I know this is late but ill toss you a bone. 3 Day Con Badge: $5-180 (pends on con size) On-campus hotel: $750 (*find friends) now it's $50 now you can party all night with friends and not use the hotel for sleep Off-campus AirBnB: $250 (*still find friends) now its $50 but you have your own bed and not the floor *Commute if off-campus: $15-30 Uber/Lyft rides, so 2 rides a day each day 120. Or take public transit for $20. or find a really cool friend to pay the $90 parking. Food: $10-30 each day give or take ($90) Alcohol: Free-$20, just get some shitty K and Gatorade and slurp it down (if you're of age of course) Flight/Travels: Absolutely depends on how far you are from your con. can be $5-25 tank of gas, (*Free for those electric Telsa kids). or $200-350 for a plane ticket. As for the dealers room expect everything to be $100+. (if your cheep and want to kill business prepare an amazon wish list). so with that in mind: \/ TLDR starts here \/ Budget for $1200 if you want an on-campus room for your self and some money to spare to buy stuff. Budget for $300 if you want to cram into a room the size of a closet and get dropped off by your parents so you can have at least $100 to spend in the dealer's hall.
Most on-the-peg swords are the cheapest, cause they are quick to make and are mass produced, but they're still quite costly. The material also play a factor as wood is the cheapest and stainless steel the most expensive. But even more expensive are the custom orders, where they let you pick and choose the size, looks and general design from their recommendations. Source: am novice prop maker.
Bruh bruh Uh... ............CAN I HAVe IT?! (Don't ask why I need it)😭❕ (I can't buy one, because if my family members actually find out that I have a body pillow in my room.) :3
In Montreal, Otakuthon is literally right in the middle of China town. During the weekend of the anime convention every Chinese store pretends to be Japanese and begins selling bootleg anime merchandise.
Ahah yeah, I remember seeing the anime merch that was sold in one of those stores, especially an Attack on Titan figure bundle. The quality of this one was so bad it was laughable.
Mal Nexus The bootleg stores were all outside the convention center. While there was some bootleg merchandise in the dealer's room, it was almost all real stuff being sold.
This year the anime convention in Toronto was held next to an important conservative political conference. My friend snapchatted me a picture of a bunch of liberal protesters outside talking to a man in a rainbow fur suit. I love my city.
The fact that bootleg is allowed to even exist within the premises of a con goes to show how low quality it all is. I say if you're not in Japan, don't even go.
Favorite con moment was seeing a Baptist convention happening during an Anime convention. The older ladies LOVED the little tiny lolita hats with crosses on them and bough so many from one of the booths.
That really doesn't sound good at all. That's not right, invading someones personal space without permission in public like that. I will say though, perhaps if there was positive engagement with the attendees about the topic, instead of hostile warnings, the problem might become less severe. Some of these guys that are really into Anime and such have developmental disabilities and as someone with Asperger's, I know how it feels to have demands I don't understand placed on me without any explanation. Also, I know for a fact that it's not just men doing this... though they are the majority I'm sure. We poor men do tend to be born with such things more often after all. Such a thing should garner sympathy, but sadly I see a lot of people saying "see how much better women are" instead. Those kinds of people suck so much.
@@bubblegummochi.3294 It should get better next year, if there's no big catastrophe happening in the meantime. Source : a friend of mine studying immunology, whose teachers said that the vaccine for the Beast from the East would mot realistically be ready for distribution by mid-July 2021
One of the people giving “free hugs” gave me the flu and I’m never falling for that again Edit: this comment was from two years ago. the actual convention was four years ago. i was not patient zero of covid. please stop talking about me having covid in replies
But if you DO have IRL friends, make sure you (and I recommend you read this carefully) *STAY THE FUCK TOGETHER* it is very likely you will get lost and join another group of friends who you will spend the rest of the day with while wondering what happened to your other friends
Plot twist: the free huggers actually started the virus by hugging the very fiber of space and time, creating an anomaly in the form of a deadly virus. they then became the protesters of the quarantine, carrying they're sickness to the world
Brian Bakare which human beings exactly "people like me". Looks like your self worth its inflating. Now I hope you're doing something useful for yourself or something in life. Lel
Darkness Prevails holy shit man your content is good but its like rlly dark good like when rick transform everything into a mantis and don't give a fuck about it
I usually just keep my hands in front of me and let the cosplayer do whatever is comfortable for them (unless invited to do something else). It's always worked out pretty well that way!
That said, I'm also kind of hulking, imposing person. Half my personality at this point is making sure I'm not intruding in the personal space of others just standing around. :P
I think there was a man at a con who was asking cosplayers for hugs. Turns out he had a go pro strapped to his chest so he could video/take photos of girls’ breasts.
The more I watch this video, the more I want to go to a convention even though I'm not a full weeb. Forgive me master, for I must go full weeb, just this once.
Sensei* not like my apprentice weeb mixed it up with senpai once. Being called senpai by a boy 2 months older then you in class is embarrassing as fuck.
Dude I just went to a convention even though I've watched like one season of anime in the past year. Just go, it's fun, if nothing else you'll have an excuse to be hammered and game.
"It's better to feel regret not being able to pay rent for a month than regret not buying that figurine for your entire life" That is the words of a true genius
Imagine being an extraterrestrial anime fan, and watching this as a guide before your first con cosplaying as a human, and taking this 100% at face value.
I remember back in high school, before I ever went to an anime convention, I once walked around my school with a "Free hugs" sign. There were apparently quite a lot of people who wanted those hugs. One of them was the principal.
Had my first anime convention experience just over a month ago, this guide was so incredibly accurate to the point where it wasn't even a joke And now I'm addicted to them, looking forward to the next one I plan to go to in 5 month
For me the first con I went to was "yiffcon [REDACTED]" cleaning up after 953 was not fun... nor was losing the livers of half my team... but the surviving people were friendly enough. Hope you enjoyed yours last month-ish though!
I went to my first anime con when I was 13 with my mom because I knew no one who like it. Bless that woman she was so confused but she still took me anyway.
Damn I appreciate her effort to bring you happinness but I myself am so glad I never went through that experience when I was little, it would make me feel like a useless nobody just being uncomfortable and unappreciated the whole time (not referring to anyone else here, I'm only speaking for myself).
My weirdest anime con experience: turning up at the reception desk and finding that all the attendee badges had some of my artwork on them. They hadn't told me they were going to use it. :/
@@_drivEN_ litigation is expensive and cons can pay for better lawyers The con could probably argue something like how technically they weren't selling the artwork
The first (and so far only) convention I've gone to had an auditorium. When they began playing the Pokemon Opening I heard many screams while people did cringy Fortnite dances and People Naruto ran into the auditorium to sing the Pokemon theme song in unison. It was at that moment where I knew that I was where I belonged.
At the last anime convention I went to, I saw a figurine I really wanted. I'd only brought about $150, cause I'm a teenager and that's all the money I had to spend at the time. My dad is a nerd too, so he has no issue taking his nerdy daughters to conventions and such (which is fucking awesome) so luckily, at least until I'm an adult, rooming and food and whatnot is something I don't have to worry about when going to a con. Anywho, so this figurine was super cute right? I mean of course it was, it was one of my two main anime wives. So this figurine is only around $60. Which wasn't too horrible as compared to how expensive that shit CAN get. So y'know, I figured 'sure, why not?' even if it did put a sizable dent in all the money I'd saved over the past month or two. I buy the figurine and I'm super happy with my purchase. Fast forward to just last summer, me and my family take a trip to Japan. My uncle lives there in a little town called Fussa, and it was super nice. We were pretty close to Akihabara, so in the couple weeks we were there we visited a few times. I'm in one of the many anime shops there, and what do I see? I see the figurine I'd bought only a couple months prior. And how much does it cost? ONLY 1800 FUCKING YEN. (The exchange rate is always changing, but that's only like.. $14-$17) FUCKIN UGGGHH. GOD DAMN ANIME CONVENTIONS AND THEIR OVERPRICED BULLSHIT. The worst part is, I know I'm still gonna buy the stuff for the overpricing that there is.
