Just got back from Fanime, and felt like I should write a little review for what I and others experienced. This was my first time at Fanime, and overall, it was a good experience. Not great, but good none the less.
I'll start off from the beginning. We left at 1 am on Day 1. Alex and I switched off every 2 or so hours to keep us from being bored. We started off the ride with playing Dokapon kingdom while Alex was driving. Adrian raped everyone in the ass, but instead of taking away towns and money when he won, decided that changing all our names to NiggerBitch and Steinlax was funnier, lol. We got there in good time, only took 7 hours when we expected 9 hours of traveling. Would of been there faster, but it started to rain on the "curvy fuck you road I can't see shit because of all the fog". I actually ended up following a cop on that road because I couldn't see shit. If I had Initial D music, it would of been perfect. So we finally got to the hotel, and was surprised to see how nice the Fairmont hotel rooms were. The bathroom was huge, had a big bathtub plus a separate shower area. If we go back to Fanime, I will be sure to book the Fairmont again even though its a longer walk to the con. But really, if anyone complains about a 2 min walk across the street, I really don't think they should be at a con. When we got into the room, I took a nap for 2 hours and then started getting ready for the day.
The Sheryl costume turned out perfect, I loved how I looked in it. There is only two big issues with the costume itself. One: I can't put on/take off the costume by myself. And two: High mother fucking heals. The first one isn't so bad cause Alex and I usually leave and come back to the con together. Until Day 2, when Alex went with Chasen and Jordan to the masquerade and I went back to the room. I didn't realize till I got to the room that I was stuck in costume till Alex came back, lol. Reason 2....I think I might of broken my feet for the first day. The high heals I had were so fucking uncomfortable, I could barley stand. It literally hurt to walk. I went back to the room after getting my badge after 1 hour of walking cause it was so unbearable. Luckily, a Payless shoes store was around the block. Lol, I got a blister from walking in the first high heals for just an hour, so intense. But overall, I had an awesome time cosplaying, and will definitely cosplay Sheryl again at another con.
Okay, now comes the review part for the con itself. To me, it was kind of a let down. The vendor hall wasn't as big as I was expecting while the AA hall was almost as big as the vendor hall. When AA is as big as the vendor hall, I think the management needs to take a step back and try to get more vendors to come to Fanime. There were two things I wanted from Fanime also, and was shot down. One, a pokemon trainer hat, and two, doujin for my two co-workers. Couldn't find a pokemon hat, and there was no doujin booth! Like wait....no doujin booth?! Fanime boasts itself for being a con that caters more the the adult group and has hentai viewing nights, and your fucking tell me there is no doujin booth?! Something is wrong with this picture. Yes, I do realize it's not the conventions fault for not getting certain vendors to come to San Jose, but still....very disappointing. Panel wise, there were a lot of panels I liked and didn't have enough time to go to. I also wanted to attend some of the workshops, but had no clue where they were located inside some of the hotels other then my own. A map of the hotels where the workshops were located would of been nice personally. The convention center it self though, loved it. Simple and sweet to understand for a person like myself. Makes Anime Expo look like a 4 year old plans it.
Now, we move onto the friends part. What made this con great for me, is all the people I met at the con and at the parties. Both nights I was there I got to party with awesome tripfags. The people in my room were awesome too, no drama what so ever with ANYTHING. Every AX I go to, I always have to hear about room drama from mine or different people in our whole group. Fanime though, there was none. Had 4 people in my room, not including myself. Two of my co-workers, Adrian and Patrick, Alex, my boyfriend, and Chasen (Master Shambler), another tripfag. Met a bunch of tripfags at Fanime. Ash, Thomas (YawningGlory), Jordan (EDG), Mika, Onizuka, G, Kaguya, Strawberry, LinhLinh, Minh, Big Wes, and a lot more I can't remember right now because I was drunk for most of the time I was with them. I gotta say, hanging out with those bros, is basically what made my con. I think the best part was going to the arcade drunk and having EDG play parapara while staring at us with the angriest look on his face while me, chasen, and 2 other people stood behind him and became back up dancers. Had so much fun at Thomas' suit also, which was basically the party zone.
Overall, I will say I had a pretty good time at Fanime. The convention itself wasn't bad, but it was no way one of the best cons I have ever gone too either. The only reason I'm going to this con again in the future would be to see the bros and the awesome cosplay scene.
I want a fucking otter.
BOOMER!!!
