The Minneapolis-St. Paul area in Minnesota has three anime conventions. As of May 27, 2017, I have attended all three.
The worst one I attended was AniMinneapolis, which was the most recent one.
The Consuite (for those who don't know what that is, it's a place at a convention where the attendees can have free food) - which they, perhaps in an attempt to be cute, called the ConSweet - was a joke. The only food that was there consistently was rice, instant ramen and soda. No nuts, chips, candy, etc. which is the usual fare at most cons. The room should have been twice as big - there was a line to get into the room on Saturday. Grade: D-
The dealer's room was adequate, although one dealer who was selling Japanese snacks was way overpriced. I'd rather support United Noodles when I want to buy Japanese snacks. I didn't spend a penny in the dealer's room. The artist's alley, which did not have a separate room, had a number of people who had merely drawn other people's characters in their own style. Grade: D+
There were some good costumes, although I didn't have my camera with me. Two women who didn't know each other showed up as Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus. They posed for pictures together. I didn't recognize the bulk of the costumes, as most of my favorite anime series come from the 90's. Whether or not I recognized them or not, the were quite good. Grade: A-
I can't comment on panels or programming as I didn't attend any events.
Note: I'm not going to spend any time commenting on the organizer of the con. Just do a search of the name Ryan Kopf. What I learned about him would have curled my hair if ir wasn't already naturally curly!
My first AniMinneapolis was also my last.
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