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.

[@100secks2]

Generic KZbin Username Lol

[@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 "I hate all these costume freaks." tbh it really hurt

[@Bgh583]

i was the at the draconcon 2015, i had a job in the town and was sleeping at the hotel, at looking these grown up children acting like fools. it was properly me you heard. because i fucking hate costume freaks and anime. you people smelled, were foul mannered. and in general just idiots. like i dont understand why you people haven´t grown out off cartoons.

[@Bgh583]

@@deathangel8855 1. If you are above the age of 18 and you still are into Disney and cartoons, then i would never consider you an adult. 2. You say some, i say all. 3. Marvel and DC are also cartoons meant for children and older kids. 4. I don't live in a bubble, I live in world called reality. And in the real world among mature adults, we couldn't give any lesser shit about cartoons and man children acting out in costumes.

[@Bgh583]

@@deathangel8855 honestly I feel bad you. That you need to conjure fantasy worlds in your head to be entertained. What baffles me is that you honestly believe I have sad life because I dont see the worth or any value in fantasy or cartoons. And yes I must agree. If you can't change a tire you shouldn't consider yourself an adult or have a driving licence for that matter. It's time for you to man up and realise most adults or anyone above the age of 28, dont find fantasy or cartoons entertaining. I have find pleasure in my job because it's one of those jobs that allows you to test your physical and mentally capacity to the max. I find entertainment in musicals and actual stand up comedy and I enjoy living in the real world. Cartoons and fantasy and what nonsense isn't appealing to me . And I certainly wont make friends with people that live in their own little fantasy bubble.

[@Bgh583]

@@deathangel8855 how I feel? Honestly not a damn thing. They make money on supplying entertainment for children and kids. And there is no excuse for not being able to change a tire, it is basic skill just like cooking and cleaning.

[@DarkFaeCosplay]

@@Bgh583 you are pathetic

[@JenJenRome123]

I have one and it happened at Anime Crossroads. Before they moved the con to hotel on the west side of Indianapolis. This one Christian extreme group was making fun out cosplayers calling the girls sluts, whores, and saying we were all going to burn in hell. We did our best to ignore them til finally, one of my friends snapped and said that she was a Christian and what they were doing was complete bullshit. One dude threw a tomato at her and well...Lets just say the police were called.

[@skylargames4333]

+Jen JenRome Daym... That's not very... good.

[@stalebread9050]

Yeah they really set a bad example... All my friends at church agree that they're just annoying and rude

[@bumblebeep9429]

Person: Anime? That's really stupid you know Me: Oh wow! You have your own opinion! Good for you!

[@DylanJo123]

Anime was a mistake

[@erenvioli1239]

+Jenkins Ok

[@cullenincorporated2672]

+Jenkins you were a mistake

[@cullenincorporated2672]

+Jenkins only joking

[@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 ☺️

[@duckfilms5812]

Armando Gamez sorry if I sound rude but are you a boy or girl, cause Hanji's gender is a big mystery

[@mrgamez34able]

duck films I'm a dude and I know hanji's gender is a mystery, but I still think hanji is a girl😄 well that's my opinion😏

[@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.

[@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.

[@Tamaki742]

AnimeGeek87 Wait, you said "I know"... What's wrong with Hetalia cosplayers in USA? Did France cosplayers went naked and pulled down people's pants? Or did Germany cosplayers tugged on people's hair? Or did Romano cosplayers were just being plain rude at people? Or what exactly gave them a bad rep there?

[@Tamaki742]

SirWonderousMary Well the first two is something I don't really mind, but really? The Nazi comment? =.=

[@Tamaki742]

SirWonderousMary I mean wearing flags as capes seems fine??? It's not really offensive or anything I guess??? And acting in character is something that cosplayers tend to do that so I think that's fine.

[@Tamaki742]

SirWonderousMary Ah, yeah I agree with your points.

[@SakuraFoxFurry]

SirWonderousMary It's just fabric..

[@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.

[@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.)

[@mariajones4858]

I'm sorry about that because I'm a Witness AND planning to go to a con. We're not all that way, I promise!

[@yotsubafanfan]

Hey it's all good mate. I'm a Christian and there are Christians that are against anime and stuff (in fact just look up Vic Mignogna tells off protesters if you want to see what I mean) so I totally get it! I go to cons and stuff and I bet that if I went to one while a Christian conference was going on I'd get the same exact looks! 😆😆😆

[@mariajones4858]

Aww, thanks! I'm going to MomoCon this year - it's my 1st time there and my 2nd time to a con overall! XD So excited!

