New York Anime Festival 2007 Report

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Last weekend, I attended the first annual New York Anime Festival, held at the Javits Center in NYC. Run by Reed Exhibitors, the people who host the New York Comic Con, this year's NYAF is estimated to have attracted 15,000 attendees during its three day run (official numbers aren't in yet). By comparison, the largest anime conventions in the Northeast pull about 23,000 (Otakon in Baltimore, MD) and 27,000 (Anime Boston), the largest anime convention in the US, Anime Expo 2007 (Long Beach, CA), drew 44,000, and last year's New York Comic Con drew about 50,000 people - so they did quite well for a first year event!

As someone who has attended a number of conventions, I was really impressed by how smoothly things went. The opening ceremonies were delayed about 15 minutes, but virtually everything else started on time, there were few lines to wait in, and seats were available in every panel I attended. If you've ever been to Otakon and wanted to get into a specific screening or panel, you know you have to get there early, wait in line, and hope you could get a seat. (Admittedly, I couldn't attend on Saturday, which was probably the biggest attendance day, but Friday and Sunday were great.)

The crowd was a good mix of guys and gals, many of them cosplaying. I was somewhat surprised they held the Masquerade on Friday night, as it was the first night of the conference, but since the event was also part of the semi-finals of the 2008 World Cosplay Summit, there was a good turnout. And while I overheard one girl explaining how she and her friends were going to cosplay but the weather was so bad (snowy and cold) and the show didn't start until late, I saw a number of others putting on costumes and makeup in the various array of bathrooms throughout the Javits Center.

As with any convention, you never know what you might find to eat. The Javits Center's main food court was closed, but they had vendors making hotdogs, crepes, waffles, and other tasty treats throughout the exhibit hall. Over by the panels, they had a Maid Café, manned by some of the cutest cosplaying maids you'll find in NYC. There, you could eat sushi or grab a sandwich.

Though Reed Exhibitions put on the convention, it felt like it was "by fans for fans". There was an art show, gaming room, manga room, and panels on all sorts of things like how to start an anime club, how to turn your webcomics into a career, samurai and feudal japan, Lolita lifestyle, getting into anime journalism, J-Horror, and even sake. If you weren't interested in any of those, you could check out the ADV, FUNimation, or Live Action screening rooms for some great titles like School Rumble, Tsubasa and xxxHolic: The Movie, Devil May Cry, Death Note, Witchblade, or even the live action Nana and Honey and Clover.

Before I move on to panel news, let me mention that the NYAF wasn't the only major event happening in the Javits Center this weekend. Wizard was also hosting its Magic: The Gathering World Championships where they were giving away a PT Cruiser and several million dollars in cash and prizes. Uri Peleg and the Switzerland National Team won - you can see all the action via webcast. You didn't need to be a ProTour player to join in the games - Wizard offered a number of public events that anyone could participate in, if you knew how to play Magic.

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1. I would agree! I went on Saturday and took the train into the city. It was actually my 1st time going to one. It wasn&#059;t that had to get lost, just follow the other fellow cosplayers. I didn't see MAGIC there but I saw Diabeties & a spanish/Mexican convention... For drinks they were selling Pop in these marble stopped bottles & Pockey. They were also showing The Girl Who Leaps Through Time, Code Geass, and some other ones. Also showcased was the 1st issue of a new manga mag called YenPlus (Yen+). I've been buying it as it comes out every month since then.
   I told my friend that when they have it again after we finish High School, that I would go into the city/ go to I-Con.
   
   posted by (Naz) Cosplayer of Tula from Origin | 11/20/2008 4:27:26 PM

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