Guelph is playing host to its first anime convention this weekend. Con-G is being held at the Ramada Inn on Stone Rd E, across from the university.
I’m going. I have friends who enjoy dressing up as obscure Japanese cartoon (and video game) characters, and these conventions are the mecca for that sort of behaviour. Not that I do any of that sort of thing, of course. Oh ho ho no. I’m much too dignified.
If you’ve never been to an anime convention before (anime, incidentally, broadly refers to animated works and comic styles from Japan or based on such—you probably know what I’m talking about), you can expect to see things like animated Japanese movies and TV shows being shown on meeting room projectors, dealers selling paraphernalia of all sorts, people dressing up in impressively elaborate costumes, panel discussions on fan fiction or traveling to Japan, people playing Dance Dance Revolution, crafts and artwork for sale by enthusiastic amateurs and a big, nerdy version of the traditional high school dance, but with dancers dressed in said elaborate costumes dancing to frenetic Japanese pop music.
It can be a little bit wonderful.
Con-G runs today (Saturday, Feb 21) and tomorrow. Admission is $25 at the door.
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