[@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. :)

[@goodra999]

As in Toronto has the same people as people in Vancouver BC who do the same, a lot of people in Canada are polite during cons, especially the people who don't attend the con. I Cosplayed at the conventions in Vancouver BC since it's my homeland and province and I get a lot of people asking me while in public I wear pikachu onesies I get asked to get a photo then commented on nicely. I been to 5 of them so I understand you. ^_^

[@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

[@Adylure]

That may be true, but since she was in a professional setting, saying "crap" in any way is not ok. She could have upset someone.

[@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 :)

[@ConventionReviews]

+HORSESNDOGS9 I am glad you like them. They are my most popular videos so I don't think its that weird.

[@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."

[@duckfilms5812]

Isabella Rose I hate sports fans and their douche behaviour

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@LPSUniverse101]

You just read my mind...

[@jennyfromdabioc]

Kardashians is stupid but apparently PLL is supposed to be really good. Idk though

[@duckfilms5812]

Anime Luu they won't watch stuff like Death Note or Attack on Titan, even know those shows are better dramas

[@mercuryMayhem]

Me as a mom: *puts kids to sit in front the monitor* It's story time. *has them watch one of your story times*

[@omigono]

Hotel check-in lady is call a receptionist

[@ConventionReviews]

As bad as it is that I couldn't think of that, I think it is almost worse that it took this long and this many comments for someone to mention this! Hahaha!

[@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.

[@geeky9609]

WENDY IS SO KAWAII!!! cx

[@allisondowns9631]

I really hate some gymnasts who are just stereotypical and stick their noses up at everything and are the average "starbucks, uggs, and instagram white girl" persona. I am in gymnastics and it annoys me meeting girls like this at meets (competitions are called meets) and just on my own team because they are annoying and I really can't relate to them.

[@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.

[@First-Mila-theday]

you wanted to hit them? thatd be really cool : D

[@patrickbarnes9462]

At one 'con I attended, I went across the street to a supermarket called Wegmans to get some lunch. The restaurants in the hotel were jam packed. Please note that I was not in any kind of cosplay, or carrying any cosplay accessories (hat, ears, etc). I was just in a plain t-shirt, shorts, and sneakers. I get in line to get some pizza, and the lady behind the counter looks at me and says: "What is this? Spring Break for nerds?!" I laughed out loud and said: "That's a good way to put it!" That story still makes me smile to this day. 😉

[@SelenaC_anime]

Tell ALL your stories! I never have con stories to tell even though I've been to 5 cons now.

[@SPARKI404]

That reminds me of a video I saw where people were outside of anime north protesting anime

[@geeky9609]

Also, on Saturday at Naka-Kon, I got into a huge fight with my friend who was going with me because she kept talking over me, for me and I was sick of it because she always does this and I was being so kind to miss panels that I really wanted to go to like Japanese Manners and Mannerisms 2.0, Constuck and a Q&A panel they had for Patrick that day so we could eat at the same time and have free time. I missed Anime Price is Right Cattle Call and the gameshow pannel, the Pokemon Quiz Gameshow which I was going to try and participate in. I even missed most of Matsuri to eat and didn't even go back to it because she wanted to take the time to eat. So, while I was at the Cosplay Runway she came to get the room key to get her stuff then accusses me of stealing her money, then saying it's suspicious I all of a sudden loose all my money besides 8 dollars which I then used to buy McDonnalds. I can honestly answer where majority of my money went. I bought us drinks, I bought us food since I paid my mom back the money she used for McDonnald's Friday, I bought us candy, I used the mini-shrine during the Ball, and bought her something from the Dealer's Room since I was trying to make sure she was having a good time at her first anime con. She says she did so much for me, yes she got granola bars, but I got the hotel room which cost a bit over a hundred dollars by the way. She then says I never really do much for her but I've been buying 7-11 for us for over a month, spending so much on her, and she throws a fit and leaves the con because I got upset with her, because I actually for once, opened my mouth to tell her what's what. But after I got back from McDonnald's I pretty much cried in a corner outside in the lawn having a few people come over to ask if there was something was and if they could help, one person almost called staff. But I guess I'm happy she left the con because a few hours later when I was giving out free hugs I met my new friend Nick cx

[@pancakemuffinberry21]

Before we got on the road to go to Momocon this past year, my friends and I stopped at a chik fila for breakfast and we were already dressed in our cosplay(I was a female Michealangelo, one of my friends was Chell from Portal, and My other friend was Fionna from Adventure Time). People were already staring at us and this little boy(looked about 10 or 11) came to our table and just stood there looking at us as we ate lol...after about maybe 3 minutes or so he backed away but still kept staring :-P Cashier was nice though and he guessed our characters and asked us where we were going and stuff lol.

