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So...have any of you ever been to an anime convention? The reason I ask is because I'm going to Anime Central in Chicago this weekend, and it's my third con that I will have gone too. They're really a lot of fun. And of course, I love to cosplay So has anyone else ever been to one?

I have only went to one so for but I might go to the Jacon

I went to Anime Central and Anime Reactor last year, and am going to go to both of those as well as Wizard World and Anime Sound and Vision this year (actually, I'm running a lot at ASV). All of those are in Chicago, though...haven't been to an out of state con yet.

Im not into that kinda thing ...

I havnt yet, I never really seen one come to Upland, and I'm not really a traveling kind of person.

I haven't, but I've wanted soooooooo much!

*bumping*

BlackHatDefect and myself will be at Anime Reactor next weekend

Anyone else been to an anime con recently/will be going to one soon?

Yup yup(and we'll actually meet)

Im ganna be an-unenthusicasic-fangirl for hire.I donno wether to work for Pokey or glomps.....

anyway,if anyone else lives in the Midwestern area,come join us!

Yep, I finally get to meed someone off of KMC!!!

I'm going to be Rabi~en~Rose on Saturday (you won't be able to miss me, I'll be the one with red hair because I couldn't find a wig of the right color and the dress that's two shades of pink), I'm still unsure what costumes I'll wear on Friday/Sunday, if any.

If you live around the Chicago area, seriously, come! Reactor is a really fun con; it's basically a party con

Anime conventions scare me

Where is it being held at exactly?

The Holiday Inn (which just changed it's name to the Crown Plaza Hotel or something like that) in Rosemont, IL.

http://animereactor.org <-- that's the con's website, it has all the info you'll need.

kool kool...i could go dressed as Hiei...all though I think I'm a little bit taller than him...but I have the hair and the attitude already down....

Where do ye live?

No....i was just kidding I live way too far away....
I live in Arizona....
u must live kinda close to it huh?

Stop using caps!

-WD

SongBird go to off topic forums...they have some amusing stuff to do there....

I have seen pictures of cos-players on anime convention websites and they scared me.

Hahaha...it's kool though to see people who like anime so much that they dress up like charecters...

Hahahaha..Jordan remember the blue Piccolo that we saw?

WHAT KIND OF THING AND HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU MUST GO THERE ALOT AND WHY DO YOU SUGGEST THAT I GO THERE

How do u add the pics into what im saying?
Because I found some funny kid dressed as Inuyasha.
AJ I'll just send it to you over aim.

i only suggested that u go there one time....
go there alot thats funny....
and what kind of thing are u talking about?

hahahaha and then are u even talking to me?

duh of course im talking ot you
you said they do lots of things there

whats the thing in the first part?

I don't know your the one who said it you should know how your own brain wks

sometimes...I don't know how my brain works cuz I'm thinking about something more important at the time....

and what is that
sango?

Geezzz...how'd ya know???

Anime Conventions are held in many different places...

Men
Call it a womans intuition

I wonder if anybody has ever fressed as a Sango in a convention...probably.....

a goku would be kinda nice only if the museles were real though

A guy being that buff and strong would scare me....

i dont see why?
if he was on steroids yeah i could see the prolbem but what if that is just the way he is

but what is the point of working out so much???
I only work out to the point of where I think that I look good...
Being all muscley and veiny would i think would scare people away....

o.k. now your intresting me
i ment a non powered up goku

can u get used to the pointy hair???

oops guess hes out no i really couldn't
now you've spoiled my dreams

hahahaha...it happens....

SINCE IT'S YOUR FAULT YOUR GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE ME A NEW DREAM

....It's ur dream....you come up with it...besides...how would I know what kind of dream ur looking for?

well you destroyed my last on so if you can make up one you cant destroy it

sooo...since I can't make one up for u...I never destroyed it in the first place right?

now i'm confused lover

yeah....I'm confused too....uhhhmmmmm have u ever seen a blue Piccolo from DBZ b4? it's rather funny....

I have a vauge memory of something like that . was it a computer mistake?

No...it was at an anime convention...i guess the kid just didn't like the color green...or maybe it was a computer mistake...i don't know....I guess that's something only he would know....

Hey, who said cosplayers are scary? I'm a cosplayer! And it's soooo much fun, too.

*goes off to bump cosplay thread*

Cosplay is a gift from the Gods^_-

do you particapate?

I agree with Black-chan.

who is black-chan and what are his or her views?

Black-chan is BlackHatDefect

what were her views that you were agreeing on?

She says that cosplay is a gift from the gods

Have lots fun and best of luck winning 1st place.

Yes...good luck winning first place...ur going to have lots of competition.....

Oh, we're shooting for first place...we took second place at Anime Central, so we're definitely trying to outdo ourselves. Thanks!

Hey....did u ever say what u were going to be there???

Yes I did, I think...I'm going to be Rabi~en~Rose from Di Gi Charat

oOo...maybe u did already say that....

I hope both of you win. tell us when you do
Pa-at the top of the page i fussed at you for destroying my dreams.the goku muscle pointy hair thing.
Well I have a dream thats ten times as better than that was although its not really a dream
thankx

Thanks Songbird...but only one person can win....

I'm hoping se does because al that attention would kill me at an anime convention....

It wasn't me.
I still love you
read the message
sorry for getting off of topic please forgive this once
it was an emergency

I'd wish you good luck..
but we already know who is going to win--ME

Who are you going to dress up as Darth Revan?

Anime Reactor is tomorrow....I'm really really excited

Let me wish you again best of luck!

One question: Is it a stricly an Anime convention or will there be also Comic book shows? Certain comic book conventions I attend aren't always stricly for comics there is plenty of anime/manga around. Could you give us more feedback when you return, pleeeease?

Oh yeah...

Last one I saw there were video game charecters too!!!

I'd rather be a video game charecter than an anime charecter....but Hiei is still fine with me....

Good Luck Silver Stardust!!!

This one I'm going to, as well as the other one I've been to are mostly anime/manga. This isn't to say that they don't have other stuff, but for the most part everything is related to these two things. Last year, this one was kind of a mix of anime/manga, as well as American comics that have been influenced by anime style. I don't know what it'll be this year, though There's always tons of people cosplaying video game characters, of course...this'll be my 4th con and the first one where I'm actually dressing up as an anime character every other one I've been to I've been a character from Final Fantasy X-2.

Full details and tons of pictures will come next week

And thank you!

Anime Reactor's over, wasn't that great, frankly...pretty much nothing was going on and somehow I hardly saw any of my friends at all over the three days. Plus I'm really rather mad at the judges for the masquerade. However, I did get to meet up with BlackHatDefect on Saturday, and showing off my Rabi~en~Rose costume was a lot of fun.

I'm tired, I'll write up a con report later.

I'm going to my first convention in January. I'm so excited! I'm going as Lulu from Final fantasy X. Have any of you ever dressed up as Lulu? If so any tips about the costume or hair would be great!