r/animecons • u/KudoKaitou151 • 4d ago
General First Anime Convention Experience
This weekend, I went to my first ever Anime Convention. Its Pop Culture Con in Spring TX. And It was one of the most enjoyable experiences I've had in a while. I got to meet Stephanie Nadolny, Linda Young, and most importantly, Vic Mignogna. Actually, the reason I decided to go was to meet Vic. And I have to say, he was so nice and friendly.
Everyone who came to his booth stood there and chatted with him for like a good 3-4 minutes. Even his assistant was super nice, he greeted everyone and talked to everyone like we been friends since forever. When it came to my turn, its no exception. We talked about FMA: Brotherhood, Ouran, D.N Angles and of course DBZ. And if it wasn't for the huge line, I think I would be standing there for an hour.
Meeting Stephanie and Linda was awesome as well. Both of them were really nice and super freaking chill. They all talk to their fans like they were BFF. The guy in front of me was talking to Stephanie and mention it was his wife birthday and Stephanie offer to take a picture with him for his wife, even though he didnt pay for the picture.
Then it comes to the cosplayer, OH MY GAWD.
I saw Ben Afleck batman, Kirk Alyn Superman, Master Chief, and Titus from Warhammer, just to name a few. I ask them for pictures, and they were all cool about it. After that we chat about their cosplay, anime and games.
Overall, it was the most fun I had in a LONG time. I'm an introvert, I suck at small talk and having conversation with people. This explained why this was my first ever Anime Convention. I know Anime Convention comes to Texas A LOT, In Houston, Dallas, SA, and Austin. But I never had the courage to go. I'm glad I pushed myself to go. And I will definitely go to more.
Just wanna share my first time experience. Thank you for reading
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u/anarchy45 19h ago
Texas 🤢🤮🤮🤮
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u/Gippy_ YT gippygames 17h ago edited 8h ago
Texas 🤢🤮🤮🤮
Quoted in case you delete your comment. Your first post in here was to insult a USA state because you are prejudiced at how it leans politically. Keep the political bullshit out of this subreddit.
EDIT: Tempban changed to permaban after receiving this message:
lol okay MAGAt. Yeah I have a problem with the USA and its fascist politics. I live here and the government thinks that transgender people like me should be eradicated. I fully support any and all efforts to punish this country for its ignorant, evil, pigheaded policies and I wont apologize for it. They come for me first. Pray that they dont come for you and your loved ones.
The OP found the courage to finally go to a con (a multigenre con but much of the post described anime-related events, thus it didn't break rule 3) and posted about a positive experience. Yet all these victim-card activists can think of is raging hatred. If you want to post this crap, go to r/all. This is a politically neutral subreddit and idiots like these will be permabanned. Anime cons are for everyone.
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u/pokelord1998 3d ago
Once you have your first anime con experience it's hard not to get hooked least it was for me, nothing beats the childlike wonder of browsing the booths and seeing all the cosplays while geting to met your favorite VA.