BlackRoses Thorn H-HEY! IVE HEARX OF FUSSA! IF YIU WATCH ONLY IN JAPAN GO SEARCH HIS TH-cam CHANNEL IT'S ALL ABOUT FOOD! AND TRAVELING TO JAPAN! AND STUFF LIKE THAT! BUT BTW! MY COUSIN LICES IN FUSSA JAPAN!
I expected it and accepted it as I am sure it is expensive to have such stuff ported from the other side of the world and would be logical that it is expensive to compensate for it.
*How to make friends in an Anime Convention:* *Step 1:* Say, "Omaewa mo shindeiru" in public. *Step 2:* Keep saying it until someone replies with, "NANI?!"
Another possible factor of the post con period is the sudden realization that your throat feels like it got put through a blender and you body temperature is hotter than the surface of the sun. You have most likely contracted the _"Con Flu"_ , an epidemic caused by a handful of hopeless weebs who prioritizing indulging in a con over their actual physical health resulting in them inadvertently spreading their germs to everyone they pass by. You might think that since you're too sick to go to work this is the perfect opportunity to catch up with all your unfinished anime and games, but you'll soon find yourself in too much excruciating pain and discomfort to even indulge in your precious Moe collection. This illness will only worsen your depression as you begin to become aware of the crushing fact that no one is there to care for you because you're lonely and have no real friends. You can try various methods to avoid catching the dreaded _Con Flu_ via various means such as the aforementioned hand sanitizer or the irrational consumption of cough drops but all it takes in the stray uncovered sneeze or a rampant glomper to ensure your inevitable infection.
Tips for staying healthy at a con! 1. Take vitamin C supplements (like emergen-c) or eat v.c rich foods before, during, and after the con, this will help your body bounce back from potential illness from all the close contact with hundreds of people 2. Even if you're cosplaying and it's not canon to the character, bring a bag that's at least big enough to fit a standard sized plastic water bottle, and drink the contents of said bottle. It also helps if you can fit a snack in there so you can take some granola or another snack that you can munch on to help prevent shopping on an empty stomach (trust me, it helps reduce cost of snacks by a lot) 3. If you have a lot you want to do and not a lot of time left over to actually eat, drink nutritional shakes! They will help you meet your nutritional needs for the day if you wind up running out of time to actually eat (don't use them to replace meals though, it's just to help keep your body functioning until you can eat real food) 4. If you're cosplaying, at least try to keep it seasonally appropriate, I made this mistake last con and boy did I regret it. It was like 100+°F outside and I was wearing so many layers... so many layers..... If you can't bring yourself to vote down a cosplay due to weather, make sure that you have a way to either cover up (for winter) or cool off (for summer). Bundle up with easily removable layers for winter (you can take them off in the bathroom and stuff them in a bag and vice versa for exiting the venue) and for heat, make sure you have fans. Not one, but multiple ones. You can get one of those slim battery operated ones that hang around your neck and hide it in your shirt (or armor) so that you have a consistent flow of cool air, and bring a second (manual or battery operated) fan. The second can serve as backup should the first fan fail, or if it's two manual fans, then you can make twice the breeze. (Or lend it to a friend or someone in need, they'll definitely appreciate it) Hope this helps!
@@bokutozz-5317 thank you! I just want to make sure my fellow con goers stay safe, it can be difficult to stay healthy during cons (as someone with adhd this is especially true) so I wanted to give some tips on how!
Yes, but well, Gigguk's point stands firm either way: Using bodyspray cannot replace a shower. Good thing I've never been to an Anime Convention before... I guess?
ITS WE'RE YOU GO DRESSED UP AS YOU'RE FAVORITE ANIME AND SEE YOU'RE FAVORITE THING'S! AND BUY THEM IF YOU WANT!. AND THEN!!!!... AT THE END I THINK THEY GIVE YOU A HUGE BAG OF MERCHANDISE FROM ALL THE TYPES OF ANIME YOU LIKE AND SOME THAT YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF!
@@caesertullo1824 Speaking of doing math, COVID-19 was discovered in 2019, it is presently 2020. Also, no one respected the lock down and STILL refuses to wear a mask or social distance, so we increased the curve instead of stopped it. Countries where they enforced the lock down have been open for almost a year now and their numbers only started becoming concerning again with the Delta strand that happened because of a**holes elsewhere that did not respect the lock down in their country. (Looking at us, America.)
@@peaceandloveusa6656 completely wrong. 1. it's 2021, so bad start, 2. forcing people to wear masks is always going to be wrong. 3. we are not in a pandemic anymore we are in an endemic, meaning it's going to be as common as the cold or flu from now on. period. and it mutates so fast no shot or lockdown will fix this. 4. the who, china and fouchi all lied to the american public causing the crisis to get worse, not to mention states like ny actually were warned they needed to restock, and upgrade their ventilators in 2017 or 18 and ignored it because it would have cost too much. Then without a plan threw all the sick old people in nursing homes unequipt to deal with the illness letting it spread like wildfire. If you want to lock yourself down don't punish the rest of us. and if you don't understand virology then that's your fault for not going out of your way to stay scienfitically educated. america weren't the assholes, we were lied to, manipulated and then drove to hysterics. and no one refers to c-19 as an endemic even though it was catagorized as such MONTHS ago. you want to hate america and americans for being scientifically illiterate and making things worse well you are the problem. oh not to mention lockdowns don't work in a lot of places cause condos and appartments for the most part have connected ventilation. a sars virus in asia before c-19 had a massive outbreak in an appartment building due to 1 man with the runs because sars or at least that strain, not all, but that strain of sars was transmitable from the fecal oral route.
Can confirm. Every year I tell myself I'll run by the hotel restaurant and eat and then it's suddenly 3am and the rave is happening and all the restaurants are closed and I can't even make myself regret my near death experience via starvation...
@@gino5214 I suppose it depends. I've been to two anime cons and only one of them actually served any kind of food and that was more or less the snack station at the hotel. The other con center had no food, unless you counted the cheap hot dog carts outside and the water vendors yelling about how their bottled water is only a dollar. Also good luck actually trying to eat in a reasonable distance from the con because everything will be packed. You are going to be waiting an hour from start to finish. What I usually wind up doing is buying a massive pack of bottled water and some simple food I can prepare in the hotel room or take with me. It's a lot cheaper than eating out every day, three meals a day.
As someone who has personally met you in AX 2017 in downtown LA, meeting you was honestly my biggest highlight. I doubt you'll remember this, but you signed my two dollar bill (I have it hanging on display in my room) and I took a selfie with you afterwards. And you were the most friendly famous person I've met there. You didn't seem like you got tired of meeting your subscribers which was something I found amazing because you'd think a famous person would get sick of constantly being bombarded by fans, but it wasn't the case with you, Gigguk. THANK YOU so much for coming to AX 2017. Even though the food and products were great there, meeting you in person was my best moment of 2017. (Yes, I'm liking my own comment because I really want him to see my appreciation.)
In my country a $2 bill can be reported as counterfeit by an elementary school cafeteria lady, who then calls the police and imprisons a young girl until they take it to a bank and find out that it was just a bill that's been in circulation for a very long time.
The best anime-con regular people interaction was the end of the relationship with the hotel we used for it. Someone had their wedding the same weekend as the Con. Things were off to a bad start when someone asked her who she was cosplaying in her wedding dress, but to get out of paying for the damages they did they blamed the con. So after 17 years we were kicked out of the hotel for all future cons.
There was this one time where I desperately wanted to take pictures with DDLC cosplayers. The day before I went to a con last February, my best friend was sleeping over at my house, and I was telling her about what I really wanted, and she was telling me that I'm gonna see my Dokis. The next day, at the con, my friend, other friend, my mom, and I were waiting for the merch hall to open up in a huge crowd of people, and all of a sudden, I saw a Monika cosplayer in the distance behind me. I started yelling, "MONIKA! MONIKA! MONIKA!", and my mom was like, "We're not going anywhere until these doors open up!" and then I said to my mom, "Mom, if you love me, you'll let me go over there!" and my mom reluctantly agreed. My best friend and I speed ran to the cosplayer, and we were fangirling really hard about her cosplay. The cosplayer seemed to appreciate us loving her cosplay, and let us take a selfie with her. First I had one with her, and then my friend mushed me in her selfie. The cosplayer was holding a box of heart shaped cookies, and you know what she did? She gave us each a cookie! I thought that was the nicest thing a cosplayer has ever done for me, even if I was a complete stranger to them. The cookie was really good, too!
