Anime Matsuri in Houston

[Ero Hime]

hey for anyone who's interested

there's going to be a new anime convention in Houston called Anime Matsuri

http://www.animematsuri.com/

their forum isn't up yet but you can post any questions here for now:

http://www.mashharder.com/forums/

[Takuto]

I live right out side houston so i will most likely check it out.

[Jeht Black1]

interesting....look like i might miss Oni-con this year and this brings a smile to my face. i now have another chance to go to my first convention.

[Takuto]

interesting....look like i might miss Oni-con this year and this brings a smile to my face. i now have another chance to go to my first convention.
I missed Oni-con last year, but Im going this year.

[Jeht Black1]

I missed Oni-con last year, but Im going this year.
let me know how it goes.

[IsaacBrock]

Other than horrible scheduling Oni-Con turned out pretty damn fun. Pew Pew. TIBBITS!!!

[Takuto]

Other than horrible scheduling Oni-Con turned out pretty damn fun. Pew Pew. TIBBITS!!!

I think we were lost for the first couple hours of the convention, and during Oni-con i became addicted to Guitar hero. Other than that Oni-con turn out to be really fun.

[dance_amongst13]

yayness...it's always difficult for me to find out about things becuz i'm always doing something...

[Ero Hime]

Anime Matsuri has updated their site

http://animematsuri.com/index.html

[IsaacBrock]

I hate to bump an old thread, but Matsuri draws near. The official website forums are lack-luster at best, so I would like to know if anyone will be attending this con in Houston at the end of April. I'll be there for sure. I can't wait.

[MightyDustLoop]

I live in SL right outside of Houston, and the site looks pretty nicely done, so I'm definitely gonna hit this one up. Besides, I don't know if I'm gonna bother with A-kon this year. It'd be asking for time off worth and cost quite a bit of extra expense. Not that I'd normally let that stop me, but the other people I went with last year seem more like they're teetering in the "no" direction.

Hopefully Matsuri will make up for it though.

[IsaacBrock]

I know I know, I'm bumping the thread again, but I'm just so stoked it's tomorrow. I'm bringing a camcorder, so I will try to have some video for you guys to watch. I'm thinking about making a mini documentary about fat cosplayers.

[PatrickD]

Whose Line is it Anime has been cancelled at Anime Matsuri.

Last fall, Anime Matsuri invited me to host Whose Line is it Anime (before I renamed it to "Anime Unscripted") at their convention. Since I live in Boston, I agreed I would do so if they covered my travel expenses. I didn't hear back.

Later, I looked at their web site and discovered that they had Whose Line listed on their web site and said that it was being run by The Chibi Project (my web site). I e-mailed them, but didn't hear back. After posting on their forums and e-mailing again, I finally heard back that yes, they would cover my travel. I replied, offering to run other panels, but didn't hear back.

Later, I e-mailed asking for travel details, or at least what day I would be arriving/departing so that I could book my hotel room for the appropriate nights. After a second e-mail (since the first got no reply), I was told that I would be arriving Thursday and departing Monday. I booked my hotel for the necessary nights and the final bill would come to over $600 for the weekend.

This was in mid-March...and was also the last time I ever heard from anyone at the convention. I had e-mailed multiple times since then requesting flight information, but never received it. Monday, after returning from Anime Boston, I let them know that if I didn't hear back by noon Tuesday, I would have no choice but to cancel my hotel...since I didn't want to get charged for it if I'm not actually going.

I still never heard back. I cancelled my hotel reservation on Tuesday night.

I was looking forward to visiting Texas for the first time and entertaining everyone. It's too bad I have no way to get there. I hope everyone who goes to the convention enjoys the other programming, but I found my experience in dealing with their staff to be quite frustrating.

If anyone had their hopes set on seeing Whose Line is it Anime, my sincere apologies.

[keysasoma43]

hey for anyone who's interested

there's going to be a new anime convention in Houston called Anime Matsuri

http://www.animematsuri.com/

their forum isn't up yet but you can post any questions here for now:

http://www.mashharder.com/forums/

:) I knew there was one last year , is there one this year? if so do you know when.

[Takuto]

lam afraid you missed it. It was back in may.

[keysasoma43]

does anyone know if there is gonig to be one next year in houston:unsure: ,I would really like go it will be my fisrt time.

[Ranma0005]

There will be another Anime Matsuri in April of 2009. The website should be fully operational later this week!

[KittiePryde]

My friend invited me to go, but that was like way too far from where I lived in Houston...and I didn't want to pay $ staying at a hotel. Although, I'll definitely check it out next time.

We all should go in a group ^^