Fanime: Draw the Line at Waiting

Before anyone asks for pictures...I didn't take any. I attend Fanime in San Jose with two of my friends. I have never been to an anime related convention. I have been to Wondercon and GDC, but those are a bit different. From what I understand, Fanime is run by and made for fans, hence the name; this could explain their tedious registration process. Had I known that when I arrived at 11:30am I would have waited in line for four and a half hours, I would have registered ahead of time and done a pick up, because that was the longest line I have waited in. Who thought it was a good idea to only have one registration station with about twenty computers when that many people attend? I guess that's why it is run by and for fans. First world problems...

After the grueling wait, we emptied our bowels, grabbed food, and took a few minutes to sit and eat. Next we perused the dealers floor, which was pretty cool. I really enjoyed the atmosphere; very friendly and low key. The artist floor had just a bunch of people who did fan art probably from deviantART. I didn't buy anything, but my giant robot obsessed friend did; not gonna say how much he spent on models.

Of course there were a lot of cosplayers, one of the funniest being Ashy Larry from Chappelle's Show and one of the coolest being a female troll from World of Warcraft. I saw way too many Black Butler and Hetalia (I watched this show on Netflix with a friend and I will probably say this more than once on this blog: WTF Japan Seriously?) cosplayers to count. Anime is hard to keep up with for me, mostly because I am tired of being disappointed with how few writers seem to know how to do a proper ending. I might delve back into some and I am open to suggestions for finished anime with solid endings... That's a difficult task.

Overall it was worth the long wait, even if we did not do any panels, but in our defense, none of the panels were really appealing. I might go again next time, but will register. Anime Expo sounded a lot more intriguing just because of the power behind it; could do some networking down there. I won't be at this year's AX, but I will plan on making a road trip to the next.

I leave you with this...