@@kzwei2 yep twitter is something else entirely, that place is a dumpster fire honestly. I only meant it as a compliment. if i had a younger sister I’d probably spoil her a lot, but just like you, no way I am letting her cosplay so creepy dudes can ogle her at a convention.
@@nineten9011 as an older brother (my sister was born 11 years after me)I spoil her rotten and was always worry about her and whenever I see shitnlike that on Twitter it scares me
@@kzwei2 I mean if a child is mature enough to fucking change their gender with surgery and all why shouldnt they be mature enough to have sex with adults? So either you go the full way or you despise this whole bullshit ideology as a whole. Kids are not mature.
this past year I went to anime boston and bernie sanders was staying in the hotel connected to the convention center so there now exists photos of bernie sanders with furries
all of this is so true although I will add that the line for badges the day before is actually the best part, that's when you get all your cosplay photos, where you hear all those dead memes, where you flirt with that really cute Suzuno cosplayer while you try to ignore the fact her ponytail is on the wrong side and where you hear all the cosplayers yelling out attack names while thrusting there weapons in the air while all the Gokus try to go super saiyan
Janezki ö A fantastic anime my friend. A fantastic anime. Let me just say that the second season involves a 190 cm tall English-American man breathing to defeat three Aztec-vampire-fitness gods obsessed with posing. Oh, and he recruits a blond guy that fights with bubbles, a MILF, and a cyborg Nazi along the way.
This is extremely accurate. "Kawaii" is used primarily by weebs, "sugoi" is more used by those who intend to mock said weebs and any and all JoJo references are a demonstration of a person having good taste in anime.
A few years ago, I took my fiancee to my first anime convention (Japan Expo 2019, France), not really knowing what I was going into, as the only few people I knew were going to that type of events were perfectly fine people, met most of them at work or at the gym. I wasn't a major anime enthusiast, only the old ones like Ghost in the Shell, and a few here and there once every six months or so. I assumed some people might be a bit weirdish, but they would probably have basic hygiene and social skills. There's no good ending. I was single a week later.
It's not the wallet putting a hit on me. It's the loan sharks that got pissed I took $500000 from them to buy some fucking weeb trash. Oh well. Time to change countries again. I hear Noth Korea is beautiful this time of year.
Don't bother with North Korea, just find some unaffiliated loan sharks to borrow more cash from, and use the cash to pay for a new identity along with the plastic surgery to change your appearance. Then, you'll be ready to borrow from the first batch of loan sharks for your next con.
This year's comic on is being hosted near where I live, based on what I have heard. I am going in foundation uniform to see how long it takes for bright or some anomaly to poke its head out. This is going to be fun containment.
And Street passing. For those who bring their 3ds. And constantly check it every 5 or less Minutes cause they keep reaching the capacity of how many people u can pass in one go
Iv been at one and felt out of place 😐 i would love to fit in but i just couldnt. I love anime but the convention just felt strange. Saw some hot grills tho that was a plus!
I only went once to an anime convention and it was at anime expo 2017. From my experience, I feel that the only reason why I felt weird around everyone there was because I made it awkward. Lemme explain: while everyone there is freely expressing there love for w/e anime, genre, etc they are into and being goofy and having fun I'm there being scared that I would be judged by other people. (Especially since I'm a guy who grew up watching sailormoon and hamtaro....that's how my love and respect for anime began). So not trying to give any advice or anything but i;m going to attend this year again as well and this time I'm going there with an open mind knowing that every individual is unique in their own way and are here to show their love for anime in general. However...I'm going to try to avoid checking out hot maids from now on because sometimes it could be a trap....
There was that one time when there was an Anime convention and a Christian Evangelical conference at the same place at the same time. Being both Christian and an Anime fan I was like, "I'm sure you guys have been renewed with the passion to preach the gospel, you should start by talking to the lady carrying the giant pentagram...
Twisted Banana Productions Well... I bet that was a fun experience. XD Also, always nice to meet a fellow Christian anime fan. I feel like we're often far and few between... Maybe there's a reason for that....
it's cause you have to hide the actual animes you love from the people in your church congregation or else they will think you're the creepiest person ever
Same, I'm a Christian and watch anime. But anime isn't seen as a bad thing or shunned at my church. They just don't care about that cuz it's nothing bad or threatening.... Also I have a lot of anime fans and gamers as friends at church.
I was so excited when I booked tickets for my very first anime convention... which got cancelled. Thank you for preaching the ways of the anime convention - the currently forbidden artform of gathering.
Dafrogeron I pretty much don't. I'm fine when a non-Japanese is interested in my country's culture, but some people certainly have mental problems that make it more than a "passion". Even Japanese otakus tend to have bad taste. I get that real society's choice of clothing is boring, though. IRL fashion is sadly mundane.
I'm a baby? Budget is a skill? I should bring Pocky? People forget showers? There're black holes at conventions? I should stand right in the way there? There's a Bible Black panel? Normal society is deadly?
Bruh, one time I went to a place called the Ontario Science Centre which is... exactly what I said. But I went there to see an imax film in this really cool theatre. All things I’ve said so far are unrelated to anime, right? But that doesn’t stop an army of Sailor Moons (Male and Female) from having a convention there. How great!
- I went to an anime convention.
- What did it cost you?
- Everything.
Wallet: after all that u expect this to hurt?
no NO not my wallet! Anime bewbs advisement too graceful!
FireOccator one day and I leave that’s all
I know this is late but ill toss you a bone. 3 Day Con
Badge: $5-180 (pends on con size)
On-campus hotel: $750 (*find friends) now it's $50 now you can party all night with friends and not use the hotel for sleep
Off-campus AirBnB: $250 (*still find friends) now its $50 but you have your own bed and not the floor
*Commute if off-campus: $15-30 Uber/Lyft rides, so 2 rides a day each day 120. Or take public transit for $20. or find a really cool friend to pay the $90 parking.
Food: $10-30 each day give or take ($90)
Alcohol: Free-$20, just get some shitty K and Gatorade and slurp it down (if you're of age of course)
Flight/Travels: Absolutely depends on how far you are from your con. can be $5-25 tank of gas, (*Free for those electric Telsa kids). or $200-350 for a plane ticket.
As for the dealers room expect everything to be $100+. (if your cheep and want to kill business prepare an amazon wish list).
so with that in mind:
\/ TLDR starts here \/
Budget for $1200 if you want an on-campus room for your self and some money to spare to buy stuff.
Budget for $300 if you want to cram into a room the size of a closet and get dropped off by your parents so you can have at least $100 to spend in the dealer's hall.
Walllet: im sorry
*turns to dust*
Whatever you do, don't go look at the swords. You'll just cry
@@LibraryofAcousticMagic3240 I think it might be because they are super expensive
It’ll be all your limbs, organs and your soul.
If you think that there expensive try doing HEMA training and getting a real usable sword 300 absolute minimum
@Amber Mitchell you can actually get daggers for cheap but still made with good steel for around 40$ if you look for it
Most on-the-peg swords are the cheapest, cause they are quick to make and are mass produced, but they're still quite costly. The material also play a factor as wood is the cheapest and stainless steel the most expensive. But even more expensive are the custom orders, where they let you pick and choose the size, looks and general design from their recommendations.
Source: am novice prop maker.
Did he just implie that a body pillow is an irrational purchase
what a freaking normie.
**Best boi noises.**
I bought a Levi body pillow as a joke but now I like sleeping with it because it's large and soft
I don't even like Levi lmao
Bruh bruh Uh... ............CAN I HAVe IT?! (Don't ask why I need it)😭❕ (I can't buy one, because if my family members actually find out that I have a body pillow in my room.) :3
Okiku I can feel ya I would be dead
I have never heard any convention conveyed more perfectly then this
*gasp*
it's a you
Dang.
Hello.
Well hello there...
*I'm the one who made it to 69 likes!*
Oh hello
@@nonsmarts660 le gasp
In Montreal, Otakuthon is literally right in the middle of China town. During the weekend of the anime convention every Chinese store pretends to be Japanese and begins selling bootleg anime merchandise.