[@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... I also think that if you get offended by how much the anime community is made fun of you probably shouldn't be in the anime community because being mocked is one of the draw backs you just have to deal with, But i do believe that in the future anime will be more mainstream, I remember when I used to be teased for playing video games and now it's completely normal.

[@mfmidna2244]

I think people should at least respect people's likes, regardless of being "weird" or "different".

[@derpydashdjblazekin]

I'd love to hear the backstage story

[@leezamcenturff8933]

Although this wasn't at a convention, after awhile it was a bother. The students at my high school always make fun of the kids that love anime, including me. Our school has an anime club and it's alot of fun! ^^ But alot of the people that aren't into anime just love to judge. I've had one guy come up and find out I like anime and be like," Ohh you're into that weird shit " . And started saying how people that like anime are weird and apparently how if you like anime you're into nude cartoon shit. Like first of all he had no right bashing at me and telling me why it sucks. Second, he obviously doesn't know what anime is! it's a source of entertainment and contains so much more than what he's thinking it is. That's why some people I just cannot get along with at my school. They take us anime lovers as a bunch of weirdos or a waste of time. I've been judged just because I have pictures of my favorite anime characters in my binder (mlp pics too). And then if I like pictures of people that do cosplays, people suddenly think I'm some pervert or judge what I am. It just makes no sense to me. I mean I have loved anime since elementary school so by the time I got to high school I didn't really care. Just sickens me overall though how people are being judged by what they love or their interest. if you have nothing nice to say to the person about their interests, then don't say anything at all. I know friends that don't like anime, but they still have the courtesy to keep it to themselves and not judge. Some people at my school though think they're better. it's just something really sad is what it is

[@kristakemp2658]

i had the same problem in high school. People don't know the difference between ecchi and hentai. Its like oh so its ok to have sexual comedy in something like neighbors or the hangover but ooh if its animated ewww gross wtf. makes no sense at all

[@tazzyando8304]

leeza mcenturff when people ask me ‘what are you watching’ and I say ‘yaoi/gay porn’ haha it’s so funny how they react😂

[@TheYellowGoggles]

We have that problem with the dance competition that takes place in the same building as our local con. But the best looks always come from the older folks at the tea room down the road, ESPECIALLY during the Steampunk con. They act all high and mighty but honestly the con-goers are sometimes more well-behaved than the normal crowd.

[@annaklava2382]

I've heard of many situations like these happening from others on convention forums/fb groups, but the 'normies' that I've run into were legitimately curious and have been supportive for the most part, even asked for pictures with me and my friends and have a friendly interactions. I guess I haven't been unlucky enough to have judging/rude people yet. I have at least seen the 'judgy glares' from normies here and there but it's been very sparse and mostly accepting, so I think it's just different for everyone.

[@SelenaC_anime]

Also, I was at the convention center Friday FOR the gymnastics meet, and I got to go back on Saturday for the con. I didn't get any rude looks when I was in cosplay, but I could really tell the people there only for the meet were weirded out.

[@fullmetaleevee]

That last part reminds me of Anime Milwaukee 2014 where we shared the convention Center with a Hunting Exbo and they where judging us a lot. A friend of mine went to the third floor and he heard nothing but rude comments about us "basement dwellers " as one guy said as he passed us that year

[@kodzukenweb]

Your voice is so nice to listen to -

[@ConventionReviews]

Queen Fabulous Thank you very much!

[@ashtonkissick8153]

I was at Ikasucon 2015. There was a wedding going on in one of the rooms and the people had to walk through the convention to get there. There was this lady around 30 I would say and she was complaing about the people in cosplaying. She even pushes passed a guy and broke his prop and laughed.

[@rainstar999]

I remember I went to Ohayocon either last year or the year before and a dance thing was going on and a lot of the families glared at us and my friends but some of the people were cool and took pics with cosplayers. So good and bad.

[@tiaknight8398]

Okay so there was this one con I went to maybe slightly less than a month back and it was held at a mall like it always is. My con squad and I were in the basement just camping out, chilling and playing games like we usually do at cons. So we were playing truth or dare (not even that loudly, mind you) and this guy in his late 40s to mid 50s literally glares at all of us and he whips his phone out and tries to sneak a pic while pretending to text but he screws up because the flash was on. I don't think he realised that some of us understood what he said because he started saying stuff like "Stupid children and their weird hobbies" in Chinese (mind you, most of us are in our mid-late teens or are already in their 20s so it was kind of funny/awkward) as he was taking the pic. It was honestly really rude uncalled for tbh, we were just trying to have fun and we weren't being loud.

