How to Survive Your First Anime Convention 

This dude could do a killer Hiccup cosplay.

he reminds me of hiccup from how to train your dragon ^^

I had this small incident where I was in the con hall at MCM expo in London and it was october so it was pretty steamy in the convention hall so I decided to walk around, then, blood started to drip onto my Cosplay, meaning that I had a nosebleed. At the Yaoi stand.

Has anyone ever told you that you look like Nathaniel from Miraculous Ladybug? 🐞

I live less than 15 minutes away from my convention. Lucky me!

I am going to be Cosplaying as The Undertaker for my first convention although I am a bit nervous, I only have one friend who cosplays and so I am hardly around people who like the same thing. So to be around that many people.... 0-0

going to my first Anime convention TODAY!!!! yaaaaaa!!!!!

Holy fudge Hiccup is that you

How to survive... never find the antagonist of the character you're cosplaying as...

I don't think there was enough emphasis on BRING A WATER BOTTLE! Even if you are in a usually cold country and its raining and stuff it's alway important to have something to hydrate you and or cool you down. Chances are when you get there and they have stalls with food and drink the drinks are going to be ridiculously overpriced, the venue is going to get really really hot (as you can imagine). Never make the mistake of not brining water especially if you are cosplaying a costume which gets overheated quickly and/or covers up your mouth. I had frineds at cons fainting because of this. (good tip for your water, freeze the water in your bottle before hand, make sure you just have a blob of ice, wrap it in a plastic bag so it does not get the inside of your bag wet. Then when you pull it out like 3 hours later itll be partially ice and partially just really nice, refreshing cold water)

This is the first year that I'm ever going to a convention and I'm so excited! This video helped so much! I already have my check list :)

Hello there!! I watched this video back in 2015 when I was dreaming about going to conventions at a younger age. I'm now 20, and my most recent convention was FanExpo 2022. I loved your sense of humour and practical advice to making the most of all my convention experiences, and I want to pass on my thanks. You've definitely played a role in some of the best experiences of my life. Please keep this relic of the early 2010s anime scene up, it's everything. Take care!!

THANK YOUUUU!! This was the most informative tip video ive seen and it was interesting to watch!

Oh and as a con-veteran, I approve of this video. You hit the nail on the head on all your points. Great job! :)

I watch this every year before con, I love using this to refresh my mind on what I gotta do and how to do it!

I just came back from my first Convention. It was actually so much fun, and this video really helped! Thank you! ^-^

Ah thank you for these tips! These will help me at MTAC next year. I've been to a few conventions before but they weren't really big ones were you get a hotel room or anything. I'll also be cosplaying when I go as well, so these will definitely help.

You're awesome ! Seriously, i've never been to an Anime Convention but i swear i felt like being there when you talked about it ! If i ever get a chance to get to America and to Anime Con i'll do everything just as you said, cuz it's really important ! So thanks !

Gosh....I love this Boy!!! It just feels natural to listen to him!! This is my first time going to a convention so..........this video helped me feel ready and prepared!!

i've been cosplaying for 6yrs and i still come back to look at this video before i go to a con

Something important that wasn't brought up, and yes it seems very obvious but trust me you WILL forget it: CHARGERS. BRING. YOUR FUCKING. CHARGERS. Camera, phone, anything; if you don't specifically write it down and pack it, you WILL forget, and then you'll be in your hotel after the first night with a dead camera/phone and a sad face. Also, ladies, if Shark Week is anywhere close to convention time, remember to bring pads/tampons/what have you. Sure, you could just buy some at a nearby store, but that's money that could be going towards food and merch.

ah, thank you so much for this video! i'm going to my first con this month and this video really helped me to be less nervous about it :)

Waaah! I went to my first convention already... WHERE WAS THIS BEAUTIFUL VIDEO! You made so many good points, and all of your advice is relevant to cosplay convention life!

This helped me a lot with my first convention. I remembered every rule and I survived XD It was really fun too. Hoping to go again next year as well. Thank you very much ^_^

Yass! Love this video. My next convention is in September 2016, *SOB*, we're going as femme eren and levi! SOOOOOOOOOO thanksfor an awesome video!

NASHICON THIS WEEKEND. IM SO EXCITED. THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!

This helps a lot c: thank you so much for putting this video up. My friend's going to her first con with me and I can't.. explain it very well, so this will definitely help when I show her!