Ahah yeah, I remember seeing the anime merch that was sold in one of those stores, especially an Attack on Titan figure bundle. The quality of this one was so bad it was laughable.
Mal Nexus
The bootleg stores were all outside the convention center. While there was some bootleg merchandise in the dealer's room, it was almost all real stuff being sold.
This year the anime convention in Toronto was held next to an important conservative political conference. My friend snapchatted me a picture of a bunch of liberal protesters outside talking to a man in a rainbow fur suit. I love my city.
So fucking true xD I remember one shop giving "otaku discounts"
The fact that bootleg is allowed to even exist within the premises of a con goes to show how low quality it all is. I say if you're not in Japan, don't even go.
*Looks at anime figure*
*Looks at wallet*
(John Cena voice) “Are you sure about that”
Huh
you made me giggle
Nigga dead mems
@@marineguy2286 Too bad. It was funny anyway.
I made it a tradition to buy a figure every year (i only go to one con per year) and my wallet hates me for it
When you go to a convention, please take a shower.
At least 1 on ever day attending the conversation.
It will be heavy
Burst that won’t stop me because I’m a epic gamer
I remember a gaming event where all people were asked to shower first or would be asked to leave if they have a bad body odor.
Everyone's favorite neighbourhood nazi lmao
Favorite con moment was seeing a Baptist convention happening during an Anime convention. The older ladies LOVED the little tiny lolita hats with crosses on them and bough so many from one of the booths.
try going to a con that was placed the same day as a Jehovah's witness conference.
@@sketchytwin2670 soaking
Same situation.
@@sketchytwin2670 Better than a furcon next to a hunter enthusiast's club
A legitimately blessed moment.
And don't forget this: ASK BEFORE HUGGING SOMEONE SUDDENLY. I've seen people almost destroy someone's cosplay because they hugged without warning.
Tobi of the Akatsuki
I heard about this so much
Do people know about "personal space"
If some random sweaty dude would try to hug me, I'd fucking waste him. Imagine all that grease and sweat.
Zhmoses TV Lol eeew that would piss me off
Ahhh.. That "lovely" Early 2010 period when "glompers" was a huge thing. They were/are a cosplayers worst nightmare..
That really doesn't sound good at all. That's not right, invading someones personal space without permission in public like that.
I will say though, perhaps if there was positive engagement with the attendees about the topic, instead of hostile warnings, the problem might become less severe. Some of these guys that are really into Anime and such have developmental disabilities and as someone with Asperger's, I know how it feels to have demands I don't understand placed on me without any explanation.
Also, I know for a fact that it's not just men doing this... though they are the majority I'm sure. We poor men do tend to be born with such things more often after all. Such a thing should garner sympathy, but sadly I see a lot of people saying "see how much better women are" instead. Those kinds of people suck so much.
This guide is ACTUALLY helpful.
I feel oddly very prepared.
Pabz Roz me too lol
H i
Me too what's your discord names!!!
@@st.lopikongiii151 Polish Xaviour#1218
And I'm scared as fuck now.
I can't blend in with that many people
Writing this during the pandemic so future generations will know that there was no anime con season in 2020.
Mhm 🤧✌️
i hope it will get better next year :(
@@bubblegummochi.3294 It should get better next year, if there's no big catastrophe happening in the meantime.
Source : a friend of mine studying immunology, whose teachers said that the vaccine for the Beast from the East would mot realistically be ready for distribution by mid-July 2021
Minoru pfp. Respect.
@@ikalgodunno8588 Well Anime Dallas Texas happen, but the owner got covid from his own convention.
I thought weebs not taking showers was just a joke or a stereotype, until I actually met a weeb who doesn't take showers.
FIRST REPLY HAHHAHAHA
Also damn, I watched this vid last night too
Lord of the Mustaches, what do you think about face revealing who’s behind the beautiful fave of Jellal Fernandes?
Lol
You cant fool me, you are the weeb that dont take showers!
and don't forget if you're a cosplayer and you dress up as a very idolized character, having a tsunami of people follow you EVERYWHERE!!!!
Dont people do that stuff for attention anyways?
@@BobBob-we3wr not every cosplayer
I am going to cosplay Enju after that Touka and then maybe Kaneki
Oh no... I’m cosplaying deku!!!
@@ilikeraccoons523 I'm going as froppy to!
One of the people giving “free hugs” gave me the flu and I’m never falling for that again
Edit: this comment was from two years ago. the actual convention was four years ago. i was not patient zero of covid. please stop talking about me having covid in replies
Ouch... I feel for you mate
Josephine Henderson omg that sucks I’ll take that advice
Now it's a bit more lethal.
don't worry. they don't charge extra for it
It's so you remember that sweet embrace for a longer amount of time
I just went to a convention in a hall shared by a hotel and there was a wedding going on,,,, the poor bride was so terrified
Lmfao
Normies.
I think we were at the same con. The church playing put-put in the third room wasn't very happy either.
I can just imagine them trying to explain who all the colorful characters in the background were to people
Good wedding planner. :/
"If you don't have real life friends"
It's an anime convention, I think that's a given.
But if you DO have IRL friends, make sure you (and I recommend you read this carefully) *STAY THE FUCK TOGETHER* it is very likely you will get lost and join another group of friends who you will spend the rest of the day with while wondering what happened to your other friends
@@half-blindentity9846 Note to self: Bring handcuffs
@@half-blindentity9846 Me who literally never did and never will travel to any Anime con: "ok noted"
@@jamostudios7596 who knows? At some poimt you might
Not necessarily! I’ve always had friends at the cons I’ve gone to. ☺️And I’ve been to at least 25+ cons by now as a cosplayer…
Sep 2017
- The con season is almost over
March 2020
- The con season won't even start
Whoa this has many likes
Plot twist: the free huggers actually started the virus by hugging the very fiber of space and time, creating an anomaly in the form of a deadly virus. they then became the protesters of the quarantine, carrying they're sickness to the world
That's so true, I can't cosplay too 'cause my wig isn't problarly arriving and I can't go buy fabric 🙌🏻😔
I was going to go to a con this year as jiro kyota and I can’t now so I’m sad :(
:(((
Me and my friend have to wait a whole year to go to a con now ✌️
me: that anime figure looks cute
my wallet: no it doesn't
My Brain: Buy it anyway
Just another Jojo Weeb i didn't, but stay salty lmao
Just another Jojo Weeb i’m in your google classroom!
a homestuck fan i see
@@jamescalder5115 and my brain- steal it
>Makes a Kaneki cosplay
>Goes to Con
>people asking to take photos with me
>social anxiety sets in
>I shut down
>I see Rize
>wtf is going on
"haha you look pathetic"
"says the girl who got killed by some falling pipes"
"fUck you"
@@doktorryeen5124 is that a gigguk reference?
giyuu-is-not-lonely periodt no that was a jo jo reference
@@cher6442 duh this IS a gigguk vid
@@Permafreux ah fuck-
Unwritten rule: if you have a sword at an anime convention, any other cosplayer with a sword can challenge you to a sword fight
*sad Rui noises*
I don’t think fighting with a cheaply yet somehow expensively glued together foam sword is a good idea... so just don’t take one
@@bertenheimer sometimes, the swords are real. You can buy real, full-tang katanas for a relatively cheap price
@@Rui-the-spider-boi I don’t know how I feel about bringing a real sword to fight with in a cosplay outfit in a area filled with other strangers...
@@bertenheimer yeah, I can imagine how that would turn out lol. They make dull katanas, too, but I can see where you’re coming from
2:16 "...so they're almost just like human beings"
Brian Bakare Hey vsauce here, What is a human? Are you human?
Are they or are thay not ????? ^^
Barely...
as a cosplayer i can say i am only almost a human
Brian Bakare which human beings exactly "people like me". Looks like your self worth its inflating. Now I hope you're doing something useful for yourself or something in life. Lel
So...
The security guards didn't believe me when I said the bullets were for luck...
Gigguk help!
Thankfully they didn't ask about the machettes I brought for me and my friends.
Oh I just shot them good thing I got that suppressor
Thank god
@Asshole Johnson lmaoooo
I wanna be a weeb, but my mousepad doesn't have boobs!