[@cobradimension6306]

I've been waiting for this ever since u mentioned it

[@XxTheGrandMasterxX]

In my opinion the lady probably didn't know a thing about anime. Maybe she thinks anime is weird. A lot of people that I know don't understand why some people love anime. And I know how you feel about the so called gymnastics competition.

[@flclfan85]

have you ever heard of Ryu-Kon in Buffalo, NY? If so, any plans to attend and do a review?

[@cheyanimeukato2570]

During the time Izumicon 2017 was happening there was some sports thing going on at the convention during the last day, the people who were there for the sports event made rude remarks obviosly not caring too much about how they were being rude, dirty looks and such. On the second day there was some volleyball group at the convention center and I was changing my costume to Grell and ya I can't really blame the volleyball people for wondering wtf since they had no idea why the people at the con were in costume and also they were teenagers and they weren't actually rude about it...................but the people from the sports thing were really rude..........why do these things be scheduled at the same time it's really annoying

[@scarletraven007]

AMKE 2014 was the first year of the convention where it was pheasant fest instead of the gymnastics team. I've been going to it for now 5 years (that first year was when it was still at the UWM campus) so I was personally used to the rude looks from the parents. Actually my friends and I were looking forward to count how many kids in tournaments wanted to come see our anime con and were surprised that some parents actually let there kids take pictures. Though that isn't saying that I didn't have a few experiences this year just because I was "used" to it. I was dressed up as Kaneki from tokyo ghoul (made my own mask and everything) and I remember a parent grabbing there kid roughly to the point that the kid said ow and hurried them away. Now i'm harmless but even if I looked weird it doesn't mean you can hurt your kid to rush them. The other story I have was on a friday afternoon. I had college classes so I couldn't get there till 3 which was fine because my hotel room would open up then. This has a little to do with the con staff but I mean it was the first day. So I was heading downstairs from the 11th floor from my room and I was on the elevator. The elevator staff was yelling the whole time which I know there is a new elevator system so people weren't really following the rules but he was screaming about going down on every floor. You don't have to yell all he had to do was talk nicely. The real problem though had to deal with two people in the elevator with about 5 congoers. They had bags and they were heading down to lobby to check out. The older guy did not look happy about the convention being there. So it gets down to the second floor (I was heading down to the first floor as well to pick up someone) and the staff member kicks everyone out of the elevator (which I didn't mind because it's one escalator) but the "normies" who were going to be kicked out were furious yelling "we aren't even for this dumb fucking convention. We are going to check out" The staff member, instead of apologizing for not realizing there obvious bags just shrugged and said "Well this is what I was told to say from my bosses. You can not go down from this floor sir" The older guy got really angry and refused to get off which makes sense because they were not part of the convention. I don't know what happened afterwards but thats my story.

[@Sustaita.handmade]

I don't think I've run into a lot of people who don't care about the anime convention but I always think its funny when I'm in cosplay with my friends and were not from the same series but the non convention goers always ask for a group picture xD

[@gabeguzman]

If someone makes fun of anime just make fun of what they like defend what you like!

[@sophiachamberlain595]

Omg yeh i love anime its my life!!!!

[@DarkFaeCosplay]

I did this with my friends in high school but it was kpop

[@Chronoverse1999]

I just love it when people complain about how anime is weird and how It is perverted/sexualised while there are tons of hollywood american movies that contain lots of sexual/perverted scenes, nobody bats an eye on that for some reason.

[@SlendysWatchingMe]

I've only recently started going to fan run cons again after switching over to a particular circuit of signing style American TV cons, and our show features very few costumes that would look too weird to an outsider, so I've rarely gotten more notice of it from hotel staff than asking politely out of potentially, but not necessarily, passive aggressive curiosity. I did get a rant from a normie in the hotel for having the AUDACITY to PAY for photos and panels with some of the top celebrities in the genre, though. 300$ per person for the CFL football game he'd flown in to see? totally normal. 300$ for a full weekend of events including rave/concert/3 days of stage talks? unreasonable, apparently.

