What is an overseas fan activity that is completely different from Japan, which has made a glimpse of it in Hawaii's largest otaku event 'Kawaii ☆ Con'?



Hawaii's largest anime / convention '

Kawaii ☆ Con ', which was held from April 5 to April 7, 2019, is a gathering of fans who love Japanese animation and games and is participating in cosplay and planning Yes. At the cute ☆ con, which was held in a large venue, various plans were held in the conference rooms and halls of the venue, so we have checked with our eyes what it means to be an overseas fan activity.

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The large hall on the first floor, where the information center is located, is the dealers area, where companies and individuals exhibited various booths.



It was a booth of UNIQLO that was immediately after entering. Huge figures of Gundam and Zaku II were displayed, and many people were taking commemorative photos.



We also found a booth for anime distribution service. The huge tapestry of '

Girls ☆ Opera Revue Starlight ' and ' Made in Abyss ' are presented.



In addition to the PR booth, there were also booths selling goods such as stuffed animals and T-shirts. Overseas, it is more difficult to obtain Japanese anime / manga / game goods than in Japan, so it is often sold by convention.



If you look closely, you can see not only anime goods but also Korean goods from idols, and you can see the strength of K-POP popularity overseas.



Discover a stroke in which things like sticks are lined up. What are you selling? If you think so and go close ...



It was a large number of imitation swords that were lined up. After all Japanese swords seem to be quite popular as a part of Japanese culture, and many people search for swords. I also saw people hanging around the venue with the sword I bought here hanging.



The robot's plastic models were piled up in this area. In particular,

Gunpla has many enthusiasts overseas as well, and a world convention called ' GUNPLA BUILDERS WORLD CUP ' will be held.



Many works exhibited by the members of the GUNPLA BUILDERS WORLD CUP were also exhibited.




There is also a booth for general participation. At events in Japan, it is familiar to see a circle of coterie magazines and coterie games being lined up, but at an American convention, you may sell illustrations drawn by individuals or have them draw pictures of your favorite characters for a fee It seems that 'Illustration Commission' like a paid skive is popular. Images of various characters such as Japanese anime characters and American comic superheroes are lined up in a row.



And this space, where the illustrations of the beautiful girl in a sharp figure are displayed in a large space, is the 'Hentai section', that is, a corner for adults. It is necessary to show ID (identification documents) to enter in, and items such as covers for adult pillows that are too stimulating for children are lined up



At the corner of the dealers area, a drawing project was also held. The following scene is a game in which one person draws a picture on a whiteboard, and a game is conducted to determine what he is drawing, such as 'Darth Vader!' Or 'Soft Cream!'.



In addition, the area of Autograph (signing session) was prepared next to the dealers area. Who is coming because there is a huge procession lined up? When I confirmed it, it was a autograph session by

Aya Hirano, a voice actor who was invited as a guest by chance. The popularity of Japanese voice actors seems to be high overseas as well.



And I found a sore that had been parked in one corner. This is the Honda Civic, which features the '

Kill la Kill ' gyoza.



An illustration of a large flow is drawn on the body based on red. It was unclear whether it was deliberate or careless that Katakana of 'Kill la Kill' lined up next to it was overturned.



When I looked into the front passenger seat, I found a syllabary pillow.



This Subaru WRX STI has a motif of Rem of '

Re: life in a different world starting from zero ' and the letters of the license plate are also 'REMWRS'.




The windscreen says 'Yuki Bunny.' The bonnet was decorated with figures of Rem, and a pillow was sitting on the passenger seat.



Move the place to the 3rd floor of the hall. This is the first floor where people come and go, and various plans were held every hour in each room or hall.



Permanent projects were exhibited in some halls. This room is a game corner.



Games are free and unlimited. Members of the Hawaii Amateur Fighting Gamer Circle brought the game console to play and played fighting games such as

Tekken 7 and Street Fighter V and GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2 .



Not only fighting games, rhythm games are also popular. The huge controller of Dance Dance Revolution seems to have been brought in by one fan.



Also, on the stage that was behind you can have a session with '

Rockband '.



There was also a scene where the first person I met on the spot had a session, and it was insanely exciting.



The area in which a woman dressed in Tozaki's cosplay of 'Date A Live' is experiencing VR ...



A corner realized with the help of Microsoft.



All in one row Xbox One is a free loan from Microsoft.



In the largest area, there was also a big scuffle smash Brothers DX tournament.