*Help me, Gigguk!*
Why are you everywhere?!
Darkness Prevails yo, I JUST watched a video of yours!
Darkness Prevails or you can be normal and get a gf
Jk I'm single af I shouldn't be saying that
Darkness Prevails holy shit man your content is good but its like rlly dark good like when rick transform everything into a mantis and don't give a fuck about it
does it have ass?
"awkwardly try to figure out where you're supposedd to put your hands" I feel that
Waist, back or arm or arm, if you hover hand your virginity is advertised
I usually just keep my hands in front of me and let the cosplayer do whatever is comfortable for them (unless invited to do something else).
It's always worked out pretty well that way!
That said, I'm also kind of hulking, imposing person. Half my personality at this point is making sure I'm not intruding in the personal space of others just standing around. :P
@@modvavet I feel that dude, i'm 6'3 and 200lbs, so whenever i get close to most people i tower over them and it's really awkward.
@@modvavet Props to you for having that out, not everyone understands this much
no one with a "free hugs" sign is someone you want a hug from.
@Hajime Shino ye
I think there was a man at a con who was asking cosplayers for hugs. Turns out he had a go pro strapped to his chest so he could video/take photos of girls’ breasts.
There's a reason they don't charge for their hugs you know?
But what about the girl from dead ahead :(
At a con I went to, someone was dressed up as an among us imposter with a sign saying “Free hugs”. Yeah, I hugged him.
I went to a convention with my friend we were cosplaying sayori and natsuki from ddlc and people kept screaming just monika at us and it was hilarious
Cutie Panda23 aren't we special
ギドラ yes XD
Imagine meeting a Monika cosplayer
Voidrive ‣ omg that would of been amazing XD
@@withintheyar2324 *would have
I've gone to 1 con. It was a small con, but HOOOOLLLY SHIT it was hell. Fun, but hell, since *I made the rookie mistake of bringing ONLY 20 dollars*
Awesomeacuz 13 duuuuude how did you feel, seeing all the cool anime merch and art and then seeing your wallet
I will keep that in mind.
Next time bring 20x of the money that you will bring.
@@caesaranthoniozeppeli7748 150 dollars at least
Awesomeacuz 13 20 dollars???
You forgot to mention a fact: You can live with 1 kidney.
I don't wanna ruin 69 likes
....
And half liver.
@@sinister2423 don't forget you can sell skin grafts from your thighs.
@@supercomputer0448 thats kinda dark
The more I watch this video, the more I want to go to a convention even though I'm not a full weeb.
Forgive me master, for I must go full weeb, just this once.
Sensei* not like my apprentice weeb mixed it up with senpai once. Being called senpai by a boy 2 months older then you in class is embarrassing as fuck.
Dude I just went to a convention even though I've watched like one season of anime in the past year. Just go, it's fun, if nothing else you'll have an excuse to be hammered and game.
@@szefdf21avdm66 I'm gonna pull this on my classmate. I love embarrassing people
Im not even a weeb I'm just there for the tits and emotional rollercoasters
Hey
Hey you
**whispers** : jojo sucks
Parents scream: *AND THATS WHY YOU SHOULD STAY IN SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD STUFF*
I bought a DxD hoodie and I’m still in school, where am I on the scale sir? Please tell me!!!
@@brendanhoden6816 1/400000
@@brendanhoden6816 btw highschool dxd is cliche
Clapqn please explain how
Clapqn I haven’t said anything that could be cliche
everything is a JoJo reference
wheelchairs
horses
walking at another person
*breathing*
@Trueno car AE86 "Oh? You're Jojo referencing closer to me?"
Bubbles
@@lydiahumes6566 rip to cross man 😪
women are a jojo reference
@Nigerundayo, Smokey! not that kind of breathing. The part 1 version
"It's better to feel regret not being able to pay rent for a month than regret not buying that figurine for your entire life"
That is the words of a true genius
That’ll be my new philosophy whenever I see figurines
I swear I learned that mentality from anime cons 😂
It could be a lot worse.
People borrowing from friends and family
for FREAKING funko pops
and then they find out they can't sell them
"For small conventions"
_showes a pic of the _*_cursed_*_ convention_
why was this convention cursed?
JUMP IN THE PIT
@@abot4029 I did look it up and... thanks man, I spent the whole day watching his videos. No regrets. :D
Imagine spending your life savings for playing in Ball Pit
no pissing in the ball pit
Dad: here's $200 have fun!
Me: *comes home half naked*
Dad: wtf happened?
Me: I had to gamble some stuff bc I ran out of money within the first 20min
No one:
Kakegurui:
@@levuna9359 nah they came home without a life plan enforced *pathetic*
Kakeguri be like: pfffft oh you poor thing bitch I gamble my whole fucking life
Im surprised he still had clothes 😳
W h a t h a l f
All I do is dress up as a girl and enjoy the Chaos I can cause by revealing my secret
You are evil and i like it
I was planning that also glad i aint the only one lel
You are something special 😉
I did this and every time I went to the male toilet it was chaos. Also some guys get really touchy with you because they think you won't mind
Aight i see u activating ur trap cards
Imagine being an extraterrestrial anime fan, and watching this as a guide before your first con cosplaying as a human, and taking this 100% at face value.
Is there a need to imagine?
Imagine they're not even cosplaying but they fit right in
*When none of your friends know what anime is*
They know what it is but they don't want you to talk about it.
...
3 of my 5 friends watch anime...
Me too so...
WHAT DO TOU MEAN?
*Implying you have friends*
*when someone has a nico pfp but doesn’t even know what anime she’s from*
@@梶山-風汰 why do you think that?
I remember back in high school, before I ever went to an anime convention, I once walked around my school with a "Free hugs" sign. There were apparently quite a lot of people who wanted those hugs. One of them was the principal.
Thanks you. Now I'm convinced to....
Stay at home. It's much much safer here
Earth Chan
I am sorry we have failed you i shall avenge the pain us humans have caused you
@@BK2238 ah thank you but pls don't
Well ...
The solar system isnt safer than that event lul
@@Dizer566 its safer than the Black Hole
Weak.
Had my first anime convention experience just over a month ago, this guide was so incredibly accurate to the point where it wasn't even a joke
And now I'm addicted to them, looking forward to the next one I plan to go to in 5 month
For me the first con I went to was "yiffcon [REDACTED]" cleaning up after 953 was not fun... nor was losing the livers of half my team... but the surviving people were friendly enough. Hope you enjoyed yours last month-ish though!
I went to my first anime con when I was 13 with my mom because I knew no one who like it. Bless that woman she was so confused but she still took me anyway.
same bro ut when i was 10
Aww :)
Damn I appreciate her effort to bring you happinness but I myself am so glad I never went through that experience when I was little, it would make me feel like a useless nobody just being uncomfortable and unappreciated the whole time (not referring to anyone else here, I'm only speaking for myself).
Your mums a chad bro I still gotta hide the fact I’m pretty much a weeb and avoid being “nerdy”
We goin hard with that pocky and smirnoff
Dip the pocky sticks in the smirnoff
@@eren-desu yeaaaaaa
My weirdest anime con experience: turning up at the reception desk and finding that all the attendee badges had some of my artwork on them. They hadn't told me they were going to use it. :/
you 100% could've charged them royalties since they didn't get permission, and made almost enough money to not go broke at the con
@@_drivEN_ litigation is expensive and cons can pay for better lawyers
The con could probably argue something like how technically they weren't selling the artwork
stop the cap
The first (and so far only) convention I've gone to had an auditorium. When they began playing the Pokemon Opening I heard many screams while people did cringy Fortnite dances and People Naruto ran into the auditorium to sing the Pokemon theme song in unison.
It was at that moment where I knew that I was where I belonged.
I fucking feel that man you go to a convention and you're like finally😭 I've found my family and home where have you been my whole life lol
" It's better to feel regret not being able to pay rant for a month than regret not buYing that figurine for your entire life "
- Gigguk
Real talk.
