Anime Town Convention

On Friday we went on an impromptu field trip. 

We heard there was an anime convention about 45 minutes away from us. We weren't sure about going because the girls don't watch all anime; they just have a few shows they like. They watch Pokemon, Yu-gi-oh, Beyblade, and a couple others that are cute. 

One of the voice actors from Yu-gi-oh! was there, so at the last minute we decided to go. I'm glad we did. There was only a few times when I had to warn the girls to look the other way as passing some questionable art booths, and we had a great time. 

I took this picture as we were waiting to go in...

We shopped for awhile, picking out a souvenir for each girl. We lucked out as we found Maddy something that she had wanted that was way too expensive online, and Abi something she had asked for at Christmas but couldn't get as it went out of stock. 

After shopping and walking around we got in line for the voice actor they wanted to meet. We waited for quite a while as her plane had been delayed. 

We waited for her to set up her table and then asked if we could purchase the autograph and picture, but then also buy a Yu-gi-oh card she had in the display that they wanted. She said sure. 

Abi brought a short story she had written and illustrated featuring the character that Tara Sands had voiced, and she wanted her to autograph that. She looked through it and exclaimed over how awesome it was. She wrote Abi a note on it, but then told us she would not charge us for signing that. We were stunned. So, we picked out a larger card for her to sign and she dedicated that one to Maddy. Then we got a picture with her. She was so nice, and it was an amazing interaction. 

I took a picture of the two things she signed. 

 There were a lot of cool cosplay there, but this was my favorite....