Thread 10935842

5 months of the old thread and not much has happened.
Summer cons have been and gone and once again everything is fundamentally different. I don’t think we’ll
Go back to pre lockdown glory.
Ho hum.

Theres a few more bits and pieces before con season is over but I cba looking them up this time.

Ok, guess I can post cons. As per usual, stolen from first Google result. Thread does not endorse any event, do your own research etc. if you know of more, especially more traditional cons rather than modernised trade shows and what not then stick em in the thread.


Dates Location
Sheffield Anime & Gaming Con 2024 September 14-15, 2024 Mercure Sheffield St Paul's Hotel & Spa
Sheffield
Japan Fest Buxton 2024 September 29, 2024 Pavillion Gardens
Buxton
Newcastle Anime & Gaming Con 2024 October 5-6, 2024 Event Northumbria
Newcastle
Animangapop Brighton 2024 November 2, 2024 Holiday Inn Brighton - Seafront
Brighton
Brighton Anime & Gaming Con 2024 November 9-10, 2024 The Old Ship Hotel
Brighton
Animangapop Cardiff 2024 November 30, 2024 Future Inn Cardiff Bay
Cardiff

AnimeConUK abusing their mailing list to send out information about a completely different event

which MCM is better to go to?

>>10935968
Whichever you have to pay the least amount of money to get to

>>10935968
London in May

>>10935937
A MID con doing MID things fr fr

I miss Britgulls

Can't we go back to the way things were before minus the preds (Wib, Demo, Dairy)

>>10936257
hey Jeff, how is single life treating you?

>>10936257
Don't forget Mic
He'd probably rape a ham sandwich if you left him alone in a room with it for long enough.

>>10936257
Weren't some of them at Kita last month?

>>10935968
MCM Birmingham or MCM London May, skip MCM London October

Did Lea just deleted her Instagram?
https://www.instagram.com/leaacosplayer/

>>10936258
Aw, he got dumped?
He seemed like such a nice guy and a real breath of fresh air for the gulls while it lasted.

I work with animecon and it's now being combined with Dcon a design con

>>10937329
I can't find any info at all about what Dcon is about

>>10937332
It checks out, it's on their company website. I think it's a con about selling designer stuff. No idea why they would combine it with anime, I guess it's a loose crossover with anime and stuff. I don't even know what designer means in this case

Is there anything to go to in Autumn?

>>10937497
I guess there is some level of crossover, i wonder how much of it is going to be people shilling their art course though.

>>10937497
From their website
>DesignerCon is an annual art and design convention that smashes together collectible toys, customs, plush, designer apparel and so much more with urban, underground and pop art! We are a celebration of all aspects from the world of design.

Can't be worse than Rakucon.

>>10937687
What's the issue with Rakucon? I can imagine it was just small 100 people and weird.

As insanely late as it is, this board's got a small pool of posters and crazier things have happened so I'm putting this out there: if you posted this and there are any good cons happening next summer (i.e. when Oasis are playing Wembley, Heaton Park or hell, even both) yes I am around and open

Finally finished Stocking's sword. Had wanted it done for Animecon back in June but was busy with some IRL stuff.

If you're at Liverpool Comicon in november and see me, come say hi!

>>10937815
nice
don't forget to only wear one stocking

>>10935842 (OP)
>I don’t think we’ll
>Go back to pre lockdown glory.

World economy's fucked anon.
Nothing's going back to pre-lockdown glory for the foreseeable.

Don't recall many anime conventions during the dark ages innit.

>>10937895
It really isn't helping that a typical con costs as much as going on an actual holiday these days.
I'm only really bothered about going to whichever MCM is closest and if I make an effort to go to a con I'd rather go somewhere in europe, at least I can take a few extra days either side to see somewhere nice and new rather than fucking London or Birmingham.

>>10937895
So true, xister. I heard two weeks ago that in two more weeks, comes the announcement for two more weeks. We'll be able to say then that, well and truly, definitively, unquestionably, demonstrably: IT'S OVER

>>10937960
Probably wouldn't be quite as expensive if they didn't keep giving half their capacity away as "creator" tickets to absolute nobodies.

>>10937960
>>10938203
>weekend ticket is £70-£100 now
>hotels are extremely expensive across the board
>train strikes every now and again making travel annoying
>petrol is expensive too
>most cons don't even bother to get guests any more, just MCM, MegaCon, and whatever that Final Fantasy fan-run convention is (not Fanfest)
>cons only give out "creator" passes to people who will shill them the hardest on social media rather than actual creators
take me back to 2009 please

>>10938211
Take the American pill, US cons are just so much better, it's still pricey to fly out but £300 for a return flight to LA for AX, just so much better than anything the UK can offer

>>10935848
>>10937687
Did anyone here go to Sonic Con in Manchester yesterday?

