I went to Otakon 2009, my first anime convention ever. Of course, this happened in July, and I had written up an entry for it before, but I wanna share on my blog! So here is my adventure that was Otakon back in July, I hope to go back next year!
I didn’t take Mikuru (my Fraulein) with me because I was scared of breaking her sexy legs XD But packing was horrible. I first packed in a huge bag and dad informed me that my suitcase wouldn’t fit in the tiny car. So I couldn’t even study properly for my exam the next day just thinking about it, so I packed all over again at 1 am XD Good thing I did, because dad was right, even my tiny suitcase was a tiny squeeze in the car because we had four people all together, along with food and their luggage. It was a tight squeeze Xp But about the notebook in the top pic, I got it on a shopping expedition with my L Button the other week, but I never used it. I decided it would be my Otakon notebook! So I wrote down the prices of some of the stuff I was interested in getting in the Dealers room, to make sure I didn’t pay too much or if the price wasn’t too fishy. It actually came quite in handy! My entire Otakon trip is in this notebook, always stopping to write down what I saw and how tired and hungry I was Actually… some of the entries don’t make all too much sense, you could kinda tell when I had had enough XD But I treasure this notebook now; it holds my Otakon schedule, what panels I went to, who I saw, and it ’s like… the only real thing that captured me 24/7! But now that Otakon is over, I have no idea what I’m gonna use this for XD It’s also filled with doodles from when I had to wait in line for panels.
Breakfast of champions, that’s what this is XDD This was my breakfast before the exam the next morning, the day we headed out. I did well on the exam, though I misread some questions that cost me stupid points -_-; I was just so excited, I don’t know how I didn’t fail that thing XD Oh, and yey for the inside of Sonic, my car! <3 Redbull and Rice Krispy in the morning, yeah, I’m awesome. Vixena right before the trip!!! Haha, looking at this now, I see how my messed up sleeping pattern is taking a toll on my face D8 THIS WEEKEND DIDN’T HELP AT ALL. I didn’t feel the trip there at all. Autumn (This is her nickname that she uses online, I don’t know if she’ll want me using her real name on here, so this is my friend that invited me.) and I picked up K and her bf J, which I was a bit nervous about at first because it’s like, oh, a couple, they’ll be kissing and being all lovey dovey. They were lovey dovey, but I LOVED it. They are the cutest couple I’ve ever met, and two of the nicest people I’ve ever met. I stuck with them almost the entire time. The times I wasn’t with them I was in my ~exploring~ mode and wandered completely on my own. By the time we reached this stage, we had sung, eaten chips, talked about previous cons, and Autumn and K seem to have the same tastes in anime, so Justin and I were like “We don’t really know these ” To my horror I found that most of the anime’s I’ve seen have super cute girls in them and very sad story lines. How time changes us <3 This was our hotel! It was actually gorgeous, and they served us breakfast in the morning so we didn’t have to worry about starving all day long. Sad thing is that their free breakfast was our only nutrition while we were there. I survived on 3 Cups of Ramen and M&m cookies that I brought. Oh, and Rice Cakes, which did nothing except make me hungrier. Our hotel had these streets cross XD K, J and I cracked up because J had dressed up as Light from Deathnote, and we were obsessing over Deathnote the entire time.So to have our hotel on LIGHT street, well, we got a little silly XD Autumn and I had preregistered, but K and J had not, so we got in line while they went back to the hotel. Autumn made it very clear that she wasn’t enjoying the line in the least bit, but I loved it. It was my first con line!!! I know, I’m a dork :p But i really did, people behind us were talking about anime, some were playing their DS’s and their PSPs, some were already in costume, and everyone had a shirt with some sort of internet reference… I was in Heaven <3 I especially liked seeing the merchandise that people had, it made me want so many things. This was when I started feeling bad for my money, because I knew I was just going to blow it ALL. We stood in line for a bit over an hour, which was nothing to me, but Autumn was very upset. She complained the entire time, but I diddn’t mind it too much, I just blocked it out and enjoyed myself standing in line in the humid air. When I saw this, it was like, Yeah. I’m here. I’m at OTAKON <3 And the Pre Registration line was nothing compared to the line the next morning, which was over three hours long at most points! Once we got our ticket, I felt exhausted. Autumn let her friends (the other 5 people that were staying with us in the hotel room, there were 9 of us all together.) cut, so they sat around afterwards and looked at the program booklet and planned out their days. I ditched and went to look for K and J. Our roommates weren’t too social towards us, so we kinda stuck with each other. Autumn knew them from before, so we let her stay with them too. Once in the room with the other two, we looked through the booklet together and I wrote down my plan in the little blue notebook! The panels looked great, but I had to miss some to catch others. Like the Yaoi panel, I missed it for the Yuri one. Worst decision ever. The Yuri panel sucked. And we all had to choose where to sleep. K and J got a bed, the others got some spots on the