do you still feel like an outcast at an anime con?
 

i have always felt like an outcast.even at an anime con sometimes.i mean i love anime and manga.these should be "my"people.yet i feel i'm with normal people when i see all the cosplayers.what do you think?:confused:

I've never been to an anime con, but I can keep a onversation going with people who go to them or really like manga/anime. Although it is a tad akward when people stare at you, snickering or pointing.

Nope I dont feel like an outcast..
I guess if someone laughed at me I can just laugh right back :D

Nope, not me. I usually bring a friend or two though, and we cosplay.

Being a person who enjoys anime and manga whilst also having a great social life, incredibly average social interaction skills, and a promising future, I'm constantly an outcast at anime conventions.

Perfectly stated.

Oh god xD You took the words right out of my mouth

With 10 con's under my belt i don't really feel like an outcast to much :confused:

Well said.

THAT IS EXACTLY IT!!!

never even thoigh I am diffrent when i was in my maid coustume. I am hopefully going to cosplay as Miku Hatsune at Katsucon

outcasts
 

I'm usually one of those people referred to as "a loner" so I'm pretty much used to doing weird things, having people stare at me, and laugh about what i did later. Believe me, once you are used to it, it's actually alot of fun. (By the way, I'm definitely not saying anime con conventions are weird, I think they are awesome, so don't take that the wrong way.:marusmile:)

I don't go to any of the Anime related expos or conventions and such mainly because some of the people there weirds me out.

this year was my first anime con i didnt cosplay though but next year i will so it will be my first time cosplaying:)

i feel like an outcast no matter where i go.

Sometimes, I dont bother with cosplaying.
Im not really impressed by it all, since i've been to 5 expos already.
I still feel outcast though, seeing as im not really a fan

I've only been to two in my life, and I did seem "out of place", especially since, for the most part, I don't keep up with much of anything "new", but that's pretty much the only way I was, and am, "out of the loop". Most of the cosplayers I came across, I didn't know what they were from, aside from the obvious mainstream stuff, but if they looked cool, I took a pic of 'em anyway. As for me, I don't cosplay, and probably never will so in that regard I'm also "out of the loop".

The main reason I went, aside from visiting my friends who are into manga/anime who live in the area, was to buy stuff, like plushies (I don't care how old I get, I'll always like stuffed animals), cds, manga, Japanese snacks and drinks (yay Ramune! lol), and sometimes extra things, like I bought necklaces for my entire family one year; each had his or her own Chinese Zodiac symbol on it. My ultimate favorite activity at the convention I went to was pretty much all of the retro gaming.

You'll feel like an outcast only if you act like one.


Also, I've never been in those anime conventions, so I can't answer this threads question

not necessarily.

And now I'm confused.

OK, let's say you transfer to a new school in the middle of your high school years.

& you're all social, you're making friends, trying to blend in. but everyone's been friends since they were in their freshmen year, or maybe even grade school. so even though you find new friends, there's still something that they share with each other that you will never have.

so you may not be acting like an outcast..but that doesn't necessarily mean you don't feel like one.

High school's tough :/

But seriously, you don't have to go to preschool together to be friends. My worst excuses for friends are the ones I've known the longest.

There are only two instances where anyone should feel like an outcast and at a con isnt one of them. Everybody is there to have fun, eat bad con food, and hang out with people that are into the same weird stuff they are. Last con I went to I ended up; playing D&D, dancing with the hotel manager, sneaking my way into one of the luxury suits by pretending to be one of the bellhops, and leading the effort to get the con's band to play "Come Sail Away" getting nearly half the con to burst into song in the process. Con's are nothing but good fun, good friends, and legally questionable good times.

Maybe I just go to a good con but I've always felt perfectly at ease around the people there. I don't cosplay, I can count the number of anime I've watched on one hand, but I've never had a problem getting along with even the most hardcore anime enthusiasts (I actually had a pretty good conversation with a guy dressed up as a mudkip). That being said I will advise you avoid crossdressing cosplayers of your own gender they are very...exciteable...don't ask.

The only advice I can offer for being at a con is let loose, never hold back, don't think before you act or speak, and talk to everyone you meet...and keep a mental map of all of the elevators and stairwells :D .

I have to agree with Wilson. Maybe our local con is "special" but I have never been in a more inviting situation. Cosplay or not, anyone could talk to anyone because we were all there for the same reason..maybe not the EXACT same reason, but mutual respect seemed to be the underlying theme.

I thnk you explained this much better than I could. I was "out of the loop" for the anime stuff, but I didn't have a bad time because of it. I enjoyed myself, and I did meet some really cool people. I guess "out of the loop" is the best way to describe my experiences with cons as opposed to being "outcast".

New plan.

You tell me about these Amazing-Incred-o-Cons and their locations.

I'll make like Harold and Kumar and epically road trip it there, becuase they sound like a hell of a lot more fun than the cons I go to, which is composed of (mostly) morbidly obese people who think watching Inuyasha for 12 hours straight whilst listening to soft J-Pop in the background is a good time.

There's only Kawaii-kon here in Hawaii, and sure, there can be a bit of clique-ish clumping here and there, but there are always a ton of friendly fan-folk who are just happy to put on their costumes, watch anime together, play games, and enjoy being with a great big herd of other people who like the same thing and won't think they are strange because they like 'cartoons.'

It's not very nice to say, but it's enjoyable watching the 'normal' sorts there, obviously feeling like outcasts themselves for once. They look so lost, it's almost cute. Heh.

The first con I went to, I went with my mom (I couldn't drive then) that was the only time I felt out of place. Now, next year I'm bringing two of my friends to their first con (I get to corrupt them :D)