>>10938279
Nope, was it as shit as Raku or what?

>>10936257
No and would be no to gingers too if you were serious about minus preds.

anyone going to the con in exeter this weekend?

>>10936257
bold of you to post demo alongside actual sex offenders

>>10937851
You know it anon!

also goodness October has gone quick. Anyone else decide they're going to Liverpool come november?

Black Ops 6 release collided with MCM.
YIKES!

>>10939940
Christ, I thought they were at 2 still because they weren’t very good. Treyarch or something. No midnight release for us then unless you want to turn up dressed as some guy from Bleach. That’s still popular right?

so that was fun
>drive down to MCM london nice and early
>get off at the wrong exit on royal albert way bcuz im a tard but ended up in my favour
>half way to the car park stopped by security and asked if i'd booked parking
>"uh....no?"
>sorry mate all 750 spaces are fully booked you'll have to park in the premier inn
what the fuck? every MCM london i've been to, on the sunday i've rolled up around 9:20 and had my pick of most of the car park, what was that all about?

>>10940041
they overbooked the prepaid parking too so people who actually paid beforehand got fucked over too

>>10940041
carlets btfo

Well... Hotaru is a shit show.
Just seems super unorganised, people leaving early.

>>10941780
are they still at that tiny hotel

You c*nts ready for MCM?
Moxy is fully booked as usual.

>>10941780
It seemed better than average for hotel con organisation! Had a good time here but skipped the awkward ceremonies and just did panels and parties and the talent show with friends (which was suprisingly good) Didn’t go back up on Saturday after they kicked everyone out of the main hall but the DJ sets were good even with some cringe on the dancefloor

The hotel was less shit than last time but I got one drink at the bar and now I have no money :) :) :)

First time going to MCM in Birmingham tomorrow.

>>10942118
did you enjoy it anon

Has anyone done Tokonatsu before? Is it a good solo con?

>>10942563
Toko is great if you enjoy attending events that welcome sex offenders with open arms

>>10942563
I had fun. But I havnt been in years. Different atmosphere certainly, but it’s chill. Better with friends, but the campsite aspect and bbq, fires etc make meeting people easier as it’s a much smaller event.

any cosplay conventions soon?

>>10935842 (OP)
Are there any still active residential/social round-the-clock cons (like Koko, Kita, Ame, Hotaru) that do on-site sleeping bag accommodation? Whether having some of the rooms dedicated to it, a sports hall turned into a camping zone or just tacit approval for people to crash in random places?

>>10944195
That's more of a European thing rather than a UK thing.

Is anyone going to Megacon London this weekend?

>>10946006
no but it's cool they relaxed their photography policy

>>10946006
Nah but I might go to the Birmingham one, I'm undecided

>>10935842 (OP)
This is pretty dead, huh?

>>10947779
there's a few of us in here
going to Mega next month anon?

>>10944199
Last time I checked, UK was European. Can't blame con culture on Brexit, mate.

>>10948307
And yet there are no UK cons that do it. What point are you trying to make? The closest you'll get is uni accom rooms but that's not what you're looking for. Unless you count Tokonatsu since that is tents/sleeping bags in a field.

>HyperJapan
Any thoughts? I'm seriously considering, though this picture's already giving me pause with how few cosplayers are in it

>>10948317
no one in that picture seems happy

>>10948320
Sad! But unless there's something else at the time (which i see no indication of) looks like HyperJapan win. As You were LG x

Is anyone planning on going to dcon in June? Haven't been before so it'd be new
Also bump I guess

Megacon this weekend, anyone going?

>>10949210
I'm going, never been to megacon before. If you see a postal dude walking around its probably me.

is the london MCM worth going to in may?

>>10949348
Yes, especially if you have friends

>>10949356
what if I go alone?

any recent drama happening? or anything crazy happen at megacon?

welcome back lads. Nothing is happening still.

>>10950040
BACK IN THE THICK OF IT M8
anyone been to animeleague manchester, was it shit?

Anyone do Kokoro this year? How was it?

>>10950520
Fun. Crush 40 crushed it.

>>10950253
I havent been in an AL cesspit con since like 2019 and it's INSANE how packed it was, like holy shit, I went there expecting a dead af con to just introduce my GF to something kinda quiet for her first con but godamn it was full of pre much every age bracket 16-45 it had to be minimum double of what it used to be back then.

Now, was it good? I mean, no, it was just insanely overpriced shit and a really crappy stage and events(even worse than before) and mostly just people hanging out so, exactly the same as every fucking UK con.

Go to the US or europe for a good hotel one.

>>10950520
It was pretty good in the end, shame most of the committee disbanded.
>>10950608
*Johnny Gioeli

MCM next weekend... what cosplay is everyone doing?