Thank you so much for this! It was extremely helpful! :3 I'm going to my first con in seven months and have to make four costumes so I'm super excited and super nervous. The list thing is really smart and so is circling stuff on the schedule. :3 I'll be sure to remember those. Thanks again! :D

I'm so pumped for this August's Akaicon!!! BRING IT ON!!!

i totally loved this video :) super informative and super funny haha

DO NOT GO UP IN OTHERS FACES LIKE YOU HAVE KNOWN THEM ALL YOUR LIFE! I was at a con with my friend and this girl came up to us and started yelling and screaming and getting in our face for a good 10 minutes, it got so bad my friend had to take her anxiety meds. I cannot stress this enough do not get in someones face with out their consent

The convention I go to yearly Is local, so I get to just drive from my house to go to it. It was nice because it was barely busy on my first convention and nobody glomped anyone o-o

Good, please. I needed this video and it'll be my first convention this year.

This video was extremely helpful, thanks! I'm going to my first covention as John Egbert from Homestuck, and I've become nervous of how people will react.. this really helps for my first cosplay too =)

And here we have one of the only remaining creations from Bo Burnham's emo teen phase

I loved your music collection for this video

you my friend, just got yourself a new subscriber...this is great!

You are just amazing! Thanks for all the tips! :3

This was very helpful and I love your sassyness x)

Thanks for making this, it was really helpful! This year for Fanime... heh heh heh, we sort of ARE shoving 8 people into one room, and half are putting on full-body grey paint. x/ At least we technically do have two rooms booked, so I think we'll be able to work it out. As for advice... well, I definitely agree about most of it. For me, the schedule thing was a big deal because after each of the three cons I've gone to, I always thought there were things I should've done that I didn't. Other than that, stay calm and use common sense! Good luck surviving out there :D

Thanks, this really helped! I'm going to Sakura-con this spring and it's my first convention!

I'm not the only one that likes gender bends! Yay!

Omg thank you for posting this I'm going to my first convention (Another Anime Convention) this October and needed tips!

I've never been to a convention far enough away to stay at a hotel, but this was really informative and enjoyable. c:

You're totally adorable and this video was awesome! ^u^ loved it!

I don't know why I was laughing so much during that video but you earned a subscriber

Great video sir! Very professional.

Ive never been to a convention but I plan on going to one with my friends next year, are there really THAT many stinky people?

I will use these tips when I go to a con in April next year!!! THX SO MUCH!!!!!

"because people are creepy." 😂

im going to an anime con in june and it is my first time! this really helped so thank you!!

im going this April to Vancouver to go to AnimeCon and its my first time so im really excited! thanks for the tips!

Thanks this really helped. Can't wait to go to Anime-con in Cardiff in August.

Good thing I watched this. Because I'm gonna go to my first anime convention next month and I'm bringing my friend with me. Now I know what to bring and avoid at an anime convention. These tips were very useful. Thanks! c:

Great video! Loved it!

this was an amazing video! im going to Anime ExpoLA this year and it will be my first con. ill be cosplaying genderbent Erwin Smith (SnK) and Minene Uryuu (Future Diary). this helped a ton, thank you! btw you are such a cutie :3

I going to Anime North this year!

thank you soooooo much I took your advice when I was kirito and it really really helped

Thank you for this video :) That's very useful !!

this is still my favorite "first convention" video!!!

I'm going to my third convention ever and of this year in August, and even though this was for people that haven't gone to one, I think this really helped me since Im still pretty new at this! Thanks!

A) I appreciate the video this helps a lot! B) I love the music you put in the background ^^

Why do you crack me up so much..?

Thanks ! I 'm gonna be going to one in late June -hopefully - And this helps me a bit :]

I really enjoyed your video, you deserve more views! I shared~ xD Everything you said was hilariously true! xD

thanks so much!!! I'm planning on going to Comicon or Animexpo next year, but they'll be in the summer when school's out.

I laughed alot while watching this. It helped me alot because I'm going to my second convention next week on Friday.

Thanks for the heads up. About to take my kids to a smaller anime event. Can't wait. I don't want to look like the shrewd mom following them, so gonna cosplay with them.

Thanks for the video, its really helpful :) am going to my first con in february of next year, and going as alois trancy from black butler(: !!

Thanks for the tips! I am hopefully going to my first con this year and i don't want to die XD

Where was this video when I needed it. I just recently went to my first con I actually had to ask one of my friends for tips what she didn't tell me was how to stick to one person so you didn't get lost so I ended up getting lost a lot.

these tips are quite helpful, thanks dude :D P.S. you have lovely eyes :3

Thank you so much for making this video. I'm going to my first anime convention (Otakon 2015) this year. I am at a pretty young age and I'm a little worried about going in cosplay. Thank you!

