Anime Fest 2015 (Dallas/Sept)

Here we go again – after only attending an Anime Convention once in the capacity of DJ a few years ago to now attending my second major fest after A-Kon earlier this year.
I’ll do my best not to repeat myself here but the experience parallels A-Kon almost identically though I’m happy to report that AnimeFest, held every year on Labor Day was much more organized, I had Jess with me and maybe I’m just a little more acclimated to it?
Let’s see:

Anime Fest 2015 – September 4th-7th – Sheraton Hotel – Dallas, TX

Of course the first thing you see when you enter the hotel is that it has been COMPLETELY taken over by the convention and nothing informs you of that greater/quicker than the sea of Cosplayers everywhere.

Unlike typical Comic Cons or gatherings catering to fans of all things nerdy/geeky, AnimeFest is specific to the genres of Anime & Manga which arguable gave birth to the Cosplay phenomenon. At times this convention was also chaotic but at least the insanity was broken up so you could deal with it one floor at a time.

After checking into the modest press room, we were out to have our own adventure to explore what the convention had to offer.
The central thing it did have in common with other conventions is the marketplace that generate the income with exhibitors selling just about anything you could imagine pertaining to this demographic.