[@1wolftank]

Me: is it okay to go out this exit? Security guard 1: No, Sorry, But I can ask my supervisor Me: If you want to sure Supervisor: NO, YOU CAN'T GO OUT THIS DOOR WAY I'VE BEEN WORKING 24 HOURS STRIGHT Me who is support worker for the disabled people who wakes up everyday after 4 hours of sleep and goes to another persons house and deals with more than he probably will in his life Me: Okay me looking at the security guard mentally saying: "thank you"

[@hyd3979]

my highschool had their prom next to the con i went to though it was hard trying to figure out who was for the prom and who was in cosplay lol (the con's ball was the same night which made it even more difficult)

[@emmadowney7210]

When I was at Acen one year, I went to the coffee shop in the Hyatt dressed in full cosplay. I waited patiently in line, and offered to buy my friend a drink. She was stuck deciding, so I cut ahead of her. The employee gave me this condescending look, and said I was cutting. At that point I was like “ummm, no we’re friends and I am BUYING HER DRINK.” I don’t get people that are so judgmental.

[@bethelsomozo3845]

One time i was in this Anime Convention (I wasnt cosplaying im to young to cosplay and go with only my frinds,plus i dont even think my friends cosplay,considering i havent cosplayed before) and i was wearing my naruto shirt and my pain back pack (as in pain i mean the guy with the mysterious demon transforming thing on his back) and this girl a non-cosplayer was starring at me like i did something wrong or stuff like that i was weirded out for a second but i tend not too notice her,and some hours later i was alone strolling cause my parents and older sister was in a restoraunt really near by ordering pizza any way so while i was strolling i saw the girl again and she decided to like aproach me like i know her saying "Why are you even here you arent even cosplaying and you look like an idiot wearing your CARTOON outfit." Then she left after that i was shocked that she said cartoon and at the same time mocking me why i was there not in a cosplay while she wasnt even wearing anything like a cosplay or even any anime i know.she dressed like a normal every day person too....xP

[@brandonharvey6995]

I typically talk to the parents and stuff that show up for those competitions and meets that get caught in con and atleast explain whats going on and joke with them a bit. also i was wondering if you had any stories from this years AMKE, i tried to walk up and talk to you a couple times, and i did walk up to you i just didnt want to interrupt your conversations and my friends pulled me away.

[@cinderbreifs]

I'm your 5800 subscriber :)

[@ConventionReviews]

+Cynder Breifs YAY!!

[@Bogustre]

When I went to anime con 2k15 that was my first convention and I saw those gymnastic kids you were talking about and they were incredibly rude! I was Cosplaying as Ciel from black butler and I walked past a group of them to get to the bathroom with a few of my friends who went there with me one of them wasn't COSPLAYing the other was and they were kind of in the way of the entrance so I politely say "excuse me, I need to get through here." And they give me this look of pure hatred and disdain and reluctantly move out of the way, and as I'm walking into the bathroom I hear one of them say, loud enough for me and my friends to hear "ew what freaks" and the person next to her nods in agreement. I was just thinking to myself wtf? That was totally uncalled for.

[@goodra999]

I would have said "thank you for your concern but I'm not a mirror and you need to look in a mirror." I would also mention to them that "hey at least my hobby keeps me busy who makes your clothes, oh yeah I dont think you can sew." Then lightly push them away while playing the ludacris song Move bitch get out the way. :P

[@bigbro6446]

i don't mind at this like at all cuz me and my friends say for like if we cant remember names "ugh whats it called again ehhhh the ugh the zelda games and shit like that" in a context like other things of that one like other nintendo things.

[@loribird9850]

I have a story to share. This happened at the Sakura Matsuri 2016 and I was going as Satsuki Kiryun from Kill la Kill and a friend was with me. We were getting lunch and we walked to sit when two cosplayers saw who I was and yelled my character's name. Then the guy said step on me. Me and my walked away like what the heck was that about? It was so werid.

[@duckfilms5812]

LoriBird 98 well that's interesting

[@huggiecat101]

I AGREE WITH YOU 1000%

[@NatsuSniping]

I love your channel

[@ConventionReviews]

Natsu Thank you so much! Also I already made the rave video!

[@NatsuSniping]

I will make sure and watch it. By the way do you go to any anime cons in Chicago?

[@ConventionReviews]

Natsu umm yeah. lol. most of the cons I have done videos on here for were in Chicago

[@NatsuSniping]

Cool, I am going to try to go to the next one and I hope I see you there!!!