At the last anime convention I went to, I saw a figurine I really wanted. I'd only brought about $150, cause I'm a teenager and that's all the money I had to spend at the time. My dad is a nerd too, so he has no issue taking his nerdy daughters to conventions and such (which is fucking awesome) so luckily, at least until I'm an adult, rooming and food and whatnot is something I don't have to worry about when going to a con. Anywho, so this figurine was super cute right? I mean of course it was, it was one of my two main anime wives. So this figurine is only around $60. Which wasn't too horrible as compared to how expensive that shit CAN get. So y'know, I figured 'sure, why not?' even if it did put a sizable dent in all the money I'd saved over the past month or two. I buy the figurine and I'm super happy with my purchase. Fast forward to just last summer, me and my family take a trip to Japan. My uncle lives there in a little town called Fussa, and it was super nice. We were pretty close to Akihabara, so in the couple weeks we were there we visited a few times. I'm in one of the many anime shops there, and what do I see? I see the figurine I'd bought only a couple months prior. And how much does it cost? ONLY 1800 FUCKING YEN. (The exchange rate is always changing, but that's only like.. $14-$17) FUCKIN UGGGHH.
GOD DAMN ANIME CONVENTIONS AND THEIR OVERPRICED BULLSHIT.
The worst part is, I know I'm still gonna buy the stuff for the overpricing that there is.
BlackRoses Thorn H-HEY! IVE HEARX OF FUSSA! IF YIU WATCH ONLY IN JAPAN GO SEARCH HIS TH-cam CHANNEL IT'S ALL ABOUT FOOD! AND TRAVELING TO JAPAN! AND STUFF LIKE THAT! BUT BTW! MY COUSIN LICES IN FUSSA JAPAN!
BlackRoses Thorn .
BlackRoses Thorn the way you typed that out sounds like you were trying to mimic the video.
I expected it and accepted it as I am sure it is expensive to have such stuff ported from the other side of the world and would be logical that it is expensive to compensate for it.
BlackRoses Thorn learn to haggle and google stuff first
3:51 johnny english is my favourite anime
Mine too. I haven't seen any others though, so I'm not a good judge.
I read this as Johnny Bravo is my favorite anime
for real though
Yam Jam still waiting for season 3 :/
Cory in the House is a better anime.
3:50 ah yes my favorite anime Johnny English
hayao miyazakis finest!
*How to make friends in an Anime Convention:*
*Step 1:* Say, "Omaewa mo shindeiru" in public.
*Step 2:* Keep saying it until someone replies with, "NANI?!"
Please enlighten me. What in the seventh circle of hell does nani actually mean?! I always assumed its just mommy with an exeggerated accent.
I need no channel youtube! It means, "what".
+Dean Natuno Thank you. I was fully expecting to be trolled off this earth.
Nani is a famous portuguese football player who anime characters usually call out to when they're fucked.
165th lol
After attending two anime cons, this is 100% accurate
Best of luck to you for the next 20 cons, friend!
Just 2
@@matthew_natividad I know, right, newbie congoers are so kawaii!
Wait until you attend your 20 year anniversary going to conventions. Time goes by real fast after attending your first con.
Another possible factor of the post con period is the sudden realization that your throat feels like it got put through a blender and you body temperature is hotter than the surface of the sun. You have most likely contracted the _"Con Flu"_ , an epidemic caused by a handful of hopeless weebs who prioritizing indulging in a con over their actual physical health resulting in them inadvertently spreading their germs to everyone they pass by. You might think that since you're too sick to go to work this is the perfect opportunity to catch up with all your unfinished anime and games, but you'll soon find yourself in too much excruciating pain and discomfort to even indulge in your precious Moe collection. This illness will only worsen your depression as you begin to become aware of the crushing fact that no one is there to care for you because you're lonely and have no real friends. You can try various methods to avoid catching the dreaded _Con Flu_ via various means such as the aforementioned hand sanitizer or the irrational consumption of cough drops but all it takes in the stray uncovered sneeze or a rampant glomper to ensure your inevitable infection.
Marche800 I love when my thot is put into a blender
Der Versteckte Elch It's ok man
Der Versteckte Elch I think he meant either Thumb, or head
Too real, but don't forget... Those body pillows you bought with people looking a bit funny at you... Worth it.
Der Versteckte Elch We don't love them thots but they do make great smoothies.
The fact I get to go my first convention in a few months I will use this guide to prepare and as of now this is one of the most useful things!
Tips for staying healthy at a con!
1. Take vitamin C supplements (like emergen-c) or eat v.c rich foods before, during, and after the con, this will help your body bounce back from potential illness from all the close contact with hundreds of people
2. Even if you're cosplaying and it's not canon to the character, bring a bag that's at least big enough to fit a standard sized plastic water bottle, and drink the contents of said bottle. It also helps if you can fit a snack in there so you can take some granola or another snack that you can munch on to help prevent shopping on an empty stomach (trust me, it helps reduce cost of snacks by a lot)
3. If you have a lot you want to do and not a lot of time left over to actually eat, drink nutritional shakes! They will help you meet your nutritional needs for the day if you wind up running out of time to actually eat (don't use them to replace meals though, it's just to help keep your body functioning until you can eat real food)
4. If you're cosplaying, at least try to keep it seasonally appropriate, I made this mistake last con and boy did I regret it. It was like 100+°F outside and I was wearing so many layers... so many layers..... If you can't bring yourself to vote down a cosplay due to weather, make sure that you have a way to either cover up (for winter) or cool off (for summer). Bundle up with easily removable layers for winter (you can take them off in the bathroom and stuff them in a bag and vice versa for exiting the venue) and for heat, make sure you have fans. Not one, but multiple ones. You can get one of those slim battery operated ones that hang around your neck and hide it in your shirt (or armor) so that you have a consistent flow of cool air, and bring a second (manual or battery operated) fan. The second can serve as backup should the first fan fail, or if it's two manual fans, then you can make twice the breeze. (Or lend it to a friend or someone in need, they'll definitely appreciate it)
Hope this helps!
5. Be sexually experienced
Or just have common sense
This was so wholesome
@@bokutozz-5317 thank you! I just want to make sure my fellow con goers stay safe, it can be difficult to stay healthy during cons (as someone with adhd this is especially true) so I wanted to give some tips on how!
6. guard yourself with anti-horse-girl repellent
dont you apply bodyspray AFTER a shower
Yes, but well, Gigguk's point stands firm either way: Using bodyspray cannot replace a shower. Good thing I've never been to an Anime Convention before... I guess?
I use it all the time cuz I smell like shit
Not if ur a weeb
personally, I prefer to apply it IN the shower
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Anime Conventions? I've never heard of that show
i hear it's like a show but people react when you start looking at there b*obs
Do they actually exist in the USA? I don't spot many asians in those clips.
Must be a rom-com, where a guy makes 10 girls/woman to fall and instantly make them their harem aling with some guys
Uhhhh That Not A Show?! IF YOU WATCH THE ANIME YOU'LL UNDERSTAND!
ITS WE'RE YOU GO DRESSED UP AS YOU'RE FAVORITE ANIME AND SEE YOU'RE FAVORITE THING'S! AND BUY THEM IF YOU WANT!. AND THEN!!!!... AT THE END I THINK THEY GIVE YOU A HUGE BAG OF MERCHANDISE FROM ALL THE TYPES OF ANIME YOU LIKE AND SOME THAT YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF!
Hey remember when people actually went to conventions. this is like a historical documentary now.
so, we're going to go back in time when covid is over?
@@EduardoSilva-du8bi 2 weeks to stop the curve. we're on year 3. you do the math. But yeah, I'd love to go back in time after covid.
@@caesertullo1824 Speaking of doing math, COVID-19 was discovered in 2019, it is presently 2020. Also, no one respected the lock down and STILL refuses to wear a mask or social distance, so we increased the curve instead of stopped it. Countries where they enforced the lock down have been open for almost a year now and their numbers only started becoming concerning again with the Delta strand that happened because of a**holes elsewhere that did not respect the lock down in their country. (Looking at us, America.)
