May 24th and 25th, Stadthalle Speyer, Germany
This was my first year as part of the NonkiCon orga-team and it was a totaly new experience for me. I saw even less of the convention and was a bit on edge the whole weekend.
The con started for me already on friday with set up. There was also a get-together with all the guests like the mayor of Hiraizumi and it felt like super official. Most fun we had later that evening playing cards.
The japanese band Samurai Apartment that was a main event the year before returned. This time they held a longer concert Saturday evening, when the main convention was closed.
Because I was "on duty" the whole weekend, I couldn't see any performances or go to any workshops.
Two german voice actors Sandro Blümel and Tim Kreuer were guests of honor.
The artist alley was great as always and there were many interesting workshops, sadly some are very limited. It felt bad that we had to turn people away because workshops were already full. What made me personaly really happy was that amigurumi was so well received! As I like crocheting myself, it was so nice seeing young people learning to crochet and having fun.
Bonsai Sturm is a local vendor that specializes in Bonsai. They have really bebautiful ones! Nothing you normally see at Manga/Anime conventions.
There was also this super cute remote controlled bot! Its builders also did a workshop to explain how to make your own.
Food loot! There were not one but two vendors with japanese backed goods. Also bubble tea for a good price! At sunday evening they sold bubble tea and the macaron for half the proce, incredibly cheap.
I also bought some miso at Tenjirin Miso. They also held a very popular workshop!
And my loot from the artist alley. Postcards (Nier Automata, Hunter X Hunter, Digimon) and a book mark by laubart, super pretty and super cheap. Three beautifull postcards by Cellio Illustrations. And four supercute postcards By Chilja!
Also got this book that Jasmin Dose co-wrote with random Anime and Manga related trivia. She was a fantastic japanese-german interpreter and cool person. Another book I got was from a small publisher who does japanese learning books. They had this books written in easy japanese.
While I'm a bit sad that I missed most stuff at the con I'm also proud that I was part of a convention.