Random Thoughts of an Otaku - April 9th, 2008

09:43 pm - The Dream conventions for fans

I have traveled alot of places in my fannish life, so far. I have been to San Diego Comic Con, the hometown Anime con is Otakon and I will be going to Worldcon in Denver and Montreal (hopefully with my mother). There are still conventions that I have never been to and if I travel to 20 conventions a year I will not see all of the fan conventions there are. There are some you will never see me at like Darkovercon (Darkover style fantasy). These are the conventions that I haven't been to, but want to go to:

1. Anime Expo-This is the largest anime convention in the country, but I can never motivate myself to get to this convention. I have this fear that I won't like the convention. Maybe, it is the fear that the show leaves the fan out of the equation that makes me think this. Maybe, it was the exhaustion that I felt after SDCC that makes wonder what would Anime Expo be like on my mentally and physically.

2. DragonCon- It is the largest Science Fiction, Fantasy and mish mash fandom convention in the country at 30,000 plus in Atlanta on Memorial Day weekend. I hope to get to this in 2010 because this year and next year is a no go because of end of month at work. I do wish I worked in a less month to month environment.

3. Sakura Con-This is among the Top five anime conventions in the country in Seattle. They always seem to get interesting guests like Ali Project this year. It isn't a small con, but it isn't Otakon size. I also know some of the people there from the Anime Convention runners dineer at Otakon. If I hit a West Coast convention again, I would go to Seattle (even though it is very rainy).

4. A foreign Worldcon-A foreign Worldcon (Canada doesn't count) makes for an interesting vacation. Not just because it is Worldcon, but it also forces you to see a country. I don't think I will make the Worldcon in Australia because it is just so expensive for airfare alone. That is unless I win http://taff.org.uk/duff.html DUFF in 2010. I expect that an Australian will come to Anticipation to keep the streak going for 2010.

5. Gen Con Indy- I am a wanna be gamer. Gen Con should have some games that I can just learn and try to compete in. Indy should be worth at least a couple days extra visiting. They also have a pretty mean Hold Em No Limit Poker tournament.

This leads to the obvious question. What are your dream fan conventions?

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