cons?

so i made a topic where people can talk about cons they plan on going to in 2009 so we can find other people going to the same con or something like that.

this year i plan on going to....
comic con
JAFAX
and youma con

anyone else going to those?

i have a feeling that i'm gonna be dragged to atleast one of those

hm....we;; we definitly want you to come to youma con....but we were thinking about princess princess cosplaying at JAFAX. but JAFAX is a free admission con so as long as we can give you rides you can go?

we'll figure it out, still have some time ^_^

Anime North (Yay)
Otakon (maybe)
Youmacon (Yay!)

Sorry, I can't make JAFAX.

tis otay, gen ;3
why not try coming to comic con? ^_^ (motor city comic con) its smaller and stuff so we're bound to run into each other. and its not as expensive as youma con <3

kyaaaa i cant wait to see kakashi-san!!! <33
anticipation is killing me but its a blissful death!!! <3 <3 <3

i'll try to go to every one you bring up, as long as i have a chance to hang out with you [or be sent away so you can have "alone time" with Kakashi]

i've been shut up inside for too long, i must now do stuff!

so yeah Neko, tell where stuff is and how to do it when the time comes!

I forget if it's Acen or Anime North that runs at the same time as Comic con...We went to Acen last year, so...Oh, I forget.

Unfortunately, I can only go to so many cons a year, so while I would love to go to Comic Con I probably can't. Someday, though, someday...

its Acen thats around the time of comic con (kakashi-san mentioned it.)
is acen short for anime central?

i dont think you'll be missing to much gen, comic con is small and not even a full fledged anime con

Yeah, Acen is short for Anime Central. And it's not the concept of how large a con is to be enjoyable, it's whether they have skits or not. Okay, kidding, but the skits were the highlight of Youmacon.

man, i didn't know there were so many cons around here!

i remember watching "DVD Dojo" on Anime Network and always hearing "Utah, California, New York, Maine." but never really here. so i'm happy there are so many that you can't even get to them all!

hopefully i'll have as much fun there as i've heard you guys all having.

Well, the biggest ones are in Boston (Otakon) and San Francisco (Anime Expo). As for cons closer to us, Anime North is in Toronto, Canada and Anime Central is in Rosemount, Illinois.

true, the size of the con does not determine enjoyment, i was just saying its not as flashy, exciting and otaku filled as youma con.
still fun though of course.

wait, anime central is in rosemount? i thought it was in chicago? is there two anime central's? (like theres new york comic con and motor city comic con?)
hm...ill have to find that anime central site i was on a long time ago
coulda sworn its in chicago -3-

dont forget sakura con and yaoi con in california. sakura con was the first con i ever heard of. back in 8th grade kitsune miku and i dreamed of going to that once we got out of high school. then we learned about youma con. sai and i plan on going on a road trip to cali to go to yaoi con once i graduate. we're going to drag kitsune with us too if she likes it or not >:3

Rosemount and Chicago are very close together, so much that you can almost consider Anime Central in Chicago, but you get off on the turn for Rosemount. And there's only one Anime Central, as far as I know.

The guy who runs the other anime meeting I go to, Jeff, goes to Comic Con. He said that last year there wasn't a lot of anime/manga stuff.

oh okay that makes more sense. and apparently there is another anime central in canada. but that isnt called acen at all.

yeah comic con wasnt very anime filled. i was to surprised though. there were only a handful of anime cosplayers. but i hear they're getting more anime stuff each year. and its still fun just to be surrounded by the buzz of a con -^_^-

im going to see kakashi-san and saso-chan while im there so im extremely excited.
kyaaaa i cant wait to see my smexy bishie! XD

I don't know if I am going to any cons, but maybe Youmacon since it is close.

thats dissapointing, kaze.

i think comic con is closer. its in....novi? i dunno, it didnt take sasuke and i long to get there though.
JAFAX is a free admission con, but its in grand rapids. or if you want to go to a more mello, dont-have-to-plan-much con, comic con would be perfect.

i wonder about ohio con....i should go to that one year. i heard mixed things about it, but it seems worth it.
i think kakashi-san goes to that. if i get to see him anything is worth it! <3

how much is admission at all these different cons?
i really wanna go to them, but i'll need advanced warning so i can have the money handy.

you're okay if i rely on you for this stuff and plan to hang out with you guys once i get there, right?

of course jd, i had already guessed that anyway.
now....comic con, im not completly sure. i think it was 10$ last year for at the door? i hear its more. ill check the site.

youma con, depends on how many days and if you pre register. im going to assume you'll want a three day pass, if you pre register no later than the end of june, it should only be 35$

and i totally dont mind you hanging out with us. though if we do decide to wander off on our own/split up. you'll have to be responsible for following me or whatever. if im with kakashi and your not tagging behind me, im going to assume you found something else to occupy yourself with. thats what it was like at youma con, we stuck together when we wanted, other times we went off on our own or followed someone else around. =/

that may not sound great but it was fun and we all met wonderful new people ^_^

this year at youma con we'll probably reclaim our 'usual spot' so to speak, under the stairs. thats where we met up and where you could easily find other people in our group.