floor and the other bed, and I was like… “I’m not sleeping by the door, screw that.” So I looked in the closet and saw that it was quite roomy. So I grabbed that. One of the best decisions I made all trip Sleeping on the floor still sucked though. When the others made too much noise, I just closed the door and rolled over in the darkness haha! Then came the day of the CONVENTION!!! When I first got in the building, I waslike, frozen XD So many wonderful cosplays, thousands of people in the same area with the same interests as me, and everyone was so friendly with each other!!! Maybe I missed the point of the convention, but what I got most out of it was the wonderful atmosphere. Everyone was so accepting of one another, everyone was willing to talk, everyone was nice, you weren’t afraid to ask a random stranger where a certain room was, or to strike up a conversation in line while waiting for a panel (I made three new friends <333) I wish the world was more like this, where people accepted one another and respected one another enough to be able to feel comfortable talking to a random stranger about anything. Everytime I remember Otakon, I’ll remember that wonderful comfort I felt there. The cosplays are at the end of the entry because there were just so many, I can’t organize them enough to put commentaries on them! Ah… the dealers room <3 Another moment where I just froze at the entry. It was as big as three of our gyms put together, and it was filled with anime stuff <3 HOBBY LINK JAPAN <3 My first real order online was done at their shop, for my Yun Kouga art book, so I wandered over there first. Got my wonderful Haruhi for ten dollars less than asking price! They also gave me a coupon for the online shop because I told them I had ordered form them before! There was a Yaoi booth right next to them where they were selling Doujinshi. Haha, what an amazing experience that was. I ended up there by mistake actually, when someone pushed me. Then I looked at all the boxes and people around me grabbing at things, and I was like, what is this? And the vendor was like “Which series do you like?” and I had no idea why he would want to know that, so I just said YUGIOH <3 And he handed me this enormous box of Yaoi doujinshi. I wish someone had captured my face in that moment because I couldn’t even feel my face anymore. I put it on the floor and went through every single one, some I had seen online, some I hadn’t, and ended up spending 50 dollars on them!!! I got one for free because the lady seemed to notice how happy I was at buying them hahaha! Besides Miss Kaoru-Chan’s doujinshi, I’ve never even seen one before, so yeah. I was supser excited. And splurged XDD (OMG I HAVE YUGIOH DOUJINSHI <33333) YOAI FANGIRLS ARE F****** ANIMALS. They also had a lot of artbooks and plushies, but nothing really caught my interest. I spotted some vendors selling fake nendos, and I even saw a fake figma! When I went back with K, I told her to ask me before she bought anything so I could verify it, and she was so happy that I could identify them, and she made me blush. She was like “It’s amazing that you’re so passionate about it!” Yeah, I am really passionate about figures, but I don’t collect them. But after talking about it with K, I’ve decided to actually start. Or at least try XD This booth had the PIXIV art book! I didn’t even realize it at first, I just picked it up without looking at the price and bought it, and before i knew it, I was walking out with it XD I later found out that I had bought it for 10 dollars less than the asking price, which made me even happier. I wish I had gotten a picture of the Artist Alley, but they didn’t allow photos ;-; But I saw a bunch of artists from DA, and I was squeeing like a little girl X3 I met Celesse, and let me tell you, my chest was like *explode* I bought my Cupcake kitty hat from her as well as a CCS print which is on my wall right now! Her little cherry fell off her head, but I thought it was for the best, it will make cleaning it a lot easier <3 I’m thinking, if I’m satisfied enough with my art next year, I might possibly set up my own booth… don’t hold me to that though. If they set me up next to amazing artists, I’ll probably be a miserable wreck all weekend XD K, J and I wearing my Cupcake Kitty Hat! This was immediately after the con ended, we were so exhausted that we fell asleep on the harbor XD We actually got kicked out of the dealers room XD Autumn met up with us later and we went to the Barnes and Noble right on the harbor because we’re such dorks XD We were like “WE WORK HERE!” Then we shipped off home. We got home pretty late, 11:40 pm, and I had class the next morning. My first ever Otakon loot X3 My badge had Kagami cosplaying as Miku. I saw very few girls wearing this one, they were mostly worn by guys! I was like “yeah, I’m cool.” This girl, Ruby, who actually has my name, you’ll see her soon, drew me that yugioh sketch while we were in line for the Yuri Panel! I was like “I LOVE YOU <333″ And that egyptian picture, I’m in love with, I found at the Artist Alley. The guy looks exactly like Satomi, except Satomi is actually skinnier, and I can’t stop staring at his sexy body before i go to bed. Then there’s my yugioh doujinshi, as well as my Yugioh manga, and some Genshiken I can’t seem to find anywhere else. My prints, my Haruhi Fraulein (LOVE.), my Clamp art books, all amazing buys for great prices! I didn’t break my wallet, I came back with quite a bit of money, thank goodness. I’m not completely broke XD And then the Lucky Star shirt that I won for free!Now for the sexy cosplays that I saw:
Sexy WUIGI.
