Convention Story Time - "Anime Crap"

[@Bellyofthebeast6]

At the one con I went to there was a group of little girls and parents that were there for a dance competition. They were wearing bright neon tutus and they were getting glitter everywhere, yet they were looking at us like we were weird and didn't belong there.

[@lucijobgen5296]

my family and I went to Draconcon 2015 and as you can imagine it was super crowded, but someone who wasn't there for the con said

[@JenJenRome123]

I have one and it happened at Anime Crossroads. Before they moved the con to hotel on the west side of Indianapolis.

[@bumblebeep9429]

Person: Anime? That's really stupid you know

[@yotsubafanfan]

We share a convention center with a Jehovah's Witness convention and we're on the second floor so to leave we HAVE to go passed them. They haven't said anything to us yet but we do get strange looks, it's kinda funny to see their reactions. (At least in my opinion.)

[@GastlyGirl]

I've been to Anime Milwaukee since the beginning and I will say, every year we been the same weekend at the gymnastics group, I've either heard rude comments or been told by friends they heard rude comments from them. It sucks but I don't see it going away any time soon. The worst thing I think I heard about was like 2-3 years ago at AMKE, where a security guard from the convention center freaked out on Hetalia cosplayers (yeah I know, I know, but these ones did not have anything offensive and were not doing anything offensive). The guard kicked them out of the con's photoshoot area and pestered them as long as he could, claiming he was a World War II history expert and they were offensive just by being there. What makes this even weirder to me is I have a friend who does historical enactments and at those conventions there have been people much more offensive uniforms.

[@veda_fluff_asmr5064]

My friends and I were going to eat at Burger King before we went in Ohayocon, there were 4 of us in total and I was cosplaying Teto Kasane from Utalaloid and my other friend was cosplaying Kurapika from HunterxHunter. So we were the only ones ready before we went to the Con, anyway right when we walked in we all heard this lady scream at her child and say "You will never go out of the house dressed like that"! All of us were shocked, but she honestly was just a rude lady, that didn't understand what we were doing. Still it was rude for her to say that.

[@mrgamez34able]

Here's a quick story on my first time going to an anime convention in which it was before going to the con, my family and decided to go to a McDonalds near by and I was the only one in cosplay, in which I was cross playing as hanji Zoe from Attack on Titan and surely I was getting pretty weird stares by some people around me, especially this middle age woman that couldn't stop staring at me and giving me the stink eye while I was eating,I think for a while and I just looked at her and smiled and winked at her😉 moments later the bitch left 😆hahaha!! I wasn't ashamed on what I was wearing and it shouldn't ☺️

[@kirenprops]

yes very well put about how anime is just another form of media and how these rude people are just xenophobes who are afraid of other cultures. you should get that quote printed on a shirt and then just wear it to conventions and if there's anyone rude just rip open your jacket and let them stand there and read it. also, move to toronto. all the experiences I've had while cosplaying were good ones. whether they were interested in anime, inquiring about the convention, or admiring our costumes, most people here are really nice. So many strangers, who weren't part of the convention or event, have asked for pictures of me and with them and honestly that's always the highlight of my day. and yes, please do tell the story of how you were backstage at the rave. :)

[@lit_wick]

I wasn't there. But to be honest I think it was just a matter of her vocabulary. I say "crap" in place of the word "thing" a lot. So maybe she just meant "anime thing" and didn't mean to call it crap. I mean, I wasn't there so I don't know her tone but yeah those are my two cents

[@Saiyagurl]

At almost every convention I've been there are people at the hotel who are there for another event or something else and they always have something negative to say. I bet if it was a convention for a sports team or whatever they wouldn't have anything to say. People just can't handle things they do not know or do not understand.

[@animeluu26]

I've seen people say "oh anime is so stupid", and I ask what stuff they watch and they just say "I watch drama shows like pretty little lairs, karsashians" and stuff like that but you know I know it's not much but I know people who just say that anime is crap but all they watch it drama stuff

[@xIsabellaNightmarex]

Back in 2012, the X Games and Anime Expo were both happening on the same weekend in Los Angeles and boy lemme tell you that has to be one of the worst combinations out there (sports fans vs anime fans). There was a lot of "older sports fan checking out female cosplayers all while telling cosplayers how f---ing weird they are."

[@HORSESNDOGS9]

Dude, just found your vids, and I CAN'T STOP WATCHING!!! I love listening to these weird stories (Is that weird? Wait a minute..... Yeah it's a little weird). They are very interesting and i don't know why, but they are very easy to listen to :)

[@mercuryMayhem]

Me as a mom:

[@carlosb.9032]

At my first con two years ago, i went to a rave and started dancing with some people i thought i met before (small con). As it turns out, they were complete strangers, but since i'm an awkward nerd i stuck with them for the rest of the rave. The next day i saw one of the persons and we were like best buds talking about the rave and stuff. Dancing like that when you know no one has been the most ballsy thing i have done to date.

[@tommie6186]

I actually saw those gymnastics girls too, more than once. a lot of them looked a lil freaked by my friend who I was with who was in a full fursuit with giant horns and stilts that made her like 6' tall, as well as with a few more bizarre looking cosplayers. I just remember wanting to hit them, like go to bed Susie geez.... although on a more positive note, I met a very friendly but confused guy in the mall during then who politely asked me about the con and anime and such and told me about his nerdy roomate and generally, I've noticed that much older people, workers, or children are the problem. maybe try explaining to people like the check in clerk next time that its not crap and such.

[@katierachel2318]

I am a gymnast and I am so sorry that that happened to you. I am also going to my first anime convention in May, I'm going as Wendy from Fairy Tail.

[@milkydudd53]

This girl at my summer camp was all like "Anime is just a scrap of paper mehhhh!!!!!!!!" I literally just smacked her with my note book and walked away. She is the worst person I have ever met.

[@GameToony]

eh, Personally I don't care whatsoever about what people like that think if they're so simple minded xenophobic popular-going twats. If they're only mocking you becuase of some stupid reason or because their friends mock you for some stupid reason I'm not offended cuz it's a stupid reason...