NebrasKon 2011 = best weekend ever!

If I had to choose some words to describe it (other than ‘awesome’ ‘fantastic’ etc) it’d probably be anime overload! There was something for everybody: vendors had just about everything an otaku could think of from dvds mangas & t-shirts to costumes, Japanese snacks & sodas, custom art & all sorts of other odd-&-ends (I don’t even wanna’ know exactly how much money I blew this weekend…yikes!).

There was a full schedule of sooo many ongoing events, that there was always something interesting to do, a panel to attend, a contest to enter/watch, I couldn’t possibly list them all here. & seeing all the different cosplayers & outfits was just awesome, & hilarious at times (who was arguably the favorite entry in the cosplay swimsuit contest? A chiseled black dude in only a towel carrying a stick of old spice, which was also his ‘costume’ for the whole convention…drove the ladies crazy).

My personal highlights were the amv contest as well as attending guest panels hosted by Chris Sabat, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Keith Silverstein and Chris Cason (even got to meet & chat with several of them throughout the con). They all said they enjoyed the con, & most of them end up coming back (Tiffany’s been here 8 times) in the future. Made me glad & honestly a bit proud that there’s a legit anime hub here in my home state.

I haven’t been to any other cons, so I guess I don’t have a great perspective on recommending cons in general, but as for this one, it was absolutely fantastic & I fully intend on returning next year & every year after as long as I am able. If you’ve never been to one, unless you’re certain interacting with a bunch of other people with similar interests just isn’t your thing, I’d recommend trying one out at least some point in your life.