[@Adylure]

Hearing about backstage would be pretty cool! As far as with the lady at the desk, I think she should have at least been... maybe corrected? About using the word crap. She is behind the desk creating a service. She is not a buddy or anything like that, so it's not right of her to use that word while in uniform. Maybe what you should have done was just say that you were at an anime convention, not an anime crap. I wasn't there or anything, but depending on the mood, maybe you could have made a joke about it while at the same time educating her. I shudder to think what would have happened if she said that around an uber fanboy. Still, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth when people are rude like that. I mean, how do you react to someone's ignorance? If it were me, I would have just marveled over the costumes and maybe asked questions since it's obvious that people put their all into them. Oh, wait, I already do that.

[@dbjb40]

I'm luck in the fact that I haven't really met anyone who was like 'EW ANIME'!!! Though I don't cosplay much and I've only been to one con regularly. I have heard of people in cars shouting name and stuff at con goers trying to find something to eat.

[@suzie4404]

Went to mcm one year and it was on at the same time as a college/school event then the next day it was a smoking/vape event and then the next day it was some Christian stuff. The east entrance was close to mcm attendees so we had to walk like 10-20 extra minutes around the side to get inside. So we are walking a back to our room at 7pm which is on the east side and the group ahead of us is a group of girls . This girls were just normal cosplayers nothing special. So we all walk past a group of middle age guys there for the smoking/vape event. So they don't say anything until they walk past my part of the group and say "yeah there is some anime s*** here better leave while we can" " yeah some f*** up s*** here". Like this group was so close minded. Like for once I felt so angry and like there are kids at this event like 8 years old and these guys were just swearing out loud.

[@jitterbugged6986]

Vid starts at 2:40

[@Tamaki742]

There are 4 things you can get from non - congoers in Singapore; blatant stares (especially from old people, it's just stares but to me it's just making people uncomfortable and kinda rude), questions (like "what's going on here", "is there some kind of japanese event", "can we take a pic"), praises if you're lucky (one time I was cosplaying leafa and there are 2 women asked to take a pic with me and they told me my cosplay is wonderful X333), or people calling the police on you for indecency. The last one is just the worst and it did happen during AFA SG 2013. There was a Matoi Ryuko cosplayer in Senketsu form and THIS LADY CAME OUT OF NOWHERE JUST STARTED SCOLDING HER AND SHE FUCKING CALLED THE POLICE ON HER BECAUSE OF INDECENCY. I mean okay, her underboobs were revealed but seriously, what is the difference between underboobs, sideboobs, and cleavages? At least it's not the WHOLE boobs! Anyway the police came, fortunately they let her go because it's clearly not a public indecency, but the damage has been done. All because of that one woman who disregarded the fact that there's a con going and this kind of costumes is normal.

[@corrinearlywine8555]

Convention Reviews Are you going to Indy Popcon?

[@ConventionReviews]

Corrin Earlywine yep

[@FiveTheArtist]

when i go on games, like minecraft and other games like it, if i have an anime name or look people will make fun of me and say they hate anime and say i should not have that name or look and that because i look like that or have my name as something i'm forcing my openion on them... but i'm not i don't know or talk to them

[@tazzyando8304]

Hey I’m from Australia so I might say short things okay ‘we have cosplay meet ups in public and my friends and I who cosplay in public at in ice skating place just being us in the middle of it then these two guys skating around us saying “anime sucks” I was shocked and told one of my friends then she said “ignore them” so I did’ sorry if you don’t understand 😅

[@bleachdog5678]

Awesome I pick-up real bout high school vol 1 and space dandy season 1 and wrestling mania 30 and super man anime series

[@geeky9609]

One of my friends says that most of the anime I watch is crap or shitty, and another one of my friends says that Inuyasha was shitty because of one teeny design flaw in a single episode of the anime and that Kagome is annoying. I personally, get highly offended but let go of it. I understand that not everyone likes anime or loves it, but at least let me talk about it for once. I never get the chance to talk about anime to any of my friends besides one I met this year at Naka-Kon 2015, one actually introduced me to Fairy Tail but then began hating anime again after watching 3 episodes of it. I can litterally qoute some of the most common phrases of my friends. "Anime sucks" "-Bleach/InuYasha/Fairy Tail/Naruto- is stupid" I almost punched Alex in the face for mentioning Naruto and Bleach. "Why does he look like a girl?" "That anime is stupid" "I'm sick of hearing you talk about anime" "I don't get it" "I don't like it, it's old" "Can you just shut up about all that anime crap for once?" I actually got in a huge arguement with my friend Kayla over this because I hardly ever talk about anime with anyone who isn't too interested in it or doesn't like it. I hardly ever get to talk about my own interests at all, and when I talk about my hobbies and other things I do after school, someone allways cuts me off to talk about something else. I once defined what Yaoi, Yuri and Hentai was because I had a couple Yaoi buttons on my lanyard"Eat, sleep, yaoi" and "Please don't tell my parents what yaoi means" from Nani Wear and was called a huge pervert because I knew what they were, and at the time had only read 2 yaoi doujin and seen a few hentai clips. I still don't even invest all that much in Yaoi, Hentai and I'm not even interested in Yuri! Yes, I am bisexual and some people in my grade know this because I dated a girl last year who was a grade above me, but that doesn't mean I have to like Yuri.