I took this one for my Bonn <3 I was like YOU’RE HINATA! And she looked very scared. And then I talked to her a bit and she was like “So you’re a fan of Hinata?” and I was like “…uh…” It was very uncomfortable D:From the Sailor Moon panel MintBunny and I attended (We attended both actually DX)
I wish I hugged her. Princess Sally Acorn ;-; Later I found out that I took it with her eyes closed and I was like NUUUUUU ;0;
K, J, and I had watched the abridged series the night before and K spotted the Yugios and she was like *grab* LOOK!!! And we all spazzed together XD The only Yami and Bakura I found at the con T_T Ruby told me she saw an Atem walking around, but I never saw him!!!
Took this one for my brother N, he loved it XD Poor people though, in those thick suits…
I built this thing for N on Thanksgiving!!! And I saw a girl walking around dressed up as it!! I have no idea where it’s from, I just remember it was a bitch to put together.
Beautiful Fakir T_T And having them paired together like that… hanyan ~<3
I honestly think I yelped when I saw them XD I want a Seto to walk around with me whever I go!! Bloody hot piece of man.
Not as many Konata’s as i thought there would’ve been. But these three were so cute <3
YEY Tohru and Momiji <333 I think I’m leaning towards their relationship now… poor Kyo. I will never support your relationship XD
One for J, since he loves and adores KAHBY.
THE KING. He was amazing, when I asked for his picture, he said, “My Boy, I wonder what’s for DINNER.” It was wonderful ;-; Yes, Javier and I love love love Youtube poop, and we are not ashamed.
Now, I’m not in to the whole Axis Powers Hetalia (I almost was.) but there were a lot of people dressed up as them! And they were carrying their flags, and they looked amazing walking around in groups! K was intrigued at the concept of it all haha
The preregistered people had to line up to get in regardless if they had badges or not.
The guy with the controller was like, controlling people cosplaying video game characters, and it was pretty awesome to watch!
Miss Tohru Honda <33 I love her smile here XD
Thanks to Ayu and Bonn, I know who the Vocaloids are XD There were a lot of twins, and I loved seeing the little kids dressed up as characters. I imagine their parents force them to wake up to anime every day XD
HMM I WONDER WHO THIS IS. Thank you for letting us cut your wonderful self at the Sailor Moon Hentai panel, that was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen XDDD PAPILLON ROSE!!!! I’m on a mission to find that! look at that guy next to us. He’s so happy.
I found Ruby at the How to Draw Yuri panel, and it was a very… unique meeting XD I was like “HI IM (Vixums).” and she was like ‘…whut?” And I sat down next to her and talked about her costume and how I like Yugioh too, and all things egyptian while she just stared at me. Then I asked her her name, and she was like “…My pen name is Ruby, but… my name is (Vixums) too!!” And we were astounded that we found another (Vixums) that liked Yugioh! Perhaps it runs with the names XD And we were both aching to draw some Yuri haha! Too bad that panel was just a bunch of girls drawing and ignoring their audience the entire time. So Ruby and I turned to each other and said, “lets draw some hot porn.” And that’s what we did. I used Bonn and Vixena as models XDDD They’re going straight to her in her package because… yeah, it’s flithy.
JESUS CHRIST what a long entry. I had an amazing time, met some great new people, one being Simon, which I didn’t get a picture of, sadly, but he guided me through the beginning of it all and explained some stuff about the con.I met a lot of wonderful people, and I got to experience that warm and fuzzy feeling that is Otakon. Ok, wow, I’m leaving now XD This took so much longer than should’ve been necessary.
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