@@peaceandloveusa6656 completely wrong. 1. it's 2021, so bad start, 2. forcing people to wear masks is always going to be wrong. 3. we are not in a pandemic anymore we are in an endemic, meaning it's going to be as common as the cold or flu from now on. period. and it mutates so fast no shot or lockdown will fix this. 4. the who, china and fouchi all lied to the american public causing the crisis to get worse, not to mention states like ny actually were warned they needed to restock, and upgrade their ventilators in 2017 or 18 and ignored it because it would have cost too much. Then without a plan threw all the sick old people in nursing homes unequipt to deal with the illness letting it spread like wildfire. If you want to lock yourself down don't punish the rest of us. and if you don't understand virology then that's your fault for not going out of your way to stay scienfitically educated. america weren't the assholes, we were lied to, manipulated and then drove to hysterics. and no one refers to c-19 as an endemic even though it was catagorized as such MONTHS ago. you want to hate america and americans for being scientifically illiterate and making things worse well you are the problem. oh not to mention lockdowns don't work in a lot of places cause condos and appartments for the most part have connected ventilation. a sars virus in asia before c-19 had a massive outbreak in an appartment building due to 1 man with the runs because sars or at least that strain, not all, but that strain of sars was transmitable from the fecal oral route.
also my comment wasn't even political, way to be a debbie downer.
Can confirm. Every year I tell myself I'll run by the hotel restaurant and eat and then it's suddenly 3am and the rave is happening and all the restaurants are closed and I can't even make myself regret my near death experience via starvation...
Seven eleven?
just curious. Don't anime conventions in your country have any food stall? In my place people sell Japanese cuisines in conventions
@@gino5214 I suppose it depends. I've been to two anime cons and only one of them actually served any kind of food and that was more or less the snack station at the hotel. The other con center had no food, unless you counted the cheap hot dog carts outside and the water vendors yelling about how their bottled water is only a dollar. Also good luck actually trying to eat in a reasonable distance from the con because everything will be packed. You are going to be waiting an hour from start to finish. What I usually wind up doing is buying a massive pack of bottled water and some simple food I can prepare in the hotel room or take with me. It's a lot cheaper than eating out every day, three meals a day.
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As someone who has personally met you in AX 2017 in downtown LA, meeting you was honestly my biggest highlight. I doubt you'll remember this, but you signed my two dollar bill (I have it hanging on display in my room) and I took a selfie with you afterwards. And you were the most friendly famous person I've met there. You didn't seem like you got tired of meeting your subscribers which was something I found amazing because you'd think a famous person would get sick of constantly being bombarded by fans, but it wasn't the case with you, Gigguk.
THANK YOU so much for coming to AX 2017. Even though the food and products were great there, meeting you in person was my best moment of 2017.
(Yes, I'm liking my own comment because I really want him to see my appreciation.)
congratulations, you just wasted 2 dollars
Carstea Florentin nah it was totally worth it
codyriceandothers á
in my country you can buy half a liter of ice cream with 2 dollars and still get change. So don't underestimate the value of 2 dollars.
In my country a $2 bill can be reported as counterfeit by an elementary school cafeteria lady, who then calls the police and imprisons a young girl until they take it to a bank and find out that it was just a bill that's been in circulation for a very long time.
It's even worse for the volunteer staff, normal staff, etc.
here, have a reply
The best anime-con regular people interaction was the end of the relationship with the hotel we used for it. Someone had their wedding the same weekend as the Con. Things were off to a bad start when someone asked her who she was cosplaying in her wedding dress, but to get out of paying for the damages they did they blamed the con. So after 17 years we were kicked out of the hotel for all future cons.
When you can't physically continue the video because "and sometimes even breed with their own kind" has you dying.
Right? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Like these people aren't incel.
There was this one time where I desperately wanted to take pictures with DDLC cosplayers. The day before I went to a con last February, my best friend was sleeping over at my house, and I was telling her about what I really wanted, and she was telling me that I'm gonna see my Dokis. The next day, at the con, my friend, other friend, my mom, and I were waiting for the merch hall to open up in a huge crowd of people, and all of a sudden, I saw a Monika cosplayer in the distance behind me. I started yelling, "MONIKA! MONIKA! MONIKA!", and my mom was like, "We're not going anywhere until these doors open up!" and then I said to my mom, "Mom, if you love me, you'll let me go over there!" and my mom reluctantly agreed.
My best friend and I speed ran to the cosplayer, and we were fangirling really hard about her cosplay. The cosplayer seemed to appreciate us loving her cosplay, and let us take a selfie with her. First I had one with her, and then my friend mushed me in her selfie. The cosplayer was holding a box of heart shaped cookies, and you know what she did? She gave us each a cookie! I thought that was the nicest thing a cosplayer has ever done for me, even if I was a complete stranger to them. The cookie was really good, too!
I want to dress up as a pen and take a picture with every Yuri I see
@@BigDaddy-je2nq This is fucking cursed
@@BigDaddy-je2nq you have to dress up as the main characters pen or it wont work
bruh
how old were you?
"Go to Anime Expo", he said. "You can meet me", he said.
Now I'm broke. Thanks Gigguk.
Seriously though it was fun.
Stfu weeb
i dont have money
wish i went
The only reason I'd go to Anime Expo is to see Mega64 (and Gigguk if he's there)
Me: an adult weeb
My sister:teenage weeblet
Me: lets go to an anime con
Also me: cosplay and I will disown you
Lol
Weeblet sounds cute as heck
@@kzwei2 yep twitter is something else entirely, that place is a dumpster fire honestly.
I only meant it as a compliment. if i had a younger sister I’d probably spoil her a lot, but just like you, no way I am letting her cosplay so creepy dudes can ogle her at a convention.
@@nineten9011 as an older brother (my sister was born 11 years after me)I spoil her rotten and was always worry about her and whenever I see shitnlike that on Twitter it scares me
@@kzwei2 I mean if a child is mature enough to fucking change their gender with surgery and all why shouldnt they be mature enough to have sex with adults?
So either you go the full way or you despise this whole bullshit ideology as a whole.
Kids are not mature.
6:21 IT SO F*CKIN TRUE 😂😂
someone who understands!!
Maybe if you drive to the con in a food truck...
JaxBlade
This
I know right
JaxBlade I’m pretty sure Fish at a Japanese Restaurant is healthy…
this past year I went to anime boston and bernie sanders was staying in the hotel connected to the convention center so there now exists photos of bernie sanders with furries
liliesasaki pics or didn't happen
Just Google "bernie sanders with furries"
*FURRIES FOR SANDERS!*
Did he try and tell the weebs to redistribute their Waifu pillows?
Nah, he just slapped a 20% tariff on them for no reason at all.
Oh wait, that was the other guy. Never mind.
"Smaller conventions"
**picture of Dashcon**
Marvelous. :3
Dashcon more like Crashcon
Dat ball pit
Tyrerexus desu
Even 5 years later this video is still 100% accurate.
Before I played the video, I was like "I wonder how much of this is still going to apply in 2022" and it seems like almost all of it still applies.
Weeb-Boltzmann Law: "The weeb density is inversely proportional to the distance traveled away from the convention in miles."
Find a good place to consume alcohol that can poison a FUCKING ELEPHANT
all of this is so true although I will add that the line for badges the day before is actually the best part, that's when you get all your cosplay photos, where you hear all those dead memes, where you flirt with that really cute Suzuno cosplayer while you try to ignore the fact her ponytail is on the wrong side and where you hear all the cosplayers yelling out attack names while thrusting there weapons in the air while all the Gokus try to go super saiyan
kawaii: i am a weeb
sugoi: i am mocking a weeb
jojo reference: a demonstration of all parties in a situation being greatly cultured
Joj Deluxe What's jojo?
Janezki ö A fantastic anime my friend. A fantastic anime. Let me just say that the second season involves a 190 cm tall English-American man breathing to defeat three Aztec-vampire-fitness gods obsessed with posing. Oh, and he recruits a blond guy that fights with bubbles, a MILF, and a cyborg Nazi along the way.
themasterquester *multiple delicious MILFs
This is extremely accurate. "Kawaii" is used primarily by weebs, "sugoi" is more used by those who intend to mock said weebs and any and all JoJo references are a demonstration of a person having good taste in anime.
A few years ago, I took my fiancee to my first anime convention (Japan Expo 2019, France), not really knowing what I was going into, as the only few people I knew were going to that type of events were perfectly fine people, met most of them at work or at the gym. I wasn't a major anime enthusiast, only the old ones like Ghost in the Shell, and a few here and there once every six months or so. I assumed some people might be a bit weirdish, but they would probably have basic hygiene and social skills.
