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A-Kon was a blast!
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6.05.2005
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 I'm back from A-Kon 2005, my first anime convention, and it was a totally fun, geek-tacular experience! There was so much going on all the time that it was hard to choose what to do, but Chris and I both found things that we were really interested in and managed to see a lot. The Adams Mark hotel was completely booked for the convention, so it was wall-to-wall fans and plenty of craziness. Here's a few awesome highlights:
The opening night concert was great! They had three acts: Dream (who has done a few anime themes, and were totally energetic with their synchronized dance moves), ZZ (who has also done a few themes, and were really cool with their turntable guy in the mix), and Kumiko Kato (who doesn't have her first CD until August, but has been making the convention circuit). Kumiko Kato was a super genki 22-year old cutie pie, so I had to go to her Q&A panel just to watch her talk, then I waited in line for her autograph (scanned for your viewing pleasure)!
Of course, there were costumes everywhere, and all of the cosplayers were always willing to stop and do their pose for a picture (be sure to check out the View Photos link below). The big cosplay event and contest was pretty hilarious, even though it was rough to get through an hour of semi-lame skits.
The dealers room was full of really cool merchandise, with so many T-shirts I wanted to buy (I ended up getting three). There were plenty of Japanese snacks for sale, so I had a few bottles of Ramune and lots of Yan Yan, too. We didn't even eat dinner both nights, even though we were up until 3:00 AM.
The arcade was always packed, even with three DDR machines! It was always fun to watch people playing ParaParaParadise, especially with 4 or 5 other people on the sidelines who had all the moves memorized. I also thought the J-Pop room was great, where they had 24-hour videos playing (I wish I had a channel like that I could watch!).
The Saturday night dance was fun - after a few martinis, it was great to dance non-stop for about an hour, watching everyone go nuts with their glowsticks (I got to see Chris pull off his break dance moves, too)!
 View photos: A-Kon 2005Labels: anime, photos, trips
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