Good video! This is spot on.

This is the perfect video to show to a group of Highschool cosplayers who want to attend their first con, thank you!

If you have capes or long stuff that is dragging on the floor make sure to be mindful of it because I once had a cape on that dragged and I tripped over it three times.

My first convention back in November was awesome. It was really relieving to sit down and have food in my bag (Don't bring chips unless you like eating tiny crumbs though.... Bad planning.) to consume with my cousin. We drank a lot of water, which I suggest more than soda (I am a soda ADDICT and I'm saying this.) because it will refresh you more. Also don't be me. I felt worn out and sick at the end of the day, and so I used that as an excuse to not take a shower. The people within my hotel room told me I didn't smell bad (They would tell me, they're blunt about smell. xD) but that's probably because my costume covered up a lot of smell-prone areas that not all costumes do. So next convention I pledge to take a shower every night unless I am either puking my guts out or have a broken limb. xD

Thank you so much for your wisdom! Very helpful!! :3

I'm 16 next month and my friend is 14 so yeah, we'll be going to a convention hopefully this may, and we're not annoying newbies, I'm a homestuck who's ead every Mspaint adventure and I've been watching anime and reading manga since I was 12 but I grew up watching Naruto basically and my friend has been watching anime for a long time too! This video is really useful because yeah I've never been to a convention and she's as but not for a whole week end so yeah....

GREAT VIDEO!!!!!! You helped me out alot and you should definetly cosplay as Hikaru or Kaoru from Ouran High School Host Club!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

omg thanks! this helped alot! i am going to my first convention this year (2015) for my bday. Im going to animarathon and luckily its only a 2 day con so we will only need a hotel for one and a half days and one night so hopefully it wont cost that much and also the con is in my state so it wont take long. And for halloween i was going to be a titan killer but i didnt test my costume till halloween afternoon and i failed to figure out how to put it on. But this year im testing it a month before the con, and i am going with about 6-8 ppl and we most of the time will stick together. but thanks for the tips and i didnt even think to make a list x3

Really helpful, first event in September c: also ur so cute aw

I just noticed that you are a really good 2P! England cosplayer, due to your eyes and hair. this character is male, but dresses in pink a lot....+ he's kinda insane....XD

This really helps Thanks! :)

Thank you •-• this will be very helpful when I finally get to go to my first con as Loki

Lol, I could have used this 4 years ago, at my first convention, Mizuumi-con. XD Nice video, very good for newbs. Cons actually aren't that hard to get into, just keep your Facebook open to make new friends, and get connected to other fellow Con-goers. Ha, I'm still a teen, yet I already know a ton stuff :D

Those are some good tips my first chin was megacon2012 and I was overwhelmed but lots of fun so just really wanted to say good video

No problem! I'm sure you'll make many new friends at whatever con you go!

Thank you for your tips I'm a first timer to a con. i'm so curious about what its like!

I'm going to my first convention in May and I'm going as Wendy from Fairy Tail, so excited!!!

This helps so much! me and my friend started cosplay a year ago and we are so shy when it comes to meet people but it was so much fun to meet people! this time we are planing to start talking to others and ask for pictures! also bringin hot glue this time, the first time someone broke a horn :(

Omg this is such good advice, subscribe! Also is that your real hair? It looks so anime-cool!

this guy, this guy is good. I like seeing people who are level headed about conventions and realize that yes there are freaky off putting people that attend these things but that vocal stereotype should be expected, ignored and then enjoy regardless

Thanks! This video really helps! I made so many mistakes in my first anime convention, I just hope my second anime con will get better :D But I still have troubles breaking the ice with people >.>

Your Brilliant Spencer lol have fun at Anime North!

I'm going to SacAnime in January in Sacramento, CA! It will be my first :) Great video.

one word of advice if you live in Canada and your convention is near a Tim Hortons which I guarantee it will be because Tim Hortons are everywhere buy a tims card previous to the convention and put $20 on it. I went to a 2 day convention and lived of Tim Hortons. they have actual food like soup and sandwiches along with coffee and donuts all for under $3. and believe me you will get hungry and its not worth it to pay $5 for a plain boiled hot dog at a convention when you could get a damn meal at Tims for $3

I've been going to Anime Central since 2007, and I have to say, don't forget to bring a mini first aid kit.

THIS IS GONNA HELP ME SO MUCH FOR ANIME BOSTON

I wish I would have seen this video before my first con lol great video