There's no good ending. I was single a week later.
I haven’t even been to a con before but I feel obligated as a (semi) weeb to apologise
Your fiancé left you after an anime con?
3:05
Thank you, Gigguk. Thank you very much.
He's doing the Lord's work...
It is a message worthy of a noble peace prize
Arbitually someone has too
Roman I second that
What if I take a normal shower with shampoo, soap and all but... listen to this, with bodyspray instead of water?
It's not the wallet putting a hit on me. It's the loan sharks that got pissed I took $500000 from them to buy some fucking weeb trash. Oh well. Time to change countries again. I hear Noth Korea is beautiful this time of year.
I'm pretty sure they have amazing cons in north korea.
Problem about north Korea is that it's nuclear winter all year round
Inaset Yea, they have some explosive cons there.
Don't bother with North Korea, just find some unaffiliated loan sharks to borrow more cash from, and use the cash to pay for a new identity along with the plastic surgery to change your appearance. Then, you'll be ready to borrow from the first batch of loan sharks for your next con.
God Of Urging you right that could work too
yea this is why i only cosplay irrelevant characters. makes it much easier to leave with my life
@Atinverd
The Rem cosplayers are required by law to death match with anyone dressed as Emilia.
@Atinverd i cosplay bill gates
@Atinverd who's rem?
Hatic ll uncultured much
Like Naruto and Goku right?
This makes me more interested in cons than I already am
Same.
This year's comic on is being hosted near where I live, based on what I have heard. I am going in foundation uniform to see how long it takes for bright or some anomaly to poke its head out. This is going to be fun containment.
And Street passing. For those who bring their 3ds. And constantly check it every 5 or less Minutes cause they keep reaching the capacity of how many people u can pass in one go
Ooooh i want to try that
Gold Coin 10 people in 1 go.
There are only three reasons to attend a con:
1) VA's
2) Cosplayers
3) Alcohol Poisoning
Sickscope Media Anyone who says they want to meet fellow anime fans are lying to themselves. I can already smell the BO exuding from them all.
Freezer Z My man high five!
What is VA?
dkey voice actor
Jay Mike Would you mind teaching the rest of us? I mean damn, 3 bucks is a hell of a bargain
If i go and hear Sugoi I'm going to start yelling about Russian fighters
@Irrelevant Channel ?
@Irrelevant Channel ahhh sugou
where are you? I'd like to have a loud argument with you about gachimuchi men and heavy weapon guys
As someone who has gone to a convention; I can confirm that one of the lines of a panel had to wrap around itself a total of 4 times.
I repeat THIS IS NOT A SHOWER
Iv been at one and felt out of place 😐 i would love to fit in but i just couldnt. I love anime but the convention just felt strange. Saw some hot grills tho that was a plus!
Little Light same. I love anime and cartoons and video games but I do not fit in with either normal people or weeboos.
I only went once to an anime convention and it was at anime expo 2017. From my experience, I feel that the only reason why I felt weird around everyone there was because I made it awkward. Lemme explain: while everyone there is freely expressing there love for w/e anime, genre, etc they are into and being goofy and having fun I'm there being scared that I would be judged by other people. (Especially since I'm a guy who grew up watching sailormoon and hamtaro....that's how my love and respect for anime began). So not trying to give any advice or anything but i;m going to attend this year again as well and this time I'm going there with an open mind knowing that every individual is unique in their own way and are here to show their love for anime in general. However...I'm going to try to avoid checking out hot maids from now on because sometimes it could be a trap....
bob johnson GO WITH A FRIEND WHO ALSO WATCHES ANIME IF THEY DONT WATCH ANIME MAKE WATCH IT WORKED FOR ME
I prefer traps, but seeing some cute girls is good too
Wait guys he didn't say "hot girls" he said "hot grills", to make BBQ DUH. Who doesn't like grills?
There was that one time when there was an Anime convention and a Christian Evangelical conference at the same place at the same time. Being both Christian and an Anime fan I was like, "I'm sure you guys have been renewed with the passion to preach the gospel, you should start by talking to the lady carrying the giant pentagram...
Twisted Banana Productions
Well... I bet that was a fun experience. XD
Also, always nice to meet a fellow Christian anime fan. I feel like we're often far and few between...
Maybe there's a reason for that....
it's cause you have to hide the actual animes you love from the people in your church congregation or else they will think you're the creepiest person ever
Neon genesis evangelism
Same, I'm a Christian and watch anime. But anime isn't seen as a bad thing or shunned at my church. They just don't care about that cuz it's nothing bad or threatening.... Also I have a lot of anime fans and gamers as friends at church.
Well it is easy. Have you seen animes? The sentence "every day we stray further from the light of god" is literally the truth when it comes to anime.
I was so excited when I booked tickets for my very first anime convention... which got cancelled. Thank you for preaching the ways of the anime convention - the currently forbidden artform of gathering.
How to safe your wallet: do not bring it with you
3:51 don’t worry Mr Bean is there protecting us! He’s my waifu!
Jack Fernley I didn’t see that XD
I saw that too lmao
Wonder what he's doing there...
Joohny English
Same
Johnny English. Not bean
I really want to go now....
Dafrogeron I pretty much don't. I'm fine when a non-Japanese is interested in my country's culture, but some people certainly have mental problems that make it more than a "passion". Even Japanese otakus tend to have bad taste. I get that real society's choice of clothing is boring, though. IRL fashion is sadly mundane.
ElectricPyroclast lol yeah
Kerwin C lol
Kerwin C yea
Dafrogeron really? This makes me NOT want to go this year lmao
I love the way u talk about serious stuff, but in a non-robot voice so u can make jokes. You made me laugh while also informing me, good job.
I have anxiety and I’d recommend bringing meds and a friend
having a breakdown in the middle of a con is not a good experience
Shit I didn’t even think about that
And whatever you do, never go alone because you'll be consumed by the masses
But I have no weeb friends
@@tonyboss4290 but i do :D
Lucky me cuz i never go to conventions
And never will either
@@erek thats great
@@erek Sorry, shoudnt have said that, it was needlessly rude.
Old habits die hard
Why does Gigguk have to make everything so deep? Jesus i feel bad now Sorry Mirai Kuriyama , but we're throught.
A casual Black Guy because it's all tru and AX is just around the corner
“Dont go as deadpool” *shawn kept that in mind*
I'm a baby? Budget is a skill? I should bring Pocky? People forget showers? There're black holes at conventions? I should stand right in the way there? There's a Bible Black panel? Normal society is deadly?
Xhante chan all of what you said is true
Psycho Mantis?
Yes, yes, yes, yes, no that breaks several laws of physics, yes, probably, and definitely...
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes.
"I should STAND" IS THAT A MOTHER FUCKER JOJO'S REFERENCE?
Fact 1st day is hell
2nd day it smells
Its like a real life Zombie Apocalypse!
But with more sugoi.
Bruh, one time I went to a place called the Ontario Science Centre which is... exactly what I said. But I went there to see an imax film in this really cool theatre. All things I’ve said so far are unrelated to anime, right? But that doesn’t stop an army of Sailor Moons (Male and Female) from having a convention there. How great!
Jacob Novak ah pretty heroes con lol
I live like 5 minutes away from there and we visit it like every weekend.
WHEN AND HOW DID I FREAKING MISS A WHOLE SAILOR MOON CONVENTION?
you think i would fall and watch this video because of the tumbnail? yes
>otaku
>breed
you already failed, Gigguk. This guide is not legit.
>unironically trying to greentext on youtube
>making fun of otakus for being virgins
>agrees that otakus are virgins
>tries to make a point
>there are legit orgies at every convention for every fandom if it's degenerate or large enough convention.
Abel Nightroad >gets surprised, does research and finds out that it's actually a thing.
I have never seen/heard of a fandom-orgy-at-a-con before, but I will blindly believe because I want to
I went as Kirito just to trigger Gigguk when I met him... He was super nice tho. Loved meeting you Gigguk! I was the guy you signed the Senko pic!
Austin Hodgson nice
Going to an anime convention makes me wish for a nuclear winter
It is a nuclear winter
Ave! True to senpai
Just finished going to CrunchyExpo and this video is timeless. Thanks again, Gigguk.