

[Anonymous No.9891545]

>>9891540
Dead. They removed the board game room, this upsets me

[Anonymous No.9891567]

this is why Animazment is horrible.
Shitty cosplayers everywhere.
at least Momocon has better cosplayers.

[Anonymous No.9891570]

First time eating at rye
Expensive desu

[Anonymous No.9891572]

>>9891545
Damn, was hoping it would be lively, considering the price of the thing and the "14000" people they promoted online. Maybe itll pick up later, who knows

[Anonymous No.9891621]

>>9891210
It's too bad that I'm not going this year since I would've liked to take a picture of you.

I don't know any Kemono Friends cosplayers going to AZ, but you might have better luck in other cons.

[Anonymous No.9891733]

>>9867247
I mean the problem is the emphasis is more on the Japanese aspect of the con. History and Culture of Japan. However most of the attendees yearn for the stuff they see at other Anime conventions out west or even ones like at Boston or D.C.

But the whole setup has always been about the things outside of anime which is why most people tend to skip this one and go to momocon. Which is more in tune with what you can find at Anime Expo and such.

Really Animazement functions as a random local anime con specifically for the residents there.

[Anonymous No.9891781]

>>9891362
It usually wraps around the back of the building on Thursday. How far did it stretch?

[Anonymous No.9892009]

When do badges close?

[Anonymous No.9892205]

So with so few panels of interest what do we do since the removal of Craiglist personals?

[Anonymous No.9892208]

>>9892205
Drink.

You wanted to come here.

[Anonymous No.9892211]

>>9892208
It's still fun just wouldn't mind that.

[Anonymous No.9892386]

>>9891210
I saw a Serval yesterday, was very surprised.

[Anonymous No.9892416]

Getting drunk on Friday night and being unable to do anything for most of Saturday is the big brain

[Anonymous No.9892451]

How's it looking for a Saturday?

[Anonymous No.9892578]

>in line for watanabe's autograph
>never seen bebop or any of his shows
>don't have anything for him to sign except my badge
I could've looked for a bebop bluray in the dealer's room but that seems dumb since I've never even seen the damn show
help me

[Anonymous No.9892580]

>>9892578
Why are you getting his autograph then?

[Anonymous No.9892585]

>>9892580
cause I know how important him and his shows are and I'd be kicking myself missing this chance
I know I'll end up watching bebop in the future sometime

[Anonymous No.9892591]

Currently here in a Briar Rose cosplay. Anyone wanna hang out?

[Anonymous No.9892592]

>>9892585
If you've got a con booklet, get him to sign his bio section in it. I did that my first year.

[Anonymous No.9892595]

>>9892592
ironically I'd be less likely to lose my badge than that
I keep them all hung up in the same place like a collection

[Anonymous No.9892716]

Kaban here, met the Serval that was mentioned. Appears we are the only two Kemono Friends cosplayers. She was a nice person, we walked around a little bit for the lulz. Sir Walter Raleigh statue at 9pm meet?

[Anonymous No.9892731]

>>9892716
Yea meet still on

[Anonymous No.9892965]

Time for the annual masquerade cringefest.

[Anonymous No.9893033]

>>9889956
>>9889979
she...didn't look terrible. she wore this costume friday and today and it wasn't impressive but it wasn't duct tape quality like her previous garbage. just generic

[Anonymous No.9893103]

Here at sir walter

[Anonymous No.9893238]

Did anyone get pics of the obese Sailor Moon in the wheel chair?

[Anonymous No.9893273]

This Convention has some of the worst cosplays imaginable. Hard to believe its 50x worse than normal.

[Anonymous No.9893323]

Sliding in on the last day. Anything of note going on?

[Anonymous No.9893335]

I'm just going tomorrow. Are any of you cute girls who would be willing to have consensual sex with me?

[Anonymous No.9893384]

Lol az is so tucking small this year but like weirdly quaint because of it. even the rave was like 1/3 full.

Lol an entire hall of rooms were gone for a wedding. They booked a normie wedding.

It was cool to see one of the final years of az in such a chill and comfie setting...but yeah it's weird. I wonder if it will make a profit.

[Anonymous No.9893392]

>told to not record anything during the cards against humanity 18+ panel
>secretly tape the audio of the whole thing on my phone under the chair

[Layrinn !!U2MZUEkRct+ No.9893469]

Well that is love ninja 2 panel was something else. I kinda feel bad for the guy though it was entertaining.

[Anonymous No.9893481]

>>9893384
There was another wedding this year? I know one year the hotel areas were booked for an Indian wedding but the guests were super nice.

[Anonymous No.9893498]

>>9893392
Kek. The CAH panel was great.

[Anonymous No.9893563]

so what's the verdict
is AZ dead and shit or is it a bunch of hot air like always

[Anonymous No.9893568]

>>9893563
I think it might continue on as a safe space for younger weebs transitioning into anime, with a few old head hanger-ons who just live in Raleigh. It was kind of cool this year being so dead. It wasn't crowded or annoying. But who knows if it made money desu.

