>>4402367(cont'd)ALA and Animazement: Hands down my favorites, and an awful lot like each other. While Katsucon may not hold a candle to ALA, as Masa said, Animazement is its east-coast equivalent. AZ seems to have more cosplaying and less drinking going on, however, and a somewhat higher concentration of quality cosplays. That said, I saw some good stuff (and again, met some genuinely wonderful people) during my time at ALA. I prefer AZ's location, however; the Raleigh Convention Center is less confusing, larger and more open than the hotel ALA was hosted in.
So basically, what SamuraiGreen said: We just have a different kind of fun over here, (mostly) minus the catty and overly critical crowd. Both east and west have some attractive people and some genuinely stunning cosplays; the difference is mostly in how we handle the con/cosplay experience in general.
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