In the hall where 'Tabletop' is written ...



A lot of analog games were prepared and I was able to play freely.



Some people play card games with friends ...



There are also people who are excited while playing games that they do not know.



Under these circumstances, it is this doll that has had a distinctive color.



Create your own character sheet here ...



It was possible to play Table Talk RPG in a tent equipped with a stage device. Table Talk RPG seems to be more popular than in Japan, such as “Dungeon & Dragons” in the US, and various other Table Talk RPG rule books and supplements have been prepared at the venue.



There are people who work hard to play analog games, so what are you doing? If you think about it and look at it carefully ...



It was the painting of the figure used for an analog game.



Also, for some reason, a demonstration of a robot by a local industrial high school was being performed in the corner of the hall.



You can see how the robot actually moves in the following movie.

Robots I witnessed at the Hawaii cute ☆ Con-YouTube


It was a fencing club based in Honolulu, where we went out to the lobby and engaged in solicitation activities.



I wondered why, why do fencing clubs do soliciting activities at anime conventions?



On the desk a panel 'May the Force be with you.' Was shining beside the

Stormtrooper helmet. Alongside the fencing club, it was a sports club using a lightsaber that appeared in the movie 'Star Wars'.



Sports using a light saver have recently become popular worldwide as they are

adopted as a formal sports competition in France.



The color of the light saver can be changed by pressing the switch at hand. When it was bright, the brightness was a bit confusing, but when I photographed it with the lightness lowered, I could see a blade that glowed blue like a flame of gas.



Lightsaber used in fencing is original custom. In fact, if you shake or hit the blade, familiar sound effects such as 'Buon' and 'Bachin' will resonate throughout the movie. You can see what it feels like when you actually hit each other in the following movie.

'Lightsaver Fencing' unfolded at the venue lobby of the Hawaiian cute ☆ Con-YouTube


Besides, various plans were held in the rooms in the venue.



According to the panel placed in front of the room, a project called 'Kyuubi Talks Naruto !!' is being held. I could not imagine the contents at all from the project name, and I was very intrigued, so I joined them.



Inside is a very common meeting room. People who are dressed in NARUTO cosplay are in the audience seat.



And at the very bottom of the floor, a person who cosplayed Naruto's nine tails is talking. Talk about the attraction of the work called NARUTO ...



A game was held to tell the great scenes projected on the huge screen with gestures.



A fan event of '

Yuri !!! on ICE ' was held in another room. Only the title of the work is written, and what kind of content it is completely unknown.



When I go inside, I feel that the fans of the works are gathering and talking in good time. In the back of the room, two people who cosplayed Viktor and Yuri were sitting.



You can see the movie below to see what the venue was like.

(1) The scene of the event 'Yuri on ICE !!' held at the Hawaii-Kawaii Con venue-YouTube


I rarely see it in Japanese events, but it is quite common to become an anime character and communicate with the same work fan. In Japan, the development and setting of originals that are not included in the original works are often expressed as 'secondary creation' in the form of manga and novels, but overseas they also accept 'interaction with anime characters' as a form of fan activity It seems to be done.



The most popular event for exchanges with anime characters is the 'Ask An Anime Character' event. It is probably a project that would have been the most popular even at the cute ☆ Con, so that the waiting queue is lined up on the rooftop of the venue.



This Ask An Anime Character is a special feature project that is held every year at the cute ☆ con, and a voice actor in charge of English dubbing of a popular anime character talks across the boundaries of the work and answers questions from fans something like. In 2019, '

Cowboy Bebop ' spikes, Cornelia with ' Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion ', ' Kusamei Element of' Ghost in the Shell ' STAND ALONE COMPLEX , Princess Bubblegum of' Adventure Time ', and so on, and so on. I can do it again. Kawaii Con Management has released a movie on what 'Ask An Anime Character' actually looks like.

Kawaii Kon 2019-Ask An Anime Character-YouTube


In another large room, people with sticks somehow gather and are actively exercising.



This is a plan to practice the fighting techniques that appear in anime and manga. It is said that it is a game in which the character and character of the fiction are playing and capturing the posture and movement of the sword.



In the following rooms, a large number of people sit at the table and look at the cosplayer standing in the center ...



This is a plan to sketch in one minute how cosplayers are taking various poses.



Every participant takes a sketch seriously.



Among them, there were people who drew digitally on tablet PCs and pen-type terminals.

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