Twelve Moments in Anime 2009: Anime Expo 2009

Because I’ve spent the last seven days doing half-assed, only-one-picture posts, I’ll spend the next five days actually typing some stuff up. Oh, and the last seven days weren’t in any particular order. Endless Eight/Haruhi was definitely more important than Eden of the East.

Anime Expo 2009 ranks as my fifth most coolsoss moment of the year. Let’s take a look at what it did for me:

• I realized how otaku I was
• I met other otaku
• I snapped pictures of otaku
• I bought otaku merchandise
• I otaku the otaku otaku at the otaku
• Otaku otaku otaku otaku otaku otaku otaku
• Suck on that, OEG

AX 2009, my very first anime convention, opened the gates of otakudom for me. Before AX, I could only dream of owning a figure. Now, I own three! Before AX, I could only dream of spending ~$500 on useless crap. Before AX, I could only dream of owning a dakimakura! Now, I can dream even more of owning a dakimakura! Can’t you see the profound impact that AX had on me?

I don’t really feel like writing anything serious today.

AX showed me that…

• Some anime fangirls are really hot.
• I will never be able to get close to one of the aforementioned “really hot” anime fangirls.
• Some anime fans are really old and bring their cosplaying families to anime conventions.
• I can take pictures of the aforementioned cosplaying families of old anime fans without looking like an idiot.
• I should wear a better backpack next time.
• No matter how otaku-backpack-looking my backpack is, I can’t look like a true otaku unless I wear a fanny pack.
• I need to buy a fanny pack.
• Most other bloggers are older than me.
• I need to get older.
• Narutards really do exist.
• Bleachtards really do exist.
• One Piecetards really do exist.
• Really, really, really crappy Naruto costumes really do exist.
• Voice synthesizers are all the rage nowadays.
• People love to take pictures of voice synthesizers.
• People want to make love to voice synthesizers.
• Sometimes, the best costume is a box.

I’ll be at AX next year. That, or I’ll be in Japan. Or both.