Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Abunai 2009: Dutch Anime Convention

Last weekend I've been to the local anime convention(One of the few in the Netherlands). It was a 3 day event so me and other members of the local japanese culture association went and stayed at nearby cottages.

The convention was nice and there was plenty of stuff to do.
There was a dealer room with many shops having stands selling goodies. This time nothing peaked my interest, so no loot. Anime and movies were shown on large screens in videorooms(though I didnt watch anything)
SoramimiKaraoke The karaoke was there to provide there karaoke(I didnt sing though I did time some songs for karaoke)
What I did do was spend some time at the games room, playing projectorgames (falldown and skykids ftw!)

There were plenty of cosplay events like a cosplay act and fashion show.
They even had a maid cafe with some very cute maids.

So as an impression of how it was, here is a picture of four cute ladies cosplaying as the K-On girls.(I assumed there would be plenty of pictures online elsewhere so not many pictures were taken. The only cosplay picture I have taken is this one OTL)
(If fate allows and you happen to be one of the cosplayers on the picture, contact me if you want the original or want it removed)

Another nice event was the AMV competition. Many great AMV were submitted.
The Winner(The song is in dutch, the lyrics matched the video clip perfectly):


This year the organization was able to arrange a taiko performance by Tatake, a Belgian taiko group who even has performed in Japan. The performance was nice and refreshing as they added some typical Belgian humor to the act,

Most of the time I spent time hanging around with other people having a great time. I'm already looking forward to next years convention.