Anyways, an interesting development is taking place the past week as far as anime is concerned. As you read from my previous post, I wasn't really planning to go to any more cons this year. The only ones that might happen are A2F - Fall edition, and G.A.M.E., though the latter is a gaming convention and not so much an anime con, which is why I haven't mentioned it on here. I doubt I'll be going to A2F this November because it will be a busy time, and there might be a new toy coming out that I will rather spend time with. Also, I think I'm supposed to be in Virginia for a week sometime soon for work, possibly, so those are the reasons I might not go to the fall festival. Unless they have a guest I'm dying to see, I will probably skip it and just return in the spring for the next one. If I decide to go, I'll definitely let you guys know.
However, that interesting development I teased in the previous paragraph without talking about it thus making it a poor first sentence for said paragraph that I'm too lazy to fix, is that there is going to be another attempt at an anime con locally! As I have previously posted, a couple years ago there was a push to get not only one, but two anime conventions in the Ozarks, but sadly they both went by the wayside over time. I had lost hope that just trying to get an anime social group started in the greater Springfield area would be impossible. Then, on the Facebook group I am a part of, someone posted about an upcoming anime con in the area.
I was not getting my hopes up.
Will it happen? |
Interestingly enough, going off the news feed, this looks like it may be partnered with the same folks who do A2F. The reason I suspect this is two fold. First, the same guests seems to be lined up for both events, and secondly, the same name seems to be adding the news items on both sites. Am I overthinking this a little? Sure. But I'm hoping my investigative skills will pan out lucratively some day.
So all in all, I want to see this happen. Am I holding my breath? No. When it gets to be a couple of weeks before the con, I will start getting excited. It has gotten this close to a con in the area before and I've gotten burned, so I'm going to see if it happens. If it does, you bet your sweet grits I will be there! Here's hoping.
Anyone involved with the con or has more info on it, could you let me or others know? I will do my best to keep up to date on the news for the event!