What a great weekend! If you’ve gotten the chance to go to Anime USA this past weekend, you were in for quite the treat. This year marks their 20th Anniversary in doing this convention, and they did not disappoint in the slightest. The location of the convention was at the Wardman Park Marriott near the Woodley Park Zoo, which is conveniently right next to the Woodley Park Zoo metro train stop, on the DC Metro’s Red Line. Upon going inside the hotel the place was phenomenal; a five-star hotel with multiple areas to shop, bars where you can have a nice drink with friends, and a breakfast buffet with the classics that everyone knows and loves. And of course, the cosplay was amazing!

Since this was our first time attending this convention, we didn’t have any idea if we were going to find a whole lot of people in cosplay. Boy, were we wrong. The fans and con goers went all out with their fantastic creations that they’ve been working on for months. The atmosphere at the convention was 100% hater-free, and the hotel staff provided A-grade customer service. If you thought the cosplay was awesome, the voice actors we’ve met were even cooler! We’ve gotten the chance to (finally) meet Stocking Anarchy herself Monica Rial; as well as Crispin Freeman who many know as Itachi Uchiha, Lisa Ortiz who many know from Slayers, Kira Buckland, and many more.

As far as dining goes, the hotel’s location is right in front of various restaurants as well as ‘Bar & Grill’ places for con goers that want to save a little money. The Dealer’s Room had some nice sales on various anime apparel as well as DVDs, Blu-Rays, and manga. If you’re more of a gamer than you are an anime fan, the convention had a vast amount of gaming tournaments and old school video game cabinets from the 80’s and 90’s. There was a little bit of everything at this convention for the young fans, and the fans who are young at heart. So if you haven’t had the chance to check out Anime USA this year, it’ll make its return in 2019!

That will do it for this recap post of Anime USA, but before we go, we just want to give a shoutout to all of the awesome cosplayers that we’ve met while at the con:

• KutieKitten (Twitter & Instagram @kutiekittenxo)
• Mintmacarons Cosplay (FB @mintmacaronscosplay / Instagram @peppermintcakes)
• Caitlyn Mae Cosplay (FB @CaitlynMaeCosplay / Instagram @alahdorei)
• Sean Fraser Yoga (www.seanfraseryoga.com)
• Crystal Soul Cosplay (FB & Instagram @CrystalSoulCosplay / Twitter @CrystalSoul08)
• Labinnak & Mangoloo Cosplays (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and YouTube)