An anime convention is a fan convention with a primary focus on anime, manga and Japanese culture. Anime conventions are commonly multi-day events hosted at convention centers, hotels or college campuses. They feature a wide variety of activities and panels, with a larger number of attendees participating in cosplay than most other types of fan conventions.
i'm obsessed with cons, i want to go to so many cons but im soooo anxious LOL i lived the last 13 years since i've known about cons just watching people's vlogs and cosplay music videos.
i decided to share my thoughts and experiences about each con from personal visits to the popular cons throughout the years! Have fun exploring!
AnimeWorld Chicago was the very first convention I attended and it was a fun little trip. My aunt took my cousin and I for a few hours on saturday. We mainly focused on the artist alley and people watching but I do remember attending a panel for legend of korra. You honestly miss a lot during cons and with only going one day I immediately ran to youtube to see any and all videos people posted about the event. I've listed a few that I remember watching the weeks following the con back in 2012.
Video | Description |
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AnimeWorld Chicago 2012 Less-Than-Three Showcase | Just a few of the amazing events from AnimeWorld Chicago 2012, highlighted in less than three minutes! |
Anime World Chicago - Gangnam Styl | the two dave strider cosplayers really seal the deal |
Todd Haberkorn Q/A | this dude was every where! i actually remember him passing us while we where in line for something. "omg !! that's todd !!" Didn't watch some of fairy tail till later so I only really knew him as death the kid |
Anime World Chicago 2012 Pt. 1 | A slidwshow of photos taken as awc 2012, there's 3 other parts in you visit the uploader's channel. |
Anime World Chicago 2012 1/4 | the first vlog on this list! there's 3 other parts in you visit the uploader's channel. |
AnimeWorld Chicago 2012 Masquerade Walk-On's | I am truthfully obsessed with masquerades and am sad to announce the first one I ever saw irl was in 2023 BRUHHHH 11 years after my first con T^T |
AnimeWorld Chicago 2012 Skits | ppl who do masquerades are so much braver than me. I applaud all of them. and there's such a charm with older ones |
AnimeWorld Chicago 2012 MV | what is a con without a music video made to clips of it? This one is set to melt |
Chii Sakurabi Concert | One of the preforming artist at the con! A j-pop idol singing in a very adorable outfit |
Anime World Chicago 2012 Craziness! | One of the preforming artist at the con! A j-pop idol singing in a very adorable outfit |
Anime World Chicago 2012 Haul | aaaa how fun !!! i actually remember buying a death the kid version of the little character prints seen @ 0:49 |
Convention and Meetup Compilation Video (2011-2012 mostly) | timestamped cause it's got a couple of different videos in this one; interviews, compilation and ...whatever a commission quest (20:49) is! |
I honest to god have no idea what happened to this con, I'm pretty sure there was not one in 2013 and that's why my 2013 summer anime con was....Anime Midwest :D
AnimeWorld Midwest was the 2nd and 3rd convention i've attended and i honestly did have a lot of fun for these two years. The organizer is a total creep if you'd like to look into that but I never felt unsafe attending, thankfully.
Video | Description |
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Anime Midwest 2013 Full Vlog Movie | |
Anime Midwest 2013 Cosplay Music Video | |
Anime Midwest 2014 PUBLIC: Convention Schedule | |
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