[DDR Syn]

I'm going to go to this one, because I would love to see how it turns out. I'm too active on their forums though! xD I need more people to be random with!
But it seems like a real cool con.

[bewd7879]

I'm hoping to go to this, since I want to go to a non-Acen convention, and I'm limited to stuff in the state. Probably just 1 day, but we'll see

Hoping to get registered on the forum soon so I can post, and maybe possibly win a badge

[Mock-Kappa]

As I posted in the threads for Kollison Con and Anime Midwest, Has anyone posted information on other anime forums( I.E: Animenewsnetwork, Funimation,etc.) to get the word out about the con?

[MontelMaverick]

I want to go to Anime world but due to my busy schedule,I may only go for just one day. I don't which day I should go.

[GITS SAC Motoko]

*sigh* I cannot go. Alas, maybe next year.T_T

[cloudacmaster]

If i have the time and money, I'll try and make it.

[Prayer Police]

Be there.
I'll be throwing a room party on Saturday.

[Fimbulvinter]

I'll be attending Sunday for this.

Although I find the whole "parent or guardian consent form" a bit odd.

[Animexcel]

Not sure if i'm going to this.

This post has been edited by Animexcel: 16 August 2011 - 02:16 PM

[dorkatlarge]

Might have attended on Friday, but I was busy with a board/card game group. So I missed the Anime Hell and Midnight Madness events.

Did go on Saturday. Felt rather annoyed trying to find the hotel, which was hidden in between two other Mariott hotels on Higgins Road. I didn't know it was a five minute walk from the Cumberland stop on the Blue Line. After finally getting there, it was a small and mostly calm event. No horrendous lines or delays. There wasn't too much going on, so I had plenty of time to talk with other fans, browse artist alley and dealers room, watch two episodes of Heartcatch Precure, and hang out in the video game room. Someone brought custom/homebrew carts, including Megaman Ultra and the fan translated version of Dragon Quest 5!

Had other plans for today (Sunday), so I did not attend. Overall, this was a good place to be on a somewhat rainy Saturday, but I felt like I'd had enough by the middle of the evening.

[bewd7879]

I thought the con was awesome! There was quite a bit of downtime for me though since at times there weren't any panels or things going on that I was interested in. The few things I did go to were great though! Also was hoping there would be a lot more cosplayers, but maybe next year when word spreads. I would totally go again

[cloudacmaster]

I went on Saturday and had a blast! I had fun at the panels, game room and masquerade.

Wish I could've stayed longer but I had work at 7 am on Sunday. I crossplayed as Sailor Venus for the day.

[Soy Sauce]

Went only on Saturday as Tomoya Okazaki from Clannad.

Overall the con was nice for a first timer. The space was the right size, panels and events handled on their own, and the game was good (go Geek.kon!). I went to the Ninja Ninja Challenge and the masquerade. Both were pretty entertaining. There was barely any complaints. Maybe 2-3 things, but that's me being a little picky. I'll be interested going next year. Hopefully I'll be more ready to perform a skit in the masquerade.

[Inkwell09]

This is a bit off-topic, but I heard a rumor (possibly a fact) that Anime World would be hosting conventions in New York, Chicago and Indianapolis in 2012. (Just wondered if someone could clarify this, since I would be interested in attending the Indy one...)

[bewd7879]

According to AWC facebook post recently, they will have conventions in Chicago, Indianapolis, and Minneapolis in 2012

I also uploaded a few videos from AWC on my youtube page. Mostly from the Ninja Ninja Challenge, Mortal Kombat motion capture team and Vic Mignogna stuff

http://www.youtube.com/user/dx7879

[Inkwell09]

Awesome! I would rather attend the Indianapolis one since...Chicago is a 5 hour drive...and Indy is not XD (I'll drive the 5 hours for ACEN...but twice a year is a bit much for me...)

[bewd7879]

I totally understand. Hotels are expensive, which is why I'm trying to just hit up whatever Anime Convention I can in IL this year. Acen and Anime World Chicago are both about a 40 minute drive for me, so I don't have to stay at a hotel.

[tfcreate]

Went there... did that.... had a blast! Ran into a lot of people who knew me.... which is kind of awkward since I didn't remember most of them......
If they hold it there again next year, everything's going to look different. The hotel is undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation. From the plans I saw, it's going to be PHENOMENAL!