[@geeky9609]

***** Yes it is ^.^ I just don't find much intrest in it like I do with yaoi

[@SakuraFoxFurry]

I'm A Continent, Not A County! >.> Naruto and Naruto Shippuden are great anime....The only flaw is that Hinata is a useless bitch.

[@ravenbreeze988]

I'm A Continent, Not A County! I feel your pain. i literately Have no one to talk to anime or manga about. My friends say the exact same thing and the few people that i find who are interested in anime well we don't exactly get along. And on the rare occasions I do get to talk about it my friends are completely rude about it. But then i have to sit and listen to their talk about twilight or the vampire dairies and Breaking bad, and I can't say a single bad word about them even though personally I hate all three. I understand that they like them and we have different interest so I tend not to say anything rude and respect their likes and hobbies, And pretend to listen to their ramble even though I usually just block it out and day dream. I actually lose a lot of friends over this since anime is my life and their talking shit about it. And they say I am stupid when I tell them I want to be a manga artist. So I just start to ignore them. Their not my friends If their not supportive to me and what I want to do even if they don't like it, They should just keep their trap shut like I do and say things like "Anime's not for me" instead of "Anime's shit" So i am currently a loner but that's okay since I got a pencil and paper and the INTERNET!!!!

[@goodra999]

She's not as useless as TenTen now don't get me wrong I don't mind Hinata but it's fans that bash are the ones that need to keep it to themselves intact I love Sakura and TenTen and Hinata, everyone is awesome though I am more into Sarada Uchiha.

[@duckfilms5812]

Geeky that got pretty personal

[@CasplatDesu]

I love your videos cody XD

[@horchatavato9440]

Tell us the backstage story!

[@yomamashouse8508]

Haha thats kind of funny.

[@Rcruz4792]

Are you guys in college? (I'm not asking to sound rude, I'm just curious LOL)

[@amandagillen-ford2970]

When i was a tag feast 2014 my first anime con ever and i was sword fighting and this 20 years old person and i was only 12 and he keep following me around and my dad look and he told him off and and he wanted me to het to know him i was creep out and on that day he followed me home

[@Yuki_the_kitsune]

Here in Memphis we have ABC con anime blues con so the last one there was a Christian convention going next to ours the buildings connected so anyway my friends a strong Christian and sense they were allowed to wonder ours my friends went to go check out the other one they called security on her and kicked her out say she's a devil and our kind wasn't allowed im sorry but that just paused me off so story short we got in trouble and bad things almost happened

[@cultescapee8740]

Here's a reality check for all of you allowing the rude people to live in your head rent free: This is the real world. And in the real world there are going to be people who say nasty things to you, your friends, the way you dress, your interest in anime etc. Not everyone will be your friend. Anime, although popular in Japan, is a niche interest in the West and most people who aren't fans will have negative reservations. You can't force them to think or say otherwise. It sucks but that's how it is

[@ProdKeion.T]

They just mad cause anime is the shit!

[@jessicasimkins1165]

My sister hates anime but I love it.

[@kiKi1998.]

Gymnastics moms and dance moms are the worst trust me I've lived it

[@candyforestcosplay8258]

One time this girl in my class told me that anime is for kids and then I showed her a picture corpse party and she was like what the fuck and I was l like bitch please it's not for kids #Schooled

[@jennyfromdabioc]

Well some are for kids. Some kids like Naruto or Pokemon. Though there is some really mature anime like AOT or like you said Corpse Party

[@happyotamatone]

I saw a similar behavior at a Star Trek Convention in germany. Some of the female Con staff were extremly rude toward visitors and actors... of course they talked shit in german, so they wont understand.... but I did >.>

[@pinkamethyst6815]

I just say this now. All the gymnasts I know them, and their moms, are jerks to anyone who is not good at dance or gymnastics. I go to a dance studio, and all the gymnastics moms are talking shit about the dancers.

[@tazzyando8304]

pink amethyst does it sounds like dance moms my mum watches it so..

