Last weekend I attended my third Anime convention this year, Otaku Omaha.  While it was the smallest of the conventions I have attended, and there were some serious problems with the hotel (see the previous post about the horrible, horrible Carlisle hotel), there were some definite highlights to the experience.

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To begin with, the dealer’s room was one of the best I have seen this year.  Though not quite as extensive as the Naka-Kon dealers’ room, the Otaku Omaha version made up for it’s size by hosting a much wider variety of merchandise as other cons as well as offering some tremendous deals. I took advantage of the con discounts and purchased several manga, a DVD collector’s box set of FLCL, a gunslinger girl hat and a couple boxes of Pretz (much better than pocky).

 Besides the dealers’ room, the con offered several interesting events and panels.  Personally, I attended the Masquerade, a AMV best of showing, AMV-Hell (adult oriented AMVs), the dance, a video-game gameshow (I won Pocky), and a panel teaching how to sew a plushy keychain.  I found the plushy keychain panel to be especially interesting, since I had not sewn anything at all in over 10 years and because the hands-on style of the panel allowed me to walk away with something to keep.  I may post a bit more about that panel  later.

I very much enjoyed my trip to Otaku Omaha and may return in the future, at least if the organizers can find a new hotel.

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