I’m curious to know how many of you attend anime conventions and what your experiences have been like.

I’ve been to Anime North over here in Toronto. I first started going around a decade ago and haven’t missed the convention since then (except when it was cancelled for COVID). I normally just wander around the Vendors Hall and look at all the figurines that will break my wallet if I were to buy them.

Recently I started visiting panels which I generally have avoided in the past. You’ll get some good panels that are fun, but you’ll also get some absolutely awfully-run panels that makes you question how they even got to host those panels.

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I don’t attend them because the ones near me are all shit, and I don’t have the money nor the desire to travel very far for them.

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Out of curiosity, what’s so shitty about the conventions near where you live?

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The guests are just not worth going. The nearest convention I’d want to attend is either Crunchyroll Expo, Otakon, or Anime NYC, and both are at least a 3 hour flight away (probably closer to 4).

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