>>10952204
depends how hot it is there

>>10952224
Rain all weekend apparently

>>10952297
gonna cosplay my vtuber model then

Feeling bad for all the retailers who didn’t get into MCM, I’m setting up and there are Temu tat sellers on both sides of me, the Chinese gang of bootleggers are here with massive booths too

>>10952331
There's tons of fucking funko pops, it's crazy that honkai star rail has people queuing around it more than anything else

What happened at Custom House station? Was travelling to meet friends tonight (staying a few stops away from Excel this year) and everything after Royal Victoria was cancelled due to "a serious incident at Custom House for Excel" and they were bringing out the shuttle buses. Seemed to kick off about 9:30 ish.

>>10952616
Bomb Voyage cosplayer

Is there anything interesting happening tomorrow?

Why was every blue archive cosplayer I saw today at MCM a crossdresser

>>10952725
there were at least two chicks

How busy are Sundays at mcm usually?

MCM was fun, don't think I ever want to drive there again though. Way too much funko shit, temu slop and general trash on stalls.

>>10952756
peaks between 12 and 1 but it seems to empty out quite quick. Sunday was fun, glad i booked parking. stalls were pretty trash (you guys wanna buy some swords? good news) but artist alley was decent and it felt a bit better laid out.

>>10952870
yeah i went on saturday (it was my first ever con) and i was overall disapointed by the stalls however i did enjoy my time and i think ill go next year just for the fact that its nice to be around my fellow losers

>>10952876
I ended up just driving home, friday and saturday were fun though. I've only ever been to small cons before so it was quite the experience.
>>10952892
I definitely need to talk to more people next time, maybe alcohol will counteract the social anxiety tism.

>>10952895
>maybe alcohol will counteract the social anxiety tism
how will you go about doing this because i think this will help me too but i dont want the onslaught of pajeets saying "saar do the needful let me check your bag saar"

>>10952930
there was a bar in one of the rooms I'm pretty sure, they didn't question my water bottle when I went in though so I guess you could but vodka in one

just the usual thing of bootleg stuff being sold on stalls and that then, no new big drama this time?

>>10952930
>London
What did you expect?

>>10953134
nta but I expected more black akatsuki and dbz cosplayers desu

has anyone been to one of those small anime conventions run by animeleauge in hotels? Are they worth going to?

>>10953229
They're shite, have been dragged to a handful by friends and they're pretty boring

>>10953126
the ebay stall was pretty cool, they had custom trading cards for anyone who wanted one

>>10953269
Are there at least any good merch stalls usually? Might try going to the one in my city in two weeks
>>10953270
I'm still not sure what was even happening there, some kind of livestream bidding like a shopping channel?

>>10948317
Only time I've went to HyperJapan was in 2017, though, it was a blast; from what I can remember, there were definitely cosplayers, and the food was great. Going there for the 2nd time this year since it was pretty nostalgic.

I saw some woman was livestreaming showing the trading cards but i was just walking past and yeah i'm not entirely sure what the deal was either

anyone else going to vexpo in september?

>>10954652
maybe

>>10953900
Cool, good to know cuz I'm now confirmed. Pic possibly related

any cons coming up?

>>10950778
Why are UK cons so shit?

>>10957498
MCM/ComicCon basically sucked up all the casuals, and the residential nerd cons self-destruct on a semi-regular basis unless they consciously stay small.

>>10957605
It's hard work for fan cons to complete against commercial mass market events with day tickets. Even if most of them are Large dealer rooms with event tacked on the side, it seems that's what most of the gen-pop want.

Who /animeleague/ London (Aug 29th-Sept 1st) here
I joined their discord and the folk there seem nice, bit reddit, but I tone back my edge for em
Going on Saturday the 30th and Sunday the 1st, got hotel booked
Who tf UP

>>10957605
I did MCM back in May. It was fine, but one of my friends ended up fucking ruining it for me and my other friend.

DESU, will probably just stick to local cons and such, the cost was just not worth it for how little there was to actually do.

>>10958315
I caught some kind of flu from london mcm

>>10958314
Nothing decent to do. Don't care about VAs/actors/streamers, don't buy merch, videogames are done on small LCDs, watching anime is done at home on a bigger TV and I get to choose the content, don't play TCG nor TTRPG, talks can be watched online, don't care about stage events, don't do karaoke, don't party because I don't drink nor want to age my eardrums, it's all underage, uglies and fats so nothing to try getting a shag out of.

>>10959515
>fats
tell me more

sigh

>>10960138
Had a friend once get a right talking too from armed police after he repacked his suitcase while waiting for train back from con and propped his cosplay gun against the wall. Had a mini-manhunt as they couldn't find him until several stations later.

>>10960138
Wow, he's a HUNK.

anyone else going to vexpo?

vexpo was fun, met up with some friends