While the above picture is from the first one, last night was a pretty exciting time at Kanpai, Anime! Having to compete with college finals and the release of Starcraft II- one of the most anticipated videogames ever -I am really glad that people were still able to come out and have a great time!
Every last Tuesday of the month, Tatame Lounge in Winter Park lets me host an anime night where a bunch of adult anime fans get together, socialize, and watch a cool anime movie. Fun times are had by all!
I’m still getting used to being a bar host. It’s certainly not the same as being a panelist or convention event host! Regardless, I am glad a bunch of people came out. Thank you all for doing so!
Last night, we showed the import BluRay version of Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. It’s always a fantastic movie and now it looks better than ever! (Thanks AFO Erik for lending it to me!) Some people have never seen the movie before so I feel like a did a good thing!
I plan to show more awesome movies like that so I hope many people can keep coming! The next Kanpai, Anime! will be after the Fall semester starts at many local colleges so that will lend to a larger crowd to show up. The atmosphere of Tatame Lounge is great for hanging out!
The best part of all? It’s an adults-only event. So none of the con kids will be there to yell out “You have lost the game!” or “Butt scratcher,” or hitting each other with “Yaoi” paddles and playing duck, duck, goose on the floor. Everyone who has come out so far has been pretty chill. Not to rag on the kids, but we need our time to be anime fans without all of that crazy stuff going on.
So if you have liked Kanpai, Anime! so far or would like to go soon, help the event out by spreading the word! Let your friends, family, co-workers, and classmates know so they can come out too! Get on your blogs, Twitters, and Facebooks and post about the event! That would do so much good for Kanpai, Anime! so we can have awesome things like trivia contests and costume contests as the attendance grows!