This was written up on DA on October 26th, it’s a copy and paste. Anime Banzai was the 16th-18th. ***
So, I’ve been so sick and busy and shit that I didn’t even tell you guys about my weekend at Anime Banzai. BI
Well, it was amazing>, best time I’ve ever had! CB It was held at the Sheraton in Salt Lake, so it was super cramped. But sososo much fun. I didn’t really cosplay, but I dressed up in a way. I went as just a generic anime fetish on Friday and Saturday, which would be a large button up shirt/kitty ears/twin tails/knee-high socks. Yeah, I really didn’t have a character to be since my parents say cosplay is for weirdos. On Sunday I went as Hello Kitty, in my pink and white kigurumi. I got bombarded with hugs that day. nwn;;
The shopping was pretty fun, I made a lot of wise decisions. I’d show you guys all the stuff I bought, but I don’t feel like taking a bunch of photos. :I I’ll just tell you that I got a lot of keychains, a Jiji coin purse, some prints and stickers from the Artists alley, a few posters, a DAI GURREN DAN flag, a Boota plush backpack, a giant Paopu fruit plush, and some other things I probably forgot already.
The dealers room was always super hot and packet, and there was actually a lot of Gurren Lagann stuff, which made me happy. If onl;y every thingw asn’t so expensive. :I I was only able to get Kamina, Simon, Viral, and Lagann keychains from the con.
Get this: there was NO Kittan merchandise at all! I was really upset, and I kept telling my friend how upset I was. There was nothing, not ever a keychain or a PRINT from the Artist alley! There was TTGL fanart in there but no Kittan at all.. any of the three days.. (I had heard there was a Kittan cosplayer, but they had switched to Viral before I had even got there. :C )
The Artists Alley I visted many times, there were so many stands and I didn’t know what to buy. I ended up getting a giant Paopu plush (which I asked one of the Sora cosplayers to “share” with me.), a charm bracelet with paopu and sea salt ice creams on it, a Print of chibi Shikamaru, as well as a print of Solid Snake for =Scourge-Is-Awesome, and two stickers of Mori from Ouran. I bought a moogle cell phone charm, and a squidy charm as well. Hmm.. and that may have been it. I honestly cannot remember. I did talk to a few of that artists and they were super awesome, especially the one dressed up as Gackupo, my favourite Vocaloid.
I brought my Halloween Sora plushie along to the con, and he got a lot of attention. I’d have people stop me in the halls just to hold him. See Sora? Everyone loves you. ; A ; Not me…
I think my favourite part was meeting the people. I met these awesome Kamina and Simon cosplayers, who were super fun to talk to. I got hugs too. C: I didn’t ask for their numbers though, because I’m a stupid shy dummy dumb head. :C It’s okay, maybe I’ll see them next year. But yeah, I was talking to Simon and his Boota durren one of the Dai Gurren contests while Kamina participated, since he was one of the finalists. Cx We talked all about TTGL and he showed me his collectors box with the silly Gurren face on it. And I showed him my Boota, he liked it. <3
What else.. I went to a few events with my friends, including the Cosplay Cafe and the Anime Swap Meet.. and Kamina, Yoko, and Leeron's Dating game. (Different Kamina). It was really just so overwhelming, and I get sad every time I p[ass by the Sheraton now that it's over.. :C But yes, this was all last weekend. Good times, can't wait for another convention!
*Yael
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