Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend
for the entire Fanime, however anyone interest in anime should go. I
was only in San Jose where it was being held for May 25-27, when I
first got to the convention center late Friday afternoon. This is
where I found out that the waiting in line is the vary first event.
That both the registered and unregistered are long and time
consuming. Even though the registered line is longer, all you have to
do there is show your proof of purchase with your ID. On the other
hand even though the unregistered line doesn't wrap around the
building like the registered line does, it feels as if you are
standing still. The reason is that first thing is that you need to
fill out this form online. Than after that you need to get in another
line, which is a waiting line for a line. In the third line is where
you pay for the type of pass you want, whether it be a one day pass
or for the whole weekend. The Final line is where you get your badge
and schedule for the Con.
Stage Zero
Is place in the center of the Fanime,
to get to any of the other rooms you have to pass by here. During
Fanime there are different thing going on here. When they have
nothing to do they play some Japanese music videos here. Other times
it works as an information booth where they tell what is going to be
happen in the next couple hours. Also once the convention gets going
they run some games here where you can win prizes. Some of the games
that went on here is Jakenpo( Rock, Paper, Scissors) where once you
win, the next thing is to hit the other person with a air-hammer to
get a point. However the loser can prevent the winner from getting a
point by putting the helmet on. There are other games such as
quick-draw and dance-offs. Although the main attraction at Stage Zero
is Fanimaid, where the maids from the Maid-Cafe come and dance at one
O'clock before they open the cafe.
-Fanimaid Photo gallery-
Exhibit Halls
There are three Main locations at the
convention the Artist Gallery, Market, and Game Center. In Hall one
there where quite a few booths set-up for them to display there art.
Also if you Like a piece it would cost between $5-$30 per piece, it
seems the prices varied based on the size and detial. Hall two was
where people where selling important anime goods from Japan. There
where things like body pillows, models, anime, and manga. One of the
most interesting things there was the Nekomimi, or cat-ear. Which
were this robot ears that would read your brainwaves and move
accordingly, however they were running a special deal at the con
where you could order a pair for $100. The Final room was where they
were running some Arcade style games, like dance-dance revolution.
They even had a machines setup so that you could get some change if
you forgot to bring some with you.
Special Rooms
In most of these special rooms, they
were dedicated to watching anime. In each of these rooms there was a
different theme of Anime going on. In the nostalgia room is was
playing Classic anime like Dragonballs. In the Marathon room they
were showing long series like Ronin Kenshin. They even had a special
room to show Asia movies, and not just Japanese films. This was nice
because watching anime is I find to be a mostly private experience.
There where other room set off from the main group where they would
teach you have to make cosplay armor and weapons cheaply. These other
rooms where for timed events like speed dating or the black and white
ball.
Cosplay
This was almost a secret event in it
self, where you wanted to go around trying to find your favorite
Characters. Also it wasn't limited to just anime but Japanese video
games, it went even as far as including America pop culture as well.
It appeared as if everyone could be divided into two groups ones
there to take peoples pictures, and ones there to get there picture
taken. An interesting thing is that on the surface these people at
Fanime my appear to be very outgoing but in reality I feel that they
are in truth vary shy. It just a special condition that only happens
at these convention that allows for them to be more out going.
-Cosplay photo Gallery-
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