But Supercon has better anime guests, and Momocon is on the same weekend. Shrug*

Also, why are the most heinous hefty ladies always the ones complaining about guys being "thirsty" in facebook groups.. knowing that nobody is hitting on their sorry ass.

[Anonymous No.9893597]

>>9893568
>capeshit convention has better anime guests
come again

[Anonymous No.9893650]

If you're a cute girl come talk to me in wearing a make hentai great again hat.

[Anonymous No.9893676]

>>9893597
Different anon but Supercon has 21 animation guests from Overwatch to Spongebob to Final Fantasy and RWBY.

And most of them will sign for free (except the Overwatch people).

[Anonymous No.9893697]

>>9893676
none of what you just listed is anime

[Anonymous No.9893734]

>came for the alt thots and anime tiddies
>saw only like 3 attractive women today
>the rest are overweight feminists or just fucking troglodytes

Should've gone to ichiboncon/10

[Anonymous No.9893746]

>>9893597
Supercon’s typically a variety con, not a comic con, despite it being advertised as such.

[Anonymous No.9893756]

>>9893697
I said animation, not anime. That's what they're listed under on Supercon's website.

[Anonymous No.9893757]

>>9893734
>tfw into chubby ladies and bellies
the rave was very difficult to get through

[Anonymous No.9893758]

>>9893756
well the original anon specifically said anime, which I find hard to believe

[Anonymous No.9893763]

so what happened at the meetup

[Anonymous No.9893776]

>>9893763
Nothing

[Anonymous No.9893788]

>>9893758
Let's put it this way. Animazement had 7 anime voice actors.

Supercon has 9 that are from animes. They've already got an anime con beat in the way of anime guests. That's how bad AZ had it this year.

[Anonymous No.9893814]

>>9893697
All the voltron voice cast.

[Anonymous No.9893815]

>>9893763
There was only two of us.

[Anonymous No.9893892]

>>9893788
>>9893814
>look up guests on supercon page
>all of them charge 40 fucking dollars or more for autographs and pictures
nah fuck those kikes
seeing that alone just ensured I'm never going to it

[Anonymous No.9893908]

>>9893892
Yeah but a lot of people will haha. I know some broke anime fan girls that skipped AZ just to go to Supercon.

[Anonymous No.9893910]

>>9893892
Have you never been to a convention like this before?

Hell, if I liked someone that much I wouldn't mind paying because it's supporting them. It's one thing if you're super famous like the Star Trek/Doctor Who people and rolling in cash but like the Overwatch VA's? I'd pay for their autograph/photo with no issue.

[Anonymous No.9893942]

>>9893910
someone liking you and your work enough to ask for an autograph or picture is an honor, every single panel I've ever been to with a VA at animazement when they get asked what the best part of the job is they all say going to conventions and meeting fans
the moment you start charging money for that stuff is the moment when you've started liking the taste of your own shit far too much, anyone who does it is scum
I mean you've got watanabe who's the actual creator of some of the most influential anime of all time happily signing autographs for everyone, or some of the english VAs sitting for hours signing hundreds of people's things and having a nice conversation with all them on top of it
fuck hollywood jews

[Anonymous No.9894056]

>>9893942
Go back to /pol/

[Anonymous No.9894066]

>>9893942
this this this

[Anonymous No.9894107]

The problem with Animazement is the problem with most Anime cons these days. People are expecting there to be a mixed style with a hint of anime like they see at Comic Con or Anime Expo.

For some the non-anime stuff has taking over the anime portion of the anime con while some other cons are trying to stay the course and remain pure and primarily anime but even for them some of the non-anime stuff still seeps in but nevertheless. Pure Anime conventions are gonna be endangered soon enough. As more and more people demand more variety.

That and the only ones that can really survive this model are ones that are located in high population centers in urban areas mainly places like Boston, NYC, Chicago and such.

[Anonymous No.9894120]

>>9894107
I disagree. In the "old days" of Animazement when it was at the Sheraton, I remember LOTS of panels that would be "off topic" by today's standards and they really helped to foster the growth of the con. Lots of steampunk material, lots of Star Wars and science fiction material that had costume/cosplay relevance but the panel content was quite diverse. It only seems like it's been in the past 8-10 years that they stripped that content and replaced it with educational Japan content, which is usually enjoyable but I can see where it would turn a lot of people off both from a topic standpoint and a diversity standpoint. If anything, I think Animazement needs to get itself out of the pigeonhole it's locked itself in and branch back out. They still need quality control to make sure capeshit doesn't take over but I think a little bit more diversity is definitely in order.

[Anonymous No.9894296]

i certainly enjoyed it i guess because i dont have much to be disappointed yet. though i mostly spent time playing gundam vs in the video game room or attended panels like the gunpla building session.

