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Is it worth going to anime festivals? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by deadymouse@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I have never been to such festivals, but recently I wanted to try. Do you have any advice and stuff?

Second question: If anyone knows how to get to niche festivals about anime or anime games, I will be happy if you share your ideas, what I should do to get there, etc

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[–] impudentmortal@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Never went to the big cons but I recently went to a small local anime market. Went with a friend who goes to a bunch of those events and had a lot of fun!

Some tips if you go

Bring water. It gets hot in there and I couldn't find any vending machines so I was dehydrated
Eat first. The venue had two food places and both were super crowded. Was like a 30 min wait for mall food court food
Be prepared for the smells. The stereotypes are true. Some people smelled so bad there. I wore a mask but I could still smell some people
Go with a friend. It was a lot of fun and way less intimidating
Start small. Same as going with a friend. Less intimidating and more doable.