[@strawberrycow2699]

what age do they allow into the rave? cx

[@ConventionReviews]

+Niki Eve Blair If I remember right at Anime Milwaukee its 14

[@strawberrycow2699]

+Convention Reviews okay, thank you!

[@Halexstrasza]

why are all the cons in america so much bigger and better :S

[@yvespandora]

Convention Reviews First off, I think i may go to Momocon 2015 this year but I see myself going to Anime Blues Con 2015 in Tennesee. If I go to either one, I may either go as Kirito (Sword Art Online) or Archer (Fate/Stay Night). If I do go to Momocon 2015, I hope I get to see you. Anyways.... At Momocon 2013 there was a few people that said I should be somewhere else (I was cosplaying as Nick Fury from the Marvel Series). I asked why and they said that you're not cosplaying as an anime character. It didn't escalate or anything but I kinda asked should they be there SINCE THEY AREN'T COSPLAYING ANYTHING!!! They got ticked off and decided to call staff security. Fortunately, me and staff security cleared things up. As for the two people who confronted me, I think they got kicked out for supposedly assaulting a cosplayer for I don't know what. I want your insight from not only Convention Reviews but from everyone else. Do you think you should cosplay an anime character to be at an anime convention or not? Please reply and have a nice day. :)

[@ConventionReviews]

I personally think you can cosplay ANYONE you want from ANYTHING you want. People need to chill out about what people can and cant cosplay.

[@yvespandora]

Convention Reviews I know my skin tone is a little bit darker compared to others, but not only anime on superhero discrimination needs to stop. Also the racism needs to stop in the otaku/anime world. Thanks for your reply and your insight Cody. (P.S. You can probably do a video about people discriminating cosplayers as well. Just a thought.)

[@goodra999]

I had a friend who ranted about people who Cosplay League of Legend characters, I told him let them Cosplay whoever they want, who are you to judge? I could cosplay as Dashcon ball pit if I felt like it.

[@yvespandora]

LukeTrinton Yeah, i get personal opinion but goddamn. If you don't like someone's cosplay, keep it to yourself, but don't act like its the end of the world

[@goodra999]

I fully agree with you. Everyone can Cosplay as who they want, I could Cosplay a nudist on strike if I wanted to. 😅

[@NatsuSniping]

AND tell the story about the Rave!!!

[@blueberrypitbull87]

Should have flipped them up.

[@michaelsaunders4256]

Well my aunts uncles cousins and grandparents think cosplayers are weird

[@in_faustianwinter]

People normally use crap to describe something no matter how much they like/dislike it, just saying

[@allysonmontgomery4350]

You kinda sound like Primce Zuko 👀

[@DanskeAnzia]

My friend she is afraid of anime I dont know Why but she is

[@sirspankskyofsmackalackadi5383]

Anime isn't a culture. Also, your voice is very nice.

[@jordanha1956]

I'm a gamer myself, not overly so though. But what I don't understand are people who go to conventions and play video games there? Seriously you can just play video games at your house. I mean no offense to those who do play video games at cons, I'm just wondering why?

[@SakuraFoxFurry]

Jordan HA I'm just curious why you have a fake dog. A frou frou rat.

[@ravenbreeze988]

Jordan HA you have food at your house too. why do people have to go out and eat? because its a difference experience, setting, people. not stuck in a house all day. your socalizing

[@jordanha1956]

I suppose, but I just don't see the point. Coventions are made for panels, hanging out with friends, buying stuff, and possibly meeting celebrities. I just don't realize why you would pay like 20 bucks to get in just to play something you already have at your house. Whereas restaurants you may be going out to try some new food. Just my opinion though

[@SakuraFoxFurry]

Jordan HA The con I go to each year has a Platinum badge. It is the highest level. You get to go to dinner with the guests, as well as have all kinds of other perks. Not to mention the 21+ party.

[@goodra999]

There's a thing called LAN passes and tornaments.

[@kevlarburrito6693]

I feel like there's better things to get pissed about

[@Daisydoesit39]

(This has nothing to do with the video but i just wanted to comment this uwu) *people being jerks and hating for no reason* Makoto: nO ThAts WrOnG

[@evanl6819]

Dude just because someone doesn't like anime doesn't mean they're xenophobic 😂

[@sweetkisses900]

You just gotta stand up for what you love. Sounds like this was a missed opportunity to school that lady's @$$ and tell her off. I'm sure in hindsight this memory hurts but I hope the next opportunity was taken to tell "those" kinds of people off. She's a hotel concierge btw, I'd be mad too if I had her dead end ass job in Milwaukee of all places, and waiting hand and foot on the very people she probably hates; anime lovers.