... a local anime convention gets cancelled, so you have to go to one that's farther away and takes place in an inferior hotel/convention center complex :/

Meh, it's still an anime con, so as long as I don't fall victim to bedbugs and mold, I should have fun anyways. Still, why can't this event take place at a decent, name brand hotel?

It's next weekend in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is the largest anime convention I'll be going to this year. If any fellow PCers are also attending the con, let me know!

... attend anime conventions in the NC/SC area? I've got a convention next weekend and was wondering if any members here would be there.

I must say that the Get-Together was perfectly timed. If it were a week later, I would be slammed with anime convention preparation. I'm doing two in a row, this weekend and next, which is something I haven't done since 2010, and since one of the cons involved is the beast known as Otakon (30,000+ people last year)...

Didn't care for the Olympic theme, or that teams were forced upon us and that there was little actual teamwork, but I still count it a success since (a) I did more events...

I will be attending the following anime conventions this year if anyone is looking to meet me in person (most likely in cosplay, which is an added bonus)
NashiCon, Columbia, SC (April 17-19)
Animazement, Raleigh, NC (May 22-24)
Hoshicon, Charlotte, NC (July 17-19)
Otakon, Baltimore, MD (July 24-26)
Kantaicon, Charleston/Mt. Pleasant, SC (August 21-23)
Banzaicon, Columbia, SC (October 30-November 1)

Two additional cons (Colossalcon and Nekocon)...