How To Prepare For An Anime Convention
1.
To cosplay or not to cosplay? It's completely up to you if you want to cosplay (costume play) or not.
If yes, then you will need about a month in advance, depending on your outfit, to prepare.
If this is your first or second time I would suggest going for something simple.
Team Rocket from Pokemon or a simple Studio Ghibli character would be your best bet.
You can go as something a bit more complicated another year.
You may need to take some small supplies with you.
For example, if you are wearing tights, then bring a clear nail polish to prevent them from laddering.
Also you may need to sew something back on to your outfit if it breaks, a small hotel sewing kit will do the job.
2.
Wear comfortable shoes.
You may not be able to avoid wearing uncomfortable shoes depending on your outfit, but if you are going to be on your feet for the better part of the day you will want to take care of them.
For this reason I would suggest wearing flat or worn-in shoes for the day.
3.
Charge up your camera.
You will be taking a lot of pictures.
There will be people in costume everywhere and I am sure you will recognise at least some.
Plus there is almost always spots where you can get your picture taken with a famous vehicle or person.
4.
Make your own lunch.
If you are out all day you are going to want to eat, and depending on where your convention is, it could be very expensive to buy food.
Taking a lunch will leave you more money to spend inside the convention and will save you time queuing.
Always bring plenty of water with you, you may get very hot in your costume or just walking around, and this could make you dehydrated.
5.
Take out spending money.
Give yourself a budget, unless you are made of money you will not want to be spending so much you cannot afford to eat.
Whatever that budget is, take the money out- you will probably need to pay in cash anyway.
6.
Print up a program.
Every large convention should have its own program, and this can usually be looked at online, close to the day.
Print this off and circle all the things, and people you want to see.
It would be horrible to find out something you really wanted to see was on and you missed it! 7.
Pack your bag.
This is one of the most important things to do.
Packing a bag the night before will save you so much stress in the morning.
Make sure you have your tickets to get in, train tickets(if needed), and all the things mentioned above.
8.
Get a good night's sleep.
If you live far away from the convention you may need to get up very early to get there.
If this is the case then I suggest getting a good night's sleep, you will thank me later.
If you do go to a convention in the future, then good luck! You will have the best time, and following these steps will make it stress free (Don't hold me to that)!
To cosplay or not to cosplay? It's completely up to you if you want to cosplay (costume play) or not.
If yes, then you will need about a month in advance, depending on your outfit, to prepare.
If this is your first or second time I would suggest going for something simple.
Team Rocket from Pokemon or a simple Studio Ghibli character would be your best bet.
You can go as something a bit more complicated another year.
You may need to take some small supplies with you.
For example, if you are wearing tights, then bring a clear nail polish to prevent them from laddering.
Also you may need to sew something back on to your outfit if it breaks, a small hotel sewing kit will do the job.
2.
Wear comfortable shoes.
You may not be able to avoid wearing uncomfortable shoes depending on your outfit, but if you are going to be on your feet for the better part of the day you will want to take care of them.
For this reason I would suggest wearing flat or worn-in shoes for the day.
3.
Charge up your camera.
You will be taking a lot of pictures.
There will be people in costume everywhere and I am sure you will recognise at least some.
Plus there is almost always spots where you can get your picture taken with a famous vehicle or person.
4.
Make your own lunch.
If you are out all day you are going to want to eat, and depending on where your convention is, it could be very expensive to buy food.
Taking a lunch will leave you more money to spend inside the convention and will save you time queuing.
Always bring plenty of water with you, you may get very hot in your costume or just walking around, and this could make you dehydrated.
5.
Take out spending money.
Give yourself a budget, unless you are made of money you will not want to be spending so much you cannot afford to eat.
Whatever that budget is, take the money out- you will probably need to pay in cash anyway.
6.
Print up a program.
Every large convention should have its own program, and this can usually be looked at online, close to the day.
Print this off and circle all the things, and people you want to see.
It would be horrible to find out something you really wanted to see was on and you missed it! 7.
Pack your bag.
This is one of the most important things to do.
Packing a bag the night before will save you so much stress in the morning.
Make sure you have your tickets to get in, train tickets(if needed), and all the things mentioned above.
8.
Get a good night's sleep.
If you live far away from the convention you may need to get up very early to get there.
If this is the case then I suggest getting a good night's sleep, you will thank me later.
If you do go to a convention in the future, then good luck! You will have the best time, and following these steps will make it stress free (Don't hold me to that)!
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