Here are a few snaps from the con.
http://cosplayphotoc...hp?/category/44

This post has been edited by tfcreate: 02 May 2012 - 02:58 AM

[C2Queen]

I heard from a friend who attended both Ramencon and AWC that AWC wasn't as good as Ramencon. Both were first year conventions held the same weekend. The turnout for Ramencon was 1500 people, AWC I'm not sure what their attendance was. But Travis Willingham was hysterical at Ramencon. AWC I heard was kind of kid oriented. If you aren't one for wanting to be around a lot of kids I don't know if AWC is really a good place to be. (Not trying to give it bad rap or anything) Travis was making some sexual jokes at Ramencon, there was a bit more adult/teenage like humor at Ramencon. I'm curious if next year AWC and Ramencon will be the same weekend again since Ramencon is technically picking between three different weeks when to host it again. Some people said AWC was loads of fun ~ but most of my friends and more famous cosplayers from ACEN went to Ramencon. I was actually going to go to AWC but too many of my friends went to Ramencon so I went there instead and definitely didn't regret it. Does anyone who attended Anime World Chicago have anything phenomenal to say about it? People were ecstatic at Ramencon for it being a first year convention. From what everyones been saying it sounds like AWC wasn't a super memorable time ;___;

[bewd7879]

I thought AWC was awesome, but there was a bit of downtime when there were no interesting panels going on. Also, the dealer room wasn't all that great. The panels I did go to were well worth it though. I don't regret going to it at all, and will most likely go again next year. Also...THIS [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bayU6MoY6mI[/media]

[Kasemei]

Hey there! I'm actually the Department Head of Promotions and Special Events for AWC next year. I ran Volunteers and Special Events this past year. If you went to the Dessert Party or Guest Cafe or volunteered, that was my doing. I stumbled upon this thread while randomly coming back to the ACen forums and just wanted to thank those of you who came! We had a GREAT year and we were really glad so many people came and attended! You made the weekend amazing, and the con hotel even told us that they were so happy to have such a well behaved event be hosted at their convention.

I wanted to address a few quick things that were mentioned in this thread to clear up any questions. If you have any questions, please feel free to post here or message me privately. Also, if you have any feedback you’d like to give to the con, we’d love to hear it! Please feel free to send any comments to info@animeworldexpos.com!

1. Parental Consent Form: A lot of conventions actually require a parental consent form. This is just to protect the convention from liabilities. Parents will sometimes allow their children to attend conventions unsupervised and then blame a convention for the actions of a specific teenager. Anime conventions are not supposed to be responsible for individual children and as such it’s a disclaimer ensuring that parents know that so we can avoid problems later down the road.
2. Hotel Location: I’m sorry you had a problem finding the hotel. We had posted a post on the Facebook and website discussing directions to the hotel and easy methods to get there. We will definitely try to make directions more clear in the future for attendees. Thank you for bringing this to our attention!
3. Other AnimeWorld Chicago conventions. We are going to be hosting conventions in Minneapolis, Indianapolis, and Chicago next year. The date for AnimeWorld Chicago has been set for August 3rd-5th, 2012 and AnimeWorld Minneapolis has been set for September 14th-16th, 2012. We have not set the date for Indianapolis yet, but we will start getting the word out as soon as we get more information. Please stay tuned to the facebooks and www.animeworldchicago.com!
4. Ramencon Date Conflict: We ended up on the same weekend as Ramencon completely by accident. It was an unfortunate occurance and we should not be conflicting with them next year.


Again, thank you all for those to attended and we hope to see you all and more people next year!

[emileighmorgan]

It's very tempting to go, however I live about five hours away...
I think there's going to be a con near my house that time anyways.

[Brent J. Warren]

emileighmorgan, on 01 May 2012 - 10:39 PM, said:

It's very tempting to go, however I live about five hours away...
I think there's going to be a con near my house that time anyways.

You can hit up AnimeWorld Indy next month! http://animeworldexpos.com/indy/

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I am curious as an ACen Veteran since it's at the same hotel ACen uses to host the con. Where is the Exhibitor hall for this since it's not at the convention center? Is it in one of the Banquet rooms that's used during the Masquerade?

This post has been edited by Cmdr_Crimson: 15 June 2012 - 04:55 PM