Harhar Neko, you have just unknowingly let me...oh, I don't know, find out your secret layer or something like that.

And no matter what con you go to, I suggest pre-registering. Not only is the line to pick up your badge shorter, but it's usually cheaper, even if you miss the really good deals. Some cons will even mail your badges to you in advance for a few extra dollars, which means you don't even have to wait in a line (Anime Central does this).

I assume our usual group for Youmacon. Mr, Bri-Bri, Bri-Bri's mom, my mom, Mel-Chan, Stephanie, Alisha (Bri-Bri's cousin), and Alisha's mom.

If anyone wants to look for me I should be in a white/greyish wig in a Shuffle! uniform. Though, I'll probably spot other people first...

its not really a secret layer or anything, and i really dont care if you 'invade' us ;3
i like our spot, there was a piano right by our spot, so we sat at it or put stuff on it. its simply fun sitting under the stairs, the area they had was pretty cool, and we were at like a cross roads sorta spot so we saw many people. we all stood there with a variety of custom made 'glomp me' signs (they fit our character of course) we got many glomps. XD

i dont know if comic con pre registers. it didnt say anything on the site before. i dunno, we really didnt have to wait long to get our passes during comic con. and its not like badges either, we got those wrist band things....

im so glad i dont have any 'parental authority' with my group during the con. i spent youma con weekend completely away from parents -^_^- oh what a weekend that was!

im gonna be rin kagamine during youma con, i dont think it will be to hard to find me ;3 at least on saturday i will be. ill also be anbu itachi, there was only one other anbu that i saw last year. on friday i will be

Eh, parents aren't so bad. To be honest, as long as I had my cell phone on me I could go wherever. Of course, we all gathered together in the skit line.

On Saturday I should be Primela from Shuffle! and on Sunday I should be Osaka from Azumanga Daioh. Heh, should we really be talking about this nine months from the actual Youmacon? Wouldn't we be jinxing it or something?

if i can get a ride to Jafax, i'll probably be going as seifer with a twilight town group though i think the hayner might be taller than me...that's a bit...embarrassing xD;;

and i might be able to finish my lenalee outfit in time for jafax too, depending on how many days i'm there.

as for youmacon, i definitely hope i can go! xD i have a lot of costumes planned for it this year actually O_o AC Cloud, lenalee (1st uniform) and Dino from KHR.

...........OMG IRENE CAN YOUR MOM HELP ME PLZ? ;__;

lets see, comic con ill probably just be akatsuki itachi. maybe anbu if i have my anbu cosplay by then

jafax we were going to do d gray man, so id be kanda, but my group was also thinking about doing princess princess. thats if we're able to get the dresses in time. money seems to be a problem for us. (isnt it for everyone?)

youma con, im going to try to go for a biton thursday, so my plans go luike this;

thursday: yuu kanda
friday :anbu itachi
saturday: rin kagamine
sunday :yuu kanda

honestly i dont think there will be many anbu itachis or rin kagamines at youma con so i wont be to hard to find ;3

Here's mine, though it's subject to change:

Friday: ???? (To be decided, don't know what I'm going as)
Saturday: Primela from Shuffle! Last year, besides me and Bri there were no other people in Shuffle costume...It makes me sad.
Sunday: Osaka from Azumanga Daioh

Yargh, I can't wait.

so youman-con is 4 days? thats kinda cool!
the $35 covers all 3-4 days or just 1 or what?

either way i'm pretty new at all this so i hope i can do these cosplays or rather that i'll be able to gather enough funding for 4 different cosplays.

right now i'm thinking

Kira Yamato [Gundam SEED Destiny]
Yzak Jule [Gundam SEED]
Lockon Stratos [Gundam 00]
and maybe Fayt Leingod or Albel Nox from Star Ocean 3.

but i'd like to get in with Neko's group and match so what i really need to do is find a Naruto or D. Grayman character i resemble and could dress as.

that is the good part of "9 months away"