[Anonymous No.9894397]

The lower attendance this year brought back memories of the Sheraton hotel, more homely feel. That was one of the few upsides though, the panel quantity was lacking, quality was great if you picked the right panels. I went to a panel about Japan and Cat girls/Animal-humans and it was a dude (doing a good job and a well researched effort, so no hate) basically giving a college level presentation on the true history of where animal-human hybrid art and lore came from. I bailed and went next door to a 90's anime nostalgia panel, which probably had the majority of the 30+ yr olds at the con in one room based on the showing of hands (including myself). The cosplay quality had a noticeable lower average, I think all the out of state heavy hitters went to Momo-con. This sucks because anyone south of the South Carolina boarder will choose Momo-con as a first choice, and AZ as a alternate. The Dealers Room sucked ass, only a few dealers had any goods worth shit. Mostly bulk ordered (by the pound) amazon anime goods, so multiple tables were selling the same items. I still had fun, regardless of the con itself. Also, not having the arcade machines at the Marriott and open 24hrs like last year sucked.

I kept the loot to a minimal, but pic related. Grabbed the Gunpla right before the Gunpla panel (managed amazon price on the kit). The Boomslank t-shirts are fucking expensive but worth it, super high quality art and shirts. Ones I have from before only fade some after 2 years, still wearable. Last I got a Cowboy Bebop Japanese market artbook signed by Shinichirō Watanabe.

/blog

[Anonymous No.9894699]

>>9894397
i still prefer the smaller attendence it just feel like you make more friends there than the bigger conventions. BTW did you play the gundam vs gundam next cabinets?

[Anonymous No.9895215]

>>9871327
I look really cute in this picture

[Anonymous No.9895291]

>>9871327
>filled with normalfags
>not a single cosplayer
why do people like this con again?

[Anonymous No.9895310]

>>9895291
Less cosplayers = cosplayers getting more attention

[Anonymous No.9895382]

how were the lolita panels this year? i didn't get to go

[Anonymous No.9895436]

>>9894397 That 90's panel was pretty fantastic though. Good nostalgia trip.

[Anonymous No.9895571]

>>9895291
capeshit is huge. People who like shit have money because they are in stable jobs, unlike anime fans. I'd say comic fans range from late 20's to early 40's and Anime fans are low teens to mid 20's. One has a lot of cash to blow and one doesn't. generally.

[Anonymous No.9895578]

I had fun. Only paid for one day. Hung out at the bar friday night, hung out in the bar and main entrance most of saturday and paid for sunday to walk around and take pics. Not a lot of good cosplay, but I stayed high and just caught up with friends.

The only problem is that AZ isn't really a party con like Ichi because of the hotel layout and convention center rules. So it doesn't even really excel at what it could be good for.

I think they should move to a smaller venue and make it a party con. But they never will.

[Anonymous No.9895917]

Hey, I saw a few people in SS uniforms walking into the con friday night and saturday morning. I was with a group so I couldn't stick around and watch the fireworks. Did anything come of that? I mean, I know a few people out front were yelling at them but did anything actually happen?

[Anonymous No.9896552]

>>9895917
Not sure. Saw them in the dealer room. I’d assume they wouldn’t have made it that far if it was an issue

[Anonymous No.9896861]

does anybody want or have a discord for the NC con scene?

[Anonymous No.9897038]

The Starbucks had two people working there all weekend and they did *not* seem amused with all of us. Last year the main hotel staff seemed like they were having more fun.

[Anonymous No.9897162]

>>9897038
Probably because no one ever tips.

[Anonymous No.9897225]

>>9896861
I have one. It's a little dead, but I'm trying to bring it back. Would prefer you enter through my specific Facebook group though...you seem smart enough to figure it out

I gotta be honest, I didn't think AZ was awful this year. Last year was garbage, and I'm still going to try to do momo next year, but this was solid.

[Anonymous No.9897322]

>>9897225
what made last year so bad?

[Anonymous No.9897499]

>>9897322
literally nothing, it just seemed to be the year that everyone who had bottled up negativity about anything about AZ over the past 20 years suddenly culminated. i've been going for 13 or 14 years and last year was fine. there was an incident with a guest that was weird, and a staff member had passed away unexpectedly so the staff was a little down, but as a regular con visitor there were no notable differences.

[Anonymous No.9897521]

>>9897499
Never forget the guest who tried to "Do you know who I am!?" past security.

[Anonymous No.9901939]

>>9897499
I Just had a general vibe that a lot of people didn't want to be there.. and this year they didn't come haha. And a lot of people are saying they won't be back next year.

So I doubt there will be much of a con next year.

[Anonymous No.9904433]

>>9901939
12k people attended the con this year. Lost about 2k people from previous years. Con is in it's twilight years huh.

[Anonymous No.9906220]

Anyone going to SuperCon?

[Anonymous No.9907928]

>>9906220
Yup, Saturday and Sunday

[Anonymous No.9907934]

>>9906220
probably just sunday, not into capeshit but like that it's more diverse than the comic cons

[Anonymous No.9907992]

>>9906220
The full weekend, yes.